一、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

1. She and her family hid away for nearly 25 months ____ they were discovered.

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

2. I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long ____ I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.

A. that B. which C. when D. as

3. ---Did you try to get a ticket for me? ---Yes, I did, but there were ____left.

A. no one B. not one C. nothing D. none

4. Believe it or not, there is ____ as standard English.

A. not such thing B. no such thing C. not such things D. no such a thing

5. Murray had a place ____ in the garden behind his house to do the work.

A. build B. building C. to be built D. built

6. Then others went to work with Murray, his two daughters ____.

A. include B. including C. included D. were included

7. Ever since middle school, my sister and I ____ about taking a great bike trip.

A. have dreamed B. had dreamed C. dreamed D. are dreaming

8. I told her the air would be hard ____.

A. breathing B. to breathe C. breathed D. to be breathed

9. What does the writer mean ____ the title “A night the earth didn’t sleep”?

A. by B. with C. on D. for

10. Only then ____ to answer violence with violence.

A. we decided B. we have decided C. did we decide D. had we decided

11. I do not like violence, but in 1963 I helped him ____ some government buildings.

A. put up B. bring up C. make up D. blow up

12. Your speech was heard by a group of five judges, ____ agreed that it was the best one this year.

A. all of them B. all of whom C. all of which D. all of that

二、完形填空 （共20小题 每小题1.5分 满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。

作者以前是一个以自我为中心的人，但作者的一些经历使之有了改变，教会了她关心别人。

I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people 16 I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a 17 person.

I think my 18 started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my 19 and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I hardly ever 20 to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester(学期), I was really 21 . It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) 22 . I started asking people around me how they were going, and if they were having trouble I 23 to help. That was really a big 24 for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of 25 are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new 26 , however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my 27 . Every time I came into her room, she was so __28 because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never 29 her, so I took her place. She let me __30

that making others feel good made me feel good, too. When she died, I was 31 , but I was very grateful to her.

I think I am a much 32 person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not 33 these experiences. They have 34 me to care about other people more than about myself. I 35 who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago.

16. A. since B. before C. or D. unless

17. A. famous B. simple C. different D. skilled

18. A. education B. career C. tour D. change

19. A. balance B. homework C. degree D. interest

20. A. talked B. wrote C. lied D. reported

21. A. careful B. lonely C. curious D. guilty

22. A. argument B. game C. experiment D. quarrel

23. A. dared B. offered C. hesitated D. happened

24. A. dream B. problem C. duty D. step

25. A. us B. which C. them D. whom

26. A. attitude B. hobby C. hope D. luck

27. A. friend B. partner C. guide D. guest

28. A. polite B. happy C. strange D. confident

29. A. bothered B. answered C. visited D. trusted

30. A. explain B. guess C. declare D. see

31. A. homeless B. heartbroken C. angry D. hopeless

32. A. quieter B. busier C. better D. richer

33. A. forget B. face C. improve D. analyze

34. A. forced B. preferred C. ordered D. taught

35. A. miss B. like C. wonder D. expect

三、阅读理解 （共两节， 满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题 每小题2分 满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C或D）中，选出最佳选项

A

The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile of troublesome books.

I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.

The clock struck 12. “Oh, dear!” I cried, “ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most wretched(可怜的) creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He didn’t have to work so hard when he was a boy.

The clock struck one. I was quite hopeless now. I forgot all I had learnt. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were heavy, so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

B

We often hear people talking about a generation gap(代沟). The name is new, but the idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said, “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”

There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened.

“When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who didn’t have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference.”

“Our children grew up in a world at war. They didn’t know when the fighting would stop. They wanted their children to have nice clothes and toys. They didn’t want to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.”

“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They’re making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”

40. The wise man mentioned in the text told people to bury him on his face so that when everything is turned upside down he will ____.

A. lie on his stomach B. lie on his back C. stand quietly D. sit in peace

41. Which generation did NOT want to do anything to make the world a better one?

A. Mr. Ellis’ B. His children’s C. His grandchildren’s D. None of the above

42. The underlined “their” refers to ____.

A. Mr. Ellis’ B. His children’s C. His grandchildren’s D. Other people’s

43. What is the writer’s attitude(态度) towards the generation gap?

A. Unacceptable B. Awful C. Funny D. Common

C

Jean Driscoll can go faster in her wheelchair than the world’s best marathoners(马拉松运动员) can run!

In April, Jean finished the Boston Marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes 22 seconds. That’s about 33 minutes faster than the winning male runner! She competed on the track, too. She was second in the 800 meter wheelchair race at the 1992 Olympics.

Jean doesn’t like to be told she’s brave. “I’m in sports because I’m a competitive person!” jean was born with spina befida(脊柱裂), a birth illness that damages the spine(脊椎). She began to use a wheelchair to get around in high school. Then she tried wheelchair race and was amazed. “Players crashed into each other and fell out of their chairs,” she says, “It was fun.”

Jean tried other wheelchair sports. At the University of Illinois, her wheelchair basketball team won two national titles.

Now Jean coaches and teaches. She tries to get people to set goals. “When I sign my autograph(亲笔签名), says Jean, “I write, dream big and work hard.”

D

Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature(特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.

In appearance, the birds of both sexes(性别) look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes and blue skin(皮肤). Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.

Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge(边缘) of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak(喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive(远古的) birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.

During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.

47. What is the text mainly about?

A. Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons B. The relatives and enemies of hoatzins

C. Birds and hoatzins of the Amazon D. The appearance and living habits of hoatzins

48. Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that ____.

A. they look like young cuckoos B. they have claws on the wings

C. they eat a lot like a cow D. they live on river banks

49. What can we infe