广东省东莞市2013年高三模拟冲刺题（英语）
I．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。
One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. The animal cried ____1____ for hours as the farmer tried to ____2____ what to do. Finally, he decided that as the animal was ____3____ and the well, anyway, needed to be covered up, it wasn’t ____4____ it to get the donkey back.
The farmer invited all his ____5____ to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel (铲) and began to shovel ____6____ into the well. At first, when the donkey realized what was happening, he let out a ____7____ cry. Then, to everyone’s amazement, he slowly became ____8____.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was ____9____ at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something ____10____. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and ____11____ a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and ____12____ jogged off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The ____13____ is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a ____14____ stone. We can get out of the ____15____ wells just by never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
