一、单项填空（共18分，每小题1分） 根据句意，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳答案。 ( ) 1. Nobody taught my brother to surf the Internet. He learnt it all by ______. A. he B. his C. him D. himself ( ) 2. Nancy got on very well ______ her new classmates. A. by B. to C. with D. from ( ) 3. The girl from Australia ______ outgoing and popular in our class. A. is B. am C. be D. are ( ) 4. They went on working ______ it was raining hard outside. A. if B. since C. because D. although ( ) 5. Tell Lucy to ring me up if she ______here tomorrow. A. came B. comes C. will come D. is coming ( ) 6. Joe is 14 years old. Tim is 16 years old. So Tim is _____than Joe. A. young B. younger C. old D. older ( ) 7. --- Excuse me, ______ is the nearest library? --- It’s next to the bank. A. where B. when C. what D. how
( ) 8. My grandfather is too old ______ the heavy box. A. to carry B. carrying C. carries D. carry ( ) 9. --- May I put my bike here? --- No, you _______. You should put it over there. A. couldn’t B. mustn’t C. needn’t D. won’t ( ) 10. --- Which of the two T-shirts will you buy? --- I’ll buy ______ of them, so I can give one to my friend, Mike. A. neither B. either C. both D. all ( ) 11. Yesterday they visited an old church. It ________ more than100 years ago. A. has built B. was built C. is built D. built ( ) 12. Study hard, ______ you will fall behind. A. and B. but C. or D. so ( ) 13. --- Mum, I’ve got an “A” in the English examination today. --- Great! And you are sure to win a second time because this is a good ______. A. skill B. start C. result D. report ( ) 14. Lily raised her voice to make everybody in the room ________ her clearly. A. hear B. heard C. to hear D. hearing ( ) 15. Beijing ________ a lot since I came here ten years ago. A. has changed B. have changed C. will change D. was changing ( ) 16. The problem is so hard that almost ______ can work it out. A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody ( ) 17. If I do badly in exams, I won’t ______. I’ll try harder to catch up. A. give in B. give up C. give off D. give away ( ) 18. --- Do you know ______? --- Only ten months old. A. when does Tiger Woods start golfing B. when did Tiger Woods start golfing C. when Tiger Woods started golfing D. when Tiger Woods starts golfing 二、完形填空（共14分，每小题1分） 通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。 Learn to Meet Challenges My classmates called me “the alien”, and they avoided me like the plague (瘟疫). As a young boy, I suffered from a serious skin disease, which 19 my arms with scars. The true pain of my condition, however, was social: I lived a life of 20 . Doctors predicted that I would never fully recover, but my parents encouraged me to hope for the future, teaching me that any difficulty could be overcome. I therefore took a / an 21 role in fighting against my disease, trying many medications and herbs, and my health 22 greatly before I graduated. I realized that my personal 23 had led to this improvement. I regained self-confidence and made many friends at school. Years later，like my personal battle against disease, I learned a great deal about 24 by overcoming difficulties. I joined the Culture Club as a Special Event Director. I managed a group of six students in organizing different activities. I was the most advanced ESL student among the group, so I considered myself the most capable. But I quickly learned my 25 . While preparing for our first presentation, I was 26 with my team members and often rejected their tasks. I performed most of their tasks myself, allowing them to help me only with small details. 27 , the presentation was not very successful. The setback discouraged me, and I spoke of it to the club’s director. She responded that she 28 my ability to succeed in the future. This comment filled me with 29 , for I realized that I had never trusted my own team members. 30 they were weak in English, they had
