南开实验学校2013届高三上学期期初考试英语试题【绝密启用前 A】考试时间：120分钟 满分：135分I. 语言知识与应用（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。Using All Your StrengthA young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch 1 the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could 2 it?”His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”The boy tried 3 to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldnt budge. 4 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I cant do it alone.”“Try again,” his dad said.This time, as the boy struggled, his father 5 him. Together they pushed the 6 aside. “Son, the first time you didnt use all your strength,” his father said. “You didnt ask me to help.”This is a valuable 7 . There are many things we cant do alone, but that doesnt mean we cant get them done. We are 8 by resources that can be mobilized (调动) to help us 9 our goals including family, friends and faith.Sometimes we 10 to ask for help because of 11 or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of 12 to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we dont even 13 asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste. Its 14 that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes 15 resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.1. A. falling B. stopping C. blocking D. cutting2. A. lift B. move C. carry D. throw3. A. mightily B. carefully C. hardly D. painfully4. A. Excited B. Surprised C. Discouraged D. Unexpected5. A. taught B. joined C. pushed D. praised6. A. stone B. branch C. road D. tree7. A. job B. way C. lesson D. resource8. A. hidden B. cheated C. covered D. surrounded9. A. set B. change C. achieve D. discover10. A. try B. fail C. manage D. stop11. A. pride B. mood C. pity D. strength12. A. politeness B. slightness C. kindness D. weakness13. A. use up B. refer to C. think about D. carry out14. A. important B. likely C. possible D. acceptable15. A. another B. outer C. natural D. further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。When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him, 16 made some noise. This soon wakened the lion. 17 (lose) his temper, he caught the mouse in his paws and was about to kill it. The mouse, terrified, pleaded to the lion to spare 18 life. Please let me go, it cried, and one day I will repay you for your 19 (kind). The idea of so small a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much 20 he laughed aloud. He thought, “How could this little mouse help me?” 21 , he lifted his paws and let it go. But the mouses chance came after all. A few days later, when the lion was wandering in the forest, he 22 (catch) in a trap. The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, 23 they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon. Just then the little mouse passed 24 , and saw the sad lion. It went up to him and soon gnawed away (啃断) the ropes. “Was I right?” asked the little mouse. This lion 25 _ (nod) his head and thanked the little mouse.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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent. One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent. The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other. One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked, “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat. Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place. Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasnt waiting at his usual stop. When he wasnt there the next day and the day after that, we s