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第I卷(选择题 80分)

一、听力选择(略)

二、单项选择(共15小题;每小题l分，计15分)

21. ---It’s nice to play _________ chess and _________ guitar at weekends.

---How pleasant!

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

22. ---Have you cooked supper_________?

---Yes, I have _________ finished it.

A. yet, just         B. yet, ever            C. already, yet        D. already, just

23. Can you _________ who has taken it away?

A. search for       B. look for           C. find out          D. find

24. It was _________ difficult work _________ nobody can do it.

A. so, that      B. such, that          C. such a, that       D. so a, that

25. ---Did you go to the party yesterday?

--- No, I __________.

A. didn’t invite      B. wasn’t invited       C. was invited      D. hasn’t invited

26. ---I'm sorry. I _________ your printer for such a long time.   ---Never mind.

A. have borrowed    B. have lent           C. have kept        D. have bought

27. --- _________ it is to be a host!

--- I agree.

A. What a great fun   B. How great fun      C. What great fun     D. How great a fun

28. Though Mr Black lives _________ in the country, he never feels _________.

A. alone, lonely       B. lonely, alone         C. alone, alone         D. lonely, lonely

29. --- I’m sorry we ________ all the educational CD-ROM. Can you come next week?

--- Please call me as soon as the latest one _________.

A. have sold well, comes out             B. have sold out, comes out

C. have sold well, is come out            D. have sold out, is come out

30. My uncle _________ a farmer. Now he is a driver.

A. is used to         B. is used to be       C. used to being      D. used to be

31. ---Listen! Is Kate playing the piano in the room?

---No. It _________ be her. She has gone to London with her parents.

A. may not         B. can’t          C. mustn’t     D. needn’t

32. --- I called you at 9:00 last night, but there was no answer.

--- I _________ a walk with my friend at that time.

A. had taken  B. is taking         C. was taking    D. t ook

33. --- Zhao Rui, it’s said that many famous singers will come to Yangzhou on April 30th.

How about watching the evening show there?

--- _________! Let’s ask Huang Tao to go with us.

A. Best wishes B. Sounds great C. Good luck D. That’s OK

34. ---So hot in the classroom. Would you mind __________ the windows?

---OK. I'll do it right now.

A. to close          B. to open          C. closing         D. opening

35. Tom _________ Mary in 1998. That is to say, they _________ for 12 years.

A. got married with , have got married      B. got married to , have married

C. married, have been married             D. married to, have been married

三、完形填空(共15小题;每小题l分，计15分)

When I was in my  first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I started high school, I had to stop   36   sc hool because my mother had no money to   37   my school bills.

We started working in people’s gardens to save up enough money   38   me to go back to school. After some time, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. Suddenly my world went   39  . I asked my headmaster   40   I could work for the school so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me   41   in the school garden during the   42  . I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s   43  .   44  the end of my second year, I   45   most of my exams and was told I would have to repeat (重复) the year. Af ter   46   summer working in the school garden, I went back to lessons again. But suddenly I fell   47  .

Because of my illness, I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up (放弃). And my teachers and classmates helped me a   48  . Now I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.

My life is still not   49  . A few students   50   my poor clothes. They also call me ‘farmer’ because I work in the school garden. But I know I have to do with such problems.

36.  A. to go to     B. going to        C. living in       D. visiting the

37.  A. cost        B. spend          C. pay for        D. pay