广东省揭阳一中等2014届高三上学期开学摸底联考（英语）
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。
A boy lost his arms in an accident and had to depend on his brother for almost everything. His younger brother became his 1 , never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his 2 , he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
One night, his brother accompanied him into the 3 and went back to wait. But being so tired, his younger brother fell 4 , leaving him in the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew 5 , they had different opinions about many things and often 6 . His brother wanted to 7 from him to live his own life. Knowing this, he was heart-broken and didn't know what to do.
A similar misfortune happened to a girl. One night her 8 , who suffered from mental illness, 9 . So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to 10 a meal for her parents, but only to overturn the stove, resulting in a 11 , which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister, who was studying in another city, showed her 12 to help her, she made up her mind to be completely 13 . And she made it.
One day, the boy and the girl were both 14 to appear on a television interview program. They both were asked to 15 something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My brother's arms are my arms; while the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying hearts.
1. A. volunteer B. bodyguard C. servant D. shadow
2. A. feet B. hands C. toes D. arms
3. A. kitchen B. bedroom C. toilet D. study
