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第Ⅰ卷(选择题，共90分)

注意事项：

1. 答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。

2. 1—60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效;61—65答在第二卷上。

第一部分  英语知识运用(共两节，满分50分)

第一节  语法和词汇知识(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. — You are late. You have just missed the most important part.

— Oh, ____________.

A. sorry to hear that  B. nothing important  C. that’s all right  D. what a shame

2. Washing machines made by China have won ______ worldwide attention and Haier has become _______ popular name.

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

3. The elderly need special care in winter, as they are       to the sudden change of weather.

A. sensitive   B. sensible      C. gentle      D. positive

4. Many people agree that there has never been a more splendid opening ceremony than _ _ _ of the Guangzhou Asian Games in history.

A.one           B.that        C.which       D.this

5. On receiving the assignment(指令), we        at once.

A. set about working        B. set out to work

C. got down to working      D. All the above

6. The job wasn’t very interesting, but ________ it was well-paid.

A. on the contrary   B. however  C. on the other hand D. meanwhile

7. The dining room is clean and tidy, with a table already___ for a big meal.

A.laid         B.laying      C.to lay      D.being laid

8. Scientists have produced ___ they believe is the world's smallest Christmas card.

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

9. —Has Billy finished his homework today?

—I have no idea. He        it this morning.

A. would do       B. was doing       C. has done       D. had done

10. If the project ________ by the end of this year is delayed, the company will suffer a lot.

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

11. My MP4 player isn’t in my bag. Where        I have put it?

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

12. _____along either bank of Jialing River, trees and flowers added beauty to the newly-decorated bund.

A. Planting B. Planted C. To plant D. To be planted

13. Only when______ your parents for college education _______ how much you love them.

A. do you leave; do you realize B. do you leave; you realize

C. you leave; you will realize D. you leave; will you realize

14. QQ,       you can chat with your friends, makes communication easy.

A.how  B.where  C.that  D.which

15.   __  _ more and more people may refer to the Internet for the latest news, it is unlikely that the newspaper will disappear.

A.When          B.Because       C.Since           D.While

16. — I’ve read another essay this week.

— Well, maybe _______ is not how much you read but what you read that matters.

A. this B. that C. there D. it

17. —What do you think of the American singer Lady Gaga?

—Too crazy, but if she _______ come to China to hold concerts, I would buy tickets for her live show.

A.would            B.could            C.should            D.might

18. The students listened to the professor with full attention in the classroom, ______ to miss any point from his speech.

A. not try to       B. to try not     C. trying not     D. not trying

19. Doctor Godwin says that __________ forceful the arguments against cigarette are, many people still insist on smoking.

A. whatever       B. however      C. even if       D. no matter

20. —It is freezing cold today! Will it get better soon as the forecasts say?

—_______ Better leave weathermen alone!

A. Of course not.      B. God only knows!    C. Yes, it will.         D. It’s possible.

第二节  完形填空(共20小题;每小题l 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。

One morning all the employees reached the office as usual. And on the wall they saw a big  21  on which it was written：Yesterday, the person who has been  22  your growth in this company passed  23 . We invite you to join the funeral(葬礼) prepared in the  24 .

In the beginning，they all got  25  for the death of one of their colleagues,  26  after a while they started getting  27  to know who was the man that limited the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.

The  28  in the gym was such that security agents(保安)were  29  to control the crowd within the room. The more people reached the coffin(棺材), the more the excitement  30  up. Everyone whispered to each other, “  31  on earth is this guy?”

One by one the excited employees got closer to the coffin, and when they  32  inside it, they 33  became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in  34 , as if someone had  35  the deepest part of their soul.

There was a  36  inside the coffin;everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that  37 : there is only one person who is  38  to set limits to your growth; IT IS  39  !!!!!! Your life doesn’t change when everyone around you changes. Your life changes when YOU change---when you go beyond your limiting beliefs inside. Don’t be afraid of  40  ;build yourself and your reality. It’s the way you face life itself that makes the difference!

21. A. card B. sign C. post D. 1etter

22. A. encouraging B. limiting C. building D. helping

23. A. away B. by C. on D. down

24. A. office B. gym C. way D. meeting room

25. A. afraid B. excited C. sad D. calm

26. A. and B. so C. or D. but

27. A. ready B. pleased C. serious D. curious

28. A. excitement B. anger C surprise. D. sadness

29. A. ordered B. forced C. forbidden D. admitted

30. A. turned B. woke C. heated D. kept

31. A. Where B. What C. Who D. How

32. A. walked B. looked C. got D. turned

33. A. merely B. gradually C. suddenly      D. extremely

34. A. sorrow B. order C. silence D. person  ‘

35. A. stolen B. touched C. attacked D. seen

36. A. 1etter B. book C. appeared D. mirror

37. A. read B. wrote C. showed D. reflected

38. A. sure B. eager C. afraid D. able

39. A. YOU B. ME C. HE D. ITSELF

40. A. punishment B. praise C. blame D. changes

第二部分  阅读理解(共两节，满分45分)

第一节  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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

A

Have you thought about what might have happened if American President Kennedy was saved in 1963? Impossible, you’ll say. Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Texas, on 22nd November, 1963, and that’s an end to it.

But what would happen if he came back to life? That’s what the “stuff books” are made of. In 1988 an American named George Bernau wrote a book of this kind. The book is called “Promises to Keep”. It was thought of as the best one of the kind. He made the book like real life. The story was so interesting that it kept readers turning the page till the end though it had over 800 pages.

In fact we know that John F. Kennedy was killed and never came back to life. In this book, he comes back to life, and the story begins from there.

The book set readers thinking, not especially about Kennedy’s killing, but about what would happen after.

41. What kind of book is “Promises to Keep”?

A. A kind of study of Kennedy’s killing.     B. A life story about Kennedy.

C. American horror novel.                D. A story book developed from a true story.

42. The book “Promises to Keep” tells us ______.

A. how to write a “stuff book” like the one written by George Bernau

B. how to write about history

C. what would happen when Kennedy was brought back to life

D. how to make up a story about the presidents

43. Although the story is ______, readers like to read it very much.

A. not interesting  B. sad           C. long          D. not exciting

44. The book not only keeps the readers interested until the end, but also makes them ______.

A. feel terrible    B. stop thinking   C. laugh at something   D. think about something

B

My husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that it’s Christmas again. They can’t see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren’t that good. But Johnny and children can’t see this. What a pity it is that our neighbours have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decide that my children must get out of this. The money that we’ve saved isn’t nearly enough.