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清远市2011-2012学年度第一学期高三调研考试 英语科试卷(2012年1月13日2:30-4:30) 第一节:完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并填写在试卷答题卡上。 I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large 1 across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would 2 his taxi on the road. I wondered why he did not park it in the garage. Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home from work, 3 his taxi and go out for his 4 affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 5 . I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 6 to be outside one evening two weeks later ,when the garage door was 7 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely when I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But 8 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n） 9 . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and 10 him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a（n） 11 . We go to bed every night and wake up every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a 12 as close friends or go for a vacation as a family. We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we 13 the social ladder—how much bigger and better a taxi we have. And we 14 our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it 15 in our garage. We should focus more on who we are than what we do! 1. A. window B. garage C. door D. yard 2. A. check B. stop C. park D. repair 3. A. forget B. take C. put D. leave 4. A. business B. national C. personal D. public 5. A. wasteful B. meaningful