据我所知， 他有做生意的天赋。(as far as; have a gift for)

完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

1.Langlang, ______________________ , has performed successfully on a lot of grand occasions . (gift)

朗朗，很有音乐天赋，曾经在很多大场合成功表演过。

2._________________ that the experiment ended in failure? We should try to find out the cause.(come)

实验怎么会失败呢？ 我们应好好找找原因。

3.With about 2000 seats ______________, the concert hall can hold more than so many people. (sit)

有大约2000个座位，这个音乐厅可容纳更多的观众。

4.The young man has ______________________ of turning on the computer to read news at home and abroad as soon as he comes back from work. (get)

这个年轻人养成了下班就打开电脑看国内外新闻的习惯。

5.He pretended not ________________________ it. (hear)

他假装没听说过这件事。

6.______________________________ at home, the novelist went for a walk as a rest.(spend)

花了好几个小时在家写作，这位作家出去散步休息一下。

7.I’m sorry ,I can’t remember ______________ that the Qin dynasty united the currency of China. (it)

很抱歉，我不记得秦朝究竟是在何时统一中国货币的。

8.Have you ever been to Yuanmingyuan in Beijing?  Now it is in ruins, because it _______________ years ago and was not rebuilt. (burn)

你去过北京的圆明园吗？现在是一片废墟，因为多年前被烧毁了且没有重建。

9.I eventually persuaded my president to open a branch in the middle-sized city.As a result, I was there _________________________ our company。(behalf)

我最后终于说服了总裁在那个中等城市开分公司。结果，我就在那做我们公司的代表了。

10.Under no circumstances ______________________  the manager’s office except the manager himself. (access)

在任何情况下，除经理自己外，任何其他人都不能随意进入经理的办公室。

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

       阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。

       注意：每个空格只能填一个单词。

Speaking in public is most people's least favorite thing．The reason is that we are all afraid of making fools of ourselves．The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become．In fact, public speaking is not a "gift" like musical talent （天赋） ．Anybody who can talk can speak in public．Here are some of the lessons I have learned:

Try to make your idea clear and brief．If you can't express what you intend to get across in a sentence or two, and then your speech is not focused well enough．If you don't have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience will make no sense．After all, what you can impress your audience in your speech is one or two of your main ideas．One or two．Not ten or twenty．

No matter how long or short your speech is, you've got to organize it well-how you are going to open, what major points you want to make and how you're going to close．A strong close is critical: the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember．When I do a radio or TV piece, I often write the last sentence first．When you know where you're headed, you can choose any route to get there．

Finally, you'd better limit the time of your speech as properly as you can to hold the audience's curiosity．Take a vaudeville act （杂耍） for example．The standard length of one is usually 12 minutes．Just imagine how you are feeling if you have been watching all the performers singing and dancing their hearts out for more than the standard time!