二、语言知识及运用（共两节，满分20分）

从16-25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

16. It's very nice            you to pick me up at the bus station.

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

17. This book is            that one, but much more expensive.

   A. as good as                    B. as better as            C. as well as              D. as best as

18. The hotel is not far, you            take a bus.

   A. may not             B. needn’t              C. can’t                   D. mustn’t

19. --- Where is your mother?

   --- She __________ in the kitchen.

   A. cooks                B. has cooked             C. cooked               D. is cooking

20. --- Wow, the English exam is so easy.

   --- I think so. But I don’t think            can pass it.

   A. someone             B. anyone                 C. everyone              D. no one

21.            she is young, she knows a lot.

   A. Because              B. Although            C. But                      D. Since

22. Mum, please ask Sally            any noise. I’m doing my homework.

   A. not make           B. don’t make        C. not to make         D. don’t to make

23. I want to know            he can arrive here on time.

   A. whether                      B. that                       C. where            D. what

24. It’s too cold outside. You’d better            your coat if you go out.

   A. depend on                  B. put on                      C. hold on                    D. agree on

25. --- Would you mind my using your pen?

   ---           . I don’t need to use it at the moment. 

   A. Sounds great                     B. I’m not sure             C. Yes, please               D. Of course not

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从26～35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I will never forget the lesson which Adams gave us. One day Adams   26   to us when we were in our classroom. He began his speech by   27   up a 100-yuan note. He asked, 'Who likes this 100-yuan note?' We all felt   28   and raised hands. Then he said, 'I am going to give this 100-yuan note to one of you, but first let me   29   this.' He then made the note into a ball shape and asked, 'Who wants it now?' We raised   30   hands again.

He then dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. After that, he picked up   31   dirty note and asked again,' Who still wants it?' We raised hands even   32  . 'My friends,' he said, 'you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it   33   it was still worth ￥100!'

'Many chances   34   in our lives.' He went on speaking, 'We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value, you are always valuable to those people   35   love you. Your value doesn't come from what you do or who you know, but WHO YOU ARE.'

26. A. speaks                       B. spoke                       C. is speaking               D. was speaking

27. A. hold                   B. held                           C. holding                D. to hold

28. A. surprise                B. surprised              C. surprising               D. surprisingly

29. A. do                    B. to do                  C. doing                  D. done

30. A. us                      B. our                    C. ours                      D. ourselves

31. A. a                      B. an                     C. the                    D. 不填

32. A. high                         B. higher                    C. highest                D. more high

33. A. after                           B. so                          C. until                    D. because

34. A. lose                  B. lost                        C. are lost           D. was lost

35. A. who                    B. which                 C. where                 D. when

三、完形填空  （共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—45各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

It was rainy the whole night. There was a lot of   36   on the road. It was the day for the market and Bob, the farmer, was riding his cart（运货马车）along the country road. He had to reach the market early so that he can   37   his vegetables. It was very   38   for the horses to walk through the deep mud. On his way, the wheels of the horse cart sank into the mud.

The horses pulled the cart harder and harder but the wheels sank deeper and deeper. Bob   39   his cart and stood beside it. Nobody came to   40   him. He didn’t do anything but complained about his bad luck for what happened. Looking up at the sky, he shouted, 'I am so   41  ! Could someone come to help me? '

Bob   42   for a long time, and then a man came. He asked Bob, 'Nobody will help you unless you try to help yourself. Did you try to get the   43   out of the hole by yourself? Come on, pull the wheels and you will soon find the way out. '

Bob started to do what the man said. After a few minutes, the wheels were out of the   44  . Bob learnt his lesson. He thanked the man and carried on his journey   45  . God helps those who help themselves.

36. A. milk                   B. rice                    C. water                 D. cola

37. A. sell                     B. borrow              C. buy                 D. return

38. A. easy                   B. difficult               C. interesting         D. important

39. A. set up                  B. set off               C. got off                   D. got on

40. A. help                   B. catch                  C. drive                D. hurt

41. A. unfair                  B. unhealthy            C. unfriendly            D. unlucky

42. A. waited                       B. ate                   C. smiled                D. drank

43. A. mud                    B. wheels                C. horse              D. man

44. A. river                      B. sea                       C. lake                     D. hole

45. A. sadly                      B. happily                 C. angrily                 D. terribly

 

四、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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

I stopped when I got to a garage-like place and walked to the metal door with brown paint. I turned the knob (把手) and walk in. A thousand eyes looked at me as I took my place at the end of the long line. When I finally got up to the window, I handed the officer my ID. 'I’m here to visit Mr C. Yes, I’m his daughter. '

The officer handed me a piece of paper with my name as the visitor and my father’s as the prisoner. It told me which floor to go to. As I got on the lift, a rush of excitement ran through me. Then I went to the eighth floor, looked around and saw the faces I saw here every Sunday and Thursday.  

There he was. I stood on tiptoe (脚尖) to get a better view since I could hardly see him. He didn’t look like my father. He’d got a beard (胡子) now and he looked weaker. He was the dad that I saw through a window. My dad was separated from the world. The only place he now knew was his room in the prison. When I looked deep into his eyes, I see emptiness and pain.   

It was difficult to hear him through the thick glass and over everyone else who was trying to talk. We tried to carry on a normal conversation about simple things including my day and what I was doing in school, but we mostly talked about how we couldn’t wait until he got out.

My favorite place was where my father was—prison. I know, how could it be anyone’s favorite place? But it was because my father was there. It would no longer be my favorite place once he got out, though—home will be.

 

46. What did the writer go to the prison for?

   A. To talk with the officer.                                 B. To visit her father.

   C. To get a piece of paper.                                         D. To pay a visit to her favourite place.

47. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer’s father was ____________.

   A. working there for a long time                         B. just in prison for a short time

   C. still healthy and strong                                          D. seldom keeping in touch with people outside

48. What does the writer mainly talk of with her father?

   A. Her behavior in school.                                  B. Simple things in everyday life.

   C. Difficulty and trouble in her life.                            D. The feeling of expecting him home.

49. The underlined word “it” (in Paragraph 5) refers to ________.

   A. prison                        B. floor                        C. room                D. home

50. What can we know from the passage?

   A. The writer’s father would never go home.        B. The writer’s favourite place would never change.

   C. The writer met her father twice a week.            D. The writer hated her father.

Mozart was one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He was born in Austria, in 1756. Even when he was very young, Mozart loved music. His father, who was the leader of an orchestra, was very happy that his son was so interested in music. When Mozart was three years old, he learned to play the harpsichord, which is a kind of piano. Mozart began to compose music at the age of five, and his father took him to play in front of the kings and queens of Europe.

At one concert, one of the violinists was missing from the orchestra. Mozart picked up a violin and played the music without a mistake. His father and the other players in the orchestra were surprised. Mozart had never learnt to play the violin! Mozart continued travelling around Europe with his father, who was his teacher in everything. He composed many pieces for the piano, the violin, and later for full orchestra.

Mozart could write down a piece of music even if he had heard it only once. One day, he went to hear a group of people singing in a big church in Rome. The song was very special. The church leader said that people could sing the song only once a year, and only in his church. No one else was allowed to have the music. Mozart listened to the song. Although it was very difficult and long, Mozart went back home and wrote down the whole piece from memory. The head of the church heard about this, and instead of being angry with Mozart, he gave him a prize.

When Mozart grew up, people were not so interested in him. He worked as a teacher and pianist, but he did not make much money. In 1791, at the age of 35, he died. He was so poor that there was not enough money for him to have a proper grave. No one knows where he is buried.

51. Mozart’s father helped Mozart a lot by ________.

A. teaching him about music                     B. giving him a violin to play with

C. sending him to music school                    D. giving him a lot of money

52. From the Paragraph 3, we know that Mozart ________.

A. wrote down the whole piece of music at once   B. had a good memory  

C. asked for the music                                        D. was angry with the head of the church

53. Although Mozart was one of the world’s greatest composers, ________.

A. he died poor                             B. he did not teach anyone.

C. he did not know many famous people         D. he couldn’t play the piano or violin  

54. In what order did these events take place in Mozart’s life?

   a. Began to compose music.

   b. Received a prize from the head of the church.

   c. Learned to play the harpsichord.

   d. Worked as a teacher and pianist.

   e. Continued to travel around Europe.

   A. b-d-e-a-c                B. b-c-a-e-d                 C. c-b-a-e-d              D. c-a-e-b-d              

55. The story is mainly about ________.

A. Mozart and his music                         B. a leader of an orchestra

C. the life of a great composer                    D. the head of a church in Rome

In the US and Britain, the slogan (标语) around colleges was “Save water. Shower with a friend.” Now, Wuhan University has come up with another system for the campus bathhouse. Before entering the bathhouse, students pay 1 yuan per minute with money or their student ID card. The clock starts moving the minute the tape is turned on. It stops when a button (按纽) is pressed for soap (香皂). An IC card reader at each tap shows the time. No money, no water. The benefit of the new system can be seen with the old system, the university used about 320 tones of water daily under the old system, but only 160 tons now.

Students have different opinions about the new system. Some say it is bad because bathing had become a race. Many people using it for the first time are not sure how long they need to shower. Some might be embarrassed if their time is up and they’re still covered in soap. They have to ask the bathhouse worker to help them buy extra (额外的) time.

“It’s a fault in the system that you can not buy extra time on the ID card,” said Ren, a freshman in Wuhan University. The university is also considering some students’ suggestions that they may be allowed to pay after they’ve finished the shower. But many students say the system helps them develop a water-saving sense.

Some even used the hot water to wash their clothes. “In my experience, 10-20 minutes is enough,” said Dai Zhihua, a third-year student who usually takes 8 minutes.

A similar system has been set in other universities. Shanghai Normal University introduced it at its Fengxiang Campus in September. The bathing fee there is 0.2 yuan per minute. One male student responded by setting a record with a two-minute shower.

56. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Students pay for the amount of time they want in the shower.

B. The clock times all through while the student is bathing except when the bather stopped for soap.

C. If money runs out, there will be no water.

D. After finishing bathing, the student has to pay for it.

57. The underline word “benefit” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means ________.

A. appearance                B. advice                     C. competition             D. advantage

58. Since the new system has performed, ________ of water can be saved.

A. a quarter                   B. one third                 C. a half                             D. two thirds

59. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. The university has saved a lot of water by using the new system.

B. All the students in Wuhan University supported the new system.

C. Students can use IC cards to buy extra time.

D. The new system can raise all the students’ environmental awareness.

60. In which column (专栏) can you find this passage?

A. People.                     B. School Life.             C. Society.                   D. Lifestyle.