The SAT is an excellent means of testing students. _____, it shouldn’t be only one of the many methods used.

   A. Therefore              B. And                     C. However              D. Besides

 －Do you mind if I turn off the TV?             －__________.

   A. Yes, please   B. No, go ahead     C. Yes, you can      D. No, I’d rather you didn’t

 If my father ______here now,  he _____ tell me what to do. But he left home just one hour ago.

A. were, would      B. were, will        C. is , would       D. is, will

第二卷

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  短文填词 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)?

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1) 汉语提示, 2) 首字母提示, 3) 语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词, 并将该词完整地写在右边标号为76－85相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

I went by air a great deal _______ I was still a young boy as             76. __________ 

both my father and mother l________ in South America and I flew        77. __________

there from Britain for my _________ (假日). An air hostess took         78. __________

good c______ of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am      79. __________

used to __________（旅行）by air and only on one occasion have       80. __________

ever felt f_________. After taking off, we were flying low over city      81. __________

and slowly gaining ________ (高度), when the plane suddenly turned           82. __________

round and flew back to the __________ ( 机场). While we were           83. __________

waiting to land, an air hostess told us to keep c_______ and get           84. __________

________ the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.                        85. __________

---It’s raining heavily. The plane may be put off. 

---I am told it will take off _______ the weather. 

   A. regardless of      B. because of     C. thanks to         D. due to

---The last one _______ pays the meal.   

   ---Agreed!

   A. arrived        B. arrives                     C. to arrive        D. arriving

Writing has _____ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of pleasure.

A. taken off        B. taken down    C. taken away       D. taken up

 He began to take political science _________ only when he left school.

A. strictly              B. truly                C. carefully       D. seriously

The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates.

   A. in need of           B. in search of      C. with the help of          D. in memory of

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题后的 A B C D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A gift left to her

     Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as ___36___What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the___37__of her husband.

     A few minutes later, I heard the truck___38__its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any___39___ Finally she put me down in a __40__place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air; she untied the bag.

      I ___41___ out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me.

      It turned out that my owner meant to___42___ me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther. So I cast my head ___43__the direction of the truck. The days we spent together was like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer; look at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself___44__my owner everywhere; I saw him lie in his dying bed, she all___45__.

     I ran as fast as I could. And the___46___I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame her for treating me like this for she was such a (n) ___47___ lady. She seemed even somewhat ___48___ at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to ___49___the pains of losing him. She ___50___ his pictures and clothes, and she redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only ___51___ thing to remind her of him. ___52___ later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this…

     The truck finally stopped when I was almost ___53___. She ran up to me and hugged me ___54___. I heard her ___55___: “I know you are a present he left to me.”

36. A. puzzled            B. excited            C. delighted              D. frightened

37. A. separation           B. absence        C. departure            D. death

38. A. run                         B. begin              C. start                     D. operate

39. A. sense                  B. trouble                   C. effort                       D. difference

40. A. usual                  B. strange              C. familiar                D. dark

41. A. walked         B. rushed            C. ran                       D. struggled

42. A. harm                B. desert             C. punish                       D. sell

43. A. into                    B. at                         C. in                             D. to

44. A. follow             B. bring              C. guide                          D. support

45. A. with tears            B. in tears                  C. out of breath         D. in silence

46. A. time                   B. direction         C. way                     D. moment

47. A. cruel                  B. unfriendly      C. unfavorable           D. unfortunate

48. A. calm                   B. depressed        C. angry                         D. sad

49. A. kill                         B. remove             C. bear                     D. prevent

50. A. kept                   B. burned                  C. sold                     D. hit

51. A. moving            B. walking           C. existing                D. blessing

52. A. But                    B. And                  C. Thus                    D. Then

53. A. worn out             B. knocked out     C. left out                D. made out

54. A. tightly             B. patiently          C. sadly                 D. desperately

55. A. shout                  B. speak              C. whisper             D. talk