本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（选择题，共90分）

注意事项：

1. 必须使用2B铅笔将答案标号填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上。

2. 第I卷共两部分，共计90分。

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分。）

1. —What if I move the picture over there? Do you think it'll look better?

—_______. Let me give you a hand.

A. I don't agree with you. B. That's right.

C.I couldn't agree more. D. With pleasure.

2. We have requested that the government ________ involved dealing with the problem.

A. get B. gets C. Got D. getting

3. —What did you think of the concert for the 120th anniversary of Guo Moruo?

—Wonderful! I enjoyed the last three songs by Liu Huan ________.

A. in total B. in general C. in particular D. in common

4. —Many online games are full of violence which do harm to the development of the children.

—And that's ________ my concern lies.

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

5. —What is a good boss like?

—It's hard to say, but I think he ________ be responsible, determined and creative.

A. should B. may C. can D. would

6. John talked with me for about an hour yesterday. Never ________ him talk so much.

A. did I hear B. had I heard C. I had heard D. I heard

7. ________ deep down in the earth for thousands of years, the dead forest has rotted away and become coal.

A. Having buried B. Being buried C. Buried D. To be buried

8. He made another wonderful discovery, ________of great importance to science.

A. Which I think it is B. Which I think is C. Which I think D. I think which is

9. —How was the journey?

—Tiring! I caught the train at the last second but all the seats_____. I stood all the way.

A. would occupy B. had occupy C. would be occupied D. had been occupied

10. ________you the truth, Helen was not the last________the office.

A. Tell; to leave B. Telling; leaving C. To tell; to leave D. To tell; leaving

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. The other woman was my mother, who had been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made it possible to visit her only 11 .That night I called to 12 her to go out for dinner. "What's wrong, are you 13 ?" she asked. "I thought that it would be 14 to spend some time with you," I responded. "Just the two of us." She thought about it 15 , and agreed.

That Friday after work, as I drove to 16 , I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I 17 that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our 18 . She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to 19 her last wedding anniversary.

We went to a restaurant that, although not 20 , was very nice and cozy. When I read the menu, Mom sat there 21 me. A nostalgic(怀旧的) smile was 22 her lips. During the dinner, we had a(n) 23 conversation — nothing extraordinary but 24 on recent events of each other's life.

A few days later, my mother died of a heart attack. It happened so 25 that I didn't have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a note 26 : "You will never know what that night meant for me. I’m looking forward to 27 dinner. I love you, son."

At that moment, I understood the importance of saying 28 : "I LOVE YOU" and to give our loved ones the time that they 29 . Nothing in life is more important than your 30 . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till "some other time.”

11. A. usually B. occasionally C. constantly D. eventually

12. A. force B. order C. advise D. invite

13. A. ill B. mad C. well D. awake

14. A. glad B. surprising C. interesting D. pleasant

15. A. at the moment B. for a moment C. in a moment D. for the moment

16. A. meet with her B. take her on C. get her in D. pick her up

17. A. noticed B. observed C. watched D. heard

18. A. arrival B. talk C. date D. dinner

19. A. congratulate B. celebrate C. memorize D. honour

20. A. elegant B. clean C. comfortable D. cheap

21. A. talking with B. staring at C. glancing at D. smiling at

22. A. in B. beyond C. above D. on

23. A. deep B. quiet C. agreeable D. honest

24. A. catching up B. taking up C. making up D. filling up

25. A. quickly B. suddenly C. peacefully D. occasionally

26. A. writing B. saying C. reading D. telling

27. A. the next B. the last C. the better D. the more

28. A. on time B. at a time C. in time D. at one time

29. A. waste B. deserve C. lose D. require

30. A. mother B. wife C. family D. Work

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，共50分）

阅读下列五篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。(共20小题；每小题2分，共40分)

A

Why do Chinese people love hot pot so much? As the winter months begin to settle in, I find myself wondering what it is about this traditional meal, which has existed for more than 1. 000 years, that makes it a Chinese food favorite. But it seems that the answer lies beyond the dish itself.

Hot pot isn't just designed to keep you warm during the cold months; it's also a social experience. It's a "theater” cuisine that turns a meal into an event. There is a lot of fun for everyone to have in adding ingredients to the hot pot.

Hot pot is eaten over two to three hours. For this reason, it is often, considered an evening's entertainment, and time to spend with friends and family. However, many westerners would be put off by the idea of other people sticking chopsticks in their food. When we come to eat at the table in the UK, we tend to have our own individual portions （份额）, although the experience is still a social one.

A similar experience to the hot pot one can be found in Korean barbecue restaurants, which let you cook your own meat. This allows people to have their meat done however they want.

For most Westerners, the idea of going to a restaurant to cook their own food is bizarre（古怪的）. But having given hot pot a time, I find it's now one of my favorite meals in Beijing. The steam from the pot left my clothes smelling of food when I got home, but perhaps this is also part of the experience. When the chilly （刺骨的） wind is blowing outside, just grab（抓）some chopsticks, some good friends, and dig in. For me it's like throwing a dinner party where my taste buds（味蕾）and my appetite are equally satisfied in the warm company of friends.

31. According to the author, hot pot is popular in China because ________.

A. it is a fun social experience B. it has been developing for over 1,000 years

C. it involves many unique ingredients D. it keeps people warm in winter and it is creative

32. We can conclude from the article that generally British people _______.

A. prefer a Korean barbecue to Chinese hot pot

B. find it interesting to cook their own food in restaurants

C. don't like sharing food with others

D. don't mind the smell of food staying on their clothes after dinner

33. The underlined word "put off in the third paragraph probably means _____

A. excited B. disappointed C. puzzled D. discouraged

34. What is the tone of the article?

A. Appreciative B. Longing C. Humorous. D. Serious.

B

Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten （幼儿园）, and I wished her every success. But part of me didn't.

I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process. Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time—which can often be a problematic victory.

First-time success is often a fluke （侥幸）. First-time failure, by contrast, is expected, it is the natural order of things. Failure is how we learn.

In Africa they describe a good cook as "she who has broken many pots". If you've spent enough time in the kitchen to break a lot of pots, you probably know a lot about cooking. I once had dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time comparing knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how much credibility （可靠性） their failures gave them.

I earn my living by writing a daily newspaper column. Each week I am aware that one column I write will be my worst. I don't set out to write it. I try my best every day. I have learned to cherish（珍惜）that column. A good column usually means that I am discussing a familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as any one else but in a fancy way.

My younger daughter is a trapeze-artist （杂技荡千演员）. She spent three years putting together a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it—but she did anyway. She said she was no longer learning anything new and that she was bored. And if she was bored, there was no point in subjecting her body to all that stress. She risked failure and public embarrassment in order to feed her soul.

My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time.

I hope I can tell her, though, that it's not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is just the beginning.

35. Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?

A. Success is boring though beneficial.

B. It is impossible to do everything successfully.

C. She would learn more from failure.

D. He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships.

36. What's the author's attitude toward his daughter changing her show?

A. Positive. B. Worried C. Negative. D. Excited.

37. The author develops the article mainly by ________.

A. following the time order B.