【2015·广东】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。
How long can human beings live? Most scientists who study old age think that the human body is ______ to live no longer than 120 years. However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live —— if he or she is ______ healthy and lucky. Some scientists even say we can live as long as 130 years! Yet, our cells simply cannot continue to reproduce ______. They wear out, and as a result, we get old and ______ die.
Even though we can’t live forever, we are living a ______ life than ever before. In 1900, the average American life span (寿命) was only 47 years, but today it is 75 years!
When does old age begin then? Sixty-five may be out-of-date as the ______ line between middle age and old age. After all, many older people don’t begin to experience physical and mental ______ until after age 75.
People are living longer because more people ______ childhooD.Before modern medicine changed the laws of nature, many children died of common childhood ______. Now that the chances of dying ______ are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.
On the whole, our population is getting older. The ______ in our population will have lasting effects on our social development and our way of life. Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see ______, not disaster, many men and women in their “golden years” are healthy, still active, and young in ______ if not in age.
As the society grows old, we need the ______ of our older citizens. With long lives ahead of them, they need to ______ active and devoted.
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A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she would play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. she loved her parents and her family*she desired to live in such a house and all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some skill and sensibility (识别力)，she her mother for a bike ride outside the garden. The little girl knew where she was heading! Down the hill and across the valley, she rode to the of the golden house.
As she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she that all the windows were and rather dirty.
So and heart-broken, she didn't go any further. She and all of a sudden she saw an amazing . There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
A．Unless B．Although C．Since D．But
A．dreamed B．worried C．asked D．shouted
A．different B．scientific C．musical D．basic
A．begged B．blamed C．invited D．paid
A．madly B．rapidly C．exactly D．possibly
A．windows B．steps C．center D．gate
A．getting B．introducing C．leading D．moving
A．felt B．learned C．concluded D．found
A．anxious B．angry C．serious D．sad
A．turned around B．cheered up C．settled down D．dropped in
A．hill B．valley C．background D．sight
A．imagined B．decided C．realized D．guessed
At the end of my high school, I got a part-time job working at a coffee shop. I had that the job would be easy but this wasn't true.
One day, one of my regular customers came in looking sad. I asked what the problem was, but he wouldn't tell me. He just said he going to bed. Before he left, I handed him a along with his iced coffee. He looked at me，20，because he hadn't ordered anything but the coffee. He opened the bag and saw that I had given him his favourite type of doughnut (炸面圈）. He thanked me before returning around and heading back out into the rain.
The next day, it was still raining and everyone in my town seemed to be using the drive-thrn window(免下车窗口）. I spent my afternoon handing people their and waiting as they slowly counted their pennies. I tried to as the customers complained(抱怨）the weather.
Around seven o'clock that evening, however, my day took a for the better. I was in the middle of making coffee when the customer from the day before up to the window. But instead of ordering anything, he handed me a rose and a note. He said that not too many people took the time to others. I was speechless. I waited until I saw his Jeep left. Then I opened the note, which ：
Christine，
Thanks for being so kind yesterday. I was really by you. Have a great day ！Hank From then on, when I complaining customers，! Thought of Hank and his kindness. Then I would smile.
A．doubted B．guessed C．knew D．dreamed
A．cloudy B．snowy C．windy D．rainy
A．felt like B．thought about C．went on D．gave up
A．raincoat B．pill C．rose D．bag
A．upset B．worried C．puzzled D．bored
A．umbrellas B．orders C．pennies D．keys
A．smile B．prevent C．listen D．agree
A．turn B．chance C．break D．look
A．rode B．drove C．walked D．ran
A．learn from B．believe in C．care about D．think of
A．read B．argued C．meant D．explained
A．touched B．hurt C．shocked D．understood
A．found B．realized C．met D．wanted
Who designed the first helicopter (直升机)？ Who painted the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most ？There is an answer to all these questions — Leonardo da Vinci.
Leonardo may have been the greatest genius(天才) have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500，but many of his seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn't a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonardo wasn't just an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master painter, and as he got older he became more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo's wonderful paintings are still with us today. You may know one of his most famous works the woman known as the Mona Lisa.
A．artists B．doctors C．painters D．people
A．paintings B．inventions C．experiences D．traditions
A．draw B．fly C．imagine D．build
A．less B．no C．even D．very
A．before B．after C．because D．when
A．interesting B．crying C．smiling D．surprising
You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little , but it is not enough for most plants. Still we can see some plants in the desert.
There is in some places in the desert. We these places oases (绿洲). In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow different kinds of in the fields there.
People live outside the oases. They have camels. sheep and other animals. These animals on the desert plants for their food and do not need water.
The animals are to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.
The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always look grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to place. The desert people are . No man in the desert would ever to help the people in trouble and give them food and water.
A．rain B．cloud C．wind D．snow
A．rise B．die C．grow D．raise
A．stones B．plants C．wood D．water
A．say B．tell C．call ‘ D．find
A．animals B．crops C．trees D．oases
A．also B．too C．either D．still
A．feed B．live C．depend D．knock
A．a little B．few C．much D．any
A．careful B．beautiful C．wonderful D．useful
A．at B．for C．up D．after
A．other B．the other C．others D．another
A．outgoing B．hard-working C．friendly D．enjoyable
A．reduce B．encourage C．agree D．refuse
Leonardo da "Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working on a special painting for a at the time, but the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman's second wife. This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci's work. Da Vinci used and light in a clever way in the painting. Da Vinci loved science and A person can see right away that there is a lot of geometry(几何图形）in the Mona Lisa. The face of Mona Lisa is made of many and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle. The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony (阳台），and mountains can be seen her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over in his paintings. The woman is sitting by her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or a woman today.
A．school B．family C．restaurant D．church
A．at B．for C．after D．in
A．darkness B．lamps C．water D．colour
A．physics B．chemistry C．biology D．maths
A．circles B．squares C．lines D．triangle(三角形）
A．before B．behind C．beyond D．between
A．another B．others C．other D．the other