珠海市实验中学 2013 届高三下学期第一次周测英语试题I 语言知识及应用 ：第一节 完形填空 Behind our house is the start of a fascinating trail (小径). This trail is one of the old roads that wind through untold miles of forest. My 1 , Beans, and I walk the trail frequently. Normally, Beans sniffs alongside the 2 to follow the smell of a deer track or 3 some cause known only to him.Beans is a white dog, quite handsome and very 4 . He not only understands what we tell him, but also often makes sounds as if he were trying to 5 back.One morning, we took a different route, which led us to a(n) 6 trail. I was sure this trail would eventually lead us to our familiar 7 . But, no. We seemed to be far off course. After two hours, I suddenly realized that Beans probably 8 the way home. So I urged, Beans, take me home. He ran down a new trail. But it merely led to an intersection (岔道口) of trails.Soon it became 9 that we were getting nowhere. I began to picture the rest of the day in the 10 , without food or drink. We had walked about ten miles. But Beans seemed totally 11 . The sniffing and exploring was going well for him.Finally, we 12 a crossroad near a highway. Lady Luck suggested I should turn left. We did and 13 reached a cottage beside a field. I knocked on the door and explained my situation to an old man. He laughed and then 14 us home.Since our adventure, I 15 that Beans probably knew all along how to get home.He was just having too much fun exploring new trails.1. A. deer B. dog C. lady D. man2 A. route B. road C. trail D. way3. A. imagine B. consider C. explore D. present4. A. smart B. sweet C. slow D. shy5. A. turn B. kick C. jump D. speak6 A. unfamiliar B. similar C. Indifferent D. changeable7. A. driveway B. path C. crossroad D. highway8. A. knew B. saw C. showed D. made9. A. mysterious B. ridiculous C. fascinating D. apparent10. A. house B. forest C. field D. cottage11. A. unconcerned B. unconsciousC. Undecided D . uncomfortable12. A. left for B. went off C. came to D. drove toward13 A. punctually B. frequently C. formally D. shortly14. A. walkedB. drove C. sent D. carried15. A. regretted B. remembered C. concluded D. confirmed第二节 语法填空The story happened in Japan _16_ a house was redecorated and the wall inside a room was removed. The inside of the wall was hollow. When the owner of the house removed the wall, he saw a gecko (壁虎) inside the wall. Its tail was pinned by a nail _17_ (come) through the wall from outside. The owner was very curious why the gecko was still alive. Then the nail caught his eye. Goodness! It is the nail that was driven here ten years ago when the house was built! How amazing it is _18_ the gecko to have lived in the wall in complete_19_ (dark) for ten years!But on second thought, the curious house owner wondered how this gecko could live through 10 years with its tail _20_ (nail) down and being unable to go anywhere? So he tried to find out how this small creature could be fed. After a little while, there appeared another gecko with food in _21 mouth! What a shocking scene! For ten years, this little gecko had never failed to feed the trapped one.The story touched me so _22 (deep) that it is useless to find out _23 relationships they had between them. Parent _24 child ? Friends? Lovers? Brothers or sisters? _25 last thing we should do is to abandon your beloved in hardship. 阅读 第一节 阅读理解 AWhen 7-year-old Warren Buffett said,“I will be the richest man one day,” his friends made fun of his “daydreaming”. But ever since then the little boy has set about learning how to make money by selling drinks, delivering newspapers and buying stocks. The American had already earned $9,000 (equal to $90,000 today) by the time he graduated from high school.And this month the 78-year-old man, who earned his fortune by making a lot of sound investment in the stock market, took the place of Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, as the worlds richest man. Gates worth declined $1.5 billion to $55.5 billion in 33 days after the recent financial storm, according to Forbes Magazine.Buffett, the only son of a stockbroker, was ready to think outside the box to develop his business from a very early age. At 8, he went to golf courses collecting and selling the used balls. At 11 when he sold soda pop door-to-door with a friend, the pair collected lids on streets to judge which flavor was the most popular.As a paper boy during high school, Buffett delivered two competitor papers, so that even when customers canceled one of the subscriptions, he could still make a profit from the other. With his paper delivery savings, Buffett bought 162,000 square meters of farmland and collected rent. Young Buffett stepped into the stock market at 11 but earned only $5. The experience taught him one of the virtues in investing, patience.After graduating from university, Buffett started his venture with stocks with his childhood earnings and mo