第一部分： 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

1. --- Good morning, Pro. Lee. Could you tell me how I did on Friday’s test?

--- Well, let’s see… _____ This is your best result ever!

A. What a pity! B. What a mess! C. No way! D. Congratulations!

2. The family _____ fans of Jay Chow, whose songs all sound familiar to them.

A. were B. was C. are D. is

3. After starting work, Cao spent his evenings _____ in his books and was eventually admitted to a secondary technical school.

A. burying B. buried C. being buried D. having buried

4. Investment by Chinese companies in the US _____ rapidly in recent years.

A. was growing B. has been growing C. had grown D. will be growing

5. I didn’t know that he was a cheat, or else I ________________ him.

A. should have believed B. shouldn’t believe

C. wouldn’t have believed D. couldn’t believe

6. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months _____ to begin her propjet.

A. was she allowed B. she was allowed C. did she permit D. she permitted

7. No, I’m too busy right now. Please give me an hour, _____?

A. do you B. don’t you C. am I D. OK

8. One possibility is that tears get rid of certain chemicals from your body _____ build up during stress.

A. to which B. that C. where D. in which

9. Two men ___ into my flat. One of them threatened me with a knife while the other tied me up.

A. found their way B. pushed their way C. wound their way D. made their way

10. The airplane had a good _____ of newspapers, magazines, television programs, food and drinks. The meal even included a serving of Hagen-Dazs ice cream.

A. offer B. number C. supply D. amount

11. According to _____ US First Lady Michelle Obama, China is _____ fifth most popular destination for Americans studying abroad.

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

12. _____ the three elements of productive forces, namely, the people, the means of production and the subject of labor, the people is that most critical.

A. From B. With C. For D. Of

13. In 2003, figures showed that there were 840,000 HIV carriers and 80,000 AIDS patients in China, _____ it the worst-affected country in Asia next to India.

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

14. The 2011 Taiwan film You Are the Apple of My Eyes _____ to be a great success among mainland viewers.

A. turned out B. made out C. went out D. put out

15. _____ I could remember about it was beautiful, European-style buildings, the smell of popcorn and fun entertainment.

A. One B. Everything C. Anything D. All

16. The news came out _____ the daughter of Pierre Robilland was to marry the little Irishman from up the country.

A. that B. how C. which D. whether

17. Thanks to his pension, Li Zhentian, _____ give each of his grandchildren RMB 5 as a Chinese New year gift for the first time.

A. had to B. was able to C. would D. could

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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

In my profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that 21 AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been 22 in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have 23 learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.

Tyler was born 24 with HIV. From the 25 beginning of his life, he was 26 on medications to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a 27 surgically inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he 28 in a small backpack on his back. Medications were hooked up to this pump and were 29 supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his 30 .

Tyler wasn't willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this 31 disease. It was not 32 to find him playing and racing around his backyard. Tyler's mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in 33 . That way, when she looked out of the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly 34 him.

This dreaded disease 35 wore down Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, 36 did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn't going to survive, Tyler's mom talked to him about death. She 37 him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon 38 .

A few days before his death, Tyler asked me to his hospital bed and 39 , "I might die soon. I'm not scared. When I die, please 40 me in red. Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too. I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."

21. A. causes B. causing C. leads D. leading

22. A. experience B. lessons C. gifts D. business

23. A. specially B. approximately C. permanently D. especially

24. A. infected B. affected C. rejected D. reflected

25. A. soon B. very C. much D. most

26. A. keen B. hard C. impressed D. dependent

27. A. pump B. backpack C. ball D. tube

28. A. carried B. lifted C. fetched D. hooked

29. A. fluently B. temporarily C. continuously D. optionally

30. A. bathing B. breathing C. playing D. racing

31. A. deadly B. bloody C. badly D. dreadful

32. A. often B. occasional C. unusual D. frequent

33. A. orange B. blue C. red D. green

34. A. look B. spot C. glare D. glance

35. A. suddenly B. eventually C. immediately D. constantly

36. A. such B. as C. so D. nor

37. A. satisfied B. convinced C. encouraged D. comforted

38. A. in heaven B. in the bed C. in hospital D. in the yard

39. A. yelled B. whispered C. cried D. shouted

40. A. wear B. put C. dress D. wrap

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，满分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，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

A

An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old highly educated son.

Suddenly a crow perched on their window.

The father asked his son, “What is this?”

The son replied, “It is a crow.”

After a few minutes, the father asked his son the 2nd time, “What is this?”

The son said, “Father, I have just now told you ‘It’s a crow’.”

After a little while, the old father again asked his son the 3rd time, “What is this?”

At this time some expression of irritation was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father. “It’s a crow, a crow, a crow.”

A little after, the father again asked his son the 4th time, “What is this?”

This time the son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?”

A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:

“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question again and again for 23 times. I did not at all feel irritated, I rather felt affection for my innocent child.”

41. The underlined word “irritation” in the passage means ___________.

A. puzzlement B. annoyance C. patience D. excitement

42. Why did the old father keep asking his son the same question?

A. Because he developed a kind of disease.

B. Because he was so boring that he wanted to play a joke with his son.

C. Because he wanted to know whether his son was as patient as he used to be.

D. Because his son used to love playing this game with him.

43. How old was the father when he wrote down this page in the diary?

A. 35 years old B. 38 years old C. 45 years old D. 80 years old

B

More and more people take part in marathons these days – over 30,000 people will run the London Marathon this weekend, for instance. But it’s not just the 26 miles and 385 yards that could be a daunting prospect. “I have to admit to being completely frustrated by the blocking and for 18-19 miles was just keeping away from people and being held up,” one participant grumbled after the 2012 London Marathon. “I had to overtake a lot of people and ended up with bruised（淤肿的）forearms from all the elbows,” said another.

How do such crowding problems arise, and could they be reduced? Some researchers believe that we can find the answers through a more familiar system in which jams appear – road traffic flow. Martin Treiber, of the Technical University of Dresden in Germany, has previously developed models for traffic flow. One of the first attempts to model traffic flow was made in the 1950s by James Lighthill and his collaborator Gerard Whitham of Manchester University. They considered the traffic as a kind of liquid flowing down a pipe, and looked at how the flow changes as the fluid gets denser(浓稠). At first the flow rate increases as the density increases, since you simply get more stuff through in the same period of time. But if the density becomes too high, there’s a risk of jams, and the flow rate drops sharply.

Treiber’s model of a marathon uses this same principle that the flow rate first increases and then decreases as the density of runners increases, thanks to an sudden switch from free to crowded flow. He assumes that there is a range of different preferred speeds for different runners, which each maintains throughout the race. With just these factors, Treiber can calculate the flow rate of runners, knowing the “carrying capacity”(承载能力)at each point on the route.

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