Water as well as other resources ______ all over the world every day.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was  36  and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   37   but a failure.”

After five years of   38  jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best   39   that could have happened to me. I   40   I wanted to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to   41   that what people said about me was   42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s   43   it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”  So I tried hard with my  44   and went to college. My first novel (小说)  45   while I was at college.

After college I taught during the   46   in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a    47   in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of  48   that job to write full time   49   I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself —  50   was a working--class boy who’d   51   school early, now teaching at the university.

My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   52 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.   53   what does it mean? I   54   wish all the people that have put me down had  55  : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

36. A. bright                       B. useless                             C. simple                             D. hopeful

37. A. anything                  B. something                      C. everything                    D. nothing

38. A. low                           B. poor                                 C. good                               D. useful

39 A. support                             B. happiness                       C. surprise                         D. thing

40. A. admitted                 B. decided                       C. planned                         D. told

41. A. me                           B. them                                C. her                                   D. it

42. A. wrong                   B. right                               C. stupid                         D. faulty

43. A. see            B. know                     C. understand                D. face

44. A. experiment     B. practice                   C. writing                     D. composition

45. A. came on        B. came in                   C. came out                   D. came back

46. A. day            B. night                      C. month                    D. year

47. A. graduation      B. pass                     C. degree                   D. success

48. A. giving in         B. giving back                    C. giving out                  D. giving up

49. A. while          B. if                                 C. when                      D. or

50. A. there          B. here                                C. it                         D. that

51. A. left            B. attended                 C. changed                  D. graduated

52. A. tired           B. calm                      C. nervous .                  D. famous

53. A. And            B. But                      C. However                  D. Well

54. A. just            B. exactly                  C. so                        D. very

55. A. praised          B. said                      C. answered                  D. advised

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第一节语音知识（共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. peach      A. ahead          B. scream         C. break            D. steak

2. honest      A. hostess       B. hour           C. harbour        D. harvest

3. surprise  A. surround      B. further       C. urban        D. nurse

4. arrival   A. agriculture       B. atmosphere     C. audience        D. award

5. balance  A. increase           B. dictation         C. distance         D. topic   

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--- I’d like to buy a gift for my sister’s birthday, one at a proper price but of _____ great use and it’d better be ______ surprise.

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On April Fool’s Day people often play tricks _____ others.

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Walking alone in the deserted village, John was scared. He thought he ______Tom to go with him.

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We admire her ______ her bravery.

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Lewis searched for his ID card for a whole day last Sunday, but it ____ in his pocket the next day.

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We need to strike a ______ between the needs of the country and the rights of the individual(个人).

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We will learn how to operate the machine _______.