广东省中山市镇区五校联考2012-2013学年高二下学期中段考试英语试题.docVIP

第一部分 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分分） 第一节 完形填空 （共15小题；每小题分，满分分）I learned to accept life as it is from my father. ___1____, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was ___2___ and ill. My father was ___3___ a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness ___4___ all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is ____5 ___. One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started ___6___ about life, and I told them about one of my ___7___. I said that we must very often give things up ___8___ we grow---our youth, our beauty, our friends---but it always seems that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father ___9___ up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up everything! What did I gain? “ I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say. Surprisingly, he answered his own question: I ___10___ the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness. I was also ___11___ by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated(愤怒的) at someone, I ___1___ remember his words and become ___13___ . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling if love for others, then I should be able to give up my small irritations. In this ___14___, I learned the power of acceptance from my father. Sometimes I ___15____ what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one gift. 1. A. Afterwards B. Therefore C. However D. Meanwhile 2. A. tired B. weak C. poor D. slow 3. A. already B. still C. only D. once 4. A. took B. threw C. sent D. put 5. A. impossible B. difficult C. stressful D. hopeless 6. A. worrying B. caring C. talking D. asking 7. A. decisions B. experiences C. ambitions D. beliefs