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31~40的相应位置上。
Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 31 these proverbs, there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 32 (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.
It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960 — 1279) was very anxious to help 33 rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 34 day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.
One day, he came up with an idea 35 he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
He was very tired 36 doing this for a whole day, 37 he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 38 (high).
His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.
This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 39 (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 40 (result) in the contrary to our intention.
第二节:语法填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
仔细阅读下面的短文,短文中有10个空格。请按照每小题括号内的具体要求完成语法填空和词形变化。(每格填1~2个单词)
Several days before July 28, 1976, many strange things happened in Tangshan. They were signs for the earthquake. 31 (副词), people in the city of Tangshan thought 32 of these. At 3:42 am that day, the earth began to shake, 33 destroyed the city. Steam(蒸汽) 34 (burst) from holes in the ground. It gave 35 smelly gas. Many buildings fell into bricks all of a sudden like pieces of dominos. Many people, 36 (include) workers and doctors, came to rescue those 37 (trap) under the ruins. Later that afternoon, 38 (限定词) big earthquake struck Tangshan. More people were killed or injured and more buildings fell down. Soldiers were called in to help the rescue workers. Teams 39 (organize) to dig out those under the ruins and bury the dead. 40 number of the miners who were rescued from coal mines reached almost 10,000. With the help from all over the country, Tangshan began to recover slowly.
B
I have never been able to make sense of my idea 31 money. I can walk into a store and spend $ 700 on suit, 32 go home and squeeze(挤)three cups of tea out of a single teabag. Am I a spendthrift or a miser or both?
A spendthrift is a person 33 likes to spend money. He always buys things 34 regard to cost. All of his spending gives him 35 (please), so he enjoys 36. with shopping spending. He is both warmhearted and free - handed. He has a lot of friends 37 he often treats everybody to drinks and meals. He would even give or lend money to his 38 (bad) enemy! Some people can accept a spendthrift's habits very easily. They consider such a person inexperienced, 39they enjoy being with him.
Are you a little like the person just 40 (write) about? If you are one of the big spenders of the world, you will always have debts, but you may have a lot of fun, too.
第二节语法填空 (共20小题,满分30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26~45的相应位置上。
A
The most energetic and important festivals are the 21 that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring. 22 the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give 23 (child) lucky money in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, 24 families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, 25 take place forty days before Easter, usually in February, These carnivals might include parades, 26 (dance) in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds. Easter is 27 important religious and social festival for Christians around the world. It celebrates the return of Jesus 28 the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, 29 (cover) with cherry tree flowers, looks as though 30 is covered with pink snow.
B
Just now, I entered the website “Topic for Today”, I feel 36 (interest) in the report on middle school students’ using cell-phones on campus.In fact, many students now come to school 37 cell-phones.My schoolmates have different opinions.Some think 38 is convenient to get in touch with others with the cell-phone, which also makes you feel safe especially in time of trouble. 39 , it is nice to enjoy various functions of different cell-phones. 40 think differently.First, the cell-phone is not 41 must in school, as 42 are some IC phones in the school 43 (make) it easy to call others.Second, many students often play e-games and send e-messages with their cell-phones, even in class, 44 will surely have bad effects on their study.What’s more, it will result in a great waste of time and money.In my opinion, the cell-phone is a 45 (use) tool in our daily life.But it doesn’t mean we can use it freely in school.
第二节语法填空 (共20小题,满分25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26~45的相应位置上。
A
Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. _______26_____(person), I think the team that won first place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just _____27______ the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We _____28_____(determine) to create an even ____29_____(good) system. In a way our programmer is ____30_____ our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen ___31___ watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if ____32____ new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”. I would really like to play against a human team, for I _____33____ (program) to act just like them. After all, ____34___ the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is ____35____ I’m all about.
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。
Google China's threat of pulling out of the nation has sparked attention worldwide this week to the relationship between China and the United States.
China's Web environment and the China-US trade relationship are among the topics 31 have been discussed. But it's 32 (appropriate) to play up the issue, or turn it into a political dispute.
According to the 33 (state), the disputes with the Chinese government on its Internet regulations as well as major cyber attacks 34 _the California-based company allegedly (被说成)rooted from China's attempts to force Google into considering 35 exit strategy(策略).
For overseas businesses, 36 (include) Google, they should respect laws, regulations and relevant policies of 37 host countries.
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursday at a regular press conference that "China welcomes international Internet companies 38 (conduct) business within the country according to the law.
The Chinese government has blamed the world Internet giant 39 showing too many links to unhealthy content in 40 search results, thus breaking China's laws.
第二节 语法填空(共10小题,每题2分,共20分)
仔细阅读下面短文,短文中有10个空格。请按照语境以及括号里的具体要求完成语法填空、词形变化等。答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的对应位置。
Dear Mr. Costa,
I’m sorry it has taken me so long to write. I’ve been very busy with work and school, but I’ve thought about you often.
How have you been 16 (late)? Did you have a good Christmas and New Year’s? Mac says you’ve been working hard at 17 restaurant and that business is very good. What else have you been doing?
I had a short 18 good vacation. Mac and I went to Chicago for a few days before Christmas, but I had to come back and work 19 Christmas and New Year’s, 20 (include) Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve! Every time something like that 21 (happen), I wonder 22 I really want to work in the hotel business.
The other day I was thinking about the fun 23 we used to have in our English class. I haven’t seen many of our classmates 24 the course was over. In fact, the only one I see very often is Tomiko. I’d really like to get in touch with Franco. Does he ever write to you? If so, could you please send me his address?
Well, Mac and I are going skating and he is waiting for 25 , so I guess I’d better say goodbye now. Write as soon as you can.
Yours ever
第Ⅱ卷(共 55 分)
第四部分:书面表达 (共三节,满分 55 分)
第一节:短文填空(满分10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,使短文连贯通顺。请将答案填写在题后的答题处。
After two days’ travel, the girls began to realize that Canada is quite empty. At school, they had learned that most Canadians live 71 a few hundred kilometres of the USA border, and Canada’s population 72 only slightly over thirty million, but now they were amazed 73 see such an empty country. They went through a wheat-growing province and saw farms 74 covered thousands of acres. 75 dinner, they were back in an urban area, the busy port city of Thunder Bay at the 76 of the Great Lakes. The girls were surprised at the 77 that ocean ships can sail up the Great Lakes. Because of the Great Lakes, they learned, Canada has more fresh water 78 any other country in the world. In fact, it has one-third of the world’s total 79 water, and 80 of it is in the Great Lakes.
课文填空(共10 小题;每小题 0.5 分,满分5分)
根据所学课文在68-77的空格里填上所缺的单词,并将答案转写到答题卡上。
As you know, the UN 68 the lives of people everywhere. The organization is involved in peacekeeping 69 to help end some of the world’s horrible conflicts. Watch any TV report 70 places where there is a war, and you 71 see soldiers wearing berets…
I have visited many countries in Africa. Recently, I was fortunate enough to travel to South Africa, where I met some women who have 72 themselves into a group. They 73 one rand (approximately 1.35 yuan) per day from each other and add it to a 74 of money the government gives them. With this, the women have enough money to buy 75 materials to make basket. They then sell these at the market. With luck their group will be able to expand and maybe set up a shop. This group was set up by UNIFEM, the United Nations 76 Fund for Women. There are lots of such programmes and funds under the 77 of the UN, and these have helped millions of people across the world.
第二节 短语填空(从下列短语中选出一个合适的并用其适当形式填入每个句子中,使其句意完整,共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
66. the sun does great harm to your skin so you should avoid doing so in daily life.
67.Nowadays plastics many conventional materials.
68.A terrible earthquake struck Wenchuan in Sichuan Province in 2008, many injuries and deaths.
69.With the development of science and technology, the young generation surfing the Internet and playing computer games, which has a bad influence on their study.
70.With the victim him attempted murder, the man was thrown into great depression.
71.It is unlikely for him to his boss, who is strict and mean, his innocence.
72.Super Junior, a band made up of 13 handsome boys, both boys and girls in the school.
73.Some scientific researches provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may health in the population.
74.Look at the expression on his face! He must great difficulty in yesterday’s knowledge contest.
75. the car which was speeding, the traffic police decided to ask his colleagues to search for it.
第二节 语法填空(共10小题,每题2分,共20分)
仔细阅读下面短文,短文中有10个空格。请按照语境以及括号里的具体要求完成语法填空、词形变化等。答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的对应位置。
The holiday’s upon us. After months of study, you have some time to yourself. So, why not read a book? Well, some people will say, ‘Why trouble with books? We have the Internet and 16 media that offer a lot more 17 (colour) programs. Books are history!”
But don’t be fooled. There’s still a lot to be said for reading and reading as widely as possible.
One clear reason is that a well-chosen book is a wonderful collection 18 words and expressions, so long as you have a good dictionary, of course. Believe me, it’s far easier to get new English words and expressions from a book or article 19 it is from the TV or the Internet.
But an even more important point is 20 books give you something that modern media simply can not: The webpage is always full of pictures and the text is often designed to make it as easy to read as possible.
Though “easy” may be welcome, 21 (luck) it’s of little use for any long-time development of reading skills and the general language level. For that, there’s still no substitute(替代品) for a book.
But perhaps the best single reason is that simply 22 (choose) what you read and doing it by yourself 23 (mean) that it’s something you do by and for yourself. You can choose what you want to read. It’s hard work, 24 while you are reading, you’ll find that what once 25 (seem) like a duty is now a pleasure.
第五节:课文填空(共1篇,10空格;满分10分)
根据课文内容和首字母提示,填入恰当的词,使文章完整。
Not long ago there was a girl called Daisy. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed, which took Daisy to Tibet of China to see antelopes. The antelope told her that they lived a sad life, because they were killed for the fur that was taken from under their s _______(61). Every year thousands of antelopes are killed and now they are becoming e______________(62) species.
Daisy was very sad and then she asked the carpet to bring her to some place where the animals were well protected. Next minute she was in Zimbabwe. Daisy first saw an excited elephant. It asked Daisy to take its picture. In Zimbabwe, Daisy knew the people began to realize the i __________(63) of animals, especially the g________(64), and they decided to help. They allowed t (65) to hunt only a certain number of animals if they were willing to pay the farmers.
The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a t________(66) rain forest. A monkey watched her as it r_______(67) itself. The monkey said the millipede contained a p_________(68)drug which could affect m ______(69). And the monkey told Daisy to take care of the rain forest. Daisy was a _______(70). Later, the carpet flew Daisy home and Daisy found it was only a dream, but she learned a lot from her experience.
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。
Scientists have found “significant” amounts of water in a crater (火山口) at the moon’s south pole, a major 31 (discover) that will dramatically revise the description of the moon 32 a dead world and likely make it a more attractive destination for future human space missions.
“The moon is alive,” declared Anthony Colaprete, the chief scientist for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission, 31 used a rocket on Oct. 9 to punch a hole about 100 feet across in the moon’s surface, and then measured about 25 gallons of water in the form of vapor and ice. 31 that’s not enough to swim in, it could indicate sufficient water in permanently shaded craters at the poles for future astronauts to live off the land.
NASA’s plans, currently under review by the Obama administration, call for 31 return to the moon at the end of the next decade, and 31 (construct) of a lunar base in which astronauts could live and work for months at a time.
The presence of large quantities of water would make that plan more 31 (practice), since water could be used for drinking, breathing and even making rocket fuel. 31 , a resource-rich moon could also serve as the perfect low-gravity launch-pad (发射台) for missions that would carry astronauts and 31 families elsewhere in the solar system, 31 (realize) the dreams of generations of science-fiction writers.
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31~40的相应位置上。
It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didn’t ask for any help. The wait seemed 31 (end). Then came another rider, the old man 32 (catch) his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?”
Stopping his horse, he replied, “Of course.” Almost 33 (freeze), the old man could not get 34 the ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the o1d man not just across the river, 35 to his home.
“Sir, you didn’t even ask the other riders for help, why? What 36 I had said ‘no’ and 1eft you there?” the horseman asked.
The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked into their eyes, I found they didn’t care, 37 told me it would be useless, but when I looked into 38 , I saw kindness.”
These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for 39 you’ve said, I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” With that, Thomas Jefferson, the 40 (three) president of the US, turned his horse around and went away.