第二节 完型填空(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、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along   36   the song playing on the radio. I  37  at the intersection(交叉路口) and looked both ways. The road was   38  . I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came 39   at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾驰) past my dead car  40  me by inches without even slowing down.

41   I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips,   42  after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me   43 . With a red face and a(an)   44  smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.

Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain  45  words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the   46   over and over in his mind. Too      47   I realized the   48   of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of  49 . It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the   50  of that incident.

That  51  , however, did teach me just how strong words  52   be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒骂) in my own life and to start using words uplifting and    inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a   53  from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned   54  that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a   55   spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.

36. A. through       B. by           C. to         D. over

37. A. pushed up       B. forced up      C. put up       D. pulled up

38. A. clean            B. clear          C. light        D. busy

39. A. straight          B. hard           C. far           D. high

40. A. leaving          B. knocking       C. missing       D. approaching

41. A. Before           B. When        C. After         D. Until

42. A. seeking          B. chasing       C. hunting       D. looking

43. A. awfully          B. bravely         C. typically      D. innocently

44. A. embarrassed      B. pleased       C. surprised      D. worried

45. A. acute            B. accurate         C. unpleasant    D. marvelous

46. A. music           B. story         C. language      D. incident

47. A. sorry            B. badly         C. late          D. soon

48. A. power          B. strength        C. nature        D. potential

49. A. regret           B. anger         C. worry         D. fear

50. A. process          B. lesson        C. image        D. damage

51. A. accident         B. mistake       C. crash           D. phenomenon

52. A. should         B. need          C. can            D. would

53. A. talent           B. evidence       C. donation    D. gift

54. A. too             B. otherwise       C. or           D. however

55. A. challenging      B. struggling       C. rising         D. caring

第三部分   阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

An Israeli law banning too skinny models went into effect with the start of 2013. The law, approved last March in Israel, requires models to prove they have maintained a Body Mass Index (BMI) of at least 18.5 for three months before a fashion show. That means a woman who is 5'8'' tall can weigh no less than 119 pounds.

“This law is another step in the war against eating disorders,” said physician Adatto. “Underweight models,” he explained, “can no longer serve as role models for innocent young people who copy their false image of being skinny.”

But some critics in this country say it is misguided, focusing on weight instead of health. They also say the Israeli ban is bound to fail because of the strong power of the fashion industry. “I think it’s an approach that isn’t going to work.” Said eating disorder expert Susan Ice, who worked with an organization which creates a healthy working environment for models.

But Adatto told the reporter that he began to concern the issue after meeting an ambitious model who looked like she needed to be hospitalized. He said. “I realized that only legislation can change the situation. There was no time to waste, so many girls were dieting to death.”

However, the efforts to regulate models’ weight in Spain and Italy have not resulted in significant changes in part because of difficulties in determining reliable methods of measuring weight and health.

Still, folks including Ice say there’s no denying that images from Hollywood and the fashion industry can be difficult for young women to deal with. “Certainly I don't believe the modeling industry has caused the rise in eating disorders, but it makes it harder,” she says. “It’s a difficult recovery environment, worshiping thinness as the beauty ideal.”

56. What does BMI in the first paragraph refer to?

A. A new show held by those skinny models.

B. A worldwide prize for the healthiest model.

C. A measure of body health based on height and weight.

D. A kind of medicine to cure eating disorders.

57. One benefit the new Israeli law may bring is ________.

A. to change the working conditions of models

B. to prevent models from suffering from eating disorders

C. to lower the chance of skinny models’ death

D. to provide guidance for women worshiping thinness

58. In the opinion of the critics, the law won’t succeed because         .

A. the fashion industry is much too influential

B. it misleads young women to form a bad eating habit

C. it doesn’t provide a proper approach that can work well

D. it doesn’t create a healthy working environment for models

59. According to the passage, the new Israeli law banning skinny models is         .

A. practical           B. acceptable              C. reasonable     D. controversial

B

Ottawa is the capital of Canada. It is the second largest city in Ontario and the fourth largest city in the country.

The Centre Block is the main building on Parliament Hill (国会山). It is also the location of several ceremonial spaces, such as the Hall of Honor and the Memorial Chamber. The present Centre Block is the second iteration of the building，after the first was destroyed by fire in

1916，and it is one of the most recognizable buildings in Canada.

Downtown Ottawa is the commercial and economic centre of the city. Most of the buildings are office towers. While most of Ottawa’s high tech industry is based elsewhere, it has a significant presence in the downtown core. The downtown also contains a number of apartments, hotels, and the older single family homes and townhouses along its edges.

The National Gallery of Canada is one of Canada’s premier art galleries. The Gallery has a large and varied collection of paintings, drawings, sculpture and photographs. Although its focus is on Canadian art, it also holds works by some noted American and European artists.

The Rideau Canal is the oldest continuously operated canal system in North America. At the very beginning，the purpose of the Rideau Canal was military, as it was intended to provide a secure supply and communication route between Montreal and the British naval base in Kingston. It remains in use today primarily for pleasure boating, with most of its original structures undamaged. The locks on the system open for navigation in mid-May and close in mid-October.

60. What does "iteration" probably mean in the 2nd paragraph? _____.

A. repair                  B. copy                     C.   design                   D. landmark

61. In the core of Downtown Ottawa, we could see _____.

A. a large number of tall towers

B. a number of apartments and hotels

C. head offices of Ottawa’s high tech industry

D. the older single family homes and townhouses

62. Collections in the National Gallery of Canada are mainly _____.

A. paintings and drawings                               B. sculpture and photographs

C. artwork by Americans and European             D. works by Canadian artists

63. Which of the following is true about the Rideau Canal? _____.

A. It was originally for the military purpose

B. It is the oldest canal system in North America

C. The original structures remain never changed

D. People can only go boating from May to October

C

April 11, 2003 12:44 a. m. PST, Associated Press

The respiratory(呼吸系统) virus known as SARS has appeared to spread in the United States only to family members of health workers with close contact to a sick person.

On Thursday, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there might be a case of severe acute respiratory syndrome(综合症) spreading through the workplace.

Dr. Julie Gerberding said a suspected SARS virus patient who became ill after traveling to Asia might have infected a co-worker in Florida, which made her “very worried”.