----Why isn’t Cathy here yet?

--- She _________ to be picked up at the station．

Not having worked out the problem, _____ leave the office．

Is it a wonder that _____ little cells can store _____ much energy?

--- I'd have made a phone call to you, ___________ your telephone number．

--- That’s all right．What was up then?

The fellow left without a word as if ________．

For some time now, world leaders _____ out the necessity for agreement on climate change, the world economy and African development．

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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The western world has always been divided into two types of people—the cool and the uncool．It is a division that___36___ in school．The cool kids are good at _37____ ．They are ______38 with the opposite sex ．They are good-looking and people want to  __39___ their style．They can do their homework but they don’t make a big effort．That would __40______ be cool．

The uncool kids are in the other corner of the playground．They are very bright ,but they don’t have great___41___skills and they are ____42____ at sports ．When they are not programming computers or doing calculus（微积分）in their heads ,they are reading comic books and watching shows like the “X Files” ．They are __43____ as the geeks（古怪的人）．

Here’s the news．The geeks are _44_____．Make friends with them now or they will put virus in your computer and__45_____ your maths homework to ruin．Geeks might not be popular at school, yet they do pass their examinations, and they might not be too popular at university, but  ______46____ good degrees．

The most important___47____ of the 21st century, computers and IT, has been at least partly created by geeks ．Geek heroes like Bill Gates___48_____ others to follow their example ．Being a geek is a way of earning good money ．And the creation of the Internet gave them a___49_____ of their own to work and play in, making them a global___50_____．Besides ,the effect of the geeks ___51_______ popular culture has started a new trend．It is now cool to be ___52____ ．Geek culture is becoming an important part of general popular culture, in which what you know is more important than___53______ you look like．

But there are also_54_____ ．Geeks were often bullied or laughed at in school．Now a geek may be your boss ．Perhaps it is time for __55___ ．

36．A．continues                B．makes       C．remains                 D．starts

37．A．computers             B．study     C．sports                 D．maths

38．A．pleasant               B．popular   C．crazy               D．average

39．A．copy                         B．advance    C．take                      D．act

40．A．not                       B．indeed    C．perhaps                 D．actually

41．A．speaking               B．operating        C．social                    D．experimental

42．A．speechless             B．sharp     C．active                   D．hopeless

43．A．known             B．referred    C．thought                 D．admired

44．A． taking on            B．taking up  C．taking over         D．taking in

45．A．put                       B．cause   C．bring                    D．serve

46．A．win              B．take      C．wish                D．finish

47．A．industry           B．discovery  C．progress           D．development

48．A．promise                B．discourage       C．demand                 D．excite

49．A．chance             B．space     C．world              D．career

50．A．force                    B．company       C．organization        D．department

51．A．of                         B．on         C．in                       D．for 

52．A．rich                      B．attractive       C．handsome           D．uncool

53．A．how                     B．that          C．what                D．how much

54．A．opportunities           B．dangers     C．possibility           D．question

55．A．punishment           B．argument C．competition         D．employment

第二部分：语言知识及应用(共三节,满分45分)

第一节：单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

21．— I must have a balanced diet. I carry too much fat.

— ________.

22．Customers can use___information on the side of the packet to help have____healthier diet. 

23．The young engineer was_____a gold cup because of his creative achievements for the development of the company.