广东省茂名市2012届高三第一次模拟考试（英语）

满分135分。考试用时120分钟。

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。

Abraham Lincoln loved to tell stories on himself. One of his favorites concerned itself with physical __1__.

In the days when Lincoln used to be on the circuit (traveling on horseback from one county court to another), he was once approached by a __2__ who said, “Excuse me, sir, but I have an article which __3__ to you.”

“How is that?” Lincoln asked in __4__.

The stranger took a knife from his pocket. “This knife,” he said “was__5__in my hand some years ago, with the order that I was to keep it until I found a man __6__ than I am myself. I have __7__ that knife for many years. Now I pass it on to you.”

Lincoln __8__ humorously, “I've carried that knife ever since.”

One of Lincoln's greatest assets(资产) was his ability to laugh at himself. And he __9__ laughed at his physical appearance. But history does not __10__him as an “ugly” individu