阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适适的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号的相应位置上。

There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see a lot of people sleeping on the bus or train on their way home   1.   work in the evening. A man will be reading the newspaper, and seconds later it appears as if he is trying to eat it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger sitting next to him. Another place where   2.  (plan) short sleep goes on is in the lecture hall   3.   a student will start snoring so loudly that the professor has to ask  4.   student to shake the sleeper awake. A more   5.  (embarrass) situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and   6.   weight of the head pushes the arm off the desk, and the movement carries the rest of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no memory of getting there. The   7.   (bad) time to fall asleep is when driving. Police reports are full of accidents that occur when people fall into sleep and go off the road.   8.   the drivers are lucky, they are not seriously hurt. One woman’s car, for example, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of water and thought that it   9.  (rain). When people are really tired,  10.   will stop them from falling asleep — no matter where they are.

完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

____________________ (虽然很恼怒), the headmaster listened to us with great patience. (as)

When the American war of Independence ____________________ (使得不可能) for England to send prisoners to North America, Australia was chosen as a new place where prisoners and criminals were sent. (make)

In order to apply for the 2008 Olympic Games, they did _______________________________

(他们所能做的) to show that Beijing is suitable to host the world’s largest athletic event over the past 2 decades. (what)

____________________ (被分离) from other continents for millions of years, Australia has many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. (separate)

I’m trying to catch up with my classmates. If only I ____________________ (没有落后) them! (fall)

With each classroom ____________________ (装上) a computer, the students have easy access to whatever information they are in want of. (equip)

There are many kinds of birds on the island, and over 140 species of snakes, _______________ (其中许多) are extremely dangerous. (many)

In later years, the question arose who was the first ___________________ (登上顶峰) of Mount Qomolangma. (reach)

The town has changed beyond recognition; now it is ____________________ (五倍大) what it was 20 years ago. (size)

As is reported in the newspaper, dozens of people were arrested but none of them ___________ (被指控) the robbery. (charge)

第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题l 5分．满分l5分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31—40的相应位置上。

It is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework,    31   with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at home.

If you give your children the    32    (impress) that they can never do anything quite right, then they will regard    33   as unfit or unable persons.    34   children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally independent.

My daughter Carla’s fifth grade teacher got every child in her class   35   (feel) special. When students received less than a perfect test score, she would point out    36   they had mastered and declared firmly they could learn what they had missed.

You can see the same technique when you evaluate your    37   work at home. Don’t always scold and give lots of praise    38   . Talk about what he has done right, not about what he hasn’t done. If your child completes a difficult task, reward him    39    a Sunday trip or a ball game with Dad. Learning is a process of trying and failing and trying and   40   . If you teach your children not to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at last.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to __21__ in order to pay the high tuition(学费) for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __22__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __23__ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of __24__.

 One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（缝被子）. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __25__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She __26__ her head and continued to sew the quilt.

I was very worried because I thought I had _27_ her. I was _28__ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread(线)．Sometimes it __29_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt __30__and durable（耐用的）. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __31_, but it’s really there. Love is __32__.”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t__33__ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __34_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very __35 _. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father __36__ on the country road．

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

 “Susan, don’t __37__ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__38__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

  Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __39__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __40__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

A. keep fit          B. rise early         C. earn money      D. collect money

A. ordinary        B. romantic           C. funny           D. common

A. simple         B. easy               C. relaxing      D. luxurious（奢侈）

A. the question     B. question                C. reach           D. control

A. feeling         B. love             C. quarrel        D. smile

A. raised            B. shook            C. nodded        D. bowed

A. hurt               B. injured                 C. wounded     D. harmed

A. surprised           B. embarrassed（难堪）C. sad        D. regretted

A. happens        B. comes about      C. appears        D. occurs

A. warm          B. cool             C. beautiful        D. strong

A. somewhere and sometime             B. anywhere or anytime

C. more or less                              D. here and there

A. inside          B. outside            C. faraway              D. nearby

A. believe         B. understand      C. recognize      D. realize

A. got sick           B. got stuck        C. got angry      D. became weak

A. healthy                B. pale            C. excited          D. fit

A. jump high       B. go hurriedly      C. run fast        D. walk slowly

A. think about       B. talk with        C. worry about    D. laugh at

A. Reading           B. Seeing            C. Saying          D. Writing

A. fresh roses      B. gold ring       C. sweet kisses    D. beautiful jewelry

A. a thread           B. a needle          C. the cloth      D. the cotton

完形填空（共15小题, 每小题1分， 满分15分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

For years we have been told that encouraging a child’s self-respect is important to his or her success in life. __41__ child experts are now learning that __42__ praise can lead to the opposite effect. Praise-aholic(受表扬上瘾的) kids who __43__ it at every turn may become teens who try to get the same kind of __44__ from friends when asked if they want to go in the backseat of the car. ks5*u

The meaning of saying “You are the __45__ girl in class,” or talking about the goals she scored but not her general __46__, is that you love her __47__ when she looks the best, scores the highest, achieves the most. And this __48__ over to the classroom.

Social psychologist Carrol Dweck, PhD, tested the effects of overpraise on 400 fifth graders __49__ she was at Columbia University. She found that the kids who were __50__ for “trying hard” did better on tests and were more likely to take on difficult tasks than __51__ praised for being “smart”.

“Praising qualities or abilities leads to a false __52__ that success will come to you because you __53__ that quality, and it devalues(贬值) effort. __54__, children are afraid to take on challenges, ” says Dweck, now at Stanford University, “They think they’d better __55__ while they’re ahead.”

1.  A. And      B. But              C. Then             D. So

2.  A. enough   B. a little     C. too much         D. some

3.  A. expect       B. rescue           C. notice   D. design

4.  A. education    B. praise       C. competition      D. direction

5.  A. prettiest    B. youngest     C. tallest      D. fattest

6.  A. ability          B. value        C. kindness     D. effort

7.  A. still        B. only         C. already          D. yet

8.  A. carries  B. looks        C. turns                D. takes

9.  A. while    B. because      C. until        D. unless

10. A. set down     B. looked through   C. picked up        D. thought highly of

11.A .one       B. it               C. that     D. those

12.A. idea     B. plan         C. schedule             D. decision

13. A. have B. like             C. advise               D. make

14.A. After all B. At first         C. As a result  D. In addition

15. A. move             B. stop         C. fight    D. work