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一、单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
1. A collector of rare insects will show us some of his __________discoveries.
A. newest B. latest C. lately D. earliest
2. Police will be ___________ for trouble-makers at today's match.
A. coming out B. breaking out
C. setting out D. looking out
3. Ted seems to ______________ on poor people; he doesn’t like talking with them.
A. look up B. look down
C. look at D. look after
4. Tony doesn’t enjoy _______ very much. He has trouble ________ the beat of the music.
A. to dance; to follow B. dancing; to follow
C. dancing; following D. to dance; following
5. On Saturdays, they like spending all day _________, but they both hate ______ dishes.
A. cooking; washing B. to cook; washing
C. to cook; to wash D. cooking; to washing
6. --- Happy Valentine’s Day. Here is a little present for you.
--- Thank you. What a surprise! Is today Valentine’s Day? I forget ____ you a present.
A. getting B. to get
C. got D. get
7. Thirty years ago, most women believe that they ____ and be independent before marriage.
A. need working B. need to be worked
C. need to work D. need work
8. Your parents __________ upset if you are late.
A. are B. are going to be
C. must be D. will be
9. We’ll have to go on Monday instead, if it __________ today.
A. snows B. will snow
C. is snowing D. snowed
10. If Andy ____________ to bed by 11:00, he will feel terrible the next day.
A. don’t go B. won’t go
C. doesn’t go D. didn’t go
11. I remembered that she ________ a huge piece out of the cookie last time.
A. beat B. beats
C. bit D. bites
12. My toes ________ after the journey.
A. hurt B. ache
C. pain D. wound
13. When I got to the station, a woman took me by ________ arm.
A. a B. my
C. an D. the
14. My teachers advised me __________ much attention to my handwriting.
A. paid B. should pay
C. to pay D. pay
15. Mr. Carter never stopped __________ he could solve the world’s problems.
A. thinking B. to think
C. thought D. thinks
二、完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）
(A)
Personally, I am not much of a collector. I collect photos of special 16 in my life, and I have a big collection of soft toys—rabbits, bears, elephants, dogs and snakes. I love them!
Most people collect things at some time in their life. Who hasn’t 17 a collection of photos, or books? Many people collect the letters or emails they’ve got from friends. And most children have a good toy collection. Most people don’t think of themselves as “collectors” because they think that having a lot of photos or toys is part of life. 18 , there are some people who love collecting things as a hobby, and there is no limit to the things you can collect. You can collect anything, from stamps to toys to football match programmes to old photos. In fact, some people have extraordinary collections.
For example Robert Opie collects things we normally 19 , things like old newspapers, sweet papers and boxes. He has more than a quarter of a million things in his collection and you can find some of them in his own 20 in Gloucester, UK.
When Stuart Graham form Sydney, Australia died aged 87 he left behind some extraordinary collections. His son Andy only 21 Stuart was a keen collector when he found a collection of over 5,000 old bus tickets, 3,000 old matchboxes and 1,000 toy soldiers. Andy did not want to keep these collections and decided to look on the Internet to see if anyone else would like the collections. He was 22 to find out that his father’s collections were very valuable and when he sold them, he bought a new car with the money.
Collectors collect things in different ways. You can go to specialist shops or markets to buy things for your collection, or you can buy collectors’ magazine. You can even look on the Internet at sites such as Ebay. Or you can 23 things you have for something else that you would like. For example, if you have two stamps that are exactly the same, you might be able to trade one of them for a different one that you prefer.
( ) 16. A. events B. times C. ages D. activities
( ) 17. A. got B. tried C. seen D. imagined
( ) 18. A. And B. So C. Though D. However
( ) 19. A. put away B. throw away C. give away D. move away
( ) 20. A. rooms B. house C. office D. museum
( ) 21. A. saw B. remembered C. discovered D. thought
( ) 22. A. surprised B. pleased C. worried D. relaxed
( ) 23. A. change B. buy C. trade D. choose
(B)
On my way into the house, I heard a child’s voice from the other side of a small forest. I had traveled several thousand kilometers to the center of Africa, to see this kid. I went through 24 and saw a little boy walking up and down. “We are all the same,” he was saying. He paused, looked 25 at the paper in his hand, then into the front. “We are not different from one another. We all belong (属于) to one family.”
His thin voice 26 his weak body. His jacket was too large, and his trousers swept the ground. I thought he could not possibly be 11 years old. He had a certain unbelievable charm (诱惑力) – even in those 27 few moments I was moved by his amazing feelings.
“We are all the same,” he was saying again. It seemed to me that his words 28 a faraway bell. He was reading those famous words spoken by Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
The kid was 29 not for himself, but a huge family he had not asked to join: the millions of Africans who 30 a deadly virus (病毒) in their bodies. “We all belong to one family. We love and we laugh. We hurt and we cry. We live and we die.” He stopped, opened his arms, hands turned upwards and caught his shoulders (臂膀).
I went into the house with 31 the boy had given me in those few moments. I had 32 for five or six stories like, who was this kid, where did he come from, where did he get so much courage (勇气), and what would 33 to him?
This was the beginning, that afternoon in the spring of 2000. Over the next year or so I 34 try to find the answers to these questions. I was going to discover something that could make my life 35 for ever.
( ) 24. A. the gates B. the houses C. the streets D. the trees
( ) 25. A. up B. down C. away D. back
( ) 26. A. matched B. touched C. met D. caught
( ) 27. A. first B. next C. later D. last
( ) 28. A. beat B. hit C. rang D. blew
( ) 29. A. saying B. reading C. talking D. speaking
( ) 30. A. took B. received C. grew D. carried
( ) 31. A. the lesson B. the memory C. the words D. the feelings
( ) 32. A. subjects B. topics C. questions D. troubles
( ) 33. A. appear B. come C. happen D. turn
( ) 34. A. would B. could C. should D. might
( ) 35. A. exciting B. rich C. comfortable D. beautiful
答案：
一、单项选择：
1---15:
B D B C A
B C D A C
C A D C A
二、完形填空：
16---23
B A D B D
C A C
24---35
D B
A A C D D
B C C A B
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