Ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 He came across her at a party.She was outstanding；many boys were after her，but nobody paid any __1__to him.After the party，he invited her for coffee.She was surprised.In order not to __2__rude，she went along. As they sat in a nice coffee shop，he was too __3__to say anything.Suddenly，he asked the waiter.“Could you please __4__me some salt？I’d like to put it in my coffee.” The girl stared at him.He turned red，but when the salt came，he put it in his coffee and drank.__5__，she asked.“Why salt with coffee？”he __6__，“When I was a little boy.I lived near the sea，I liked playing in the sea...I could feel its taste salty，like salty coffee.Now every time I drink it，I think of my __7__and my hometown.I miss it and my parents，who are still there.” She was deeply __8__.A man who can realize that he’s homesick，must love his home and __9__about his family.He must he __10__. She talked too，about her faraway hometown，her childhood，her __11__.That was the start of their love story. They continued to date each other.She found that he met all her__12__ .He was tolerate，kind，warm and careful.And to think she would have missed the __13__if not for the salty coffee! So they married and lived happily together.Every time she made coffee for him，she put in some salt，the __14__he liked it. After 40 years，he __15__away and left her a letter which said：“My dearest，please forgive my lifelong lie.Remember the first time we dated？I was so nervous I asked for salt instead of sugar.If I could live a second time，I hope we can be together again，even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.”
Ⅱ. 词汇运用 用所给单词的适当形式填空。 combine explode violent surface development spread presence disappoint mass gradually 1．Let’s ________ to fight against our common enemy. 2．Don’t put the bottle on the edge of the ________ of the desk，or it will fall down. 3．A great ________ of rock had fallen from the cliff and now blocked the road. 4．The news that tsunamis caused more than 100,000 deaths ________ throughout the world in a short time. 5．Several days ago，a bomb ________ near the police station，killing 10 officers. 6．There is too much sex and ________ show on TV. 7．There have been several new ________ in electronics. 8．The change was so ________ that we hardly noticed it. 9．The picture was so lifelike that he felt as if he were in the ________ of his dead father. 10．The film was a bit of ________；we expected it to be much better. 答案：1.combine 2.surface 3.mass 4.spread 5.exploded 6.violent 7.developments 8．gradual 9.presence 10.disappointment
Ⅲ.阅读理解 It’s hardly surprising that weather is a favourite topic for so many people around the world—it affects where we choose to live，what we wear，our moods，and perhaps even our national characteristics. Studies have shown that changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate，cloudy skies slow down reaction，and high humidity with hot，dry winds makes many people badtempered. If you live in a place like Britain，where the weather seem to change daily if not hourly，you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random. In fact the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe. In the UK the weather depends on depressions，often called lows，and anticyclones，also known as highs. These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean，and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east. Highs bring sunny weather，while lows bring rain and wind. In modern times，human activities seems to be altering weather patterns. Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earth’s surface，and affect cloud formation. Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s. The human race has always tried to guess the weather，especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes. Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns，popular poems include： Red sky at night，shepherds’ delight；Red sky in the morning，shepherds’ warning. Flies will swarm before a storm. Rain before 7，clear by 11. While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather，today’s methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology. Satellites，balloons，ships，aircraft and weather centres with sensitive monitoring equipment，send data to computers. The data is then processed，and the weather predicted. However，even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week. 【文章大意】 天气是世界各国人民最喜欢谈论的话题，它可以影响我们的情绪、穿着。 1．When weather keeps changing，________. A．people become badtempered B．people’s reaction slow down C．people find it hard to focus on their work
