“十校”2012——2013学年度高三联考

英语试题

第一部分：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)

“Dash” is a symbol which represents every day we’ve spent alive on earth. Therefore, how you spend your “dash” is important.

Recently I heard about a little girl named Hope. After learning more about her life, I couldn’t help but feel it was not by 1 , nor happenstance（意外事件）, that she had been named “Hope”. The strong feeling of sympathy and generosity 2 in her young heart made a lasting impression on me and countless others. Though I never had the opportunity to meet her, I wish I had. It seemed as though she was wise beyond her tender years and very, very special.

Hope was a twelve-year-old girl who was 3 a “wish” in early December 2010 by the “Make-A-Wish” Foundation after being 4 that she had a rare type of bone cancer. However, when she found out that more than 150 5 in her area were waiting for their wishes to be achieved, she unselfishly used her wish to 6 that those children have the