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英语试题

本试题卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)。第Ⅰ卷1至8页，第Ⅱ卷9至10页，共10页。考生作答时，须将答案答在答题卡上。在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。满分1S0分。考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共90分）

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1.必须使用2B铅笔在答题卡上将所选答案对应的标号涂黑。

2.第I卷共两部分二共计90分。

第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，共40分)

第一节单顶填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分)

1. - Alice, happy birthday! Here is a small gift for you.

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A. It doesn't matter B. Don't mention it

C. With great pleasure D. Thank you very much

2. another 10 days, we arc sure to complete repairing the machine.

A. Give B. Giving C. Given D. To give

3. At the top of the hill which has a wonderful view of the whole city.

A. lies an old cottage B. an old cottage lies

C. does an old cottage lie D. an old cottage dots lie

4. Please write the word here meaning escapes you.

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

5. 1 went to buy the tickets for the next public holiday, but there were left.

A. nothing B. none C. neither D. nobody

6. 1 like the color of the hat, I don't like its shape.

A. While R. If C. As D. When

7. Mary, what's the matter with you? You have finished your work by 9.

A. would R. should C. can D. must

8. It's freezing cold today. You might as well put on your overcoat the had weather.

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

9. China a sharp increase in the number of aged people over the past decade.

A. had seen B. saw C. will see D. has seen

10. It's really no business of yours I'll spend my summer holidays with.

A. who B. which C. where D. how

第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选顶(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was eight, a gentleman came to my orphanage (孤儿院) and taught us how to do working projects.

I remember my first project — a small 11 .I was so 12 of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a wonder. It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to 13 it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a 14 . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was always 15 with us.

As the table was not dry from the coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking it to our donnitory. But I was just so 16 and happy that I couldn't wait. I 17 out like a flash, carrying the table, smiling from car to car.

When I reached the dormitory I placed the little table beside my bed. I was 18 it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand _ 19 it, she noticed that it was still wet.

"Were you 20 to bring this home?" she asked.

"No, ma'am," I 21 with my head down.

She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After she left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was 22 stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off.

I hid the table in my closet and never 23 it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent, thinking that she would 24 it away.

Thirty years laser at a reunion, I 25 that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to 26 , she asked me to come down to her basement to get something important. I followed her. 27 into a dark comer. She picked something up.28 _ she turned around, I could sec that she was holding a little table.

Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago.

Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of 29 to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to 30 .

11. A. bed B. door C. table D. coat

12. A. tired B. ashamed C. aware D. proud

13. A. design B. invent C. complete D. paint

14. A. gift B. reward C. fee D. souvenir

15. A. satisfied B. strict C. patient D. angry

16. A. lucky B. confident C. amazed D. excited

17. A. called 13. gave C. looked D. rushed

18. A. washing B. observing C. admiring D. repairing

19. A. into B. across C. above D. after

20. A. supposed 13. embarrassed C. encouraged D. persuaded

21. A. agreed B. sighed C. whispered D. argued

22. A. dirt B. glue C. paint D. paper

23. A. considered 13. touched C. shook D. split

24. A. put B. drive C. take D. throw

25. A. learned B. expected C. remembered D. recommended

26. A. move B. laugh C. leave D. shout

27. A. curiously B. silently C. doubtfully D. worriedly

28. A. Before B. Since C. As D. Until

29. A. hopes B. thanks C. sympathy D. regret

30. A. adapt B. study C. perform D. please

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，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、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答落卡上将该项涂黑。(共20小题，每小题2分，共40分)

A

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An exciting world with a history of about 5000 years far away from t e West. combining an ages-old civilisation with he glass and steel of the 21st Century world into which it is rapidly developing, China is a wonder to see, Fund a joy to experience.

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Throughout your stay we have reserved top quality accommodation, generally four-star level. Many hotels will have a pool, and all will have a restaurant and bar. Where we will stay arc the Best Western Premier in Beijing, the Dorure International in Shanghai, the Tang Chug in Xi'an and the Universal Hotel in Guiiin. Your stay is arranged with a European-style breakfast at each hotel and a Chinese lunch and dinner that will generally be taken in local restaurants, offering food typical to each local area.

31. What you have just read may be

A. a news report B. an advertisement C. an announcement D. a book review

32. The tourists will travel to China by

A. ship B. train C. plane D. bus

33. If you want help when booking the holiday to (7hina, you may

A. call New market Holidays. B. go to consult New market Holidays.

C. write a letter to New market Holidays. D. send an c-mail to New market Holidays.

34. How many cities will the tourists stay in China?

A. 3. B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

B

An angler (垂钓者)got the shock of his life when his prize catch turned out to be a crocodile.

Alan_Prangncl], 64, was reportedly fishing in the 22-acre lake near Ringwood when he felt a sharp tugand started to reel the heavy but unknown fish in.

But, according to the Southern Daily Echo, when the end of the line appeared, the angler claimed it was actually a two-foot long crocodile.

Alan, who has been fishing since lie was six years old, told the paper "When it appeared I saw it was acrocodile about two feet long.

It was underneath where I was sitting on my box on the water and just lay by the side of my fact for about eight seconds. Then it shot back into the lake.

"It opened its mouth and let out the fish-or what was left of it. It had cut it in half and there was just its head and pan of the body.

“I was in disbelief-I had -o justify in my mind what I had just seen."

the NHS worker reportelly thirks the crocodile was dropped in after its owner found it too big to deal with

He added "1'vc been fishing in that lake for six years and for the club since 1963, so I know everything

about the lake.

"I'm the person who saw it and I've nothing to gain by lying abut it”.

Fishing club officials and Mr PrangneLl have refused to disclose the exact location of the Hampshire lake for fear of large groups pouring in.

36. What does the underlined "it" in Paragraph 6 refer to?

A. The crocodile. B. The fish. C. The lake. D. The box.

37. What is Alan Prangrell?

A. A worker. B. A man living on fishing.

C. A fishing club official. D. A reporter of the Southern Daily Echo.

38. What can be infix-red from the underlined sentence?

A. Some people didn't believe Prangmcll's story.

B. Some other people also saw the crocodile.

C. Prangnell was believed to have got a prize for the crocodile.

D. Pranenell was very disappointed as he had not got the crocodile.

C

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