IV．词汇运用（每空限填一词，每词0.5分，满分20分）

Part A 单词拼写

1. On New Year’s Eve, many people g_____ under the town clock to welcome the coming year.

2. Many a________ (奖品) will be given to the winners in the following music ceremony.

3. You can’t leave without the teacher’s p___________（允许）.

4. Try to achieve a better ________ (平衡) between work and play.

5. After Mary bought a new house, she was deeply in d______.

6. Do you think the new credit cards will be of great b________ (好处) to our customers.

7. The policeman was the first person on the s_______ (出事地点).

8. He is not stupid; on the c__________, he is very intelligent.

9. Even though he is in r_______, he keeps his dignity.

10. Too much sugar can be h__________(有害的) to children’s teeth.

11. Mary was in low spirit. His boyfriend took her to the concert to c________ her up.

12. Few people can e_________ without water for more than a week.

13. Chinese people have the fine__________ (传统) of respecting teachers.

14. The lake is __________ (环绕) by trees.

15. The girl referred to just now has a g________ for playing the violin.

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。
Jane: Oh, that’s Mr Taylor. He is so boring.
Mother :What do you mean?
Jane:  6  And he’s so tempered, Mum.
Mother :  7  Are you sure, daring?
Jane: Yes, he gets angry very quickly.
Mother:  8
Jane: And do you know , he spends all his time looking at his reflection in the window , admiring himself?
Mother : Really?   9
Jane: Because he is in vain, that’s  why ! And conceited (自负的).He thinks he knows everything.
Mother: Oh, Jane. Be reasonable. I’m sure you are exaggerating
(夸张). Mr Taylor seems such a nice and kind man.
Jane:  10 He’s mean and cruel.
Mother: Cruel? Now how can a history teacher be cruel?
Jane: Because he only gave me two out of ten marks in my history test .
Mother: Oh , now I understand, Jane. I think you’d better get on with your homework.

Part B: Vocabulary 9%

F. negative       G. failures         H. defined          I. mark          J. reliable  

We might be surprised at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It is really extraordinary that after all years, educationists have still failed to devise something more 41 than examinations. For all the 42 that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact 43. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability.

As anxiety-makers, examinations are 44 to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the 45 of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn’t matter that you weren’t feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don’t 46: the exam goes on. No one can bring out the 47 in him when he is in terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of fierce competition where success and failure are clearly 48 and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “dropouts”: young people who are written off as 49 before they have started a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?

四、单词拼写 (共10小题，计10分)

51. She enjoys p_________ the beautiful scenery.

52. The judge found her g___________ of killing people.

53. A pocket e__________ of the dictionary will come out soon.

54. You must buy a good piano for your son, for he is a g___________ pianist.

55. The restaurant has just e_____________ five new waiters.

56. I’m looking forward to attending my sister’s wedding c______________.

57. Her health broke down under the p______________ of work.

58. The boys a__________ to leave for camping but were stopped by their parents.

59. When his father died, he came into p__________ of a large fortune.

60. There are many art g__________ in New York such as Museum of Modern Art.

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

Jane: Oh, that’s Mr Taylor. He is so boring.

Mother :What do you mean?

Jane:  6  And he’s so tempered, Mum.

Mother :  7  Are you sure, daring?

Jane: Yes, he gets angry very quickly.

Mother:  8

Jane: And do you know , he spends all his time looking at his reflection in the window , admiring himself?

Mother : Really?   9

Jane: Because he is in vain, that’s  why ! And conceited (自负的).He thinks he knows everything.

Mother: Oh, Jane. Be reasonable. I’m sure you are exaggerating

(夸张). Mr Taylor seems such a nice and kind man.

Jane:  10 He’s mean and cruel.

Mother: Cruel? Now how can a history teacher be cruel?

Jane: Because he only gave me two out of ten marks in my history test .

Mother: Oh , now I understand, Jane. I think you’d better get on with your homework.

A.       Well, he isn’t.

B.       And why does he do it?

C.       His lessons send me to sleep.

D.       That doesn’t sound like Mr Taylor at all.

E.        Quick tempered? Mr Taylor?

F.        Yes, he does.

G .He doesn’t like me.