2013-2014 学年度 高二下学期 3 月考试题出题人：孟欣 审题人：李传风第一部分：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Long long ago, there was a small village．This village had a 1 tradition．At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of majority （成年) was given land and money to build a home．The boy had to 2 his home before winter．If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not 3 him in any way．One _4_, Paul and Marc reached their majority．They 5 their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes ． In each village, they found the nicest 6 and talked to the owners．Each owner gladly offered 7 ．After Marc saw several homes, he 8 the best ideas and went back to his own land．Paul, _9_, continued collecting more ideas．Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 10 some of them．But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village．Marc began building his home ． He had several false starts, 11 his home gradually rose from his land ． By fall, Marc had finished his home ． It wasn't perfect，but it was strong and he could 12 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 13 with home owners．The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time, 14 back to his land．He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was 15 ．The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to 16 ．The villagers mourned for him．Marc 17 the winter．Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better．...
