Tom was absent from school this morning, because sometimes he was a little weak and could ______ill .

I wonder how long it will take you_____ such a hard task within so little time.

----_____is it that is troubling Mary ?

----Working out the maths problem..

．______two articles to write today，I have to stay at the classroom to make it.

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。

Pass Your Love On

Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind   36   your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only   37  seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带)，a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “   38   am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I     39 _  to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She   40   in a car accident and now was on her way for_ 41   .

When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to   42   that Kathy would not be able to   43   herself. I considered   44   to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too   45   to offer a service to a   46___. But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more   47   than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and   48   she was uncomfortable to accept, she   49   as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart   50   , and the   51   was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached   52   my comfort zone(地带) to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love   53  flows beyond human borders（边界） and removes the fears that keep us   54  . When we   55   to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

36. A. losing                 B. changing                  C. taking                      D. bringing

37. A. comfortable        B. suitable                    C. available                  D. favorite

38. A. No problem        B. No way                    C. Nowhere                  D. No doubt

39. A. decided                     B. wanted                     C. regretted                  D. promised

40. A. was                    B. would be                  C. used to be                 D. had been

41. A. treatment            B. travel                       C. pleasure                   D. business

42. A. see                    B. say                          C. realize                      D. recognize

43. A. eat                            B. feed                         C. choose                            D. support

44. A. offering                     B. needing                    C. stopping                   D. trying

45. A. impolite             B. far                           C. close                        D. fast

46. A. girl                    B. neighbor                  C. passenger                 D. stranger

47. A. unusual                     B. direct                       C. important                 D. shameful

48. A. when                  B. although                   C. since                        D. as

49. A. refused               B. wondered                 C. cried                        D. did

50. A. had warmed        B. had jumped                     C. had broken               D. had cheered

51. A. life                           B. money                     C. time                         D. energy

52. A. below                 B. through                    C. across                      D. beyond

53. A. seldom               B. never                       C. hardly                      D. sometimes

54. A. separate                     B. independent              C. silent                       D. upset

55. A. happen               B. offer                     C. wait                        D. continue

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

Put yourself in these tourists’ position. You are walking an icy mountain path in the Alps in Europe. Suddenly you spot a body on the ground, face downward and stuck to the ice. You think someone may have been murdered or in a fatal accident. So you rush back and call the police. The police, however, quickly realize that this body is different from others they’ve found on the mountain. For one thing, it is mostly undamaged. For another, its skin is dried out, like a mummy’s（木乃伊）. And there is an old small stone knife beside the body.

The body turned out be much older than the tourists could have guessed. When specialists（专家）had a chance to examine it, they discovered it had been there for about five thousand years!

How could a body stay preserved for all this time? Two things probably helped. First, the place where the man died was somewhat sheltered, so animals couldn’t get at it. Then he was quickly covered by falling snow. Wind blowing through the snow probably “freeze-dried” his body, removing all moisture(水分) from it.

Objects found with the body told something about the Iceman’s life. He wore a well-made fur jacket and trousers. He clearly had been hunting, because he carried arrows, and animal bones were nearby. He also had a grass cushion for sitting or sleeping on. Perhaps he was tired when he lay down for the last time.

The body was found in 1991, when some of the ice on the mountain melted. Searching for the cause of the Iceman’s death, scientists put the body back into cold conditions---and hoped.

1. What does the underlined word “spot” in the first paragraph probably mean?

A. lay       B. dig          C. find         D. carry

2. Which of the following is NOT the reason that the police realize that the body is different from others?

A. The body’s skin is like a mummy’s.    B. Beside the body is an old small stone knife.

C. The body is much older than others.   D. The body is mostly undamaged.

3. At what time of a year was the Iceman probably died?

A. Early fall.   B. Late spring.    C. Summer.    D. Winter.

4. This passage is mainly to _____________

A. tell us what life was like 5, 000 years ago.

B. warn us not to go to the Alps.

C. introduce a mysterious Iceman to us.

D. explain the mystery of the Alps.

Electricity shortage leaves Afghanistan in the dark. Electricity is in short supply in the Middle Eastern Nation of Afghanistan. Only 6 percent of the country’s residents have electric power, according to the Asian Development Bank, an organization that works to reduce poverty.

Some residents in Kabul received only 3 hours of electricity a day last fall. Others received none. Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan. “It’s dark everywhere,” says city resident Gul Hussein. “Some of our neighbours are using candles.”

Experts say water shortage is partly to blame. Water is used to make electricity. In Kabul, power becomes scarce in midsummer, when the region’s hydroelectric(水力发电的) dams dry up. Hydroelectricity is made by the force of falling water.

Kabul’s growing population is also a cause. Since the late 1990s, the city’s population has jumped from less than 1 million to more than 4 million people. Now even more electricity is needed.

Despite receiving millions of dollars in international aid, the country’s electricity shortages continue. Still, Afghans hope for a solution. One plan is to import, or bring in, power from the nearby country Uzbekistan. Afghan officials also spoke with U.S. president about the nation’s need to make its own electricity.

“ Life takes power,” says Jan Agha, a worker from Kabul. “If you have electricity, life is good; but if there’s no electricity, you go around like a blind man.”

1.One reason for electricity shortage is _________

A. the lack of international aid  

B. the shortage of hydroelectric dams

C. the increase of population   

D. the low temperature in midsummer

2. Which of the following will probably a solution for the problem of electricity shortage?

A. To build more hydroelectric dams.

B. To advise people to use less electricity.

C. To buy electricity from America.

D. To produce electricity on its own.

3. What does the underlined word “scarce” mean in paragraph 3?

A. not normal    B. not little    C. not effective   D. not enough

4. Which one should be the best title for the passage?

A. Water Shortage in Afghanistan       B. Population Lead to Lack of Electricity

C. Electricity Shortage in Afghanistan   D. Help Needed in Afghanistan

For the most part, schools are designed to produce people who fit into society, not people who set out to change it. However, schools, particularly universities, may not only spread culture; they may add to the cultural heritage(遗产). Today American society places a good deal of emphasis on the development of new knowledge, especially in the physical and biological sciences , medicine, and engineering. In the recent years, the nation’s leading universities have increasingly become research centers.

An emphasis（强调）on research has led universities to judge professors not by abilities as teachers, but as researcher. promotions(提升), salary increases , and other benefits have long been dependent on research and publication. However, the most important is no longer publishing. To be successful these days, professors have to bring in money provided by government and private industry. Critics claim that academic(学术) success is most likely to come to those who have learned to“ignore”their teaching duties to pursue research activities. Defenders say that even when students themselves are not involved in research projects they benefit from such an emphasis on research.

Major research universities like the Massachustts Institute of Technology have also cooperated with industrial companies to develop technology and products with commercial potential(潜能).With university-industry ties continuing to grow, debate（辩论）has increased about the consequences for basic science, academic openness, the control of information, the direction of research, and the influence on students.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT emphasized by today’s American society?

A. Physical science.          B. Biological science.

C. Engineering.            D. Computer science.

2. In the present standard, a successful professor is one who can____.

A. teach well             

B. get financial support for research

C. get the highest salary    

D. have many publications

3. Supporters of the present emphasis on research argue that_____.

A. it involves more students in it.

B. it does good to students anyway.

C. it has a direct good effect on teaching

D. it earns a lot of money for a university

4. The author seems to be_____ the move of emphasis to research.

A. totally against   B. sorry to see      C. in favor of    D. neutral (中立) about

第二卷（共35分）

第四部分写作（共两节,满分35分）

第一节对话填空（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）

认真阅读下面对话, 并根据各题所给的首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

M: Hi, Rebecca, haven’t seen you for (76) y_____! You seem to have lost a lot  76. _________

in the weight.

W: Yes, I have. I have been on a (77) d______ and exercising a lot.            77. ________

M: There will be a baseball game in the stadium this afternoon. Would you

like to (78) w ______ it ?                                           78. ________

W: No, I think baseball games are (79) b______.                           79. _________

M: Do you like volleyball?

W: Yes, I do, but I (80) p   ___ soccer to volleyball.                       80. _________

M: Did you (81) e___  _ play soccer in high school?                      81. _________

W: Yes, I was on the school team. We were required to (82) p______ four      82. ________

hours a day.

M: Did you often play (83) a______ other school and play well?             83. _________

W: Yes, we often did. We almost always won the championship.

M: You (84) m______ have had very good teamwork.                      84. _________

W: Yes, we did. Teamwork is the most (85) i______ element（因素）in winning.  85. __________

It came as _____ great shock to us that many people lost their lives in _____ latest earthquake in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province.