一、完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1―15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。

Last summer I was a volunteer at a shelter for the homeless, a place for homeless people to sleep at night. I wasn’t working that summer and was __1__ only two classes in summer school, so I had some free time.

Three nights a week, I __2__ in the kitchen of the shelter along with four other volunteers. We planned and __3__ for 45 people hot meals with vegetables, chicken, fish and fruit. The homeless people__4__ this good food because many of them usually didn’t eat well.

I __5__ this volunteer work, making __6__ with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, like me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories __7__ me with sympathy. Some of them had __8__ with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad __9__. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and then she lost her job. She wanted to look for a __10__ job, but couldn't find one, for she was too __11__. She could do nothing but sell her furniture—sofas, chairs, and tables so that she could pay for her food. The woman __12__ on job hunting, but she __13__ couldn't find one. She had no money for her __14__ and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, __15__， and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

1．A.studying

B．planning

C．holding

D．taking



2．A.helped

B．raised

C．appeared

D．washed



3．A.ordered

B．bought

C．cooked

D．accomplished



4．A.appealed

B．required

C．collected

D．requested



5．A.wanted

B．had

C．owned

D．enjoyed



6．A.decisions

B．wishes

C．friends

D．amateurs（业余爱好者）



7．A.struck

B．filled

C．deposited(存放)

D．provided



8．A.habits

B．hardships

C．difficulties

D．problems



9．A.luck

B．pain

C．experience

D．loss



10. A.challenging

B．delicate（精致的）

C．skilled

D．new



11．A.old

B．poor

C．sick

D．dishonest



12．A.went

B．moved

C．came

D．worked



13．A.partly

B．still

C．almost

D．extremely



14．A.block

B．cottage

C．building

D．flat



15．A.afraid

B．unbearable

C．dull

D．awkward





二、　语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为16～25的相应位置上。

Six days of spring rain had created a wild river __16___(run) by Nancy Brown’s farm．As she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she __17____(slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk．Nancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great _18___(difficult）．The water __19___(rise)．Nancy’s pace got slower and slower．Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on．About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to __20___ (succeed) pull herself and Nancy out of the water and onto a bit of high land．

It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy．__21___ helicopter lowered a doctor, __22____attached Nancy to a life-support lift．They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, __23____the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter．

When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highland．Lizzie was gone. __24____was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost．“I owe my life _25____her,” said Nancy sobbingly．

三、阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Green invaders are taking over America. Not invaders from space, but plants! You might not think of plants as dangerous, but in this case they are threatening nature’s delicate food chain.

The invaders are plants brought here from other countries to make gardens and yards look pretty. Ever since people started to arrive on America’s shores, they have carried along trees, flowers, and vegetables from other places. Now there are so many of those plants, they are crowding out the native plants that have lived here since before human settlers arrived.

And that’s a problem, says Dr. Doug Tallamy. He’s insect expert at the University of Delaware. He explains that almost all the plant-eating insects in the United States are specialized, which means they eat only certain plants. Monarch butterfly caterpillars(幼虫),for example, dine on milkweed. If people cut down milkweed and replace it with another plant, the butterflies will not have the food source that they need to survive.

But the trouble doesn’t stop there. When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals. Tallamy points out that almost all migrating birds depend on insets to feed their young.

“We cannot let the plants and animals around us disappear.” says Tallamy, “The way to preserve them is to give them food to eat. But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food chain, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”

Fewer of the right plants mean fewer bugs, and fewer bugs mean fewer birds. And that’s bad for the Earth, because we need a variety of living things to keep the planet healthy and beautiful.

The good news is, garden centers sell native plants. “Just Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,” says Tallamy

How did green invades arrive at America?

They fell down from space.

They floated to the America’s shores.

They were brought in from foreign countries

They has lived here since human settlers arrived

According to Dr.Tallamy, which of the followings about the insects in the US is NOT true?

Almost all the plant-eating insects in a place eat certain plants.

Monarch butterfly caterpillars can’t survive without milkweed.

If insects can’t eat the right plants, they will find another one.

The insects’ death will greatly affect the migrating birds’ survival

The underlined word “clobber” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _________.

protect B. damage C. create D. collect

We can know whether a plant is native by _________.

Googling on the Internet B. asking Dr. Doug Tallamy

C. looking up in books D. searching in garden

What is the best title of the pass age?

Green invaders——local living things B. Green invaders——dangerous food chain

Green invaders——environmental protectors D. Green invades——threat to local nature

B

In Western countries people have been using the installment （按揭）plan since the first half of the twentieth century. Today, a large number of families in Great Britain buy furniture, household goods and cars by installments .In the U.S., the figure is much higher than in Great Britain, and people there spend over 10 percent of their income on the installment plan.

The price of an article bought on installments is always higher than the price that would be paid by cash. There is a charge for interest. The buyers pays one quarter or one third of the price as a down payment when the goods are delivered to him. He then makes regular payments, weekly or monthly, until the full price is paid up. The legal ownership of the goods remains with the seller until the final payment has been made.

Installment buying has advantages and disadvantages. It can help couples with small incomes to furnish their homes and start housekeeping, It increases the demand for goods, and in this way helps business and employment. There is ,however, the danger that when business is bad, installment buying may end suddenly, making business much worse. This may result in a great increase in unemployment. If the people on the installment plan lose their jobs, they will probably not be able to make their payments. If great numbers of people are not able to pay their installment debts there is a possibility that businessmen cannot collect their debts and will therefore lose money. If businessmen lose money or fail to make a satisfactory profit, it becomes more likely to have a depression. This is why, in some countries, the government controls the installment plan by fixing the amount of the down payment to discourage people from buying more than they can pay for on the installment plan.

Which of the following is true about the installment plan?

British families just use the installment plan to buy furniture.

More than 10 precent American families buy things on installment.

Americans spend more on installment buying than British people do.

The payment of installment buying is easier than buying by cash.

Goods bought on installments are more expensive than goods bought by cash because_________.

the buyer has to pay extra money as interest

the delivery of the goods charges extra money

the buyer has to pay a down payment

The service offered by installment plan charged extra money

What will happen to a buyer if he fails to make the full payment for an item bought on installments?

He might lose his job B. He will stop owning the item he has bought

C. He will have to sell what he has bought D. He will go into debt

The advantages of installment buying might include all the followings EXCEPT that _________.

purchasing power is strengthened

Employment might be increased

People develop a good habit of saving money

Young couples are able to furnish their homes

In some countries, the government controls the installment plan to_________.

increase employment B. avoid depressions

ensure that businesses make good profits D. ensure that people can pay for what they buy

C

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi, girl! My name is Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may! “and she gave me a giant squeeze.

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age ?”I asked. She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, and then retire and travel!”

“No seriously