第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1 Mr. Huang will ________ in the movement.

A. play a leading part B. take parts C. play leading part D. take a part

2. Never has he _____ such pains since his childhood.

A. gone through B. gone againstC. gone into D. gone after

3. The professor said that light ______ faster than sound.

A. travels B. traveled C. travel D. had traveled

4. How did all these _________?

A. came out B. come up C. come across D. come about

5. Rather than ________on a crowded bus ,he always prefers _______a bicycle .

A ride ; ride B. riding ;ride C. ride ;to ride D. to ride ;riding

6. The office ordered his soldiers ________.

A. to stand still B. to not stand still C. not stand still D. stand still

7. I’ve won a holiday for two weeks to Florida. I ____ my mum.

A. am taking B. have taken C. take D. will have taken

8. A teacher who is just interested in his teaching but doesn’t _____ students is not a good teacher.

A. argue about B. discuss about C. dream about D. care about

9. —Who called just now, Sam?

—It’s Terry. She asked _____.

A. that Alice was in B. if was Alice in

C. if Alice was in D. whether was Alice in

10. It’s always the husband who ______first when a quarrel break out between the young couple.

gives away B. gives out C. gives in D. gives off

11. Mr. Zhou, ____
_______ native language was Chinese, could speak several foreign languages.

his B. who C. whose D. when

12. I still remember the persons and things ____________ we talked about last week.

whose B. whom C. that D. which

13. One minute she burst into _________ and the next burst out ________.-----We just couldn’t catch her mood at any moment.

A. crying; laughter B. tears; laughing C. tears; laughter D. crying; laughing

14. ____________ last term we had finished our experiments.

A. At the end of B. In the end C. By the end of D. At an end

15. The whole world was _________ when they learned that the quake had brought so much damage.

A. pleasant B. interested C. shocked D. frustrated

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校). 16 being sent away, this boy was the 17 student in his class. He was at the top in every 18 always with high marks.

But the boy changed after 19 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started 20 . He hated being in a
21. He was
lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he 22 committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt 23 and no one loved him.[来源:学.科.网]

His parents started 24 about the boy. But they even did not know what was 25 with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and 26 him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and27. After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To 28 my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most 29 person for me. I want to see you 30. I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words 31 the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He 32 his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had 33 he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He34 the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him 35!

16. A. After B. Before C. When D. While

17. A. hardest B. naughtiest C. brightest D. dullest

18. A. exam B. activity C. game D. class

19. A. coming B. returning C. leaving D. reaching

20. A. rising B. increasing C. reducing D. dropping

21. A. group B. term C. company D. party

22. A. led to B. felt like C. thought back D. looked for

23. A. worthless B. careless C. concerned D. annoyed

24. A. caring B. turning C. worrying D. speaking

25. A. crazy B. true C. possible D. wrong

26. A. talk with B. listen to C. tell to D. care about

27. A. family B. friends C. study D. grades

28. A. realize B. analyze C. check D. test

29. A. outstanding B. important C. famous D. familiar

30. A. happy B. excellent C. interested D. satisfied

31. A. caused B. wanted C. encouraged D. forced

32. A. answered B. ignored C. hated D. hugged

33. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

34. A. showed B. meant C. intended D. expressed

35. A. sad B. angry C. pleasant D. joyful

第三部分? 阅读理解（共两节，20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

When Christopher Columbus landed on the then unnamed Costa Rica in 1502, he saw many Indians wearing gold earrings. So he thought the land must be rich in gold. He named the place Costa Rica, which means “rich coast” in Spanish.

Though little gold was found, Costa Rica today is indeed rich with coffee and bananas. Coffee is the most important product in Costa Rica and most of it is exported (出口) to other countries like America and West Germany. Bananas are the country’s second most important export.

Costa Ricans also grow many other crops such as fruits, corn and beans for their own use. Costa Ricans love colors and their houses are painted in bright colors.

Educa
tion is very important to the Costa Ricans. Almost every village has a school and education is a must for children between seven and fourteen years of age. Boys and girls go to separate (单独的) schools. Classes begin in March and end in November. The other three months of the year are harvest time and the children have to help their parents to pick coffee beans.

36. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. How Columbus found Costa Rica. B. How Costa Rica got its name.

C. What the Costa Ricans wore. D. What language the Costa Ricans spoke.

37. The Costa Ricans may NOT paint their houses ______.

A. pink and red B. grey and black

C. blue and green D. yellow and orange

38. In Costa Rica, boys and girls between seven and fourteen ______.

A. must go to school B. study in the same school

C. do not have to go to school at all D. can
choose to stop schooling at any time

39. From December to February, school children in Costa Rica ______.

A. have lessons every day B. have their examinations

C. help their parents pick coffee beans D. help their parents decorate their houses

40. This passage is mainly about ______.

A. Christopher Columbus B. Costa Rica [来源:Z_xx_k.Com]

C. some products from Costa Rica D. the education of Costa Rica

B

　　Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．

　　41．Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

A．cheap and strong B．cheap and long

C．fast and expensive D．strong and slow

　　42．Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

　　A．he made many greet cars B．his cars are many

　　C．he made lots of cars of the same kind D．both A and B

　　43．The young man became a mechanic，_______．

　　A．which was his father’s will B．which was against his own will

C．which was against his father’s will

D．which was the will of both

　　44．The “Model T” was very famous_____．

　　A．before 1908 B．between 1982 and 1908

　　C．before 1892 D．after 1908

　　45．Ford built his own car factory[来源:学科网ZXXK]

　　A．in 1903 B．in 1908 C．in 1913 D．in 1897

C

You want to have fun and adventure and so you decide to travel somewhere to do it. Sounds like a simple enough thing. And basically it is. But what is ad-venture? That is the key here and the answer can be different for different people.

For those who love sports, adventure travel can have a whole different meaning than for those who like history. The physical travel types that you can find include such adventure travel as white water rafting (白浪漂流), kayaking or climbing and hiking to some mountains somewh
ere. To the hiker, backpacking across Ireland might be their adventure. For this type of person, adventure travel almost always includes some-thing physical. Often the goal is to push their body’s limits and test their indi
vidual endurance (耐力).

For those who less want t
o climb mountains, ad-venture travel might mean traveling to Nepal and taking in the local festivals. Wine tasting in Italy is also vacation adventure for the more relaxed traveler who enjoys peace and comfort. Anything that is opposite to the normal scope
(范围) of the traveler’s lifestyle de-fines (定义) adventure.

Adventure travel is not necessarily a one-size-fits-all type of vacation. Adventure depends on the per-son’s physical limits, how much money the person has and what the person enjoys doing. Going beyond the normal is adventurous for many. I