第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

1. Besides the others, there was still ____ third one who said he was ____ second to reach the end.

A. the; the

B. the; a

C. a; a

D. a; the



2. --- I hear you are to go to Tibet alone?

--- ______. It’s my dream to go on an adventure there.

A. You got it

B. I can’t agree more

C. Come on

D. I didn’t mean to



3. ____ for the doctor’s careful treatment, he ____ till last year.

A. If it is not; can’t live

B. Were it not; couldn’t live



C. Had it not been; couldn’t have lived

D. If they were not; couldn’t live



4. --- Where did you go on National Day?

--- Jiuzhai Valley. I ______ to go to France, but the expense was too high.

A. planned

B. would plan

C. have planned

D. had planned



Jenny, the new comer, has earned not only the trust of her classmates but also ______ of her teachers.

A. one

B. ones

C. that

D. those



6. The shocking news made me realize _____ terrible problems we would face.

A. what

B. how

C. that

D. why



7. ____, we had to feel the way out.

A. The light being gone out

B. With the light had gone out



C. For the light went out

D. The light going out



8. The children were having so much fun at the beach. They _____ have wished for a more pleasant holiday.

A. shouldn’t

B. wouldn’t

C. couldn’t

D. mightn’t



9. To ______ the librarians’ awareness of service, the school launched a program for them to exchange experience.

A. arise

B. raise

C. rise

D. attract



10. If you think that the illness might be serious, you should not ____ going to the doctor.

A. give away

B. hold back

C. set about

D. put off



11. --- I am sorry to keep you waiting.

--- Oh, not at all. I ____ here only a few minutes.

A. will be

B. had been

C. was

D. have been



12. If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, ______ great it is.

A. what

B. how

C. however

D. whatever



13. Children are not recommended to see such films ____ bad for their mental development.

14. --- What do you think of Tom playing football?

--- I don’t think he is much ____ a good footballer.

A. that is

B. that are

C. as are

D. as is





15. Is it Mo Yan’s hometown ____ has inspired him throughout his writing career?

A. in which

B. where

C. that

D. as



A. in

B. of

C. about

D. as





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，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。

Once upon a time in a land far far away, there was a 16 old man who loved everything. Animals, spiders, insects...

One day 17 walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon (茧) of a butterfly. He 18 it home.

A few days later, a small 19 appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours 20 it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to 21 making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go 22 farther.

Then the man decided to help the 23, so he took a pair of scissors and 24 the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then came out 25 .

?26 it had a swollen (浮肿的) body and small, shriveled (枯萎的) wings. The man 27 to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would 28 to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! 29, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling (爬) around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.

It never was able to 30.

What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting (限制的) 31 and the struggle required for the butterfly to 32 the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid (液体) from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its 33 from the cocoon.

Sometimes 34 are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any challenges, it would weaken us. We would not be as 35 as what we could have been.

And we could never fly.

16.

A. cold

B. kind

C. polite

D. tiresome



17.

A. unless

B. if

C. while

D. because



18.

A. took

B. moved

C. circulated

D. dashed



19.

A. sign

B. fly

C. shade

D. opening



20.

A. and

B. until

C. as

D. then



21.

A. stop

B. prevent

C. appeal

D. adapt



22.

A. any

B. more

C. no

D. much



23.

A. bug

B. butterfly

C. animal

D. fly



24.

A. take down

B. take apart

C. cut down

D. cut open



25.

A. greedily

B. easily

C. hardly

D. quickly



26.

A. Generally

B. Even

C. So

D. But



27.

A. sought

B. lasted

C. continued

D. began



28.

A. enlarge

B. shorten

C. tighten

D. darken



29.

A. In conclusion

B. In time

C. In fact

D. In particular



30.

A. walk

B. fly

C. flee

D. run



31.

A. wing

B. tale

C. subject

D. cocoon



32.

A. get out

B. get through

C. get away

D. get down



33.

A. freedom

B. outcome

C. balance

D. reliability



34.

A. struggles

B. passion

C. manners

D. spirits



35

A. weak

B. intelligent

C. gifted

D. strong



第三部分. 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Western artist R.V. (Ron) Jahns creates his unique western wildlife paintings by tapping into (利用) his vast experience of true life. He had rich western experiences out in the mountains in the great Northwest.

Ron paints from the heart and his experience as a cowboy in the west. He has a particular passion (激情) for the mountains from Eastern Oregon to Alaska and draws from his many years of mountain adventures as inspiration for his western paintings. Born and raised on a farm, this cowboy artist is well knowledgeable with the subjects of his Western art. Ron struggles for historical accuracy in his western cowboy paintings when an artist gives a false description of the facts about cowboys in the west!

Living in Alaska for 17 years added a new factor to Ron’s western art. As a hunter and fisherman he observed the wildlife in its natural setting and has conveyed this spirit to his canvas. Ron’s western art can be viewed throughout the United States, in Europe and through occasional private showings. You can find western wildlife paintings by Ron at various art shows throughout the year. For a list of art shows the Cowboy Artist will be attending, visit his Art Show page. Although a self-taught western artist, Ron himself has taught painting in colleges and through private lessons. Ron is quite a storyteller and the last of an old kind of cowboy poets and western storytellers. If you’ve met Ron at the Flea Markets in Sumpter, Oregon then you no doubt have already had a taste of his knack (诀窍) for telling tall tales and sharing his original cowboy poems of true life on the ranch.

36. What is the best title of the passage?

A. A handsome cowboy B. A cowboy artist

C. An artist in the west D. A famous artist

37. Why can Ron truly present the facts about cowboy life in the west?

A. Because he has read a lot about cowboys’ life.

B. Because he has seen many such paintings.

C. Because he has experienced such life.

D. Because he knows western styles well.

38. What does the underlined word “canvas” in the second paragraph mean?

A. A kind of cloth. B. Blue jeans C. Thoughts D. Paintings

39. From the passage we can see Ron is ______.

A. a good artist as well as a story teller and poet B. skilled at his teaching

C. a rich artist D. a British artist

40. Which of the following is true?

A. Ron’s painting focuses on city life. B. Ron learned a lot from his teacher.

C. Ron was born and raised on a farm. D. Ron’s paintings can’t be seen in Europe.

B

WASHINGTON — Patients with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, often develop vitamin deficiencies (缺乏). A new study has found that giving these patients a multivitamin with a mineral supplement (补充) helps to fight the disease and slows the disease’s progression.

Sub-Saharan Africa has always been the center of the AIDS. In Botswana, despite aggressive prevention campaigns, one out of every four adults is infected with HIV. Professor Marianna Baum based her latest research there.

Baum recruited almost 900 newly infected adults who had not yet received the anti-AIDS drugs that target the virus.

These adults were then divided into groups that randomly received different combinations of vitamins B, C and E, the mineral selenium (硒) or a placebo (安慰剂).

Most patients with HIV become deficient in these vitamins, which help improve immunity (免疫). Baum said she initially thought the multivitamins alone or selenium alone would be effective in strengthening the immune system, but found that incorrect.

“We were surprised to find that only the combination was effective,” said Baum.

Research shows that when people with HIV receive anti-retroviral drugs (抗逆转录病毒) shortly after infection, they can remain healthy and are less likely to pass the virus to others. For many countries, however, the cost of these anti-AIDS drugs is still prohibitive.

Baum said the vitamin and mineral combination treatment should help low income countries better control the virus.

“A simple multivitamin supplementation with selenium provided early in HIV disease can actually slow the HIV disease progression and it is safe. It is low cost and it should be provided very early in HIV infection,” said Baum.

Baum said the supplements are not meant to replace anti-retroviral therapy, but can help those who cannot obtain the drugs.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a world famous expert on AIDS, disagrees.

“I haven’t read the paper, but having taken care of HIV-infected individuals for three decades, I would doubt that vitamins are going to have a major effect on stopping the virus,” said Fauci.

Fauci said vitamin and mineral supplements may make a patient generally healthier, but the only thing that truly works to stop HIV is anti-retroviral treatment.

Baum’s study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

41. Where is the passage probably taken?

A. a scientific report B. a newspaper

C. a school