（本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟)

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注意事项：考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。

第一部分 英语知识应用

第一节 语法和词汇知识（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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

1. The experiment is not ____failure, because it has provided us with ______valuable experience for further tests.

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

2. _______ is shown in the picture, she has worked out the study plan.

A.Which B.When C.What D.As

3. With so many problems ______before the exam,it is not likely for us to prepare all the lessons.

A.to be solved B. solved C. solving D. to solve

4. After several long mouths of the revision ,we students _______with the exercises and complained to the headmaster.

A.came up B. got fed up C. put up D. caught up

5. ______Look ,why are you so dirty ?

_______Oh ,I __________ basketball on the ground all the time.

A. will be playing B. have been playing C. played D. have played

6. ___Where did you see your teacher ?

____It was in the school ______ I am studying.

A. that B. where C. which D. when

7. ___ ________he have handed his composition to his teacher?

___ I guess he must have.

A. Must B. Can C. May D. should

8. People in my hometown often see a good ________of each other,so our close relationship may last a long time.

A. number B. quantity C. amount D. deal

9. ____Shall we go on a picnic tomorrow?

_ __ _____________.

A. That is fine with me. B. You can manage it.

C. That would be kind of you. D. Go ahead with it.

10. ___ You must find the science fiction very boring.

___ _______. In fact ,I appreciated it so much.

A. By all means B. That’s all right.

C. Not in the least. D. Do as you like.

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left 11 . Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other 12 ?

I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s, 13 children from different races and religions played and studied 14 in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s 15 from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just 16 our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well 17 or otherwise.

We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d 18 the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to 19 the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his 20 .

When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I 21 touch with him.

One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I 22 my destination. The driver acknowledged my 23 but did not move off. Instead, he looked 24 at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname. I was astonished at being so 25 addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two 26 we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something 27 to describe.

If we can allow our children to be 28 without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be 29 their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and 30 we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “we happy few, we band of brothers”.

11. A. interested B. pleased C. puzzled D. excited

12. A. parties B. cities C. villages D. races

13. A. why B. which C. when D. how

14. A. together B. around C. alone D. apart

15. A. drop B. throw C. move D. roll

16. A. accepted B. made C. sought D. refused

17. A. paid B. meant C. preserved D. treated

18. A. explore B. search C. discover D. desert

19. A. get through B. deal with C. come across D. take away

20. A. arrival B. choice C. effort D. company

21. A. developed B. gained C. lost D. missed

22. A. stated B. ordered C. decided D. chose

23. A. attempts B. instructions C. opinions D. arrangements

24. A. anxiously B. carelessly C. disappointedly D. fixedly

25. A. familiarly B. strangely C. fully D. coldly

26. A. departures B. months C. years D. decades

27. A. possible B. funny C. hard D. clear

28. A. them B. themselves C. us D. ourselves

29. A. by B. from C. with D. against

30. A. then B. otherwise C. still D. instead

第二部分： 阅读理解 （共25小题，满分50分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge(报复)of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports. ????How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres? Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics society. For two years she has maintained A’s in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A’s in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A’s in two college-level courses.  ?How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren’t the only answer. “Top grades don’t always go to the brightest students,” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students. “Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天生的)abilities counts for more. Much more.”????In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes don’t do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down. ????Hard work isn’t the whole story, either. “It’s not how long you sit there with the books open,” said one of the many-A students we interviewed. “It’s what you do while you’re sitting.” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates. ???The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn. 31. What can we conclude from the first paragraph?? A. Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students. ? B. People have unfavorable impression on straight-A students. ? C. Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films. ? D. Straight-A students are well admired by people in society. 32. Some students become super-achievers mainly because ________. ? A. they are born cleverer than others

B. they work longer hours at study? C. they make full use of their abilities

D. they know the shortcut to success33. What will be talked about after the last paragraph?? A. The interviews with more students.

B. The role IQ plays in learning well. ? C. The techniques to be better learners.

D. The achievements top students make. 34. What can we infer from the passage?? A. IQ is more important than hard work in study. ? B. The brightest students can never get low grades. ? C. Top students certainly achieve all-around developments. ? D. Students with average IQ can become super-achievers.

B

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