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（总分135分，考试时间120分钟） I、语言知识及应用 第一节：完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 When I entered Berkeley，I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight -A student，I believed I could __1__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he __2__ in class. When I took the first exam，I was __3__ to find a 77，C-plus，on my test paper, for English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne，who listened to my arguments but remained __4__. I decided to try harder，although I didn't know what that means __5__ school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully，but got another 77. Again，I __6__ with Professor Jayne. Again，he listened __7__ but wouldn't change his mind. One more test before the final exam, one more __8__ to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and，for the first time，__9__ the meaning of the word horough．But my __10__ did no good and everything went as before. The last hurdle was the final. No matter what grade I got，it wouldn't cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the __11__ goodbye. I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final，I even __12__ myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I'd have fun with a test. A week later，I was surprised to find I got an A．I hurried into Professor Jayne's office. He __13__ to be expecting me. If I gave you the as you expected，you wouldn't continue to work as hard. I stared at him，__14__ that his analysis and strategy were correct. I had worked my head off，as I had never done before.
I was __15__ when my course grade arrived：A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence 1. A. take B. discuss C. cover D. get 2. A. sought B. presented C. exchanged D. obtained 3. A. shocked B. worried C. scared D. anxious 4. A. unchanged B. unpleasant C. unfriendly D. unmoved 5. A. when B. because C. if D. though 6. A. quarreled B. reasoned C. bargained D. chatted 7. A. angrily B. patiently C. surprisedly D. naturally 8. A. choice B. step C. chance D. measure 9. A. spoke B. requested C. commanded D. learned 10. A. ambition B. confidence C. effort D. method 11. A. scholarship B. course C. degree D. subject 12. A. helped B. favored C. treated D. relaxed 13. A. happened B. proved C. pretended D. seemed 14. A. remembering B. guessing C. supposing D. realizing 15. A. anxious B. sad C. speechless D. correct 第二节: 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或受用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填在答题卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。 US President Barrack Obama sat down for beers with a Harvard professor and a police officer at the White House on July 30. They were not talking about big problems 16 making small talk. A few weeks ago, the white police officer, James Crowley, arrested the black professor, Henry Louis Gates. On July 16, police went to Gates’ home after a neighbor called the police to say that she had seen two men trying to force open the front door. Gates was coming home from a trip and found his door 17 (stick), so he and his taxi driver tried to force it open. Crowley arrived and asked Gates to prove he was the 18 (own) of the home. But Gates flew into a rage and accused Crowley 19 being racist. Crowley arrested Gates. A hot debate was stirred up. Obama suggested holding a eer summit in the hope that the men 20 work out their problem by talking. Racism has been 21 major problem in US history. Historically, the country has been dominated by whites. Blacks, American Indians, and some other peoples were discriminated(歧视). Over the years, much progress has been made in fighting racism. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed. It made discrimination 22 (base) on race and color illegal. In 1965, President Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act, making 23 easier for blacks to vote. In 2008, Obama became US’ first black president. This was a big step forward. However, the Gates incident suggests that US still 24 (have) a long way to go 25 it has fixed its racial problems. Ⅱ. 阅读(共两节; 满分50分) 第一节: 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A I took the bus to work for many years. No one knew each other; the passengers all sat there sleepily in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent. One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. No one ever paid very much attention to him. One July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent. The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile and said in a loud voice, “A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “ good morning” in reply. The following weeks, our friend was dressed in a nice old suit and tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other. One morning he even had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked, “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes. The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat. Every morning after that Charlie always brought flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a happy place. Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn’t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the&nbs
