24. After ______ seemed a long time, Mr. Li stood up and broke the silence.

A．what

B．that

C．it

D．Which

35. They believe that in the sight of God the rich are _____ with the poor.

A．the same

B．energetic

C．equal

D．Equality

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，在空格处填人一个适当的
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3l-40的相应位置上。
The most universal facial expression is, of course, the smile – its function is to show happiness and put people at    31    (easy). It does not always mean that we are     32   (true) happy, however. Smiles around the world can be false, hiding other feelings    33    anger, fear or worry. There are unhappy smiles. For example,    34   someone “loses face”, he smiles to hide it.    35   , the general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.
From    36   time we are babies, we show    37   (happy) or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone    38    ( show ) anger. Making a fist and    39   (shake) it almost always means that someone is angry and threatening    40    person.

第二节   语法填空（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5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31—35的相应位置上。
Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car had been stolen .They filed a report at the police station and a detective drove them ____31____ to the parking lot to look for evidence.
To their ____32____ (amaze), the car had been returned and there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the ____33_____. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets for tonight's Mania Twain concert.”  
Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended ____34____ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found that their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was ____35_____ note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don't I? ”

SECTION C
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
People gather on a street of downtown Santiago after an earthquake February 27, 2010. A powerful 8.8-magnitude（级）earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday killed at least 64 people, knocking  __48___  homes and hospitals, and triggering（引发）a tsunami (海啸).
Buildings caught fire and residents huddled（挤）in streets covered with glass and bricks , many terrified by powerful aftershocks and desperately trying to call friends and family. President Michelle Bachelet said that there were 78 confirmed deaths and that  __49___ were possible. Telephone and power lines were down, making it  __50___ to assess the full extent of the damage close to the epicenter (震中).
Chile is the world's No. 1 copper producer, and the quake halted operations at two major mines near the capital."Never in my life have I experienced  __51___  quake like this, it's like the end of the world," one man told local television from the city of Temuco,  __52___  the quake damaged homes and forced staff to evacuate (撤离) the regional hospital.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck 56 miles northeast of the city of Concepcion  __53___  a depth of 22 miles at 3:34 a.m. (1:34 a.m. EST). The capital Santiago, about 200 miles north of the epicenter, was also badly hit. The international airport was forced to close  __54___  the quake destroyed passenger walkways and shook glass out of doors and windows. Local television showed a building in flames in Concepcion  __55___  said some residents looted (劫掠) medicine shops and other businesses in the chaos.

第二节语法填空 (共5小题;每小题1分,满分5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31—35的相应位置上。
The Internet has become part of young people’s life.A report shows that 38% of students often use the Internet . Most of them get   31  (use) information on the Internet  32  use the Internet to help in their studies. But many students don’t use it in a good way. Some play games too much, some visit websites  33_  shouldn’t look at. So bad things may happen __34_ students spend too much time on the Internet.
It is important for students to use the Internet properly. Now we have a textbook, _35__ uses many examples to teach students some good ways to use the Internet. It gives useful advice.

Section C (12 points)
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fits the context.
Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the past few decades.   48    in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in 49 heart of a town. This street was built on both sides with many varied businesses. Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of goods. _50__in the 1950s, a change began to take place .Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too__51_­­­­­­­­parking places were available for shoppers. _52__the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces from the city limits. Open space is what their car-driving customers needed.
An open space is  53 they got when the first shopping centre was built. Shopping centres, or rather malls, were set __54_ as a collection of small new stores near crowded city centres. Towards the late 1970s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves. In addition to providing the cheapness of one stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, _55__benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment.

Section C
Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.
The first religions started thousands of years ago, when people began to believe in spirits. These spirits were usually believed to control things such  48  fire, wind, water and animals. There are many tribes around the world who still follow this type of religion, and they believe that some spirits are good  49  others are dangerous. The people in these tribes often wear a necklace made from animal teeth or bones  50  they believe that this will protect them  51  sickness and harm.
According to the traditional religious beliefs of  52  Karen tribe from western Thailand, there are spirits that live in houses, fields, water, rice, buffaloes and trees.  53  believe that the spirits must all be given presents of food because if they are  54  they will be great suffering and burdens for people to bear. The most important person in Karen village is the priest and he is consulted regularly about sacrifices and  55  ceremonies.

Section C
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and complete the passage by filling in each numbered blank with one word that fits the context.
According to The New Oxford Dictionary of English, frustration, by definition, means 48. ______ feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something. Since frustration seems to 49.______ a negative feeling, some people may be temped to think that frustration is bad for people. 50. ______ , however, hold a different view. They believe that it is beneficial to people. They say frustration goes side 51. ______ side with success and that it inspires people to overcome hardships and difficulties and 52. ______ the final success. It is thus part of our life experience. So far as I’m 53. ______ , it is 54. ______ completely good nor completely bad. In our process of growing up, we may inevitably experience it. It is a test of our courage. If we let it control us, we may fall into the abyss (深渊) of serious psychological problems. 55. ______ if we harness (利用) it and take it as our inspiration, we may finally enjoy the glory of success. 

161. As I was about to speak ______ you interrupted me.

A．/

B．when

C．as

D．but