2014届广东省湛江一中高三第一次综合检测英语试题及答案.docVIP

湛江一中2014届高三第一次综合检测 英语试题 考试时间: 120分钟 满分: 135分 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各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 years ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a 1 . The owner, although he would love to help, simply didn抰 have any jobs available, so he kept 2 the man抯 request. This situation continued 3 for a few months, until the owner 4 to give the homeless man a job which 5 sweeping outside the shop. Every single day from 5 am, the homeless man was there doing the very best he could for the 6 , and it did earn him some pennies. 7 , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working as a cashier. He was watched closely to make sure that he didn抰 8 any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an 9 job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to 10 the finance for the whole shop. To my 11 , this was the arrangement up until 2 years ago, when the owner 12 . In his will, he only had one 13 , to give the whole shop to the now stable, 揾omeless?man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as ever, with his own business that is still 14 and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper. From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn抰 your 15 situation, it very well may turn out to be some day in the future. 1. A. coin B. home C. job D. meal 2. A. ignoring B. considering C. accepting D. refusing 3. A. again B. weekly C. often D. daily 4. A. wanted B. agreed C. planned D. expected 5. A. meant B. invol