______ interests me most in the world is the natural beauty of Guilin.

A. That       B. Which      C. It       D. What

 After his father’s retirement, he ______ the whole business.

   A. took up        B. took over       C. took place      D. took down

SECTION B

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 word or phrases that best fits the context．

Handshaking, though a European way of greeting people, is now often seen in big cities of China. Nobody knows exactly when the practice   36  in Europe. It is said that long long ago in Europe when people met, they showed their unarmed hands to each other as a sign of   37  . As time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each other’s hands to make a (an)   38  or to reach an agreement. This was later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or   39  each other. “Let’s shake (hands) on it” sometimes means agreement reached.

Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet?   40  . Sometimes the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be   41  . It is really very impolite to   42   your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not   43  anything to him or her.   44  , for politeness, he holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly. There is generally a misunderstanding among the   45  that westerners are usually open and straightforward, while the Chinese are rather reserved (矜持的)  46  . But the truth is that some people in western countries are more reserved than some Chinese today. So it is a good idea to shake hands with a Westerner   47  when he shows interest in further relations with you.

36．A．came     B．grew     C．turned      D．started

37．A．interest     B．eagerness  C．goodwill   D．patience

38．A．signal       B．noise     C．offer     D．deal

39．A．leaving     B．seeing       C．kissing      D．visiting

40．A．Yes       B．Maybe      C．Well      D．No

41．A．polite           B．kind      C．helpful     D．interested

42．A．hold      B．give      C．shake     D．display

43．A．mean     B．matter      C．count     D．make

44．A．As long as       B．However   C．Even if     D．Therefore

45．A．people      B．Chinese    C．Europeans D．public

46．A．in person  B．in manner C．in harmonyD．in secret

47．A．absolutely B．possibly    C．only      D．definitely

第二卷(两部分，共45分)

    第四部分   短语翻译（满分14分）

请将下列短语翻译成英语。答案写在答题卡上方为有效。

71. 加紧、加强、促进 _____________        72. 出现、露面 ____________________

73. 在…… 取得进步 ______________        74. 负责、掌管 ____________________

75. 与……相类似  ______________        76. 偶然遇见   ____________________

77. 排除         ______________        78. 对……感到厌倦____________________

79.  万一     ______________           80. 颠倒、翻转 _____________________

81、成功、带来好结果 _____________    82. 与……和谐 _________________

83. 起航 ______________                84. 对……做出贡献 _______________

The police are looking into the cause which ________ the sinking of the ship with about 200 passengers aboard.

  A. was resulted in     B. resulted from     C. resulted in      D. was resulted from 

---Hi, Jane. Are you free at six this evening? I was wondering if you could come with me to see the movie “X-men”.

    ---I’m sorry but I________it already. Besides, I________my mother do the laundry.

       A．had seen; would be helping     B．saw; will help

       C．have seen; would help         D．have seen; will be helping

—He failed again.

   —The        of too much time to computer games leaves too little time for studying.

       A. use   B. cost  C. devotion  D. expense  　

It was in this new hall _________ was just set up last month ________ we held an important meeting yesterday.

A. which/ that              B. which/ what  C. that/ which   D. where/ that

The most useful learning in the world is that ＿＿＿ teaches us how to die well.

   A. that   B.which   C./   D.who

The flu is believed _____by viruses that like to reproduce in the cells inside the human nose and throat.

       A．causing  B．being caused  C．to be caused    D．to have caused