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第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

Roland,a carpenter in Virginia, and Sheila had three kids―two boys and one baby Jessica. The baby had been in and out of the  21 for the last year because of several diseases. She was very weak and sick. The doc?tors were not  22   that she would live another year.

   Taking care of Jessica was so costly that the family felt it hard to  23  it.

Things were hard.  Roland saw no  24  at the end of this tunnel. 丁hen he saw a(n)  25   in the newspaper: "Security guards and contract workers    26   . $ 100,000 a year. First $ 80,000 tax free. $ 20,000 27 for extending contract an extra year. " He called the number. The  28  was busy, but he kept calling and finally got through. He      29   that the jobs were all taken,but they told him plenty of jobs were  30  available. They said they would give him two weeks of  31  in Texas. Then they would fly him to Iraq for his job.

Roland told Sheila he had to  32  this job. He knew it was danger-ous;he might get injured or killed, but the money was only too 33 Plus, the family would have full medical benefits, which would enable the baby to get the    34    she needed. Roland said if he  35   the first year, he would probably   36  for the bonus and a second year.

But Sheila was worried. She asked,"What if you get killed? What are we going to do  37  you?"

"You can't think like that,honey?"he said. "You've got to be 38 Think about how well off we'll be in two or three    39  after I bring back all that money. This is the best thing I can do for this    40   ."

Sheila hugged him and sobbed,"I don't want you to go."

21.  A. bed          B.  hospital       C. sight       D. time

22.  A. confident      B.  aware       C. worried      D. surprised

23.  A. count          B.  afford      C.  put         D. face

24.  A. sign           B.  traffic     C.  train       D. light

25.  A. advertisement       B. article        C.  picture     D. job

26.  A. wanted         B. employed      C.  found      D. offered

27.  A. income         B. salary         C.  bonus       D. tax

28.  A. line          B. telephone     C. interviewer       D. operator

29.  A. believed       B.  feared      C.  hoped       D. knew

30.  A. almost         B.  hardly      C.  still       D. even

31.  A. thinking       B.  training    C.  holiday        D. salary

32.  A. take           B.  keep        C. refuse      D. offer

33.  A. much           B.  touching       C. hard      D. inviting

34.  A. money          B,  care        C. schooling      D. food

35.  A. held           B.  failed      C. survived       D. died

36.  A. hang on        B. move on       C. sign up       D. end up

37.  A. for            B.  beyond      C.  with        D. without

38.  A, diligent       B.  independent   C.  careful         D. positive

39.  A. years          B.  seasons     C.  months      D. weeks

40.  A. purpose        B.  reason      C.  family      D. country

Answer 1

第二部分 第一节

[文章大意]这是一篇记叙文。Roland—家因治疗多病的Jessica开销很大，家境艰难。为了让家人获得全额的医疗救济金，也让生病的女儿得到护理，Roland不得不选择从事危险的工作。

21.  B 结合下文的because of several diseases可知，由于Jessica经常生病，她去年经常进出医院（hospital),

22.  A 结合上文"She was very weak and sick."可知婴儿Jessica体弱多病，所以医生对她能再活一年都没有信心（confident), aware意识到的；worried担心的； surprised惊讶的'

23.  B 结合上文"Taking care of Jessica was so costly..."可知照顾生病的Jessica花费很大，所以一家人觉得难以支付起照顾Jessica的费用，故用_afford。

  24.  D此句是比喻性的说法。Roland好像在隧道的尽头看不到光亮（light)—样。

25.  A结合下文引号里的内容和Roland打电话应聘工作可知，Roland看到的应是报纸上的广告（advertisement)。

  26.  A  wanted常用于招聘或启事等的标题，本句是广告词。故选A。

27.  C此处是广告中提到的薪水：每年10万美元。第一年免税8万美元。结合后面的"extending contract an extra year(延长一年合同）"可知这里应是在"薪水" 的基础上再加钱，故选C项"奖金"。

28.  A 结合下文"…he kept calling and finally got through."可知此处表达的含义是"电话占线"（The line was busy...)。注意不要用telephone,

29.  B因为电话老是占线，他认为应聘的人多，并担心（fear)所有的工作岗位被别人抢先得到了。 fear此处是"担心，害怕"的意思。

30.  C由but可知此处与上文"他担心工作岗位被别人抢先得到"构成转折关系，可推出此处表示肯定意义，"他们告诉他，他仍然可以得到工作"。所以选(：。

31.  B从后一句话可知工作地点是在伊拉克（Iraq)，所以他们要在得克萨斯州(Texas)对他进行两周的培训（training)。

32.  A 从后文"He knew it was dangerous..."可知，在伊拉克工作是危险的，但为了挣钱，Roland不得不接受（take)这份工作。

33.  D尽管有可能受伤或死亡，Roland仍然接受这份工作，因为它提供的薪水是诱人的。inviting吸引人的，诱人的。

34.  B 由上文可知，Roland接受这份工作，全家可获得全额的医疗保险金，这样生病的婴儿就可以得到她需要的护理（care) 了。

35.  C因为在伊拉克工作是危险的，有可能受伤或死亡，Roland若想再干一年拿奖金，第一年就应该是活下来，所以选C。

36.  C由上文广告内容可知要想拿奖金，Roland需要续签一年的合同。signup (与……）签约。

37.  D从上句"...'What if you get killed?'"可知，此处要表达的含义是"没有你我们将怎么办？"。所以选D项。

 38.  D   Roland劝Sheila不要那样想，劝她要积极乐观，往好的方面想。positive积极乐观的

39.  A 由上i:可知Roland打算续签一年的合同以拿奖金，所以至少要在伊拉克工作两年。所以选A项。

40.  C结合上文可知，Roland接受这份工作后，他们全家可以获得全额的医疗保险金，他也会得到高额的工资，Roland做这一切自然是为了他的家。