一．单项填空（每小题1分，共15分）从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. —I'm terribly sorry that I failed to win the game.? —You are not ________ for all you could do. A. to blame B. pleased

C. right D. satisfied

2. To make sure that he was at home, I called him up ____________ .

A. by chance B. in general C. at ease D in advance

3. -----Will you please help me to take care of my cat when I go out?

----- ________.

A. My pleasure. B. It's a pleasure.

C. With pleasure. D. At my pleasure.

4. Judging from his _______ look, I know it is a very _____ situation to her.

A. confused; confused B. confusing; confusing

C. confusing; confused D. confused; confusing

5. Many Chinese have lived abroad for years, but they still _____ the traditional customs.

A. observe B. behave C. perform D. struggle

Mary was born in 1752 in a rich family in _____ is now the state

of Virginia.

A. which B. where C. that D. what

7. He ________ in American for five years, and now he works in Shanghai.

A. have worked B. worked C. had worked D. have been working

8. The West Lake we visited last year was really_____ attraction and

we'd like to visit it _______ second time next year.

A. \; a B. the; the C. an; a D. \; the

Not others but Mother always _____ children ______ in their beautiful clothes.

A. keep; dressed B. kept; dressing

C. keeps; dressing D. keeps; dressed

10. — Who are you going to have _______ this letter for you?

— My secretary.

A. type B. typed C. been typed D. been typing

11. — When could you have a meal with me?? — I'd like to go _______ it is convenient to you.

A. whichever?B. whenever????C. whatever? D. wherever12. ----- Mary looks very upset. She _______ failed to pass the exam.

----- I guess so. It's very difficult after all.

A must have B could have C should have D might have

13. Where was it ______ you _______ our maths teacher?

A. where; came to B. that; come across,

C. that; came across D. where; come to

14. The fruit ________ fresh in his fruit stand sells well.

A．looking B．looked C．looks D．to be looked

15. Dr Yuan makes______ possible______ one-third more of the crop in the same fields.

A．it; produce B．it; producing

C. it; to produce D. it; produced

二、完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）

阅读下面短文，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。

It was a market day, so people and traffic had been pouring into the town since early morning. 16 ?it was an old town, even the main street was very 17 ?and soon became overcrowded. There was not enough 18 ?for all the people on the sidewalk at the roadside, 19 ?they overflowed into the road, 20 ? danger to their lives from? 21 ?cars and buses, the drivers of? 22 ?were constantly blowing their horns (喇叭) to?23 people to get out of their? 24 .

　?? Yet it was a(n) 25 scene. Peasants walked along the street, their heads piled high with baskets or beautifully woven blankets which they hoped to? 26 ?to the townsfolk. Men with carts 27 their way along, shouting their goods at the top of their 28 . They were selling apples, oranges and grapes — the 29 ?of their fields. 30 ?it all, women in bright summer clothes made their way, laughing and talking,? 31 ?children rushed in and out of the crowds screaming with laughter when they didn’t ask for something they could not have, or crying with? 32 because they were lost.

??? The noise went on all day. People did not even stop for a meal, but preferred to buy bits of meat cooked over a fire or bread or ice-cream from the street sellers. The? 33 from this and from all the activities of the day began to collect in the street. And finally, when night at last came, the street? 34 and only the rubbish? 35 ?sadly blowing in the cooling night wind.

16. A. Although? B. For C. But?? D. As

17. A. small?? ?B. crowded C. narrow ??? D. short

18. A. land??? B. area C. ground???? D. room

19. A. and?? ?B. however C. or??? D. then

20. A. having?? B. causing C. throwing? D. being

21. A. passing? ? B. taking C. catching? D. driving

22. A them ?? B. which C. whom? ?? D. that

23. A. persuade ?? B. order C. stop?? ?D. wait

24. A. road??? B. way C. sight?? ?D. place

25. A. strange??? B. usual C. colorful?? D. interesting

26 .A. give ???? ?B. sell C. take??? D. send

27. A. forced? ?? B. walked C. found??? D. took

28. A. voices?? ?B. prices C. heads?? ?D. carts

29. A. crops? ??B. result C. harvest?? ??D. productions

30. A. Through?? ?B. Across C. Above? ?D. After

31. A. while??? ?B as C. when??? ?D. whose

32. A. tear?? B. sorrow C. sadness? ??D. fear

33. A. people?? ?B. noise C. rubbish?? ??D. business

34. A. emptied? ??B. silenced C. calmed??? D. changed

35. A. remained ?? B. left C. lay ? ??D. piled

三、阅读理解（本题有两节，共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）

第一节：阅读下列材料并做36—50题。从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework, but with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.

If you give your children the impression that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard themselves as unfit or unable persons. Unless children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.

My daughter Carla's fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class feel special. When students received less than a prefect test score, she would point out what they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.

You can use the same technique when you evaluate (评价) your child's work at home. Don't always scold and give lots of praise instead. Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn't done. If your child completes a difficult task, promise him a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad.

Learning is a process of trying and failing and trying and succeeding. If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.

36. The whole passage deals with _______.

A. social education

B. school education

C. family education

D. pre-school education

37. The author thinks that ________.

A. there is no way to get children to help at home

B. the more encouragement and praise you give, the more responsible and helpful children will become

C. it is very difficult to make children responsible for housework

D. children can be forced to help with housework

38. The article gives us a good suggestion about how to evaluate your child's work at home. That is to ________.

A. praise his success

B. promise him a trip

C. give him a punishment

D. promise him a ball game

39. The author advises readers to ________.

A. learn from himself, for he has a good way of teaching

B. be proud of Carla's fifth-grade teacher

C. do as Carla's teacher did in educating children

D. follow Carla's example because she never fails in the test

40. Having read the last paragraph, we can conclude that ________.

A. pride goes before a fall

B. practice makes perfect

C. no pains, no gains

D. failure is the mother of success

B

Patti Page, the top-selling female artist of the 1950s with more than 100 million records sold, died on January 2nd, 2013, when she was 85. She was one of the most beloved singers of the post-war era. Take her “Tennessee Waltz” for example, it sold more than 10 million copies and was her biggest hit (成功).

Born in Claremore, Oklahoma, a small town near Tulsa, Page once dreamed of a career in commercial art. Her first job in the art department at a local radio station soon led to her performing 15-minute program on her own.

At age 20, Page was discovered by big-band leader Jack Rael, who gave up his job to become her manager. The next year, she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Records and enjoyed her first hit record soon. She stayed with Mercury for the next 14 years and recorded hit after hit including: “With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming” and “Old Cape Cod”.

Her last hit was “Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte”, recorded for the Bette Davis movie of the same name. And then, there was “Doggie in the Window”. The creative tune was a huge hit, but with its repeated barking sounds and silly lyrics (歌词), the song has been used by many people as an example of all that was wrong with pop music in the early 1950s.

Throughout the 1950s, Patti Page made regular appearances on a variety of television shows and in 1957 she was chosen to host the musical program “The Big Record”. The following year, Page appeared in her own CBS television series “The Patti Page Show”. She continued to record and perform into the 21st century, most recently releasing an album of songs for children, a Christmas record, and a new “best of” collection.

Besides music, Patti Page did a bit of acting. She co-starred with the Oscar-winning Burt Lancaster in “Elmer Gantry”, and also starred on stage in the musical play “Annie Get Your Gun”.

41. According to the passage, Patti Page ______.

A. wanted to be a singer as a child

B. was born in a small town in 1927

C. was known mainly for her acting skills

D. started her work as a TV program hostess

42. According to the passage, which one of her following recorded songs was criticized（批评）?

A. “Old Cape Cod”

B. “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte”

C. “Doggie in the Window”

D. “With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming”

43. The “Tennessee Waltz” is mentioned in the passage in order to show that ________.

A. Patti Page was a beloved singer

B. Patti Page had talents for singing

C. Patti Page’s songs are pleasant to hear

D. Patti Page was good at recording songs

44. We can know from the pass