命题人 陈 丹

一、单项选择 （每题1分， 共20分）

1. First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get ______second chance to make ______ first impression.

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

2. Finding information in today’s world is easy. The _________is how you can tell if the information you get is useful or not.

A. ability B. competition C. knowledge D. challenge

3. His mother opened the drawer to __________ the knives and spoons. A. put away B. put up C. put forward D. put together

4. What he said at the meeting suggested that he __________ with us.A. didn’t agree B. shouldn’t agree C. not agree D. should agree

5. The young man has sold most of the goods in the store, ___our manager praised him yesterday.

A. of what B. for what C. of which D. for which

6. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if ____ whether he was going in the right direction.

A. seeing B. having seen C. to see D. to have seen

7. I caught several fish after four hours, and only then _____ that the secret of success was patience.

A. I realized B. I had realized C. did I realize D. had I realized

8. He said he wasn’t disappointed at the result of the final exam, but the look on his face _____himself _____.

A. gave; up B. gave; off C. gave; out D. gave; away

9. The villagers, _________ that mirrors would bring them bad luck, refused to look into them.

A. believing B. having believed C. believed D. to believe

10. ---________ he hurts me? -----Don’t worry. He is a very kind man for you to trust.

A. How about B. If only C. Not that D. What if

11. ________ in 1987, Futurescope is one of the largest space-age parks in the world.

A. To be opened B. Opened C. Being opened D. Open

12. ---How do you find the movie we saw last night?

---_____________. At least I dislike its background music.

A. It’s sort of disappointing B. Its value is beyond description

C. I find it in a movie magazine D. I don’t think it’s boring

13. ________________, he didn’t attend Charles’ wedding ceremony.

A. Having not invited B. Not having invited

C. Not having been invited D. Having not been invited

14. Let’s go now. There’s ____________ in arguing with such a rude man like him.

A. no point B. no need C. no wonder D. no doubt

15. If Mr. Wang doesn’t go to the 60th anniversary of our school, ______________.

A. so will his wife B. nor will his wife C. so does his wife D. nor does his wife

16. With everything needed ________ , Mrs. Jackson went to the supermarket after work in a hurry.

A. buying B. to buy C. bought D. buy

17. Our manager might return from abroad the coming weekend, but nobody ________ able to finish our task by then.

A. has been B. will have been C. had been D. was

18. I met one of my students the other day. After several years, she changed a lot and looked different from ________ she used to be.

A. that B. whom C. what D. who

19. I really don’t know why his latter discovery, ________ greater importance to science, is not so well-known to the world.

A. which I think is of B. which I think it is of

C. of which I think it is D.I think which is of

20.— Well, my wife and daughter take great interest in most of the food on the menu.

— Thanks. ?

—Salad, fried fish, chips and orange juice, please.

A. Shall I take your order? B. At your service.

C. Can I help you? D. What to follow?

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, 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

The professor’s house, big and untidy, stood alone at one end of a huge garden. The place was totally uncared for, quite 21 and overgrown with all sorts of useless things. I 22 my way through bushes and tall weeds to the front door and rang the bell.

I was glad that I had found him. In twenty minutes he 23 me right on all the 24 that had puzzled me. I was on the 25 of leaving when I looked out of his study window and said, “You’re very fond of gardening，I see.”

“No，I’m not，” he said.“ 26 ，I love this garden，though. It’s 27 I always wanted it to be. I never touch it at all.”

“It could be made lovely. It 28 a pity to let all this ground go to waste. But perhaps you don’t 29 that way?” said I.

“I don’t. I lived here when I was a child，and I had 30 of gardening then. It was my father’s hobby, you see. Unfortunately，he wasn’t 31 enough to do it himself. My brother and I did all of it between us year after year. There was one right way and many wrong ways. Each blade of grass was an enemy to be 32 by hand, not just cut off. I’ve spent a good part of life at work here.”

“I see. You took a dislike to it, and now you’re getting even！”

“I dislike it. Then, of course, I didn’t understand the 33 it had. It used to 34 me. It appeared in my dreams—a mistake here, something not quite straight here, the enemy showing its head in a place I was 35 to have cleaned. The work was too much. It seemed endless. The size of the place was itself a fight to a boy.”

“And now it’s yours，you’re just letting it go to... ”

“ 36 ?” he said. “No，I don’t agree with that. This garden and I are now the best friends. I like 37 it grow 38 its own way. I make no demands on it. I never disturb it, and it never disturbs me. It has 39 at last, and so have I.”

“But the path is over grown. It’s inconvenient for you，isn’t it?”

“That’s part of my 40 ,” he laughed. “You can go out the back way. The weeds are shorter there because they don’t get the sun.”

21. A. wild B. crazy C. large D. nice

22. A. lost B. felt C. took D. made

23. A. let B. put C. taught D. explained

24. A. gardening B. plants C. problems D. solution

25. A. time B. point C. permission D. request

26. A. Even if B. So C. As though D. Even so

27. A. as B. where C. why D. whether

28. A. seems B. is C. proves D. sounds

29. A. recognize B. sense C. see D. know

30. A. fond B. short C. free D. enough

31. A. interested B. fit C. content D. demanding

32. A. fought against B. cleared up C. rooted out D. cut down

33. A. effect B. reason C. cause D. result

34. A. astonish B. shock C. worry D. disappoint

35. A. thought B. supposed C. ordered D. expected

36. A. Sell B. Develop C. Grow D. Ruin

37. A. noticing B. attending C. watering D. watching

38. A. on B. in C. with D. of

39. A. freedom B. time C. sunlight D. space

40. A. life B. pleasure C. job D. research

三、阅读理解 （共20小题， 每题2分， 共40分）

A

The aims of the Illustrators’(插图画家的) Exhibition, staged as part of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, organized by BolognaFiere and held from 23 to 26 December 2013,are to bring illustrators and publishers together and to promote illustrators and their works among publishers.

　　QUALIFICATIONS

?Individual illustrators or groups of illustrators of any nationality, if they were born before 31st December 1992, whose artwork is intended for use in children’s books, are qualified to enter the Exhibition, either directly or through publishing houses or schools.

?Please state in the application form whether you are entering work for the Fiction or Nonfiction Category. Illustrators may only enter one category.

　　?Artwork previously presented to the Exhibition may not be re-entered.

?The confirmation(确认) form must be filled in and a photograph attached, then presented together with illustrations no later than 15 October 2013.

　　SHIPMENT

Entries may be delivered by post, express delivery service or by hand. From abroad, please use the following forms: Form “A” for registered mail or post by air; Form “B” if using an international forwarding agent or airline.

To avoid delays, material should not be sent by normal post. Material should be sent “carriage paid”, including any customs and delivery costs.

BolognaFiere may not be held responsible for the non-arrival or late arrival of artwork. All published works must be accompanied by a declaration bearing the ISBN number, publisher’s name and address.

　　REQUIREMENTS

　　The illustrations (i.e.the size of the sheet) must not exceed (超过) the following dimensions:

　　Fiction: 32*42 cm (or 42 *32 cm)

　　Non-fiction: 50*70 cm (70* 50cm)

Illustrations in larger formats will not be considered, nor will they be returned by BolognaFiere. The illustrations must be on paper or flexible board, maximum thickness 2mm (for scanner separation purposes).

SELECTION PROCESS

All artwork received by the stated deadline and meeting the specified requirements will be examined and selected by an international group (whose decision is final), including five members (from publishing house and art schools) appointed each year by BolognaFiere.

　　EXHIBITIONS ABROAD

After the Bologna event, the Illustrators Exhibition will travel to Japan under the supervision of JBBY. The Illustrators Exhibition may afterwards be transferred to other venues (场馆) in other countries. The exhibitions of illustrations held abroad follow the same rules and regulations as the Illustrators Exhibition, and the provisions (条款) of the regulations are extended to the organizers of the exhibitions held abroad.

　　RETURN OF ARTWORK

All the works will be returned to their owners by BolognaFiere or directly by the organizers of the exhibitions and held abroad by the end of July 2014.

41. Which of the following of the Illustrators’ Exhibition is true?

　　A. It will last five days in all in July every other year.

　　B. It can strengthen the relationship between illustrators and publishers.

　　C. It is held by the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Bolo