单项填空（共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

21. Mike spent time with ____native people to gain ____ better understanding of the country.

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

22. I like taking risks, too. I suppose it ______ in the family.

A. jumps B. walks C. runs D. keeps

23.Shackleton kept his promise ____he would return to Elephant Island ____the crew had been left.

A. which; that B. that; which C. what; where D. that; where

24. The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every day, 85% ____ sold abroad.

A. of them are B. of them is C. of which is D. of which are

25. Beneath our feet_____ that our lives depend on for food and clothing.

A. lies the earth B. lay the earth C. the earth lies D. does the earth lie

26.You?are?_____?careful?than?your?brother.?You?two?can’t?do?the?work?that?needs?care?and?skill.???????????A.?not?more B.?no?more C.?not?less D.?no?less

Realizing that everything she said had no effect on her son, __________.A. her son’s teacher was asked to help solve the problem.B. it was decided that her son’s teacher should help solve the problem.C. She had to ask her son’s teacher to help solve the problemD. there’s nothing she can do but ask her son’s teacher to help solve the problem.

A?______?road?goes?______?from?one?place?to?another.?

A.?straight,?straight??B.?straightly,?straightly??C.?straight,?straightly? D.?straightly,?straight?

29. Bill always seems so confident, but ________ he’s extremely shy.

A. in vain B. in contrast C. in reality D. in surprise

30. I hope there are enough books for each student to have ___________.?

A.?it B.?those C.?one D.?them

31．Napoleon is famously said ______, "When China wakes, it will shake the world．"

A．to declare B．declaring C．to have declared D．having declared

32．______ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally confident．

A．If B．Since C．Once D．Unless

33．I had a busy and tiring weekend because ______ the house for the Christmas cost me a whole day．

A．decorating B．to decorate C．decorated D．decorate

34．She got stuck in a terrible traffic jam on the highway to Shanghai, or she ______ dinner with her family now．

A．will be having B． would be having C．is having D．was having

35．In the weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony, movie reviewers make predictions about which movies and actors ______．

A．have awarded B．will award C．are awarded D．will be awarded

第二节 完型填空　（共20小题；每小题1.5分　满分30分）　

阅读下面短文，从文后所给各题的四个选项（A. B. C. D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。　

It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step.

"Any old papers, lady?" asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say “no” __36__looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals (凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.

“Come in and I'11 37 you a cup of hot cocoa.”

They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet shoes left 38 on the floor．I 39__ them cocoa and toast with jam 40 the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front door __41__me. I looked in. The girl__42 the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat 43 ," Lady ．．． are you rich?"

"Am I rich? Mercy, 44 !" I looked at my shabby slipcover(家具套)．The girl put her cup back in its saucer（茶碟） 45 .

“Your cups match your saucers．”

Her voice was ___46__with a need that no amount of food could supply．They left after that, holding their 47 against the wind．They hadn't said thank you．

They didn’t 48 to. They had done more than that. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they __49__.

?? I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a 50__ over our heads, my man with a good steady job—these things matched, too．

I moved the chairs back from the fire and 51 the living room．The muddy prints of small scandals were still 52 on my floor. “ 53 them be for a while,” I thought. Just 54 I should begin to forget how 55 I am.

36．A． when B． after C． while D． until

37．A． make B． provide C． do D． cook

38．A． signs B． signals C． marks D． symbols

39．A． showed B． served C． carried D． supplied

40．A． against B． from C． on D． in

41．A． beat B． struck C． got D． noticed

42．A． watched B． lifted C． held D． put

43．A． word B． method C． state D． voice

44．A． yes B． sure C． no D． always

45．A． suddenly B． carefully C． quickly D． anxiously

46．A． hungry B． satisfied C． pleased D． curious

47．A． books B． papers C． dishes D． drinks

48．A． dare B． plan C． want D． need

49．A． shone B． matched C． broke D． equaled

50．A． house B． ceiling C． roof D． curtain

51．A． washed B． rubbed C． wiped D． tidied

52．A． dry B． gone C． wet D． new

53．A． Made B． Let C． Got D． Kept

54．A． in case B． as if C． if only D． only if

55．A． nice B． free C． busy D． rich

第三部分： 阅读理解（ 共20 小题；每小题2分， 满分40 ）

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。

A

That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad didn’t care for insects much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldn’t go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my father’s cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it.

For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that we’d all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn’t like because he scratched for no reason.

However, soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back, but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the basement again.

A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests.

While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mower’s(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasn’t much anyone could do.

After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail’s. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didn’t talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence.

56. What do we know about the author’s mother?

A. She didn’t like insects at all.

B. She liked insects more than his father.

C. She cared for insects very much.

D. She could only tolerate a few insects.

57. The author’s father drove to the store to buy _______.

A. cigarettes for himself B. some poison

C. more coffee for his wife D. some gasoline

58. The author’s father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought ______.

A. they were no longer useful

B. the crickets were afraid of fires

C. they became the home of crickets

D. the dead crickets came back to life

59. We learn from the last paragraph that ________.

A. the author’s family lost their battle against the crickets

B. the author’s parents learned to put up with insects

C. the author’s family didn’t suffer much in the fire

D. the author’s parents got divorced

B

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