选择题部分（共80分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There are more than 1.3 billion people in this country, and we are still on _______long journey toward modernization. That requires _____ international environment of lasting peace.

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

2.It is not what you are thinking about but how you can put it into ______ that counts．

A．practice B．attempt C．permission D．account

3. Knowledge begins to increase as soon as one individual communicates his ideas to ______ by means of speech. zxxk

A. other ???????????????? B. another ??????????????C. the other ?????????? D. some other

4._________ in the queue for almost half an hour, he suddenly realized that he forgot his code.

A. Having waited B. Waited C. To wait D. Waiting

5. As the quality of the city’s air continues to give rise to ________, the residents are encouraged to drive cars less often.

A. descriptions B. compromise C. concerns D. emergency

6. It’s not the commitment _______ that brings success but also the courage to believe in yourself.

A. only B. alone C. lonely D. just

7. She is quite _____ to office work. You had better offer her some suggestions when necessary.

A. familiar B. fresh C. similar D. sensitive

8. He proved himself a true gentleman and the beauty of his _______ was seen as its best when he worked with others.

A. temper B. appearance C. talent D. character

9. ---What do you think of Peter?

---He ______ be really difficult to get along with even though he’s a nice person in general.

A. shall B. should C. must D. can

10. Jordan kept his illness from his opponents before the final game ______ they might know about it.

A. now that B. on condition that C. for fear that D. in order that

11. If you often feel tired and can’t focus your attention, that is ______ you have to stop studying too hard and to have a rest.

A. why B. whether C. when D. what

12. The boy, one of the so-called rich second generation, forced his parents to buy a new car _____ it might cost.

A. no matter how B. however high C. no matter how much D. how much

13. Amazing! Too many private cars are trapped on the highways which is free of charge for the first time, causing heavy traffic jams, some even _______ for several hours.

A. held up B. broken up C. taken up D. given up

14. Cellphones have changed our behaviour and how we communicate. They _____ everywhere--- sometimes where they shouldn’t.

A. are being used B. will be used C. have been used D. had been used

15. ---I did really well in the examination, Jeff.

---I did ______. I got full mark.

A. no less B. not less C. not worse D. no worse

16. If better use is _______ your spare time, you will have a more brilliant future.

A. made of B. spent C. used for D. taken

17. Mother told me to be _____ shouting distance so that she would set her mind at rest.

A. beyond B. above C. over D. within

18. They chatted with each other in Wenzhou dialect. I stood by and listened hard but still failed to _______ what they were talking about.

A. make for B. make up C. make out D. make over

19. —Come on, Maria! You can also enjoy ______ I am having if you can．．．

—Are you suggesting me cycling every day?

A. as a healthy life as B. as healthy a life as

C. as a life healthy as D. healthy as a life as

20. — You won’t believe it, Susan. I was chosen as exchange student to Harvard.

--- Congratulations! ____________.

A. That’s something B. It’s my pleasure C. That’s all right D. You got it

第二节：完形填空（共20小题； 每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Employers fear they will be unable to employ students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey 21 .

　　Nearly half of the organizations told researchers they were already struggling to find 22 with skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), __23__ even more companies expect to experience 24 of employees with STEM skills in the next three years.

　The Confederation of British Industry and the vocational qualifications body EDI 25 694 businesses and organizations across the public and 26 sectors, which together employ 2.4 million people.zxxk

　　Half are 27 they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to 28 enough employees with the right A-level skills.

　　" 29 we move further into recovery and businesses plan 30 growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will 31 " ,said Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI. "In the future, people with qualifications in science and maths will be particularly sought after, and firms say it is already hard to find people with the right 32 or engineering skills. The new government must make it a top 33 to encourage more young people to study science-related 34 "

　　The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects 35 they studied business, math, English and physics or chemistry at A-level. The A-levels that employers 36 least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don't insist on a 37 degree subject, a third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject.

　　The research 38 worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK 39 Half of employers expressed worries about employees' basic literacy and numeracy（计算)skills, while the biggest problem is with IT skills, 40 two-thirds reported concerns.

21. A. submits B. reveals C. launches D. generates

22. A. audience B. officials C. partners D. staff

23. A. while B. because C. for D. although

24. A. exits B. shortages C. absences D. departures

25. A. surveyed B. searched C. exposed D. exploited

26. A. collective B. private C. personal D. civil

27. A. contented B. confirmed C. concerned D. confused

28. A. connect B. release C. transfer D. recruit

29. A. Although B. Unless C. Before D. As

30. A. with B. for C. on D. by

31. A. decrease B. reduce C. improve D. increase

32. A. creative B. technical C. mental D. physical

33. A. priority B. option C. challenge D. judgment

34. A. procedures　 B. academics C. thoughts D. subjects

35. A. until B. since C. whereas D. if

36. A. consider B. discuss C. order D. observe

37. A. typical B. particular C. positive D. general

38. A. highlighted B. paid C. focused D. touched

39. A. masses B. workforce C. citizens D. communities

40. A. what B. whom C. where D. why

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，共50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

Americans have always been firm believers of what William James called “the bitch goddess success”. Self-help guidance books have topped the bestseller lists since Benjamin Franklin published his autobiography. Americans are much more likely than Europeans to believe that people can get ahead in life so long as they are willing to work hard. And they are much more likely to choose a high-paying job that carries a risk of redundancy(裁员) than a lower-paid job that guarantees security.

But you can’t have winners without losers (or how would you know how well you are doing?). And you can’t broaden opportunity without also broadening the opportunity to fail. For example, blacks could not blame themselves for their failure in the “race of life”, in Abraham Lincoln’s phrase, because at that time they were prevented from so many parts of it. But now although the barriers are lifted, the picture of the blacks’ life is more complex.

All of which creates a huge problem: how exactly should a highly-competitive society deal with its losers? It’s all very well to note that drunkards and lazybones get what they deserve. But what about the honest toilers? One way to deal with the problem is to offer people as many second chances as possible. In his new book “Born Losers: A History of Failure in America”, Scott Sandage argues that in the mid-nineteenth century people held a different view of failure—from something that had described a bad business to something that defined a whole life. zxxk

Yet one of the outstanding things about America is how strongly it has refused to hold the idea that there is any such thing as a born loser. American schools don’t divide their pupils into groups according to their ability much longer than the European schools: the whole point is to fit in rather than stand out. American higher education has many points of entry and reentry. And the American legal system has some of the most generous bankruptcy(破产) rules in the world. In Europe, a bankrupt is often still a ruined man; in America, he is a risk-taking one.

American history—not to mention American folk tales—is filled with examples of people who tried and tried again until they made a success of their lives. Lincoln was a bankrupt storekeeper. Henry Ford was a continuous failure. At 40, Thomas Watson, the architect of IBM, faced prison. America’s past is also full of people who came back from disaster. A second way to deal with losers is to celebrate them. Perhaps in