第二节 (共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从对话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。

It was Monday. Mrs Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Considering that there was no better way, Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “__36__” .Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently : “Take this to the butcher, and he's going to give you your lunch today.”

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's .It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to.__37__

At noon, the dog came to the shop again.__38__ After reading it. He gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon.__39__This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.

But the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper.__40__He said to himself,  “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

A.The butcher felt a bit puzzled.

B.Give my dog half a pound of meat.

C.It gave the butcher a piece of paper again.

D.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog.

E.But the dog didn't bring any piece of paper this time.

F.And as usual，it brought a piece of paper in the mouth.

G.The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

答案：36～40　BGCFA

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第三部分　英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节　完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面的短文，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。

I think that sleeping is the most wonderful thing in the world. While __41__ I do nothing, but close my eyes, leaving all my work behind. In fact, I __42__ get up early nearly every morning.

My classes begin at 8：00 a. m.， but the teacher asks us to arrive before 7：15 a. m, so we have __43__ time to prepare for the classes. If you are __44__， you'll lose one point. And when you reach 10 __45__， parents' visit to school will be a must. Though I think it's __46__， I still don't want to lose any points.

One morning, my alarm clock __47__. I woke up with a __48__ and found that it was already 7：00 a. m.. What was worse，I lost six points in a __49__， that is to say, I was late every day that week. My teacher said angrily that he __50__ me to be late again. My friends joked that my __51__  was coming soon. I finally __52__to do something. I bought a new __53__. It sings songs on time, __54__ I shut it down.

It's perfect for a lazy cat like me. When I __55__ it for the first time, I successfully got up at 6：00 the next morning. Proud of  __56__， I took a deep breath and found that the early morning air is surprisingly __57__. I did some reading, finding that English is really beautiful. I  hadn't  realized __58__ that  the  morning  is  so wonderful.

“Life is __59__ a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.” just as Forrest Oump said. Sometimes we should break our __60__. You may find that a new way can change things for the better.

41.A.tired B.asleep

C.silent D.awake

答案：B　根据后面闭上眼睛什么都不做，可知是当我睡觉的时候，asleep“入睡”，故答案选B。

42.A.shall  B.can

C.used to  D.have to

答案：D　根据下一段的叙述，课是早上8点开始，而作者的老师要求早上7：15到校，可知是不得不早起，故答案选D。

43.A.enough  B.no

C.many D.any

答案：A　从早上7：15到早上8点有足够的时间准备功课，故答案选A。many修饰可数名词，可以排除。

44.A.lazy B.sleepy

C.late   D.noisy

答案：C　老师要求早上7：15之前必须到校，因此所要表达的意思是：如果迟到，就要扣掉一分。故答案为C。

45.A.times  B.points

C.days D.classes

答案：B　上文说迟到一次就扣掉一分，因此当达到10分时，父母就一定要到学校来了。故本题选B。

46.A.surprising B.impossible

C.interesting D.boring

答案：D　由后半句的转折“依旧不希望自己被扣分”可知我认为老师的规定是令人厌烦的。

47.A.failed  B.lied

C.sounded  D.disappeared

答案：A　后文说起床后就已经是早上7点了，而老师要求早上7：15就要到，由此可知闹钟坏了，故选A。

48.A.jump B.thought

C.start   D.dream

答案：C　wake up with a start意为：猛然惊醒。

49.A.class B.day

C.week  D.month

答案：C　后文解释说那周我每天都迟到，因此是一周已失了6分。

50.A.believed  B.expected

C.advised   D.hoped

答案：B　我的老师生气地说他期望我再次迟到。

51.A.exam  B.mistake

C.duty   D.day

答案：D　上文提到如果扣掉10分就要请家长到学校里来了我已扣了6分了。因此我的朋友开玩笑说我被叫家长的日子不久就要到来了。

52.A.decided  B.wanted

C.offered  D.tried

答案：A　经过了六天的迟到后我最终决定做一些事情。故选A。

53.A.alarm clock B.schoolbag

C.watch  D.bike

答案：A　上文提到闹钟坏了导致上学迟到，因此应是决定买一个新的闹钟。

54.A.as if  B.if

C.eyen if D.only if

答案：C　下一段说新闹钟对于像我这样的懒猫是很好的，因此本句句意是：即使我关掉闹钟，它也会按时响铃的。其余三项不合句意。

55.A.had B.used

C.watched  D.bought

答案：B　当第一次用新闹钟时，第二天早晨我成功地6点钟就起来了。

56.A.itself  B.them

C.myself  D.us

答案：C　因为早起之后发现空气清新，还可以读读英语，也从而发现了英语的美。因此我为自己感到自豪。

57.A.cool  B.warm

C.comfortable D.fresh

答案：D　早晨的空气是清新的。

58.A.after  B.yet

C.ago D.before

答案：D　以前老是起得晚，从没发现早晨是如此美好，故选D。

59.A.as  B.like

C.from D.with

答案：B　正如《阿甘正传》中所说的“生活就像一盒巧克力，你永远不知道下一颗是什么味道”。be like“像”，符合句意。

60.A.rules  B.ideas

C.habits   D.dreams

答案：C　有时我们应该打破以前的习惯，做出适当的改变，那样可能会发现一种新的方式把事情改变得更好。rule“规则，条例”;idea“想法，主意”;dream“梦想”;habit“习惯”。