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。