第一卷（选择题，共 85分）

1.单选题（每题2分，满分30分）

1.They ________ in spite of the extremely difficult conditions.

A．carried out　　　B．carried off C．carried on D．carried in

2．On AIDS Day，the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ________ paid special attention to.

A.referred to being B．referred to be

C．refer to being D．refer to be

3．Heads from Asia and Europe attended the conference and President Hu ________ a speech on the first day.

A．stated B．issued C．addressed D．delivered

The government has lost a great deal of ________ because of the large increase in food price.

A．strength B．support C．agreement D．vote

5．Reaching this agreement so quickly was a great ________ for the meeting.

A．appointment B．access C．achievement D．approach

After doing market research，all the researchers think it ________ to invest a large sum of money in the project.

A．worthless B．priceless C．valuable D．worthwhile

7.Don't spoil the children.Can't you make your little boy ________ himself?

A．behave B．believe C．perform D．conduct

8．When I ________ a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it.

A．come about B．come through C．come to D．come across

9．Mother always tells me not to ________ anyone，even if he is not well educated.

A．look out for B．look down upon

C．look back on D．look forward to

10．The education system rather than the teachers __________ for the overburden on the students.

A．are to answer B．is to answer

C．are answered D．is answered

11.What he said at the meeting means ________ those who had cut down the forests.

A．to argue against B．to argue for

C．arguing for D．arguing against

12.Only after my friend came ________.

A. did the computer repair B. he repaired the computer

C. was the computer repaired D. the computer was repaired

13.The accident ___ took place yesterday near the corner of the street.

A. referred B. referring C. referred to D. referring to

14.It’s ________the trouble to explain a job fully to new employees.

A. worth to take B. worthy taking

C. worthy of take D. worthwhile taking

15.Everybody showed great respect to the old doctor, who devoted everything he had to _____ the poor conditions of the local hospital.

A. being improved B. improve C. to improve D. improving II. 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分) 

Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could??16??play basketball.

I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball??17??I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one??18??when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.

At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were?19??allowed to play volleyball or badminton.My parents did not??20??me play basketball at home. "Basketball is not fit for girls," they said.???21?I went to play basketball with my friends, boys??22???at me on the court as if I were an alien.I was feeling??23???and had lost hope of playing basketball.??24?, something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They??25??me to get back on the court.One of them told me with a smile, "Go your own???26??, let others talk." This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about???27???with me almost every day.I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion??28?to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can,??29??for me, even the sky is boundless (无垠的).Basketball has become an important part of my??30?. I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day.Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also?31??a?lot.

I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, "Nothing is impossible." It is from an advertisement on TV. I have??32??to realize that life is just like playing basket: ball. You should have an??33?. After that, just be confident and??34??going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.I love the motto of the NBA. It can?35??my strong feelings for basketball, "I love this game!"

16. A. ever?? ?????????????B. often??? ?????????????? C. never?????? ???????? D. always

17. A. when????? ????????B. before? ???????????????? C. after??????? ????????D. since

18. A. struggled??? ??? B. eared??????? ??????? C. enjoyed??? ???????? D. joined

19. A. only?????? ???????? B. almost?????? ??????? C. hardly?????? ??????? D. not

20. A. encourage??? ???B. agree???????? ????? C. let????????? ??????? D. permit

21. A. Still?????? ?????????B. Yet??????? ?????????? C. Just??????? ???????? D. Even

22. A. looked ???????????B. glared????? ????????? C. glanced?????? ????? D. stared

23. A. up??????? ????????? B. down?????? ???????? C. excited????? ????????D. satisfied

24. A. Unluckily??? ?????B. Naturally??? ???????C. Unexpectedly ??D. Clearly

25. A. encouraged?? ????B. forbade??? ????????? C. ensured?????? ????? D. explored

26. A. effort???? ?????????? B. way????? ???????????? C. business? ???????????D. direction

27. A. basketball?? ??????B. sports???? ??????????? C. interests????? ??????D. dreams

28. A. stuck???????? B. referred??? ??????????C. turned?????? ??????? D. returned

29. A. but????????? ???? B. though? ???????????? C. and??? ????????????? D. however

30. A. wish?????? ??????? B. life??? ???????????????? C. work???? ???????????? D. study

31. A. experience? ???? B. grow????? ?????????? C. learn????????? ??? D. play

32. A. come?????? ?????? B. turned? ???????????????C. refused??? ??????? ?D. happened

33. A. idea??????? ??????? B. aim???? ??????????????? C. opinion?????? ?????? D. effort

34. A, insist?????? B. remain??? ??????????? C. keep??????? ???????? D. last

35. A. inform??????? B. express???? ?????? C. ignore???????? D. connect???

A??? Charles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents were music hall actors. The Chaplin family were very poor and life was difficult in London. Charles Chaplin used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.? When he was only 17 years old. Chaplin got his first real job as an actor. What he did was to do funny things to make people laugh in the theatre. Seven years later he went to the USA. And the next four years he formed his own way of art. He developed the character of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films. The film Modern Times (1936) shows his care about the modern industry workers. Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period. Although Charles Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953. But he never got US nationality. Then Chaplin, his wife and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died. When he was 83 years old he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight. He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85. Charles Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.36. ?What did Chaplin use to do when his mother was ill??? ?A. Look after her.??????????????????????? ?B. Do the housework.?? ?C. Do his mother's job.??????????????????? ?D. Do his father's job.37. ?From Paragraph 2, we can know that?_____ .??? ?A. Chaplin went to the USA when he was 24 years old.?? ?B. Chaplin became famous when he was 17 years old.?? ?C. People liked Chaplin because he was a homeless gentleman.?? ?D. Chaplin did many funny things to make people laugh in the street.38. ?We can infer(推断) from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of???_______? .?? ?A. his family????????????????????????? ?B. his work?? ?C. the US government?????????????????D. the Swiss government39. ?What did Chaplin win the Oscar for when he was 83 years old??? ?A. The acting. ?B. The art.??? ?C. The film.?? ?D. The music

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Eat like a king in the morning, a prince at noon, and a peasant at night. This saying is all about the importance of breakfast. And now scientists can tell us just why it’s so important. According to a study carried out at Imperial College London, UK, skipping the first meal of the day not only means you eat more at lunch, but also that your brain wants to find more unhealthy foods.

The study suggests that there is a special part of our brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (眶额皮层), which plays an important part in making choices about what we eat. It is used for identifying the taste of food, especially when skipping breakfast. It is more likely to target high-calorie foods when you’re on an empty stomach.

When the volunteers had skipped breakfast, they ate around 20 percent more at lunch, compared with days when they had eaten breakfast.? Their brain scans also showed the orbitofrontal cortex was especially responsive to high-calorie foods. “We believe that bit identifies the value of foods –how pleasant, how delicious something is,” Goldstone told The Guardian.

40. From Paragraph 1, we learn that _____.

A. scientists found out why eating breakfast is important

B. it’s easy to lose weight without breakfast

C. there’s no need to have good food for supper

D. eating breakfast makes your brain smarter

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