阅读下面短文，掌握其大意；然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选出最佳选项。
The Voice of America began during World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1 , American officials believed they should 2 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in German. “The news may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA 3 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s 4 had to be changed, considering the Soviet Union became the enemy of America．They wanted to 5 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 6___ “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959．VOA knew that many listeners did not know enough English to completely understand its 7 English broadcast. So VOA 8___ a simpler kind of English, which uses about 1,500 words and is spoken slowly of course, it is special English.
In the opinion of most VOA listeners, the most important program is the news report. News from around the world 9 into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in major cities and also from other broadcasts like BBC．VOA writers and editors use these materials to 10 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
1. A．business B．culture C．support D．information
2. A．reply B．answer C．join D．interrupt
3. A．stations B．news C．announcers D．officials
4. A．home B．position C．purpose D．results
5. A．reach B．satisfy C．attack D．support
6. A．known B．reported C．called D．printed
7. A．normal B．fast C．good D．exact
8. A．invented B．discovered C．taught D．stopped
9. A．flies B．sends C．delivers D．pasts
10. A．broadcast B．announce C．translate D．prepare
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more 36 , waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 37 everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged (破旧的) clothes. I had often 38 what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 39 for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 40 . I can still remember he was always 41 a smile and willing to help. He always 42 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He 43 just simply smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 44 home.
Weeks passed and the 45 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of 46 before the holiday break. I smiled in 47 as the last of them hurried out of the door. Turning around I saw David 48 standing by my desk.
“I have something for you,” he said and 49 from behind his back a small box. 50 it to me, he said anxiously, “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted the lid and to my 51 I saw nothing. I looked at David‘s smiling face and back into the box and said, “The box is nice, David, but it’s 52 .”
“Oh no, it isn’t,” said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes 53 I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given 54 to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 55 the little empty box set on my desk.
36. A. anxious B. courageous 
serious D. sceptical
37. A. warning B. ringing calling D. yelling
38. A. scolded B. wondered realized D. learned
39. A. irregularly B. unnaturally untidily D. improperly
40. A. patient B. upset 
special D. funny
41. A. expressing B. delivering 
wearing D. sharing
42. A. practiced B. wandered 
studied D. stayed
43. A. would B. should might D. could
44. A. aim at B. turn to put off D. head for
45. A. argument B. excitement movement D. judgment
46. A. school B. year education D. program
47. A. relief B. return vain D. control
48. A. weakly B. sadly quietly D. helplessly
49. A. searched B. found raised D. pulled
50. A. Holding B. Handing 
Sending D. Leaving
51. A. delight B. expectation appreciation D. surprise
52. A. cheap B. empty useless D. improper
53. A. as B. until 
because D. though
54. A. advice B. support attention D. command
55. A. from B. behind over D. towards
完形填空（2） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
So you have been called for an interview — well done! Your effort has 11 . You will feel better at the interview if you show an understanding of the 12 of the organization.
Carelessness could 13 you the job. Arrive at least 15 minutes before time. This will give you a chance to look around, read the notice board and get the 14 of the place. Lateness at interviews creates a bad impression. The first impression the interviewer gets 15 you is formed as you walk through the door, so take a couple of deep breaths.
Don’t take a seat until asked. Make eye contact when you are 16 and again if you shake hands and during questioning. Eye contact opens up the communication channel.
Be ready for the question “Is there anything you want to ask?” Before the interview you should get ready for two or three such questions. Look on these not just as a 17 to get information but as a means to 18 your prospects in the employer’s estimation. Asking can show 19 and avoid asking about holidays, pension and so on. It looks as if you are tired even before you begin.
And if you fail, look upon the interview as a (an) 20 in itself.
11．A．paid off B．paid back C．come out D．come true
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12．A．nature B．character C．business D．structure
13．A．give B．leave C．cost D．take14．A．feel B．sense C．feeling D．impression
15．A．on B．from C．with D．of
16．A．asked B．questioned C．greeted D．permitted
17．A．right B．channel C．chance D．path
18．A．make B．increase C．help D．improve
19．A．knowledge B．ability C．information D．thoughts
20．A．lesson B．feeling C．experience D．suffering
完形填空（2） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11~20各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
The theory of evolution was made by Charles Darwin. It has had a great 11 on the world today. It has caused many debates between religious authorities and those from the 12 community. This theory makes people think about their origins. It has changed the way in which they think about themselves in the environment. Charles Darwin collected and provided a lot of information to 13 his theory. His theory and research made him the most popular one in the scientific field of 14 .
Charles Darwin was born in 1809. He was the fourth child in his family. Much of Darwin’s childhood was spent 15 insects and reading books about 16 history. Charles Darwin was not a 17 student during his years at the medical college. He disliked what he was taught. But he 18 an interest in studying rocks and fossils.
Later, he had a chance to travel as a naturalist. It was this chance that made him begin his work on evolution. After a few years’ hard study, he wrote a book called The 19 of Species. In this book, Darwin explained his 20 about “natural selection” and “struggle for existence” .
11. A. effort B. effect C. affect D. affection
12. A. scientific B. social C. abstract D. material
13. A. imagine B. picture C. prove D. discuss
14. A. heredity B. physics C. chemistry D. evolution
15. A. raising B. collecting C. planting D. watching
16. A. natural B. human C. literature D. universal
17. A. naughty B. popular C. incommunicative D. good-tempered
18. A. found B. realized C. developed D. announced
19. A. Origin B. Beginning C. End D. Result
20. A. ways B. ideas C. opinions D. theory
第一部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
完形填空（1） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
A bar manager was so sure that he himself was the strongest man around 1 he offered a standing $ 1,000 bet that no one could beat him.
The 2 was that the landlord would squeeze a lemon until all the 3 ran out into a beer glass, then hand the lemon to the customer. Anyone who could squeeze even one more 4 out of the lemon would win the money.
0ver the years many people had tried this, truck drivers, weightlifters, karate masters, and 5 had failed. Then one day a little fellow with heavy black rimmed glasses came into the bar and asked if he 6 try the challenge.
After the laughter had quieted down, the landlord said that it was only 7 that the man be given a chance at the bet, so he picked up a lemon and started squeezing. 8 he had done he handed the 9 to the little man who promptly squeezed out 4 more drops of juice onto the bar!
Everyone looked on in amazement as the landlord handed over the prize and asked “What do you do 10 a living that has given you such strength? Are you a lumberjack, weightlifter?” “No.” the man replied, “I work for the IRS（国税局）.”
1. A. that B. there C. therefore D. since
2. A. fact B. trap C. challenge D. match
3. A. flesh B. juice C. seeds D. peel
4. A. water B. lemon C. beer glass D. drop
5. A. none B. neither C. either D. all
6. A. / B. could C. had to D. ought to
7. A. then B. likely C. fair D. chance
8. A. Once B. Right C. Immediately D. In case
9. A. container B. money C. remains D. other
10. A. with B. for C. on D. in
III. 完形填空（Cloze）(共15小题，计15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框内选择适当的单词或短语填空。方框内有多余的词或短语，每个词或短语限用一次。（答案写在答题纸上）
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Many tourists nowadays walk around carrying plastic bottles of water, even in cities. The bottles seem to have become an (71)________ fashion accessory（配件）, and not only for tourists. (72)________, nowadays everyone seems to carry a bottle of water with them (73)________ they go. This fashion for being seen with bottled water, (74)________ called “designer water”, has (75)________ a massive（大量的） increase in sales over the past few years. There are now so many (76)________ brand names available in the shops that it is hard to choose. |
But why do some people prefer their water from a bottle (77)________ a tap? To start with, water forms a very important (78)________ of a healthy lifestyle. We are now advised to (79)________ two litres of water daily, (80)________ eating large quantities of fruit and vegetables. Besides this, designer water offers the promise (81)________ purity.
It is advertised as clean and (82)________, while tap water (83)________ be viewed with suspicion （怀疑）.
But is there really any difference between bottled and tap (84)________? Surprisingly, in the USA it was (85)________ that bottled water was not always as pure as most ordinary tap water.
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