高三英语期中考试PAGE-15-/NUMPAGES15金中南校2011-2012学年度第一学期期中考试高三级英语（总分135分，考试时间120分钟）=1\*ROMANI、语言知识及应用第一节：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各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。WhenIenteredBerkeley，Ihopedtoearnascholarship.HavingbeenaStraight-Astudent，IbelievedIcould__1__toughsubjectsandreallylearnsomething.OnesuchcoursewasWorldLiteraturegivenbyProfessorJayne.Iwasextremelyinterestedintheideashe__2__inclass.WhenItookthefirstexam，Iwas__3__tofinda77，C-plus，onmytestpaper,forEnglishwasmybestsubject.IwenttoProfessorJayne，wholistenedtomyargumentsbutremained__4__.Idecidedtotryharder，althoughIdidn'tknowwhatthatmeans__5__schoolhadalwaysbeeneasyforme.Ireadthebooksmorecarefully，butgotanother77.Again，I__6__withProfessorJayne.Again，helistened__7__butwouldn'tchangehismind.Onemoretestbeforethefinalexam,onemore__8__toimprovemygrade.SoIredoubledmyeffortsand，forthefirsttime，__9__themeaningoftheword"thorough"．Butmy__10__didnogoodandeverythingwentasbefore.Thelasthurdlewasthefinal.NomatterwhatgradeIgot，itwouldn'tcancelthreeC-pluses.Imightaswellkissthe__11__goodbye.Istoppedworkinghard.IfeltIknewthecoursematerialaswellasIeverwould.Thenightbeforethefinal，Ieven__12__myselftoamovie.ThenextdayIdecidedforonceI'dhavefunwithatest.Aweeklater，IwassurprisedtofindIgotanA．IhurriedintoProfessorJayne'soffice.He__13__tobeexpectingme."IfIgaveyoutheasyouexpected，youwouldn'tcontinuetoworkashard."Istaredathim，__14__thathisanalysisandstrategywerecorrect.Ihadworkedmyheadoff，asIhadneverdonebefore.Iwas__15__whenmycoursegradearrived：A-plus.ItwastheonlyA-plusgiven.ThenextyearIreceivedmyscholarship.I'vealwaysrememberedProfessorJayne'slesson：youalonemustsetyourownstandardofexcellence1.A.takeB.discussC.coverD.get2.A.soughtB.presentedC.exchangedD.obtained3.A.shockedB.worriedC.scaredD.anxious4.A.unchangedB.unpleasantC.unfriendlyD.unmoved5.A.whenB.becauseC.ifD.though6.A.quarreledB.reasonedC.bargainedD.chatted7.A.angrilyB.patientlyC.surprisedlyD.naturally8.A.choiceB.stepC.chanceD.measure9.A.spokeB.requestedC.comm