Thank you for visit to CCTV.COM. This site_________and will be back online in the not-too-distant future.

A. had updated    B. will be updated   C. updated     D. is being updated

He warmly congratulated them on _____ they had achieved in science and technology.

     A. that                         B. where                      C. what                        D. which

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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town, saying that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole world. A large crowd   36   and they all admired his heart, for it was   37 .There was not a mark or a flaw (瑕疵) in it. They all agreed it was   38   the most beautiful heart they had   39   seen. The young man was very   40   and boasted (自夸) more loudly about his beautiful heart.

    Suddenly, an old man   41   at the front of the   42   and said, “Your heart is not as beautiful as mine.” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. It was beating   43 , but it was full of   44  . It had places where pieces had been   45   and other pieces put in, but they didn’t   46   quite right and there were several rough and pointed edges.

    The people stared. “How can he say his heart is more beautiful?” they thought. The young man looked at the old man’s heart and laughed. “You must be   47  ,” he said. “Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”

    “Yes, yours   48   perfect, but I would never trade with you,” said the old man. “Every scar   49   a person to whom I have given my love. I   50   a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the   51   place in my heart, but because the pieces aren’t   52   in shape, I have some rough edges, which I   53 .They remind me of the love we shared. So now do you see what true   54   is?”

    The young man was moved. He stood there silently with   55   running down his cheeks.

36. A. stopped        B. came        C. agreed         D. gathered

37. A. clean          B. exciting     C. happy          D. perfect

38. A. probably       B. truly        C. likely         D. luckily

39. A. never          B. seldom       C. ever           D. sometimes

40. A. proud          B. regretful    C. happy          D. angry

41. A. appeared       B. cried        C. showed         D. listened

42. A. man            B. crowd        C. street        D. town

43. A. quickly        B. strongly     C. slowly         D. heavily

44. A. tears         B. water        C. scars          D. love

45. A. burnt         B. changed      C. removed        D. cut

46. A. place         B. fit          C. jump          D. see

47. A. joking         B. tricking     C. dreaming       D. playing

48. A. looks         B. smells       C. sounds         D. feels

49. A. explains       B. helps        C. presents       D. represents

50. A. tear down      B. turn down    C. tear out       D. throw out

51. A. clean         B. scary        C. empty          D. painful

52. A. normal         B. big          C. fine           D. exact

53. A. want           B. dislike      C. fear           D. value 

54. A. kindness       B. happiness    C. beauty         D. love

55. A. water          B. sweat        C. tears          D. Blood

C（新题型）

       Somali Piracy (索马里海盗)

       Somalia's 3,025-kilometer coastline is the longest in Africa and near to key shipping routes connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean by way of the Suez Canal. It is the world's 2nd biggest piracy hotspot after Indonesia. More than 130 merchant ships were attacked in the region last year and an tenfold(十倍的) increase was noted in the first ten months of 2009 and in October alone, three ships were hijacked there, including a ship with 25 crew from China.

Somalia has had no effective central authority since former president Mohamed Siad Barre was driven out of the country in 1991. The government collapsed, setting off a bloody cycle of conflicts between different groups and it has been a war-torn nation ever since. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation and more than forty percent of its people depend on food aid.

There has been a lot of discussion in the media about how to drive piracy off the coast of Somalia. Much less attention has been given to the complex sources of political disorder and poverty that have led many Somalis into piracy. Other facts are that foreign shipping companies have been dumping nuclear waste off the coast of Somalia and robbing the country of its fishing industry. Many of Somalia’s “pirates” initially organized to defend their coast against this pollution and robbery.

Somali pirates operate in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. The pirates have fast boats, modem weapons and equipment like satellite phones and global positioning systems(GPS全球定位系统). The generally do not steal goods or kill hostages. They are believed to be holding seventeen ships with about three hundred crew members.

       Some of the world's heaviest shipping traffic passes the Somali coast. But major shipping companies have begun to consider new routes. Navy ships from America, Russia, China and other countries are now watching for pirates. But the area to protect covers more than one hundred sixty million square kilometers.

       Besides no effective governing on shore, the shipping companies are also part of the problems. Paying them a sum of money to get it back is an economical decision, which contributes to a general climate of piracy. Further more, the military response has made the problem more complicated. Kenya (肯尼亚) has advised organizing a major international conference to solve the problems. But it seems a long way to go and we must get to know the fact that the world cannot end piracy and civil war without dealing with Somalia's political problems.

1. According to the passage, the biggest piracy hotspot is ________.

2. What have led many Somalis into piracy?  (Your answer must be limited within 10 words)

_____________________________________________________________________________

What is the purpose of Somali pirates’ hijacking since they generally don’t steal goods or kill hostages?

_____________________________________________________________________________

4. We can safely conclude that the key to solving the piracy in Somalia is _________.

I felt somewhat disappointed and was about to leave _______ something unexpected happened, which captured my attention.  

 A. unless                    B. until                  C. when                  D. While

C

       In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it．And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is．That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about．It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours．

       The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand．He told this story about himself．He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23．That was a lot of money in those days．He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City．When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day．When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours．

       It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up．The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life．They moved back to an apartment in New York City．

       Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours．He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories．He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States．“Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you．Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years．

       People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses．And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world．But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr．Jones always seems to be ahead．

64．Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________．

       A．want to be as rich as their neighbours

       B．want others to know or to think that they are rich

       C．don’t want others to know they are rich

       D．want to be happy

65．It can be inferred （推断） from the story that rich people like to ________．

       A．live outside New York City      B．live in New York city

       C．live in apartments                 D．have many neighbours

66．Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________．

       A．an important name               B．a popular name in the United States

       C．his neighbour’s name             D．not a good name

67．According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses．

       A．correct    B．interesting      C．impossible      D．Good

第二卷（非选择题 共35分）

第一节：对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面对话，掌握其大意，并根据所给字母的提示，在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

W: Hello, Professor Black. You’ve been invited to a  76   a 3-day                  76________              

 conference in Britton and to give a paper on your l  77   research.                  77 _______             

M: That’s great. When will it s  78  ?                                                         78 _______                

W: On the third of next m  79  .                                                                79_______              

M: That won’t l  80   me much time to prepare a report.                             80 _______           

W: You have still got a week. This is a chance not to be m  81  .                  81_______            

Many famous s  82   from over the world will be at the conference.                 82 _______            

M: Are you going?

W: No, I’m afraid not, I’m going on an important business t  83   to                83 _______            

 Beijing .But I was asked to have a report r  84   at the conference.            84 _______            

Would you mind reading it for me?

M: No, It’s a p  85   to do something for you.                                            85_______      

 The performance will be given next week. You can go to the student union       tickets.

       A. for           B. in            C. by            D. On

  If you cheat in the exam, you could hardly _________ it.

A. throw away       B. get away            C. get away from    D. get away with

_______ you call me to say you are not coming, I’ll see you at the theatre．

     A．Until          B．If           C．As             D．Unless