广东省湛江一中2012届高三12月月考试题(英语)

广东省湛江一中2012届高三12月月考试题（英语）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。

It was Christmas 1961. I was teaching in a small town where my twenty-seven third graders eagerly 1 the great day gift-giving in advance.

Each day the children produced some new 2 —string of popcorn, hand-made trinkets, and German bell. Through it all a girl remained alone, watching from a distance, 3 miles away. I wondered what would happen to this quiet child, once so happy, now suddenly so withdrawn . I hoped the festivities would 4 to her. But nothing did. The students made the fried marbles（玻璃弹子）and competed with one another to bring the 5 ones.

The day of gift-giving finally came. We cheered over our handiwork as the presents were 6 . All along, she sat quietly watching. To see her smile, I had made a special bag for her. She opened it so slowly and carefully. I waited but she7 away. I had not passed through the wall of 8 she had built around herself.

After school I sat down in a chair, hardly 9 of what was happening. When she came to me with her hands holding a small white box and slightly soiled, as if it had been held many times by 10 childish hands, she said nothing. “For me?” I asked. She said not a word, but nodded her head. I took the box and cautiously opened it. There inside, glistening green, a fried marble11 from a golden chain. Then I looked into that eight-year-old face and saw the 12 in her dark brown eyes. In a flash I knew — she had made it for her mother, who had died just three weeks before and would never hold her or brush her hair or 13 her childish joys or sorrows.

I meant it when I whispered, “Oh, Maria, it is so beautiful. Your mother would love it.” Neither of us could stop the 14 . She threw herself into my arms and we wept together. And for that brief moment I became her mother, for she had given me the greatest 15___ of all: her trust and love.

1. A. prepared B. wanted C. expected D. waited

2. A. fancies B. plans C. wonders D. ideas

3. A. barely B. generally C. mainly D. seemingly

4. A. lead B. appeal C. adapt D. stick

5. A. prettiest B. wisest C. heaviest D. smallest

6. A. collected B. chosen C. exchanged D. delivered

7. A. gave B. threw C. carried D. turned

8. A. loneliness B. isolation C. communication D. anxiety

9. A. afraid B. aware C. sure D. careful

10. A. untouched B. unused C. unwashed D. unknown

11. A. protected B. hung C. held D. made

12. A. question B. eagerness C. worry D. happiness

13. A. know B. enjoy C. comfort D. share

14. A. cry B. excitement C. tears D. feeling

15. A. joy B. beauty C. memory D. gift

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。

Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, 16 unusual night has a different meaning: helping beggars and the homeless.

Cai, a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. 17 she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, 18 (give) the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves.

The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “19 the first time I feel respected”.

Cai said, “A beggar’s life is even 20 (hard) today. That’s why I want to help them.”

They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer 21 some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them 22 a look of surprise.

“I know the 23 (active) can’t help much, but it is meant 24 (show) our respect and care for beggars and the homeless 25 have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group.

II. 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）