课文背诵（每空1分，共20分）

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When I told her that our 1 would begin 2  an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she 3  to be excited 4 it. When I told her the air would be hard to 5 and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting 6 . I know my sister well.7 she has made up her 8 , nothing can change it.

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Bricks covered the ground like red autumn 9. No wind, 10 , could blow them away. Two 11  fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for  12  . The railway 13  were now useless  14  of steel. Tens  15  thousands of cows would never give milk again.

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"The last thirty years have seen the  16  number of laws stopping our  17  and progress, 18 today we have reached a  19 where we have almost  20  rights at all"

完成句子（共14分）

1. 从高中起我和姐姐就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车旅行

_____________ middle school, my sister and I _____________a great bike trip.

2．她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使他改变。

________she ___________, nothing can change it.

3.人们开始纳闷，这场灾难还会持续多久。

People began to __________the disaster would________.

4.事实上，当不同文化互相交流渗透时，所有的语言都会有所变化和发展。

_______all languages change and develop when _______meet and _________each other。

5.我熬到11点半故意不睡，为的是想独自好好看看月亮。

I__________ until half past even ________have a good look at the moon.

My name is Wang Kun. _ 1._  since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have _ 2._  about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago, she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she _ 3._  me to buy one. After leaving college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. _

 4._ was my sister who first had the idea to _ 5._ along the entire Mekong river from where it begins to where it ends. Now she is planning our _ 6._ for the trip.

I am _ 7._ of my sister but she can be really stubborn. I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn’t. My sister doesn’t _ 8._ about details. So I told her that the source of the river is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a _ 9._ look. I know my sister well. _ 10._ she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.

The research is so designed that once ______ nothing can be done to change it.

　 A. begins 　 B. having begun C. beginning 　 D. begun

—Are you sure that you are      satisfied with this job?

—Yes.Nothing can be better.