广东省“十二校”2013—2014学年度高三第2次联考英语试题I . 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
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，并在答题卡上将对应的该项涂黑。
I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents ___1___ the necessities of life but couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father for a pair of jeans, he would say, “ If you want them, make the money and buy them yourself.” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t ___2___ them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I ___3___ from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S.C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily ___4___. These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully ___5___ discipline, team-work and responsibility. I didn’t ___6___ whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the ___7___ of the company.
I went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academic and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I ___8___ most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I ___9___ with the family members of the men and women in my ___10___, trying to help them deal with the long periods of ___11___. These proved popular and word of them spread. Before long I was being asked to give encouraging ___12___ to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real ___13___, and my life is still guided by the ___14___ lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to ___15___ it.
1. A. provided B. got C. made D. bought
2. A. pay B. find C. produce D. afford
3. A. came B. returned C. escaped D. graduated
4. A. drills B. tasks C. exercises D. reports
