Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing   41 was something she picked up by herself. After her first   42  , teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM.   43 , writing stories was simply a   44 interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商).     45 , they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long   46 and paid Tracy a $50,000 in advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for   47  writer.”

  48 Tracy’s characters (人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes   49  readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could   50  the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”

“Can I? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have   51 when things come to me  52  .” Once, she was wondering how to complete a    53  set in ancient (古代的) China.   54 the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese  55 . It came without her having    56 it.

Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained   57  by her fame. She lives in the same   58  she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for   59 in her life----and it wasn’t just   60 .

21.C 前后照应逻辑推理 注意与后句的比较。作者不仅仅只是单一的写作了，作者的生活中有了更多的机会或空间来享受生活的多样化(variety)。网上下载，此题原

补全对话, 选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)—Did you watch TV last night？

—(1)___________________

—The football game between Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears was really wonderful, wasn't it?

—(2)___________________ I wanted to, but my wife preferred to watch the old film.

—What a pity! It was quite exciting. (3)___________________

—How did it finish?

—It finished in a draw. (4)___________________

—It was quite good, but I missed the beginning of it because I had to eat first.

—(5)___________________

—No. After half an hour she stopped watching and started to read a book.

Both teams played very well.

I would like to watch a basketball match.

Did your wife enjoy it?

Yes, I did

How funny it was!

What was the film like?

Oh, I didn't watch the football match.

请把补全对话的答案写在以下相应位置：

1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______

句子转换根据上一句的意思，完成下一句，每空一词 (共20个空格；每空0.5分，满分10分)

1.To accelerate the speed of the design process, the workers will be divided into three teams.

To _____ _____ the design process, the workers will be divided into three teams.

2.It was not until then that they realized their son had addiction to computer games and often skipped school.

Not until then _____ they _____ that their son was _____ _____ computer games and often skipped school.

3.Since clean air is not easily accessible to the local people, the majority present at the meeting agreed to the proposal that treatment of emissions from factories should be closely supervised.

Since the local people _____ no easy _____ to clean air, the majority present at the meeting _____ _____ the proposal that treatment of emissions from factories should be closely supervised.

4.It is believed that so many accidents have resulted from carelessness, so it is necessary for us to get rid of the habit of making telephone calls while driving.

It is believed that so many accidents have _____ _____ carelessness, so it is necessary to _____ ourselves _____ the habit of making telephone calls while driving.

5.When Martin is in trouble, the first person he can think of to get help from is his head teacher, Miss Burk.

When Martin is in trouble, his head teacher, Miss Burk is the first person he can think of to _____ _____ for help.

6.With the development of 3G technology, more and more new products using this technology have been introduced to the market.

_____ 3G technology _____, more and more new products using this technology have been introduced to the market.

7.Some cyclists assume that traffic laws do not apply to them, but this is not true.

Some cyclists _____ the _____ that traffic laws do not apply to them, but this is not true.

补全对话, 选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)—Did you watch TV last night？

—(1)___________________

—The football game between Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears was really wonderful, wasn't it?

—(2)___________________ I wanted to, but my wife preferred to watch the old film.

—What a pity! It was quite exciting. (3)___________________

—How did it finish?

—It finished in a draw. (4)___________________

—It was quite good, but I missed the beginning of it because I had to eat first.

—(5)___________________

—No. After half an hour she stopped watching and started to read a book.

A.       Both teams played very well.

B.        I would like to watch a basketball match.

C.        Did your wife enjoy it?

D.       Yes, I did

E.        How funny it was!

F.        What was the film like?

G.       Oh, I didn't watch the football match.

请把补全对话的答案写在以下相应位置：

1._______ 2._______ 3._______ 4._______ 5._______

在下列各句的划线部分A、B、C、D中有一个错误，指出这一错误并改正，分别写在句后的括号和空格里。

⑴. Even though Henry has learned Japanese for three years before

A                  B

he came to Japan, it was still difficult for him to express himself in Japanese.

C              D

(    )      .

⑵. Tom stood up, turned towards me, and speaking so

A   B

softly that I couldn't hear what he was saying.

C              D

(    )      .

⑶. When others were laughing over my joke, she sat there,

A

silent,as if she had not heard of even a word of my story.

B                 C          D

(    )      .

⑷. We are hoping that a concert will be held soon at which

A            B

the works of Liszt will play.

C               D

(    )      .

⑸. He knew it was strict against the law, but he still parked

A     B                    C

his car in front of the city bank.

D

(    )      .

⑹. Charlie offered me twenty dollars for my jacket, but it

A  B

was not worth half that many.

C                D

(    )      .

⑺. The football team has done well this year. All of their members

                     A   B           C

have trained very  hard.

           D

(    )      .

⑻. The doctor talked about his research for an hour, but not

A            B

a word John understood.

C              D

(    )      .

⑼. The crowd gathered at the entrance to the hotel, hoping to

A                            B

be lucky enough to have look at the pop singer.

C              D

(    )      .

⑽. Contrary to common practice, he let his daughter studying

A                                       B

at home instead of sending her to a school neardy.

C                    D

(    )      .