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，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Visualize Your Goal

The Catalina Island is twenty-one miles away from the coast of California, and many people have taken the challenge to swim across it. On July 4th 1952, Florence Chadwick stepped  36  Catalina Island into the water to swim across to the California coast. She  37  well and on the track, but later fatigue(疲劳) set in, and the weather became cold. She  38 , but fifteen hours later, numb and  39 , she asked to be taken out of the water.

After she  40 , she was told that she had been  41  only half a mile away from the coast. She commented that she could have  42  it, if the fog had not affected her  43  and she would have just seen the land. She promised that this would be the only time that she would ever  44 .

She went back to her rigorous training. And two months later she swam that same channel. The  45  thing happened. The fatigue set in, and the fog obscured her view,  46  this time she swam with  47  and vision of the land in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind the fog was the  48 .

She succeeded and became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel. She even broke the men’s record  49  two hours.

Success principles:

When you set your goal, keep pressing on  50  when you are tired, physically and mentally, and  51   there are many  52  ahead, keep the vision of your goal  53  before you and never, never, never …give up! See the reaching, commit to it, and you will surely see your goal  54 .

Motivation quote:

“I can’t do  55, but I can do something. If we all did something, we could conquer anything.”

36.  A. in           B. for      C. off D. of

37.  A. prepared       B. stepped   C. felt      D. started

38.  A. held on        B. gave in C. came off  D. kept up

39.  A. nervous   B. cold       C. surprised    D. frightened

40.  A. arrived    B. recovered    C. left        D. cried

41.  A. carried away  B. taken up    C. sent off   D. pulled out

42.  A. won    B. succeeded    C. made      D. got

43.  A. vision  B. feeling      C. strength    D. energy

44.  A. beat   B. quit      C. swim      D. join

45.  A. strange   B. sorrowful     C. same      D. awkward

46.  A. so   B. however          C. but        D. and

47.  A. pressure   B. potential   C. sympathy   D. faith

48.  A. land  B. sea     C. ship       D. island

49.  A. by          B. over      C. for         D. to

50.  A. only        B. even    C. still      D. merely

51.  A. unless       B. once        C. as though     D. even though

52.  A. records      B. failures     C. falls      D. challenges

53.  A. clear        B. bright        C. stubborn    D. steady

54.  A. set  B. acquired         C. realized     D. obtained

55.  A. anything   B. everything   C. nothing      D. something

第三部分: 阅读理解 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Crocodile Attack

“All I could see was two sets of red eyes below me,” said Dave Gatty, an Australian farmer who spent seven days up a tree in remote bush land to escape crocodiles.

Gatty, 52, said he was forced to take such drastic action after he accidentally went into a crocodile-infested area of Queensland. He only had two meat sandwiches to keep him going, as crocodiles moved beneath his tree each night until his rescue.

Gatty said he decided it was safer to hold out for a rescue team than try to make a run for it. His problems began after he fell off his horse while out in the northern Australia outback. Dazed and bleeding, he climbed back on his horse and hoped it would lead him home. It was only when he regained his senses he realized that he had been taken into crocodile-infested area.

“I had to get off the horse and I fell straight into a crocodile nest,” he told reporters.

“That frightened me. I couldn’t go back, it was too far and too dangerous, so I headed to the nearest high ground and stayed there, hoping someone would come and find me before the crocs did.”

Gatty explained how each night two crocodiles would sit at the bottom of the tree staring at him. Although Gatty’s two sandwiches ran out after three days, he was able to get running water during the day and knew rescuers were looking for him as he could see helicopters in the air above his tree.

“If I hadn’t seen the crocs circling me, and if I hadn’t fallen into the croc nest, I would have made a push for it. But I knew the safest thing was for me to sit and wait,” he said. A chocolate bar, given to him by rescuers after being moved to safety by using a winch(卷扬机), “was like a gourmet meal,” he said.

56. Gaddy felt _______ when he found himself trapped in the crocodile- infested area.

A. panicked but optimistic          B. nervous and hopeless

C. upset and regretful              D. frightened but calm

57. Which of the following did not help Gatty survive the accident?

A. Sandwiches                   B. Running water

C. Chocolates                    D. Staying up in a tree

58. What’s the right order of the events related to the accident?

a. Gaddy climbed up onto his horse unconscious.

b. Gaddy climbed up a tree and stayed there.

c. Gaddy was moved by a winch to safety.

d. Gaddy fell off his horse accidentally.

e. Gaddy found himself in a crocodile-infested area.

A. a, d, e, c, b      B. d, a, e, b, c      C. a, d, e, b, c      D. d, e, a, b, c

59. The article can be classified as _________.

A. a news story              B. a scientific fiction

C. a personal essay           D. a literary report

B

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We provide a free pick up service from the hotels listed below for guests taking our Sightseeing Tours.

Guests staying nearby may make their way to these pick up points.

Shuttle 1 2 3 4 5 6

FourSeasons/Bewleys 8.45 9.45 10.15 11.15 12.15 13.15

Berkley Court 8.55 9.55 10.25 11.25 12.25 13.25

Jurys Ballsbridge 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.30 12.30 13.30

The Mespil 9.10 10.10 10.40 11.40 12.40 13.40

The Burlington 9.20 10.20 10.50 11.50 12.50 13.50

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Shuttle 2    City Tour and South Coast + Gardens

Shuttle 3 to 6    City Tour only

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STOP

No.  PLACE OF

INTEREST ADDRESS FIRST BUS

AM  LAST BUS

PM

○1

Tour Starts Here Cathal Brugha Street 9.30 6.30

○2

Bank of Ireland  O’Connell Bridge 9.35 6.33

○3

Trinity College College Green 9.40 6.38

○4

Nassau Street Nassau Street  9.45 6.40

○5

National Gallery Merrion Square West  9.50 6.42

○6

Natural History Museum Merrion Square Wes 9.55 6.45

○7

St. Stephen’s Green  Grafton Street 10.00 6.50

○8

Tourism Center Suffolk Street 10.10 6.52

○9

Tenple Bar Dame Street 10.20 6.55

⑩ Dublin Castle Cork Hill 10.25 6.58

60. If a guest staying at Jurys Ballsbridge only wants to tour around the city, which shuttle is the earliest for him to take?

A. Shuttle 1.        B. Shuttle 2.      C. Shuttle 3.        D. Shuttle 4.

61. How much is a family of six, grandparents, parents and twin sisters of 10, to pay the driver when they take the Hop on-Hop off for a city tour?

A. €65.           B. €78.          C. €81.            D. €54.

62. Between which two places of interest does the tour bus run for the shortest time?

A. Nassau Street and National Gallery.

B. Tour Starts Here and Bank of Ireland.

C. Tenple Bar and Dublin Castle.

D. Dublin Castle and Christ Church Cathedral.