Directions:  For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring and are less likely to fall chronically(经常) ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. Using census(人口统计) data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia, ____52____ at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in the northern German town of Rostock found the month of birth was ___53____ to life expectancy over the age of 50. ____54____ differences in what mothers ate during pregnancy, and ___55____ occurring at different times of the year could both have an ___56____ on the health of a new-born baby and could ___57____ its life expectancy in older age. "A mother giving birth in spring spends the __58____ phase (阶段)of her pregnancy in winter, when she will eat less vitamins than in summer," said Gabriele Doblhammer, one of a team of scientists who ___59____ the research. "When she stops breast-feeding and starts giving her baby ___60___ food, it’s in the hot weeks of summer when babies are likely to be exposed to infections of the digestive system." In Austria, adults born in autumn (October-December) lived about seven months __61___ than those born in spring (April-June), and in Denmark adults with birthdays in autumn outlived those born in spring by about four months. In the southern hemisphere, the picture was __62____. Adults born in the Australian autumn - the European ___63___ - lived about four months longer than those born in the Australian spring. The study ___64___ people born at the beginning of the 20th century, using death certificates and census data. Although ___65___ at all times of the year has improved since then, the seasonal pattern ___66___, Doblhammer said.

52. a. scientists                     b. doctors                            c. readers                      d. who

53. a. familiar                      b. used                         c. related                      d. devoted

54. a. Seasonal                            b. Physical                    c. Mental                      d. Occasional

55. a. accidents                    b. infections                  c. ideas                         d. nutrition

56. a. efficiency                   b. result                        c. cause                        d. impact

57. a. shorten                       b. lengthen                   c. harm                        d. influence

58. a. first                           b. last                           c. middle                      d. initial

59. a. broke through             b. led to                       c. carried out                d. insisted on

60. a. normal                       b. fast                          c. general                            d. sea

61. a. shorter                       b. longer                      c. younger                    d. healthier

62. a. similar                       b. different                   c. contrary                    d. opposite

63. a. spring                        b. summer                    c. autumn                            d. winter

64. a. depended on               b. investigated into        c. called for                  d. focused on

65. a. food                           b. situation                   c. living conditions        d. nutrition

66. a. changes                      b. improves                  c. persists                            d. declines

Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节,满分35分)

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30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。

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I  21  it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled(手写的)   22   . Immediately my mind traveled back many years.

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet street of Springfield, with a bag of   23   

on my shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers if they wanted any magazines.

24   off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he led me over to the fire-place. Noticing the hole in the top of my __25__, he said, “Come with me!”, pulling me into his pickup truck. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman                   26    me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever seen. I   27   about 10 feet tall when I got up in them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr. Rader said. 

 Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a   28   , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” He said   29  , “Jimmy, I want you to know I love you.”

 I said goodbye, and for the first time I sensed a flicker of hope that somehow things would be   30  . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and love, and that would always make a difference.

21. A. thought        B. read        C. turned         D. looked

22. A. message       B. note        C. letter           D. writing

23. A. books         B. papers      C. rubbish         D. magazines

24. A. Wiping        B. Shaking     C. Knocking       D. Keeping

25. A. clothes        B. sock        C. shoe           D. bag

26. A. fitted         B. dressed      C. offered         D. sold

27. A. measured      B. rose        C. felt            D. grew

28. A. pen           B. card        C. paper          D. notebook

29. A. excitedly      B. happily      C. politely        D. affectionately

30. A. well          B. possible      C. all right       D. different

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