完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s   36  filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so   37   that I decided to write an article about her.

I   38   Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She   39   and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I   40   I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there   41  , taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that   42   Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The   43   was almost unbearable. I struggled for days   44   draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript   45  . How stupid of me! I thought. How could I   46   in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t   47   the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While   48   my apartment, I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in   49  :

Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some   50   materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to   51   your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to   52  . Fear of rejection cost mely. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of   53   writing. Today, I have become a full – time writer. Looking back on this   54  , I learned a very important lesson: You can’t   55   to doubt yourself.

36．A．joy      B．voice  C．speech       D．smile

37．A．proud          B．active         C．satisfied     D．moved

38．A．visited        B．emailed      C．phoned       D．interviewed

39．A．agreed       B．refused      C．hesitated   D．paused

40．A．replied        B．discovered          C．explained   D．knew

41．A．seriously    B．patiently    C．nervously   D．quietly

42．A．blaming      B．fooling        C．inviting       D．urging

43．A．hardship    B．failure         C．comment   D．pressure

44．A．with   B．by       C．on       D．in

45．A．disappeared       B．returned    C．spread        D．improved

46．A．compare    B．struggle     C．survive       D．compete

47．A．ignore         B．deliver        C．face   D．receive

48．A．decorating          B．repairing    C．cleaning     D．leaving

49．A．disbelief     B．anxiety       C．horror         D．trouble

50．A．subjective  B．relevant     C．private       D．reliable

51．A．broadcast  B．create        C．publish       D．assess

52．A．recover      B．prepare      C．escape       D．concentrate

53．A．energetic   B．endless      C．typical        D．enjoyable

54．A．experience         B．success      C．benefit       D．accident

55．A．attempt     B．afford         C．expect        D．pretend

The coyote (丛林狼) , that clever animal of wide-open spaces, has come to the nation’s capital. In fact, coyotes have spread to every corner of the United States, changing their behaviors to fit new environments and causing researchers to deal with a troublesome new kind of creature：the city coyote.

The coyote originally lived in the middle of the continent. One of its most obvious characters is its smartness, which has made the animal a notorious (臭名昭著的) pest. Hunters trapped, shot and poisoned more than a million coyotes in the 1900s. It’s still one of America’s most-hunted animals. Yet the coyote has survived. How has the coyote shown this extraordinary ability? “I guess if you wanted to use one word, it’d be ‘plasticity’ , ” says Erie Gese, an expert at Utah State University. Coyotes can live alone, in pairs, or in large packs like wolves, hunt at night or during the day, occupy a small region or an area up to 40 square miles, and live on all sorts of food, from lizards (蜥蜴) and shoes, to ants and melons.

Unbelievably people helped coyotes increase when they killed most of the wolves in the United States. The spreading of coyotes into city areas, though, is recent. They travel at night, crossing sidewalks and bridges, running along roads and ducking into culverts (钻入洞) and underpasses. No one knows why coyotes are moving into cities, but experts explain that cleverer, more human-tolerant (不怕人的) coyotes are teaching urban survival skills to new generations.

Occasionally, coyotes might attack human beings. There have been about 160 attacks on people in recent years. Therefore, people have been consistently told not to feed coyotes or leave pet food unsecured. That, plus a large trapping program in the neighborhood, has cut down on the coyote population.

The underlined word “plasticity” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.

A. the ability to fit the environment     B. notorious smartness

C. hunting ability          D. being human - tolerant

The aim of the passage is to ________.

A. tell people how to fight against coyotes

B. tell us why the coyote is the most hunted animal

C. supply the reason why the coyote is a kind of notorious pest

D. explain how the coyote has spread to and survived in cities

According to the passage, coyotes ________.

A. originally lived in the west of the continent

B. sleep during the day but look for food at night

C. are teaching survival skills to their younger generations

D. suffered a population decrease because people killed wolves

According to the passage, to cut down on the coyote population, people are advised to ________.

A. leave pet food secured      B. keep coyotes in small regions

C. force coyotes to live alone D. avoid using trapping programs

The huge picture looks more beautiful _____ the blue sky.

   A. to             B. against            C. over             D. under

Every minute is made full ______ of ______ our lessons.

  A. use; to study      B. use; studying        C. useful; studying    D. to use; study

____ of the land in that district ____ covered with trees and grass.  

   A. One half; are                    B. Two seventh; is

   C. A quarter; is                    D. Two thirds; are  

When Denis Hennequin took over as the European boss of McDonald's in January 2004, the world's biggest restaurant chain was showing signs of recovery in America and Australia, but sales in Europe were sluggish or declining．One exception was France, where Mr．Hennequin had done a reliable job as head on the group's French subsidiary（子公式） to sell more Big Macs to his relatives, His task was to copy this success in all 41 of the European countries where anti-globalisers’ favourite enemy operates．

So far Mr．Henncquin is doing well．Last year European sales increased by 5．8% and the number of customers by 3．4%, the best annual results in nearly 15 years．Europe accounted for 36% of the group's profits and for 28 of its sales．December was an especially good month as customers took to seasonal menu offerings in France and Britain, and to a promotion in Germany based on the game of Monopoly（垄断）．

Mr．Hennequin's recipe for revival（复兴） is to be more open about his company's operations, to be "locally relevant", and to improve the experience of visiting his 6.400 restaurants． McDonaId's is blamed for making people fat, exploiting workers, treating animals cruelly, polluting the environment and simply for being American．Mr．Hennequin says he wants to engage in a dialogue with the public to address these concerns．

He introduced "open door" visitor days in each country which became hugely popular．In Poland alone some 50,000 visitors came to McDonaId's through the visitors' program last year．The Nutrition Information Initiative（倡议）launched last year, put detailed Sables on McDonaId's packaging with data on calories, protein, fat, carbohy drates and salt content, "the details are also printed on tray-liners．

Which of the following statement is RIGHT?

            A．Denis Hennequin has been boss of McDonald since 2004．

            B．The sales of McDonald is increasing in France．

            C．Denis Hennequin tries his best to increase the sales of McDonald in the world．

            D．The nutrition information is always launched on McDonald products．

McDonaId's is blamed in Europe for the following reasons EXCEPT          .

            A．making people fat                    B．exploiting workers

            C．treating animals cruelly               D．earning too much

Which of the following is not included in the McDonaId's packaging?

            A．attentions              B．fat          C．protein                 D．salt content

What did Denis Hennequin do to increase the sales of McDonald in Europe?

            A．He visited all the McDonaId's branches in Europe．

            B．He introduced "open door" visitor's days in each country．

            C．He had done a reliable job as head of the group's French subsidiary．

            D．He engaged in a dialogue with the public．

  书面表达（满分30分）

假设你是学校英语演讲社团的成员。最近，你将参加一个名为“拯救汉语”的演讲活动。请根据下面的要点写一篇120词左右的英语演讲稿。

电脑的普及所带来的后果。

现在的年轻人和很多学生的表现。

你的建议。

  With the popularity of computers, ____________________________________

He was asked to _______the facts just as he remembered them.

   A. set down        B. set out         C. set up        D. set about 

---Helen, will you be at the party tonight?

   ---Yes, but I have so much homework to do that I really__________.

       A．can’t B．mustn’t     C．won’t       D．shouldn’t

       While watching the games the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage.

       The event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. For one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. It would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important.

       I watched the man dive off the bock and knew right away that something was wrong. I’m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. When he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold — his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly this man was not a medal competitor.

       I listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out.

       But in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed.

       No longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. Some even began to stand and shout “Come on, you can do it!” and he did.

       A clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold, and should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors.

       Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney.

       In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog.

68.From the passage we can learn that the young man _______.

A. made his turn to start back pitifully     

B. was skillful in freestyle in the game

C. swam faster than the average swimmer   

D. was not capable enough to win the medal

69.   The crowd changed their attitudes because _______.

       A. they felt sorry for the young man                 

B. they wanted to show their sympathy

       C. they were moved by the young man              

D. they meant to please the young man

70.   According to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog” probably means _______.

       A. it’s amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skills

       B. it’s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself

       C. it’s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors

       D. it’s brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals

71.   What’s the best title for the passage?

       A. Go for it!                                      B. Try again！

C. Compete for Gold!                         D. Break a Record!