第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 .单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

21. ________it is to jump into a river on a hot summer day!

A.What fun     B.How fun      C.What a fun      D.How a fun

22. It was a long time since the girl last saw her parents, no wonder she was not _____ excited when they came.

A. much   B. greatly    C. a little    D. a bit

23.. He made another wonderful discovery, _____ of great importance to science.

A. which I think is   B. which I think it is

C. which I think it    D. I think which is

24. I’m lucky to have got two tickets _____. Are you _____ to go to the concert with me?

A. freely; free    B. for free; freely     C. freely; for free    D. for free; free

25 I _______ that the job has been filled.

A.regret to say     B.regret saying    C.regret to have said     D.regret having said

26. The school sports meeting was put off,      was exactly ._   _ we wanted.

A. it; that B. as; that      C. which; what D. this; what

27. ______ is known to all that the earth is round

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

28. Joe Jones, the eldest of the eight children, had to ____ out of high school at the age of 16 to help his father on the farm.

A.leave           B. drop            C. fall            D. go

29. I don’t like _______ you speak to her.

A. the way      B. the way in that    C. the way which    D. the way of which

30.The Greens  was in _____possession  of the big farm 200  years ago ,but now it  is in ____charge of the country

A  the    the                       B     the  x

C  x    x                          D     x    the

31. We will wait for further information, you should keep us ________.

A. heard    B. informed     C. realized     D. recognized

32.. How do you like the cake?  It’s quite different from          I had last month.

A. that     B. which     C. the one   Dthe one  what

33This is such an interesting book ____we all like.

A as       B   that    C which       Dwhat

34It”s true that most house plants require________regulary.

A.watered    B.being watered     C.watering     D.to water

35  21st century school edition is ____a newspaper .It helps us to improve our English a lot .

A. no less than  B.  no more than  C. less than   D. more than

第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，

One evening I was resting in a cafe. I  36  a pair of newly bought white leather shoes, which were rather expensive. Then a boy came to me.

He was in a(n)  37  shirt, looking pale and about eleven. No sooner had I begun to speak than he opened the  38  in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He  39  down, took off my leather shoes, and began to shine them.

He was busy doing his work  40  heavy rain began to pour down. People rushed to the café for  41  from the rain. More and more people crowded  42  and gradually separated the boy from me.

Hours passed, and it turned  43 . I had no shoes on my feet and 44  where the boy had been. I thought he would not  45  my shoes, and I would have to go home on my bare feet.

When it was near midnight the 46  ended, and there were fewer and fewer people in the café. The café was to be  47 . I had to move to the door, head 48 . just as I went to the gate, I  49  found that a boy of about eleven, looking very familiar, was sleeping at the 50  with his head leaning against a box and his upper body being  51 . he held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.

I shook him slightly and woke him up. He 52  up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he recognized me. Then he opened the package  53 , gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly. I  54  him and wrapped him with his unfit shirt, which had wrapped my leather shoes. On my way home, the 55  of the boy stayed in my mind.

36. A. took      B. wore          C. mended         D. owned

37. A. old        B. unfit         C. small            D. dirty

38. A. bag        B. package      C. box            D. suitcase

39. A. seated      B. bent         C. put             D. looked

40. A. when       B. after         C. because        D. since

41. A. protection     B. rest         C. hide          D. preparation

42. A. out          B. away         C. in          D. off

43. A. dark       B. light           C. dim           D. bright

44. A. thought     B. wondered      C. guessed        D. imagined

45. A. shine       B. keep          C. return          D. carry

46. A. rain         B. coffee      C. time             D. work

47. A. opened      B. locked        C. stopped        D. closed

48. A. lowered     B. dropped       C. raised           D. held

49. A. shortly       B. surprisedly     C. sadly        D. immediately

50. A. table         B. door       C. bed           D. cafe

51. A. wet         B. bare           C. pale       D. cold

52. A. stayed       B. sa           C. jumped           D. got

53. A. finally      B. suddenly      C. unfriendly         D. hurriedly

54. A. recognized    B. forgave      C. paid               D. inspired

55. A. feature        B. shirt           C. image          D. form

三部分：阅读理解(共17小题;每小题2分，满分34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

A

If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.

“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.

It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的),” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.

56.The main subject talked about in this passage is ________.

A. science on learning a second language     B. man’s ability of learning a second language

C. that language can help brain power        D. language learning and maths study

57. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means _______.

A. a researcher on language learning                      B. a second language learner

C. a person who can speak two languages                  D. an active language learner

58. We may know from the scientific findings that ________.

A. the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is

B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language

C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain

D. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time

59. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that _________.

A. learning a second language is the same as studying maths

B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects

C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language

B

In this century the traditional American family is constantly faced with the threat of breakdown. Some sociologists suggest that one little – noticed cause may be the introduction of the TV dinner.

Before the appearance of television seats, the American dinner was a big event for the family. In many homes dinner time may be the only time when everyone got together. A typical dinner was usually in three stages. In the preparation stage, the children and Father frequently helped with setting while Mother put the last touches on the roast. In the eating stage, family members shared the day’s experiences and more than food was consumed. In this stage families got to know one another and made joint decisions around the dinner table, and thus the family solidarity(团结) was strengthened. In the cleaning – up stage, children or Father again gave their hands, so that their significance to the home community was clear. Unfortunately, all of these have been erased by a product—the television set.

By the beginning of the 1980s, the typical American family dinner was just twenty minutes long. The speed – up of this once – leisurely experiences is clearly connected to the overall pace of modern life and maybe a model of the modern life is the TV dinners—meals designed to be consumed between the opening and closing credits of a half – hour program. The once family affair has now become nothing more than the use of a fork and knife.

60. According to the passage, the American family is now threatened by       .

A. poverty  B. having few children  C. poor living conditions    D. separation

61. In the past, Americans tended to        .

A. spend more time eating their food at dinner table

B. eat more food than they have today

C. spend more time talking about their day’s experience at dinner table

D. talk so much that they forgot to eat

62. The shortening of the dinner time in America is related to        .

A. the TV programs                       B. the pace of modern life

C. the wide use of household appliances       D. the popularity of fast food

63. The best title for this passage might be       .

A. Talk At Dinner Table                    B. TV Dinner

C. Pace Of Modern Life                    D. Problems Caused By TV

C

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