广东省中山市纪念中学2015届高三第一次月考 英语试题
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。
My father grew up in Oklahoma during the early years of the Great Depression. He was the only living child of a hardworking farmer and a__1__mother.When Dad completed eighth grade, my grandfather believed his only son would work on the farm. My grandmother，however，understood the door that education could open even in__2__economic times. She persuaded grandfather to__3__Dad to finish high school.
Dad worked hard and completed high school at the age of 16. At last，grandpa was to have his wish. Dad would work on the farm, easing the economic and physical __4__grandpa carried. But grandmother again begged grandpa to permit my father to go to college.
After__5__，grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime. He walked to the chicken coop (鸡笼子)，where he did his__6__. Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands，grandpa dug up a jar that held all the family’s savings. He offered the jar and its precious__7__to Dad，saying，“Here boy, go make something of yourself.”
Realizing that his family was__8__all their savings by investing in his education，Dad became a steward of those funds. He__9__his bachelor’s degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma，where he graduated second in his__10__school class in 1936. Jobs were hard to come by when Dad graduated，so he opened his own practice and lived in a home with a dirt floor. He worked long hours，but I remember him__11__the great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.
Our family was changed by the long walk grandpa took to the chicken coop. Education is more than an investment in our family. It is a treasure. I__12__my father to college and law school，and all of my children have also__13__ higher education. We have been transformed by a sacrifice made two__14__ago by a loving，if not fully convinced，grandfather and a persistent grandmother and that has made all the__15__.
1. A. beautiful B. devoted C. lazy D. curious
2. A. tough B. great C. peaceful D. competitive
3. A. permit B. take C. ask D. force
4. A. pains B. troubles C. burdens D. activities
