第二部分　英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节　单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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。

21.To enjoy the scenery，Bob would spend long time on the train ________ travel by air.

A.other than　　　　　　  B.apart from

C.instead of   D.rather than

解析：选D。句意为：Bob为了欣赏风景宁可花时间坐火车而不乘飞机。rather than而不是;other than除了;apart from“除……之外”;instead of“代替”。

22.—May I open the window to let in some fresh air?

—________

A.Come on!   B.Take care!

C.Go ahead!   D. Hold on!

解析：选C。句意为：“我可以打开窗子放进来点新鲜空气吗?”“开吧!”C项意为“开始，进行”，用于回答别人的请求，可译为“去吧，好吧，说吧，干吧”等。

23.—You are confident about the job interview，aren’t you?

—________.I’m well prepared and feel I’ve got everything they need.

A.Sure，I am   B.It’s hard to say

C.I hope so   D.Well，maybe

解析：选A。考查口语交际。根据语境“I’m well prepared and feel I’ve got everything they need.”可知说话人非常自信，故选A。其余选项语气都不肯定。

24.No one can ________ to be laughed at in front of so many people without losing temper.

A.stand   B.put up with

C.bear   D.tolerate

解析：选C。考查词语辨析。句意：没有人可以容忍在这么多人面前被耻笑而不发脾气。这几个词都有“忍受;容忍”之意，但只有bear后可接不定式。

25.The speech by Premier Wen Jiabao at the Copenhagen climate change conference is strongly impressed ________ my memory.

A.to   B.over

C.by   D.on

解析：选D。考查介词搭配。句意：温家 宝总理在哥本哈根气候变化大会上的讲话深深印入了我的脑海中。“sth. impress on...或be impressed on/upon...”是固定搭配，意为“给……留下了印象”。其他几个搭配都不对。

26.________ we can’t remove our troubles in life for ever, we can leave them behind when we are on vacation.

A.Before   B.While

C.Unless   D.Until

解析：选B。考查状语从句辨析。before和until引导时间状语从句，unless引导条件状语从句，while引导时间状语从句(当……时候)或引导让步状语从句(虽然)。本题为让步状语从句，所以选择while。

27.When ________ different cultures，we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities.

A.compared   B.being compared

C.comparing   D.having compared

解析：选C。考查分词作状语。we与compare之间是主动关系，排除A项和B项。D项表示比较这一动作在谓语动作之前就已经发生了，不符合语境。

28.Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity ________ sight matters more than hearing.

A.when   B.whose

C.which   D.where

解析：选D。空格处是where引导的定语从句，表示抽象地点，修饰先行词activity，where在从句中作状语。

29. ________ confidence and patience, they failed to settle the difficult problem.

A.Lack of   B.Lacking of

C.Lacking   D.Having been lacked

解析：选C。考查lack的用法。句意：由于缺乏信心和耐心，他们没能解决这个难题。根据句子结构“________ confidence and patience”应是句子的状语。A项是名词形式，不能用作状语。lack作动词时是及物动词，排除B项。they与lack之间是主动关系，排除D项。

30.—Helen，I hate to say this，but the TV has been on for the whole morning.

—Oh，Mum，I’ll ________ it off.

A.shut   B.fold

C.switch   D.remove

解析：选C。句意：“海伦，我不愿意说，但电视开了整整一个上午。”“噢，妈妈，我这就关上它。”switch off“把……关上”，符合题意。shut“关紧”，多指关门、窗等;fold“折叠;对折”;remove“移动;去掉”。

31.As the famous expert says，the secret to happiness is to think about positive things and stay ________.

A.optimistic   B.consistent

C.independent   D.familiar

解析：选A。句意：正如那位著名的专家所说，幸福的秘密在于想积极的事情，保持乐观。optimistic“乐观的”，符合题意。consistent“一致的”;independent“独立的”;familiar“熟悉的”。

32.She didn’t go to Sweden to ________ the Nobel Peace Prize.

A.pick up   B.take up

C.make up   D.look up

解析：选B。句意：她没有去瑞典接受诺贝尔和平奖。take up“接受”，符合题意。pick up“拾起;去接某人”;make up“组成;构成”;look up“查阅”。

33. ________ in January,2010，the Burj Khalifa becomes the tallest building in the world.

A.Completing   B.To complete

C.Completed   D.Being completed

解析：选C。句意：于2010年1月完工的哈利法塔成为世界上最高的建筑物。the Burj Khalifa与complete构成逻辑上的被动关系，故用过去分词作状语。being done表示动作正在被进行。

34.Our school won’t tolerate ________ on exams.If you are caught，you will get severely punished.

A.to cheat   B.cheat

C.having cheated   D.cheating

解析：选D。句意：我们学校不容许作弊。如果你被抓住了，你将受到严厉的惩罚。tolerate“容忍;忍受”，后接名词、代词、动名词作宾语。

35.—Can the new measures get the business back ________ its feet?

—It’s hard to say.The global economy is still bad at present.

A.on   B.with

C.for   D.through

解析：选A。句意：“这些新措施能使这家企业东山再起吗?”“很难说。目前全球经济依旧很糟糕。”back on one’s feet“东山再起;完全复原”，是固定短语，符合题意。

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。

Year after year my brothers，sister and I would lie in bed awake on Christmas morning.We were just __36__ to hear my father’s voice saying it was all right to __37__.Usually I was the first one to jump out of bed.I can still __38__ my growing eagerness (渴望) for the __39__ every year.

Even now as I __40__ the boxes of Christmas decorations(装饰品) I can see the same familiar ones：the presents with our birth years on them，our five stockings (长袜)，four for the __41__，one for the dog.It used to be easy for us to __42__ when to put up the decorations.But now since we all have __43__ and social lives，it is usually a hurried activity.

As we get older，the season almost brings a __44__ to a little place in our hearts.The worst was the year after my grandparents had __45__.We couldn’t go to their house to celebrate the holiday any more.__46__，we just had a get­together in our house.Now when I __47__ to it，I miss the special __48__ my grandfather gave me for Christmas.I even miss him __49__ me “Jessie”，even though I can’t __50__ when people call me that.

Things change，not always for the good，__51__ not always for the bad either.And the things that don’t __52__ have the most important meaning to us，and I’m sure they will be there for the __53__ of our lives.After all，every time I hear my father’s __54__ “All right you guys，come on down，nice and slow”and we go down the stairs，first my brother，then me，then my sister，then my older brother，I still __55__ the true Christmas spirit.

【解题导语】　本文作者回忆了小时候圣诞节热闹非凡的场面。回忆中有快乐也有悲伤，但作者对真正的节日精神仍然记忆犹新。

36.A.advising   B.starting

C.wishing   D.forgetting

解析：选C。根据该句后的Usually I was the first one to jump out of bed及my growing eagerness可知，作者渴望(wishing)听到父亲的声音。

37.A.come up   B.come down

C.come on   D.come out

解析：选B。联系文章最后一段中的come on down及we go down the stairs可知，父亲是叫他们下楼(come down)。

38.A.discover   B.understand

C.receive   D.remember

解析：选D。从上文作者对自己在圣诞节早晨急切行为的生动描述中不难看出，作者对圣诞节的记忆很深，所以此处指作者仍然记着(remember)自己对圣诞节的渴望。

39.A.year   B.season

C.habit   D.result

解析：选B。第三段首句中的the season有提示，此处指圣诞节这个时期(season)。

40.A.throw away   B.set down

C.look through   D.give up

解析：选C。从冒号后列举的东西可知，作者是说自己翻看(look through)圣诞节的礼品盒。

41.A.kids   B.girls

C.boys   D.babies

解析：选A。根据最后一段first my brother，then me...brother可知，作者家有4个孩子(kids)。选项中girls，boys和babies所指的意思不全面，所以都不对。

42.A.wonder   B.get

C.record   D.decide

解析：选D。本句与下句it is usually a hurried activity形成对比，所以可以推知，过去很容易决定(decide)什么时候把圣诞节装饰品挂起来。

43.A.toys   B.balls

C.jobs   D.candies

解析：选C。结合本空后的social lives可以推知，此处指他们都有了自己的工作(jobs)。

44.A.surprise   B.pain

C.joy   D.disappointment

解析：选B。本空后是对一些痛苦经历的描述，所以此处是指节日也会带来痛苦(pain)。

45.A.died   B.failed

C.succeeded   D.married

解析：选A。联系句中的the worst等语境可知，此处指祖父母都去世(died)了。

46.A.Possibly   B.Indeed

C.Instead   D.Luckily

解析：选C。由于祖父母都去世了，作者不再去祖父母家过节，而是在自己家里团聚。Instead表示“作为代替”。

47.A.move back   B.turn back

C.step back   D.think back

解析：选D。当作者回顾(think back)过去的事情的时候，仍然很想念……。move back搬回;turn back转身;step back走回。

48.A.gifts   B.news

C.replies   D.tools

解析：选A。过圣诞节，祖父自然要送作者礼物(gifts)。

49.A.bringing   B.calling

C.telling   D.introducing

答案：B

50.A.follow   B.listen

C.watch   D.stand

解析：选D。这里表述的都是作者对祖父的怀念之情。尽管作者不能忍受(stand)其他人叫她的昵称，但她却怀念祖父这么叫(calling)。

51.A.and   B.so

C.but   D.or

解析：选C。根据上下文的逻辑关系可知，此处表示转折意义(but)，而不是表示并列、因果或选择，故排除A、B和D三项。

52.A.change   B.grow

C.appear   D.happen

解析：选A。下文中父亲的话语及作者的兄弟姐妹按顺序下楼，都是没有变(change)的东西。

53.A.beginning   B.rest

C.truth   D.happiness

解析：选B。在悲喜变迁中，那些没有改变的东西对作者意义重大，并将伴随作者余生(the rest of our lives)。

54.A.letters   B.dreams

C.promises   D.words

解析：选D。引号内是父亲的话语(words)。故答案选D项。

55.A.need   B.hate

C.feel   D.doubt

解析：选C。由上文所述内容可知，作者仍然能感受到(feel)真正的圣诞节精神。

第三部分　阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

Forget chip fat，sugar cane or rapeseed(油菜籽) oil—the latest source of biofuel could be watermelons.

Scientists have discovered that the fruit is a great source of sugar that can be readily distilled(蒸馏) into alcohol to power cars and farm machinery.

And because sellers reject 360,000 tons of “substandard” fruit annually in America alone they could be used as an economical way to make fuel.The waste from US growers could produce nearly two million gallons(nine million litres) of biofuel per year.

In the study，researchers at the US Department of Agriculture set out to determine the biofuel potential of juice from rejected watermelons—those not sold due to cosmetic  imperfections，and currently ploughed back into the field.

About a fifth of each annual watermelon crop is left in the field because of surface blemishes (瑕疵) or because they are misshapen.

Dr.Wayne Fish，who led the team，found that 50 percent of the fruit was fermentable (可发酵的) into alcohol which could provide valuable fuel.

“We’ve shown that the juice of these melons is a source of readily fermentable sugars，representing an unexploited raw material for alcohol biofuel production，”he said.

The study，published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels，discovered that watermelons could produce around 20 gallons of fuel per acre from fruit that otherwise would go to waste.

Production of biofuels has been targeted by western governments as a way to support renewable energy targets.

The European Union has a target for 2010 that 5.75 percent of transport fuels should come from biological sources，but the target is unlikely to be met.

The British governmet’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation requires five percent of the fuel sold at the pump by 2010 to be biofuel.

56.The passage mainly tells us ________.

A.western countries aim at producing biofuels

B.watermelons could be used to make fuel5ykj.com

C.the advantages of fuel made from watermelons

D.watermelon juice will be the largest source of renewable energy

解析：选B。主旨大意题。本文主题在第一段，即西瓜可以用来做燃料。

57.Which of the following is NOT the reason why so many watermelons are deserted in America each year?

A.They are substandard(不够标准).

B.They are imperfect.

C.They are misshapen.

D.They are oversupplied.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三、五段可知A、B、C项是美国西瓜被丢弃的原因，文中没有提到D项。

58.We can learn from the text that ________.

A.sellers in the world throw away 360,000 tons of watermelons every year

B.about two gallons of fuel could be made from rejected fruit per acre

C.half of the watermelons were fermentable into alcohol to provide energy

D.five percent of fuel is required to be biofuel from watermelons by 2010 in Britain

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第六段可知，有一半的西瓜可以发酵成酒提供燃料。

59.The underlined word“cosmetic” in Paragraph 4 probably means ________.

A.inside   B.flavor

C.surface   D.freshness

解析：选C。词义理解题。根据下文的surface blemishes可推知此处cosmetic指西瓜的外在部分。

B

Jesse Owens is recognized as a hero not just because he is fast.Some people might say that they know him for just that reason.However，there are lots of fast people who are not known.Jesse Owens is known because Chancellor Adolf Hitler did not shake the hand of Jesse Owens or even recognize his feat of winning four gold medals，because Owens was an African American.

Jesse Owens owed much of his success to his coach Charles Riley，who probably was the most important one making him have the career that he did.Owens came from a background that required him to work after school in a shoe shop.He couldn’t attend the regularly scheduled track practices organized by his school.However，Charles Riley saw the boy had both a passion (热情) and a talent for running，and so arranged for him to be able to practice before school instead.

Jesse Owens achieved this success despite (尽管) his racial background，which at the time was a huge limitation to him.He could only eat in certain restaurants and sleep in certain hotels，as could all African Americans of the time.He was also never offered a scholarship for school despite setting records for NCAA (美国全国大学生体育协会) championships.

The Berlin Olympics in 1936 is where his star rose as high as it would ever be able to.These Olympics were during the height of Hitler’s rule.It took courage to race in front of Hitler and many other racists (种族主义者).It took time，determination，and perseverance (坚持不懈) to race like him.He won four gold medals at those Olympics.It would take almost fifty years for someone else to walk away from the Olympics with four gold medals.He passed away at the age of 66 from lung cancer.

【解题导语】　本文是关于美国黑人Jesse Owens的介绍。他在1936年柏林奥运会上夺得4枚金牌，为美国带来了极大的荣誉，也使希特勒颜面无光。

60.The underlined word “feat” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “________”.

A.chance   B.happiness

C.success   D.hope

解析：选C。词义猜测题。Jesse Owens获得了四枚金牌，这是很成功的，而且文章最后一段也提到大约50年之后才有人同样在奥运会上拿走四枚金牌，这也同样说明了Jesse Owens的丰功伟绩。故答案选C项。

61.We know from Paragraph 2 that Jesse Owens ________.

A.did not need to work after school

B.took part in the regular track practices

C.did not get along well with his coach

D.was arranged to practice before school

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话的...so arranged for him to be able to practice before school instead可知Jesse Owens由于放学后要工作，不能参加常规的训练，而是被教练安排上课前训练。故D项正确。

62.Jesse Owens was well­known around the world mainly because he ________.

A.set records for NCAA championships

B.was brave enough to race in front of Adolf Hitler

C.didn’t want to shake hands with Hitler

D.was the first African American to eat and sleep like whites in America

解析：选B。推理判断题。由最后一段的前三句可知，Jesse Owens闻名世界的原因是他敢于在种族主义者希特勒面前展现自己的实力。

63.According to the passage，which of the following about Jesse Owens is TRUE?

A.He won a scholarship for his setting records for NCAA championships.

B.He was never looked down upon as a running star.

C.Just like Hitler，he was also a racist.

D.He died from cancer in his sixties.

解析：选D。细节理解题。由第三段末句可知A错误;由第三段前两句可得出B错误;由末段可知，希特勒是名种族主义者，Jesse Owens因此受到歧视，而Jesse Owens并非种族主义者，故C错误;由末段最后一句可知，D正确。

C

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—Compiled by Amy Zerello

Great Minds Reminded of Mom

After a long，exhausting day，a friend of mine，Allen，headed home.On the road，he passed an elderly woman who was standing by a car with a flat tire.If that were his mother，he thought，he would want someone to help her.With a tired sigh，he turned around and drove back.

Just as he reached the stranded woman，a truck pulled up and a burly farmer got out.“Kind of reminds you of your mom，too?”the man asked as the two pitched in together to change the tire for the woman.

—Contributed by Katherine L.Houge

Your Biggest Fan

While waiting in a bookstore for a guest author to sign her latest book，I leafed through some of the Civil War novels she had written.The woman in line behind me commented，“Those are the best books I’ve ever read.I couldn’t put them down.”Before I could reply，the author，frowning，looked over and said，“Oh，come on，Mom!”

—Contributed by Marilyn Kopp

Head of the Household

My husband，Jeff，and I came across several problems while assembling our new computer system，so we called the help desk.The man on the phone started to talk to Jeff in computer jargon (行业术语)，which confused us even more.

“Sir，”my husband politely said，“please explain what I should do as if I were a four­year­old.”

“Okay，”the computer technician replied.“Sweetie，could you please put your mommy on the phone?”

—Contributed by Lena Worth

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