广东省揭阳市一中2014-2015学年高二上学期第二次阶段考试 英语试题
Ⅱ.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完型填空 （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16-30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。
One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to ___16 ___ me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you’ve done well and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级), but you’ll have to___17___ your friends. Would you say yes to your ___18___?” She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me___19___ for the rest of the night I had said “yes” but for the first time, I realized the___20___decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d ___21___ wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her ___22___and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large___23___apartment, I became aware of how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then that I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on___24___family and work. Face with difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a___25___attitude.
Back home, I reminded myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she ___26___to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be ___27___. I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable___28___.
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the experience has really taught me. Sacrifices ___29___ off in the end. The ___30___ between us has proved to be blessing for me.
16. A. attract B. promote C. surprise D. praise
17. A. contact B. refuse C. leave D. forgive
18. A. teacher B. friend C. mother D. family
19. A. explaining B. sleeping C. wondering D. regretting
20. A. intellengent B. timely C. final D. tough
21. A. eagerly B. politely C. nervously D. curiously
22. A. patience B. presence C. intelligence D. influence
