第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)
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一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为
31—40的相应位置上。
Crying marriage? 31   (surprise), isn't it? Factually, the custom of crying
marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China's Sichuan
Province, and  32 (remain) in fashion  33  the end of the Qing Dynasty.Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in manyplaces, especially Tujia people, who view it as a   34  (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much   35   same in different places of the province. According to
elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding.36,the bride's neighbors
would look down upon  37   as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the
thelaughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases   38  which the bride wasbeaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a  39  by custom to set off the happiness of
the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the   40   (arrange)
marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried
over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)
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Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student.  31     a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar  32     information in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The ideal student is considered to be   33   who is motivated to learn for the sake of learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned with brief   34    (write) comments but without a grade.Even if a grade is not given, the student is responsible for learning the material assigned. When research   35   (assign), the professor expects the student to take it actively and to complete it with minimum   36    (guide). It is the student's responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain   37    a university library works; they expect students,particularly graduate students, to be able to exhaust the reference origins in the library.Professors will help students who need it, but prefer that their students should not be too dependent on them. In the United States, professors have many other duties   38 teaching, such as administrative or research work. Therefore, the time   39    a professor can spend with a student outside of class is limited. If  40    student has problems with classroom work, the student should either approach a professor during either office hours or make an appointment.

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)

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In today’s competitive world, the ability to work happily with other people is a good way of marking yourself out from everybody ___31_____. While teamwork may offer the chance to blame others ___32_____ your mistakes, you can never blame __33____ for your failings as a teammate. Get to know one another, so you can build up a group and combine your advantages. Find out each other’s values, weaknesses, and past __34________ (achieve).

Don’t shy away form disagreements __35____ work out how __36____ (deal) with them. Humor can be a good way, so have a laugh together.

Before getting down to business, it’s important to establish ground rules. First, make sure you all share the same idea of time. Will 9:30 am meetings take place at midday? Then, work out how you are going to make decisions. These are probably __37______ (well) made at a formal meeting and communicated by e-mail. You must also agree with your teammate __38______ will be responsible for making decisions. Even if you have decided __39______ decisions don’t have to be agreed on, it is important that every team member __40________(keep) active.

第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)

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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。

During My school years I was always struggling to learn English because my parents at the time did not approve of us    31    (speak) English while we were at home. I found out that was causing me problems at school. When writing a paper or essay    32    ideas were not clear. I would confuse words. I was reading poorly. I then started to read a lot of comics, books and   33   (watch) more TV. Talking to my friends in English more often helped. Participating in school events as much as possible was a big plus.

Several years later and now, knowing the English language I felt I could do something to help my parents. I was able to help my parents become US    34     (city). When my parents came to    35    country like other immigrants    36   were afraid that sooner or later they     _  37    (force) to leave for Mexico. I took it upon myself to inform my parents that    38  _   was important for us to take care of this problem. I learned everything I could     39   what we had to do to become permanent Residents. Once we became Residents we decided that we would become US Citizens as well. My taking the time to read and learn about becoming a US Citizen proved there was   40   I could not do.

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分)

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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。

People who have lost the ability to understand or use words due to brain damage ___31____(call) aphasics(失语症患者). Such patients can be extremely good at something else. ___32______ the changing expressions on speakers’ faces and the tones of their voices, they can tell lies from truths.

Doctors studying the human brain have even compared this power to __33_______ of a dog with an ability to find out the drugs ____34______(hide) in the baggage.

Recently, scientists carried out tests to see ___35______ all that was said about aphasics was true. They studied a mixed group of people. Some were normal; __36________ were aphasics. It was proved that the aphasics were far ahead of the normal people in recognizing false speeches — in most cases, the normal people were fooled by words,____37________ the aphasics were not.

Dr. Oliver Sacks mentioned a particular case in ___38______ hospital. Some aphasics were watching the president giving a speech on TV. Since the president had been an actor ___39_____(early), making a good speech was no problem for him.

But his way of speaking had the opposite effect on the patients. They didn’t seem to believe him. Instead, they burst into laughter. The aphasics knew that the president did not mean a word of what he ____40______(say).