广东省百所高中2014届高三联合考试
英语试卷 2013.11
工．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。
My nephew's 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot，July weekend. I persuaded him to
1 inside and joined him in a game. After 2 for an hour, I suggested that we relax for
a while. I fell into my favorite recliner（躺椅）to let my neck muscles relax. He'd slipped out
of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable moments of peace and quiet.
"Look，Alice，”he said 3 as he ran over to the chair where I was sitting"I found a
kite. Could we go outside and 4 it?"
Glancing out a nearby window, I noticed it was 5 outside.“I'm sorry, Tripper,.” I
said, sad to see his 6 eyes. "The wind is not blowing today. The kite won't fly.”
The 7 10-year-old replied,“I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,”he an-
swered as he ran out to the back door 8
Up and down in the yard he ran, pulling the kite 9 to a small length of string. He
ran back and forth，as hard as his ten year-old legs would carry him, looking back 10 at
the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.
I asked, "How did it go?"
"Fine，”he said, not wanting to admit 11 ．“I got it to fly some”
As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his
