This place is an ideal site for a restaurant _______ it is just in the center of the downtown.

A. even if  　　 B. so that  　　  C. in that 　        D. in case

The teacher had the students __________ all the words they didn’t know.

A. looked up     B. looking in      C. look up     D. look at

II. 单句改错。  下列句子中，每句有一个错误，请予以改正。（共10小题，计10分）

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：必须严格按以上要求做题，否则无效。

1. The letter he looked forward to arriving surprisingly.

2. She has a gift of learning languages.

3. He rather than I have the chance to go abroad.

4. Towards nightfall I found myself carrying out to sea by a strong wind.

5. Don’t you think it would be better if you are a bit thinner?

6.The reason why he was late was because he missed the train by one minute this morning.

7.We must make this clear that anyone who breaks the law will be punished.

8.The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I mustn’t have taken the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.

9. He said he has worked for nearly ten years and he wanted to go home.

10. The thought what they could cross the whole continent was exciting.

Rather than ___ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ___ a subway.

A. ride; ride                                    B. riding; ride 

C. ride; to ride                                  D. to ride; riding

Whenever you enter the reading room, you can find all the students _____ at their desks, with their attention _____ on the books, except Tom.

A.sitting, fixing      B.to sit, fixed       C.seating, fixing     D.seated, fixed

You need to have______if you want to teach the group of naughty children well. 来源：高考

  A.energy         B.patience           C.strength         D.belief

. —Is there any possibility of Jack ________chairman at the conference?

   —Not in the least because audience generally think little of him

A. to elect                     B. electing            C. to be elected     D. being elected

He spoke so quickly that I didn't _____ what he said.

   A. receive               B. accept                      C. take                         D. catch

I have been looking for you everywhere. This is the _____ place in the world I would have expected to find you.

   A. right                   B. last                          C. just                          D. only

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第三部分：阅读理解（共２０小题；每小题２分，满分４０分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

One bitterly cold day, a snowstorm blew into our area. Needing firewood, I quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. I was glad to have Bruce along. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of dangers.

   When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, my best friend suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I wanted to finish the job quickly and go home. So I began cutting down the tree. When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt that my friend was right.

   The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood, so I could safely remove the tree. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!

   After I returned home and told my mother what had happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived on the scene. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale.

“You should have been killed,” he said.

So why am I still alive? It was my boots that saved my life.

Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down—but not my mother.

Even though she was glad I wasn’t hurt, my mother was well serious with me. After all, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.

Through this experience, I learned that it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective(观点). Taking the time to listen might actually save a lot of time and trouble. It certainly would have kept me from getting the “shock of my life”.

56. The underlined word “disregard ” in the second paragraph means “________”.

  A. pay no attention to     B. take notice of       C. consider    D. follow

57. In spite of Bruce’s warning, the author still cut the tree because ________.

  A. he was sure there would be nothing to happen

  B. he wasn’t sure whether Bruce was right and was anxious to go home

  C. he didn’t hear his friend’s warning at all because of the blowing wind

  D. he was angry with his friend and didn’t want to listen to him

58. The author wrote the passage mainly to _______.

  A. give an account of one of his terrible experiences

  B. make us know it’s important to listen to people who offer a different perspective (观点) through his experience

 C. tell us not to cut trees down any more

  D. remind us to be careful while working

59. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. But for his boots, the writer would have died.

  B. The writer regretted having brushed off his friend’s warning.

  C. The writer knew nothing about electricity.

  D. When the tree was cut down, the writer realized his friend was right