It was the second day of a winter holiday in Queenstown, New Zealand, three years ago. When we decided to explore the beautiful scenery, our landlady   36  us,“Make sure you are well wrapped up today. The weather is   37 . Head back when you see snowfall.”

The day was bright and sunny, and I started to wonder if she was being too cautious. When snow began to fall at 6:00 pm, I was not worried, thinking we’d have no   38  in catching a taxi back. However, we waited for a while, and all the drivers shook their heads when told of our   39 .

The first driver passed by and gave me a card with a number for me to   40  help. I was filled with   41  , but I had no choice but to lead my three sisters to a nearby place to make the   42 . Then a taxi drew up and we climbed in. The driver did not appear very friendly. Then the light streaming from his headlights showed very   43  why no taxi wanted to take us to our hotel. And I began to understand the driver’s apparently unfriendly silence — he was worried. The steep incline (斜坡) ahead was   44  with snow. The taxi slowly made its way up the hill. Suddenly, we came to a dead stop, and the driver turned to us. “Look! It is very    45  to go forward. You have to get out and walk. If I drive any further, the taxi will slide back,” he said. “Er ... can you keep your headlight on and help my elder sister? The rest of us will follow you up,” I said. The driver   46 .

We made it safely back to our hotel. Even though it   47   for the rest of the days, we could see the silver lining in the cloud(一线希望): the generous soul who helped us.

1.                A．protected       B．guarded        C．helped   D．warned

2.                A．hateful         B．colorful         C．changeable    D．unforgettable

3.                A．reason         B．time           C．trouble   D．opportunity

4.                A．situation        B．destination      C．background   D．information

5.                A．call for         B．wait for         C．give up   D．look up

6.                A．confidence      B．pride           C．doubt    D．joy

7.                A．appointment     B．call            C．way D．invitation

8.                A．clearly         B．weakly         C．Unwillingly D．quietly

9.                A．charged        B．covered        C．crowded  D．provided

10.               A．dangerous      B．possible        C．limited    D．unacceptable

11.               A．agreed         B．admitted        C．admired   D．applied

12.               A．shone          B．blew           C．rained    D．snowed

_____ you keep on trying, I really don’t mind whether you can come up top in your class.

A．As long as         B．Even though       C．As soon as         D．The moment

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

完成下列单词，注意适当形式。（10分）

1.He found that water came from the river            (污染) by the dirty water.

2.Happily this was accomplished without              (冲突) when King James of Scotland became king of England and Wales as well.

3.It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not    __(吸引) visitors.

4.All of his friends were invited to take part in his wedding ________(婚礼)

5.It seems that you keep getting flashbacks from your        (早先的) time period.

6.At first my new surroundings were difficult to             (容忍).

7.Later you can cover a story and              (递交) the article yourself.

8.They must are research to      (通知) themselves of the missing parts of the story.

9.He solved the bleeding by             (应用) pressure to the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.

10.Only if you ask many different questions will you             (获得）the information you need to know.