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; 每题0.5分, 满分10分） Ⅰ. 从A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。 1. I’d love ________ room on the higher floor so that I can have a bird’s eye view of ________ city. A. the…a B. a…the C. /…the D. a…a 2. — You look troubled. — The director asked me to finish this task by Sunday. How can I ________ to? A. attempt B. manage C. decide D. happen 3. If we ________ earlier, we would have had trouble getting good seats. A. didn’t arrive B. haven’t arrived C. hadn’t arrived D. couldn’t arrive 4. Can’t we just live in today, ________ the worries of tomorrow or the regrets of the past? A. free from B. aware of C. sure of D. tired from 5. ________ not like Jim to be late for class. He is always on time. A. Here’s B. That’s C. It’s D. There’s 6. Don’t cry over your lost friendship any more. It ________ be helped. A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t 7. I find singing Karaoke ________, for it takes my mind off my work for a while. A. being relaxed B. to relax C. relaxed D. relaxing
8. It is easy enough to download and copy, but you should at least write ________ by yourself. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing 9. ________ being very convenient to shoppers, plastic bags also cause serious white pollution. A. Because B. Since C. While D. If 10. The subway timetables are well planned in Norway. Seldom ______ wait very long. A. one does have to B. does one have to C. one has to D. has one to 11. Faced with the economic slowdown, we have decided to ________ government spending. A. take out of B. get away with C. break away from D. cut down on 12. ________ has interest in our outdoor adventure club can apply for its membership. A. No matter who B. No matter anyone C. Anyone D. Whoever 13. The UK is a (an) _____ small country, but the climate varies a lot in different places. A. fairly B. such C. highly D. so 14. — Let’s have a game of tennis; the loser has to treat the other to an ice-cream. — ________. A. I’m afraid so B. It’s a deal C. You’ve got a point D. I suppose not 15. The bill you sent me is incorrect, sir. ________, it isn’t the first time. A. Worse still B. On the contrary C. For one thing D. In all 16. Frankly speaking, it’s people’s _______ to keep their promise that really annoys me. A. habit B. mistake C. loss D. failure 17. We won’t know how much food to buy until we decide how many people ________. A. were coming B. are coming C. have been coming D. had come 18. Do you have any seats ________ on the flight for Mexico leaving at 15:16? A. available B. accessible C. acceptable D. adaptable 19. ________! We first got a flat tire, and now my cell phone is dead. A. For what B. What’s up C. Guess what D. What’s on 20. I prefer a company ________ people have to work as a team, instead of fighting against each other. A. where B. that C. as D. when 第二节 完形填空：（共20小题, 每小题1分, 满分20分） Ⅱ. 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 — 40各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。 I was coaching girls' track in Iowa and there was a young discus（铁饼）thrower on the team with 21 potential（潜力）. Here goes her story. At the end of our training 22 the district track meet, this discus thrower, Lucy, asked me if she 23 come to the school on Sunday for a little 24 training. I agreed. The year before, she had placed second at the district meet and 25 missed going to the state meet. She had won every discus event, 26 that district meet! And, her throws in the competitions had 27 been between 106’1” and 110’10”. Something began to 28 me. Why couldn't Lucy 29 to get the discus to 111 feet? I wondered if it was more a psychological barrier（心理的障碍） 30 a physical one. I decided to try something 31 . I made up my mind to 32 to Lucy. On Sunday, after her drills, I said, “Why don’t you throw five or six good ones for me to 33 ?” She began to throw again, but 34 were farther than what she had already thrown. But, I didn’t tell Lucy. As I was measuring the 35 one, I pulled out some more tape (量尺) and yelled out to her, “ Come to see this! This one is 36 ! ” It wasn’t. Lucy, thinking that this was a personal best, jumped wildly into the air in 37 . The next afternoon, at the district meet, Lucy 38 with a personal best throw of 114’10”! Just 24 hours after I had lied to her. However, this time she had 39 thrown the discus four feet further than she had ever thrown it before. Sometimes we 40 our&
