语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分)
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。
It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. 1 , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The 2 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.
Education is 3 , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place 4 , whether in the school or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 5 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 6 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a 7 may lead to a person to discover how 8 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 9 on. Education, then, is a very 10 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 11 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.
Schooling, on the other hand, is a 12 experience, whose style changes 13 from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take 14 seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and 15 , and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught.
1. A. Then B. However C. Thus D. Therefore
2. A. difference B. importance C. use D. problem
3. A. unexpected B. endless C. countless D. simple
4. A. anywhere B. anywhere else C. somewhere D. somewhere else
5. A. part-time B. public C. standard D. strict
6. A. If B. Because C. So D. Though
7. A. neighbour B. friend C. foreigner D. teacher
8. A. wonderful B. well C. greatly D. little
9. A. babies B. grown-ups C. women D. men
10. A. long B. broad C. narrow D. short
11. A. that B. when C. after D. before
12. A. basic B. strict C. final D. irregular
13. A. unusually B. differently C. little D .frequently
14. A. large B. new C. fixed D. small
15. A take exams B. hold exams C. mark papers D. read papers
Even though very small amounts of each vitamin are enough for the needs of the body, the worry people have about vitamins has some reasons. And this has to do with their __1_--- the food they take in. A person eating a good variety of food get all the vitamins now __2___ (know) to be needed.
The problem is that there are many people who don’t ___3___ foods wisely. So the answer ___4___ this question is: No extra ___5___ are needed, ___6__ you eat proper foods. In fact, many of the vitamins cannot be ___7___（store） in the body, so when extra vitamins are taken in, the body simply gets rid of them. It is even ___8 ___ (harm) to put too much of certain vitamins into the body. This has been found to be ___9(truth) of vitamin A and D, when ___10 ___ amounts are taken in.
However, most children are 2 ( face ) with a completely different situation. Most parents fear that games will prevent children from increasing new knowledge and 3the children will fail in the future examinations. So, instead of 4 ( let ) the children 5find and learn naturally from their surroundings, they force their children to take part in various kinds of classes, learning English, playing 6piano or practising drawing, etc. What’s more, some parents put 7the children’s toys which are very useful in developing children’s imagination and practical abilities.
8is a piece of good advice to those parents: 9you want to expect your child to be able to accomplish something, you must first of all develop his ability to adapt to the new surroundings. That cram education can lead to nothing 10a failure in the children’s growth.
He always walks sideways so 3not to inconvenience anyone. Instead of saying “Excuse me”, he prefers to glide by one side. 4the gap is so narrow that it will not allow him to pass, Luke waits patiently 5the obstruction (障碍物) moves by itself. Stray dogs and cats panic him, and in order to avoid them, he constantly crosses from one side of the road to the 6.
He speaks in 7very thin, subtle voice, so inaudible that it is hard to tell if he is speaking at 8. He has never interrupted anybody. On the other hand, he can never manage more than two words without 9(interrupt). This does not seem to irritate him; in fact, he actually appears happy 10(be) able to utter(发出) those two words.
Temperature changes during the day or night can be great 6small. This depends partly 7how many clouds are in the sky.8there are many clouds during the night, they act like tile covers on your bed. They blanket the earth and keep the air from losing much of 9heat. The temperature usually does not drop much during such a night. When there are many clouds during 10day, some of the sun's energy will not reach the earth. The temperature usually does not rise much on such a day.
When you read a story in English, do you read it for the storyforthe English? This is a question
is not so
(fool) as it mayseem, for I find that many students of English pay far more attention to the story thanto the English. For instance, they care for how the mystery in the story
(solve), but do not remember a single sentence in the story and cannot tell what preposition is used before a certain word in the speech of a certain character.
Of course, if you want to know the story only, you need not(bother)about the language. But a student of English is different
a student ofstories or
is called the general reader. As you may also have learned fromthe above, you ought to read not only very carefully but also aloud
you learn the passage by heart and can recite it as if it
(be)your own. On
hand, this will teach you m any useful words and phrases; on the other hand.it will help you to avoid many errors and faults in expression.