第二节．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and    31  with the rented video we had been dying to watch, I was feeling a little   32  , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks and the   33  .They were so heavy that I decided to   34   some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can   35   I noticed a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He 36  a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started _37  it.

I suddenly felt very 38 because I was about to do away with a new drink just  39 it was heavy. I knew this man would take all he could  40  , so I walked up to him and  41 the drink and some snacks to him. The man looked up 42  and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread  43  his face and this caused me to feel quite  44  . I felt like I  45 be happier with myself, but then he said, “This is my son’s lucky day!”

With that, he  46  me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him   47   a song as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good, for the man and his family. I now understand what is   48   by the saying “Giving is getting”.

Since then, every time I have the   49   to do something nice, the image of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the  50   of charity.

31. A. equipped             B. covered            C. done             D. offered

32. A. upset                B. happy              C. tired             D. excited

33. A. video               B. books              C. pizza            D. clothes

34. A. send off             B. throw away         C. put away          D send out

35. A. after              B. when              C. before            D. while

36. A. owned              B. presented           C. held             D. sought

37. A. going into          B. finding out          C. looking through    D. working out

38. A. stupid             B. guilty              C. disappointed       D. happy

39. A. since              B. until               C. because           D. when

40. A. get                 B. search             C. hear              D. see

41. A. dropped                   B. kept              C. turned             D. handed

42. A. sadly              B. coldly             C. thankfully          D. patiently

43. A. in                        B. across             C. by                D. through

44. A. regretful           B. satisfied            C. puzzled            D. curious

45. A. couldn’t                   B. shouldn’t          C. needn’t             D. mustn’t

46. A. smiled                    B. told               C. saw               D. thanked

47. A. whistling                  B. whispering         C. listening            D. making

48. A. referred                   B. said               C. meant                   D. spoken

49. A. time                      B. chance             C. idea             D. effort

50. A. power             B. effect              C. result              D. mystery

. This special school accepts all disabled students, ______ educational level and background.

A. regardless of           B. in addition to   C .in terms of            D. according to

 —John, why are you going to fly to South Africa next week?

   —______ the FIFA World Cup 2010.

   A. Seeing      B. See     C. To see     D. To be seeing

D

Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.

Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby's intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire (能发出的全部声音). This self-imitation leads on to deliberate (有意识的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.

1. By "... challenges explanation" Line 2, Para.1. the author means that ______.

A. no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon

B. no explanation has been made up to now

C. it's no easy job to provide an adequate explanation

D. it's high time that an explanation was provided

2. The third paragraph is mainly about _____.

A. the development of babies' early forms of language

B. the difficulties of babies in learning to speak

C. babies' strong desire to communicate

D. babies' intention to communicate

3. The author's purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children _______.

A. usually obey without asking questions

B. are passive in the process of learning to speak

C. are born cooperative D. learn to speak by listening

4. From the passage we learn that ______.

A. early starters can learn to speak within only six months

B. children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises

C. imitation plays an important role in learning to speak

D. children have various difficulties in learning to speak

5. The best title for this passage would be ______.

A. How Babies Learn to Speak   B. Early Forms of Language

C. A Huge Task for Children    D. Noise Making and language Learning

Beijing expects China’s rich civilizations to ________ the world with a happy surprise at the

opening ceremony of the 2010 Shanghai EXPO.

       A. show  B. attract C. present       D. perform 

Viewers will have ________ second chance to see Saturday’s concert on ________ Channel 4 tonight.

  A. a; the                          B. the; the                    C. the; 不填                 D.

快餐现在在中国很流行，但快餐对人的身体却没什么好处。请你根据下面的要点，以“Fast Food”为题写一篇英语短文。

快餐在中国十分流行。 尤其是儿童和青少年喜欢吃快餐；

快餐受欢迎至少有四个方面的原因：

方便、节约时间；

既可以在快餐店里吃，有可以带回家吃；

店里的环境干净 、舒服；

服务周到，食品质量有保证；

从营养角度讲，快餐食品却不尽人意；

建议：时间来不及，则可考虑吃快餐，但以偶尔品尝为宜；孩子要尽量少吃快餐。

注意：词数在100左右。

      参考词汇：guarantee 保证；nutrition营养；

VI. 智力测试（IQ） （共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）

回答下列问题。(Answer the following questions.)

96. What number should replace the question mark?

       21, 20, 18, 15, 11,     ?    

97. Have a look at these strange watches. By cracking the logic which connects them you should be able to work out what time should be shown on the face of the fifth watch.

98. Spell out a 7-letter word by using each letter only once.

99. Four girls have a basket with four apples in it. How can you divide the apples so that each girl gets a whole apple and one still remains in the basket?

100. What is that which has a mouth, but never speaks, and a bed, but never sleeps in it?

34. The designs of the new tools should be ________ carefully, so that we can pick out the one that suits our work.

A. experimented            B. examined

C. exercised               D. tried

. Dr. Smith, together with his wife, ______ visit Beijing this summer.

   A. is going to        B. are going to     C. was going to       D. were going to