广东省梅州市五华县2013届高三上学期第一次质检

英 语 试 题

（考试时间：120分钟，满分135分）

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。

An English padre（神父） wanted to become a member of a certain club in Africa．In order to become a member, each person had to 1 at least one lion．The padre had never shot an animal for his life．So, armed with a rifle and led by a young African boy, the padre set out one evening for a pool in the jungle where he was told a lion came each evening to 2 ．He waited patiently for a few 3 until shortly before midnight when he heard a rustling noise．Sure enough a few feet away the head of the lion appeared above a bush that separated the padre and the pool．He aimed and fired．The head of the lion 4 fell behind the bush but a moment later 5 ．So the padre aimed and 6 again．The head of the lion fell behind the bush and once more reappeared．The padre fired again: the same 7 ．He remained calm because he 8 he had bro