第二节 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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。

A few months ago we started a blog called "Confessions(自白) of an English Learner." This blog is__16__ you to share your stories about language misunderstandings. Many of you provided advice about __17__ you learned English. Thanks to everyone who __18__ (join) the discussion on the blog so far.

One web visitor described his __19__ (difficult) with two English language words that sound similar __20__ are very different in meaning. Moises wrote from his home in El Salvador. He described a mistake he made on his first visit __21__ the United States.

At the time, Moises was working on a cruise ship. It was his second day. He w as organizing some of his belongings __22__ a co-worker came into the room they were sharing. The co-worker asked, "Hey, my friend, do you want soap?" Moises wrote that he was surprised by the question and excited __23__ (use) his English. He answered, "No thanks. I am not hungry."

Well, everyone in the room started laughing and Moises did not understand the joke. __24__ new friends then explained that "soap" is something you use to wash yourself. "Soup" is what you eat.

Moises said this incident happened ten years ago. He added, "Do you imagine that I am __25__ English teacher now?"

Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)

第一节 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

Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. Although my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t resist an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them.

He had a malnourished(营养不良的) looking body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it. He was looking at a small, golden dog. Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs. It wasn’t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead. The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it. “It was probably abused and abandoned”, I said. “That is why it is so scared.”

The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said, “Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms. I followed and asked about the boy. I found out that he’d had a rough start in life too. She had just gotten custody(监护权) of him after the state had taken him from his parents. She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him. I looked back at him, holding his scared puppy, and said a prayer for them both.

It was yesterday. I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny, spring day. Then in a gree n front yard I saw the boy. His teenage body was tall and strong. His nose no longer seemed big but fit well into his smiling face. He was throwing a ball to a healthy, happy dog with shining golden hair. His little act of love and kindness had indeed gone a long way. It had saved a dog’s life, healed his own heart, and given this middle-aged man fresh hope for us all.

26. The author entered the animal shelter because ____________

A. he loves dogs and pets

B. it was too cold outside

C. he wanted to buy a dog

D. he wanted to see the boy

27. The reason why the dog was so scared is that _______

A. it was afraid of the cold

B. it had been ill-treated

C. it was frightened by the boy

D. it was frightened by the author

28 . Why did the boy want to adopt the golden dog?

A. Because the dog looked attractive.

B. Because his grandma also liked the dog.

C. Because they had something in common.

D. Because the author advised him to adopt it.

29.The Grandma wanted the boy to adopt a dog so that ___________ .

A. his life could be easier

B. he could play balls with it

C. he could forget about his parents

D. the dog could be taken good care of

30. What can we learn from the last paragraph

A. The author is a kind-hearted old man.

B. The boy’s nose has become smaller than before.

C. The author enjoys watching people playing with dogs.

D. Both the boy and the dog are growing healthily and happily.