汕头市英华外国语学校2011届高三第一次月考

英语

考试时间150分钟

温馨提示：本试卷按照2011年新课改

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项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant(移植)her life was in constant   1     . 

       Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that   2      Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   3    hospitals all over the country.

       Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble   4  from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a   5     of the hospital, crying.

“Are you okay?” a man asked.

Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   6    it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to   7     something from herself. Could her   8  go to Carmen’s mother?