广东省中山市龙山中学2013-2014学年高二上学期第一次月考（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、D 项中，选出最佳选项。
When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a _1__ problem and had to go to hospital for a _2__ examination.
It seemed a small _3__ compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go _4__ right from the beginning. Not having a car or knowing the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B. Although I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was _5__ I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the _6__ direction.
I got off the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a _7__, who was trying to get past me. _8__, instead of moving on, she stopped to ask if I was _9__. After I explained my _10__ to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my _11__. Sitting there waiting, I felt __12__ that someone had been willing to help. Then hearing a horn(喇叭)nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend _13__ at me to get in her car. She had returned to offer me a lift to the hospital.
Such unexpected _14__ from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose _15___, for all things are possible.
1. A. physical B. travelling C. social D. housing
2. A. scientific B. final C. previous D. thorough
3. A. chance B. challenge C. success D. error
