2015届华南师大附中高三综合测试（一）
英 语
本试卷共12页，三大题，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 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。
I was invited to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. That evening I found gratitude had amazing 1 to change our attitude and our life.
The young musician Mr. Patrick was 2 onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the 3 as he made beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me most was his magic smile.
Patrick was born with no eyes and an illness in the legs, which left him 4 for life. However, as a child, he was fitted with artificial 5 and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first 6 , he discovered the piano. When his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two 7 , he′d get it. By his second birthday, he was playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. His father was 8 .“We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”
When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father attended classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band！He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his father did it together. His father worked the night shift in order to accompany his 9 band practice. Patrick says, “My dad′s my 10 .”
But even more than his 11 musical talent, it was Patrick′s “ attitude of gratitude ”that touched my soul. On stage, between songs, he talked to the audience about his life and about how 12 he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and 13 for over five minutes.
We all face misfortune in our lives. 14 ，it′s not the hardship but how we react to it that will determine the joy and happiness in our lives. During tough times, do we spend too much time feeling 15 for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain?
1. A. knowledge B. quality C. wisdom D. power
2. A. rolled B. held C. carried D. dragged
3. A. keys B. pianos C. strings D. instruments
4. A. dumb B. deaf C. lame D. paralysis
5. A. eyes B. feet C. hands D. hairs
6. A. place B. birthday C. performance D. attempt
7. A. memories B. words C. tries D. notes
8. A. confused B. amused C. interested D. overjoyed
9 . A. daytime B. nighttime C. bedtime D. teatime
10. A. dream B. hero C. music D. teacher
11. A. unbearable B. unbelievable C. unconditional D. unreasonable
12. A. satisfied B. concerned C. blessed D. funny
13. A. cheered B. whispered C. shouted D. laughed
14. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Besides
15. A. great B. sorry C. hopeful D. proud
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性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或者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。
We often think of future. We often wonder 16 the world will be like in a hundred years’ time. Think of space. Perhaps 17 permanent station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon 18 tourists do. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, 19 ( permit) long journeys through the solar system. When that time comes, people 20 (take) holidays in space and visiting 21 planets. Great progress will have been made 22 medicine, too. Pollution will have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.
All the world will have been developed- 23 Antarctica. We will have used up 24 (much) of the earth’s land to build our cities, 25 floating cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans of this kind. And there will be cities under the sea.
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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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When people ask me how smart my dog is, I say that she has about the intelligence of a toddler(学步的幼儿). Chaser is a 9-year-old border collie(牧羊犬) that knows 1,000 words. Language learning is an interesting test of animal intelligence because it requires unconsciously grasping a series of concepts in much the same way that children do as they advance from wordless babbling to complete sentences. For me, the most important common characteristic of dogs and toddlers is that they both learn best through playing games. I made games and other playful interactions with Chaser, speaking to her throughout the day in simple words and phrases just as I would to a toddler. Our language games circled around looking for and finding, chasing, fetching and herding her toys - behaviors th