2014-2015学年度第一学期高三期中考试英 语 命题：揭阳第一中学高三英语备课组 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 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。One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to _1 _ me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that youve done well and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but youll have to_2_ your friends. Would you say yes to your _3_?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me_4_ for the rest of the night I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the_5_decisions adults had to make.For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening Id_6_wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her _7_and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large_8_apartment, I became aware of how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then that I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on_9_family and work. Faced with difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldnt know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a_10_attitude.Back home, I reminded myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she _11_to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be _12_. I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable_13_. My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the experience has really taught me. Sacrifices _14_ off in the end. The _15_ between us has proved to be blessing for me. 1. A. attract B. promote C. surprise D. praise 2. A. contact B. refuse C. leave D. forgive3. A. teacherB. friendC. motherD. family 4. A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting5. A. intellengentB. timely C. final D. tough6. A. eagerly B. politely C. nervously D. curiously 7. A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. influence8. A. comfortable B. expensive C. empty D.modern 9. A. abandoning B. balancing C. comparing D. mixing 10. A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general 11. A. managed B. offered C. attempted D. expected12. A. grateful B. energetic C. independent D. practical13. A. examples B. limits C. rules D. goals14. A. breakB. pay C. cut D. turn 15. A. conversationB.attemptC. gratitudeD. separation 第二节:语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks louder than words. According to specialists, when people talk to each other, _16_bodies send out more messages than we realize. In fact, non-verbal(非言语)communication takes up about 50% of what we really mean. And body language is particularly important _17_ we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what_18_ (call )body language is so much a part of us that its actually often unnoticed. And_19_ (understanding) occur as a result of it. For example, different societies treat the distance _20_ people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having bodily contact(接触)even with friends, and certainly not with strangers. People from Latin American countries, on the other hand, touch each other quite a lot.Therefore, its possible that in conversation, it may look like a Latino is following a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving_21_ (close). Very probably _22_(see) this as pushiness, the Norwegian will keep backing away, _23_ the Latino will regard as coldness in return . Clearly, a great deal is going on when people talk. For people from different cultures, theres_24_ strong possibility that they cant understand each other. _25_whatever the situation, the best advice is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be respected .II. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started w