1.

improve

A.

fond

B.

lose

C.

women

D.

motor



2.

unite

A.

policeman

B.

inform

C.

terrible

D.

tidy



3.

chemistry

A.

machine

B.

touch

C.

school

D.

kitchen



4.

reminded

A.

respected

B.

whispered

C.

filled

D.

practiced



5.

crowd

A.

downstairs

B.

borrow

C.

follow

D.

grow



6.

cloth

A.

rather

B.

though

C.

mouth

D.

clothing



7.

sword

A.

fortune

B.

director

C.

forbid

D.

comfortable



8.

crisis

A.

minority

B.

dictionary

C.

civil

D.

kitchen



9.

build

A.

request

B.

quiet

C.

guilty

D.

equip



10

anger

A.

manner

B.

handdle

C.

rank

D.

include





第二节：语法和词汇知识（共30小题；每小题1分，满分30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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

11. It’s so nice to hear from her again. ________, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A. What’s more B. That’s to say

C. In other words D. Believe it or not

12. Film has a much shorter history, especially when________ such art forms as music and painting.

A. having compared to B. comparing to

C. compare to D. compared to

13. Armed with the information you have gathered, you can ________ preparing your business plan.

A. set out B. set about C. set off D. set up

14. --- Alvin, are you coming with us?

--- I'd love to, but something unexpected ________.

A. has come up B. was coming up C. had come up D. would come up

15. When you finish reading the book, you will have ________ better understanding of ________life.

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

16. ---If you are admitted to a key university, ________ as a prize?

--- I’m looking forward to being paid for a journey to Tibet with my friends.

A.?What you expect your father will offer you

B.?Do you expect what your father will offer you

C.?What do you expect will your father offer you

D.?What do you expect your father will offer you

17. ---Why is the road so crowded?

---The two underground lines ________.

A. are built B. have been built

C. are being built D. have been building

18. Tom got to the hospital in time that day, ________the first bus.

A. catching B. to have caught C. to catch D. caught

19. ________ I admit that all these problems are difficult, I don’t agree that they can’t be solved.

A. Unless B. While C. Until D. Since

20. Many people volunteered to donate blood; however, the blood bank needs ________.

A. some B. less C. much D. more

21. I’m interested in ________ you have said.

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

22. The driver ________but he wasn’t wearing the seat belt.

A. survived B. had survived C. could have survived D. has survived

23. —Can you tell me why more and more people choose to shop in a supermarket?

—Because it offers a great of goods.

A．variety B．mixture C．connection D．combination

24. --- Don’t worry, Mum. The doctor said it was only the flu.

---________! I’ll tell Dad there’s nothing serious.

A. What a relief B. Congratulations C. How surprising D. I’m so sorry

25. In front of our house ________ we used to swim.

A. a river lies that B. does a river lie where

C. lies a river which D. lies a river where

26. Recently，there have been many occasions ______ you have attended events on your own.

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

27. Up to now, Marin _____in the library for about two hours.

A. read B. had read C. has been reading D. would read

28. Mr. Li’ s house is so big, about _____ours.

A. as big as twice B. as big twice as C. twice as big as D. as twice big as

29. —I think _____possible that he was got the ticket for tonight’s concert .

—So do I. He seemed very happy for the whole afternoon.

A. what B. it C. this D. as

30. To my joy, I have _____my parents to allow me to travel abroad alone in the coming summer holidays.

A. convinced B. reminded C. arranged D. required

31. She made the demand that she ________ at once.

A．leave B．leaves C．left D．to be left

32. Whoever comes here to have the meeting will be treated ________ a wonderful dinner.

A．to　　　B． with　　　 C．for　　　 D．on

33. I’ll _______ the matter as soon as possible. Just have a little patience.

A．look over B．look on C．look into D．look for

34. I have finished a large part of the book ; the rest ______ more difficult.

A were　B are C was D is

35. As is known to us all, English books of this kind ______ well in middle schools.

A sell B sells C is sold D are sold

36．Look，dark clouds are gathering.It is________ to rain soon.

A．probably B．possibly C．likely D．perhaps

37.They each _____ a new dictionary.

A.has B.have C.is　D.are

38. _____ Tom liked to eat was different from ______. A. That…that you had expected B. What …that you had expectedC. That…what you had expected D. What…what you had expected

39. _____ the assignment made his father lose his temper .

A The boy’s not having done B The boy not having done

C The boy’s having not done D The boy having not done

40．At that time it was difficult to have one’s body after his or her death.

A．preserving B．preserved

C．preserve D．to be preserved

第三节 完形填空(共20小题，每题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Garage sales (旧货市场) are a strange pastime. I am not interested in other people’s 41 items. My mother was, and she convinced me to 42 her. We went to several garage sales and finally stopped at a cottage. The 43 owner told me that he and his wife were moving away. His wife had been a (n) 44 before she retired.

As we were 45 the sale items, I heard the gentleman’s wife say her name to someone, and I 46 realized who she was. She looked at me and said, “ You are Lisa Miller.” I 47 at her in awe（惊叹） for it had been thirty years 48 I had been in her class.

My mother 49 to her for any trouble I might have caused. She 50 that if this woman remembered me after so many years, I must have done something 51 . My teacher looked at my mother and said, “Oh, no, she was very good,” and my mother watched her in 52 .

My teacher explained during the last week of scool, I brought her a 53 . She told us she planted the Lamb’s Ear in her garden. She looked at me and said, “ Every day when I leave my house, I think of you. And when I come home these plants 54 me, and I think of you.” 55 welled up in my eyes. There at her home, among all her 56 , was a piece of my life that she had nurtured.(培养)

In that moment, she taught me more about life than I could 57 . We give pieces of ourselves every day without thought or expectation. We seldom envision(展望) the 58 that we have on others’ lives. That piece may grow and spread, becoming a (n) 59 part of a life. In the end it is not the big things that 60 , but the small things that make all the difference in the world. I never had a chance to thank her, but I hope she took a Lamb’s Ear with her to her new home.

41.

A. broken

B. unwanted

C. frozen

D. desired



42.

A. accompany

B. attach

C. arrange

D. accomplish



43.

A. cruel

B. lonely

C. eldly

D. lovely



44.

A. driver

B. pianist

C. athlete

D. teacher



45.

A. exchanging

B. instructing

C. selecting

D. exposing



46.

A. nervously

B. immedately

C. strangely

D. automatically



47.

A. stared

B. smiled

C. glanced

D. glared



48.

A. after

B. while

C. since

D. because



49.

A. appealed

B. aplogized

C. laughed

D. shouted



50.

A. suspected

B. doubted

C. thought

D. wondered



51.

A. tough

B. terrible

C. flexible

D. practical



52.

A. peace

B. danger

C. disbelief

D. need



53.

A. book

B. phone

C. diamond

D. plant



54.

A. possess

B. impress

C. greet

D. observe



55.

A. Tears

B. Happines

C. Promises

D. Laughter



56.

A. aims

B. belongings

C. figures

D. exhibitions



57.

A. need

B. plan

C. imagine

D. guess



58.

A. senses

B. benefits

C. effects

D. pains



59

A. appropriate

B. necessary

C. brave

D. mild



60

A. care

B. matter

C. depend

D. remain





第二部分：阅读理解（共15小题；毎小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答題卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

What is it that makes people laugh？More than two thousand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined (定义) jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph by showing we’re better than someone else in a certain way.According to Aristotle and many other philosophers，all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of persons—that is，putting it clearly，on showing that they are worse off than ourselves.Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone else’s expense.

Showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes.Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us.We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin.The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society.This is probably the reason why some of the jokes，especially those involving cruelty，are so popular with certain people.

Besides，all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because it’s different from things which are happening around it.The same situation can be either sad or pleasant，depending entirely on how strange and out of place it is.If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool，we don’t laugh because nothing unusual has happened.But if a man in a smart s