Ⅰ.语言知识及应用(共两节,满分45分) 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A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。 My son came home from kindergarten every so often with some assignments. His 1 was to prepare a poster about a country. And naturally, it became mine because he was too young. During that time, I 2 an awful lot about Egypt, Chile and Spain. I remember one day, the poster was about Spain. We spent much time 3 for pictures of Spain’s geography, architecture, food and culture on the Internet. Since the materials were 4 , I wanted him to do it by himself. I wanted it to be the best of all. And I wanted him to do a good 5 by himself. “Let him do it!” I scolded my husband when the poor man 6 to position some of the images on the poster himself. “Here, Sweet Pea, let me show you...” I tried to move the project forward. By this time, my son had reached the end of his 4-year-old attention span (持续时间). He 7 patience. Every attempt to 8 how he might organize the material met with 9 . In an act of great frustration, he 10 all the photos that had been prepared for the poster to the floor. I brushed him off impatiently and left away. Eventually, every picture was stuck on the foam-board (泡沫板) in some manner, and there was crayon (蜡笔) scrawl beneath, identifying what each photo was. It was a 11 , I think—Pictures fixed in an unbalanced way, shapes irregularly cut out of paper and crayon writing not easily 12 .
The next morning, I saw another mom carrying her kid’s 13 into the classroom. It was about Holland. And the poster was beautiful. I stopped her just so I could admire it. There were 14 from a family trip arranged, such as postcards of windmills, pictures of tulips and so on. It was a work of art. For a moment, I had an ugly flash of poster envy. However, when I looked at my kid’s poster again I realized it was precious. It looked exactly like a 4-year-olds work. And it made me 15 . 1.A.dream B.homework C.burden D.promise 2.A.worried B.predicted C.forgot D.learned 3.A.searching B.waiting C.applying D.working 4.A.missing B.ready C.ordinary D.hard 5.A.research B.discovery C.survey D.project 6.A.managed B.hesitated C.attempted D.refused 7.A.gained B.behaved C.lost D.had 8.A.show B.copy C.remember D.challenge 9.A.welcome B.shame C.relaxation D.resistance 10.A.burned B.swept C.divided D.presented 11.A.miracle B.puzzle C.mess D.secret 12.A.covered B.changed C.recognized D.removed 13.A.bag B.poster C.map D.postcard 14.A.gifts B.photos C.instructions D.necessities 15.A.surprised B.confused C.upset D.proud 第二节 语法填空(共10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使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。 A man has been put in prison after crashing his car and killing his girlfriend while driving over the speed limit. Daniel Day 16 (sentence) to nearly three years in prison after losing control of 17 partner Alice Hicks car on a country road 18 80mph. She was a passenger in the Mini-cooper and was thrown from the car 19 he crashed into another vehicle 20 (move) in the opposite direction. Day, 34, denied causing 21 (die) by dangerous driving and was found guilty by a jury (陪审团) at Taunton Crown Court. The court heard that neither Day 22 Miss Hicks, 27, was wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision that happened on September 24, 2011. He was speeding along the A38 near Rooks bridge, Somerset, when the road was blocked by a truck that was waiting 23 (turn) right. Witnesses described 24 Day had little or no chance of stopping behind the still traffic 25 he turned to avoid the van but hit a Mazda on the other side of the road.
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。 A My father, who was born and raised in Glasgow of Irish heritage, believed himself to be an Irishman. It was because of history, he said, and politics that had brought his family to Scotland. He was the son of a British soldier, my grandfather, Michael, who was killed in the Second World War. Much of his life, I always suspected, was hugely affected by the loss of his father, after whom I was named. Even though my father was just a baby when his father died, a little part of him died too. So, in many ways, he invented (虚构) his father. And he invented some of his father’s people too. We all did. And, I believe, we all do. Even though we never attended matches together, football took much time in our lives. He took me everywhere to play for my local clubs and school teams. As a youngster I had trials with Middlesborough, Morton and Dundee, amongst others. My father’s old second-hand Volkswagen truck ran me to most of these places regardless of how far or what the weather was like. In 2002, aged 58, my father suffered a serious stroke, leaving him unable to walk or talk. For the past 12 years he has largely been limited to his bed or armchair. Throughout this time he has sat in silence in a chair in the living room of my parent’s house, staring out the windows at the birds and the trees and listening to the echoes (回音) from our childhood past. And I know, more than anything, he realizes now that all he ever really wanted was to live, and that the past no longer mattered. His real story was here, with my mother, and with his children. In November last year we went to only our second match together. I had discovered a lot about my father. My brother, a police officer in Northern Ireland now, came too. Likewise, my daughter, Mahoney, who pushed her grandfather in his wheelchair and gradually came to understand a little bit more about his life as well as mine. 26.Why did the author’s father and his family move to Scotland? A.They moved to Scotland to avoid the war. B.His father had to work in Scotland. C.They hoped
