SECTION B 
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
Soon it would be the holidays. But before that, there were the end of year exams. All the students had been working 36 for some time. If they didn’t pass, t
hey would have to 37 the exams in September. There were usually a few who failed, but Kate decided not to be one of them. She had worked hard all day, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister was 38 about her. She was staying up too late. The night before the first exam, Barbala 39 that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She 40 
to wake her up in the morning.
As she was falling asleep, Kate was worried that she might oversleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the 41 , she fell asleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn’t answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn’t find 42 to write about. She kept looking at her watch. 43 was running out. There was only one hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, 44 and tried another one. With only half an hour left, she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so 45 that she started 46 . Her whole body shook. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still 47 and it had all been a(n) terrible dream. A minute later, Barbala called her name.
36. A. lazily B. hard C. legally D. smoothly
37. A. give up B. pass C. quit D. retake
38. A. worried B. satisfied C. enjoyed D. afraid
39. A. argued B. insisted C. claimed D. thought
40. A. refused B. opposed C. promised D. hoped
41. A. herself B. her sister C. tiredness D. pill
42. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
43. A. Money B. Food C. Time D. Water
44. A. looked up B. gave up C. put up D. made up
45. A. happy B. excited C. surprised D. upset
46. A. moving B. laughing C. crying D. singing
47. A. in bed B. in the hall C. in school D. in the classroom
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。
My father woke me 31 early in summer morning when I was fourteen and announced: “ Get up. You’re going to with me to cut the grass.”
The idea 32 my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and 33 (excite). From sunup to sundown my father, my young brother and I worked in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was tired out, 34 I felt good. I had put in a hard day’s labor and had earned $6.
One day my father found some leaves I’d missed and pull me aside. “Clear away these 35 , ”he said firmly , “ and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again.” The message was clear. Today I value the importance of doing a job right the first time. It will never fail to impress the person you are working 36 .
After two years my father told my brother and me that he felt that we were old enough to do lawns on our 37 . Every Saturday during our last two years of high school, we set out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while 38 (work) under our father.
Taking care of lawns was not exciting or high-paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job is a good job and that whatever I was paid was 39 than I had before.
In every job I’ve held-from dong lawns to 40 dishes-I have learned something that helped me in my next job. If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30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。
Today, many people are starving to death. Recently, a man who wanted to understand the conditions of such people _21_ an experiment. He only ate one meal a day for a month but continued to work as he normally did.
During the first five days he was _22 _ at his regular mealtime, but after he had drunk a glass of water, his hunger 23_ . In the morning, when he ate his one meal, he ate quickly and had a_24 _ amount. During the next few days, he was not hungry during the day, but when he _25 a food stall (a place on which food is put to be sold), the smell of food caught his 26. During the third and the fourth weeks, he had hunger pains and lacked physical strength. He looked forward to this one meal and ate it slowly, enjoying every bite. Without it, he knew he would he would have hardly enough 27 to work.
This experiment changed his attitude about some things. Having a cup of tea was not 28 a pastime. It also gave him strength. He more frequently noticed overweight people and people who threw away leftover food. He 29 the importance of food hungry person. He could no longer easily pass by a hungry beggar on the street. But most 30 , he could now sympathize(同情) in a similar way with the hungry people of the world.
21. A. took along B. carried out C. put on D. brought in
22. A. hungry B. angry C. happy D. excited
23. A. came about B. broke out C. set off D. went away
24. A. small B. ordinary C. large D. common
25. A. noticed B. watched C. recognized D. glanced
26. A. interest B. eyes C. imagination D. attention
27. A. power B. spirit C. energy D. feeling
28. A. just B. still C. yet D. exactly
29. A. admitted B. realized C. remember D. valued
30. A. seriously B. luckily C. necessary D. important
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卷标号为31~40的相应位置上。
Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know ＿＿31＿＿ most words come from.
Sometimes,however,no one may really know where ＿32＿＿ word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, ＿33＿＿ (especial) when they are not made ＿＿34＿＿ ham?About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.
They did not speak good English, ＿35＿＿ they ate good food. Some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef. Never ＿＿36＿＿ they seen a strange way. They couldn’t help ＿＿37＿＿ (ask) the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered,“We came from Hamburg.”One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He was ＿＿38＿＿＿ (determination) to do something new. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the men from Hamburg ate and sold it quite a few ＿＿39＿＿ (country) around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is ＿＿40＿＿＿ (interest).
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。
I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I remember tearing across town 31 my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: “There is no Santa Claus.” she laughed. “Even dummies(傻瓜) know that!” I 32 (flee) to Grandma 33 I knew she would be straight with me. She always told the truth.
“No Santa Claus?” she said. “Ridiculous! Don’t believe 34 . Put on your coat, and let’s go.” “Go where, Grandma?” I asked.
As we walked through the doors of the general store Grandma handed me ten dollars and said, “Buy something for someone 35 needs it. I’ll wait for you in the car.”
I was only eight years old. Never had I shopped for anything all by myself. For a few moments I just stood there, 36 (wonder) what to buy, and who to buy it 37 . I thought of everybody I knew. Then I thought about Bobbie Decker.
He was my classmate with bad breath and 38 (mess) hair, and he sat right behind me. He didn’t have a coat. I knew that because he never went out to play games during the winter. I held 39 bill with growing 40 (excite). I would buy Bobbie a coat.
第二节：语言结构（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，
根据上下文在空白处填上适当的词,或使用括号中的词语的正确形式填空。
When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how 31 (terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that 32 so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer－something to pride myself in. But the hard part 33 (lie) in my oral presentation; to read from 34 paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech 35 my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 36 back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After 37 seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience 38 (appear). Actually with my confidence building 39 , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear. Overcome it, 40 we will be able to achieve our goals.