阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。

While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life,college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this process and found something that has changed my at college for the better:I discovered ASL-American Sign Language(美式手语).

I never felt an urge to any sign language before.My entire family is hearing,and so are all my friends.The language were enough in all my interactions(交往).Little did I know that I would discover my for ASL.

The began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very of communicating without speaking me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the .This newness just left me more.

After that, feeling the need to further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club`s meetings. I only learned how to the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my progress,I was excited. I then made it a point to those meetings and learn all I could.

The following term, I an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. , if there had been any talking, it would have us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the way of communication it opens.

1. A. searching B. planning C. natural D. formal

2. A. progress B. experience C. major D. opinion

3. A. choose B. read C. learn D. create

4. A. official B. foreign C. body D. spoken

5. A. love B. concern C. goal D. request

6. A. meeting B. trip C. story D. task

7. A. recorded B. performed C. recited D. discussed

8. A. idea B. amount C. dream D. reason

9. A. disturbed B. supported C. embarrassed D. attracted

10. A. end B. past C. course D. distance

11. A. showing B. acting C. saying D. wanting

12. A. exercise B. explore C. express D. explain

13. A. print B. write C. sign D. count

14. A. slow B. steady C. normal D. obvious

15. A. chair B. sponsor C. attend D. organize

16. A. missed B. passed C. gave up D. registered for

17. A. prohibited B. welcomed C. ignored D. repeated

18.A.Lastly B.Thus C.Instead D.However

19.A.required B.caused C.allowed D.expected

20.A.easy B.popular C.quick D.new

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lower fat content and less salt. This trend, which was started by the medical community（医学界） a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side (effect) such as overweight and heart disease—the very thing the medical community was trying to fight.

Fat and salt are very important parts of a diet. They are required (process) the food that we eat, to recover from injury and for several other bodily functions. When fat and salt 64 (remove) from food, the food tastes as if is missing something. As result, people will eat more food to try to make up for that something missing. Even (bad), the amount of fast food that people eat goes up. Fast food (be) full of fat and salt; by (eat) more fast food people will get more salt and fat than they need in their diet.

Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack(吃点心) between meals and will improve the taste of your food. However, be (care) not to go to extremes. Like anything, it is possible to have too much of both, is not good for the health.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

In the summer holiday following my eighteen birthday, I took driving lessons. I still remember how hard first day was. Before getting into the car, I thought I had learned the instructor’s orders, so once I started the car, my mind goes blank, I forgot what he had said to me altogether. The instructor kept repeating the word, “Speed up!” “Slow down!” “Turning left!” I was so much nervous that I could hardly tell which direction was left. A few minutes late, the instructor asked me to stop the car. It was a relief and I came to a suddenly stop just in the middle on the road.

假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。内容包括：

（1）时间和地点；

（2）内容：学习唐诗；

（3）课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

—Albert’s birthday is on next Saturday, and I’m planning a surprise party for him.

—__________. I’ll bring some wine.

A．Sounds like funB．It depends

C．Just a minuteD．You are welcome

My room is a mess, but I __________clean it before I go out tonight. I can do it in the morning.

A． daren’t B．shouldn’t C．needn’t D．mustn’t

—I want to see Mr. White. We have an appointment.

—I’m sorry, but he is not ________ at the moment, for the meeting hasn’t ended.

A．busyB．activeC．concernedD．available

She asked me _______ I had returned the books to the library, and I admitted that I hadn’t.

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

Mr. and Mrs. Brown would like to see their daughter _____, get married, and have kids.

A. settled down B. keep off C. get up D. cut in

Many Chinese brands, __________their reputations over centuries,are facing new challenges from the modern market.

A.having developed B.being developed C. developed D. developing