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16-35各题所给的四个选项（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其涂黑。

         Cats have no emotions ．At least, that's what my husband once claimed．I   36   that my two cats experience emotions．They feel anger, fear, and   37 ．He agreed with me, but   38   his opinion that cats don't feel love． 39 , my tuxedo cat, Sebastian, would teach him otherwise．

         When my next-door neighbour moved in, he had a she cat named Juliet．She was an indoor lady, always watching   40  through the window．

         Then one day when I   41  my cat to the backyard for his playtime, Sebastian   42   Juliet gazing at him behind the window．It soon became   43  that they were attracted by each other．So every day thereafter, whenever I let Sebastian out, he would rush   44__to the backyard next-door and they would sit gazing   45  at each other through the screen, she inside, and he outside．Even my husband watched   46  , and he would murmur, "But cats can't feel love．．．can they?"

         Five months later, my neighbour had to   47   because of work．My heart sank．I wondered how Sebastian would   48   to Juliet's leaving．

         For months after Juliet moved away and the new neighbour moved in, I often   49  Sebastian sitting by Juliet's window, looking into the apartment   50  his lady．The new neighbour didn't mind having the "Peeping Sebastian" after I   51   his reason for being there．

         Sebastian   52   the small area outside that window as his territory． Other male cats were allowed in the   53  , but not near Juliet's window, which he guarded until his   54  ．

         Even now, when my husband and I walk through the backyard and see that window, he   55   me of the lesson Sebastian taught him．．．that cats do indeed fall in love．

36．A．argued       B．quarreled  C．suggested D．discussed

37．A．energy        B．power     C．strength    D．happiness

38．A．referred to         B．prepared for      C．stuck to      D．approved of

39．A．Therefore          B．However    C．Besides      D．Meanwhile

40．A．the environment        B．the sky       C．her owner D．her boyfriend

41．A．forbade           B．prevented C．accompanied     D．left

42．A．called attention to                        B．caught sight of

         C．took charge of                          D．paid a visit to

43．A．ambitious       B．doubtful     C．skeptical    D．obvious

44．A．secretly           B．straight      C．quietly        D．worriedly

45．A．lovingly            B．angrily        C．hungrily      D．greedily

46．A．in trouble        B．in sorrow   C．in amazement   D．in horror

47．A．settle      B．travel          C．apologize   D．move

48．A．react       B．reply  C．reduce        D．replace

49．A．took        B．caught        C．met          D．sensed

50．A．in place of        B．on the basis of   C．in search of        D．on account of

51．A．explained        B．requested C．blamed       D．asked

52．A．discovered      B．reformed   C．preserved  D．marked

53．A．street     B．backyard    C．window      D．village

54．A．birthday          B．departure  C．death          D．arrival

55．A．reminds           B．informs      C．tells   D．accuses

                                  Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in1954.

What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who has not learned swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not.

Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on hour keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam if the operator typed too fast.

These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers a direct command to your nervous system.

I used a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India, said snakes were slippery, slimy (黏糊糊的) and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.

Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change.

36. In the author’s opinion, if a person in deep water doesn’t know how to swim he will drown because _________.

A. he is afraid of water               B. he doesn’t want to live in the world

C. he hasn’t learned to swim before     D. he believes he will drown

37. The author thinks that the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to _________.

A. reduce one’s typing speed          B. satisfy the operator

C. save more space                  D. increase one’s typing speed

38. The author’s experiment shows that __________.

  A. snakes in India aren’t poisonous       B. snakes can be caught easily

  C. snakes are slimy and poisonous       D. snakes are dry and clean

39. According to the passage, we know that ________.

  A. students from India have unrealistic beliefs on how to live a better life

  B. an animal who has not learned to swim will drown if you put it in a pond.

  C. Roger Banister was the first person who ran a mile in less than four minutes.

  D. most people don’t like the order the letters are arranged on your keyboard

40. The main idea of this passage should be that _______.

  A. beliefs make us seem stupid           B. beliefs are very powerful

  C. changing your beliefs now if necessary  D. people should always believe in themselves

II  阅读(共两节, 满分50分)

第一节  阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

                      How I Turned to Be Optimistic

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

26.How did the author get to know America?

   A.  From her relatives.                  B.  From her mother.

   C.  From books and pictures.             D.  From radio programs.

27.Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.

   A. confused                           B. excited

   C. worried                            D. amazed

28.For the first two years in New York, the author _________.

   A. often lost her way                      B. did not think about her future

   C. studied in three different schools          D. got on well with her stepfather

29.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?

   A. She worked as a translator.                

   B. She attended a lot of job interviews. 

   C. She paid telephone bills for her family.    

   D She helped her family with her English.

30.The author believes that______.

   A. her future will be free from troubles               

   B. it is difficult to learn to become patient 

   C. there are more good things than bad things    

   D. good things will happen if one keeps trying

第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Friendship has great power, and it can inspire the people in trouble as well as in easy circumstances.

       Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've   1        just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I   2       to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the few  times a year when we can see each other.

       Over the weekend, we   3      hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he  4      with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毁]   5    . I was blown away! She told me how she had been   6       to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.

       I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big   7     . I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.

       By the time she left, I was really worried about her and   8         by the experience. It had been so  9       , I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the         10         of friendship to the  11        test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she  12       me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.

       A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our   13      , and then she told me that she had   14      with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the   15      rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.

        1. A. divided               B. shared                      C. experienced                     D. enjoyed

        2. A. got                            B. traveled                    C. moved                            D. arrived

        3. A. took                   B. spared                      C. offered                     D. spent

        4. A. supplied              B. experimented            C. tried                        D. provided

        5. A. action                 B. movements               C. behavior                   D. activities

        6. A. explaining           B. speaking                   C. calling                            D. lying

        7. A. trouble               B. worry                      C. difficulty                  D. task

        8. A. burned down              B. turned down             C. turned out                D. worn out

        9. A. discouraging              B. encouraging              C. exciting                    D. inspiring

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

       11. A. last                     B. final                        C. late                          D. recent

       12. A. treated                B. regarded                   C. honored                   D. valued

       13. A. information         B. dialogue                   C. conversation             D. communication

       14. A. broken out          B. broken up                 C. broken away             D. broken off

       15. A. luckily                B. correctly                  C. naturally                  D. truly

I didn't want to be _________________ with politics at all.

       A．dealt B．associated C．involved   D．consulted

You       get a new bicycle as a reward for doing well in the following final exam．

A．must    B．will         C．shall     D．should

When the fans hurried to the airport, they found that the famous singer _____.

   A. had left            B. has left             C. left             D. will leave

 Many experts hold the view _______ protection awareness is _______ the key to better environment lies.

   A. that; where       B. which; in which    C. which; where          D. that; in which

 You can take ____ you like here.

   A. which                                       B. no matter what      

C. whatever                                   D. anything of which

书面表达（共1小题，满分15分）

     校友王浩被邀请来你校作报告，谈中学生该如何高效地学习英语的问题。请根据下面表格提供的信息，在学校网页的“英语角”栏目上用英语对王浩作一简单介绍：

要求：

1. 要点齐全。                       2. 不要逐行翻译

3. 词数：100以上，开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

 研究生：graduate student；专业：major  n & v ;   同声翻译员：simultaneous interpreter

 Mr.Wang Hao is a schoolmate of  our school. He was born in March in 1978 in Changsha.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tomorrow afternoon, he will give us a wonderful speech about how we should learn English effectively. Please be there on time.