【2015 届广东省广州市海珠区高三摸底考试】完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 115 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。“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be 1 . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future 2 . Each of you will have to 3 someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This 4 I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him 5 able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”I shook my head.“How about some 6 ?”I shook my head again.Finally, I thought he realized I was 7 , and I got my first big tip as a 8 . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what youll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory in class. I got an A on the entire project.Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I 9 Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didnt 10 me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and 11 all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me: it was in my blood. It gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was 12 .For the past 12 years, Ive had the most satisfying reporting career, 13 stories from murders to airplane crashes and 14 choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been for Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.I was 15 all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”“Well, you see, there was this teacher ” I always start out. I just wish I could thank her.1. A. good B. mad C. careless D. curious2. A. universitiesB. families C. professions D. lives3. A. interviewB. please C. admire D. respect4. A. expressedB. ordered C. expected D. meant5. A. hardlyB. nearly C. naturally D. eagerly6. A. drinkB. newspapers C. preparations D. paper7. A. satisfiedB. comfortable C. terrified D. sorry8. A. student B. journalist C. teacher D. writer9. A. called B. recognized C. remembered D. visited10. A. answer B. promise C. stop D. persuade11. A. how B. whether C. why D. when12. A. breaking in B. getting down C. falling off D. going on13. A. making B. retelling C. covering D. writing14. A. certainlyB. finally C. doubtfully D. completely15. A. hurt B. excited C. disappointed D. asked【参考答案及解析】解析：1. 选 B, 由上一句中 professiom 是职业 和 我们才仅仅 13 到 14 岁 再结合选项应选 B2. 选 D,由前一句中 Our profession? 即 我们的职业？可推知 search for(寻找) 职业 3. 选 A，由第二段中第二句 I had to interview 可知 次空选 A4. 选 D，由由前后句可知 这意味着 我要采访一个故选 D5. 选 A，前一句说到 我太紧张了 所以我不能说话 hardly 表示否定 故选 A6. 选 D，由下下段中的第二句 Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper 可知选 D7. 选 C，terrified 是很害怕的意思 与前句中 nervhous 意思一致8. 选 B，由第二段中 journalism 新闻业 可知作者是一名记者 即 journalist9. 选 C，由前后句意可推知 我回想起了当年的老师10，选 C，由后句可知 父母只是把这个领域的竞争激烈性告诉了作者 没有阻止他。11，选 A，因为 and 表示并列关系 and 前句是 how competitive the field was 12，选 D，记者就是去采访 发生了什么事，弄清事情真相的 go on 符合题意，故选 D13，选 C，cover 有采访 报道的意思14，选 B，根据句意 Finally 是最佳选项15，选 D，由后一句的问题可以看出 是别人问作者这样的问题 所以作者是被问。完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。People in communities have slowly been pushed apart through the years, mostly because people simply arent taking the time to say a simple “ hello. ” After considering this phenomenon, I decided I was going to 1 the way I was doing things.My 2 came one morning when I was in the community library. I passed by a girl who 3 her books out of her locker. Thinking like most that someone else would help her pick them up, I continued my way. However, when I had to 4 because I stupidly forgot my book, I noticed she had just finished packing them up by herself. No one had stopped to 5 her.“OK,” I thought to myself, “this is where I should have changed.”My best opportunity came a few days later when I saw a man 6 by himself waiting for the library to open, so I sat down next to him and began a 7 . It was difficult to get started, and even when I had to say goodbye, almost every 8 from my new friend had a tone (语气) of doubt in it. And who could blame him?People arent used to making an 9 chat with a stranger. But a change, no matter how 10 it is needed, doesnt just happen. It takes people like us to make it possible. I 11 you to take a small step out of your comfort zone and try to make someones day a little brighter. Together, we can really make society come 12 as a whole.( ) 1. A. change B. explain C. learn D. show( ) 2. A.