文档介绍：南开实验学校2013届高三上学期期初考试英语试题
【绝密★启用前 A】
考试时间:120分钟满分:135分
I. 语言知识与应用(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A、B、C和D项中, 选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Using All Your Strength
A young boy was walking with his father along a country road. When they came across a large tree branch 1 the pathway, the boy asked, “Do you think I could 2 it?”
His father answered, “If you use all your strength, I am sure you can.”
The boy tried 3 to lift, pull and push the branch, but it wouldn’t budge. 4 , he said, “Dad, you were wrong. I can’t do it alone.”
“Try again,” his dad said.
This time, as the boy struggled, his father 5 him. Together they pushed the 6 aside.
“Son, the first time you didn’t use all your strength,” his father said. “You didn’t ask me to help.”
This is a valuable 7 . There are many things we can’t do alone, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get them done. We are 8 by resources that can be mobilized (调动) to help us 9 our goals including family, friends and faith.
Sometimes we 10 to ask for help because of 11 or stubbornness. Sometimes we think it is a sign of 12 to admit we need a hand. Sometimes we don’t even 13 asking for help. Whatever the reason is, it is a waste.
It’s 14 that we learn to use all our strength. This includes inner resources such as discipline, courage, and even love. It also includes 15 resources. Just as we should be willing to help others, we should be willing to ask others for help.
1. A. falling B. stopping C. blocking D. cutting
2. A. lift B. move C. carry D. throw
3. A. mightily B. carefully C. hardly D. painfully
4. A. Excited B. Surprised C. Discouraged D. Unexpected
5. A. taught B. joined C. pushed D. praised
6. A. stone B. branch C. road D. tree
7. A. job B. way C. lesson D. resource
8. A. hidden B. cheated C. covered D. surrounded
9. A. set B. change C. achieve D. discover
10. A. try B. fail C. manage D. stop
11. A. pride B. mood C. pity D. strength
12. A. politeness B. slightness C. kindness D. weak