广东省2013届高考仿真模拟英语试题（全解全析版）
第一部分：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。
If your vocabulary is limited your chances of success are limited.
One of the easiest and quickest ways to get ahead is by consciously __1__ your knowledge of words.
The vocabulary of the __2__ person almost stops growing by the middle twenties. And from then on it is __3__ to have an intelligent plan if __4__ is to be made. No haphazard(无秩序的，无计划的) hitormiss methods will do.
To __5__ your chance of success by improving your words, it is wise to know in the first place that words are not just words. And the study of words is not merely something that has to do with __6__. Words are your tools of __7__. You can't even think at all without them. __8__ try it. If you are planning to go downtown this afternoon you will find that you are __9__ yourself, “I think I will go downtown this afternoon.” You can't make such a simple decision as this without using __10__.
Without words you could make no decisions and form no judgments whatsoever(无论什么). A pianist may have the most beautiful __11__ in his head, but if he had only five __12__ on his piano he would never get more
