2012年广东省高一英语期末试题.docVIP

渔湖中年第一学期英语期考试卷 第一部分 语言知识与应用 （共2节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后选出最佳选项 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)。 Mr Baker lived in a small town. Nobody was 1 than him there, but he wished to get 2 money all the time. One day, on his way home, he found there was a 3 on the ground. He picked it up and put it into his pocket. That evening after he had supper, he brought it out and began to 4 it in the room. He was interested in a piece of news on it. Some gold 5 in a desert. He was afraid someone would know about it and he started off, 6 telling anybody about it. He tried to find the place 7 gold was. The greedy (贪婪的) man walked on the desert for two weeks, but he didn’t find any gold and his food and water was 8 . His horse was so weak that he couldn’t 9 it. He had to go back to his hometown, but it was too 10 . His horse at last died and he was too hungry and thirsty to go any 11 . He looked around, there was nothing 12 sand. Suddenly he saw a man 13 on the ground far away. He crawled (爬) to him and found he was dead, with a bag in his hand. He hurried to open the bag to find something to 4 , but it was full of gold. He threw it away. As he was dying, he cried and said, “Now, a bag of bread is far more 15 than a bag of gold. How unhappy I am!” 1. A. happier B. sadder C. richer D. poorer 2. A. little B. less C. a little D. more 3. A. newspaper B. picture C. photo D. map 4. A. read B. copy C. improve D. touch 5. A. discover B. invent C. was discovered D. was invented 6. A. which B. without C. for D. about 7. A. with B. where C. when D. that 8. A. lifted B. lost C. wasted D. gone 9. A. ride B. drive C. mend D. feed 10. A. early B. late C. easy D. possible 11. A. near B. nearer C. far D. further 12. A. except B. of C. in D. off 13. A. standing B. running C. lying D. singing 14. A. wear B. eat