I．单项选择 （15分） 1. -Sue wants to go to different places, but she doesn’t know the____. -A map will help, I think. A. time B. price C. way D. interest 2. –When shall we go for a picnic, this Saturday or Sunday? -_______ is OK. I’m free this weekend. A. Neither B. All C. Either D. Both 3. -_______will you come back home from vacation? -In two weeks. A. How often B. How soon C. How much D. How long 4. Tom earned some money____ babysitting for the couple living next door. A. in B. at C. by D. of 5. Look out when crossing the road, _____ you may be hit by a car. A. or B. and C. so D. but 6. Great changes have taken place in Bengbu. We’re sure Bengbu will be even_____ tomorrow. A. good B. better C. best D. the best 7. –What about ____ movie? -I’ve never seen ____ better one. A. a, a B. the, the C. the, a D. a, the 8. Helen ____ go on the trip with us, but she isn’t quite sure yet. A. shall B. must C. may D. can 9.Don’t get close to that house. It_____________
A. is repaired B. is repairing C. has been repaired D. is being repaired 10. I _____ you not to move my dictionary. Now I can’t find it. A. asked B. ask C. would ask D. had asked 11. The doctor strongly ____ teenagers not to eat too much in KFC, _____wasn’t good for their health. A. advised, that B. suggested, which C. advised, which D. suggested, that 12. The price of pork is rising. People don’t know when the price will______. A. bring down B. take up C. come up D. go down 13. There used to be a temple here, _________? A. didn’t there B. isn’t there C. isn’t it D. didn’t it 14. –How long are you staying? -I don’t know. ______. A. That’s OK B. Never mind C. It depends D. It doesn’t matter 15. You can often see “THIS SIDE UP” _____________. A. in a train B. in a newspaper C. on a box D. by the river II. 完形填空（30分） In 2000 the Chinese novelist Gao Xingjian won the Nobel Prize for literature (诺贝尔文学奖) . He was the first Chinese ___16___ to win the world’s most important literary prize. It is said that ___17__ work has opened new ways for the Chinese ___18__ . Gao was born in 1940 in Jiangxi Province, Eastern China. His father worked in a bank and his mother was an actress. She __19___ Gao’s interests in the theater. When he left school, Gao studied ___20___ at the Department of Foreign Languages in Beijing. After he graduated from college, he left ___21___ to live and work in France in 1987. ____22___ that time he has worked as a translator, theater director and novelist. His most __23___work is the novel “Soul Mountain”. The story happens in the Chinese countryside. And the novel has been changed into ___24___ languages. The Nobel Prize in 2000 was about $915,000. The Nobel Prizes___ 25__prizes for different kinds of sciences ___26___ the Nobel Peace Prize. The money was left by Alfred Nobel. He said that the literature prize ___27___ accept an author ____28___ work moves in an “ideal direction” . The Nobel Prizes are given to the winner by the Swedish King every year __29____ December 10, the anniversary (周年纪念日) of Nobel’s ____30___ in 1896. 16. A. actor B. singer C. writer D. teacher 17. A. their B. her C. one’s D. his 18. A. music B. poetry C. novels D. art 19. A. lost B. showed C. encouraged D. grew 20. A. French B. Spanish C. English D. Japanese 21. A. America B. Britain C. China D. France 22. A. Since B. By C. Before D. After 23. A. difficult B. famous C. expensive D. hard 24. A. no B. few C. many D. little 25. A. has B. have C. are D. include 26. A. nor B. and C. neither D. but 27. A. should B. might C. would D. must 28. A. who B. whose C. that D. which 29. A. at B. in C. on D. by 30. A. birth B. death C. growth D. health
III 阅读理解（30分） A If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers. In the US, give me five or give me the high five is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the slapping (拍) of each other's raised (举起的) right hands together. People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate. This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for t
