本试卷分第一卷（选择题）第二卷（非选择题）两部分，满分130分。

第一卷

第一部分 英语知识运用

第一节 单选填空（共15小题，15分）

As is known to all, ____People’s Republic of China is _____ biggest developing country in the world.

A. the , / B. / , the C. the , the D. / , /

22.--- Dane hasn’t arrived yet?

----_____? To my knowledge, he is a punctual person.

A. How come B. So what C. What if D . Why not

23._____an important role in a new movie, Andy has got a chance to become famous.

A. Offer B. Offering C. Offered D. To offer

24.---Shall we meet in front of the History Museum at 3:40?

----OK. It’s ______ for me.

A. simple B. fit C. convenient .D. pleasing

25.He has known the truth. Therefore, there is no______ to keep it a secret.

A. chance B. doubt C. possible D. likely

26.These trousers are dirty and wet, I’ll change into my ______.

A. another B. trousers C. others D. other

27.The classroom is so dirty that it needs ______ badly.

A. clean B. to clean C. being cleaned D. cleaning

28.All the young fans cheered up immediately when they saw Xiao Shenyang_____ on the stage.

A. turn up B. turn out C. turn in D. turn over

29.Not only should you get used ______ under difficult conditions but also you pay more attention ______your work well.

A. to work, to do B. to working, to doing C. to work, to doing D. to working, to do

30.Is this the reason ______at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?

A. he explained B. what he explained C. how he explained D. why he explained

31.I would appreciate _____ if you could help me.

A. it B. that C. one D. ones

32.This is one of the experiments______ in our laboratory.

A. being made B. making C. to make D. having made

33.It’s said ______ _______ was all_____ he said.

A. that ,that ,that B. what, what, what C. that, which, what D. that, that, what

34.When the teacher came in, the students pretended________ attentively.

A. reading B. to be read C. being reading D. to be reading

35.He came to my house and demanded that I ________ him.

A. helped B. help C. would help D. must help

第二节： 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

My father was in the navy, which meant that my mother was married to both my father and the sea. As was often the __36__, we had to pack our belongings into boxes and __ 37__ those we had grown to love. We would arrive at our new home and find ourselves once again __38__ at the pier（码头）waving good-bye to my father as his ship pulled him away from us. My mother would turn my brother and me around before the ship was out of __39__, wipe our tears, and take us back home to start the process of __40__ in the new environment again.

Throughout the years of changing __41__, schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my __42__ and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while __43__ some type of part-time job. Leaving a promising career is just one of the __44__ which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. __45__ she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother __46__ managed to make each house the very home that is safe and __47__.

This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, __48__ with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to __49__ a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this __50__ into adventure for us all! Each relocation was a chance to __51__ another part of the world. My mother __52__ each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a __53__ to rearrange furniture, make curtains and hang pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.

No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a __54__ attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so __55__all those years of my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my hero.

36. A. situation B. case C. matter D. rule

37. A. leave behind B. leave out C. leave off D. leave for

38. A. arriving B. staring C. standing D. looking

39. A. range B. shape C. sight D. control

40. A. adapting B. suiting C. matching D. fitting

41. A. names B. jobs C. addresses D. directions

42. A. father B. classmates C. brother D. relatives

43. A. performing B. seeking C. waiting D. applying

44. A. programs B. sacrifices C. contributions D. cooperations

45. A. Once B. While C. When D. Unless

46. A. somewhere B. somewhat C. sometime D. somehow

47. A. romantic B. comfortable C. mysterious D. wealthy

48. A. generally B. actually C. especially D. unfairly

48. A. desert B. pursue C. affect D. limit

50. A. lifestyle B. value C. journey D. opportunity

51. A. acquire B. explore C. occupy D. realize

52. A. met B. greeted C. agreed D. suspected

53. A. load B. sadness C. result D. challenge

54. A. changeable B. cautious C. positive D. negative

55. A. experienced B. brave C. ordinary D. annoyed

第二部分．阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked: "So, how have you been?" And the boy—who could not have been more than seven or eight years old—replied, "Frankly, I've been feeling a little depressed lately.’’

This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” until we were in high school.

The evidence of a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to. Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why? Human development is based not only on innate (天生的) biological states, but also on patterns of access to social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new status(身份). Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages: traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
556. According to the author, feeling depressed is _____. A. a normal sign of a psychological problem in a child B. something hardly to be expected in a young child C. a nice phase of children's mental development D. a strange state present in all humans, including children57. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world _____. A. without contact with society B. gradually and under guidance

C. by teaching themselves D. by watching TV

58. Why is the author in favor of communication through print for children? A. It enables children to gain more information about adults. B. It develops children's interest in society. C. It helps children to enjoy the temptation. D. It can control some other information. 59.What does the author think of the change in today’s children? A. He feels amused by their good behavior. B. He thinks it is a phenomenon worthy of note. C. He considers it a positive development. D. He seems to be pleased with it.

B

You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. But in fact, almost everyone can invent. It's just that they do not recognize that their idea could be the start of an invention.  Once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don't let them slip away.  For example, the inventor of the dishwasher, American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke. She decided that a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself.  Like Cochrane's, most inventions are created to solve a problem. So, the first and most important step is to find the problem.  You can start by looking at what is wrong with things you use now. You can ask grandparents or neighbours if they remember ever saying: "I wish someone would invent something for..." Or you can look at people in different areas such as on the street, or at school. Then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement.  Remember to record your ideas and work. This will help you develop your invention and protect it when it is completed.  The next step is to think about possible solutions. An invention is a new way of solving a problem. So think of many, varied, and unusual ways.  You can often come up with a solution for a problem by looking at it from a different angle (角度) or thinking about it in a new way.  Example 1 — instead of thinking of shoes as protecting your feet from the ground, think of using something to protect the ground from your feet.  Example 2 — instead of thinking about how you can carry oranges home from a store, think of how they can come to you by delivery or growing your own.  Example 3 — instead of experimenting with only one solution, can you put two or three solutions together, or arrange them in different orders?  And if one solution doesn't work, can it be put to other uses? That was how yellow post-it notes (N次贴) came about — a "failed" adhesive (粘合剂) experiment proved a weak adhesive had good uses too!  After all, most inventions are not brand new. They do not come out of nowher