广东省惠州市2014届高三下学期4月模拟考试 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life comes in a package. This package includes happiness and sorrow, failure and success, 1 and despair. Experiences in life 2 us new lessons and make us a better person. With each passing day we learn to 3 various situations.
Materialistic happiness is short-lived, but happiness achieved by bringing a smile on others’ face gives a certain level of 4 . Peace of mind is the main link to happiness. No mind is happy without 5 . We 6 the true worth of happiness when we are in sorrow. Sorrow is 7 due to death of a loved one, failure and despair. But these things are 8 and pass away.
Failure is the path to 9 . It helps us to touch the sky, teaches us to live and shows us a specific way. Success brings in money, fame, pride and self-respect. Here it becomes very important to keep our head on our shoulder. The only way to show our 10 to God for giving success on us is by being humble,modest and respectful to the less fortunate ones.
Hope is what keeps life going. Parents 11 hope their children will do well. Life teaches us not to despair even in the 12 hour. Nothing remains the same in life, and we have only one choice—to keep moving on in life and be 13 .
Life teaches us not to __14 over yesterday,for it has passed and is beyond our control.Tomorrow is 15 ,for it could either be bright or dull. So the only alternative is work hard today, so that we will enjoy a better tomorrow.
1. A. love B. hope C. depression D. loss
2. A. help B. care C. teach D. take
3. A. handle B. explain C. share D. design
4. A. amazement B. achievement C. improvement D. movement
5. A. surprise B. belief C. thoughts D. peace
6. A. judge B. develop C. realize D. seek
7. A. personally B. basically C. scarcely D. occasionally
8. A. temporary B. important C. different D. strange
9. A. success B. sorrow C. despair D. pride
10.A. attitude B. prediction C. emotion D. appreciation
