The prices have been rising all the time, especially that of housing. So it is high time the government _______ action to solve it.

A. takes                 B. have taken             C. took                         D. to take

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

　  阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time there was a group of tiny frogs that held a running competition. The 36 was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd had  37  around the tower to see the race and cheer on the  38 .

The race began,  39 , no one in the crowd really  40  that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard  41  such as, “They will never  42  it to the top.” or “There is no  43  that they will succeed. The tower is too high!”

The tiny frogs began  44 , one by one, except for those who were climbing  45  in different paces.

The crowd continued to yell, “It’s too difficult!  46  will make it!”

47  tiny frogs got tired and gave up,  48  one continued higher and higher.

49 , everyone else had given up climbing the tower, except for one tiny frog. After a lot of  50 , he was the only one who reached the top! Then all the other tiny frogs  51  wanted to know how this one frog  52  to do it?

A competitor asked the tiny frog how he had found the  53  to succeed and reach the goal. It turned out that the winner was  54 !

Never listen to other people’s tendencies to be negative or pessimistic…because they  55  your most wonderful dreams and wishes away from you--- the one you have in your heart!

36. A. wish          B. goal         C. plan         D. idea

37. A. looked       B. walked     C. turned      D. gathered

38. A. competitors        B. holders   C. actors      D. performers

39. A. Generally  B. Probably         C. Actually    D. Basically

40. A. wondered  B. believed          C. guessed     D. hoped

41. A. statements    B. conclusions    C. arguments        D. explanations

42. A. achieve      B. spot   C. encourage D. make

43. A. problem   B. chance     C. doubt       D. favor

44. A. giving up  B. cheering up     C. escaping  D. settling down

45. A. faster and faster             B. higher and higher  

C. farther and farther           D. stronger and stronger

46. A. No one    B. Everyone        C. Anyone     D. Someone

47. A. Fewer       B. Less         C. More        D. Larger

48. A. and   B. but          C. so     D. or

49. A. At the same time   B. At each time       C. At no time       D. In the end

50. A. step   B. attempt   C. effort       D. jump

51. A. naturally    B. weightlessly   C. sadly        D. strangely

52. A. managed    B. planed     C. intended  D. started 

53. A. energy       B. force       C. strength    D. power

54. A. deaf    B. violent     C. foolish      D. religious

55. A. send          B. pass         C. keep         D. take 

Accidents happen almost daily. Some accidents are minor and some are serious but others may be fatal. We read about such accidents nearly every day in the newspapers. It is wrong for people to think that accidents occur only on the roads or highways, or even at worksites. Home accidents are just as common. Because very few home accidents are reported, people tend to think that there are few accidents which happen in homes.

There have been many cases where people fall to their deaths from high-rise flats. Children often fall from staircases while coming down the stairs. Old people may slip on wet or slippery floors if they are not careful.

    Nowadays there are a lot of modern electrical appliances such as rice-cookers, electric irons, and kettles which make life easy for the modern housewives. These appliances can kill if they are not used in the proper way.

    Gas stoves used for cooking are also dangerous if they are not properly handled. They may cause burns or, in more serious cases, they may even cause fires.

    But all such accidents can be prevented if we are careful and obey simple rules of safety. For example, it is unwise for people to try repairing their own electrical appliances if they do not know how. It is safer for them to get their faulty appliances repaired by a qualified electrician.                                       

61. Accidents take place_______.

   A. mostly in homes                            B. mostly on roads and highways

   C. mostly on worksites and factories   D. almost everywhere

62. People think accidents happen only on the roads or highways because ______.

   A. there are more road accidents

   B. many home accidents are not reported in newspapers

   C. home accidents are not serious

   D. such accidents happen nearly every day

63. Which of the following accidents may NOT happen in homes?

   A. People may fall to deaths from high buildings.

   B. People may be knocked down by cars on the roads.

   C. Gas stoves may caused burns or even fires.

   D. People may get a shock from an electrical appliance

64. Which of the following is true about the modern electrical appliances?

   A. They help modern housewives a lot.

   B. They are very dangerous and should not be used.

   C. They are usually safe unless they are used carefully.

   D. They are not dangerous even if they are used carelessly.

 65. People are advised________.

   A. to avoid using electrical appliances

   B. to repair their own faulty electrical appliances

   C. not to repair their own faulty electrical appliances

   D. not to throw away their faulty electrical appliances

III 、阅读理解

                               London Thursday July 26 (Reuters)---Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her(向……求婚). The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction.

   He and Amy Dolby could even have met each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights（航班）.

   Dolby, heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstine’s Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London, told the times: “It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us. He is the most romantic（浪漫的） person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(冲动的)people. We are always trying to surprise each other.”

   After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flat mate asking what she was doing there.

“The terrible truth dawned （明朗）when I found that Ian’s suitcase and most of his clothing were missing. I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out. And that really made me angry,” she said.

Johnstone, a 27-year-old bricklayer, had taken a year off to travel around Australia. But he was missing Dolby, a 26-year-old secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site（建筑工地）and started saving for surprise.

He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring（订婚戒指）, champagne（香濱酒） and flowers.

“I really missed Amy and I had been thinking about her all the time. I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia,” he said.

Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone. “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted,” she said.

Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone’s friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket.

1. It can be learned from the text that_______.

   A. Dolby was heartbroken when she heard Johnstone refused to see her.

   B. Johnstone worked in Sydney and went to Britain on business

   C. Dolby was greeted by Johnstone’s flat mate at the airport

   D. Johnstone failed to see Dolby in her apartment in Britain

2. According to the text, it seemed that_______.

   A. Dolby wanted to go sightseeing in Sydney alone

   B. Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in Singapore

   C. Dolby stayed longer in Sydney than Johnstone stayed in Britain

   D. the young lovestruck couple had both intended to propose to each other

3. When Johnstone asked her to marry him on the phone, Dolby felt_______.

   A. nervous and shy                B. cheerful and angry

   C. excited and shocked             D. confused and sad

4. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the text?

   a. Johnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend, Amy Dolby.

   b. Johnstone started working at a Sydney building site.

   c. Johnstone went to Amy’s apartment in Britain with an engagement ring.

   d. Johnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone.

   e. They were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport lounge in Singapore.

   f. Dolby called Johnstone from Australia.

  A. b-a-d-e-c-f      B. c-a b-e-f-d       C. b-a-e-c-f-d      D. b-a-f-e-c-d

 Samuel Clemens , ______ Mark Twain , became a famous writer .

   A. was known as   B. known as   C. was known for   D. known for

III. 完形填空：

    Many of the world's pollution problems have been 1    by the crowding of large groups of people into cities．Supply for the 2     of the people leads to 3    pollution by industry．If the 4    increase in human population 5    at the present rate（比率），there may be much greater harm． Some scientists speak of the 6    in number of people as“population pollution．”

  About 2000 years ago，the world 7   was probably about 250 million． 8    reached a billion in 1850．By 1930the population was two billion．It is 9      six and a half billion．It is 10    to double by the year 2050．If the population continues to grow at the same 11    ， there would be 25 billion people in the world a hundred years from now．

  Man has been using the earth's 12    more and more rapidly over the years．Some of them are almost 13    ．Now many people believe that man's greatest 14    is how to control the growth of his population．The 15    in the world will not support the human population，in time to come，if the 16    rate of increase continues． 17    there is over crowding in the 18    and hunger in some countries． Can man's rate of increase 19    ？Many people believe that human survival（继续生存）in the future depends on the answer 20    the question．

1．A．made  B．caused      C．led    D．worked out

2．A．needs  B．satisfies    C．service      D．lacks

3．A．farther       B．less   C．further      D．better

4．A．harmful      B．small C．slow  D．rapid

5．A．stops   B．continues  C．slows down      D．adds to

6．A．increase      B．reduce      C．quality      D．quantity

7．A．people B．situation   C．population       D．land

8．A．They   B．You   C．We    D．It

9．A．now    B．in the past C．in the future     D．then

10．A．hoped  B．expected   C．wished   D．looked forward to

11．A．time  B．year  C．rate   D．period

12．A．place B．oil     C．mines       D．resources

13．A．missed      B．rich   C．gone  D．enough

14．A．problem   B．power       C．plan  D．idea

15．A．food  B．electricity C．energy      D．materials

16．A．past   B．present     C．future       D．slow

17．A．Already    B．Yet    C．Still  D．Often

18．A．villages    B．mountains C．cities D．farms

19．A．continue   B．exist  C．fall    D．keep

20．A．in     B．of     C．to      D．for

The house was reduced to _____by the fire _____by a cigarette butt.

    A.  ash, cause           B. ashes, being caused

    C.  ash, being caused     D. ashes, caused

— You know what? Tom wants to be Harry Potter after he graduates from school.

— Are you kidding? He’ll never ______ a person like him.

A. change              B. turn                  C. make                D. get

Rather than ______, he preferred to stay here.

   A. going                 B. to go                 C. went                 D. go

 —What about going abroad for further study?

   —Great, but I never expect ______ a chance for me before.

       A. there to be     B. there being     C. there is          D. there to have