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. After being elected ______ President of ________ United States, Barack Obama moved with his family into ________ White House. A. /; the; / B. /; the; the C. the; /; / D. /; an; the 2. Flu is a very ______ infectious disease. Fever, headaches, coughing and fatigue are some of its ______ symptoms. A. normal; common B. usual; ordinary C. common; usual D. ordinary; normal 3. The police set about arresting the suspect ______ they found enough evidence to prove him guilty. A. immediate B. as long as C. the moment D. as far as 4. ---Were you satisfied with the exam result? ---Not a ______. I should have done much ______. A. little; better B. bit; worse C. little; worse D. bit; better 5. Thanks to the vivid ______, the speaker made the abstract concept accessible to all the audience. A. inflation B. interference C. illiteracy D. illustration 6. Do you like _______when someone speaks to you without looking at you? A. that B. him C. it D. those 7. The teacher looked at the student with a smile as if ______ him to answer the question.
A. expected B. to expect C. expecting D. expect 8. ______ a truck coming directly from the opposite direction, the car driver turned ______ right to avoid a head-on collision. A. Seeing; sharp B. Having seeing; sharply C. Seen; sharp D. Had seen; sharply 9. The heart is ______ the stomach, for they are both controlled by the brain. A. as intelligent as B. not so intelligent as C. more intelligent than D. no more intelligent than 10. ---You couldn't have chosen any gift better for me. ---______. A. Oh, don't you like it? B. I'm glad you like it so much. C. That's all right. I'll give you a better one next time. D. I thought you might like it. 11. Our new science teacher comes from either New York or Washington. But I can’t remember _______. A. where B. there C. which D. that 12. “I don’t think it is my _________that the traffic piled up! I just pulled up my lorry quickly as I saw a cake flying towards me!” said the angry driver. A. error B. mistake C. fault D duty 13. With its moving story and the wonderful acting, the ______ film put on this week has attracted millions of audience and is well on the way to becoming the year's top-grossing movie. A. three-hour’s B. three-hours’ C. three-hour D. three-hours 14. --- You didn’t do well in the interview. It seems that you are not yourself today! ---I burned the mid-night oil last night to get better prepared. Unfortunately,_________ sleep prevented me from thinking clearly enough to produce satisfying answers. A. lack of B. lacking of C. lack D lacked of 15.--- Jason, have you finished your writing? ---Five more minutes________ you will see an amusing story! A. before B. and C. so that D. until 16. --- Excuse me! I’d like to book a table for four for the dinner tonight. ---Sorry sir, but there is ________ available tonight. You may try _________ restaurant. A. no one; the other B. none; another C. nothing; another D. no one; other 17. ---He was nearly killed in a car accident. ---Oh, when was ____exactly? ---It was in 2009______________he was driving to the airport to pick up his father. A. this; that B. that; when C. that; that D what; when 18. ---What can I do for you? ---I am looking for a birthday gift for my sister, _______at a proper price but fashionable. A. one B. anyone C. that D. everything 19. Everyone wants to be a friend of _______________ is considerate and shares the same interests. A. anyone B. whomever C. whoever D. no matter who 20. I don’t remember how many years ago ______________I paid my last visit to the principle of my primary school. A. it was that B. was it that C. it was when D. was it when
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. So she went to an older, wiser woman in the village and 21 advice. Listening to her, the older woman 22 the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could 23 ease her pain, but she could teach. Then, she said. “There are 24 things you need to do. The first is extremely difficult. Tonight, Take your best 25 pillows and open a small hole in each one. Then, 26 the sun rises, you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. When you are through, 27 to me. If you’ve done the first thing 28, I’ll tell you the second.” The young woman hurried home to prepare for her chore, 29 the pillows were very 30 to her and very expensive. All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. Her fingers were 31. The wind was so sharp that it caused her eyes to water, but she ran on through the 32 streets, 33 there was something she could do to put things 34 the way they once were. Finally she placed t
