广东省徐闻中学2015高三上学期第四次月考 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)
Graduation ceremonies are very important events throughout the U.S.A.. In some schools, even five-year-olds 01 their graduation from kindergarten, so do those older people. 70-year-old Jerry Reid just 02 from the University of Virginia(UVA) in Charlottesville. He 03 a bachelor’s degree.
Mr. Reid might not look like the 04 college students for his grayer hair. But it’s easy to forget his age for his attitude. Mr. Reid is also 05 so that Mr. Reid’s school friends say they could talk to him about anything.
About a half 06 ago, in his 20s, Mr. Reid was not in school. Instead, he was hanging out with others or racing cars. But he says his friend Bill once advised him to 07 the UVA. “It’s Bill that made me understand that there was no way I’d ever make anything out of my life unless I came up here and went to school with him,” said Reid 08 .
That was in 1963, and Jerry Reid says it took him 48 years to take that 09 . In 2011, after taking the exams, he succeeded in 10 the UVA. UVA Professor Luke Wright says Mr. Reid influenced students most. Professor Wright also says he opened the 11 of the young adults. The teacher says Mr. Reid showed them that life does not 12 at 40. On the contrary, the 70-year-old college graduate believes that getting older can be the beginning of a dream. He advises others that it is never too 13 to try to make the life you have always wanted.
“Remember the path that you left 14 you. It’s there. It’s yours. All you should do is to get out of your own way and get back to it. And, that’s 15 what I did.” said Reid. After taking some time off to enjoy his college degree, he will return to UVA to begin studying for his graduate degree.
01. A. witness B. celebrate C. miss D. arrange
02. A. came B. worked C. graduated D. escaped
03. A. earned B. found C. made D. bought
04. A. bad B. special C. excellent D. average
05. A. narrow-minded B. short-sighted C. easy-going D. peace-loving
06. A. month B. decade C. year D. century
