湖南省十二校2013二模考试英语试题答案(5)

47   in their lives．
36．A．cook B．buy C．pay D．serve
37．A．mirror B．light C．window D．door
38．A．comfort B．space C．money D．chance
39．A．preparing B．hurrying C．hesitating D．planning
40．A．explained B．wondered C．agreed D．felt
41．A．famous B．strange C．different D．comfortable
42．A．holding up B．putting down C．giving up D．looking at
43．A．Naturally B．Finally C．Luckily D．Hopefully
44．A．having B．eating C．finishing D．swallowing
45．A．popular B．serious C．thankful D．polite
46．A．immediately B．obviously C．carefully  D．nervously
47．A．difference B．mistake C．decision D．advance
Section C （12 marks）
Directions：Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．
    Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, 48．        one of  America's most famous artists did just that．Anna Mary Robertson! Better known as "Grandma Moses", turned to painting 49．        she was too old to work on her farm．
Grandma Moses was crazy 50．        painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it．She painted carefully and her works were nice．She 51．         painted only to enjoy herself, and then began to sell her works for a little money．In 1939, 52．           collector, Louis Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses' works hanging in a shop．He liked them, bought them at once, and set out to look for 53．          ．Caldor held a show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to 54．       artists．
Grandma Moses, 55．            was world-famous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101．

Part Ⅲ  Reading Comprehension （30 marks）
    Directions: Read the following three passages． Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D． Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．
A
    There were a thousand reasons not to stop．I was running late for a Very Important．．．well, whatever it was that I was running late for that day．Surely the Highway Patrol would be along soon, and it's their job to help stranded （搁浅） motorists, isn't it? Let's see-that makes l, 004 reasons not to stop．And here's 1, 005th:  I am the world's worst auto mechanic．The first time I tried to change my car's oil myself I did fine-until I forgot to put the new oil in．The boys down at the garage had a big laugh over that．