阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从下列各各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
These days, it is common to see 5-gallon bottles of water being sent to homes. Supermarket 21
are filled with all kinds of bottled water from simple 22 bottles containing “pure spring water” to expensive foreign types of mineral water in glass bottles. In Europe, bottled water is as 23 as soft dri
nks which are widely accepted in the United States. People are not only interested in the different choices of drinks, but also in the taste of bottled water and its 24 value.
All bottled water on sale must 25 the content of the water on the bottle. Some companies 26
minerals to give the water a better taste. But the term “mineral water” is 27 , because all water, except specially purified water, contains minerals. 28 must be made to tell people clearly what kind of water people are exactly buying: spring water, mineral water, or purified water. For example, “spring water” will have to come from a(n) 29 spring.
Many people choose bottled water 30 tap water, because they 31 the safety of public drinking water. Some people worry about city water 32 . We need to pay close attention to the cleanliness of our drinking water. The government should be responsible for tap water 33 . It should be tested and checked 34 .
Keep in mind that bottled water is
35 . In many cases, you are paying for water that is not much different from tap water. If you are not sure of the safety of your tap water, have it 36 . A local health department can be of 37 . Compared with the cost of bottled water, the testing cost will be less expensive. Letting cold water 38 for a minute or so before taking a drink or using it in preparing a meal is a good way to 39 possible water pollution, especially if the water has been 40 for an hour or more.
A．baskets B．windows C．shelves D．carts
A．large B．plastic C．cool D．cheap
A．popular B．expensive C．fresh D．good
A．nature B．true C．face D．health
A．study B．stick C．list D．print
A．find B．add D．mix
A．mistaken B．misunderstood C．misleading D．misreading
A．Laws B．Notices C．Products D．Inventions
A．nearby B．hot C．underground D．overflowing
A．with B．besides C．before D．over
A．consider B．trust C．doubt D．ensure
A．supplies B．pipes C．pollution D．shortage
A．producers B．risk C．elements D．quality
A．normally B．regularly C．repeatedly D．instantly
A．enough B．excellent C．expensive D．ideal
A．collected B．boiled C．changed D．tested
A．use B．value C．service D．importance
A．run B．flow C．fill D．boil
A．improve B．discover C．limit D．solve
A．away B．off C．along D．on
第二节完型填空（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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
It was Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate everything mothers are and everything we do. But I’d 31 that Sunday in 200 was 32 for me. As a single mother I 33 to think of my shortcoming---how many evenings I couldn’t share with my children, and how many things I couldn’t 34 my waitress’ salary to buy.
But what 35 kids I has! My daughter Maria was a senior in college and Danny was home visiting from his freshman year at Harvard University. They were 36 impolite enough to complain, but there was so much more I 37 I had done for them. I just hoped they 38 .
As I walked into the kitchen quietly to start breakfast, I was 39 by a vase containing a dozen red roses! When did Denny possibly 40 in to leave them? 41 even their delicate beauty was overshadowed by the note sitting beside them, in the quick, manly 42 of an eighteen-year-old boy. It was about a 43 that happened between Danny and me long age. It 44 :
She took a day off from her busy schedule to take the boy to see his 45 in the flesh at the stadium. It took 3.5 hours just to get there, and they had to be there early so that he could see his hero take batting practice. In their 46 , she took her hard earned money to buy a (an ) 47 T–shirt on which was printed his hero making a diving catch. After the game, of course he has to get his hero’s 48 ,so she stayed with the little boy until one in the morning.
It took me long enough to 49 it, but I finally know who the true hero is. Mom, I love you!
And suddenly, it was a happy Mother’s Day, 50 .
31．A．admit B．adopt C．deny D．indicate
32．A．happy B．sad C．plain D．bittersweet
33．A．intended B．liked C．tended D．hesitated
34．A．spend B．spare C．bargain D．calculate
35．A．sensitive B．considerate C．faithful D．troublesome
36．A．merely B．usually C．never D．always
37．A．wished B．proposed C．demanded D．desired
38．A．supported B．understood C．approved D．honored
39．A．welcomed B．greeted C．received D．met
40．A．hurry B．settle C．wander D．slip
41．A．And B．But C．So D．Though
42．A．handwriting B．description C．draft D．attitude
43．A．secret B．joke C．quarrel D．story
44．A．wrote B．recorded C．read D．memorized
45．A．friend B．athlete C．hero D．classmate
46．A．return B．bus C．arrival D．road
47．A．oversized B．normal C．ridiculous D．overpriced
48．A．signature B．sign C．scene D．signal
49．A．explore B．evaluate C．realize D．treasure
50．A．above all B．at all C．in all D．after all
第二节完型填空（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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to 36 in order to pay the high tuition (学费) for my brother and me. They don’t act in the __37__ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too __38__ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of __39__.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there __40__ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She __41__ her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had _42_ her. I was _43__ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it __44_, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt __45__. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread．It can hardly be seen __46_, but it’s really there. Love is __47__.”
I listened carefully but I __48__ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly __49_ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked __50 _. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father __51__ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t __52__ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.”__53__ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and __54__. But from this experience, I understand that love is just __55__ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
36．A．keep fit B．rise early C．earn money D．collect money
37．A．magic B．romantic C．fantastic D．attractive
38．A．simple B．easy C．relaxing D．luxurious (奢侈)
39．A．the question B．problem C．interest D．control
40．A．feeling B．love C．quarrel D．smile
41．A．raised B．shook C．nodded D．bowed
42．A．hurt B．injured C．wounded D．harmed
43．A．in great surprise B．in a great embarrassment
C．with deep depression D．at extreme sorrow
44．A．happens B．comes about C．appears D．occurs
45．A．warm and soft B．hot and hard C．thin and cool D．strong and durable
46．A．somewhere and sometime B．anywhere or anytime
C．more or less D．here and there
47．A．inside B．outside C．faraway D．nearby
48．A．could believe B．couldn’t understand
C．wouldn’t recognize D．might know
49．A．got sick B．got stuck C．lay down D．became disabled
50．A．quite healthy B．very pale C．fairly red D．much surprised
51．A．jump high B．go hurriedly C．run fast D．walk slowly
52．A．think about B．talk with C．worry about D．laugh at
53．A．Reading B．Seeing C．Saying D．Writing
54．A．fresh roses B．gold ring C．sweet kisses D．beautiful jewelry
55．A．a thread B．a needle C．the cloth D．the cotton
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 36 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a 37 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isn’t our fire, let’s go home.”
But John 38 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldn’t be 39 works yet, maybe there is something we could do. ” It has nothing to do with us, Mary 40 .
But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 41 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 42 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 43 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left. ”
In spite of Mary’s disagreement John 44 for the basement which was full of smoke and 45 hot. He found the door and two children. 46 he left he could hear some more sobbing. He 47 the two badly frightened children into 48 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him 49 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don’t go back! It’s 50 ! That house will fall down any second. ”
51 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 52 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 53 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 54 and fresh air, he found that he had just 55 his own children.
The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.
36．A．direction B．mistake C．danger D．smoke
37．A．home B．plant C．store D．kitchen
38．A．ran B．walked C．drove D．rode
39．A．at B．off C．to D．on
40．A．whispered B．nodded C．disagreed D．required
41．A．ruins B．pieces C．flames D．silence
42．A．pushed B．seized C．greeted D．stopped
43．A．basement B．department C．house D．hall
44．A．went B．reached C．asked D．rushed
45．A．heavily B．slightly C．partly D．terribly
46．A．If B．As C．Since D．Unless
47．A．comforted B．delivered C．recognized D．protected
48．A．cheering B．freezing C．waiting D．suffering
49．A．many B．several C．three D．two
50．A．dangerous B．foolish C．practical D．painful
51．A．Therefore B．So C．Instead D．But
52．A．wide B．endless C．final D．dirty
53．A．particular B．interesting C．familiar D．fortunate
54．A．car B．sunlight C．crowd D．arms
55．A．rescued B．found C．lost D．missed
二.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，然后从第36至第55小题所给的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。
Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but 36 could he get what he wanted. There were enough princesses, but it was 37to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it 38 be. So he came home again and was sad, 39he would have liked very much to have a real princess.
One evening a terrible storm 40 ; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was 41at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess 42 out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what 43the rain and the wind had 44 her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. 45she said that she was a real princess.
“Well, we'll soon find that out.” 46 the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and 47a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses（床垫）and put 48 on the pea, and then twenty eiderdownbeds（鸭绒被）on top of the 49.
On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked 50 she had slept. "Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have 51 closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, 52I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"
Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had 53 the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.
Nobody but a real princess could be as 54 as that.
So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess. And the pea was put in the museum, 55 it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.
36. A. nowhere B. everywhere C. anywhere D. somewhere
37. A. easy B. simple C. abstract D. difficult
38. A. could B. should C. would D. might
39. A. which B. when C. for D. then
40. A. came on B. came around C. came across D. came out
41. A. listened B. heard C. told D. seen
42. A. looking B. sitting C. standing D. wandering
43. A. a scene B. a girl C. a princess D. a sight
44. A. caused B. led C. got D. made
45. A. And B. So C. And yet D. Not yet
46. A. said B. thought C. shouted D. whispered
47. A. laid B. lain C. lay D. lied
48. A. them B. it C. her D. that
49. A. beds B. bedstead C. beddings D. mattresses
50. A. if B. whether C. how D. when
51. A. nearly B. scarcely C. almost D. merely
52. A. in order that B. in case C. only if D. so that
53. A. felt B. touched C. smelt D. tasted
54. A. careful B. sensitive C. active D. thoughtful
55. A. which B. though C. where D. that
第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）
Last night I wrote an article for the school newspaper that described how I feel right now in honest terms. I emailed it to our wonderful 41, and after she 42it, she asked a very good question: "Do you want the 43school body, including our senior class and the teaching 44to read this?"
That question pretty much 45my thoughts. I'm not a very 46person; I tend to let only a few friends know 47what' s going on in my life. I suppose that's 48my personality says the opposite to itself, because I'm also an honest person.
Being honest is 49.It involves taking risks—huge risks—and putting 50 on the edge. 51to someone can be the hardest thing for you in the world and either lead to the hurt of feelings or 52friendships. During the course of my life, I' ve experienced 53.
In positive ways, being honest can be a 54.Pretending is not only difficult, 55it' s very tiring. Last year, 56I discovered that I could be open with two people whom I was already good friends with, the load on my shoulders felt much 57.Telling someone your 58feelings is scary; trusting someone 59your heart and soul is hard. Of course, putting one's feelings into 60for the general population to read is also rather frightening.
41. A. editor B. coach C. e-pal D. supervisor
42. A. deleted B. read C. forwarded D. reserved
43. A. entire B. junior C. main D. key
44. A. member B. clerk C. staff D. fellow
45. A. agreed B. controlled C. supported D. matched
46. A. easygoing B. shy C. optimistic D. open
47. A. exactly B. rarely C. roughly D. usually
48. A. how B. what C. where D. when
49. A. exciting B. simple C. boring D. difficult
50. A. everybody B. yourself C. somebody D. myself
51. A. Showing off B. Opening up C. Getting down D. Looking up
52. A. unreliable B. weaker C. permanent D. stronger
53. A. either B. neither C. both D. nothing
54. A. burden B. dream C. goal D. release
55. A. but B. while C. also D. meanwhile
56. A. in which B. when C. during which D. which
57. A. heavier B. unpredictable C. lighter D. unbearable
58. A. miserable B. secret C. strong D. joyful
59. A. by B. via C. with D. beyond
60. A. reality B. use C. practice D. print