广东省东莞市南开实验学校2011届高三上学期期初考试英语试卷Word版无答案.docVIP

期初考试英语试题 说明：本试卷三大题，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。共12页。 I. 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。 Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt ___1___ of, regretted or incomplete about and read our lists aloud. This seemed like a very ___2___ process, but there’s always some ___3___ soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then ___4___ that we find ways to ___5___ people, or take some action to right（纠正） any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___6___ my communication. Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my __7___, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff（警长）none of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a ___8___ on him. After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b (畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious __9___. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ever found out.” “Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ___10___ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ___11___. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few calls, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.” “And I want you to know that I did it？”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ___12___ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___13___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me. For your sake.” Jimmy inspired me to ___14___ all 101 items on