阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny's house, she wasn't nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark.1, it was only a 15,ncnule ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that he hadn't been so2.
As she rounded a sarp benu, it suddenly3cold－very cold. Alice's breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs aso cale that it became hard to ride.
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iart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move4that the didn't hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also5,Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something6. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. "Hello, dear,"said the old lady. "I need7. I'm afraid I'm lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes."
"Airport? You8are lost,"Alice said. "You need to go back five kilometers9you reach the"
T-junction.Turn left and10for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway.From there,just follow the11to the airport.But I'm afraid there's no12you'll get there in five minutes!"
"Thank you very much,dearn eplied the old lady."Don't worry-I'll13it time."
The14up and the started off.A little way ahead,it15and with hedlights filashing, it drove past Alice. But then, mething16happened.The car hegary changing flrst, its color17from black to silvey grew when, the wheels began disappearing, but the car to move forward,18just above the grolld. As the car19into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly.With a faint whistling20,the car was gone in seconds,leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
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第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15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。
Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks(条纹，线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall ___1___ send shafts(杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a deep breath and the concrete and paint ___2___ tickle my nose. I ___3___ everything about this room.
Some of the best times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic(讽刺的), but the ___4___ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to __5 ___ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost ___6___ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your acting ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___7 ___.
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes(消失). All the worries and __8 ___ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, but it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy(不稳定的) ___9 ___ of being different and alone.
I ___10___ love to work backstage and on lighting. I ___11___ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ___12___ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ___13___ to know that I succeed in an area where few others — and virtually(事实上) no girls — do.
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ___14___. Like others, I’m often insecure(不安的), not ___15___ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.
1. A. doors B. windows C. roofs D. walls
2. A. smells B. tastes C. sounds D. looks
3. A. hate B. love C. miss D. forget
4. A. room B. office C. building D. stage
5. A. pretend B. expect C. want D. decide
6. A. hardly B. seriously C. constantly D. happily
7. A. thought of B. judged C. taken care of D. feeling
8. A. happiness B. anxieties C. chancesD. pressures
9. A. feeling B. idea C. hope D. fact
10. A. seldom B. almost C. relatively D. absolutely
11. A. hopeB. doubt C. think D. suspect
12. A. up for B. out at C. up to D. down to
13. A. pride B. duty C. humor D. sight
14. A. cruelly B. tensely C. friendly D. mildly
15. A. fond of B. afraid for C. sure ofD. interested in
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15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。
Friendship has great power, and it can inspire the people in trouble as well as in easy circumstances.
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've 1 just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I 2 to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we 3 hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he 4 with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毁] 5 . I was blown away! She told me how she had been 6 to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter how hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big 7 . I felt like I was getting nowhere. I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and 8 by the experience. It had been so 9 , I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship, but I didn't. I put the 10 of friendship to the 11 test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she 12 me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our 13 , and then she told me that she had 14 with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the 15 rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
1. A. divided B. shared C. experienced D. enjoyed
2. A. got B. traveled C. moved D. arrived
3. A. took B. spared C. offered D. spent
4. A. supplied B. experimented C. tried D. provided
5. A. action B. movements C. behavior D. activities
6. A. explaining B. speaking C. calling D. lying
7. A. trouble B. worry C. difficulty D. task
8. A. burned down B. turned down C. turned out D. worn out
9. A. discouraging B. encouraging C. exciting D. inspiring
10. A. strength B. force C. power D. energy
11. A. last B. final C. late D. recent
12. A. treated B. regarded C. honored D. valued
13. A. information B. dialogue C. conversation D. communication
14. A. broken out B. broken up C. broken away D. broken off
15. A. luckily B. correctly C. naturally D. truly
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。
When I was young, my grandmother used to tell me stories. I’d like to 36 with you one of my favorites.
Once, there was a young boy. He was very 37 because he couldn’t keep his friends. He asked his father 38 this was so. His father 39 replied, “Son, each time you say or do something that 40 one of your friends, hammer a piece of wood into the 41 .” The curious boy did 42 he was told and soon he made fence(篱笆) out of the wood.
“Father!” he cried, “I can’t get out! I am blocked by this fence!”
“Well, Son, each time you say something 43 to a friend, you can take one piece of wood out.”
The boy 44 this, too. On the first day he took out one piece of wood and on the second day he took out 45 two. On the third day he took out 46 more. Finally he had 47 all of the wood. “But Father!” he cried again, “Look at the 48 in the ground! They are big and dark! Oh, how ugly!”
“Son,” his father said, “this is why you aren’t able to 49 your friends. Remember: when you hurt someone’s feeling, no matter what you do to 50 for it, there will always be a scar(伤痕) in his 51 .”
From that day on, the boy was very 52 of his words and actions and he 53 hurt his friends’ feelings again.
I always keep this story close to my heart. It has 54 me lot. I am always careful not to hurt any of my friends because they are people that I wouldn’t want to 55 .
36. A. argue B. discuss C. share D. compare
37. A. happy B. upset C. friendly D. frightened
38. A. what B. how C. when D. why
39. A. just B. hardly C. also D. once
40. A. leaves B. pleases C. hurts D. amuses
41. A. wall B. ground C. field D. door
42. A. that B. which C. when D. as
43. A. surprising B. interesting C. nice D. bad
44. A. did B. made C. refused D. said
45. A. other B. another C. the other D. others
46. A. few B. some C. any D. no
47. A. removed B. repeated C. replanted D. recycled
48. A. sand B. dirt C. holes D. sticks
49. A. make B. meet C. keep D. stay
50. A. turn up B. take up C. bring up D. make up
51. A. heart B. face C. neck D. hand
52. A. afraid B. careful C. proudD. fond
53. A. always B. ever C. never D. already
54. A. found B. taughtC. lent D. saved
55. A. avoid B. admire C. respect D. lose
Billy，a hard-working student，is fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He has a part-time job that 16 him up every morning at five o’clock，when most people are still 17 asleep．He is a newspaper boy.
Each morning，Billy leaves the house at 5：15 to go to the 18 where the newspapers always are．The newspapers were 19 to the corner by truck at midnight．He always takes a wagon to 20 them．
In the winter it is still dark 21 he gets up every day，but during the rest of the year it is22 ．Billy must send the newspapers to the houses of people on his 23 in all kinds of weather．He tries to put each paper on the porch(门廊)where it will be 24 from wind and rain or snow．Sometimes his customers give him tips， 25 him very excited．
Billy earns about$70 per month through hard2 6 ，and he is saving some of the money to go to 27 ，where he has always been longing to go．Besides that，he 28 the rest of the earnings on records and clothes．Once a month，he has to collect the 29 at night since many of them work during the day．That is when he is 30 so that he is full of excitement．Luckily，he gets 31 supported by his family．Sometimes，when Billy is sick，his brother offers to deliver the newspapers for him．Once，his father was too 32 to help him,
Billy has seventy customers now，but he doesn’t feel 33 about the number．
He dreams that he will get 34 customers as possible some day． 35 ，he might win a prize for being an outstanding newspaper boy．He wants to win a trip to Europe，but he will be happy if he wins a new bicycle.
A．were B．take C．gets D．pick
A．sound B．falling C．fall D．soundly
A．corner B．street C．room D．department
A．given B．addressed C．handed D．delivered
A．carry B．bring C．send D．load
A．at which B．while C．that D．when
A．short B．black C．1ight D．long
A．mad B．way C．route D．path
A．protected B．stopped C．kept D．prevented
A．making B．1etting C．1eading D．causing
A．attempt B．job C．work D．struggle
A．abroad B．school C．college D．hospital-
A．costs B．spends C．pays D．uses
A．paper B．money C．newspapers D．records
A．depressed B．energetic C．fulfilled D．moved
A．very B．great C．greatly D．a lot of
A．1ikely B．reluctant C．tired D．willing
A．satisfying B．pleasant C．contented D．happy
A．many more B．as much C．as many D．much more
A．If that B．If so C．Besides D．What’s more
SECTION B (18 points)
Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked with A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the words or phrases that best fits the context.
People have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humor. One of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy is called 36. Stand-up comedy is special 37 the comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members. A stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes 38the reactions of an audience.
There are different styles of stand-up comedy. The main four are observational(观察评论类), prop(道具使用类), physical(形体动作类) and impressionist(印象模仿类) . In observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about humorous things he or she 39in everyday life. If you hear a comedian telling jokes about the way 40 people behave when they queue up in lines, or asking why it only rains when you forget your 41, you are listening to an observational comedian. Prop comedians use things, called 42, to tell their jokes. The jokes are not funny if you cannot see the prop. It is a type of visual humor. If a comedian points to a 43 tennis game and says, “I’ve been playing tennis 44for a month. I don’t understand why I am not losing 45!”, he or she is using the computer as a prop. Physical comedians use their bodies to make jokes. They have been 46 chairs, walking into doors, and falling down on stage for years. The last style is called 47. These comedians act or speak like a well-known person. This is called doing an impression of the person.
36. A. prop B. comedy C. stand-up D. comedian
37. A. because of B. because C. although D. as if
38. A. in honor of B. in order to C. in case of D. in response to
39. A. watch B. observe C. see D. find
40. A. /B. in that C. how D. which
41. A. coat B. wallet C. umbrella D. sunglasses
42. A. queues B. humor C. impression
D. props
43. A. funny B. boring C. computer D. new
44. A. every day B. everyday C. some times D. sometimes
45. A. weigh B. weight C. overweight D. weight-loss
46. A. running after B. fighting against C. competing withD. tripping over
47. A. impressionist B. propC. physical D. observational