第二部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分35分）

第一节：单项选择 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、 B、 C、 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child______ he or she wants.

A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever

答案是B。

21. —Mr. Smith, you are fined for speeding. Please sign here.

—Fined? Speeding? _______

A. Are you all right? B. You can’t be serious!

C. I’m a foreigner. D. It doesn’t matter.

22. _______ person like him won’t be satisfied with _______ little progress that he has made.

A. The; a B. The; / C. A; / D. A; the

23. Only ticket-holders were _______ to the stadium for the concert given by Jay Chou, so many of his fans were turned away.

A. allowed B. permitted C. agreed D. admitted

24. —When can I use your computer?

—Never! _______ should you touch it.

A. At no time B. In no time C. At any time D. At one time

25. _______ seems to be a strong competition in China for senior high students to enter college or university.

A. It B. There C. What D. That

26. I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn’t spare any time, for I _______ a composition which I have to hand in this morning.

A. wrote B. was writing C. had written D. have written

27. －Will you lend me some paper?

－Sorry, mine________.

A. is running out of B. has been run out C. has run out D. has run out of

28. We wonder if there is any possibility of the statistics ________ as soon as possible.

A. to be analysed B. being analysed C. analysing D. to analyse

29. How long do you think it will be ________ the computer company puts forward a new product?

A. before B. since C. until D. that

30. You can’t attend the party tonight because it is stormy. ________, you still haven’t got over your high fever.

A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Somehow

31. —How did you feel when Liu Xiang won the gold medal in Osaka?

—I couldn’t be ________.

A. very excited B. more excited C. most excited D. less excited

32. Traditionally, Chinese people _______ the Chinese characters Double Happiness and stick them onto walls or doors for weddings.

A. cut out B. cut off C. cut up D. cut down

33. —Is that the small company you often refer to?

—Right, just the one ________ you know I used to work for years.

A. that B. which C. where D. as

34. What a pity! I _______ in Hainan two more days, but something urgent needed to be dealt with back home.

A. must have stayed B. needn’t have stayed

C. may have stayed D. could have stayed

35. _______ to their own work, most of the parents spend little time with their children.

A. Devoting B. To be devoted C. Having devoted D. Devoted

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no __36__ left. When she heard her daddy say to her __37__ mother, “Only a miracle（奇迹）can save him now”, the little girl went to her bedroom and took out her piggy bank. She __38__ all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Then she __39__ her way six blocks to the local drugstore.

“And what do you want?” asked the chemist.

“It’s __40__ my little brother,” the girl answered back. “He’s really, really sick and I want to get a __41__. His name is Andrew and he has something __42__ growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”

“We don’t __43__ miracles here, child. I’m sorry,” the chemist said, smiling __44__ at the little girl.

In the shop was a __45__ customer. He bent down and asked the little girl, “What kind of miracle does your brother __46__?”

“I don’t know,” she replied. “He’s really sick and mommy says he needs a(n) __47__. But my daddy can’t pay for it, so I have brought my __48__.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man.

“One dollar and eleven cents, __49__ I can try and get some more,” she answered quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence（巧合）,” smiled the man. “A dollar and eleven cents－the __50__ price of a miracle for your little brother. __51__ me to where you live. I want to see your brother and __52__ your parents.”

That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon（外科医生）. The operation was completed __53__ and before long Andrew was __54__ again.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle __55__ ... one dollar and eleven cents ... plus the faith of a little child.

36. A. time B. medicine C. money D. food

37. A. tearful B. hopeful C. helpful D. regretful

38. A. emptied B. pulled C. put D. poured

39. A. followed B. made C. felt D. found

40. A. with B. about C. for D. from

41. A. drink B. doctor C. tablet D. miracle

42. A. bad B. small C. extra D. new

43. A. display B. offer C. sell D. store

44. A. calmly B. sadly C. strangely D. coldly

45. A. well-dressed B. kind-hearted C. well-behaved D. good-looking

46. A. have B. need C. make D. like

47. A. companion B. surgeon C. protection D. operation

48. A. savings B. wishes C. ideas D. worries

49. A. because B. so C. though D. but

50. A. same B. exact C. proper D. reasonable

51. A. Bring B. Send C. Take D. Drive

52. A. help B. encourage C. persuade D. meet

53. A. surprisingly B. secretly C. successfully D. separately

54. A. happy B. well C. strong D. fat

55. A. meant B. covered C. measured D. cost

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，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.”

“Oh, you’re such a good man.” She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

“How much do I owe you?” she asked.

“Nothing.” I said.

“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto e tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”

56. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city

B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money

D. reach the destination on time

57. The taxi driver did not charge the old woman because he ______.

A. wanted to do her a favor

B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance

D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

58. What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.

B. People should respect each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern.

B

Domestic (驯养的) horses now pull ploughs, race in the Kentucky Derby, and carry police. But early horses weren’t tame (驯服的) enough to perform these kinds of tasks. Scientists think the first interactions humans had with horses were far different from those today.

Thousands of years ago, people killed the wild horses that lived around them for food. Over time, people began to catch the animals and raise them. This was the first step in domestication.

As people began to tame and ride horses, they chose to keep those animals that had more desirable characteristics. For example, people may have chosen to keep horses that had a gentle personality so they could be ridden more easily. People who used horses to pull heavy loads would have chosen to keep stronger animals. Characteristics like strength are partly controlled by the animals’ genes. So as the domesticated horses reproduced, they passed the characteristics on to their young. Each new generation of houses would show more of these chosen characteristics.

Modern day horse breeds come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. This variety didn’t exist in the horse population before domestication. The Shetland horse is one of the smallest breeds—typically reaching only one meter tall. With short, strong legs, the animals were bred to pull coal out of mine shafts (矿井) with low ceilings. Huge horses like the Clydesdale came on the scene around 1700. People bred these heavy, tall horses to pull large vehicles used for carrying heavy loads.

The domestication of horses has had great effects on societies. For example, horse were important tools in the advancement of modern agriculture. Using them to pull ploughs and carry heavy loads allowed people to farm more efficiently. Before they were able to ride horses, humans had to cross land on foot. Riding horses allowed people to travel far greater distance in much less time. That encouraged populations living in different areas to interact with one another. The new from of rapid transportation helped cultures spread around the world.

59. Before domestication horses were ______.

A. caught for sports

B. hunted for food

C. made to pull ploughs

D. used to carry people

60. The author uses the Shetland horse as an example to show ______.

A. it is smaller than the Clydesdale horse

B. horse used to have gentle personalities

C. some horses have better shaped than others

D. horses were of less variety before domestication

61. Horses contributed to the spread of culture by ______.

A. carrying heavy loads

B. changing farming methods

C. serving as a means of transport

D. advancing agriculture in different areas

62. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. why humans domesticated horses

B. how humans and horses needed each other

C. why horses came in different shapes and sizes

D. how human societies and horses influenced each other

C

Dear Hamilton,

We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.

You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬礼）remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.

It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.

This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting.

Thank you for understanding.

63. The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________.

A. money B. suggestions C. reports D. understanding

64. Hamilton is expected to _______.

A. show more kindness.

B. discontinue the present practice

C. quit being the organizer for gift giving

D. know more about co-workers’ families

65. This is basically a letter of ________.

A. apology B. sympathy

C. appreciation D. dissatisfaction

D

When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.

When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Let’s start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, He was in despair(失望)and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think:“Yes, I must tell….”We have never met.

It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理学家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

66. In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to ______.

A. become serious about her study

B. go to her friend’s house regularly

C. learn from her classmates at school

D. share poems and stories with her friend

67. In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means ______.

A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us

B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C. our unpleasant feeling about London disappeared

D. we parted with each other in London

68. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend _______.

A. call each other regularly

B. have similar personalities

C. enjoy writing to each other

D. dream of meeting each other

69. In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to ______.

A. seek professional help B. be left alone

C. stay with her best friend

D. break the silence

70. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Unforgettable Experiences

B. Remarkable Imagination

C. Lifelong Friendship

D. Noble Companions

第五部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注重：请将答案写在答题纸上。

Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women's education may be an unusual field for economists(经济学家), but increasing women's contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its focus on incentives(鼓励), provides an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of(剥夺)an education.

Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else's family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school — the prophecy (预言) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.

An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.

Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning.

Topic: The significance of female (71) ___________ in developing countries

Viewpoint

Educating girls is more beneficial than any other (72) ______________.

Families

From low-income families

From educated mothers' families

Attitudes

Girls are of less (73) ___________ than boys.

Development should be for all (74)____________

Practices

●There is (75). ______________

investment in daughters.

●Girls axe made to stay at home, (76)_________housework.

Girls and boys have (77) _______ chances.

Consequences

A vicious circle

A virtuous circle

Significance

Educating girls (78)__________ to social benefits, (79)__________ advantages and health practices, including family planning.

(80)_________

Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding.