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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。1---70题用2B铅笔涂写在答题卡上，七选五，单词拼写，改错和书面表达答案写在答题纸上指定的位置上。

第I卷(两部分，共95分)

第一部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分65分)

第一节：语法和词汇知识(共35小题;每小题1分，满分35分)

1.The new law has come into effect, and ______number of wild animals here is on______increase now.

A. the; the            B. a; the             C. the; /               D. a; /

2. Professor Smith, together with his assistants,________ on the project day and night to meet the deadline.

A. work          B. working        C. are working        D. is working

3. Who is it up________decide whether to go or not?

A. to to             B. to       C. for to     D. to for

4. _________we continue to work hard, we are sure to finish our task ahead of time.

A. As far as           B. As soon as       C. As long as            D. As though

5. ---Chinese has a large vocabulary, hasn’t it?.

----Yes._________more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.

A.Mastering           B.To master   C. Master        D. Having mastered

6. This midterm examination paper_____two parts was so hard that few students could pass it.

A. made out of       B. made from      C. made up of     D. made in

7. ---Jack was Jane’s brother!

---________he reminded me of Jane!

A. No doubt         B. Above all          C. No wonder         D. Of course

8. We’ve eaten all the apples. There’s none________on the plate now.

A. leaving          B. left      C. remained          D. forgot

9. What _______it is to have a walk after a day of hard work!

A. fun            B. funny              C. funs              D. a fun

10. I could hardly recognize her at the first sight because she was _______in such a large skirt and ______sunglasses.

A. dressing; wearing    B. wearing; dressed    C. dressed; wearing  D. worn; wearing

11. A team,________two doctors and three policemen, was sent to search for the lost explorers.

A. consisting of      B.consists of       C. consisted of      D. to be consisted of

12. ________is no need for you to come if you don’t want to.

A. It             B. There          C. That         D. This

13. Some people wear fashionable clothes. ________, some birds have bright feathers.

A. Naturally    B. Unexpectedly     C. Similarly    D.Surprisingly

14.---Jim has his wife do all the housework! Isn’t he wise?

---Not really. He is _____.

A. more wiser and lazy  B. wiser than lazy  C. more lazy than wise  D. lazier than wise

15.---Sorry I’m late again, but I got caught in the traffic jam.

---Well, John, why not _______ a fresh story?

A. look up         B. take up          C. pick up             D. make up

16. He always speaks ill of others and makes himself a bad ________ in public.

A. title              B. name         C. example           D. reputation

17. Having walked in the desert for several days, we felt exhausted, but we had to find a pool before the water we had in the bottle________.

A. ran out of      B. ran away         C. ran out             D. ran off

18. Though they met for the first time, they talked______they were good friends.

A. even if         B. as if             C. even though         D. if only

19. Many countries are increasing their use of natural gas, wind and other forms of_______.

A. energy         B. source            C. power            D. force

20.When the teacher came in, all the students pretended_______their homework.

A. to do          B. doing             C. to be doing        D. done

21.---I want a room for ten people to have a get--together.

---Luckily there is one__________.

A. available       B. qualified          C. standard       D. impressive

22.The agent was about to sign his name on the document_______, to our surprise, a stranger broke in to prevent him.

A.while          B.when              C.as             D.until

23. The air is badly polluted because some factories don’t _______the rules to protect the environment.

A. appreciate         B. regard             C.honour           D. respect

24. The headteacher, ________with what the student said, nodded with a smile.

A. tiring             B. tired              C. satisfying        D. satisfied

25.The shopowner would sell the MP4 for 800 yuan, but my elder brother _____only 600 yuan.

A. asked              B. charged            C. sold            D. offered

26.I knew my parents _______angry if I was found playing computer games too often.

A. got               B. had got             C. were getting      D. would get

27.---Where would you like to have your dinner, in a French restaurant or in a Chinese one?

----It makes _______to me as long as we can chat while having dinner.

A. no difference     B. no sense        C. much difference       D. much sense

28. He asked whether we were ______women taking part in political activities.

A. in place of       B. in face of       C. in favor of            D. in terms of

29. Mr. Cook is a man with a strong will. After repeated_______he finally succeeded in his experiment.

A. announcements   B. decisions       C. remarks              D. attempts

30._________ with people in the West, people in the East pay more attention to their family.

A. Comparing      B. Being compared  C. Compared            D. To compare

31.The country life he was used to ________greatly since 1992.

A. change         B. has changed      C. changing             D. had changed

32.---How about your travel?

----You can hardly imagine what difficulty we have had _______the vast desert.

A. exploring       B. explored            C. to explore        D. explore

33. I’ll never forget the days _______I spent in Beijing with your family.

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

34.There is much chance _______Bill will pass the English test.

A.that            B.which              C.whether            D.if

35.He hurried to the railway station, only ______that the train had left.

A. to tell          B. to be told           C. telling             D. told

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，掌握大意，然后从36-55各小题所给四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. “If you   36  on, something good will happen some day.”

Mother was right, as I   37   after graduating from college. I had   38   myself for a sports announcer. So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was   39   every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that   40    stations wouldn’t employ a person without    41   since I had just graduated. “Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance,” she said.

I returned to Dixon,   42   I had finished my high school education and had   43   in the school team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to   44   its sports department. The job sounded just   45   for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment had   46   as if by design. “Everything happens for the best,” Mum   47   me. Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director told me they had already hired an/a    48   .   49   I left his office, I asked aloud, “   50   can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if   51  can’t get a job in a radio station?” Suddenly, I heard the director   52   , “Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to come back and   53   an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was   54   and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the   55   Saturday.