广东省梅州市2014年高三总复习质检（二） 英语试卷
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。
If you put a buzzard in a pen(围栏) six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an 1 prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a 2 from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his 3 , he will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a（n） 4 jail with no top.
The ordinary bat that flies around at night, who is a 5 nimble(敏捷的) creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or 6 ground, all it can do is shuffle（拖着脚步）about 7 and, no doubt, 8 , until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can 9 itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.
A bumblebee if dropped into an open tumbler（平底无脚酒杯） 10 will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of 11 at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the 12 . It will seek a way where none exists, until it 13 destroys itself.
In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are 14 about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the 15 is right there above them.
1. A. absolute B. important C. unlucky D. illegal
2. A. try B. run C. flight D. walk
3. A. skill B. ability C. style D. habit
4. A. small B. empty C. high D. dirty
5. A. different B. large C. remarkable D. long
