．Some people would rather ride bikes as bike riding has______of the trouble of taking buses.

       A．nothing    B．some C．neither      D．none

If Mr. Brown _____ his sister to attend the party, she will certainly be glad to.

    A. hopes      B. manages      C. demands      D. advises

---Will you walk a little faster?

　 ---I was afraid you could not _____ .

   A. walk up       B. go up       C. keep up     D. catch up

As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we          send for an engineer to handle the problem.

       A．should      B．must  C．can    D．would

This is the place where the writer was born and _____.

A. brought out    B. grown up    C. taken up     D. brought up 

Low-carbon lifestyle is of great benefit to improve the world environment ．_____can be enjoyed from it until you have a deep understanding of it，however．

       A．Something       B．Nothing        C．Few D．Much

 We were shocked at the news____________a 7.1-magnitude quake struck Yushu county on April 14th.

A. whether         B. that         C. where           D. Why

 Something is wrong with his camera. It can’t be _______ to take photos in cloudy conditions.

   A. adapted    B. adjusted     C. adopted     D. contradicted

III. 完型填空 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail(桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel(铲). In the   36   of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he   37   a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.

The boy dug around the rock,   38   to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much   39  , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by   40   his hands. When the boy got the rock to the   41   of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and   42   the little wall.   43  , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some   44  , the rock tipped(翻滚) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only   45   was to have the rock roll back.

Finally he   46   tears. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window   47   the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large   48   appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but   49   , he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”

Defeated, the boy   50   back, “I did! I did！I used all the strength that I had!”

“No, you didn’t. You didn’t ask me for help.” The father   51   down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox.

Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be   52  ? Are you discovering that you don’t have   53   it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the   54   we need. Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for   55   when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome.

36. A. method               B. step                         C. practice                    D. process

37. A. created               B. set                           C. discovered                D. brought

38. A. trying                 B. managing                 C. deciding                   D. competing

39. A. thought               B. struggle                    C. movement                D. worry

40. A. touching             B. shaking                    C. using                       D. controlling

41. A. bottom               B. center                      C. edge                        D. front

42. A. over                   B. down                       C. through                    D. into

43. A. Doubted             B. Surprised                 C. Pleased                    D. Determined

44. A. attempt               B. progress                   C. effort                       D. decision

45. A. hope                   B. reward                            C. point                        D. purpose

46. A. made out            B. broke out                 C. burst into                 D. rushed into

47. A. so                      B. as                            C. until                        D. before

48. A. rock                   B. picture                            C. figure                      D. shade

49. A. surprisingly         B. doubtfully                C. kindly                      D. firmly

50. A. shouted               B. smiled                      C. called                       D. asked

51. A. reached               B. looked                            C. fell                          D. put

52. A. pushed                B. dropped                   C. carried                            D. removed

53. A. who                   B. what                        C. which                      D. where

54. A. minds                 B. spirits                      C. force                        D. strength

55. A. help                   B. tips                          C. advice                      D. ideas

U.S. airlines are seeing a major interruption because of hundreds of flights canceled due to the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano, but European flight companies will face the biggest losses.

The airline business has been tough: The decline dramatically slowed traffic; February heavy snow forced U.S. airlines to cancel thousands of flights; and now the ashes from the volcano stopped all traffic in and out of northern Europe for days.

"For U.S. flight companies, it'll be a relatively short-term hit," said Michael Boyd, president of Boyd Group International, an aviation (航空学) consulting firm. "We think right now they're down about $80 million in terms of lost income, and they're down domestically about 80,000 passengers that would have been flying domestically but aren't because they can't get here."

Delta announced that volcano-related interruption grounded about 400 flights until Monday at a cost of $20 million in lost revenues. But compare that to the recent snowstorms, when the airline canceled 7,000 flights and lost $65 million in revenue.

The disruption has created uncertainty for customers, but analysts say U.S. airlines won't face as many costs as you might think. They are not flying in extra planes to handle the passengers in trouble because, airline analyst Robert Mann said, companies simply don't have them.

"Airlines run a very lean operation now," Mann said. "So, since there are no spare aircraft or crews, the airlines will attempt to maximize loads on every one of their aircraft that do fly. But it may take days, or in some cases a week or so, to get some of these customers to where they want to go."

1. Which negative consequences mentioned in the passage did the disasters cause?

A. coldness, pollution and airlines’ losses    

B. airport damage, pollution and slow traffic

C. passenger delay, coldness and airport damage   

D. passenger delay, airlines’ losses and slow traffic

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The fewest airplanes will fly the trapped passengers to their destinations.

B. All the customers are sure to be sent to their destinations in time.

C. The U.S. and U.K. airlines suffered the same losses in the natural disasters.

D. The volcano eruption reduced the traffic to and from northern Europe.  

3. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A. the troubles that the airlines will face after the ash cloud disappears

B. the measures that the airlines will take to maximize their profit

C. the present situation of the airlines and their plan to deliver the passengers

D. the reasons why the airlines run a fine operation

4. Why will it take a long time for airlines to send the passengers to their different destinations?

A. Because the passengers enjoy staying in airports to talk with one another.

B. Because the airlines don’t have spare planes or employees to serve.

C. Because the airlines don't have enough financial support after the disaster.

D. Because the passengers are asking for full refund from the airlines.

5. The passage is most probably from_______.

A．a novel           B．a news report        C．a magazine        D．a thesis