2014.11

本试卷分第I卷(选择题)、第II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分100分，考试用时90分钟。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 英语知识运用

第一节 单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

1. —I’ve decided to spend the winter holidays traveling in Australia.

—Oh, _________ !

A. if only I could go with you B. that’s not the point

C. what a pity D. I’m glad to hear that

2. _________ much I practice, I shall never win an Olympic gold medal.

A. Although B. However C. Whatever D. Though

3. With a lot of difficult problems _________ , the newly-elected president is having a hard time.

A. settled B. settling C. to settle D. being settled

4. Let him _________ ; he is a man of _________ temper.

A. alone; variable B. lonely; various

C. alone; various D. lonely; variable

5. —I looked after a group of fifteen French children.—That _________ easy!

A. mustn’t be B. mustn’t have been

C. can’t have been D. wasn’t

6. Before he volunteered to direct traffic, Timoteo _________ lots of jobs.

A. had had B. has C. have had D. had

7. We live in an age _________ more information is available with greater ease than ever before.

A. why B. on which C. to whom D. when

8. At the end of the eighteenth century, masks _________ completely.

A. ban B. had banned C. banned D. were banned

9. Some of you may have finished Unit one. _________, you can go on with Unit two.

A. If you may B. If so C. If not D. If you do

10. For all these years I have been working for others. I’m hoping I’ll _________ my own business some day.

A. turn up B. fix up C. set up D. make up

11. In our class there are 46 students, _________ half wear glasses.

A. in them B. of them C. in whom D. of whom

12. He was told that it would be at least three more months _________ he could recover and return to work.

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

13. I’m getting on just fine _________ I understand the local accent.

A. now that B. while C. so D. when

14. She ________ the baby while she was cooking.

A. made eyes at B. had an eye for

C. shut her eyes to D. kept an eye on

15. The _________ are that he has lost the money. Otherwise, he isn’t so anxious.

A. things B. times C. chances D. cases

16. Although we met with many difficulties, we got back home ________.

A. safely and sound B. safe and sound

C. safe and soundly D. safely and soundly

17. The people who love peace do think that it is time the violent conflicts in Iraq _____.

A. come to an end B. put an end

C. came to an end D. brought to an end

18. ______ untidy, his bedroom needs doing out.

A. Look B. Looking C. Looked D. To look

19. —Have you heard of the North Korea’s nuclear test?

—Yes, _____ news came as _____ shock to me.

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

20. I suggested that we break off for tea in a(an) _______ to reduce nervousness.

A. attempt B. thought C. preparation D. expectation

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A Leap（跳跃）to Honor

Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木）is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.

To perfect her skills, Lola 21 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive, 22 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift（移动） constantly. She often sees double and can’t 23 how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom 24 that even though she couldn’t see 25, she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 26 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more 27 for her than for some of her teammates, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her 28 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 29 is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to 30 your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.” says Lola.

To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most 31 for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall 32 the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be 33 differently from the other girls on her team. At competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision 34 . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her 35 attitude.

Lola never thinks about 36. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 37 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids 38 she grows up.

Lola is 39 of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too. Her 40 for others is “just believe in yourself”.

21. A. runs B. teaches C. trains D. dances

22. A. since B. unless C. after D. though

23. A. tell B. guess C. assume D. predict

24. A. suspected B remembered C. imagined D. noticed

25. A. deeply B. well C. ahead D. closely

26. A. task B. sport C. event D. show

27. A. boring B. enjoyable C. difficult D. satisfactory

28. A. talent B. quality C. nature D. condition

29. A. doubt B. advantage C. challenge D. progress

30. A. examine B. express C. open D. trust

31. A. fearful B. harmful C. unfair D. inconvenient

32. A. to B. on C. off D. against

33. A. greeted B. treated C. served D. paid

34. A. pains B. stresses C. injuries D. problems

35. A. positive B. friendly C. flexible D. cautious

36. A. defending B. quitting C. winning D. bargaining

37. A. standard B. range C. view D. goal

38. A. until B. as C. when D. before

39. A. proud B. tired C. ashamed D. confident

40. A. plan B. advice C. reward D. responsibility

第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.

“You may wonder, Sir Percival,” said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released (免除) from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father’s wishes too much.”

His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.

“No, if we are going to withdraw(退出) from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine.”

“Mine?” he said in great surprise. “What reason could I have for withdrawing?”

“A reason that is very hard to tell you,” she answered. “There is a change in me.”

His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.

“What change?" he asked, trying to appear calm.

“When the promise was made two years ago,”she said, “my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person?”

“I wish you to understand,” Laura continued, “that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”

“I will do both those things, ”he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.

“I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage,” she added quietly.

“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you,” he said.

41. How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?

A. Angry. B. Calm. C. Nervous. D. Excited.

42. We can learn from the passage that _____.

A. Laura had once promised to marry Percival

B. Laura's father wished to end her marriage

C. Percival had been married to Laura for two years

D. Percival asked to be released from the marriage

43. The passage is probably taken out of_ .

A. a novel B. a report C. a diary D. an essay

B

I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it can evoke(唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.

Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English”, for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions(认识) of the limited English speaker.

I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her.