SECTION B（18分）
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D．Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context．
Handshaking, though a European way of greeting people, is now often seen in big cities of China. Nobody knows exactly when the practice  36  in Europe. It is said that long long ago in Europe when people met, they showed their unarmed hands to each other as a sign of   37  . As time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each other’s hands to make a (an)  38  or to reach an agreement. This was later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or   39  each other. “Let’s shake (hands) on it” sometimes means agreement reached.
Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet?   40  . Sometimes the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be   41  . It is really very impolite to   42   your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not   43  anything to him or her.   44  , for politeness, he holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly. There is generally a misunderstanding among the   45  that westerners are usually open and straightforward, while the Chinese are rather reserved (矜持的)  46  . But the truth is that some people in western countries are more reserved than some Chinese today. So it is a good idea to shake hands with a Westerner   47  when he shows interest in further relations with you.
36．A．came     B．grew     C．turned      D．started
37．A．interest     B．eagerness  C．goodwill   D．patience
38．A．signal       B．noise     C．offer     D．deal
39．A．leaving     B．seeing       C．kissing      D．visiting
40．A．Yes      B．Maybe      C．Well     D．No
41．A．polite          B．kind     C．helpful     D．interested
42．A．hold     B．give     C．shake     D．display
43．A．mean     B．matter      C．count     D．make
44．A．As long as       B．However   C．Even if     D．Therefore
45．A．people      B．Chinese    C．Europeans D．public
46．A．in person  B．in manner C．in harmonyD．in secret
47．A．absolutely B．possibly    C．only     D．definitely

LONDON, England（CNN）--- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.
Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.
“It feels absolutely brilliant,” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. “I'm really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesn't feel like long since I crossed it first.”
Mike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way.
The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.
Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.
The teenager's school --- which Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his trip --- has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments,” according to Mike's Web site.
There haven't been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.
Bad weather in the Southern Ocean --- between Australia and Antarctica --- forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a “freak wave” picked up the boat and turned it on its side.
“My feet were on the ceiling at the time,” he told CNN. “That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, ‘Why am I here?’ But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, ‘This is brilliant!’”
Mike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasn't too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.
49. Mike Perham returned to Britain in ________.
A. August      B. November      C. October          D. September 
50. Mike Perham is ________ that went on the round-the-world trip in the world up till now.
A. the first       B. the bravest     C. the luckiest     D. the youngest
51. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. the English school is the same as ours
B. the English school gives students a lot of course work
C. the English school has a humane management
D. the English school doesn’t care for students
52. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. Mike’s exciting sail trip around the globe
B. how Mike’s father taught him to sail a boat
C. why CNN wanted to report the news to the public
D. the introduction of the Guinness World Records

（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并将答案填写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A： Mary, we are going to have a party on New Year's Eve. I’m sure we'll have a good time. 【小题1】 _____
B： I'd like to.【小题2】_____
A： In our classroom. We are going to decorate it and turn it into a splendid ballroom.
B： 【小题3】_____ I shall be very glad to spend my first New Year in China with you.
A： But we are going to ask everyone at the party to give a performance. 【小题4】_____
B： I will. My voice is not very pleasant to the ear, though.
A ： I heard you sang once.【小题5】 _____ I’m sure you'll be the star of our New Year party.
B： Oh, thank you.

He is very good at carpentering, though ______.

A. is very young                            B. very young   

C. he very young                        D. he was very young

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Most people have no idea of the hard work and worry going into the collecting of those fascinating birds and animals that they pay to see in the zoo.One of the questions that is always asked of me is  36  I became an animal collector in the first 37 .The answer is that I have always been interested in animals and zoos. According to my parents, the first word I was able to say  38 was not the conventional “mamma” or “daddy”, 39  the word “zoo”, which I would  40 over and over again with a shrill  41 until someone, in order to  42  me up, would take me to the zoo.When I  43 a little older, we lived in Greece and I had a great  44 of pets, ranging from owls to seahorses, and I spent all my spare time  45  the countryside in search of fresh samples to  46 my collection of pets. 47  I went for a year to the City Zoo, as a student 48  , to get experience of the large animals, such as lions, bears, bison and ostriches, 49 were not easy to keep at home.When I left, I  50 had enough money of my own to be able to  51  my first trip and I have been going  52 ever since then .Though a collector's job is not an easy one and is full of  53  ,it is certainly a job which will appeal  54  all those who love animals and  55 .
36. A.how                  B.where                     C.when                      D.whether
37.A.region                B.field                       C.place                      D.case
38.A.clearly               B.quickly                   C.feelingly                 D.proudly
39. A.except               B.but                         C.except for               D.but for
40. A.recite                B.recognize                C.read                        D.repeat
41. A.sound                B.noise                      C.voice                      D.tone
42. A.close                 B.shut                        C.stop                        D.comfort
43. A.grew                 B.was  growing         C.grow                      D.is growing
44. A.many                B.amount                   C.number                   D.supply
45. A.examining         B.expanding               C.exploiting               D.exploring
46. A.devote               B.receive                   C.add                         D.multiply
47. A.Later                 B.Thus                       C.Still                        D. Yet
48. A.agent                 B. assistant                 C.member                  D.keeper
49. A.who                  B.that                        C.as                           D.which
50. A.luckily              B.gladly                     C.nearly                     D.successfully
51. A finance              B.provide                   C.allow                      D. pay
52. A.normally           B.regularly                 C.usually                    D.often
53. A.expectations       B.sorrows                  C.excitement              D.disappointments
54. A.for                    B.with                       C.to                           D.from
55. A.voyage              B.travel                     C.journey                   D.trip