III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

She's open-minded and I'm conservative(保守的). She loves vegetables and I prefer doughnuts. She saves ducks and I eat them. We are very best friends, completely ___(50)___ in everything we do, but true soul mates to the core.

It's truly an unusual relationship. Pat and I started out with the same ___(51)___ in Catholic(天主教) school, but over the years Pat could no longer handle the guilt and completely ___(52)___ her ideas, while I remain a Catholic and practice religiously.

___(53)____ our relationship sometimes has its ups and downs, it has lasted longer than any of our marriages, and ___(54)___, all of our disagreements work themselves out. We ___(55)___ our inner thoughts and dreams, and we know that our deepest darkest secrets are sacred.（神圣的）

When my father was dying, I ___(56)___ endless hours in the hospital. Pat visited ___(57)___, lifting my spirits in the midst of the sadness. Even my dad, in his final days, __(58)____ about Pat's native energy healings, after she performed one in his room, and he questioned if it was Santeria（古巴的一种宗教）—Cuban black magic. Those were the days I truly understood the meaning of ___(59)___, as she brought my Bombshell friends in, filled with gifts designed to make me laugh.

I didn't have time for new friends ___(60)___ Pat brought these Bombshell women into my life. On this day, I understood why my friend brought us all together. The compassion(同情，怜悯) and ___(61)___ I received from these women is a feeling I will ___(62)___ for the rest of my life.

Dad died that same night my friends came to see me, and Pat stood with my family at his bedside as he ___(63)___ his last breath. As my family embraced in a(n) ___(64) ___ farewell, I was thankful to God for bringing Pat into my life.

50. A. common                    B. opposite                  C. consistent                       D. same

51. A. interests                    B. ambitions                C. beliefs                           D. wishes

52. A. transformed                      B. kept                         C. develop                           D. promote

53. A. As                       B. if                             C. Though                           D. once

54. A. hardly                       B. unfortunately           C. especially                        D. finally

55. A. have                         B. share                       C. speak out                        D. change

56. A. spent                        B. kept                         C. lasted                              D. took

57. A. rarely                       B. specially                   C. carefully                         D. frequently

58. A. played                             B. joked                       C. showed                           D. brought

59. A. surprise                     B. help                        C. friendship                       D. joy

60. A. whom                        B. which                      C. because                           D. when

61. A. gifts                          B. friends                         C. love                    D. responsibility

62. A. emphasize                  B. admire                            C. value                              D. enjoy

63. A. got back                    B. took                         C. held                                D. let out

64. A. emotional                  B. amazing                C. shocking               D. unexpected

Section D

Directions：Read the following passage and answer the questions. Write the answers on the answer sheet.

In 1817 one of the most well-known hauntings in American history took place in the small town of Adams, Tennessee. Known as the Bell Witch, the strange activity that caused fear in the small farming community has remained unexplained for nearly 200 years. Like many stories, certain details of who or what the Bell Witch was vary from version to version. The prevailing account is that it was the ghost of a woman named Kate Batts, a mean old neighbour of John Bell. Batts believed Bell cheated her in a land purchase and on her deathbed she swore that she would haunt John Bell and his family.

News of the Bell Witch spread quickly. When word of the haunting reached Nashville, one of its most citizens, General Andrew Jackson, decided to gather a group of friends and go to Adams to investigate. The future president wanted to come face to face with the phenomenon and either expose it as a trick or send the spirit away. According to one account, Jackson and his men were traveling over a smooth section of road when suddenly the wagon stopped. The men pushed and pushed, but the wagon could not be moved. The wheels were even removed and inspected. The came the sound of a voice from the bushes saying, “I will see you tonight.” The astonished men could not find the source of the voice. The horses then unexpectedly started walking on their own and the wagon moved along again. Jackson indeed encountered the witch that night and left early the next morning, claiming he would rather fight the British than the Bell Witch！

The haunting of the Bell house continued for several years, ending with ghost’s final act of revenge. On the morning of December 19, he failed to awake at his regular time. When the family noticed he was sleeping unnaturally, they attempted to rouse him. They discovered Bell couldn’t be completely awakened. John’s son went to the medicine cupboard to get his father’s medicine and noticed it was gone but a strange small bottle was in its place. No one claimed to have replaced the medicine with the bottle. John Bell died on December 20 and “Kate” was quiet until after the funeral.

A few explanations of the Bell Witch phenomena have been offered over the years. One is that the haunting was a trick created by Richard Powell, the schoolteacher of Betsy Bell and Joshua Gardner, the boy with whom Betsy was in love. It seemed Powell was deeply in love with Betsy and would do anything to destroy her relationship with Gardner. Through a variety of tricks, and with the help of several friends, it is believed that Powell created all of the ghostly effects to scare Gardner away. In fact, Gardner eventually did break up with Betsy and left area and Powell did come out winner. In the end, he married Betsy Bell.

81.John Well’s mean old neighbor haunted them because ______.

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82.On Jackson’s way to investigate the ghost, the ghost ______ and later, Jackson encountered the witch and left early the next morning.

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83.How did the haunting eventually end？

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84.What was one explanation for the haunting given in the reading？

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Even though “faraway” countries now seem closer, thanks to air travel, they _____ still be different from your home country.

A. must             B. may             C. should            D. shall

The time he has devoted in the past years ____ the disabled is now considered ____ of great value.

       A. to help; being   B. to helping; to be C. to help; to be     D. helping; /

— Tom isn’t so strong as he appears, is he?

—Yes. He is __________his two brothers.

A. no stronger than      B. so strong as      C. stronger than      D. strongest of

第三节 书面表达(满分30分)

    假如你是蔡婷婷,你的美国朋友Wendy正在做一个课题；世界各地的生日庆祝方式。她请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式。请你根据以下要点写一封信：

一、通常方式

1．生日聚会  2．生日礼物   3．生日祝福

二、我认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由         *词数100左右

Dear Wendy,

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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     Best wishes!

                                      Yours sincerely,

                                            Cai Tingting

______ our return, all the students burst into cheers for our excellent performances.

  A. At         B. In        C. On          D. With

．I need to call my friend David _________ coat I walked off by mistake yesterday.

       A．in whose   B．in that      C．with which       D．with her

第二卷

第三部分  写作（共两节, 满分50分）

第一节  短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1.5分。满分15分) 此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。 对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)； 如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词： 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)， 在该行右边横线上写该加的词。

此行错一个词： 在错的词下划一横线， 在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意： 原行没有错的不要改。

Believe it or not, proper nervousness has its advantage.                    66.___________

Like in sports events to make athletes to gain good results, it can also           67.___________

sharpen our mind, thus allow us to perform well in exams.                   68.___________

However, too much nervousness can result from sleeplessness,                 69.___________

harming our health. What’s worse, it can make our mind at loss. As a          70.___________

consequence, our mistakes increased in exams, and we may even fail           71.___________

to write any answers.

Several methods can be used to solve the problem above. Firstly,              72. ___________

review our lessons well, that can make us have more confidence and less       73. ___________

anxious. Secondly, take some deep breath to calm down at the beginning of     74. ___________

any exam. Last and not least, always keep this in mind: I’ve studied hard, so    75. ___________

I’m sure to do the best I can.

Everyone likes_________of the two stories, for this story is _________than that one.

A. both; not more interesting             B. neither; no more interesting

C. neither; not more interesting            D. either; no more interesting