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第I卷 I. 单项填空 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 ( ) 1. Mrs. Brown is supposed ______ for Italy last week. A. to have left B. to leave C. to be leaving D. to have been left ( ) 2. -Susan, go and join your sister cleaning the yard. -Why ______? John is sitting there doing nothing. A. him B. he C. I D. me ( ) 3. -Oh, dear. I forgot the air tickets. -You ________ something. A. have left B. are always leaving C. are leaving D. always left ( ) 4. His accent suggests that he_________ from America A. should come B. comes C. come D. would come. ( ) 5. -I am going to the post office. -________you’re there, can you get me some stamps? A. As B. Whole C. Because D. If ( ) 6. ________ book of this writer is East and West. A. Known to be the best B. Known as the best C. It was the best known D. The best known ( ) 7. The writer and worker, who _______ to live in the town, _______ to the country. A. used; has moved B. used; have moved C. was used; has moved D. was used; have moved ( ) 8.He was just about to give up, and return to his bedroom for a good rest, _______ he had a bright idea. A. but B. yet C. until D. when ( ) 9. _______ the members in this office, four more people are needed to carry all the new desks upstairs. A. Besides B. Except C. Except for D. Added up to
( ) 10. -Each of the students, working hard at his or her lessons, _________ to go to college. -_________. A. wants; So do I B. wanting; So do I C. wants; So I do D. wanting; So I do ( ) 11. -Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game? -Oh, that’s ________. A. what makes me feel excited B. whatever I feel excited about C. how I feel about it D. when I feel excited ( ) 12. –Don’t answer me with a simple “yes” or “no”. Explain ________ possible? –Yes, I’ll try my best. A. whoever B. whenever C. however D. whatever ( ) 13. If we keep on polluting the environment, the white plastic rubbish will be the last thing to tell other creature that “________ once an earth.” A. there was B. there is C. it is D. it was ( ) 14. According to a new survey, unemployment was at 6.2%, half that in France, _______ Germany. A. a third fewer than B. third less than C. a third little than D. a third under ( ) 15. –You seem to show interest in cooking. - ________? On the contrary, I’m tired of it. A. Really B. Pardon C. OK D. What
II. 完型填空 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从以下各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 The week I turned 50, my marriage came to a sudden end. My house, furniture and everything I owned was sold to pay 16 that I didn't even know I had. In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to accept a 17 in the family. I'd 18 everything except my four teenage children. I used every penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was 19 to think I could just run off to an island and survive. I was afraid they were 20 . Knowing that no one in the world was going to help us, I 21 a cheap apartment, I worked 18 hours a day and 22 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One night as I walked alone on the 23 , I saw the red orange glow of the lava (岩浆) 24 out of Kilauea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live on my 25 ! The next day, I 26 my job and used my last paycheck to buy art supplies and began doing what I 27 . I hadn't painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if I could 28 paint. My hands 29 the first time I picked up a brush. But before an hour had passed, I was 30 in the colors spreading across the canvas (画布) in front of me. And as soon as I started believing in myself, other people started believing in me, too. The first painting sold for $1,500 31 I even had time to frame it. The past six years have been filled with 32 . My children and I have gone swimming with dolphins, watched whales and hiked around the crater rim of the volcano. We 33 up every morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano 34 us. The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality. I'm living 35 ever after. 16. A. rents B. debts C. taxes D. rates 17. A. daughter B. shame C. divorce D. fault 18. A. hated B. left C. lost D. risked 19. A. stubborn B. fortunate C. considerate D. crazy 20. A. serious B. conventional C. mistaken D. right 21. A. rented B. sold C. bought D. furnished 22. A. gained B. lost C. weighed D. decreased 23. A. beach B. ocean C. volcano D. floor 24. A. spreading B. floating C. pouring D. expanding 25. A. own B. terms C. painting D. confidence 26. A. finished B. abandoned C. changed D. quit 27. A. disliked B. loved C. admired D. devoted 28. A. really B. even C. actually D. still 29. A. ached B. froze C. shook D. struggled 30. A. lost B. interested C. buried D. surprised 31. A. until B. after C. before D. when 32. A. difficulties B. adventures C. love D. expectations 33. A. wake B. cheer C. take D. speed 34. A. around B. beneath C. over D. behind 35. A. willingly B. happily C. peacefully D. magically (选自《二十一世纪中学生英文报》第261期)