2011年湛江市高考二模英語試題及答案
絕密★啟用前 試卷類型：A

本試卷共8頁，三大題，滿分135分，考試用時120分鐘。
注意事項：1、答卷前，考生務(wù)必用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆將自己的姓名和考生號、試室號、座位號填寫在答題卡上，用2B鉛筆將試卷類型（A）填涂在答題卡相應(yīng)位置上，將條形碼橫貼在答題卡右上角“條形碼粘貼處”。
2、選擇題每小題選出答案后，用2B 鉛筆把答題卡上對應(yīng)題目選項的答案信息點涂黑，如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案，答案不能答在試卷上。
3、非選擇題必須用黑色字跡鋼筆或簽字筆作答，答案必須寫在答題卡各題目指定區(qū)域內(nèi)相應(yīng)位置上；如需改動，先劃掉原來的答案，然后再寫上新的答案；不準(zhǔn)使用鉛筆和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案無效。
4、考生必須保持答題卡的整潔?？荚嚱Y(jié)束后，將試卷和答題卡一并交回。

I 語言知識及應(yīng)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）
第一節(jié) 完形填空（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21~30各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Avenue, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair of socks. I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old_____1_____. “What can I do for you, sir?” “I wish to buy a pair of socks.” His eyes glowed. There was a note of____2____ in his voice. “Did you know that you had come into the ____3_____place in the world to buy socks?” I had not been aware of that, as my entrance had been_____4____. “Come with me,” said the boy, happily. I followed him to the back of the shop, and he began to take down from the shelves box after box, _____5____their contents for my pleasure.
“Hold on, lad, I am going to buy only one pair!” “I know that,” said he, “but I want you to see how _____6______beautiful these are. Aren’t they wonderful?” There was on his face an _____7_____of serious and holy happiness, as if he were____8______ to me the mysteries of his religion. I became far more interested in him than in the____9_____. I looked at him in amazement. “My friend,” said I, “if you can keep this up, if this is not merely the enthusiasm that comes from curiosity, from having a new job, if you can keep up this enthusiasm and excitement day after day, in ten years you will own every sock in the United States.”
My amazement at his pride and _____10_____in salesmanship will be easily _____11_____by all who read this article. In our daily life, we often come across bad service in some shops. For example, in many shops the customer has to wait for someone to ___12_____him. And when finally some clerk does notice you, you are made to feel as if you were ____13_____ him.
I have observed this depressing ____14______in the lives of so many people in so many occupations that I have come to the conclusion that the surest road to failure is to do things _____15______.