Andy was still travelling in Spain when he realized he had to eonfirm(确认) his flight home with the airline company. He was visiting Spain in order to 36 his Spanish. When he was speaking to people 37 he had no 38 understanding what they said. 39 , when he was speaking on the phone, he 40 had a problem. Andy 41 the airline. And the clerk confirmed that his plane was leaving at nine o’clock three days from that day. She 42 told Andy to be at the airport two hours 43 in order to check in his luggage and get a set.
Since he was 44 in three days, Andy didn’t 45 any time. He visited as many places as he could. He thought that it would probably be a while before he had enough money again. He wished he could 46 and spend a year in Spain.
Too 47 , the final day arrived. Andy left early for the airport to arrive two hours before takeoff. He hated to 48 . He went to the clerk to 49 his ticket. The clerk looked at the ticket with 50 . “Why, sir, but your flight was at nine o’clock in the morning, and 51 it is eight in the evening. ”“But I confirmed my flight. ” 52 Andy. “Will I have to pay for another ticket?”
“No, sir. However, the next flight out will be three days from now. ”
Andy’s 53 of shock turned to one of 54 as he realized that now he could continue his 55 .
A．prepare B．improve C．enjoy D．learn
A．slowly B．in public C．in person D．carefully
A．difficulty B．idea C．mistake D．interest
A．Instead B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．However
A．even B．just C．still D．seldom
A．called B．liked C．trusted D．asked
A．again B．also C．only D．once
A．before B．earlier C．later D．after
A．moving B．returning C．staying D．leaving
A．take B．have C．lose D．find
A．wait B．go home C．stop D．come back
A．shortly B．quickly C．badly D．early
A．speak B．go C．rush D．delay
A．buy B．present C．order D．provide
A．astonishment B．patience C．respect D．delight
A．maybe B．go C．here D．now
A．insisted B．apologized C．replied D．demanded
A．experience B．movement C．look D．face
A．pleasure B．anger C．sadness D．hopelessness
A．plan B．flight C．voyage D．vacation
第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，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 21just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I 22 to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to 23 times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we 24 hours and hours, staying up late 25 the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he 26 with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毁] 27 . I was blown away! She told me how she had been 28 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 29hard 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 30 . I felt like I was getting 31 . 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 32 by the experience. It had been so 33 , 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 34 of friendship to the 35 test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she 36 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 37 , she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our 38 , and then she told me that she had 39 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 40 rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
21. A. divided B. shared C. experienced D. enjoyed
22. A. got B. traveled C. moved D. arrived
23. A. the few B. the little C. few D. little
24. A. took B. spared C. offered D. spent
25. A. into B. in C. for D. at
26. A. supplied B. experimented C. tried D. provided
27. A. action B. movements C. behavior D. activities
28. A. explaining B. speaking C. calling D. lying
29. A. what B. why C. how D. however
30. A. trouble B. worry C. difficulty D. task
31. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere
32. A. burned down B. turned down C. turned out D. worn out
33. A. discouraging B. encouraging C. exciting D. inspiring
34. A. strength B. force C. power D. energy
35. A. last B. final C. late D. recent
36. A. treated B. regarded C. honored D. valued
37. A. later B. after C. ago D. before
38. A. information B. dialogue C. conversation D. communication
39. A. broken out B. broken up C. broken away D. broken off
40. A. luckily B. correctly C. naturally D. truly
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各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She __36__ immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. What she said __37__ her friend so much that this good woman was hurt herself for the pain she caused. In a(an) __38_ to undo what she had done, she went to an older, wiser woman in the village to ask for 39 .
Listening to her, the older woman __40__ the younger woman’s great pain and knew she must help her. She __41__ knew she could never ease her pain, __42__ she could teach. She knew the result would depend only on the __43__ of the younger woman. She said, “Tonight, take your best feather __44__ and put a single feather on the doorstep of each __45__ in town before the sun rises.”
The young woman __46__ home to prepare for her words, even if the feather pillow were very dear to her. All _47__ long, she worked alone in the cold. __48__ the sky was getting light and she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she _49__ to the older woman.
“Now,” said the wiser woman, “Go back and refill your pillow with the __50__ you have put on the steps. Then everything will be as it was before.”
“You know that is __51__ ! The wind blew away each feather as fast as I put them on the doorsteps!”The young woman was very __52 _ .
“That is true, ” said the older woman. “Never __53_ . Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. _54_ spoken , no effort can ever return them to your mouth. __55__ your words well and guard them most of all in the presence of those you love.”
36. A . called B. apologized C. regretted D. wrote
37. A. hurt B. missed C . impressed D. gave
38. A. effect B. effort C. letter D. offer
39. A. view B. money C. comfort D. advice
40. A. sensed B. reminded C. noticed D. reduced
41. A. hardly B. still C. also D. yet
42. A. so B. and C. for D. but
43. A. patience B. attitude C. character D. words
44. A. coat B. cap C. quilt D. pillow
45. A. stair B. house C. gate D. street
46. A. hurried B. drove C. rode D. walked
47. A. day B. morning C. night D. afternoon
48.A. Again B. Finally C. Suddenly D. lately
49. A. referred B. turned C. returned D. devoted
50. A. sand B. money C. step D. feather
51. A.useless B . impossibe C. unnecessary D. boring
52. A .surprised B. right C. puzzled D. angry
53. A. admit B. mind C. remember D. forget
54. A. Once B. Though C. Unless D. As
55. A. Speak B. Choose C . Say D. Guide
第二部分：语言知识及运用（满分25分）
第一节完形填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
Trees are useful to man in three very important ways. They provide him with wood and other __21__ ; they give him shade; they help to prevent drought(干旱)and __22__.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire, but,__23__its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to__24__,the home country found itself faced by floods and starvation.
Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for__25__to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food with ; and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after new trees. So, unless the government has a good system of control, or can__26__the people, the forests will slowly disappear.
This does not only mean that the villagers’ sons and grandsons have__27__trees. The results are even more serious; for where there are trees, their roots break the soil up—allowing the rain to sink in—and also bind(结合)the soil, thus preventing its__28__washed away easily, but where there are no trees ,the rain falls on hard ground and carrying__29__with it the rich top soil, in which crops__30__so well. With all the topsoil gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
21．A. uses B. products C. production D. result
22．A. floods B. soil C. air D .sunlight
23．A. with B. by C. on D. without
24．A. breakB. unite C. bits D. pieces
25．A. it B. them C. he D. they
26．A. ask B. educate C. want D. remove
27．A. a few B. fewer C. a little D. little
28．A. been B. being C. is D. was
29．A. away B. off C. with D. by
30．A. come B. grow C. get D. Turn
55. Because of his English, he couldn’t talk to the foreigner.
A．limiting; free B．limited; free C．limited; freely D．limiting; freely
第二节：完形填空（共20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中选出最佳选项。
Walking down the street the other day, I happened to notice a small purse on the sidewalk. I __36__ it up and opened it to see __37__ I could find out the owner’s name. There was __38__ inside it except some change and an old photo --- a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old, __39__ looked like __40__ woman’s daughter. I put the photo back and took the purse to the police station, __41__ I handed it to the desk sergeant. Before I __42__, the sergeant took down my name and address in case the owner __43__ want to write and thank me.
That evening, I went to have __44__ with my aunt and uncle. A young woman had also been invited so that there would be __45__ people at the table. Her face was __46__. I was quite sure that we had __47__ before, but I could not remember where I had seen her. During the course of conversation, however, the young woman __48__ to mention (说起) that she had lost a purse with some change and an old photo, and she had the photo __49__ in her childhood. All at once I __50__ where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, __51__ she was now much older. She was very __52__, of course, when I was able to tell her all about the __53__. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately __54__ the purse. As the police sergeant handed it over, he said that it was an amusing coincidence (巧合) that I had not only found the purse but also the __55__ who had lost it.
36. A. took B. picked C. brought D. lifted
37. A. when B. what C. how D. if
38. A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing
39. A. who B. that C. which D. whom
40. A. a B. an C. the D. one
41. A. where B. when C. whichD. what
42. A. arrived B. left C. went D. turned
43. A. should B. could C. must D. might
44. A. dinner B. talk C. party D. meeting
45. A. two B. three C. four D. five
46. A. familiar B. same C. famous D. similar
47. A. seen B. met C. looked D. talked
48. A. meant B. happened C. wanted D. decided
49. A. found B. made C. lost D. taken
50. A. wondered B. believed C. realized D. regretted
51. A. unless B. since C. because D. although
52. A. worried B. sad C. exciting D. surprised
53. A. woman B. purse C. policeman D. girl
54. A. for B. with C. by D. to
55. A. man B. citizen C. person D. Guest