单项填空(本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

1. He hated me because of the problem that I had. He _____ left me and married another woman.

A. fortunately B. barely C. eventually D. faithfully

2. There is no doubt that China will adjust its economic policies at an
_____ time.

A. abstract B. endless C. appropriate D. allergic

3. —What are you thinking about?

—Things are always changing, so we need a more _______ decision-making system.

A. permanent B. sensitive C. specific D. flexible

4. American Indians _______ about five percent of the U. S. population.

A. fill up B. bring up C. make up D. set up

5. The whole dinner was good, but the soup _______ was excellent.

A. in doubt B. in addition C. in case D. in particular

6．More than one graduate ________sent to the hardest place since 1985.

A．is B．are C．has been D．have been

7. We are often kept _______ of what is happening in that country.

A. informing B. informed C. inform D. to inform

8. _______ to give such a lazy man any more help.

A. It is no good B. There is no point C. It is no wonder D. There is no need

9.John thinks it won’t be long ______he is ready for his new job .

A. when B. after C. before D. since

10. A teacher, along with 40 students _____in the lab.

A. work B. working C. is working D. are working

二、完形填空(本题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分)

The Blind Boy

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a 11 which said: I am blind, please help. There were only a few 12 in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his 13 and dropped them into the hat. He 14 took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He 15 the sign so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to 16 . A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.That afternoon the man who had 17 the sign came to see how things were. The boy 18 his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said: “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said in a different way, though.” What he had written was: “Today is a (n) 19 day and I cannot see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both sign simply said the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so 20 that they were not blind.[来源:高考资源 Should we be surprised that the seco
nd sign was more 21 ?Be thankful for what you have. When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to 22 . Face your past without regret(后悔). 23 your present with confidence(自信). Prepare for the 24 without fear. Keep the faith（信念）and 25 the fear.

11. A. cover B. sign C. board D. note

12. A. cashes B. treasures C. pennies D. coins

13. A. pocket B. can C. backpack D. case

14. A. still B. then C. already
D. yet

15. A. put on B. put out C. put off D. put back

16. A. mix up B. show up C. fill up D. make up

17. A. changed B. prepared C. supported D. reached

18. A. realized B. recognized C. felt D. discovered

19. A. average B. successful C. harmonious D. beautiful

20. A. happy B. disappointed C. lucky D. strange

21. A. effective B. brave C. surprising D. scientific

22. A. smile B. exist C. survive D. prove

23. A. Look into B. Search for C. Deal with D. Depend on

24. A. tomorrow B. adventure C. future D. sunrise

25. A. preserve B. charge C. keep D. Drop

The more the men ran, the greater loss of body fat.

The more they ran , the greater their increase in food intake ( 吸收 ) .

Thus those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost greatest amount of body fat .

26. What kind of physical problem do many adult Americans
have?

A. They are too slim. B. They work too hard.

C. They are too fat. D. They lose too much body fat.

27. Is there scientific evidence to support eating too much is the cause of a “weight problem”?

A. Yes, there is plenty of evidence.

B. Of course, there is some evidence to show this is true.

C. There is hardly any scientific evidence to support this.

D. We don't know because the information is not given.

28. In comparison ( 比较 ) with the adult American population today , the Americans of 1910 ____ .

A. ate more food and had more physical activities

B. ate less food but had more activities

C. are less food and had less physical exercises

D. had more weight problems[来源:学,科,网]

29. What have modern medical and scientific researches reported to us .

A. Fat people eat less food and are less active .

B. Fat people eat more food than slim people and are more active .

C. Fat people eat more food than slim people but are less active .

D . Thin people run less， but have greater increase in food intake .

B

The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.

The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March 1702.

In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.

Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻).It sells more than 11 million copies every day.

30. The first daily newspaper came out in _____.

A. 59 BC B.
700’s C. 1609 D. 1620

31. The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.

A. England B. Germany C. France D. Sweden

32. The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.

A. Washington B. New York C. Boston D. New Orleans

33. Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States.

A. 1621 B. 1704 C. 1760 D. 1800

C

Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow”， “sell” or even “steal” “vegetables”， “flowers” and “fruits” on the Net. They eagerly earn some e-money and buy m
ore “seeds”， “pets” and even “houses”．

Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.

Harold: I don't quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.

Allan: I enjoy putting some “bugs” (小虫子) in my friends' gardens and we've bec
ome closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.

Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for (渴望) the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure in the office; besides, it gives me the exciting feeling of being a “thief”．

Ivy: Well, it's just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot pay more attention to their study.

文章大意：偷菜游戏风靡一时，看一下年轻人的观点吧。

34．By playing the game, people can________.

A．make a lot of money

B．make many friends

C．have great fun

D．better their life

35．The people “steal” someone else's “vegetables” to________.

A．live a more comfortable life

B．show their confidence in the reality

C．earn e-money to develop their own “farm”

D．enjoy the feelings of being children

36．What can you learn about Laura from the passage?

A．She is a college student.

B．She lives in a village.

C．She is an office worker.

D．She wants to be a thief.

37．What is Ivy's opinion about the game?

A．It is not good for students to play.

B．Teenagers can have fun together.[来源:学+科+网Z+X+X+K]

C．Teenagers can relax themselves.

D．Students will learn to face the world.

D

The Internet brings us many advantages.

With the Internet, people can send and receive e-mails. On the Internet, people can skim over news. Using the Telnet, the user anywhere on the Internet can log into any other machine on which he has an account. It is possible to use the FTP program to copy files from one machine on the Internet to another.

But the Internet also brings us troubles.

Internet use seems to cause a fall in psychological(心理的)health, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University. Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less often, the two-year study showed. And it wasn't that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually seemed to cause the bad feelings.

Researchers are puzzled over the results, which were completely opposite to what they ha