中山市高三级2012—2013学年度第一学期期末统一考试
英语科试卷
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty, and only the rich could manage without great problems. It is said that one day three of those rich men and their servants were 1 together on a road when they came to a very 2 village.
The first could not stand seeing the 3 四轮载重马车) and shared them out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left. , so he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (
The second rich man, seeing the 4 situation, stopped for a short time and then decided to give the 5 all his food and drink, since he could see that money would be of little 6 to them. He made sure that they each 7 their fair share and would have enough food to 8 for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, 9 and went straight through the poverty-stricken 10 without stopping. The two other rich men saw all this from a distance and commented heatedly with each other on how the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was 11 that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, to their great surprise, three days later, they 12 the third rich man, who was coming in
