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一、单项选择(共25小题，每小题1分，共25分)

1.Paris is the capital and largest city of France，      the River Seine.

A. situated on    B. situating  in   C. situated in    D. situating  on

2. The city is also famous      its restaurants，cafes and theatres.

A . for    B. as    C. like            D.of

3. Athens is known     the birthplace of western civilisation

A . for    B. as    C. like            D. of

4. Their work      other writers ever since.

A . has influenced    B.  influenced   C. haveinfluenced   D. has influence

5.  The report shows that we are making      but that we need to make greater efforts.

A . some progresses   B. some progress   C.  a progress    D. progress

6. By the time he was twelve years old ,he       a chemistry lab of his own.

A . had  been  set  up         B.  had  set  up

C. have  been  set  up         D.  have  set  up

7. It was the      and the most dangerous situation I've ever been in.

A . most frightened   B. most frightening  C. more frightened   D. more frightening

8.  Sandstorms in China appear to have increased in recent years    “desertification".

A . as a result   B.  as a result of   C. as result of     D. as a result of it

9. Mencius was a thinker      teachings were very similar to those of Confucius.

.     A . whose       B.  who     C.whom              D. that

10. Three quarters of China's energy is produced     burning coal.

A . by    B.  with      C. as          D. for

11. Bob got a higher income because he had made great contributions ____ the company.

A. for            B. to            C. of             D. on

12. I’m sorry to tell you I’ll be unable to join you. Please ____ my name from the list.

A. remove  B. remain         C. return         D. remember

13. From our ____ on the top of the hill, we can have a better view of the whole city.

A. warning  B. condition   C. freedom     D. position

14. John is smart, polite, and hardworking. ___, I think he is one of the best students in our class.

A. In conclusion B. In terms of    C. On average    D. In all

15. The weather turned out to be very good, ____ was more than we could expect.

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

16. This is the museum ____ the exhibition was held.

A. where     B. that       C. on which    D. the one

17. ____ more than 80% of children in developing countries go to primary school, about 115 million children are not being educated.

A. When    B. However   C. Although    D. Unless

18. The number of people invited ____ fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.

A. were; was   B. was; was     C. was; were  D. were; were

19. Confucius is the philosopher ____ influence has been the greatest.

A. which        B. whose    C. where     D. when

20. This is the day ____ we visited Hong Kong.

A. by which    B. by that    C. where      D. on which

21. His new book ____ next month.

A. will be published   B. is publishing

C. is being published  D. has been published

22. The things talked about in this report ____ over a year ago.

A. had taken place      B. took place

C. have taken place     D. were taken place

23. We were surprised ____ the temple still in its original condition.

A. finding           B. to find        C. find             D. to be found

24. Tom was disappointed that most of the guests ____ when he ____ at the party.

A. left;had arrived          B. left;arrived

C. had left;had arrived       D. had left;arrived

25. When she woke up, she found that her house ____ by the thunderstorm.

A. was destroyed          B. destroyed

C. had been destroyed      D. had destroyed

二、完形填空(共20分; 20小题, 每题1分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26—45各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A high school history teacher once told us, “If you make one close fried in school, you will be most fortunate. A true friend is someone who stays with you for life.”  26  teaches that he is right. Good friendship is just not easily 27 .

It is possible that we simply do not stay in one place long enough for a true friendship to 28 . However, there can be  29  disagreement in the need for each of us to think carefully about what kind of friendship we want.

To most of us,  30  are considered very important, but we need to make it clear in our minds what kind of friendship we want. Are they to be close or  31  at arm’s length? Do we want to 32  ourselves or do we want to walk on surface? For some people, many friendships on the surface are  33  enough and that’s all right. But at some point we need to make sure that our  34  are the same as our friends’ expectations. The sharing of  35  experiences including our tears as well as our dark dreams is the surest way to  36  friendships. But it must be undertaken(进行)slowly and  37  only if there are signs of interest and action 38 .

What are some of the  39  of friendship? The greatest is the attraction to expect too much too soon. Deep relationships  40  time. Another “major difficulty” is the selfishness to think one “  41  ” the other, including his time and attention. 42 , friendships require actions in return. In other words, you must give as 43  as you take. Finally, there is a question of taking care of. Unless you spend  44  time together, talking on the phone, writing letters, doing things together, friendships will die 45 .

26.A.Knowledge      B.Books      C.Teachers      D.Experience

27.A.understood      B.formed        C.realized         D.made

28.A.design          B.intend         C.develop         D.appear

29.A.no   B.any           C.not            D.some

30.A.lives           B.relationships    C.friendships     D.classmates

31.A.taken          B.left            C.given          D.kept

32.A.own           B.share          C.think          D.suffer

33.A.tha            B.very           C.quite          D.so

34.A.expectations    B.attractions      C.options         D.ideas

35.A.good           B.ordinary       C.social          D.personal

36.A.prove         B.produce        C.weaken         D.deepen

37.A.carried though   B.carried out     C.carried on       D.carried away

38.A.by turns         B.in return   C.in turn       D.in answer

39.A.difficulties      B.differences    C.disadvantages   D.advantages

40.A.cost            B.spend       C.take           D.waste

41.A.loves           B.hates      C.press     D.possesses

42.A. differently      B.Fortunately    C.Similarly       D.Regretfully

43.A.many           B.much         C.little           D.possible

44.A.reasonable       B.comfortable     C.spare     D.valuable

45.A.of             B.from          C.out            D.away

三、阅读(共两节，满分40分)

第一节：阅读理解(共15小题，每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.

Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.

Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform(表演) in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.

Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment(娱乐) both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”

46. Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.

A. gives his patients medical advice         B. takes care of 159 patients a week

C. sings on television                     D. has his own TV show

47. Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.

A. also sings to his patients on TV          B. always loved to sing

C. is popular with his patients              D. has been a doctor for ten years

48. In his TV show, Dr. Petrel _______.

A. sings and gives medical advice          B. sings about different diseases

C. starts to explain diseases with a song     D. sings love songs he wrote