2013年清远市普通高中毕业班调研考试英语试题及讲评.docVIP

2013年清远市普通高中毕业班调研考试 英语试题 （2013年1月25日下午3：00-5:00） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） Last weekend when I had an interesting conversation with one of the team mates I actually didnt know quite well. So what do you do? he asked. Well, we work for ourselves and we 1 a software company, I replied. I work for xyz company, but you know I always wanted to get into animation(动画) 2 and work for myself.However, I got 3 in the wrong industry.” You arent dead yet, are you? I tried hard not say that 4 . He continued, You know, Ive been dreaming of doing this for 10 years now, but once you have 5 , its very tough to do anything else. I couldnt 6 anymore, so I said Thats great, if you really want to do that, maybe you should 7 some animation classes, or do some self- learning at your own pace. That would be a good 8 . He replied, its very 9 , with family, full time job and no time. I would love to, but I cant. Reluctantly, I suggested Then maybe you should 10 training for a few weeks or months and give up your 11 to have enough full-time training. He looked at me in surprise. Are you crazy? Where will the paycheck come from? 12 this conversation was heading towards a(n) 13 with each other, I chose to just 14 and leave it at that. But it made me think. Why do people refuse to take some 15 to follow their dreams? Are their dreams not worth it? If not, why do we sulk about them later? Dont we owe it to ourselves to at least give our dreams a fair shot? 1 A. close B. run C. rent D. employ 2 A. study B. sales C. design D. companies 3 A. stuck B. excited C. hurt D. interested 4 A. aloud B. softly C. quickly D. slowly 5 A. company B. dream C. child D. family 6 A. hear B. say C. stand D. hold 7 A. put up B. take up C. hold up D. join up 8 A. start B. reason C. chance D. result 9 A. helpful B. easy C. harmful D. difficult 10 A. decide B. consider C. imagine D. stop 11 A. dream B. studies