第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分60分）

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

It was a cold, wet day on June 6th, 2007, when 14-year-old Wasana arrived at school. Waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to 1 ,Wasana stared at the 2 .Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that 3 at the back of the classroom.

He 4 large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Wasana 5 the water, wondering why it looked so 6 . Then it hit him—the 7 was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a 8 disaster, he shouted 9 at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don’t stay here! The 10 on the hill is going to fall on us! ”

Chaos broke out as the 11 ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers 12 Wasana, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.

Just then Principal Gurusinghe drove into the school. Wasana ran over to tell him what was happening. After 13 the site, Grrusinghe knew the school was in 14. The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down 15 .

16 a group of teachers and older students Gurusinghe climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too 17 : ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Grrusinghe and his group could do as they watched the earth 18 their classrooms. Thanks to Wasana’s 19 action and careful observation, 20 was hurt in the accident.

1. A. rest

B. dine

C. chat

D. arrive



2. A. rain

B. hill

C. book

D. sun



3. A. stood

B. placed

C. faced

D. hid



4. A. felt

B. knew

C. heard

D. noticed



5. A. glared at

B. stared at

C. shouted at

D. aimed at



6. A. dangerous

B. moving

C. interesting

D. familiar



7. A. show

B. view

C. scene

D. scenery



8. A. heading

B. leaving

C. going

D. coming



9. A. angrily

B. rudely

C. happily

D. wildly



10. A. rock

B. water

C. sand

D. tree



11. A. villagers

B. students

C. principals

D. climbers



12. A. blamed

B. questioned

C. approached

D. instructed



13. A. choosing

B. visiting

C. examining

D. clearing



14. A. relief

B. loss

C. security

D. danger



15. A. at any minute

B. for the moment

C. for once

D. at one time



16. A. Leading

B. Demanding

C. Covering

D. Helping



17. A. nervous

B. strange

C. unique

D. late



18. A. swallow

B. threaten

C. affect

D. blow



19. A. legal

B. quick

C. direct

D. united



20. A. no one

B. only one

C. anyone

D. someone



阅读理解（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、D）中，选出最佳选项。

第一小节：（共10 小题； 每小题 2 分， 满分 20分）

A

A South African farmer is receiving phone calls from his sheep after equipping them with cell phones to keep tabs on the flock?amid?recent?livestock?thefts, according to local press Wednesday.

When the sheep call, it is always bad news for farmer Erard Louw of the Cape Town suburbs, as the phones around their necks are only set to switch on when the sheep start running, a sign that thieves have cut through the fences.

"As they run it gives me a phone call and says 'Sheep One' or 'Sheep Two' and so on, so at least I know where to start looking because the farm is 750 hectares (1,850 acres)," Louw told the Cape Times daily.

Louw attached the phone-like security device to the collars of four sheep in separate flocks after thieves sneaked in and stole 27 sheep and 13?lambs a couple of weeks ago, driving Louw to rack his brains for ways to protect his animals.

He said there was no use calling nearby police, as they were stationed too far away and in his experience they either lacked an available car or the vehicle was out of fuel or missing tyres -- also the work of thieves.

According to Louw, the cell phones have already proved their worth, with one sheep-snatcher?caught thanks to the device.

Still, with theft attempts currently at their peak, given long winter nights and early nightfall, a few sheep-robbers managed to get away in spite of the device.

"The phone did start ringing that night and I went out," he said, but added that he was too late.

B

Scientists know of more than 1,000 volcanoes on the surface of Venus, Earth’s “sister” planet. A big question has been: Are they still active? The scientists say yes.

Their evidence for recent volcanic activity on Venus comes from a lava(熔岩) flow in the planet’s northern hemisphere. The flow is hotter than the rocks around, which means the lava might still be cooling off. “The flow we studied seems to be very young---it is still warm inside,” Nataliya Bondarenko said.

Venus is a difficult planet to study from Earth because it is surrounded by thick clouds. Telescopes on Earth can’t see through these clouds, so the best information about Venus comes from spacecraft orbiting it.

Bondarenko and her colleagues studied the lava flow using data from NASA’s Magellan mission. That spacecraft spent four years in orbit around Venus and used radar to make a map of 98 percent of the planet’s surface. On October 11th, 1994, the mission ended, and the spacecraft plunged (跌落) through Venus’ heavy cloud cover and crashed onto the planet below.

While in orbit, the Magellan craft sent microwaves, which can go through Venus’ clouds, to the surface. Microwaves are invisible and can be as long as three feet. These waves are a kind of energy, like light. And like light, they bounce off surfaces. The way the waves bounced off the Venus’ surface and back to the craft supplied information that the scientists used to estimate the temperature of various parts of the planet’s surface. Bondarenko’s team found that the lava flow was hotter than its surroundings---which may mean the lava flow is in the process of cooling.

The scientists say the lava flow can’t be very old because if it were, it would have cooled off enough that Magellan wouldn’t have noticed the difference in microwaves. She adds that the flow appears in a 1978 view of the surface that a craft called the Pioneer Venus Orbiter captured.

24. What happened to Magellan in the end?

A. It was floating in space forever.

B. It flew into heavy clouds.

C. It returned to the Earth.

D. It fell onto Venus.

C

How to Get What I Want?

There’s an expression: “What you see is what you get.” My grandfather used to say: “If you looked at a tree long enough, it will move.” We see what we want to see. Psychologists tell us that nothing controls our lives more than our self-image. We live like the person we see in the mirror. We are what we think we are. If you don’t think you’ll be successful, you won’t. You can’t be it if you can’t see it. Your life is limited to your vision. If you want to change your life, you must change your vision of your life.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was not that famous in 1976 when he met with a newspaper reporter. The reporter asked Schwarzenegger: “Now that you’ve retired from bodybuilding, what do you plan to do next?” Schwarzenegger answered very calmly and confidently: “I’m going to be the No. 1 movie star in Hollywood.” The reporter was shocked and amused at Schwarzenegger’s plan. At that time, it was very hard to imagine how this muscle-bound bodybuilder, who was not a professional actor and who spoke poor English with a strong Austrian accent, could ever hope to be Hollywood’s No. 1 movie star!

So when the reporter asked Schwarzenegger how he planned to make his dream come true, Schwarzenegger said: “I’ll do it the same way I became the No. 1 bodybuilder in the world. What I do was create a vision of who I want to be, and then I start living like that person in my mind as if it were already true.” Sounds almost childishly simple, doesn’t it? But I worked! Schwarzenegger became the No.1 highest paid movie star in Hollywood. Remember: “If you can see it, you can be it.”

There’s a successful businessman who often wears a shirt with these words on it: “Don’t just pursue your dreams. Chase down and tackle! ” you only get one life to live, so why not live the best life possible? So you can be fully satisfied at what you see and get.

27. What did Arnold Schwarzenegger do before he became a Hollywood star?

A. He worked for a newspaper.

B. He was a man working on bodybuilding.

C. He worked in a small film company.

D. He was a businessman.

28. Why was it hard for the reporter to believe that Schwarzenegger would become a star one day?

A. Because he was not famous.

B. Because he was not professional and spoke poor English.

C. Because he was good at nothing except bodybuilding.

D. Because he only spoke English fluently.

第二小节：（共5 小题； 每小题 2 分， 满分 10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Diets aren’t the way to go when it comes to losing weight. That’s because they create temporary eating patterns—and, therefore, temporary results. So what’s the best way to drop excess weight? Create a new normal! Weight loss is most likely to be successful when people change their habits, replacing old, unhealthy ones with new, healthy behaviors. Here are five ways to make that happen.

Take exercise. 31 . Walking the family dog, cycling to school, and doing other things that increase your daily level of activity can all help you look and feel good and keep weight off.

32 .One reason people get less exercise these days is that they spend too much time watching TV, looking at the computer, or playing video games. Limit recreational screen time to less than 2 hours per day.

Watch out for unhealthy drinks. Another key factor in weight gain is that more people drink sugary drinks, such as sodas, juice drinks, and sports drinks. 33

Eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are about more than just vitamins and minerals. 34 And when you fill up on friuts and vegetables, you’re less likely to overeat when it comes to high-calo