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，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Kelly and Steve were excited. They were on holiday with their family in a fantastic place — Rio in Brazil. The hotel was wonderful and it was near the beach!  It was carnival time and that night there was a big   __16__   in the street. Everyone had w onderful clothes   __17__   different colours. Kelly and Steve wanted to go to the party,   __18__   they went to a  shop and bought some carnival clothes.

When they   __19__    at the hotel, they saw a tall, elegant woman in a black dress. She was    __20__   diamonds on her fingers, shoes, clothe s and in her hair. They   __21__    from the manager she was Diana Diamond — the famous film star and the diamonds   __22__   thousands of pounds!

At eight o'clock Kelly and Steve were well    __23__   for the party and went to the   __24__   with their parents to have dinner. Suddenly they heard someone   __25__.

“Oh! My diamonds — they are  __26__!” Diana Diamond ran into the room and  __27__.

Kelly and Steve went out of the hotel. They saw a man in a black cat costume running away with the  __28__. In the street there were thousands of people wearing  __29__   costumes. It was __30__   to see him because of the party in the street.

“There he is!” shouted Steve. “He's going towards the mountain!”

The black cat __31__ faster and faster but suddenly he stopped and fell to the ground. Kelly and Steve sat on the    __32__    and he couldn't  move. The police arrived and took him away to __33__. Kelly and Steve took the diamonds back  to the hotel and gave them back to Diana Diamond. To show her  __34__， Diana Diamond invited them to come to her extra special carnival party on the roof of the hotel and it was the best carnival party  __35__!

16.A. meeting                B. gather

C. party               D. ball

17.A. in            B. on

C. with                D. for

18.A. however            B. therefore

C. otherwise              D. besides

19.A. arrived               B. reached

C. got                       D. returned

20.A. dressing              B. wearing

C. having on                D. putting on

21.A. knew                B. understood

C. realized               D. learned

22.A. paid                  B. spent

C. cost                      D. took

23.A. prepared          B. changed

C. sent                 D. called

24.A. store             B. restaurant

C. grocery                    D. market

25.A. singing              B. cheering

C. laughing                 D. screaming

26.A. broken                B. robbed

C. gone                      D. lost

27.A. cried              B. whispered

C. greeted                    D. declared

28.A. costume              B. diamonds

C. woman                 D. cat

29.A. colorful               B. beautiful

C. pretty               D. lovely

30.A. easy              B. difficult

C. obvious                D. exciting

31.A. walked             B. drove

C. rode               D. ran

32.A. ground      B. street

C. man                  D. stone

33.A. station           B. hotel

C. prison                 D. crowd

34.A. thanks             B. sadness

C. happiness                D. regrets

35.A. never                 B. ever

C. even     D. still

答案与解析

16.C'根据前面信息可知此时是狂欢节，而且下文也提到人们在举行晚会来庆祝。故选C项。

17.A　表示在某方面，应该用in。这里指不同颜色的衣服。

18.B　根据前面的信息很容易判断出此处表示因果关系，故用therefore。

19.A　根据后面的at可知此处应选arrived。

20.B　“wear”一词除了表示“穿戴”状态外，还可以表示“佩戴首饰”。

21.D　根据from the manager可知此处表示“得知”，故选D项。

22.C　pay“支付”与spend“花费”通常用人来作主语;而take“需要”意义不符，只有cost“价钱为;需花费”用物作主语，所以答案选C项。

23.A　他们兄妹为晚会做好了充分的准备，所以选A项，此处表示状态，而不是动作。

24.B　根据下文have dinner可知应该是在餐馆里。

25.D 由下文可知迪安娜丢了钻石，她发现后肯定会screaming“尖叫”。

26.C　gone“丢失的;不见的”;而lost强调“遗失;迷路”。此处表示钻石被偷，应该是不见了，所以选C项。

27.A　根据25空可知此处表示大声喊叫，应用cry一词，再根据and不难看出此处缺少并列谓语动词。所以A项为正确答案。

28.B　迪安娜丢失了钻石，这个黑衣盗贼肯定是带着钻石逃跑。

29.A　文章第2个空已经告诉我们来参加晚会的人们穿着不同颜色的衣服，所以应用colorful一词表示“五彩缤纷的”。

30.B　因为街上满是狂欢的人们，所以追赶小偷就很难了。

31.D　小偷怕被抓，肯定疯狂逃跑，文章并没有交代小偷开车或骑车。

32.C　前文交代小偷在跑的过程中摔倒，这兄妹两人赶快坐到小偷身上把他抓住。

33.C　警察抓住小偷后会把他送往监狱。故C项为正确选项。

34.A　凯莉和史蒂夫帮助迪安娜找回了丢失的钻石，她肯定会表示感谢。

35.B　根据句意：这是他们过得最好的狂欢节，根据最高级可以知道，此处表示“曾经”之意，故用ever。

第二部分　阅读理解(共两节;满分30分)

第一节　(共10小题;每小题2分，满分20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

Yasmin Eisenhauer, a teacher at Lowell School, told her class last fall that they were going to make the trees on their school grounds talk.

“What? How are we going to do this?” thought Lusya Mae Engen, a student in Yasmin's class.

But the kids soon learned what their teacher meant.

“We're trying to get people to talk with the trees through technology，” said Lusya.

First, the students picked their own trees. Then, each student had to learn all about his or her tree, like how tall it was, how the tree's leaves felt and looked, and during what season it flowered. To get all the information, they used the Internet and some math.

Next, the students wrote what they had learned about their trees and they recorded their own voices talking as if they were their trees, telling people all about who they were. That was the technology part.

“It was really cool to connect technology with nature，” said Azur Walla, another student in the class.

The kids named their trees things like Dog ‘N’ Woods, Harlo Tree or Freddy. They also added their own creative voices to the project, and asked people looking at the trees to sing a song in their shade (阴凉处) or give the trees a hug (拥抱).

“My name is Charlotte. I was given this name by my friend Brooke. She is really nice and tries to visit me every day. What is your name?” Then “Charlotte” tells the listener all about her leaves, and how big she is. She ends by saying: “I hope you come back to visit me because of course I can't come to you.”

The project took a whole year to complete. The kids met about once a week to work on it. Now visitors can visit the Lowell school grounds during off­school hours and take the tree tour with their cellphones by calling a phone number that is on a sign next to 22 trees.

语篇解读　本文是说明文，文章主要介绍了一所学校的学生在老师的引导下如何让树“说话”。

36.How did Lusya  feel when she heard what her     teacher said?

A. Disappointed.        B. Surprised.

C. Worried.              D. Excited.

答案与解析　B　推理判断题。根据第二段的“What? How are we  going to do this?”可知， Lusya听到老师说的话后感到很吃惊。

37.According to the text, Charlotte is ________.

A. the tree Brooke picked

B. a visitor to Lowell School

C. the organizer of the project

D. Brooke's classmate and friend

答案与解析　A　细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“I was given this name by my friend Brooke”和“tells the listener all about her leaves”等信息可知， Charlotte是Brooke选中的一棵树。

38.To carry out the project, the  students have to ________.

A. become very creative

B. improve their math skills

C. know a lot about new technology

D. be quite familiar with their trees

答案与解析　D　细节理解题。根据第五段的“had to learn all about his or her tree”可知答案。

B

My name is Valentine. I lived in Rome during the third century. That was long, long ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. I didn't like Emperor Claudius, and I wasn't the only one! A lot of people shared my feelings.

Claudius wanted to have a big army. He expected men to volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. As you might have guessed, not many men signed up. This made Claudius furious. So what happened? He had a crazy idea. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was cruel. I thought it was preposterous! I certainly wasn't going to support that law!

Did I mention that I was a priest (牧师)? One of my favourite activi ties was to marry couples. Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept  on  performing  marriage  ceremonies — secretly, of course. It was really quite exciting. Imagine a small candle­lit room with only the bride and gr oom and myself. We would whisper the words of the ceremony, listening all the while for the steps of soldiers. One night, we did hear footsteps. It was scary! Thank goodness the couple I was marrying escaped in time. I was caught. I was thrown in jail and told that my punishment was death.

I tried to stay cheerful. And do you know what? Wonderful things happened. Many young people came to the jail to visit me. They threw flowers and notes up to my window. They wanted me to know that they, too, believed in love.

On the day I was to die, February 14,269 A.D. I left my friend a little note thanking a girl, who helped me keep my spirits up, for her friendship and loyalty. I signed it, “Love from your Valentine.”

39.Valentine was put in prison because ________.

A. he secretly got married

B. he attracted the emperor

C. he didn't serve in the army

D. he helped young people get married secretly

答案与解析　D　细节理解题。由第三段的“Even after Emperor Claudius passed his law, I kept on performing marriage ceremonies — secretly, of course.”可知答案。

40.Which of the following statements is NOT  true?

A. Many young people visited Valentine after his arresting.

B. It was Valentine that decided not to allow any more marriages.

C. Valentine  was  excited  about  helping youths to get married secretly.

D. Valentine was arrested, and sentenced to death.

答案与解析　B　推理判断题。由第二段的“So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages.”可知答案。

41.The passage mainly tells us about ________.

A. how Valentine died

B. the Emperor of Rome

C. the origin of Valentine's Day

D. how Valentine's Day is celebrated

答案与解析　C　主旨大意题。A、B两项以偏概全;D项文章内容没有涉及。