“My name’s Jim Shelley and I’m an addict(有瘾的人). . . ”
With these words I began to ___36___ the problem, the problem of my telephone addiction. I used to call people ___37___, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep. I ___38___ to be phoned, I wanted to phone. Just one more call.
It started socially . It seemed ___39___, just a quick chat. Gradually though, the ___40___ got worse. Soon it was ___41___ use, until, finally, addiction.
And it began to affect(影响) my ___42___. During the day I would disappear for ___43___ call. If I couldn’t make a call, I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring. Getting more and more ___44___, in the end, I would ring someone, then someone else, ___45___ myself just one more call.
I was phoning people and ___46___ messages to make sure ___47___ calls would see me through the day. I used to arrive at friends
homes and before the door was closed, go straight for the phone with the ___48___ “Is it OK if I just use the phone. . . ?” At work, I became ___49___ when my fellow workers tried to ___50___ me from using the phone. And one day I hit my boss(with the phone). Finally, the police caught me ___51___ a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was ___52___ to see a psychiatrist(心理医生).
I haven’t ___53___ a phone in the house for three weeks now, and it’s several days ___54___ I used a phone box. I try not to watch TV because there are ___55___ people on it making phone calls. My name is Jim Shelley and I am an addict.
36. A. face B. find C. accept D. notice
37. A. now and then B. all the time C. at home D. at work
38. A. tried B. asked C. waited D. invited
39. A. polite B. important C. fine D. special
40. A. condition B. situation C. result D. effect
41. A. frequent B. regular C. unusual D. particular
42. A. friends B. study C. family D. work
43. A. a quick B. a secret C. an expected D. an extra
44. A. hopeful B. delighted C. frightened D. anxious
45. A. forcing B. telling C. giving D. limiting
46. A. leaving B. taking C. passing D. recording
47. A. long B. immediate C. enough D. surprising
48. A. saying B. demands C. wish D. words
49. A. careful B. mad C. determined D. helpless
50. A. save B. reduce C. protect D. stop
51. A. destroying B. using C. stealing D. emptying
52. A. offered B. guided C. ordered D. reminded
53. A. missed B. had C. received D. fixed
54. A. as B. when C. if D. since
55. A. always B. just C. more D. different
第三节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But 21 a few of them are very 22 . English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the USA, but in other parts of the world. About 200 million people speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a 23 language. Millions of people are trying to do so.
Is 24 easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different 25 . Have you ever 26 the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?
“Learning English in six months, or your 27 back…”“Easy and funny? Our records and tapes 28 you master your English in a month. 29 your first day your 30 will be excellent. Just send…”Of course, it never 31 quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should 32 that we all learned our own language well when we were 33 . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. Imagine 34 a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using a language, talking in it, and 35 it all the time, just imagine how much 36 that gets.
So it is 37 to say that learning English is easy, because a good command （掌握；精通）of English 38 upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and 39 much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books and dictionaries will work. 40 they cannot do the student’s work for him.
21. A. not B. quite C. only D. very
22. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy
23. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother
24. A. this B. that C. it D. which
25. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers
26. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known
27. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English
28. A. make B. help C. let D. allow
29. A. From B. On C. Since D. After
30. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation
31. A. happened B. knew C. seemed D. felt
32. A. know B. remember C. understand D. think
33. A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups
34. A. what B. which C. who D. whose
35. A. using B. thinking C. trying D. practicing
36. A. time B. money C. language D. practice
37. A. hard B. easy C. funny D. silly
38. A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes
39. A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs
40. A. And B. But C. So D. So
三、完形填空
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried 36 for hours as the farmer tried to figure out 37 to do. Finally he decided the animal was 38 and the well needed to be 39 up anyway, so it just wasn’t 40 it to rescue the donkey.
He invited all his 41 to come over and help him. They all grabbed (握起) a shovel (铁铲) and began to shovel 42 into the well. At first, the donkey 43 what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s 44 , he was quiet.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked 45 the well and was 46 at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that 47 his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would 48 it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors 49 to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take another 50 up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the 51 of the well and ran off.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The best way of 52 out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our 53 is a stepping-stone. We can get out of the deepest 54 just by not stopping, never 55 ! Shake it off and take a step upward!
36. A. sadly B. confidently C. frequently D. gradually
37. A. how B. what C. that D. which
38. A. strong B. old C. stubborn D. powerful
39. A. dug B. flowed C. covered D. emptied
40. A. important B. possible C. necessary D. worth
41. A. neighbors B. relatives C. partners D. friends
42. A. dust B. pain C. stone D. dirt
43. A. determined B. recognized C. realized D. admitted
44. A. relief B. surprise C. fear D. joy
45. A. down B. around C. for D. after
46. A. annoyed B. delighted C. astonished D. disappointed
47. A. attacked B. packed C. recovered D. hit
48. A. shake B. blow C. take D. wash
49. A. decided B. continued C. pretended D. volunteered
50. A. base B. stage C. step D. breath
51. A. bottom B. track C. appearance D. entrance
52. A. holding B. getting C. sorting D. sticking
53. A. troubles B. happiness C. successes D. losses
54. A. reality B. distance C. caves D. wells
55. A. setting up B. blowing up C. giving up D. picking up
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Most children want to be pop stars or footballers when they grow up. But 11-year-old Amy Jones had the chance to ____16____ more about her ____17____ job—a medical biologist —when she won an essay writing competition for primary students.
Amy’s __18__ for the best essay on “What I want to be when I’m older” was a day at Oxford Medical Science Institute. Staff organised a special programme for the would-be __19__, introducing her to the projects being worked on by medical biologists at Oxford. The sessions included a look at the ___20___ of medical biologists in fighting cancer and ___21___ to become a medical biologist.
Amy said she was ___22___ to become a biologist after watching a television programme. In her essay she wrote: “The medical biologist plays a big part in many discoveries and it would be a challenging, exciting and ___23__ job.”
Dr. Kathryn Robson, the Institute director said: “ It’s ___24___that we encourage young people to study science and think about scientific research as a job. I hope Amy now has a better __25__of what it takes to become a medical biologist.”
A．carry out B．sort out C．find out D．look out
A．dream B．father’s C．first D．mother’s
A．idea B．prize C．wish D．topic
A．pop star B．journalist C．scientist D．writer
A．performance B．action C．operation D．role
A．when B．whether C．how D．where
A．inspired B．chosen C．made D．forced
A．disappointing B．tiring C．surprising D．rewarding
A．vital B．simple C．funny D．unusual
A．decision B．understanding C．desire D．taste
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31～40各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Life on Land probably began about 430 millions years ago, though it has existed in the water for perhaps as much as 3,000 million years. When we think of the first thing on land, we probably think of strange 31 coming out of the oceans, but in fact no animals could have been 32 if plants had not been on land first. Plants had to be on land before animals arrived. They 33 the first land animals with the surrounding and food necessity, since then, the plants are the only form of life that is able to get and store 34 .
The first plants to exist out of water were probably 35 kinds of algae ( 海藻) which were 36 by other plants that grow 37 to the ground and needed water in which to reproduce. Once the move to land had been made, however, evolution (进化) took place quickly. By the end of 100 million years, plants had developed their 38 , and some had got tree-like forms since 39 was very important in gaining sunlight. About 30 million years ago, much of the world was covered with forests of huge trees. In most
ways they were like 40 modern trees. They had roots, leaves, wood, but mostly they had not developed seeds.
A．tree B．plants C．seeds D．animals
A．living B．making C．dying D．eating
A．offered B．supplied C．gave D．afforded
A．heat B．sunlight C．energy D．water
A．many B．little C．sure D．certain
A．followed B．made C．copied D．existed
A．close B．far C．strong D．tall
A．branches B．trunks C．roots D．leaves
A．weight B．height C．soil D．water
A．modern B．ancient C．big D．small
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I got up and dressed, with my violin under my jacket, and went out into the streets to try my luck. I wandered about for 36 , looking for a likely spot, 37 as though I were about to commit a crime. Then I stopped 38 under a bridge near the station and 39 to have a try.
I felt tense and nervous. One moment I was 40 the hurrying crowds , 41 I stood apart, my back to the wall, my hat on the side of the street 42 me , the violin under my chin.
The first 43 I played were loud and unskilled, then they 44 down and began to run more smoothly. 45 ，I was neither caught nor told to shut up. 46 , nobody took any notice at all. Then an old man without stopping 47 threw a penny into my hat, as if getting rid of some guilty evidence.
Other pennies followed, slowly 48 steadily , dropped by 49 who appeared not to see or hear me. It seemed too easy, like a secret 50 .
I 51 there for several days , gradually getting the 52 of the trade by trial and error(反复试验). It was not a good thing, 53 , to let the hat fill up with money; nor was it wise to empty it completely. Placing a couple of pennies in the hat to 54 the thing going soon became a 55 rule.
36. A. an hour B. a day C. some time D. too long
37. A. running B. crying C. feeling D. sounding
38. A. at first B. at last C. at most D. at once
39. A. wanted B. allowed C. refused D. decided
40. A. part of B. familiar with C. far from D. away from
41. A. the last B. once again C. the next D. as a result
42. A. before B. behind C. next to D. beside
43. A. music B. notes C. piece D. parts
44. A. broke B. fell C. settled D. slowed
45. A. Surprisingly B. Interestingly C. Undoubtedly D. Pitifully
46. A. In a word B. Moreover C. Indeed D. That is
47. A. immediately B. secretly C. bravely D. carefully
48. A. but B. and C. while D. or
49. A. the old B. fans C. the passengers D. shadows
50. A. trick B. business C. story D. joke
51. A. remained B. searched C. left D. worked
52. A. value B. truths C. wealth D. conditions
53. A. however B. therefore C. for example D. after all
54. A. make B. open C. leave D. start
55. A. normal B. regular C. smart D. suitable
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