单词拼写（15分）

1. Since 1965, the m_________ leaf has been the centerpiece of the National Flag of Canada.

2. When the white liquid was m ________ with water, it became blue at once.

3. Wal-Mart has many chain stores all over the world and you may find one w______ a short

walk along a busy street in any big city.

4. There are seven c ______ in the world, of which Asia is the largest.

5. There are many tall trees in our city, some m ________ over 20 meters.

6. At daybreak, our ship entered Shanghai __________ ( 海港 ).

7. I like sitting on the top of the hill watching the fields in the ____________ (在远处 ).

8. Some people are t____________( 恐惧的) of heights, so they dare not climb high.

9. The news that there are some people who have died of A/ H1N1 has been ______(确认).

10. Our school lies in the suburbs, and many students like to go _________( 往市区) to buy what they need.

请将下列方框里所列词汇的正确形式填到短文中，每空限一词，不能重复使用。

We can see the 1) __________ between American English British English but they are different sometimes. Many students want to know about the 2) __________ between American English and British English.

At first the language in Britain and America was the same. In 1776 America became a (an) 3) __________ country. After that, the language slowly began to change. For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed. For example, 300 years ago the English talked about "fall".

Today, most British people talk about "autumn", but Americans still talk abut "fall". In the same way Americans still use the expression "I guess" 4) __________ "I think", just as the British did 300 years ago.

At the same time, British English and American English started borrowing words from other languages, 5) __________ with different words. For example, the British took "typhoon" from Chinese, while the Americans took "tornado" from Spanish.

In 1828 Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. He wanted to make American English different from British English, so he changed the spelling of many words. That’s why the words "colour", "centre" and "traveller" are spelt "color", "center" and "traveler" in American English. Except for spelling, written English is more or less the same in both British and American English.

They are also different in the spoken language. For example, Americans say dance /dæns/, and in southern England they say /dɑ?ns/. In America they 6) p__________ not /nɑt/; in southern England they say /n?t/. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any trouble in understanding each other.

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：（1）括号内汉语提示；（2）该词首字母提示；（3） 上下文语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词使短文通顺，所填单词要求拼写正确、形式符合英语表达习惯。
Many people always wonder w__  some people can be so     76.____________
successful while ________(其他人) can’t.                      77 .____________
For those who are successful, they have a lot in c________.     78.____________
First, they are all hard-working and willing to d______ their    79.____________
time to something they like. They make f______ use of each day   80.____________
and never make ________(借口) for their laziness.              81.___________
Second, they are very creative and they are n_____ limited by   82.___________
fixed rules.
Finally, these people never ______ hope even if they live a     83.___________
poor life and they rarely spend time complaining about their     
lives. Instead, they try their ______ to arrive at a solution,         84.___________
_________(创造) the opportunity to turn something bad into       85.___________
good.
All the above characteristics contribute to their success. 

Ⅱ. 语言知识及运用（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各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is _21__ in English as much as possible. Of course it’s not _22_ for people to do this. Sometimes you may get your words mixed up and people will not __23_ you. Sometimes people may speak too _24__ and you can’t understand them. Many people are always afraid of being laughed at by others because of the __25_ they might make and they dare not open their mouth. Therefore they can not learn English well though they try their best to learn the words and phrases by heart. Such people may have mastered a lot of _26__, but they can not even talk to others in correct English fluently.

But if you keep your sense of humor, you can always have a good _27__ at the mistakes that you make. Don’t be _28__ if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be _29__ with you, because they don’t understand what you are __30_. The most important thing for learning English is: Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.

21. A. reading     B. speaking    C. writing     D. joking

22. A . possible    B. difficult    C. easy        D. necessary

23. A. hear        B. know       C. believe     D. understand

24. A. quickly     B. loudly       C. slowly     D. calmly

25. A. friends      B. mistakes    C. sentences   D. progress

26. A. grammar    B. knowledge   C. skills      D. vocabularies

27. A. purpose     B. laugh       C. shout      D. excuse

28. A. unhappy    B. surprised     C. excited    D. active

29. A. satisfied    B. friendly      C. familiar    D. angry

30. A. thinking    B. doing        C. saying     D. requesting

完成下列句子。（共10题，每空0.5分，满分10分）

1.Can you telephone me __________ _________ __________（在你方便时）？

2.新疆切糕受到很多人的欢迎，但是大家却不敢去买。

Xinjiang nuts cakes ______ _______ many people, but they dare not buy them.

3.________ _________ _________（令我们高兴的是）, he passed the entrance examination.

4.在离开办公室之前，应把所有物品摆放好。

Before you leave the office, everything should be put _______ _________.

5.他沉浸在这本小说中，忘记了周围的一切。

He was so                the novel that he forgot everything around him.

6.外国人喜欢中国的诗歌，尤其是唐诗。

Foreigners like Chinese poems, Tang poems ________ ________.

7.拥有如此财富的人应该想着如何为穷人做得更多。

A person _________ ________ ________ so much money should think about how to do more for the poor.

8.我们已经忍受这个不可理喻的邻居够久的了。

We have _______ _________ ________ the unbearable neighbor for such a long time.