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　　广东省广州市海珠区2015届高三8月摸底考试英语试题
　　本试卷共12页，三大题，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。           
　　注意事项：
　　1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上，并用2B铅笔在答题卡上的相应位置填涂考生号。
　　2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
　　3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
　　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。
　　“Now,” Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be   1  . “Yes, you will all be searching for your future   2  . Each of you will have to   3   someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
　　Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This   4   I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him   5   able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
　　I shook my head.
　　“How about some   6  ?”
　　I shook my head again.
　　Finally, I thought he realized I was   7  , and I got my first big tip as a   8  . “Never, never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into.” After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory in class. I got an A on the entire project.
　　Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I   9   Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t   10  me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   11   all my life I had run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me it was in my blood. It gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   12  .
　　For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career,   13   stories from murders to airplane crashes and   14   choosing my strongest area. When I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been  for Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
　　I was   15   all the time “How did you picrnalism?”
　　“Well, you see, there was this teacher …” I always start out. I just wish I could thank her.
　　1.  A. good B. mad         C. careless      D. curious
　　2.  A. universities B. families C. professions   D. lives
　　3.  A. interview B. please  C. admire      D. respect
　　4.  A. expressed B. ordered    C. expected     D. meant
　　5.  A. hardly B. nearly  C. naturally     D. eagerly
　　6.  A. drink B. newspapers   C. preparations  D. paper
　　7.  A. satisfied B. comfortable   C. terrified    D. sorry
　　8.  A. student         B. journalist   C. teacher       D. writer
　　9.  A. called        B. recognized    C. remembered  D. visited
　　10.  A. answer  B. promise     C. stop    D. persuade
　　11.  A. how      B. whether    C. why     D. when
　　12.  A. breaking in  B. getting down  C. falling off   D. going on
　　13.  A. making        B. retelling    C. covering      D. writing
　　14.  A. certainly B. finally     C. doubtfully    D. completely
　　15.  A. hurt B. excited        C. disappointed    D. asked
　　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。
　　My older brother and I are busy   16   (arrange) a trip to Africa. We will leave London on 15 July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco. We are going to travel on camels   17   the Sahara Desert. After the trip by camel, we’re going to travel down the River Nile. We’ll start at Lake Victoria. A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water   18   (actual) gets quite rough. So, we’ll go white-water rafting,   19   is quite dangerous, but very exciting! After white-water rafting, we’re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya.
　　20   we’ll be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large, strong, light backpack   21   advance to carry my   22