广东省广雅中学、佛山一中2014届高三下学期2月联考英语试卷(含听力)
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四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I read a piece of news today that the richest people were paying 736, 000 dollars for watches at present. As I was ___1___ my head at their craziness, I glanced at my own 8-dollar watch. It told me the time just fine. I guessed that about 735, 992 dollars were ___2___ from buying such a cheap watch. With that I could send 18 kids to college for four years each with the room, board, and books included. With that I could sponsor ___3___ 200 needy children overseas into adulthood. With that I could buy ___4___ for 2.5 million starving people around the world. With that money I could do so much good, help so many souls, and still know the ___5___ whenever I looked down at my wrist.
When did our society become so ___6___ that anyone would think they needed a 736, 000-dollar watch? When did people become so ___7___ that they would believe a one-million-dollar ___8___ is essential? My first car cost me only 500 dollars and it still gets me where I need to go. When did 50-million-dollar yachts (游艇) and 100-million-dollar houses become so ___9___ to a person's happiness? My tiny home has more ___10___ in it than the biggest mansion in the world and I can walk on the shore of the local lake here and ___11___ in its beauty for free.
I pray that at some point our society says "Enough!" and ___12___ from this horrible dream of materialism. Each of us only has one life. Let's not ___13___ it on the watches we wear and the cars we drive. Each of us only has one soul. Let's not ___14___ it trying to gain the whole world. Life puts us here to love each other, and to make this world a better place. Help others whenever you can. Life is brief and no watch will sell a(n) ___15___ second of it to you.
1. A. hiding B. nodding C. raising D. shaking
2. A. made up B. got back C. left over D. put off
3. A. nearly B. hardly C. wisely D. easily
4. A. meals B. houses C. books D. clothes
5. A. watch B. world C. people D. time
