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　　广东省揭阳一中、潮州金山中学2015届高三上学期暑假联考英语试题
　　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。
　　As a general rule, all forms of activity lead to boredom when they are performed on a routine(常规)basis. As a matter of fact, we can see this     1    at work in people of all ages. For example, on Christmas morning, children are     2    about playing with their new toys. But their   3    soon wears off and by January those same toys can be found put away in the basement. The world is full of    4   stamp albums and unfinished models, each standing as a monument to someone’s    5   interest. When parents bring home a pet, their child    6   bathes it and brushes its fur. Within a    7   time, however, the burden of caring for the animal is handed over to the parents. Adolescents enter high school with great excitement but are soon looking forward to    8   . The same is true of the young adults going to college. And then, how many   9   , who now complain about the long drives to work,   10    drove for hours at a time when they first    11   their driver’s license ? Before people retire, they usually   12    to do a lot of   13   things, which they never had time to do while wort soon after retirement, the golfing, the fishing, the reading and all of the other pastimes (消遣) become as boring as the jobs they   14   . And, like the children in January, they go searching for “new    15    ” .
　　1. A. principle   B. habit        C. weakness      D. power
　　2. A. surprised    B. moved        C. excited    D. satisfied
　　3. A. confidence    B. interest C. anxiety        D. sorrow
　　4. A. well-organized B. colorfully-printed C. newly- collected   D. half-filled
　　5. A. missing B. passing C. developing D. falling
　　6. A. silently    B. impatiently      C. gladly    D. worriedly
　　7. A. interesting B. short           C. long           D. boring
　　8. A. graduation B. independence     C. responsibility     D. success
　　9. A. children    B. students    C. adults    D. retirees
　　10. A. carefully    B. eagerly   C. nervously        D. bravely
　　11. A. required B. obtained C. noticed        D. discovered
　　12. A. need    B. learn C. start    D. plan
　　13. A. great    B. strong      C. difficult D. correct
　　14. A. lost    B. chose            C. left             D. quit
　　15. A. pets   B. toys       C. friends     D. colleagues
　　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。
　　A large variety of languages exist in the world. Every language has    16   own special words and expressions. And a story can be told about each of them.
　　Hot is a simple,    17    (easy) understood word. So are most of the    18    (express) made with the word hot.    19    not always, as we shall see. The words hot and potato, for example, give you no idea at all to the meaning of the expression, hot potato.
　　The potato is a popular vegetable in the United States. Many people like    20   (bake) potatoes, cooked in an oven or fire. Imagine trying to carry a hot potato in your hand. It would be difficult, even painful, to do so.
　　Now we are getting close to the meaning of hot potato. Some publicly disputed （广泛争议的 ）issues are highly sensitive. The issues must be treated carefully, or they will be difficult and painful if     21   elected official has to deal with them. They will be as difficult and painful     22   holding a hot potato.
　　One such hot potato is taxes. Calling for     23   (high) taxes can mean defeat for a politician. And yet,    24     taxes are not raised, some very popular government programs could be cut. And that also can make a politician very unpopular. So the questions must    25     (deal) with carefully, the same way you would handle any other hot potato.
　　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，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
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