广东省肇庆市2015届高三第三次统一检测 英语试题
I、语言知识及运用 （共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完型填空（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。
Long, long ago, in a dense forest there were thousands of tall and beautiful trees. They were happy, but__1__ of themselves. Among them there also a(an) __2__ tree whose branches were badly twisted. All the trees made ___3___ of that ugly tree.
“How are you, hunchback?” the other __4__ always shouted and their laughter made the ugly tree __5__. The ugly tree thought, “I wish I were as __6__ as the other trees. Why did God do this to me? Neither can I provide shade to the travelers. Nor can the __7__ make their nests on me. Nobody needs me.”
One day, a woodcutter came to the__8__. He took a look at the trees and said, “These trees are lovely. I must __9__ them.” As soon as he picked up his axe, the trees became __10__. “Chop, Chop, Chop” went the woodcutter’s axe and one by one the trees started to fall.
“None of us is going to __11__,” screamed one of the beautiful trees.
But when the woodcutter came near to the ugly tree. He had just raised his axe when suddenly he noticed how __12__ the ugly tree was. “Hmm! This crooked tree seems to no __13__ to me.”, he thought. Then he moved towards another beautiful tree. The ugly tree breathed a huge sigh of __14__. He realized that by making him ugly, God had actually given him a boon. From that day on, the ugly tree never __15__. He was happy with his crooked branches. He never forgot how he had escaped from the woodcutter’s axe, only because he was crooked and ugly.
1 A. proud B. short C. tired D. full
2 A. strong B. ugly C. thin D. straight
3 A. light B. fun C. sense D. use
4 A. directions B. persons C. trees D. animals
5 A. surprised B. angry C. sad D. moved
6 A. short B. long C. hard D. beautiful
7 A. fish B. pets C. hens D. birds
8 A. forest B. shop C. office D. hospital
9 A. cut B. put C. bring D. take
