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广东省江门市2012年高三下学期第一次调研测试英语试卷 本试卷共9页，三大题，每大题分两节，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。 I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 There is a popular saying, All of us have a Guardian Angel, guiding us. Some of the greatest success stories of 1 have followed a word of 2 or an act of confidence by a loved one or a 3 friend. Had it not been for a confident wife, Sophia, we might not have listed Nathaniel Hawthorne among the great 4 of literature. One cold evening when Nathaniel, a 5 man, went home to tell his wife, Sophia, that he was a failure and had been fired from his job in the customs. she 6 him with a cry of joy. Now, she said 7 , you can write your book! Yes? replied the man, with 8 confidence, and what shall we 9 while I am writing it? To his 10 , she opened a drawer and pulled out a sum of money. Where on earth did you get that? he asked. I have always known you were a man of 11 , she told him. 1 12 that someday you would write a great novel. So every week, out of the 13 you gave me for housekeeping, I saved a little bit. So here is enough to 14 us for one whole year. From her trust and 15 came one of the greatest novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter. l. A. Chinese B. English C. maths D. history 2. A. enjoyment B. encouragement C. kindness D. delight 3. A. trusting B. merciful C. cautious D. intelligent 4. A. books B. novels C. names D. nicknames 5. A. successful B. courageous C. sorrowful D. heartbroken 6. A. bugged B. surprised C. comforted D. loved 7. A. sadly B. willingly C. proudly D. intentionally 8. A. little B. much C. no D. less 9. A. stick to B. try out C. take up