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本试卷共三部分。满分120分。考试时间120分钟。 第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分30) 第一节:单项填空(共20小题:每小题0.5分,满分10分)(原创或改编) 从A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项标号涂黑。 1. ---We are not going anywhere until you put on your seat belt! ---_______ I’m just about to do it up. ---Sorry. I didn’t mean to jump on you. It’s just that I get nervous when people don’t wear seat belt. A. Take it easy! B. Take your time! C. What’s up? D. So what? 2. --- If you touch me I’ll tell my father. ---______. He has asked me to punish you whenever you interrupt this class. A. Sorry B. All right C. Go ahead D. That’ all right 3. The Chinese government will make every effort to____ the rising employment pressure after the country has decided to lower its annual economic growth target to seven percent for the next five years. A. put up with B. cope with C. meet with D. put down 4. China will put cultural reform and development at ____ important place in____ coming five years, and ____quite long period of time after that. A. an; the; a B. a; the; the C. the; a; a D. the; the; a 5. It was not until Mum agreed to buy him a compute, _____ was his favorite, _____ the boy promised to study hard. A. that, that B. which, that C. that, which D. which, which 6. The project must be completed with the week, and to meet the____, we have to work around the clock. A. deadline B. assignment C. pressure D. appointment 7. She is a much loved and highly ______ teacher. A. respect B. respectful C. respecting D. respectable 8. My brother likes eating very much but he isn’t very ____ about the food he eats.
A. careful B. cautious C. particular D. generous 9. The traffic problems we are looking forward to seeing ____ should have attracted the government’s attention. A. solving B. solve C. to solve D. solved 10. with his slippers on when he heard someone shouted“Help”. A. Out did the man rush B. Rushed the man out C. Out rushed the man D. Out the man rushed 11. In the California study, children with TVs in their rooms but no computer at home scored the lowest, _____ those with no bedroom TV but who had home computers scored the highest. A. when B. while C. since D. as long as 12.A person can change his way of clothing, way of eating and living but the values in a person always remain unchanged _____ they are deeply rooted within our hearts, mind, body and soul which we receive from our culture. A. why B. in case C . that D. because 13Cantonese, a dialect from southern China that has dominated (控制) the Chinatown of North America for decades,_____ aside by Mandarin, the national language of China. A. are wept B. are being swept C. is wept D. is being swept 14.Last summer, we went to an island, _____ had many wild plants and animals. A. where B. which C. there D .it 15.It took a long time for the connection between body temperature and illness _____. A .to make B. to be made C. making D. being made 16.He _____ be really difficult at times even though he ,generally speaking, is a nice person. A. can B. should C. shall D. must 17.According to the latest research, getting enough sleep is _____ to maintaining good health and reducing stress. A. essential B. promising C. special D. sensible 18. After several rounds of competition, the little girl _____ because of her excellent spoken English and quick response. A .put out B. picked out C. broke out D. stood out 19.As a typist, the most important aspect of the job is to be able to type quickly and _____. A. faithfully B. actually C. roughly D. accurately 20._____what they say about me, I’m going to continue my work. A. In terms of B. Regardless of C. Instead of D. In favor of 第二节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分) (原创) 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和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该项标号涂黑。 We always celebrated Dad’s November birthday on Thanksgiving Day, even after he entered a nursing home. As years __21__, these events took on a __22__ meaning for me—a traditional birthday party for Dad, and a _23___ thanking for all he had been to me in my life. When we knew that it might be his last birthday, the _24___ family decided to prepare for a huge Grandpa Simon birthday celebration at the nursing home. It was a crowded party with lots of noise and food. During a quiet moment ,I announced that it was now Dad’s _25___to listen to some stories for a _26___change.I wanted everyone to tell Grandpa Simon _27___we loved about him .The room because _28___,abd even Dad was quiet as his family crowded around him. One after _29___another ,people told stories from their hearts ,while Dad listened with _30___.people _31___recalled all kinds of lost memories----stories about _32___when they were little, stories about when Dad was young ,stories that are shared family treasures .The stories _33___. Each one seemed to trigger the memory of two more. _34___the littlest grandchildren couldn’t wait to tell Dad why they loved him. For a man who had been kind to so many hundreds of people in his life, here was our _35___ to celebrate him. A few months later, at Dad’s memorial _36___, we more fully realized what we had given Dad that night. Those were the stories people_37___tell at a burial service, after a loved one is no longer around to hear the words. They are told, then, full of tears, with the _38___that the person who passed away will somehow hear the outpouring of love. But we had given those loving memories to Dad in life, told _39___laughter, with hugs and joy. He had _40___to hold and&n