揭东一中、惠来一中2014届高三第一学期联考
英 语 试 题
（满分：135分；考试用时：120分钟）
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。
Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. The Microsoft engineers each buy tickets but the Apple engineers buy only a 1 ticket.
“How are three people going to travel on only one 2 ?” asks a Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.
They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their 3 but all three Apple engineers cram(拥挤) into a restroom and close the door behind them.
4 after the train has departed, the conductor comes around 5 tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack and an arm 6 , ticket in hand. The 7 takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a 8 idea.
So after the conference, the Microsoft employees decide to 9 the Apple engineers (as they always do) on the return trip and save some 10 . When they get to the station, they buy one ticket. To their 11 , the Apple engineers don’t buy any ticket at all.
“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one 12 Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.
When they board the train, the Microsoft employees cram into a 13 and the Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Soon one of the Apple engineers 14 his restroom and walks over to where the Microsoft employees are 15 .
He knocks on the door and says, “Ticket, please...”
