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1、本试卷满分150分，答题时间120分钟。

2、请将答案直接填涂在答题卡上，考试结束只交答题卡。

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分55分）

第一节：单项填空（共25小题，每小题1分，满分25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。

1. I could _______ by the way she walked that her knee was still bothering her.

A. separate B. tell C. find D. divide

2．______ in a well-known university is what everybody wishes for.

A. Educated B. Being educated

C. To educate D. Educating

3.His classmates offered him their congratulations ______ his successful performance.

A. at B. on C. for D. of

4. _______every member has arrived, let’s set about _____ the plan for the next five years.

A. Since; to work out B. Because; work out

C. Now that; working out D. For; work out

5. Here are the first three books of his poem works, with the fourth one to _____ next month.

A. come out B. publish C. replace D. work out

6. As he works in a remote area, he visits his parents only _______ .

A. anxiously B. occasionally C. urgently D. hopefully

7. His English is improving _______, which makes both his parents and his teacher happy.

A. now and then B. little by little

C. sooner or later D. one after another

8. It is surprising that such a young boy can swim ______ the river ______ 100 meters wide.

A. over; measured B. across; measuring

C. across; measures D. through; measuring

9. Li Ming is a student who is easy _____ though he has some trouble _____ his lessons.

A. to be got along with; in B. to get along with; with

C. to get along; in D. getting along with; with

10. I thought he would offer to pick me up. _______, he even refused me when I asked him to do so.

A. In other words B. Otherwise

C. What’s more D. However

11. It suddenly ________ me how we could improve the situation.

A. got B. struck C. beat D. occurred

12. Seeing the ______ sight, the girl was nearly _______ to death.

A. terrifying; terrifying B. terrified; terrified

C. terrifying; terrified D. terrified; terrifying

13. _____ in a heavy snow, he didn’t get there in time.

A. Catching B. Catch C. Caught D. To catch

14.Don’t blame yourself too much. Everyone has his ______ and weaknesses.

A. powers B. strengths C. forces D. energies

15. The reason _____ he was late for the meeting was ____ he was held up by traffic jam during rush hours.

A. why; because B. that; that

C. why; that D. that; because

16. The child ______ in the countryside knows how to _____ animals like dogs, pigs and so on.

A. raised; bring up B. brought up; raise

C. fed; raise D. fed up; bring up

17. Scientists said that the winter of 2011 was _____ cold, and in fact it was much colder than predicted.

A. frozen B. freezing C. freezingly D. froze

18. A local woman didn’t _______ her tears when she saw her store destroyed by the fire.

A. hold out B. hold back C. hold up D. hold on

19. The fact that she was foreign made ______ difficult for her to get a job in that country.

A. this B. that C. her D. it

20. The old building which ______ the 5th century is going to be rebuilt.

A. dating from B. dates from C. dated from D. dating back to

21. ---If I come back in an hour, do you think the manager will see me?

---I’m very sorry, but he ________ a meeting then.

is having B. has had C. will be having D. will have

22. The criminals ______ in a hotel the other day were connected with a murder(谋杀).

A. arrested B. to be arrested C. being arrested D. arresting

23.The policeman _______ that the drunk driver get out of his car.

A. said B. commanded C. connected D. thought

24. All the factories _______ great importance to the car exhibition.

A. attached B. afforded C. earned D. brought

25. If you listen to English programs every day, I’m sure you’ll _______ make progress in English.

A. frequently B. eventually C. fluently D. hardly

完形填空(共20小题：每小题1.5分，共30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were final 26 . All the kids had been working hard for some time, review their 27 . If they didn’t pass the exams, they would have to 28 them in September. There were usually a few who 29 , but Jane didn’t want to be one of them. She had worked hard all year. She worked so hard that her mother 30 her. Jane went bed late. The night before the big day, her mother 31 that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to 32 her up in the morning.

Jane was too 33 to fall asleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, the 34 did work. In no time she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper, but she couldn’t answer 35 of the questions. Everyone 36 her was writing pages and pages. 37 she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about. From time to time, she looked at her 38 . Time was running 39 . There was only an hour 40 . She started one question, wrote two sentences, 41 and tried another. With only an hour left, she wrote 42 two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started 43 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she woke up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible 44 . A minute later, 45 called her name.

26. A. harvests B. exams C. reports D. papers

27. A. exercises B. jobs C. books D. lessons

28. A. take B. write C. attend D. do

29. A. cheated B. succeeded C. passed D. failed

30. A. cared about B. felt proud of C. worried about D. thought highly of

31. A. advised B. agreed C. promised D. allowed

32. A. ring B. wake C. put D. pick

33. A. sad B. tired C. happy D. nervous

34. A. dream B. pill C. suggestion D. music

35. A. all B. none C. any D. some

36. A. ahead of B. behind C. in front of D. around

37. A. Unless B. However C. Though D. As

38. A. watch B. paper C. teacher D. book

39. A. up B. down C. out D. over

40. A. run B. left C. remaining D. go

41. A. gave out B. gave up C. put off D. put out

42. A. another B. more C. other D. the other

43. A. thinking B. dreaming C. crying D. writing

44. A. exam B. dream C. story D. night

45. A. her mother B. her teacher C. a classmate D. a friend

第二部分　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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Big Ben, the landmark of London, a clock famous for its accuracy and chimes(和谐的钟声), stopped working for 90 minutes, an engineer said Saturday.

There has been speculation(推测) that a recent period of hot weather may have been to blame(责备). Temperatures in London reached 90 ℉on Saturday, and forecasters called it England’s hottest day in May since 1953.

The clock has experienced occasional problems. In 1962, snow caused the clock to stop before the New Year. In 1976, the clock stopped when a piece of its machinery broke. Big Ben also stopped on April 30, 1997, and once more three weeks later.

46. How many times has Big Ben stopped up to now?

A. Three B. Five C. Six D. Eight

47. The probable reason for Big Ben stopping working this time is ________.

A. high temperature B. low temperature

C. broken machine D. heavy snow

48. The passage mainly talks about ________.

A. Big Ben’s history B. the solution to Big Ben’s problem.

C. the landmark of London D. Big Ben’s silence

B

I began working in journalism (新闻业) when I was eight. It was my mother’s idea. She wanted me to “make something” of myself, and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition (竞争).

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue. The crowds were there. There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union. For several hours I made myself easily seen, making sure e