完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该将涂黑。

It was the night of the full moon,a time which always drives Java’s young people mad with excitement.

Fireworks were lit long before the moon_  36 .The big noise brought people out   37   

the warm night to enjoy the interesting scene.Everywhere,there were the paper remains of   38   

fireworks lying on the ground.Little boys 39__more and covered their ears as they waited    40     

for the explosions.

The moon appeared above the horizon(地平线):huge,   41   ball high above the city,and the 42__filled with people,as Java began to enjoy one of the year’s greatest     43    :‘the Night of the Full Moon’,a festival(节日)that is especially popular   44  young people.

More and more young Javanese  45 together and walked slowly through the  46  . Joking and chatting,they moved towards the mountain   47  the city.They continued to climb   48  they reached the old temple(寺庙)at the   49  of the mountain.

After they were   50  the temple,they drank their water and ate their moon-cakes—delicious home-made ones,   51  of dried fruit and nuts.Outside,on the mountain,young people

    52  cross-legged in circles,chatting and telling each other jokes.And   53  ,in their hundreds,more young people continued to make their way up the mountain to   54  the brightly shining moon.

By midnight,the fireworks had stopped shooting up from the   55  city in the valley below them.But during the night,the sound continued to be heard from the distance.

36.A.let out                  B.gave out                    C.came out                   D.set out

37.A.into                      B.at                             C.of                             D.from

38.A.burning                B.used                          C.exploding                  D.broken

39.A.lit                        B.bought                      C.piled                         D.removed

40.A.patiently               B.calmly                     C.worriedly                  D.excitedly

41.A.silver                   B.new                          C.colorful                     D.gold

42.A.mountains             B.valleys                      C.streets                       D.shops

43.A.games                  B.meetings                   C.sports                        D.events

44.A.for                       B.to                             C.with                          D.in

45.A.danced                 B.gathered                    C.drank                        D.shouted

46.A.village                  B.scene                        C.night                         D.ground

47.A.on the edge of                                                 B.on the way to

C.in the center of                                             D.in the direction of

48.A.while                   B.until                         C.unless                       D.though

49.A.tip                       B.back                         C.top                           D.bottom

50.A.inside                   B.near                          C.off                            D.across

51.A.fond                     B.little                         C.full                           D.free

52.A.jumped                 B.sat                            C.stood                        D.bent

53.A.so                        B.even                         C.yet                            D.still

54.A.follow                  B.show                         C.notice                       D.admire

55.A.clean                    B.gray                          C.peaceful                    D.empty

C
Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in1954.
What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who has not learned swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.
Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on hour keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam if the operator typed too fast.
These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers a direct command to your nervous system.
I used a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India, said snakes were slippery, slimy (黏糊糊的) and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.
Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change.
51. In the author’s opinion, if a person in deep water doesn’t know how to swim he will drown because _________.
A. he is afraid of water               B. he doesn’t want to live in the world
C. he hasn’t learned to swim before     D. he believes he will drown
52. The author thinks that the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to _________.
A. reduce one’s typing speed          B. satisfy the operator
C. save more space                D. increase one’s typing speed
53. The author’s experiment shows that __________.
A. snakes in India aren’t poisonous       B. snakes can be caught easily
C. snakes are slimy and poisonous       D. snakes are dry and clean
54. According to the passage, we know that ________.
A. students from India have unrealistic beliefs on how to live a better life
B. an animal who has not learned to swim will drown if you put it in a pond.
C. Roger Banister was the first person who ran a mile in less than four minutes.
D. most people don’t like the order the letters are arranged on your keyboard
55. The main idea of this passage should be that _______.
A. beliefs make us seem stupid
B. beliefs are very powerful
C. changing your beliefs now if necessary
D. people should always believe in themselves

E
Climate has been a major driver of armed conflict in Africa, research shows—and future warming is likely to increase the number of deaths from war. US researchers found that across the continent, conflict was about 50% more likely in unusually warm years.
Writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), they suggest conflict arises when the food supply is not enough in warm conditions. Climatic factors have been mentioned as a reason for several recent conflicts. One is the fighting in Darfur in Sudan that has killed 200,000 people and forced two million more from their homes. Previous research has shown an association between lack of rain and conflict, but this is thought to be the first clear evidence of a temperature link.
The researchers used databases of temperatures across sub-Saharan Africa for the period between 1981 and 2002, and looked for connections between above average warmth and civil conflict in the same country that left at least 1,000 people dead. "Studies show that crop output in the region is really sensitive to small shifts in temperature, even of half a degree or so," research leader Marshall Burke, from the University of California at Berkeley, told BBC News.
"Our findings provide strong motivation to increase investments in African adaptation to climate change by such steps as developing crop varieties less sensitive to extreme heat and promoting insurance plans to help protect farmers from negative effects of the hotter climate," said Dr Burke. "If the argument is that the trend towards rising temperatures will increase conflict, then we need to do something around climate change, but more fundamentally we need to resolve the conflicts in the first place."
If the sub-Saharan climate continues to warm and little is done to help its countries better adapt to high temperatures, the human costs are likely to be unimaginable. If temperatures rise across the continent as computer models project, future conflicts are likely to become more common, researchers suggest. Their study shows an increase of about 50% over the next 20 years.
When projections of social trends such as population increase and economic development were included in their model of a future Africa, temperature rise still emerged as a likely major cause of increasing armed conflict. At next month's UN climate summit (峰会) in Copenhagen, governments are due to debate how much money to put into helping African countries prepare for and adapt to negative effects of climate change.
57．According to the passage, which of the following is one of the reasons for the fighting in Darfur in Sudan?
A．Shortage of drinking water.                         B．Racial discrimination.
C．Rising temperature.                                     D．Demand for planting land.
58．What can we know from the research done by the US researchers?
A．There is no close relation between rainfall and conflict.
B．Temperature greatly affects crop production in sub-Saharan Africa.
C．Temperature will rise by about 50% in Africa over the next two decades.
D．With world cooperation, conflicts in Africa will be reduced by half 20 years later.
59．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Something must be done to help sub-Saharan countries with better adaptation to climate change to avoid disaster.
B．Conflicts in sub-Saharan countries are sure to be on the rise in future.
C．Temperature in sub-Saharan countries will rise at a faster speed.
D．High temperatures will make sub-Saharan countries unfit to live in.
60．What's the best title for this passage?
A．World cooperation against African conflict
B．Africa's sufferings from climate change
C．Food shortages lead to African conflict
D．Climate drives African conflict

We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded. When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration（迁移）is probably the migration of the fish, which is called “salmon”. This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies there. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mice. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.

Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobsters（龙虾）. Every year, when the season of bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go. So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don’t. Maybe living things just like to travel.    

Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to __________ .

A. give birth              B. enjoy warmer weather  

C. find food more easily     D. find beautiful places

The fish called “salmon” spends a long life in __________ .

A. salt water         B. rivers          C. fresh water       D. its birthplace

The mice in northern Europe move when __________ .

A. they give birth                   B. the weather is bad

C. the place gets too crowded         D. they haven’t enough food

The lobsters move __________ .

A. to the fresh water              B. to the sea floor

C. at a certain time               D. to find more food

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Animals move in order to find food more easily.

B. The migration of the fish called “salmon” is the most famous migration.

C. Living things move from one place to another because they like to travel.

D. Sometimes we know why and how living things move from one place to another, but sometimes we don’t.

       Having drunk too much, Alfred was now driving his car along the country road at the top speed, when an old man walked across the road. Unluckily, the car ran into him and Alfred was filled with fear. But after looking around and thinking there was not a single person who saw the accident, Alfred drove away without picking up the old man to the hospital. The old man was not a fool. He looked up and kept Alfred’s car number in mind. About one month later, they both went to the court. Alfred’s lawyer said, “Alfred is an experienced driver of more than twenty years.”

   “If experience can hold water here,” the old man’s lawyer said, “the old man has been walking for over sixty years safely.”

74. From the story we can know that Alfred was ______.

  A. dishonest      B. foolish     C. smart     C. honest

75. The expression “hold water” in the last paragraph means ______.

  A. carry water     B. be reasonable    C. have good luck   D. get back what is lost