第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）

1.—How about Christmas evening party?

—I should say it was success.

A.a; a B.the; a C.a;不填 D.the; 不填2. My brother was against my suggestion while my sister was ______ it. A．in honor of B．in search of C．in favor of D．in charge of

3.People should ______the traffic rules when they travel to a new place. Nobody can be exception.

A. perform B. observe C. possess D. support

4.When the area was ______ by the flood, the government organized people to send food and medicine there immediately.

A. cut away B. cut down C. cut off D. cut up

5.Recently, however, scientists have been finding that long-term use of these fertilizers can cause damage to the land, thus _____it less fertile.

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

6.He failed the final examination and only then ____ how much time he had wasted.

A. he realized B. had he realized C. he had realized D. did he realize

7.When his father came in, he_____to be reading his book.

A. pretended B. earned C. respected D. attached

8. Whether by accident or____,he arrived too late to help us.

A. purpose B.aim C. design D. chance

9. He stayed up too late every night, _____ to catch up with his classmates.

A. having determined B. being determined C. determined D. to determine

10. .He is really an excellent doctor and he is_________to becoming an expert in this field.

A. in a way B. by the way C. on the way D.in no way

11. ---What do you think of his talk on Information Technology?

---Oh, excellent. It’s worth_____________.

A. listening to B. being listened to C. listening D. to be listened to

12. Some passers-by witnessed the car accident ______ five passengers were killed, a baby included.

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

13. You _________football after school. Why not go home and do your homework first？

A. always played B. have always played C. are always playing D. always playing

14. It is our daily decisions, rather than our abilities, show what we truly are.

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

15. _______ parents say and do usually has a life-long effect on their children.

A. That B. Which C. What D. As

16. On top of the hill ______, whose style can be traced to the ages of the Roman Empire.

A. there standing a church B. does a church stand

C. a church stands 　　D. stands a church

17. I haven’t seen Dora since she was a little girl, and she has changed beyond _____.  A. impression B. recognition C. understanding D. judgment

18. “It’s a secret….” he lowered his voice and whispered no one could overhear it.

A. in case B. even if C. so that D. as if

19. —I’m driving to Beijing after breakfast.

—Take care, with all this fog.

A. especially B. mainly C. extremely D. really

20.—Tom, you shall not come to school late again.

—Sure, Mr. Brown.

A. It doesn’t matter. B. Why me? C. Forget it. D. You have my word

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

Have you ever considered what it would be like if you are not able to smile? I hadn't __21__ that, up until a few months ago, when I found that I __22__ couldn't. Well, I'm exaggerating (夸张) a little bit ... I __23__ smile, but only with one side of my face!

I went to the__24_, and was diagnosed(诊断) with Bell's Palsy—a disease of the muscles on one side of the face. As you could __25__， this was quite a shock to me，and made me very __26__．Although this was a major bomb that was dropped on my life, my story is not about how __27__ life is, but about how I face the sudden __28__ falling on me.

Anyway, __29__ is a part of everyday life for me. “Losing” half my face temporarily caused me to think “What is a smile？”According to the dictionary，a smile is a __30__ expression for pleasure, characterized(特征是) by the turning up of the corners of the mouth，__31__ what about the cause? What is __32__ the smile that causes us to show this expression?

After __33__ about this for a while, I came up with the __34__ that a smile is not only characterized by the upturning of the corners of the mouth, but also by what a person does, says and thinks. This gave me hope, as I __35__ that smiling is not just an outward expression, but an inward __36__．

With this in mind, I set about __37__ how to smile with my life through my __38__， not just with my face.__39__，sometimes I send my friends Smile Cards with a chocolate bar or bookmark, letting them __40__ a true smile.

21．A. thought about B．stuck to C．fought for D．dreamed of

22．A. certainly B．actually C．hardly D．obviously

23．A. needed B．would C．should D．could

24．A. doctor B. nursery house C．government D．bookstore

25．A. ask B．behave C．plan D．imagine

26．A. excited B．puzzled C．upset D．ashamed

27．A. hard B．boring C．short D．interesting28．A. fortune B．challenge C．duty D．job

29．A. sleeping B．working C．smiling D. eating

30．A. facial B．body C．mental D．happy

31．A. because B．so C．but D．or

32．A. behind B．against C．before D．towards

33．A. working B．thinking C．reading D．speaking

34．A. agreement B．conclusion C．announcement D．condition

35．A. doubted B．hoped C．insisted D．realized

36．A. decoration B．attitude C．pattern D．attraction

37．A. learning B．suggesting C．consulting D．predicting

38．A. speeches B．promises C．actions D．opinions

39．A. In fact B．For example C．As a result D．By the way

40．A. discover B．remove C．convey D．experience

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20题。第二节5小题；每题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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

Schools are taking exam anxiety more seriously now because tests have become very important in determining their performance under the federal No Child Left Behind law. Research suggests that students do better when they're relaxed and in a good mood.

Craft was one of about 800 l0th-graders around the country who participated last year in the study by the California-based institute of HeartMath. It found that 55% of l0th-graders often had high levels of test anxiety and their scores were lower than those of students who used the company's techniques to improve relaxation and mood,

This year states must start testing children on math and reading in Grade 3 through 8 under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which also requires that students take a science test at least once in elementary, middle and high school by 2013-2014.

Bowers is director of counseling for Tucson Unified School District, where some schools use a program called Brain Gym. The program teaches children to take deep breathing exercises to relax and focus on good memories using a series of movements also designed to improve, blood flow to the brain.

The idea of programs like HeartMath and Brain Gym is to get participants' minds working efficiently. “It has worked well at East Side Charter School in Willington, Delaware. Once they started using

Heartmath, many children at the K-7 school have been able to reduce exam solicitude, as a result, math

and reading score improved." said Bowers.

“They are taught to be in a pleasant place... to breathe deeply arid slowly. And, close their eyes and imagine something they love like going with their grandfather to the ice cream store." Payyon says.

The HeartMath Institute also suggests getting at least eight hours of sleep the night before a test and

having a healthy breakfast that morning.

41. What does the underlined word in the fifth paragraph probably mean?

A. Chances. B. Anxiety. C. Grades. D. Content.

42. What relaxation techniques should we take to lower exam anxiety?

A. Taking deep breathing and recalling movement exercises.

B. Getting students' minds working efficiently by more tests.

C. Advising students to get more sleep before a test.

D. Making students take a test in a pleasant place.

43. What's American schools' main purpose to introduce relaxation techniques?

A. To make an advertisement for a company.

B. To introduce a program called Brain Gym.

C. To improve the students' test scores.

D. To reduce examination anxiety of students.

44. What does the underlined word '- it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The Institute B. The country C. The study D. Craft

45. According to the passage. Bowers' attitude towards the programs is ______.

A. skeptical B. neutral C. casual D. supportive

B

I decided a few months ago that I was going to treat myself to a 4-day getaway from Los Angeles and visit Chicago. I got a free airplane ticket, but had to pay the hotel in cash, which 1 really couldn't afford. I found a travel website where a discounted 3-night stay was purchased from a recently opened hotel.

About three weeks before the trip, I had to regretfully cancel(取消) and only then realized the room, while transferable (可转手的) to another person, couldn't be changed to a later date and wasn't refundable（可退款的）. For the next two weeks I tried selling it on Craig's list with no success. Five days before the "big weekend", I gave up trying to get any money back and decided I'd contact some acquaintances who live in Chicago and offer someone a free "staycation". After trying a handfu