根据汉语完成句子。(请将答案写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。)

1.古代中国各诸侯国之间经常发生战争。

Ancient China was a place ____________ states were often __________  ___________  _________  each other.

2.居民醒来时，看到昏黄的天空，狂风夹着黄沙在城里肆虐。

Citizens __________  ___________  __________ an orange sky and strong winds that __________ the city in a thick, brown-yellow dust.

3.它们能毁掉房子，却把房内的家具留在原处。

They can destroy houses, but _________ the furniture inside exactly _________ _________ ________.

4.因“沙漠化”越发严重，中国近年来发生沙尘暴的次数明显增加了。

Sandstorms in China __________  __________ ___________ __________ in recent years as a result of “desertification”.

5.龙卷风能卷起汽车、火车、甚至房子，把它们卷到旁边的街道----甚至能卷到邻近的城镇。

Tornadoes can __________  _________ cars, trains and even houses and __________ them ________ in the next street ---or even in the next town.

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

"Daddy" Bruce Randolph was around five-feet-eight and slightly built．At the age of sixty-one, he   36   Daddy Bruce's Barbecue Restaurant in the "Five Points" area, a   37   section of Denver．There is debate about   38   his ribs（排骨） were the best in town but no debate on the man himself．He fed people - not just his   39   , but the poor and the homeless．Every Thanksgiving, Daddy and his son began   40   for the crowds of the homeless．He wanted them to have a great    41   on the one day this country celebrates Thanksgiving．

In the   42   years of his project, he paid for everything out-of-pocket．But as time went by, the   43   sky-rocketed as the crowds grew．That's when Daddy's admirers, athletes, politicians, policemen   44   others stepped in to   45   ．They donated tons of turkeys, potatoes and ribs and even donated their   46   to stand beside the old man and volunteered to cook and   47   .

It seemed there was an endless   48   of food to feed the crowds．No one ever walked away 

   49   from Daddy Bruce．It was Daddy who started the whole thing and managed it   50  

a few year ago when he edged toward ninety．He had become too   51   to work anymore．He was one of die few people who lived to see a city street   52   in his honor—“Bruce Randolph Boulevard"．A couple of years later．Daddy Bruce died．When asked why he   53   to feed the thousands of poor and hungry people for over twenty-five years, his   54   was simple, "You can't beat love．If you give just one thing, you get more things   55   ．That’s why I do it．"

36．A．built B．opened       C．passed      D．sold

37．A．poor           B．rich    C．beautiful   D．lonely

38．A．what          B．why    C．where       D．whether

39．A．customers         B．admirers    C．friends      D．volunteers

40．A．cooking     B．looking       C．caring        D．waiting

41．A．holiday      B．surprise     C．dinner       D．thank

42．A．early          B．later  C．past D．recent

43．A．prices        B．foods C．customers         D．costs

44．A．as soon as B．as many as         C．as far as   D．as well as

45．A．pay       B．buy     C．interview D．help

46．A．money       B．time   C．dinner       D．food

47．A．serve         B．pay     C．eat    D．share

48．A．supply       B．hope  C．exchange           D．production

49．A．happy        B．angry C．thankful    D．hungry

50．A．before       B．after  C．until D．since

51．A．long B．old      C．hopeless   D．discouraged

52．A．named      B．remembered     C．built D．praised

53．A．helped       B．supported C．expected D．volunteered

54．A．question   B．love    C．reply          D．plan

55．A．away         B．back   C．out    D．down

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

The Keeper of the River

An old man had been working for many years for a town．His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby．Quietly and    , the old man guarded the hills,     the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have      and polluted the fresh flow of water．The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists．Elegant swans （天鹅） floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful    words．

Years passed．One evening the town    met．As they reviewed the budget, one man's      caught sight of the salary     being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river．He asked, "Who is the old man? Why do we    to employ him? No one in town ever     him． For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn't doing his job．His position isn't     any longer．" Then they voted to      the man．

     For several weeks, nothing changed ．．．

By early autumn, the trees began to     their leaves．Small branches broke off and fell into the pools of the hills,     the flow of the shining water．One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown     in the river．A few days later, the water was much     . Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible      was soon sensed．Swans left, and so did the      . The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness．

Quickly , the     town committee called a special meeting．Realising their huge mistake in     , they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up．Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps．

Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job, or life．They may all make a     .

1.A．regularly  B．suddenly     C．casually       D．seldom

2.A．assumed  B．opposed      C．removed     D．conveyed

3.A．rejected  B．poured        C．selected      D．blocked

4.A．beyond    B．despite        C．within D．after

5.A．sympathy B．employment        C．masterpiece        D．committee

6.A．eye  B．care    C．hand   D．spirit

7.A．list   B．privilege      C．skill     D．concept

8.A．donate     B．continue     C．stop    D．fail

9.A．decorates         B．swears         C．shares          D．sees

10.A．negative         B．urgent         C．necessary   D．complex

11.A．find        B．fire      C．support       D．forget

12.A．lose        B．avoid  C．expand        D．admit

13.A．pulling   B．speeding     C．slowing        D．pushing

14.A．fish         B．color   C．flower          D．leaf

15.A．aliver     B．cooler          C．warmer       D．darker

16.A．sound    B．smell   C．wave   D．light

17.A．managers       B．players        C．villagers       D．tourists

18.A．embarrassed B．accepted     C．focused       D．delighted

19.A．depression     B．voyage         C．judgment    D．amusement

20.A．suggestion      B．difference  C．platform      D．devotion

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后个题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.
I was nine years old when she enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father__36__me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is___37  for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___38  than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, ___39  my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ___40  .This is not the worst boy at all, ___41   the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a(n) ___42   between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___43   as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things.She ___44   my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father’s career could be more ___45   and my brother and I could be better___46   .
When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand___47   and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I___48
it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her ___49  and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of___50   that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ___51   beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ___52   man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.
What power __53  has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ___54  strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___55   .
You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.
36.A.rushed          B.sent          C.carried       D.introduced
37.A.distinguished      B.favored       C.mistaken      D.rewarded
38. A.sooner          B.later         C.longer        D.earlier
39. A.dragged         B.shook        C.raised        D.bent
40. A.perfect          B.right         C.wrong        D.impolite
41. A.but             B.so           C.and          D.or
42. A.ageement        B.friendship     C.gap           D.relationship
43. A.opinion         B.image        C.espectation      D.mind
44. A.begged          B.persuaded     C.ordered        D.invited
45. A.successful       B.meaningful     C.helpful        D.useful
46. A.treared         B.entertained     C.educated       D.respected
47. A.cemera         B.radio         C.bicycle        D.typewriter
48. A.considered      B.suspected      C.ignored       D.appreciated
49. A.belief          B.request        C.criticism       D.description
50. A.teahing         B.writing        C.studying      D.reading
51. A.next           B.same          C.only         D.real
52. A.cleverest       B.wealthiest      C.strongest      D.bealthiest
53. A.ebthusiasm      B.sympathy       C.fortune       D.confidence
54. A.deliberately      B.happily        C.traditionally     D.constantly
55. A.win           B.match          C.reach         D.doubt

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后个题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father__36__me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is___37  for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___38  than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ___39  my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ___40  .This is not the worst boy at all, ___41   the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n) ___42   between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___43   as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things.She ___44   my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father’s career could be more ___45   and my brother and I could be better___46   .

When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand___47   and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I___48

it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her ___49  and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of___50   that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ___51   beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ___52   man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.

  What power __53  has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ___54  strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___55   .

  You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

36.A.rushed           B.sent           C.carried        D.introduced

37.A.distinguished      B.favored        C.mistaken      D.rewarded

38. A.sooner           B.later          C.longer         D.earlier

39. A.dragged          B.shook         C.raised         D.bent

40. A.perfect           B.right          C.wrong         D.impolite

41. A.but              B.so            C.and           D.or

42. A.ageement         B.friendship     C.gap            D.relationship

43. A.opinion          B.image         C.espectation      D.mind

44. A.begged           B.persuaded     C.ordered         D.invited

45. A.successful        B.meaningful     C.helpful         D.useful

46. A.treared          B.entertained      C.educated        D.respected

47. A.cemera          B.radio          C.bicycle         D.typewriter

48. A.considered       B.suspected       C.ignored        D.appreciated

49. A.belief           B.request         C.criticism        D.description

50. A.teahing          B.writing         C.studying       D.reading

51. A.next            B.same           C.only          D.real

52. A.cleverest        B.wealthiest       C.strongest       D.bealthiest

53. A.ebthusiasm      B.sympathy        C.fortune        D.confidence

54. A.deliberately      B.happily         C.traditionally     D.constantly

55. A.win            B.match           C.reach          D.doubt