一、单项选择：(共20小题，每题1分；满分20分) 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 1. Jack is a ______ young man. He thinks he can do anything if he tries his best. A. confident B. common C. cheerful D. careful 2. --- Do you like your new English teacher? --- Yes, I do. He always uses different activities to keep us ______ in class. A. interesting B. interested C. interest D. to interest 3. Please remember to make the text big enough so that others can read it ______. A. calmly B. quickly C. slowly D. easily 4. You will realize ______ danger these tigers face ______ you watch this programme. A. how much; until B. how many; until C. how much; after D. how many; after 5. The film, Roman Holiday, was very ______ and Audrey became famous instantly. A. success B. succeed C. successful D. successfully 6. Tom got along with all of his neighbours ______ the man who lived next door. They seldom greet to each other. A. except B. expect C. besides D. beside 7. It is ______ of your parents to organize this party for us. We have a great time. A. wrong B. selfish C. polite D. kind 8. --- Can you teach me how to ______ between homework and hobbies? --- I think you should focus more on homework. A. achieve a balance B. receive a balance C. tell the difference D. make a difference 9. You can’t expect your brain to do its best ______ you take care of it. A. when B. if C. until D. unless 10. You may ______ a bottle of water from home and leave it here on your desk.
A. take B. fill C. bring D. drink 11. ______ it is personal conversation or a huge speech, the point of communication is to make ourselves understood. A. Whether B. Weather C. If D. Either 12. A song is so much more than sound to us. It is a feeling, a memory, a new world, a trip back to an old world. So keep music in your life no matter ______ you go. A. what B. where C. how D. when 13. A life spent ______ mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent ______ nothing. A. to make; to do B. to do; to make C. making; doing D. doing; making 14. --- We should save some food for ______ who arrives late. --- There is no need. ______ is here. A. anyone; Everyone B. everyone; Anyone C. anyone; Anyone D. everyone; Everyone 15. Good writers think about what they have written. They listen to how their writing sounds and try to make it ______. A. good B. well C. better D. best 16. Don’t rely on electronic copies. Make a paper copy, just in case. Accidents happen, but by keeping a copy you can ______ an accident from becoming a disaster. A. prevent B. protect C. produce D. present 17. --- I still don’t understand it, sir. --- ______ me explain it to you once again. A. Allow B. Let C. Allowing D. Letting 18. You can develop good habits, and you can ______ any bad ones you may already have. A. break B. form C. correct D. develop 19. We expressed the ______ that we would work together in the future. A. opinion B. hope C. thought D. suggestion 20. --- Please remember me to Tom when you see him. --- ______. A. I will B. I should C. I can D. I must
二、完形填空(共10小题，每题1分；满分10分) 请认真阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的 A 、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 We are lucky to live in a country where we have many things. However, most of us usually waste things. Electricity is one thing that we waste __21__. Lights, TVs, radios and other things are often kept __22__ even when no one is using them. We should turn them off when we do not need them. It only __23__ less than a second to do it. Anyhow, not wasting electricity __24__ money, because we do not have to pay for the electricity we do not use. The second thing that we __25__ waste is water. Fresh water is precious, so it shouldn’t be wasted. It is only a simple matter of __26__ off a tap. I am sure everybody can do this easily. Another big waste is food. My mother __27__ to cook so much food that much of it was __28__ away. I told her we had wasted so much food. She thought I was __29__ and now cooks only what we can eat. It is not right to be wasteful. I find there is a simple way of not wasting things. That is to use only what we need. Do not touch what we do not need. __30__ this way we can stop being wasteful. 21. A. least B. most C. much D. little 22. A. on B. off C. away D. up 23. A. spends B. makes C. takes D. wants 24. A. costs B. produces C. provides D. saves 25. A. often B. never C. hardly D. easily 26. A. putting B. turning C. setting D. getting 27. A. had B. ought C. used D. came 28. A. given B. put C. washed D. thrown 29. A. well B. rude C. right D. proud 30. A. In B. On C. To D. At 三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑, 40至45题按照具体要求作答。 A One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out the rain, the couple approached the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the night. “Could you possibly give us a room here?” the husband asked. The clerk, a friendly man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and explained there were three conventions in town. “All of our rooms are taken,” the clerk said. “But I can’t send a nice couple like you out into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It’s not exactly a suite, but it will be good enough to make you folks comfortable for the night.” When the couple declined, the young man pressed on. “Don’t worry about me; I’ll make out just fine,” the clerk told them. So the couple agreed. As he paid his bill the next&nbs
