广东省普宁一中2011-2012学年高三阶段考试英语试题

本试卷共12页，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。

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，先划掉原来的答案，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。

4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。

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。

After winning a game, athletes are often asked how they achieved that success. Most say their 1 is the result of hard practice．Usually athletes say how hard it is to win the big games．However, in my case, 2 the big games can be even harder．

For me, last year’s basketball 3 for my high school team was nothing short of an embarrassment(难堪)．Although losing every game is certainly nothing to be 4 of, that season had a bigger effect on me than any other, and probably 5 than any season since．

As a team captain, I knew it mig