第一部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节 单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 从A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants. A．however B．whatever C．whichever D．whenever 答案是B。 1.Chrismas is _____ special holiday when _______ whole family are supposed to get together. A. the, the B. a, a C. the, a D. a, the 2.---Have you handed in your schoolwork yet? ---Yes, I have. I guess it ______ now. A. has graded B. is graded C. is being graded D. is grading 3.I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom _____ so lonely as now. A. have I felt B. I had felt C. I have felt D. Had I felt 4.Eric received training in computer for one year, _____ he found a job in a big company. A. after that B. after which C. after it D. after this 5.Health problems are closely connected with bad eating habits and a _____ of exercise. A. limit B. lack C. need D. demand 6.---Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the British Museum? ---Sorry, I'm a stranger here. ---_______. A. Thanks anyway B. It doesn't matter C. Never mind D. No problem. 7. The information on the Internet gets around much more rapidly than ____ in the newspaper.
A. it B. those C. one D. that 8.Help others whenever you can ______ you will make the world a nicer place to live in. A．and B．or C．unless D．but 9. The crowd cheered wildly at the sight of Liu Xiang, who was reported ______ the world record in the 110-meter hurdle race. A. breaking B. having broken C. to have broken D. break 10. ---Turn off the TV, Jack. ____ your homework now? ---Mum, just ten more minutes, please. A.Should you be doing B. Shouldn't you be doing C. Couldn't you be doing D. Will you be doing 11. Don't be _____ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly. A. taken off B. taken out C. taken away D. taken in 12. We had to wait half an hour _____ we had already booked a table. A. since B. although C. until D. before 13. ---Has your father returned from Africa yet? ---Yes, but he _____ here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia. A. was B. has been C. will be D. would be 14. You can't imagine what difficulty we had ______ home in the snowstorm. A. walked B. walk C. to walk D. walking 15.---Tony said he could fix my bicycle, but I really doubt it. ---______. He's very good at this sort of thing. A. Don't worry B. I couldn't agree more C. Of course D. A piece of cake 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight. “You need 16 .” his father said. “But if you don’t work hard, no fortune will come.” What made him said was 17 his piano teacher in Beijing didn’t like him. “You have no talent(天赋). You will never be a pianist.” 18 a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly 19 He decided that he didn’t want to be a 20 any more. For the next two weeks, he didn’t touch the piano. 21 , his father didn’t push, but waited. Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to 22 some holiday songs. He didn’t want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he 23 that he could show others that he had talent 24 .That day he told his father 25 he had been waiting to hear---that he wanted to study with a new teacher. 26 that point on, everything turned around! He started 27 competitions(比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was 28 that Lang Lang had won, he was too 29 to hold back his tears. Soon 30 was clear that he couldn’t stay in China forever---he had to play on the world big 31 .In 1997 Lang Lang 32 again, this time to Philadelphia, U.S. There he spent two years practicing, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his 33 performance at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival, gigs(特邀演出) in Lincoln’s Center and Carnegie Hall started 34 , Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots(发现)him, and lets him 35 .
16. A. exercise B. fortune C. knowledge D. wealth 17. A. whether B. why C. when D. that 18. A. Like B. With C. To D. As 19. A. hurt B. weakened&n
