周测三及答案[2011.9.3].docVIP

2012届高三英语周测题(2011.9.3) 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、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A__1__ appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it __2__ to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any __3__. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to __4__ the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly came out __5__. But it then had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man __6__ to watch the butterfly because he’d expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge to be able to __7__the body, which would contract (缩小) in time. So he waited patiently. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly __8__ the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It was never able to __9__. What a shame! What the man, in his kindness and fast action, did not understand was that the suffering and the struggle __10__ for the butterfly to get through the tiny hole were nature’s way of __11__ fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings __12__ it would be ready for flight once it achieved its __13__ from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are __14__ what we need in our lives. If nature allowed us to go through our lives without any difficulties, it would weaken or even disable us. We would not be as __15__ as what we could have been. We could never fly! 1 .A. opening 　　B. C. sign D. mark 2. A. expected B. struggled C. pretended D. learned 3. A. noise B. decision C. choice D. progress 4. A. leave B. help C. trouble D. study 5. A. excitedly B. naturally C. easily D. silently 6. A. continued B.stopped C. hoped D. waited 7. A. support B. cover C. help D. contract 8. A. gave up B. spent C. put aside D. devoted 9. A. get up B. fly C. get thro