1 / 13 揭阳市 2013 年高中毕业班高考第二次模拟考试英语本试卷共三部分，满分135 分, 考试用时 120 分钟。注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名、考生号、试室号和座位号填写在答题卷上。2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B 铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应位置上； 如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案，不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4. 考生必须保持答题卷的整洁，考试结束后，将本试题和答题卷一并交回。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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble — especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great 1 between human beings and insects. The 2 take every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly 3 attention to themselves. We can only show mercy to the 4 man who had to stop his car soon after setting out from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the 5 of the car, he naturally got out to examine the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he 6 his way. Again the noise began, 7 and became even louder. Quickly turning his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great 8 cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees 9 . 2 / 13 On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour's 10 driving, he arrived safely in London, where he...
