14．________ from space, the earth , with water_______ seventy percent of the surface , looks like a blue ball.

　 A. Seen ; covered　　　　　 B. Seen ; covering

C. seeing ; covering　　　　 D. Seeing ; covering　

e and see whenever _________.

　 A. you will be convenient

　 B. you will be convenient

　 C. It is convenient to you

　 D. it will be convenient to you

II完型填空 (每题1.5分,共30分)

One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__16___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 　　17___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him,　 18　 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 　19　 　and landed in the grass.

My 　20　 　went out to him. So, I ran over to him.　 21　 　I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”

I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 　22　　 　, he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

Kyle was the 　23　 __student of our class, one of those guys that really found　 themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 　24 　to prepare a 　25　 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was　 26　 　.So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 　27　 !” He looked at me and smiled.

He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 　28　　 those who helped you make it through those　 29　　 　years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best　 30　　 　you can give him.”

I just looked at my friend with　 31　　 　as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 　32　 　himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 　33　　 　me from doing the unspeakable.”

Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the　 34　　 　of your actions. With one small gesture you can 　35　 　a person’s life. For better or for worse.

13.Arriving at the airport, we found the film star_______ in black and _______by a large crowd.

　 A. dressed ; surrounding　　　 B. dressing ; surrounded

　 C. dressing ; surrounding　　　 D. dressed ; surrounded　

12.Modern plastics can _________ very high and very low temperatures.

　 A. stand　　 B. hold　 C. carry　　 D. support

11.Rather than ________ abroad, she prefers _________ to university at home after graduation from high school.

A. to study ; go　 B. study ; go　　 C. study ; to go　 D. to study ; to go

10.We ________ because of the holiday traffic.

　 A. got to delay　 B. getting delaying　 C. got delayed　 D. got delaying

9.Helen had to shout _______above the sound of the music.

A. making herself hear　　　　 B. to make herself hear

C. making herself heard　　　　 D. to make herself heard

8.Mr. Smith ,_________ of the ________ speech , started to read a novel.

　 A. tired ; boring　 B. tiring ; bored　 C. tired ; bored　 D. tiring ; boring

7.It _________no difference to the couple to the whether the baby is a girl or a boy.

　A. seems　 　　　 B. does　 C. makes　　 D. takes

6.With the result so _________ , the mother is wearing a ___________ smile on her face.

A.　　 satisfied ,satisfied　 　　B. satisfying, satisfying　

C. satisfying, satisfied　 　　D. satisfied, satisfying

5.She _________a lot, but she was still addicted ________ drugs.

A. suffered from to　　　 B. suffered from , in　

C. suffered ,with　 　　　D. suffered, to