As ________beautiful movie about pain, struggle, hope and love, Slumdog Millionaire swept the ceremony with eight awards, including________prize for best pictures.

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

.It was so dark in cinema that I could hardly________my friend.

A .turn out    B. bring out        C.call out        D.pick out

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36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time . That was my real  36  .

He had gone out of the study for some  37  , leaving me alone . In his absence I looked to see  38  was on his desk . In the  39  was a small piece of paper on which were written the  40  “English Writing Prize 1949 : History Is a Series of Biographies(人物传记)”.

A(n)  41  boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the  42  . I did not . The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a  43  until the start of the exam so I could not  44  reading it .

When the headmaster  45  , I was looking out of the window .

I should have told him what had  46  then . It would have been so  47  to say : “ I’m sorry but I  48  the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk . You’ll have to  49  it .”

The chance passed and I did not  50  it . I sat the exam the next day and I won . I didn’t  51  to cheat , but it was still cheating anyhow .

That was thirty eight years  52  when I was fifteen . I have never told anyone about it before ,  53  have I tried to explain to myself why not .

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title  54  admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk .  55  there must have been more behind it . Whatever it was , it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap(使陷人) you in a more serious moral corner(道德困境).

36. A.    plan B.    fault C.   grade      D.    luck

37. A.    reason     B.    course     C.   example  D.    vacation

38.   A.    this  B.    which      C.   that  D.    what

39.   A.    drawer    B.    corner     C.   middle    D.    box

40.   A.    names     B.    words      C.   ideas       D.    messages

41.   A.    honest     B.    handsome       C.   friendly   D.    active

42.   A.    desk B.    paper      C.   book       D.    answer

43.   A.    question  B.    key        C.   note D.    secret

44.   A.    resist       B.    consider  C.   practise   D.    forget

45.   A.    disappeared     B.    stayed     C.   returned  D.    went

46. A.    existed    B.    remained C.   happened D.    continued

47.   A.    tiring      B.    easy C.   important       D.    difficult

48.   A.    saw  B.    gave C.   set   D.    made

49.   A.    repeat      B.    defend     C.   correct    D.    change

50.   A.    take B.    have C. lose    D.    find

51. A.    remember       B.    learn       C.   mean       D.    pretend

52.   A.    past  B.    ago  C.   then D.    before

53.   A.    either      B.    never      C.   nor  D.    so

54.   A.    by    B.    besides    C.   through   D.    without

55.   A.    But  B.    Though   C.   Otherwise       D.    Therefore

    Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.

“ I think we are knocking at the door of immortality (永生),” said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. “ I think by 2075 we will see it and that’s a conservative estimate.”

At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology(纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. “ There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. “ Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years.”

However, many scientists who specialize in aging are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.

Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. “ It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?” said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Center. “ At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.”

1. By saying “ we are knocking at the door immortality”, Michael Zey means_____.

   A. they believe that there is no limit of living

   B. they are sure to find the truth about long living

   C. they have got some ideas about living forever

   D. they are able to make people live past the present life span

2. Donald Louria’s attitude toward long living is that_____.

   A. people can live from 120 to 180

   B. it is still doubtful how long humans can live

   C. the human body is designed to last about 120 years

   D. it is possible for humans to live longer in the future

3. The underlined “ it” (Para. 4) refers to_____.

    A. a great push                                         

B. the idea of living beyond the present life span

    C. the idea of living from 200 to 300                

D. the conservative estimate

4. What would be the best title for this text?

   A. Living longer or not

   B. Science, technology and long living

   C. No limit for human life

   D. Healthy lifestyle and long living

Years ago we didn’t know this , but recent science______that people who don’t sleep well soon get ill.

A. showed     B. has shown     C. will show     D. is showing

My parents have promised to come to see me before I ___for Africa.

 A. have left  B. leave  C. left  D . will leave

Today, we’ll discuss a number of case_______-beginners of English fail to use the language properly.

A. which              B. as                           C. why                 D. where

Animals suffered at the hand of Man________they were destroyed by people to make way for agricultural land to provide food for more people.

A. in which    B. for which         C. so that              D. in that

.We all know that ,___, the situation will get worse.

A.not if dealt carefully with    B. if not dealt carefully with

C. if dealt not carefully with    D. not if carefully dealt with