选择题部分(共80分)

第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1.---Tom often plays the record very loud at midnight in his apartment.

---____________!

A. Just your luck B. Better not C. It can’t be helped D. That’s too much

2.In the past three decades，____ significant advance has been made in _____ modem agriculture.

A. a；不填 B. the；a C.不填；the D. a；a

3.The knowledge ____ in one’s childhood will make a stronger impression on him than what he learns at any other life stage.

A. acquired B. acquiring C. being acquired D having acquired

4.In the office an electrical engineer is looking through the instructions to know ______ the heat system works before the repair work.

A. whether B. why C. how D. that

5.Teaching is ______ everybody can do；it requires patience as well as professional training.

A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

6.More people are choosing to work _____ retirement age，since the living expenses are shooting up sharply.

A. under B. beyond C. against D. until

7.You may demand an immediate _____ if the company fails to supply the product in time.

A. refund B. justice C. guarantee D. cooperation

8.My mother was in the living room ______ the luggage while my father was playing computer games in his study.

A. to pack B. having packed C. packing D. packed

9. ---Sunday is a public holiday，_____ children should get close to nature

---But most of them have several lessons to attend.

A. where B. which C. in which D. when

10.The increasing interest in reading is ______ in the larger number of people visiting libraries and bookstores.

A. various B. evident C. specific D. stable

11.Jack denied ______ to the police as a suspect and insisted that he was innocent.

A. to be taken B. taking C. being taken D. to take

12.In class the teacher _____ the finance project in simple but vivid language to make it easier for us to understand.

A. undertook B. clarified C. approved D. submitted

13. I_______ up to $5,000 by the time the new term begins in September.

A. have saved B. will have saved C. will be saving D. had saved

14. The film’s ending follows a set pattern, but, _____, it is worth seeing a second time.

A. on the other hand B. in other words C. all in all D. in the meanwhile

15. The situation in the country is_____, yet we are still concerned about its future.

A. coming up B. drying up C. breaking up D. picking up

16. Linda felt someone _____ on her way home from work yesterday evening，and therefore she was frightened and looked back from time to time.

A. followed B. would follow

C. had followed D. was following

17.She paused _____ over the unfamiliar word but soon continued.

A. frequently B. briefly C. anxiously D. casually

18.Mr. Smith doesn’t go to his usual club，_____ it is being decorated these days.

A. for B. yet C. so D. or

19.If you _____ home without a word, your parents wouldn’t be so worried now.

A. didn’t leave B. couldn’t have left

C. hadn’t left D. shouldn’t leave

20.---Would 13：00 be convenient?

---_______，but I'll have to check my schedule for sure.

A. It won’t do B. It should be fine

C. That’s the deal D. It’s up to you

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I was listening to the radio while 1 was driving home from coaching basketball yesterday. I could tell right away that there was something 21 by the mood of the speaker. There had been a plane crash. What made the

22 even more tragic was that Bob Collins，the morning show man, was among those who had been killed. Throughout my 40-minute 23 , I listened as genuine love and affection from the audience 24 .The more I listened about how this man had influenced those around him，the more 25 I became.

That was because I wanted to know 26 we as a culture，wait until somebody has passed away before we tell them how much they 27 to us? Why do we wait until it is too late before we 28 someone up after they have died? Yes， 29 memory after memory about someone's good 30 does help us cope with the sadness of losing someone special to us. But as we 30 remember this person, our words fall short of the ears that most need to hear 32 .

Just once, 33 a gathering of death，1 would like to see a celebration of life, 34 stories are told, tears fall down，laughter rings out；and as the speaker 35 his or her loving tribute(颂词), the person they are 36 rises from the chair and gives them a 37 hug! Wouldn’t that be 38 !

Life is too short to leave kind words 39 . How I wish that when the inevitable funeral(葬礼) finally comes，we could say 40 with the knowledge that they knew exactly how people felt about them while they were here on earth.

21.

A. important

B. wrong

C. pleasant

D. unnoticed



22.

A. speaker

B. radio

C. station

D. story



23.

A. drive

B. silence

C. ride

D. tour



24.

A. poured in

B. grew up

C. broke out

D. got through



25.

A. determined

B. delighted

C. discouraged

D. devoted



26.

A. what

B. that

C. if

D. why



27.

A. impress

B. love

C. mean

D. affect



28.

A. bring

B. build

C. pick

D. bury



29.

A. recovering

B. showing

C. sharing

D. losing



30.

A. qualities

B. manners

C. records

D. attitudes



31.

A. barely

B. lovingly

C. suddenly

D. finally



32.

A. him

B. them

C. it

D. us



33.

A. as for

B. apart from

C. except for

D. instead of



34.

A. where

B. because

C. whether

D. which



35.

A. mentions

B. writes

C. pays

D. ends



36.

A. staring

B. listening

C. honoring

D. talking



37.

A. tight

B. quick

C. cold

D. necessary



38.

A. anything

B. nothing

C. everything

D. something



39.

A. untouched

B. unsaid

C. unfinished

D. unpacked



40.

A. hello

B. sorry

C. goodbye

D. thanks



第二部分：阅读理解(共两节。第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

Sometimes successful health campaigns can have quite unexpected reactions. The years of warnings about skin cancer mean that Britons are happy to cover themselves in sunscreen or stay out of the sun altogether, but it also means that most of us are not getting enough vitamin D.

Scientists announced yesterday that Britons need to increase to three times the amount of vitamin D they get per day. They called on food producers to fortify(强化)their products with more of the vitamin and suggested people should consider taking supplements(补充物)to keep levels up. They also suggested getting out in the sun for short periods more often, but they warned against “sun bingeing”.

The government does not publish official advice on the amount of vitamin D people should take due to a lack of research, says Dr Birgit Teucher of the Institute for Food Research. But in the US，the government recommends 5 micrograms a day. By that count, Dr Teucher said that around 90％ of Britons between 19 and 64 would be lacking in the vitamin because they only took around 3 micrograms a day.

Vitamin D is important for absorption of calcium(钙)by the body，which is needed for healthy teeth and bones. A lack of it can lead to serious diseases in both children and adults. The vitamin can be found in some foods but it can also be obtained from chemicals in the skin reacting to sunlight. Dr Barbara Boucher said adults should get 5 to 25 micrograms a day. Shortage of vitamin D may be linked to diseases such as muscle weakness，high blood pressure and rickets(佝偻病).

Dr Teucher gave several reasons for the lack among Britons. Increasing numbers of office-based jobs mean a lack of exposure to the sun；and the rise of becoming overweight means that vitamin D—which is fat soluble(可溶解的)一is increasingly stored in body fat，where it cannot be accessed readily.

Professor Brian Wharton of the Institute of Child Health said that children in particular needed to have enough vitamin D to prevent rickets.

Professor Graham Bentham, an environmental scientist at the University of East Anglia，added that babies who were only breast-fed probably need to take supplements in case their mother was vitamin D lacking. Those drinking milk were likely to be OK，thanks to the fortification of the drink.

The scientists called on food producers to fortify milk，bread and breakfast nutrient to enable people to get their daily amount of the vitamin. Prof Bentham added that 30 minutes of sun exposure to the face and forearms between April and October would be sufficient. Outside these months，the sun is not strong enough in Britain for the body to produce its own vitamin D.

But Prof Bentham warned against spending too long in the sun. ‘‘Sun bingeing is well known to be dangerous.”he said. “In any case，vitamin D transformation in the skin switches off after a while so short frequent amounts are better for vitamin D formation.”

41.From Paragraphs l&2 we can infer that___________.

A. some health campaigns are very successful

B. people are lacking in various vitamins

C. Britons are advised not to get out in the sun

D. vitamin D can be obtained by staying in the sun

42.The word “sufficient” (Paragraph 8) is the closest in meaning to ___________.

A. enough B. proper C. familiar D. available

43.From the passage，we can conclude_____________.

A. the babies who were only breast—fed certainly need to take vitamin D supplements

B. a large quantity of vitamin D stored in body fat is the primary reason for being overweight

C. the sunlight can produce adequate vitamin D that the body needs all year round

D. vitamin D is vital for the body to absorb calcium needed for healthy teeth and bones

44.The government doesn’t give offici