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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball，I stopped to silently watch them．I really envied them．But as a girl，I once thought that I could   36   play basketball．

    I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I’ve had a basketball   37   I was a child．At first，I could play freely because no one   38   when I was just a kid．But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball．

    At school，it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes．The girls were   39   allowed to play volleyball or badminton．

    My parents did not   40   me play basketball at home．“Basketball is not fit for girls，”they said．  41  I went to play basketball with my friends，boys   42   at me on the court as if I were an alien．

     I was feeling   43   and had lost hope of playing basketball． 44  ，something changed the first day of high school． I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball．They  45   me to get back on the court．

    One of them told me with a smile.“Go your own   46  ，let others talk．”This girl would always play basketball with me．Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about   47  with me almost every day．

    I was inspired by them．Confidence and passion   48   to my heart．I am ready to stand up and play．I will play as well as I can， 49   for me，even the sky is boundless(无垠的)．

    Basketball has become an important part of my  50  ．I am interested in it．I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day．Through basketball，not only do I feel happy and confident，but also  51   a lot．

I’ve heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say，“Nothing is impossible．”It is from an advertisement on TV．I have  52   to realize that life is just like playing basketball．You should have an  53  ．After that，just be confident and  54   going．Never give up and you’ll make it sooner or later．

    I love the motto of the NBA.  It can  55  my strong feelings for basketball，“I love this game!”

36．A．ever                       B．often                     C．never                    D．always

37．A．when                     B．before            C．after                      D．since

38．A．struggled                B．cared                     C．enjoyed                   D．joined

39．A．only                      B．almost            C．hardly                     D．not

40．A．encourage              B．agree                     C．let                          D．permit

41．A．Still                       B．Yet                       C．Just                        D．Even

42．A．1ooking                 B．glaring                  C．glancing                  D．staring

43. A. up                         B. down             C. excited           D. satisfied

44. A. Unluckily                B. Naturally             C. Unexpectedly          D. Clearly

45. A. encouraged              B. forbade                  C. ensured               D. explored

46. A. effort                  B. way                  C. business               D. direction

47. A. basketball              B. sports                 C. interests               D. dreams

48. A. stuck                   B. referred              C. turned                D. returned

49. A. but                    B. though               C. and                   D. however

50. A. wish                   B. life                   C. work                  D. study

51. A. experience             B. grow                    C. learn                 D. play

52. A. come              B. turned             C. refused              D. happened

53. A. idea               B. aim                      C. opinion               D. effort

54. A. insist              B. remain                   C. keep                  D. last

55. A. inform                      B. express          C. ignore                  D. connect

C

Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motorway. But still there is a danger that grows every year. Airliners get larger and larger. Some airplanes can carry over 300 passengers. And the air itself becomes more and more crowded. If one large airliner struck into another in mid-air, 600 lives could be lost.

From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens. Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down. The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2,500 planes a day. Not all of them actually land at the airport.  Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there. Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident.

    Recently such a disaster almost happened. Two large jets were flying towards the airport. One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, the other 176 passengers from Chicago. An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other. He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb. But he made a mistake. He ordered the wrong plane to do this. So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it. Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane. They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second. The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool. This is an example of the danger that grows every year.

63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A. Traveling by air is as safe as by car.

  B. Traveling by air is not as safe as by car.

  C. Traveling by car is as dangerous as by air.

  D. Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air.

64. The air traffic controllers of an airport ____________ .

  A. control all the planes flying near the airport

  B. give orders to planes leaving the airport

  C. only deal with the planes that want to land there

  D. are ordered to handle 2500 planes a day in England

65. The danger of air crashes grows every year because ___________ .

  A. airliners are getting larger and air traffic is becoming heavier

  B. a pilot does not always hear a controller’s order

  C. a controller is likely to make more and more mistakes

  D. airports can hardly serve the growing number of airplanes

66. The example in the passage is to show that _________________ .

  A. air traffic controllers are often careless

  B. air traffic controllers should pay much attention to avoiding accidents

  C. it is difficult for airplanes to avoid terrible accidents

  D. two planes should not fly too close to each other        

Fill in the blanks.

1) 被。。。弄醒__________      2)灭绝______       

3)像动物的______       像鸟的______              4)偏僻的_______      5)在黄昏_______              6）翼展 _______    7）被。。。捕猎_______     

ⅡVocabulary

  Complete these sentences using the correct form of the words given below.

hair fright appear predict reputation positive indicate fortunate 

1 The boy was ______ to death by the violent thunderstorm.

2 She was quiet ______ about the amount of money.

3 You never know how she will react: she is so_________.

4 He has established his good ________ as a writer.

5 A _______ chest sometimes is a symbol of strong for a man.

6 A red sky at night _______ fine weather the following day.

7 The plane __________ behind the cloud, so you couldn’t see it.

8 __________, he passed the examination.

9 The knife needs __________.

10 If we continue to destroy the countryside, more animals will become________.

Follow your doctor’s advice, _________ your cough will get worse .（2005辽宁）

 A  and  B or  C then   D so

第三部分  阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

                                   A

Scars of Love

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks and shirt as he went.

He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator（短吻鳄） was getting close. The mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In great fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him. From the dock, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched (抓住) his legs. That began an unbelievable tug-of-war (拔河比赛) between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, rushed from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator.

Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred (留下伤疤) by the terrible attack of the animal. And on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.

The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy after the trauma （外伤）, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted the pant legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “Look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mum wouldn’t let go.”

You and I can identify with （认同） that little boy. We have scars, too. Not from an alligator, but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret. But, some wounds, my friends, are because we have refused to let go.

56. The underlined part “the two” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

   A. the alligator and the mother         B. the mother and the son

C. the driver and the alligator          D. the son and the alligator

57. From the passage we can infer ________.

   A. The mother was unwilling to let the alligator go

   B. The mother was actually stronger than the alligator

   C. The son was proud of his scars on his arms

   D. The son was ashamed of his scars on his legs

58. According to the last paragraph, what is the writer’s real meaning?

   A. To forget the past is to betray.       B. We should forget the scars.

   C. Wounds are different from scars.     D. We should learn to let go sometimes.

IV. 任务型阅读（每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。

When I opened my e-mail the other day, a pretty woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm. Every now and then she stopped to smile at me or blow a kiss. She was reading to me an e-mail from my brother, and a lot of it was about his getting the phone company to give him a high-speed Internet connection. It was pretty cool.

Rachel was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send e-mail that gets read to the receiver by an attractive male or female form or by a clown. The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www. Facemail.com.

Facemail faces are lifelike, and they copy emotions based on the ones that you put in your text. For example, type in X, and Rachel blows a kiss.

Life FX, the company that develops the Facemail is sure there are broad business uses. The reason e-business is not popular, the company says, is that buying over the Internet lacks the human touch. But what if you went to the Nike website and Michael Jordan greeted you by name, waited on you and personally closed the sale? And the company is talking with Whirlpool about using the technology in a computer screen on a fridge. Then if Mom can’t be home when the kids get back from school, she can leave a note with voice and image telling them what there is to eat.

Facemail could get hot fast. Personally, I’m a fan. But Facemail should be used with words in an e-mail and add angry emotions when you’ve got psycho-mail.

Title: A New Technology on Facemail

Devoted to their study , many high school students ______ little importance to sports.

 A. spare   B. show   C. attach   D. allocate

I. 单项选择 （共35题，每小题1分，满分35分）

--- Where is Sherry ?

--- In _______ study , working on ______ difficult physics problem.

A. a ; the    B. a ; a    C. the ; a    D. the ; /

He can’t _________ breaking the window.

 A get rid of    B get away from    C get away with   D get away