Ⅰ、语言知识及应用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

Andy was born with a developmental disorder. The two sides of his brain were not joined normally together. The right side of his ___1_____ could not communicate with the left. At the age of three, it was ___2_____ for him to walk, speak, and play. He could only echo(重复) back a few words, and walked ____3_____ while someone held each of his hands.

Then came the ___4_____. He attended an all-day center where he received every imaginable treatment. He struggled, sometimes in ___5____, to get stronger. Andy hated it when his parents would___6____ him there in the mornings. However, they believed—against all odds—that he would grow up to live a ___7____ and healthy life.

It___8____. Today Andy is successful 13-year-old high school student and has won the gold medal for his math competition. His ___9_____ has been nothing short of a wonder. He receives special help with a few things, but ___10____ his friends in all the activities he loves. Andy overcame a lot of ___11____ to move from adversity（逆境）to victory.

Ask yourself: “What are the seeds of ___12____ hidden in my struggles today? If I get up when I fall, what will that make possible tomorrow?

“Overnight success” is the ____13____ of years of tenacity（坚韧）and continued learning. Victory is possible for those who never give in to whatever bad ___14_____to them. They’ll find the path to their dream. However, they will accept adversities as universities that will foster(促进) strength, growth, and skills to attract the victory they ____15____.

1. A. ear B. body C. foot D. shoulder

2. A. difficult B. easy C. interesting D. funny

3. A. fast B. strangely C. strongly D. slowly

4. A. power B. attention C. struggle D. failure

5. A. tears B. smiles C. ruins D. rags

6. A. make B. leave C. forget D. put

7. A. lovely B. rich C. normal D. colorful

8. A. paid off B. set out C. ran out D. went off

9. A. story B. problem C. experience D. progress

10. A. sees B. visits C. invites D. joins

11. A. objects B. enemies C.habits D. difficulties

12. A. flower B. spirit C. strength D. pride

13. A. mark B. result C. symbol D. sign

14. A. related B. happened C. appealed D. referred

15. A. admire B. gain C. seek D. require

第二节 语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分，满分15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卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。

I was sitting in a crowded restaurant, enjoying a tasty meal with my Chinese family. 16 atmosphere was hot and loud. One thing 17 couldn’t get used to was the clouds of cigarette smoke 18___ filled the air and our lungs. It used to be the same for me in my home area in the United States. 19__ the noise was definitely a relatively new experience. I glanced around the room, and smiling diners were happily blowing smoke into the faces of their friends and families. Living in an 20___ ( industry ) city and dealing with air pollutants are necessary facts of our __21____ ( exist ). For us, it became too much. 22___ (stand) up, we called out to pay the bill, 23__ left. Once outside, we both agreed that we wouldn’t return to that restaurant again. Later that night, I asked my wife 24 her parents were so willing to put up 25 it. She said that they felt it was simply unavoidable and therefore must be tolerated. To my wife’s parents, it’s just a part of modern Chinese life.

Ⅱ、阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）

第一节共（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读理解 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

Although my father wasn’t a doctor, he made his own brand of “house calls”. I followed him as he brought a plate of my mother’s home cooking to an elderly man named Frank on all major holidays, and when Frank was sick. As far as I know, their only connection was that Frank was an occasional customer at Dad’s small gas station. Frank’s home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with a rotten front porch（门廊）that you could fall through if you weren’t careful. Through his caring attitude, my father was teaching me to be a doctor, although neither of us knew it at the time.

When I was 13, my father developed lung cancer. He brought home a diagram (图表) the doctor drew showing where his cancer was and told me that he was going to die.

The big green oxygen tank with plastic tubing became a central feature of our living room next to his easy chair. Several months passed and his condition worsened. He asked me to take care of my mother when he was gone. He said, “I love you, son.” That night he died.

When you’re 13 and your father dies, you have some choices to make. You can use the circumstance as an excuse for letting your behavior and grades go down the drain, or you can honor his memory and try to do something positive with yourself. I focused my energy on my school work and my goal of becoming a doctor.

26. According to the passage, we know that the author’s father was _____.

A. hard-working B. ambitious C. knowledgeable D. considerate

27. The underlined part “go down the drain” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.

A. stay the same B. get along as expected

C. become worse D. improve immediately

28. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Frank and the author’s father were close friends.

B. Frank was a wealthy and happy man.

C. The author’s father received treatment for several months.

D. The author’s father persuaded the author to be a doctor.

29. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the first paragraph?

A. To show how his father influenced him by his actions.

B. To explain why his father took care of Frank.

C. To tell readers how his father made his own brand of “house calls”.

D. To describe how terrible Frank’s life was.

B

Forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing. Several new studies, however, say that it could have a lot of health benefits. When you think of forgiveness, you probably don’t think of it as being a health or medical problem. Studies from Stanford University, on the other hand, show that something like anger can change your well-being.

When cartoon book characters like the Incredible Hulk get angry, they change colours and often gain special power. In the real world, anger is less obvious and may be more dangerous. That’s why Professor Fred Luskin, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project and author of Forgive for Good, says holding on to anger and hatred can harm your physical and mental health. Two new studies seem to show the same idea.

The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less depression. They also have fewer headaches, lower blood pressure, and fewer problems on sleeping.

So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things. Learning to let it go is important. Techniques such as deep breath or thought can help. Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else.

Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK. Instead, it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past.

31. The author of the passage tries to make his viewpoint clear ______.

A. by raising his own examples. B. based on his own experience.

C. by mentioning some studies. D. by mentioning some typical patients.

32. The example of the cartoon book characters is taken in the passage to______.

A. support the viewpoint that anger and hatred harm physical and mental health.

B. introduce a famous expert.

C. let the reader know the different colours of cartoon faces.

D. show how to control one’s temper.

33. The underlined phrase “holding on to” in this passage possibly means“______”.

A. removing. B. keeping up. C. getting rid of. D. learning about.

34. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?

A. People who are able to forgive feel less stress.

B. People who are able to forgive feel less depression.

C. People who are able to forgive have fewer problems on sleeping.

D. People who are able to forgive feel less tired.

35. The best title for this passage is probably _______.

A. Forgiveness. B. Forgiveness Is Good for Health.

C. A Secret to Keeping Health. D. Anger Is Bad for Health.

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请将答案填涂在答题卡标号为36~40的相应位置上。

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