阅读短文，并根据所给的首字母提示，填入适当的单词。

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   Did your computer screen go black last Monday? If so, it means you were using p__1_____ software of Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft. The world’s No 1 software company introduced WGA in China last week to c____2___ down on the use of copycat （模仿的，复制的） operating systems. More than 60% of the Chinese Internet users are hostile to Microsoft’s new move. They said it is the high price t___3____ drives them to turn to piracy. But software expert Yuan Meng thought the high price was just an excuse. He noted that Microsoft has l____4_____ the prices of its Office package from 1,400 yuan to 199 yuan.

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    Australia is the only nation to govern an e____5______ continent and is the sixth-largest country in the world in land area．Australia’s multicultural society includes Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and m___6______ from some 200 countries. You must have heard of Australia Day celebrations. It is an excellent way to encourage t_____7_______, respect and friendship among all the people of Australia．

Australia is a popular d____8________ with tourists form all over the world coming to experience its unique e_____9______. And there are 14 World H__10_____ Sites in Australia.

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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

       Anna arrived far too early. Usually she left things to the last minute,  46   today was a very special occasion. It was almost  47  by getting there an hour beforehand that she   48  to cause the plane to arrive sooner.   49  raced through her mind.“Do I look all right? Will he notice that I’m wearing a   50  trouser suit? Will he even  51  me?” After all, it was a year almost to the day since she had   52  seen Joe. She fished a   53  out of her handbag and inspected her face. Too much make-up? Joe had  54  made any comment but she knew that he did not approve of （赞成）heavy make-up—“gilding the lily”, he  55  it. It was funny how much importance she attached to   56  a good impression on him. After all, friends do not judge each other by  57  .All the same, it was the first meeting after a long separation, and she wanted everything to 58  right.

       Looking out of the window, Joe  59  a first glimpse, through a break in the  60  ,of the town far below. Certainly it was very flattering that they had   61  him to be the guest lecturer at their Autumn Congress yet again. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee, as a matter of courtesy（礼貌），had   62  to meet him at the airport, as he had done on previous occasions. This time,   63  ,it was not necessary,   64  because Joe was quite familiar  with  the city, but mainly because Anna had said that she could  65  the afternoon off in order to come and meet him.

46．A．and   B．but    C．for    D．as

47．A．because    B．since C．as if  D．when

48．A．thought    B．liked C．had   D．hoped

49．A．Idea  B．Facts C．Thoughts  D．Matters

50．A．new  B．strange     C．latest D．single

51．A．like   B．recognize  C．terrify      D．tell

52．A．before      B．recently    C．last    D．most

53．A．purse B．handkerchief    C．mirror      D．book

54．A．never       B．almost      C．often D．regularly

55．A．told   B．called       C．saw   D．thought

56．A．offering    B．taking       C．having      D．making

57．A．appearance       B．clothes      C．make-up   D．looking

58．A．come across     B．turn up     C．go off       D．get out

59．A．caught      B．left    C．enjoyed    D．met

60．A．air    B．rain   C．train  D．clouds

61．A．employed B．invited      C．told   D．informed

62．A．offered     B．arrived     C．intended   D．attempted

63．A．therefore  B．however   C．instead      D．as well

64．A．luckily     B．really       C．partly       D．separately

65．A．put    B．make C．take   D．leave

Food

British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular---30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!

Sports

British people don’t do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf--- and only 6% of people play football (but 32% go to watch it).

Cinema and TV

Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of the young people go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day ---30 minutes more than women.

 Holidays

British people love going on holiday, and have 56 holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren’t spent in the UK---27% are in Spain. 10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn’t very good!

Presents

    British people don’t send others expensive presents like other Europeans. They often send chocolates, wine and flowers of good quality(质量).

1. Which food could be more popular among Briti sh adults, a hamburger or fish and chips?

A. A hamburger.       B. Fish and chips.      C. Both.           D. Neither.

2.Those who are interested in movies are _____.

A. men             B. women             C. young people     D. old people

3.How long do British women spend watching TV every day?

A. Three hours.  B. Three hours and a half.  C. Two hours.  D. Two hours and a half.

4. British people’s favorite country for a holiday is _____.

A. Spain            B. France             C. America          D. Australia

5. What present don’t British people often send?

A. Chocolat es.       B. Wine.              C. Flowers.          D. Money.

---It’s reported that young people are responsible for 60% of the traffic accidents.
---Exactly. Young drivers are far more _______ to drive faster than old ones.

A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls．It was like someone had   36   the balls and left them out in the sun to bake．

       They didn’t look like much, but they   37   the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him．As he walked along the beach, he   38   the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could．He thought little about it   39   he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open（裂开）on a rock．Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!   40  , the man started breaking open the   41   balls．Each contained a similar treasure．He found thousands of dollars’   42   of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones．

       Then it   43   him．He’d been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the   44  ．Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he  45   have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away!

       It’s like that   46   people．We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we   47   see the clay shell．It doesn’t look like much from the   48  ．It isn’t always beautiful or shining, so we   49   it．We see that person as less important than someone more   50   or stylish or well known or wealthy．But we haven’t taken the time to find the treasure   51   inside that person．

       There is a treasure in each and every one of us．If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the   52   he sees them, then the clay begins to   53   and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth．May we not come to the   54   of our lives and find out that we’ve thrown away a   55   in friendships because the gems （宝石） were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them．

A．invented     B．rolled          C．handled    D．bounced

A．confused       B．encouraged      C．interested  D．relaxed

A．dipped         B．pushed          C．kicked      D．threw

A．until          B．when           C．since     D．though

A．Frightened    B．Determined      C．Excited     D．Disappointed

A．shining        B．floating        C．surviving  D．remaining

A．worth         B．value         C．cost       D．wealth

A．shocked        B．rejected        C．struck       D．delighted

A．caves         B．waves           C．seashore    D．storms

A．might         B．must          C．could       D．should

A．with          B．towards        C．about     D．between

A．hardly         B．actually        C．simply      D．luckily

A．distance       B．outside         C．weight      D．pattern

A．removed           B．suspected      C．ignored     D．reserved

A．beautiful       B．cautious         C．positive    D．grateful

A．lost           B．hidden          C．divided     D．mixed

A．moment       B．point         C．degree      D．way

A．come off       B．break away      C．take over  D．fall down

A．sight          B．best           C．middle      D．end

A．relation        B．position         C．fortune     D．memory