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　　广东省汕头市金山中学2011届高三上学期12月期末调研考试（英语） 英 语 试 题
　　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各题所给出的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 take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. if they can  __1  it, they can certainly send them to the best universities. but they must not feel guilty if they can’t. if the children really want to go, they’ll find a   2   out. there are plenty of loans（货款）and scholarships for the bright and   3  ones who can’t afford to pay.
　　When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. they do not have the   4  to baby-sit their grandchildren. if they want to do it, it must be considered a(n)   5  not an obligation（责任，义务）.
　　Do parents owe their children anything? yes, they owe them a great deal.
　　One of their obligations is to give their children a personal   6  .a child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly  7  to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will bee so  _8_ , so afraid of failing that he（or she）won’t try at all. of course they should be __9__ corrected when they do wrong, but it’s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. all our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate（宽容）them and give them chances to try and fail. they must learn to stand   10  .when critis（批评）are really needed, they should be  11 with praises, with a smile and a kiss. that is the way children learn.
　　Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. this means teaching them to  12 the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. the best way to teach such values is by  13  .a child who is lied to will lie. a child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have   14  laughing and loving.
　　No child asks to be   15  . If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.
　　1．A．find  B．get  C．afford  D．receive
　　2．A．supporter  B．help  C．path  D．way
　　3．A．handsome  B．honest  C．eager  D．worried
　　4．A．time  B．right  C．duty  D．energy
　　5．A．favor  B．pleasure  C．honor  D．service
　　6．A．worth  B．affair  C．belief  D．confidence
　　7．A．brought  B．pared  C．forced  D．taken
　　8．A．unsure  B．desperate  barrassed  D．dependent
　　9．A．properly  B．gently  C．sincerely  D．severely
　　10．A．failure  B．examination  C．fault  D．test
　　11．A．mixed  B．satisfied  C．shared  D．balanced
　　12．A．consider  B．recognize  C．respect  D．know
　　13．A．example  B．guidance  C．word  D．deed
　　14．A．worry  B．difficulty  C．fun  D．problem
　　15．A．praised  B．valued C．born D．loved
　　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使用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。
　　Alfred Nobel bee millionaire and ways of mining, construction, and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12, 1888, Alfred’s  died of heart attack. A major French newspaper mistook his brother  16  him and carried an article   17  (announce) the death of Alfred Nobel. “Dr. Alfred Nobel,   19  bee rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.”
　　Alfred put   20  the newspaper sadly. It was his brother rather than  21  who had died and the French newspaper had made a mistake. All the same, Alfred felt unfortable. Was this the way the world was going to remember him? He did not like that idea at all. He wanted people to