B
A(n) (81) ___________writer about 2,000 years ago called Pausanias came on a(n) (82) ___________journey to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He interviewed a(n) (83) ___________named Li Yan. He learned that there were two main (84) ___________of Games—the Winter and Summer Olympics, and that both were held four years on a regular (85) ___________.Anyone who has reached an agreed standard for their event can be admitted as (86) ___________.To Pausanias’s surprise, women are playing a very important role in many games. Every country wants to (87) ___________the Olympic Games, and it is a great (88) ___________but also a great honour to be chosen. Li Yan told him that the Chinese were very (89) ___________because the 2008 Olympic Games would be held in Beijing. Pausanias was happy to know the (90) ___________of the Olympics—“Swifter, Higher and Stronger” and he felt very interested in it. 

People who travel a lot fly with BA because they know they will get what they want and what they need. First of all, they want to go safely, and they also want to go quickly, across the country, across the sea, or right across the world — and they know BA will take them where they want to go, when they want to go. BA flies all the newest and fastest planes, to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world, than any other airline.
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, or Beijing? BA will take you there, at all time of the day and night, right through the week. BA flies not only to the big cities, we also fly three or four times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America.
People who travel a lot fly with BA, because they know that they will leave on time, and arrive on time. They know the food they will receive and the films they will watch will be of the very best.
BA should be considered second to none. When you fly, fly with BA.
【小题1】The writer thinks that the most important thing for the passengers is ________.

第三节．完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。     
Greg Mortenson is a mountaineer. In 1993, he   21   but failed to reach K2, one of the most forbidding of the Himalyayan  22  . He staggered(蹒跚) into a tiny village of Korphe in Pakistan, barely alive. The   23   villagers cared for him and fed him back to health. The __24   they showed to a stranger moved Mortenson, and filled him with a' desire to 25   it.
Looking around, he saw that the poor villagers had actually nothing. 26   , he could see the desire of the villagers to   27   their community. For example, they dreamed of 28   for their children. The children received schooling two days a week from a teacher they   29   with another village, because they couldn't   30   to hire one alone. Naturally, the village had no schoolhouse. Moretenson thought it was by building a school   31   he could best express his   32   for their kindness to him. He left,   33   he would return with necessary materials.
However, things didn't go  34   as he had expected. He was a nurse by profession, and wasn't  well   35    It was a struggle for him to raise the $10,000 or so needed to buy the building materials.    36   problems, including his then Cultural   37   of the area led to a series of frustrations. But with his efforts and cooperation of the villagers, he eventually overcame the __ 38  . He fulfilled his promise.
After that he wanted to return to America,build a career and start a family. However, it ba-came clear that a school for Korphe was just the start. There were so many other villagers in Pa-kistan that had the similar needs. The more   39   he became, the more he came to understand the area and the more he realized how important education was. The   40   was that, in the pe-riod of over a decade, 55 schools were built.
21. A. approached     B. paused           C. hesitated          D. attempted
22. A. peaks          B. levels            C. hills              D. slopes
23. A. cold           B. mean             C. kind              D. tiny
24. A. bravery        Ｂ. ability            C.poverty           D.generosity
25. A. receive        B. repay              C. respect         D. recycle
26. A. Besides        B. However         C. Therefore          D. Moreover
27. A. develop        B. visit              C. design            D. increase
28. A. career         B. development      C. education         D. health
29. A. traded          B. worked           C. communicated    D. shared
30. A. help            B. manage           C. decide            D. afford
31. A. that             B. which            C. what              D. if
32. A. sympathy        B. gratitude          C. attitude           D. anger
33. A. adding          B. promising         C. demanding        D. warning
34. A. smoothly        B. badly             C. closely            D. properly
35. A. dressed          B. received           C. respected          D. paid
36. A. Some             B. Others            C. Other             D. Another
37. A. interaction       B. ignorance         C. background       D. difference
38. A. difficulities       B. fears            C. temptations(诱惑)D, shortcomings
39. A. interested        B. rooted            C. involved          D. lost
40. A. result            B. idea              C. cause             D. report

假设你叫李华。你校原外籍教师Mrs.Smith曾经在外语学习上给过你很多的帮助。上周她从澳大利亚来信，询问你高考英语的复习情况。最近你在外语考试中，听力、阅读和写作进步很大，但在做完形填空时还存在一些问题。请你给Mrs.Smith写封回信，感谢她对你的帮助，说明目前学习情况，分析取得进步的原因和存在的问题，并请她提出指导意见。
注意：1. 词数110左右。
2. 信的开头和结尾已经为你写好。
3. 参考词汇：完形填空Cloze Test
Dear Mrs. Smith,
Thank you very much for your letter last week .                            
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I hope this letter will find you happy and healthy. Please remember me to your family.
Yours,
LI Hua

Hilton English Language Center

Information for New Students

CLASS TIME: 8:30a.m.—10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.—12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.—3:00p.m..

The Language Center is open Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.

SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p.m. to 5:00p.m. for all full-time students.

You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing（文字处理）. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.

ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates（证书）when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.

BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.

If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).

1.When do classes begin and end on a full day?

A. 8:30a.m.—1:30p.m..                                    B. 8:30a.m.—3:00p.m..

C. 8:30a.m.—3:15p.m..                                    D. 3:15p.m.—5:00p.m..

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. No teachers are in the language lab.

B. 90% attendance is required for the students.

C. Books can’t be taken out of the center.

D. Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes.

3.Timetable can be seen in _____.

A. the lecture hall       B. Room 3520

C. the classroom      D. Room 1110

4.The books which the students wish to buy are in the _____.

A. library                              B. bookshop in the college

C. street   D. classroom