完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sam’s uncle had an old bird which sat in its cage all day. One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to   36  that bird. We will get rid of it.” But Sam wanted to   37   the bird.

Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous   38   bird. Now   39 people knew it. His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away.  The bird opened its huge   40  and flew into the sky. After a few minutes, it   41  with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to   42  it.

The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out. Sam did   43   his grandfather had done, but the bird   44   to the ground and stood still. Sam’s uncle   45  . Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less   46  . Sam asked his uncle to come out before   47  . This time the bird caught a mouse. His uncle was quiet with   48  , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is   49  .” And he sold the bird without telling Sam.

Before Sam found the bird was   50  , two angry men arrived in a car. They   51   his uncle and said, the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back. Sam’s uncle looked   52  and said, “I have spent it. But… don’t worry!” He   53   at Sam, “Sam will show you 54   to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” Sam opened the door of the car and took out the   55  . It flew away and disappeared forever.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sam’s uncle had an old bird which sat in its cage all day. One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to   36   that bird. We will get rid of it.” But Sam wanted to   37   the bird.

    Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous   38   bird. Now   39  people knew it. His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away.  The bird opened its huge   40   and flew into the sky. After a few minutes, it   41   with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to   42   it.

    The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out. Sam did   43   his grandfather had done, but the bird   44   to the ground and stood still. Sam’s uncle   45  . Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less   46  . Sam asked his uncle to come out before   47  . This time the bird caught a mouse. His uncle was quiet with   48  , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is   49  .” And he sold the bird without telling Sam.

Before Sam found the bird was   50  , two angry men arrived in a car. They   51   his uncle and said, the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back. Sam’s uncle looked   52   and said, “I have spent it. But… don’t worry!” He   53   at Sam, “Sam will show you 54   to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” Sam opened the door of the car and took out the   55  . It flew away and disappeared forever.

A. feed            B. buy          C. wash         D. sell

A. know           B. find             C. keep         D. buy

A. singing            B. sleeping     C. eating      D. hunting

A. some           B. no           C. many         D. few

A. mouth          B. wings           C. tail         D. eyes

A. dealt           B. returned    C. met          D. parted

A. watch          B. search          C. eat          D. help

A. as             B. for          C. since            D. after

A. fell                B. rose         C. walked       D. ran

A. shouted            B. cried            C. laughed      D. nodded

A. attractive     B. pleasant     C. poor         D. strong

A. bed            B. supper      C. lunch            D. breakfast

A. patience       B. surprise         C. joy          D. sadness

A. harmful            B. strange      C. cheap            D. useless

A. leaving         B. gone         C. dying            D. cooked

A. shouted at     B. smiled at        C. looked after     D. took after

A. impressed      B. worried      C. satisfied        D. bored

A. waved          B. pointed      C. aimed        D. jumped

A. what           B. why          C. where        D. how

A. money          B. coat         C. bird         D. everything

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，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Many years ago, when I was a man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a piano company．
We   36   our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town   37 ．Every time we advertised ,we   38   receive a reply on a postcard ,which said , “ Please bring me a new piano for my little   39  ．It must be mahogany ( 红木 )．I can pay $10 a month with my egg money．” Of course ,we could not sell a new piano   40    $10 a month .   41   her cards kept on coming．
A couple of years   42   , I owned my own piano company, and when I   43   in that area, the postcards started coming to me．For months, I ignored   44  ．What else could I do?
But then, one day I   45   to be in the area and have a mahogany piano on my little truck．I decided to look the old lady up. Though I knew that I was about to make a    46   business decision, I took the new piano in the house and placed it   47   I thought the roof would be least likely to let in rain on it．I told the old lady and the little barefoot girl to try to   48    the chickens off it, and I left sure I had just   49   a new piano!
But the   50   came in, all 52 of them as agreed, sometimes with coins．It was incredible! One day years later, I was in Memphis on other   51  ．As I was sitting at a bar having a drink, I heard the most beautiful piano music．I looked around, and there was a lovely young woman playing a very nice grand piano．She   52   at me , and when she took a   53   , she sat down at my table．
“Aren’t you the man who sold my grandma a piano a long time ago?”
My Lord, it was her! It was the little barefoot girl! I   54   remembered．I did have to go as soon as possible because men don't like to be seen   55   in public．
36. A. made       B. sold       C. fixed         D. delivered
37. A. books      B. villages      C. shops          D. newspapers
38. A. would      B. may       C. must          D. can
39. A. son          B. child      C. granddaughter    D. baby
40. A. with        B. for         C. to                  D. on
41. A. And         B. So         C. Therefore      D. But
42. A. ago         B. later       C. before         D. past
43. A. worked     B. went      C. advertised      D. succeeded
44. A. it         B. them      C. this           D. that
45. A. happened     B. decided      C. started         D. wanted
46. A. great       B. wise       C. good          D. terrible
47. A. when       B. there       C. where         D. that
48. A. feed        B. keep      C. leave          D. drive
49. A. given away  B. put off          C. sold           D. thrown away
50. A. payments     B. money          C. possessions      D. postcards
51. A. time        B. chance          C. business        D. matter
52. A. looked     B. stared     C. laughed         D. smiled
53. A. break           B. bread     C. drink         D. list
54. A. slowly     B. suddenly    C. carefully       D. excitedly
55. A. exciting          B. talking          C. crying         D. speaking

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I grew up with a fat dad------450 pounds at his heaviest. Every week he’d try a new diet, and my family____ eating whatever freeze-dried he was trying at that moment. He hoped every new diet could stop his waistline from______ .My mother, on the other hand, had no____ in preparing food. Therefore,? almost all of our meals____ my dad’s diet foods.

What I remember most about those years is that I was always hungry ------ hungry for food, hungry for nice clean clothes, hungry for someone to ____ when I ran away from home or hid in the closet(壁橱) for hours. I just? ____ to be cared for.??????

But on Friday nights,? I was____ hungry. My grandmother would take me to her home for the weekend. When we____, there was always a pot of something cooking on the stove. She taught me how good it felt to be cared for, and how to care for myself and others through____. My grandmother was always____ of my parents’ strange eating habits and ____ on processed diet foods, and made it her duty to teach me how to ____ myself.

After my third-grade year, my dad changed his jobs. ____ as I was, I had to move away from my hometown, Chicago, and leave my grandmother and her delicious food behind. I felt extremely lonely and lost, and I____ my grandmother terribly. My grandmother knew just how I felt------ and she knew the ____: Every week, she would send me a card with a $20 bill, a recipe and a list of what to buy at the market. Her____ filled my body and soul.

Now I’ve grown to better understand my father’s struggles with____. Today, he weighs 220 pounds. Food is no longer a barrier that keeps us____, but a bridge that keeps us connected. There’s nothing my dad enjoys more than talking with me about dietary theories and his weight-loss____. And now I am the one____ sending recipe cards to my father’s house, just as my grandmother did for me.

1.A. put off??????? B. set out??????? C. gave up??????? D. ended up

2.A. changing????? B. expanding????? C. decreasing???? D. disappearing

3.A. fault????????? B. difficulty????? C. interest??????? D. pride

4.A. consisted of??? B. differed from?? C. belonged to??? D. made up

5.A. follow??????? B. accompany???? C. stop????????? D. notice

6.A. forgot???????? B. desired??????? C. proved??????? D. pretended

7.A. undoubtedly??? B. especially????? C. even???????? D. never

8.A. arrived???????? B. approached???? C. agreed?????? D. returned

9.A. creativity?????? B. guidance??????? C. cooking???? D. observing

10.A. envious??????? B. skeptical??????? C. proud?????? D. fond

11.A. judgment????? B. influence??? ?? C. dependence????? D. impression

12.A. feed????????? B. relax????????? C. convince??????? D. enjoy

13.A. Embarrassed?? B. Unfortunate???? C. Ashamed?????? D. Unwilling

14.A. appreciated??? B. missed???????? C. imagined??????? D. responded

15.A. cure????????? B. reason???????? C. feeling????????? D. rule

16.A. expectations??? B. recipes??????? C. promises???????? D. words

17.A. health???????? B. money???????? C. weight????????? D. promotion

18.A. apart????????? B. down????????? C. up ??????????? D. out

19.A. problems?????? B. anxieties??????? C. benefits??????? D. victories

20.A. completely????? B. casually??????? C. regularly?????? D. gradually

Ⅱ语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 完形填空(共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

People joke that the number of pet dogs in Beijing is more than the urban population. It is an exaggeration to some but Beijingers seem to  21      their pets more than most.

Over the past 15 years, the number of pet dogs in the city has  22  dramatically, right after the local government lifted a ban. Now Beijing is home to more than 1 million  23      according to recent statistics.

Day or night, if you walk into any residential area, it will be easy to spot someone  24     their dog. Often, there is no lead attached to the puppy, which makes it more like a  25      companion rather than an animal. They  26     stroll (漫步) at the same leisurely, carefree pace.

If they meet their neighbors with dogs too, then two  27    emerge（出现）at once: One is for people to engage in gossip, the other is for dogs to career madly around the playground. That is one of the most  28    things I have seen in the city.

But some Beijingers spoil their dogs too much.  29    during winter, when they dress their pets up as living toys with colorful vests and even pairs of homemade  30     . I pity these dogs deeply, and realize how  civilized they have become.

21. A. feed                   B. love                        C. hate                D. play

22. A. risen                   B. raised                C. reduced                   D. got

23. A. people                B. animals                    C. schools                     D. dogs

24. A. walking                     B. training                    C. playing                    D. feeding

25. A. man                   B. woman                     C. human                     D. child

26. A. never                  B. always                     C. seldom                     D. once

27. A. groups                B. classes               C. men                        D. dogs

28. A. excited               B. boring               C. important                 D. interesting

29. A. Beautifully          B. Specially                  C. Especially         D. Strangely

30. A. hats                    B. boots                       C. clothes                     D. toys