广东省汕头四中2013届高三上学期第四次月考英语试题.docVIP

广东省汕头四中2013届高三上学期第四次月考英语试题 本试卷共12页，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。 第部分 (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。 A man found the cocoon ( 茧 ) of a butterfly. One day a small ____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 ( 皱缩 ) 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 ( 爬行 ) 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 (液体) 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 struggle 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. insect 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 C. waited 7. A. support B. cover C. help D. c