广东省揭阳三中2014-2015学年度高一第一学期第一次阶段考英语试题.doc

广东省揭阳三中2014-2015学年度高一第一学期第一次阶段考英语试题 满分135分，考试时间120分钟 （答案必须写在答题卡上，否则无效） 一、 完形填空 （共10小题； 每小题2分， 满分30分） 仔细阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A, B, C和D 项中，选出最佳选项。 Mr Baker lived in a small town. Nobody was 1 than him there, but he wished to get 2 money all the time. One day, on his way home, he found there was a 3 on the ground. He picked it up and put it into his pocket. That evening after he had supper, he brought it out and began to 4 it in the room. He was interested in a piece of news on it. Some gold 5 in a desert. He was afraid someone would know about it and he started off, 6 telling anybody about it. He tried to find the place 7 gold was. The greedy (贪婪的) man walked on the desert for two weeks, but he didn’t find any gold and his food and water was 8 . His horse was so weak that he couldn’t 9 it. He had to go back to his hometown, but it was too 10 . His horse at last died and he was too hungry and thirsty to go any 11 . He looked around, there was nothing 12 sand. Suddenly he saw a man 13 on the ground far away. He crawled (爬) to him and found he was dead, with a bag in his hand. He hurried to open the bag to find something to 4 , but it was full of gold. He threw it away. As he was dying, he cried and said, “Now, a bag of bread is far more 15 than a bag of gold. How unhappy I am!” 1. A. happier B. sadder C. richer D. poorer 2. A. little B. less C. a little D. more 3. A. newspaper B. picture C. photo D. map 4. A. read B. copy C. improve D. touch 5. A. discover B. invent C. was discovered D.was invented 6. A. which B. without C. for D. about 7. A. with B. where C. when D. that 8. A. lifted B. lost C. wasted D. gone 9. A. ride B. drive C. mend D. feed 10. A. early B. late C. easy D. possible 11. A. near B. nearer C. far D. further 12. A. except B. of C. in D. off 13. A. standing B. running