2015届高三第一次六校联考

2015届高三第一次六校联考

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A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

How did Dale Carnegie manage to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a lecture? He rose from a(n) ___1___ Missouri farm to the well-known international stage because he found a way to fill a universal human need.

It was a need that he first ____2____ back in 1960 when young Dale was junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an education, he was struggling against many difficulties. His dad couldn‟t afford the _____3_____ at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. He withdrew from many school activities because he didn‟t have the time or the ____4____. He had only one good suit. He tried for the football team, but was turned down for being too ____5____. During this period Dale was slowly _____6_____an inferiority complex(自卑感), which his mother knew could prevent him from achieving his real _____7____. She wouldn’t allow it to happen, so he _____8_____ Dale join the debating team, believing that ______9_____ in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.

Dale took his mother‟s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts ____10____made it. This proved to be a _____11_____ point in his life. Addressing a speech before groups did help him gain the ____12____ he was in need of. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in ____13____. Now other students were coming to him for ____14____ and they, in turn, were winning contests.

Out of this early struggle to overcome his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to ____15____ an idea to an audience builds a person‟s confidence. And, with it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do---and so could others.

1. A. famous B. unknown C. old D. faraway

2. A. admitted B. filled C. supplied D. recognized

3. A. training B. board C. education D. equipment

4. A. permits B. interest C. talent D. clothes

5. A. thin B. flexible C. optimistic D. bored

6. A. giving B. achieving C. developing D. obtaining

7. A. potential B. need C. major D. purpose

8. A. demanded B. wanted C. suggested D. insisted

9. A. presence B. practice C. patience D. position

10. A. hopefully B. finally C. certainly D. naturally

11. A. key B. breaking C. basic D. turning

12. A. progress B. experience C. fortune D. confidence

13. A. horse-riding B. football C. speech D. study

14. A. debating B. coaching C. speaking D. questioning

15. A. convey B. stress C. contribute D. repeat

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