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分120分，考试时间120分钟 命题人：黄丹丹

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.和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1. The iPhone has become one of ________most popular mobile phones in_______ United States.

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

2. –We are going to Canada for a couple of days.

---______. How I wish I could get away for a while.

A. Forget it B. It doesn’t matter

C. I can’t agree more D. I really envy you.

3. It was not until I came here_____ I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather.

A. where B. before C. that D. who

4. In many places, a blanket of clean white snow covers the ground on Christmas Day. This is is _________ meant by a "White Christmas."

A. which B. that C. what D. why

5. Chinese online shopping hit records in November and December. More than two hundred million Chinese have bought _________ electronically.

A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing

6. It is di
fficult to reach an agreement because the majority of the committee members are___ it .

A. for B. against C. to D. with

7. With a new hospital set up in this town, people here have easy _______ to health care.

A means B approach C channel D access

8.A recent survey found that 52% of Americans questioned said they supported restricting guns or _______them illegal.

A. makes B. made C. making D. to make

9.After receiving treatment in a hospital in the capital, the victim was taken by air to Singapore ________she died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital.

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

10. Riding bikes is good exercise; ______ , it brings no harm to the environment.

A. besides B. otherwise C. therefore D. nevertheless

11. There are about one hundred different kinds of poinsettias(圣诞花), in colors _______ white, pink, yellow and purple.

A. include B. includes C. to include D. including

12. During the Spring Festival you’d better _________a table for dinner in advance if you prefer not to eat at home.

A. preserve B. reserve C. protect D. serve

13. 76% of consumers who plan to buy holiday gifts say that they________ money or buy at least one technology product in the following holiday.

A. will spend B. have spend C. spend D. spent[来源:Z|xx|k.Com]

14.—I think it is unwise to spend so much money on the project.

—That’s true. _____ the cost, it will take a long time.

A. Rather than B. Apart from C. Together with D. But for

15. It is unbelievable that your sister______ French so quickly---she only lived there for 3 months.

A. made up B. picked up C. set up D. put up

16. The cold breath of winter had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches, almost bare, _________on the bricks.

A. hanging B. hung C. to hang D. hang

17. Police have arrested six people accused of the attack _______took place on December sixteenth.

A. what B. who C. which D. that

18. For years, he had always been planning to paint a work of art, ______ had never begun it.

A. therefore B. still C. even D. yet

19. If I had known you were waiting for me , I ______ earlier that day.

A. would have come B. had come C. will come D. came

20. —We are going to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary.—_____.

A. Go ahead B. Congratulations C. Have a nice trip D. Good idea

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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

In 2010, Robert Geoffrey Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. A newspaper reporter interviewed him why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person.

He __21___that, in his opinion,
it all came from an___22___with his mother that happened when he was about 2 years old．He had been trying to___23__a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his ___24___ on the slippery bottle and it ___25__, making its contents pouring all over the kitchen floor．

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of ___26___at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said: “Edwards, what a ___27___ and wonderful mess you have made! I have ____28___seen such a huge pool of milk．Well, the damage has already been done．Would you like to ___29___down and play in the milk for a few minutes ___30___we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did．After a few minutes, his mother said: “You know, Edwards, ___31___ you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up ___32___and restore everything to its proper order．So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge （海绵）, a towel, or a mop．Which do you ___33__?” He chose the sponge and together they __34___the milk．

His mother then said: “You know, what happened just now is a ___35__experiment in how effectively to carry a big milk bottle with two ___36___hands．Let’s go out in the backyard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can ___37___ a way to carry it without dropping it．” The little boy __38__that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it．

This scientist then ___39__that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make ___40___ ．

Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Edwards’s mother responded to him?

21．A．responded B．advised C. added D．promised

22．A．experiment B．accident C. experience D．challenge

23．A．send B．remove C．bring D．cool

24．A．way B．control C．balance D．hold

25．A．rolled B．fell C．turned D．burst

26．A．crying B．staring C. shouting D．laughing

27．A．great B．powerful C. disappointing D．curious

28．A．shortly B．always C．already D．rarely

29．A．get B．put C．take D．turn

30．A．when B．until C．before D．after

31．A．however B．whatever C. wherever D．whenever

32．A．at random B．at ease C．at last D．at a loss

33．A．like B．take C. prefer D．decide

34．A．cleaned up B．drank up C．put aside D．took apart

35．A．finished B．failed
C. shared D．valued

36．A．smooth B．clever C．tiny D．wet

37．A．discover B．invent C．imagine D．make

38．A．knew B．learned C. convinced D．thought

39．A．argued B．regretted C. expected D．commented

40．A．differences B．difficulties C. decisions D．mistakes

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

High in the sky, a group of birds fly past. The 5-foot-tall creatures are whooping cranes, the tallest birds in North America noted for its loud call. The wild animals appear to be following much larger birds. But those aren’t birds at all. They are three-wheeled aircraft called trikes , and the pilots flying them are wearing white helmets and white gowns. That plan might sound like a stupid idea, but it’s not. The pilots are from an organization called Operation Migration. They are helping the whooping cranes learn to migrate, or move from one area to another when the seasons change. The cranes are endangered. In 1941,the species had dwindled (减少) to roughly 20 birds because of hunting and habitat loss. US wildlife officials counted 149 whooping cranes in November 1995,the most since the American government began taking censuses (统计) in the 1930s.Today, about 380 remain.

In the fall, whooping cranes are supposed to migrate south. However, many of them don’t know how. “With so few birds left, young whooping cranes typically don’t have parents around to teach them,” explains pilot Joe Duff.

That’s where the trikes come in. Each October, pilots dress up as whooping cranes and take to the skies in Wisconsin. The young birds follow them because they think the trikes are big whooping cranes.

It takes about three months to reach south—with plenty of rest stops on the
way. The pilots lead the cranes to refuges, or protected areas, in Florida.

This spring, the birds will migrate north by themselves—no trikes needed! “It’s nice because you know the birds are going to make it,” Duff told WR News.

41.We can learn from the passage that whooping cranes 　　 .

A. are the tallest birds in the world B. aren’t birds at all

C. are increasing in the past 15 years D. have no team spirit

42.The three-wheeled aircraft serve as 　　

A. adult cranes B. food suppliers C. temporary habitats D. hunting tools

43.It can be inferred from the passage that 　　 .

A. the aircraft make a great difference to the cranes

B. the aircraft don’t have an effect on the cranes

C. the cranes get lost frequently

D. the cranes fly to Florida nonstop

44. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? 　　.

A. Whooping cranes are famous for their height.

B. The pilots wear helmets and gowns to attract people’s attention.

C. Whooping cranes want to migrate north in the autumn.

D. Whooping cranes will migrate on their own this spring.

45. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Baby whooping cranes don’t have parents around.

B. Pilots show baby whooping cranes how to migrate.

C. Whooping cranes are becoming endangered.

D. Whooping cranes are a clever species.

B

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