完型填空二(每空一词) ：
Yesterday was my best friend Li Ming’s birthday. When school was over, I went to the bookshop. I bought a book __28__  ‘Exploring Space’ and had it nicely wrapped for him. __29__ he had wanted to buy this book for weeks, I knew that he would be very pleased with my ___30__.  When I got to the party, LiMing greeted me with a big smile. I noticed that there were piles of presents on the floor, __31__ I was sure that mine would be his favorite. I gave the present to Li Ming and whispered __32__  his ears. ‘You will love it’. He couldn’t wait to unwrap it. ___33__ the smile on his face disappeared and I saw some big red characters on the cover of the book that ___34__ ,‘Caring for your baby’! I __35__ have picked up the wrong book in the shop!

SECTION C (12 points)
Direction: Complete the following passage by using one word that best fits the context.
Winter swimming has become popular in Beijing. Many years ago,  48  people would go swimming in the city waters. But now there is a winter swimming club,   49   has more than 2,000 members. The oldest is 84 years of age and the youngest is only 7. The members are from all walks of life. They may be workers, peasants, soldiers, teachers and students. Even though it is now the coldest time of the season and the water   50  is around 0℃, many winter swimmers still swim in the icy waters. They enjoy   51   in the lake, while people by the water are wearing   52  clothes.
Why are so many people interested in winter swimming? Because it can do   53  to your health.
Bei Sha is   54  good example, he is 69 years old, and he once suffered from heart trouble for 26 years. After ten years of winter swimming, he is now   55  good health.

第三节完形填空（2）（共8小题；每小题1分，满分8分）
根据所学课文语段，在41-48题所在的空格处填入适当的词，每空一词，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
We leave London   41  15^th July, and we’ll be flying to Morocco, in northern Africa. We’re going to travel on  42 , through the Sahara Desert. It’s the biggest desert in the world---about  43  size of the US! I  44  it will be very hot, dry and dusty there.
However, not long  45  the tomb had been opened, people in Carter’s team began to fall ill and die  46 . Upon entering the tomb, Carter’s lucky pet bird,  47  had led him to the place, was eaten by a snake. Then, a few months after Carter had opened the tomb, Lord Carnarvon, who was also  48  when the tomb was opened, fell ill with a fever and died in Egypt.

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
On December 19th , 2006, an airbus took off on time from the capital airport of Saudi Arabia. After about an hour’s 16.    (fly), something strange happened in the plane.
The passengers 17.     (enjoy) themselves when a small rat stole out from the bag of a young man ,which make the young woman nearby 18.      (alarm)with loud screaming. Then more and more rats came out of the bag. All the passengers became out of order, especially the women and the children. The steward（机长）managed to get in touch with 19.    control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane 20.     (succeed)landed at the nearest airport.
As soon as the plane on the ground, all the passengers got off. Then seven specialists got on 21.   ______(catch)these small creatures. Many means had been tired but 22.    of them were good enough to catch the rats.
At last they tried to fill in the plane 23.      carbon-dioxide, 24.      poisoned all the eighty rats by the poisonous gas.
It 25.  __  (report)that the young man wanted to carry these rats to another city and sell them as pets but no one had expected that theses small creatures succeeded in escaping from the bag.

(湘郡生试题)   I was really surprised to find out that the first public showings of wireless TV transmissions took   41   way back in 1925. It took another three years before there was any regular public broadcasting.   42  , I think people must have found   43   quite a delight when color TV was first broadcast in 1929.   44   , within the next 65 years, people would be able to choose   45  to watch from a   46  of 200 different channels because   47 cable TV. It is reported   48  in 1998, 66 percent of households in the USA had cable TV.

完形填空II. 根据所学语段，用适当的词填空。请同学们务必看清题目要求，限做指定题目。(共8个小题；每小题1分，满分8分)
(长郡生试题)   Another drug that has helped increase the standard of people’s   41  is penicillin. This bacteria-killing medicine is considered by many to be one of the most   42   medicines in contemporary society. It was discovered by   43  Scottish scientist named Alexander Fleming in 1928. He noted that mould had grown on a special transparent jelly that had bacteria on it. Fleming tried this mould   44  on another bacterium and found that it killed the bacteriun   45  . He named the chemical found in the mould ‘penicillin’ and tried to make it pure to be a medicine.
46    , it was not until World War Ⅱ   47  two other scientists managed to use new chemical techniques to purify it. They were able to produce it in large    48   .

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。
Anna pushed herself up from the bench and walked steadily with her walking sticks toward the office. As soon as she entered the room, she saw it. _____16______ blue umbrella was there, unopened, ____17______ a floor-to-ceiling window. _____18____（see） it so near, nearly within reach, Anna forgot herself and pointed to her possession.
“That is mine,” she said. “My son brought it to me from Paris and I want it back.”
The man had risen when she entered and he ___19_______(remain) standing. He turned to look at the umbrella ____20______ she pointed. “Yes. I know the umbrella is from Paris, ” he said, showing a mix of innocence and curiosity. “Actually, it ____21______(make) in Italy, but it’s sold in Paris. It’s not the one your son gave you. I bought it myself.”
Anna stared at him. Was he claiming that it was his own umbrella? She had run all the way to this office building from the shop _____22______ her umbrella was stolen.
“My son gave _____23_____ to me,” Anna countered. “ It means everything to me, because my son is ____24______(die).”
As soon as she said them, Anna knew she had made a mistake. She had opened herself up to a stranger. He had no business knowing the most important fact of her life, a grief she kept private. ___25_____could anyone understand what her son’s death meant to her?

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
The disappearance of the famous crime writer, Agatha Christie, was as mysterious as any of her exciting stories.
At about 11 o'clock on the evening of F day, December 3rd in 1926, Mrs. Christie got into her car and took a drive without saying _____16_____ she was going. She didn't return.
The next morning her car was found without _____17_____ driver at Newlands Corner, Surrey. People imagined that she might _____18_____ (kill) herself. _____19_____ as the days went by, it was suggested that she was murdered. The press and the public _____20_____ (natural) took great interest in the case, with at least one newspaper _____21_____ (offer) a reward to anyone who could find Mrs. Christie.
Agatha finally was found alive on Tuesday, December 14th, _____22_____ she was reunited with her husband at a hotel in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, _____23_____ was located around 50 kilometers away from her car. _____24_____ was said that, for ten days, the writer had been staying at the hotel under the name of "Mrs. Theresa Neele". Her husband said, "She has suffered _____25_____ the most complete loss of memory and I do not think she knows who she is."

第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题l 5分．满分l5分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
Tony, a robot made by Larry Belmond’s company, was expected to do house work. And it was tested out by Larry’s wife, Claire, when he was    16    (absence) for three weeks. The handsome and smooth-haired Tony left Claire     17    (alarm) at first sight of Tony because he was too handsome for a machine. When Tony offered to help her dress, Claire felt embarrassed.
But when Tony’s sympathy won her trust Claire told Tony how she and her home weren’t elegant(优雅的，极好的) and how she envied Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around. As Tony made effort to help Claire get herself and her home       18       (improve), Claire began to feel her earlier attitude  19      Tony really absurd(荒唐可笑的，荒唐的，不合理的).
Then one day, Claire got protected from a rude salesman by ringing   20       Tony and asking the man to speak to Tony but found her “affair” with Tony discovered as she turned     21         to see Gladys Claffern standing nearby. But then Claire,  22          (advise) by Tony, arranged a party to invite Gladys and her friends to the house when it was           23         (complete) transformed.
The love scene well planned by Tony without Claire’s knowledge won Claire a sweet victory as her guests had seen everything, but she shouted “Leave me alone!” and cried her heart out.   24        Tony caused no risk to Claire’s marriage; he was finally taken back to the company to be   25       (built), for he was a heartbreaker for women!

B
She went back to China to study journalism at Peking University. She is also 45 ________________ a sports program about the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She even hopes to 46 _______________ table tennis in the special 47 _______________ for disabled people in 2008 .She tells people that she likes to think about positive things and stay optimistic. She believes that keeping busy helps her to stay 48 _______________.