东莞市2013届高三上学期期末调研测试
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和d项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
when she looked ahead, florence chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog, her body was 1 . she had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.
already she was the first woman to 2 the english channel in both directions. now, at age 34, her 3 was to become the first woman to swim from catalina island to the california coast.
on the july fourth morning in 1952, the sea was icy and the fog was so heavy that she could 4 see her support boats. sharks swam toward her lone figure, only to he 5 away by gun shots. against the cold sea water, she struggled on -- hour after hour -- while millions watched on national 6 .
alongside florence in one of the boats, her mot