本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分。考试时间120分钟。 第I卷（选择题，共80分） 第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分30分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分） 1. --- Cathy, do you have the time? --- _______. --- Never mind. Thanks anyway. A. Of course, I do. The time is 6:30 B. Sure. But I’m afraid it’s too late for me C. Yes, it’s half past six D. Sorry, but I left my watch home 2. _______ A/H1N1 influenza cases accounted for 89.4% of all flu cases reported in _______ mainland of China last week, almost 3% points higher than the figure of the previous week. A. The; the B. /; / C. An; the D. The; / 3. As a matter of fact, ________ tries again makes no difference. A. no matter which B. no matter who C. whoever D. whichever 4. --- I think the waiter has forgotten us. We ________ here for over half an hour! --- I think you’re right. He probably thinks we have already ordered. A. are waiting B. have been waiting C. have waited D. will wait 5. We always keep ________ spare paper, in case we run out. A. too much B. a number of C. plenty of D. a good many 6. Quite a lot of people _______ the tradition of making pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. A. catch up B. date back C. blow up D. keep up 7. She has become a lawyer ,____she hoped to be. A. what B. which C. who D. why
8. The facts have been _____ from thousands of students in their first year of university study by asking such questions as these. A. made B. differed C. obtained D. shaved 9. _______ he took office , he began to look into the case. A. Long before B. Before long C. Soon D. Shortly after 10. Regulations _______ in this room. A. are forbidden to smoke B. are forbidden smoking C. forbid to smoke D. forbid smoking 11. I’ve already forgotten ___________ you put the dictionary. A. that it was where B. where it was that C. where was it that D. that was it that 12 I am quite _______ the plan that we go out and enjoy ourselves on Sunday. A. in honor of B. in terms of C. in view of D. in favor of 13. Word came _______ a gas explosion in a cold mine in northeast China Heilongjiang Province had killed 104 miners by Nov. 23 and left further 4 trapped, _______ shocked everyone. A. that; it B. where; that C. that; which D. when; it 14. The current economic situation requires that we _______ strengthen our confidence and make every effort to promote growth and balanced development. A. need B. would C. could D. should 15. His proposal is _______ to all of us and you do not need to tell us more about it. A. apparent B. practical C. reasonable D. abrupt 16. That was indeed a silly trap, but why were so many so-called smartest __________? A. taken on B. taken in C. taken off D. taken out 17. I have no _______ to the plan, so long as it would not cost too much. A. refusal B. comment C. idea D. objection 18. He has been to many countries, but nowhere else under the sun ______ such a place to settle down. A. he can find B. he could find. C. can he find D. could he find 19. He is _____ a child. You don’t have to be angry. He ____ wanted to say the truth. A. only; mere B. mere; only C. merely; merely D. mere; simple 20. ----- Why are they taking all the equipment away ? ------____________ , they are packing up to leave. A. The job was done B. The job has been done C. With the job done D. With the job doing 第二节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21 – 40 各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
It was so cold that I couldn’t feel my legs. There was going to be a racing contest that night so I was 21 my horse, Skippy, up. I was simply running laps(跑道的圈) around the ring. The 22 cold air had been blowing past me, freezing my limbs, but every second I 23 it. You could hear the faint 24 of the people up at the clubhouse eating their dinner. My parents were also there, not knowing that my little sister had slowly wandered her way down to the ring. It was 25 because there was no moon or stars. Nobody else was in the ring at the time. I was really enjoying the 26 and I was able to 27 what Skippy was doing. As I took my last lap it 28 . Everything rapidly slowed down as I saw my little sister step 29 the ring. I saw true fear on her face because she knew she wouldn’t be 30 to move out of the way fast enough. She knew that she was going to get hit. ks5u She tried to 31 but nothing came out of her fear-dried throat. When my horse got to her, he was still in a full out run. 32 , miraculously(奇迹般地), he slid so hard on his back feet that he 33 . It really made the 34 seem absolutely unreal. I thought that maybe I was 35 . I had 36 in my mind that I wasn’t seeing what was happening. I knew I had hit my sister. There was no way I could have 37 her. My horse was rising straight up and while he was in the air I couldn’t breathe. It’s like I forgot 38 . As all of this happened I watche
