The book is superior ________ that one I just finished reading.

A. in                B. at                    C. to                        D. than

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。

My father enjoys bike riding. Ever since I was little, I’ve always loved going biking with my dad. 41 , as I became a teenager, other things began to draw my 42 . It became important to do things with friends  43 . I saw my dad every evening at home. Why did I have to  44  my Sundays to all-day bike trips with him , too? If my indifference(冷漠) hurt him, my father kept  45  , but he would always let me know when he was planning a bike trip  46  I wanted to come.

It was a Sunday morning, and I was in low  47 . Two of my friends had gone to the movies without inviting me. Just then my father  48  my room. “It’s a beautiful day. Want to go for a  49   today, Beck?”  “Leave me alone! ” I impatiently  50  . Those were the last words I said to him before he left the house that  51   .

Several hours later, the police called us,  52  us that Dad had a traffic accident. My father’s injuries were serious. It took several days before he could  53  speak. Beside his bed I held his hand gently, 54   of hurting him.

“Daddy … I’m sorry …”

“It’s OK, sweetheart. I’ll be OK.”

“No,” I said, “I  55  what I said to you that day. You know, that morning?”

“Sweetheart, I don’t  56  anything about that day, not before, during or after the accident. I remember kissing you goodnight the night before, though.” He 57  a weak smile.

I felt regretful for my thoughtless remark, for I 58  wanted him to leave me alone. My teacher once told me that 59  have immeasurable power. They can hurt or they can heal. And we all have the  60  to choose our words. I intend to do that very carefully from now on.

1.A. Therefore          B. Instead        C. Besides          D. However

2.A. attention           B. sight          C. effort            D. energy

3.A. once again          B. all of a sudden   C. in time          D. in place

4.A. start               B. save           C. devote          D. waste

5.A. silent              B. busy           C. asleep          D. awake

6.A. unless             B. in case          C. so that          D. even if

7.A. spirits             B. conditions       C. emotions         D. hopes

8.A. left                B. checked        C. entered          D. knocked

9.A. ride               B. walk            C. picnic           D. game

10.A. whispered          B. warned         C. announced        D. shouted

11.A. moment            B. morning        C. afternoon         D. evening

12.A. convincing         B. reminding       C. informing         D. phoning

13.A. eventually          B. generally        C. strictly           D. broadly

14.A. tired               B. afraid          C. aware            D. sorry

15.A. discuss            B. think            C. care             D. mean

16.A. hate               B. forget           C. remember        D. like

17.A. got                B. expressed       C. exchanged        D. managed

18.A. often              B. never           C. even             D. always

19.A. apologies          B. promises         C. smiles           D. words

20.A. experience         B. honor           C. power            D. desire

For a 400-year-old art form，opera(歌剧) had a bad fame: overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romance languages you were supposed to learn in high school. And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, opera goers also had a certain appearance in people's mind: rich, well-dressed and old.

But now opera companies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience.

Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to make the opera closer to common people. Because young people don't or won't come to the opera, companies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such unusual places as parks, libraries and public schools.

The Houston Grand Opera's choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas”, shortened versions(剧本) of child-friendly operas. This summer's production is Hansel ＆Gretel. By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level. The San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75^th anniversary(周年) this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists' Training Program.

1.    Which is the main idea of this passage？

A.    Opera is famous for its long history.

B.    Opera is only performed for rich people.

C.    Opera companies are trying to keep opera alive.

D.    Young people are not interested in opera.

2.    The underlined phrase in the second paragraph means __________.

A.    breaking up the old rules

B.    changing the dresses

C.    making the audience at ease

D.    advertising themselves

3.    From the passage we can infer that __________.

A.    the tickets for operas are very expensive

B.    operas are performed in a difficult language

C.    operas are not so popular an art form today

D.    students enjoy performing operas very much

1.Walking on Main Street USA is ____________.

A. the start of Disneyland    B. being back in time

C. living on a quiet street    D. shopping on a busy street

2.Which is NOT TRUE according to the form above?

A. We can talk to Donald Duck.

B. Surprises are waiting for us along the river in Adventure land.

C. We can enjoy fireworks at night.

D. The flying elephant will take us to Sleeping Beauty Castle

3.Li Ping likes science-fiction best, so he’ll show the greatest interest in _______.

A. Main Street USA      B. Fantasyland

C. Adventure land        D. Tomorrow land

4.What is special in Hong Kong Disneyland?

A. Visitors can join a cartoon character.

B. Visitors can listen to the music The Lion King.

C. Visitors can see Mickey in a Chinese suit.

D. Visitors can go under the sea.

When we can see well, we do not think about our eyes often. It is only when we can not see perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are.

People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing and reading, become nearsighted. Then they have to wear glasses in order to see distant things clearly.

People who are farsighted face just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses too.

Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts（白内障）. Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.

When night falls, colors become fainter（不清楚） to the eyes and finally disappear. After your eyes have grown used to the dark, you can see better if you use the side of your eyes rather than the centers. Sometimes, after dark, you see a small thing to one side of you, which seems to disappear if you turn your head in its direction. This is because when you turn your head, you are looking at the thing too directly. Men on guard duty sometimes think they see something moving to one side of them. When they turn to look straight at it, they can not see it any more, and they believe they were mistaken. However, this mistake happens because the center of the eye, which is very sensitive in daylight, is not as sensitive as the sides of the eye after dark.

1.We don’t know that our eyes are of great importance until ________.

A. we think about our eyes           B. we cannot see clearly

C. we wear glasses                 D. we have to do much reading[来源:Z,xx,k.Com]

2.According to the passage, a ________ is more likely to be nearsighted.

A. student    B. runner    C. guard    D. worker

3. People who are farsighted ________ .

A. cannot do a lot of close work without glasses

B. can only see things that are very close to their eyes

C. have difficulty reading a book if they hold it at arm’s length

D. have the same problem as the nearsighted people

4. To see a small thing at night, it is better to look ________ .

A. with wide open eyes             B. with half shut or narrowed eyes

C. straight at it                    D. in a slightly different direction

American farmers are raising five percent more goats for meat these days．

  Goat meat is high in protein(蛋白质)and lower in unhealthy fat than many other meats．Even so，the industry is small compared to chicken，beef and pork. But immigration has brought more of a taste for goat to America from all over the world.

  Experts from the University of Illinois offer some questions for people to consider if they are thinking about raising goats．

  First of all，do you understand that there always has to be someone to care for the goats?

  ◆How much land do you have available? And how good is it? Poor ground may support two to four goats on half a hectare．Better grassland can support six to eight. If goats and cattle share the land，two goats can be added for each cow. The goats will eat weeds and other plants that cattle do not like．

  ◆Do you have buildings for the number of female goats you plan to keep during winter? An open，cold，dry barn is better than a closed，warm barn where the air is wet．

  ◆Do you have the equipment to clean barns（畜棚） and to harvest hay（草料） to feed your goats? Or will you get someone else to do it，or buy the hay?

  The experts say a profitable business in goat meat may take three to five years to establish．And, of course, there are no guarantees .

1.On which section of a newspaper will this passage appear?

A．International Affairs     B．Entertainment

C．Agriculture                      D．Culture

2.Which of the following is NOT a factor in making goat meat more popular?

A．Goat meat is healthy food.

B．Immigrants bring different tastes.

C．The industry still leaves room for profit.

D．Raising goats is challenging.

3.If someone has two hectares of good grass land, what is the maximum number of cows and goats he can raise?

A．32 cows and 64 goats．                                               B．32 cows and 32 goats．

C．16 cows and 32 goats．                                             D．8 cows and 16 goats．

4. What is the experts’ opinion about the goat-raising business?

A．You can make sure money．

B．You had better be cautious and patient．

C．Goats are hardly possible to raise．

D．Goat meat still needs to be recognized．

第一节、根据汉语或首字母提示结合句意写出正确的单词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

76.   ________(不知怎么地) it didn’t seem very important to her.

77.   A f_____ teller would say that he can tell everything about a person from looking at the palm of his hand.

78.     He can’t _______(抵抗...的诱惑) ice cream.

79.     His suggestion was accepted by all present at the conference as it sounded___________(合理的).

80.     The police made an  ___________( 逮捕) in our neighbourhood last night. 

81.     He has got a train ticket v_______ for three months, so he can decide to go out at any time.

82.     If you think you can drink so much without damaging your health, then you’re m__________.

83.     In the word “knife”, the letter “k” is not p___________.

84.     They were ________(打断) by a knock at the door

85.     If you have any questions, please don’t h__________ to ask me.

根据所给的中文提示完成句子（共7小题15空；每空1分，满分15分）

86. 他与弟弟携手将车子拉了出来。

He ________                     his brother and pulled the car out.

87. 他的计划成功了吗？

Did his plan _________ _________? 

88. 因为考试不及格，他情绪一直很低落。

He has been very much ___________ _____________ by his failure in the examination.

89. 只有在你告诉我之后，我才意识到我犯了错误。

Only after you told me ____________ ______________ realize that I had made a mistake.

90. 那些老照片勾起我对童年时代的美好回忆。

The old photos ____________ _____________ happy memories of my childhood.

91. 我们不顾恶劣的天气继续旅行。

We carried on our travel                 the terrible weather.

92. 据报道，这次地震为四川有史以来最强烈的一次。

The earthquake is _________ ____________ be the strongest ever in Sichuan.

根据所提供的语境，从所给词组选择适当的词组填空，并注意形式变化（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

be fed up with, object to, get through, take in, in terms of

93.     Though he _________________ the plan, he could not work out a better one.

94.     I tried to telephone you but couldn’t _________________.

95.     Take care not to be _________________ by those who praise you to your face.

96.     _______________ money, he’s quite rich, but not in the light of happiness.

97.     My roommate is always complaining. I _____________ him.

短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）