第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

The Wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions.   1   He was said to only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages.

2  A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.

3  The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.5 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbor's. The minimum weight of the wife to be carded is 49 kg. If she is less than 49 kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife that couple will be fined 15 seconds.  4

Alongside with the Wife-carrying World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official "wife-carrying drink". Then he may continue the race.  5

While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife-carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.

A. There are a few basic rules.

B. People everywhere hold the event.

C. A special prize is awarded to the team.

D. Do you know how these traditions restarted?

E. This event is becoming increasingly popular.

F. The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time.

G. Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area.

第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分40)

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分0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。

Donnie was my youngest thirdgrader. His fear of   1    kept him from classroom games that other children played excitedly. He seldom answered questions he might be   2   . He seldom finished his work because he   3   checked with me to be   4   he hadn’t made a mistake.

I tried my best to build his self-confidence. But   5    changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom. She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included,   6    her. But even enthusiastic Mary was

7   by this little boy who feared he might make a mistake.

Then one morning we were working math problems. Donnie had copied the problems with painstaking neatness and filled in answers for the first row.   8    with his progress, I left the children with Mary. But when I returned, Donnie was    9  . He’d missed the third problem.

Mary looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face   10   . From the desk we shared, she got a canister (小筒) filled with    11  .

“Look, Donnie,” she said, “I’ve got something to show you.” She removed the pencils and placed them on his desk. “See these pencils, Donnie?” she continued. “They   12    Mrs Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are   13  ? That’s because we make    14   too. Lots of them. But we    15   the mistakes and try again. That’s what you must learn to do, too.”

She kissed him and continued, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on your desk so you’ll remember that   16    makes mistakes, even teachers.” Donnie   17    with love in his eyes and a smile on his face.

The pencil became Donnie’s prized possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s   18

encouragement and praise for even Donnie’s small successes, gradually   19    him that it’s all right to make mistakes    20   you erase them and try again.

1. A. risk B. failure      C. danger     D. communication 2. A. wrong         B. nervous    C. inactive     D. dull 3. A. regularly       B. rarely      C. hardly      D. repeatedly 4. A. sure           B. obvious     C. praised     D. known 5. A. all            B. none       C. nothing     D. everything 6. A. adored B. disliked     C. protected   D. watched 7. A. encouraged   B. puzzled     C. disappointed D. annoyed 8. A. Dissatisfied    B. Concerned  C. Pleased     D. Familiar 9. A. in difficulty     B. in doubt    C. in silence   D. in tears 10. A. reddened     B. brightened  C. darkened   D. paled 11. A. pens         B. pencils     C. erasers     D. chalks 12. A. turn to       B. devote to   C. belong to   D. get to 13. A. worn         B. deserted    C. used       D. empty 14. A. notes         B. problems   C. stories      D. mistakes 15. A. change       B. erase       C. correct     D. repair 16. A. somebody    B. nobody     C. everybody  D. anybody 17. A. looked up B. looked down C. looked through D. looked out 18. A. common      B. frequent    C. usual       D. general 19. A. told          B. advised     C. persuaded  D. suggested 20. A. as long as     B. now that    C. in case      D. if only