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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members __1__ the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of __2__. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would show off all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be __3__ —so I thought. I waited backstage all dressed up in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies __4__ that my class was next. My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the __5__. All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an __6__ move. I was concentrating so much __7__ the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look where I was going. I missed my partner’s box altogether and __8__. There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles (咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the __9__ rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not __10__.”I did my best to follow her __11__ as I continued with the routine.
When the curtain dropped, so did my __12__ for the evening. I __13__ bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could __14__ me down. Recently I realized I had been a star that night. I was __15__, but I fought the urge to run off the stage. Instead, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too. 1. A. filled B. visited C. attended D. decorated 2. A. pressure B. impression C. debate D. attention 3. A. reasonable B. suitable C. obvious D. perfect 4. A. suggested B. explained C. announced D. predicted 5. A. music B. audience C. curtain D. stage 6. A. easy B. active C. adventurous D. extra 7. A. containing B. hiding C. sharing D. keeping 8. A. wandered B. slipped C. waved D. skipped 9. A. blood B. pleasure C. pride D. tear 10. A. leave B. cheer C. believe D. notice 11. A. gesture B. example C. advice D. plan 12. A. doubts B. hopes C. voice D. patience 13. A. argued B. shouted C. begged D. sobbed 14. A. turn B. calm C. let D. put 15. A. satisfied B. moved C. embarrassed D. confused
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题l.5分，满分l5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 who knows how to write a personal letter has a very powerful tool. A letter can be enjoyed, read and reread. It can set up a warm conversation __16__ two people far apart (远离的); it can keep a __17__ (friend) with very little effort. I will give an example. A few years ago my older brother and I were not getting along. We had been close as children __18__ had grown apart. Our meetings were not __19__ (pleasure); our conversation was filled with arguments and quarrels: and every effort to clear the air seemed to only __20__ (deep) our misunderstanding. Then he moved to a small island in the Caribbean and we lost touch. One day he wrote me a letter. He described his island and __21__ people, told me what he was doing, said how he felt, and encouraged me to write. Rereading the letter, I __22__ (drive) by its humor（幽默）and clever expressions. These were all qualities for __23__ I had once respected my older brother but thought he no longer had them. I had never known he could write so well. And with that one letter we became friends again. __24__ might never have occurred to my brother to write me if he had not been in a place where there were no phones. For him, writing was a necessity. It also turned out to be the best way for us to get back in touch. Because we live in __25__ age of easy communication（通讯）, people often forget that they don’t always have to phone or email. They have a choice. And that is to write.
III 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 There were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were&
