2014广东省高考压轴卷 英语 Word版含解析
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。
I am a straightA student and study has been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems natural.
With high academic standards and a competitive __1__， I don’t just dislike losing. I can’t stand it. I need to beat the __2__ students, preferably in everything. I’ve even __3__ so far as to define myself by my grades, saying that how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I __4__， then I am lost.
Today I was sitting in class trying to __5__ the last minutes studying for a test I had to get full marks. __6__ the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen __7__ while still glancing at my study sheet now and then. When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and __8__. And then I found myself wishing she would be __9__ so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good __10__. You’re so easy to talk to.” I froze.
I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it __11__. But inside, I knew it wasn’t true. She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to participate.
I passed the test excellently despite my __12__ of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had __13__ being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what matters to me most? What I have is all about my personal __14__ and about me being too selfcentered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is never __15__ sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me—sympathy.
1．A.spirit B．sport
C．school D．surrounding
2．A.ordinary B．top
C．handsome D．strong
3．A.got B．come
C．left D．given
4．A.invent B．expect
C．copy D．hide
5．A.save B．spend
C．collect D．cost
