Could the Internet be totally free and should it be? Should the Internet be regulated? The recent disorder in the Arab world ____ by a disputed video damaging the image of Prophet Muhammad shows the United States, which is busy ____ global Internet freedom, has paid a huge price ____ the lives of its diplomats。
In an unregulated Internet world, cheating, violence or rumors can ____ serious consequences. Many countries across the world are periodically suffering from “rumors” ____ by the Internet and social media.
The US-led West always promotes Internet freedom and ____ any regulation as investigation, but it should think twice if it calculates the heavy price that has been and has to be paid for “____”. Moreover, ____ the Internet in the West ____ to be free, with no obvious ____ and no limited sites, isn’t the structure of the main pages already hand-controlled, with selected press agencies and ____ occupying clearly dominating positions?
The Internet has helped fight injustice, ____ corruption in places so far apart as Indonesia, India and Latin America. But the Internet could be extremely ____ as well. Various racist or separatist organizations are using their Internet sites to fan ____. Those who are spreading hate are frequently using the Internet as their tool. No country can ____ to make the Internet absolutely free.
The question is how to keep free flow of information ____ while protecting children from unhealthy works, common citizens from ____ rumors and countries from unfair and damaging propaganda (宣传) attacks. And who sets the limits?
The ____ is that there will never be a perfect system. Every country will have to ____ its own system, based on its culture, social ____ and the degree of danger it’s facing.
A．led B．caused C．damaged D．attacked
A．helping B．processing C．promoting D．improving
A．for B．at C．with D．off
A．bring B．reach C．fetch D．take
A．spread B．exposed C．delivered D．passed
A．supports B．follows C．opposes D．dislikes
A．free B．accessible C．available D．healthy
A．as if B．even if C．so that D．in that
A．happens B．intends C．offers D．appears
A．interruption B．interference C．defense D．preference
A．programs B．substances C．channels D．sources
A．uncover B．strike C．prevent D．avoid
A．beneficial B．useful C．sensitive D．destructive
A．expressions B．impressions C．passions D．affections
A．refuse B．afford C．fail D．attempt
A．unpolluted B．unskilled C．unoccupied D．uninterrupted
A．evil B．meaningful C．untrue D．effective
A．importance B．conclusion C．description D．possibility
A．develop B．invent C．change D．study
A．trends B．structure C．surroundings D．factors
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，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。
Why did I come today? I wondered. My feet ached almost as much as my head. My Christmas 21 contained several people that claimed they needed nothing but I knew their feelings would be hurt 22I bought them something, so gift buying was 23 but fun.
Hurriedly, I finished shopping and 24 the long checkout lines. In front of me were a boy of about five and a younger girl. She carried a beautiful pair of25 slippers. When we finally _26 the checkout register, the girl 27 placed the shoes on the counter. She treated them as though they were a 28 .
“That will be $ 6.09,” the cashier said. The boy 29 his pockets. He finally came up with $ 3.12. “I guess we will have to put them back,” he bravely said. “We will come back some other time, maybe tomorrow.” With that statement, a soft 30 broke from the little girl. “But 31 would have loved these shoes,” she cried.
“Well, we’ll go home and work some more. Don’t cry. We’ll surely 32 ,” he said. Quickly I handed $ 3.00 to the cashier. These children had waited in line for a long time. And, 33 , it was Christmas. Suddenly a pair of arms came around me and a small voice 34 said, “Thank you, lady.” “What did you 35 when you said Jesus would like the shoes?” I asked. The boy answered, “Our mommy is sick and going to 36 . Daddy said she might go before Christmas to be with Jesus.” The girl spoke, “My Sunday school teacher said the streets in heaven are shiny gold, just like these shoes. Won’t mommy be 37walking on those streets in these shoes?”
My eyes 38 as I looked into her tear-stained face. “Yes,” I answered, “I am 39 she will.” Silently I thanked God for using these children to 40 me of the true spirit of giving I once was familiar with.
21. A. plan B. list C. goods D. purchases
22. A. unless B. because C.if D. since
23. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
24. A. waited B. joined C. attended D. gathered
25. A. cotton B. leather C. gold D. silver
26. A. approached B. got C. checked D. found
27. A. immediately B. hesitantly C. shyly D. carefully
28. A. gift B. treasure C. life D. prize
29. A. opened B. touched C. reached D. searched
30. A. tear B. sob C. smile D. sigh
31. A. mommy B. daddy C. we D. Jesus
32. A. leave B. come C. return D. arrive
33. A. above all B. at last C. at least D. after all
34. A. gratefully B. sweetly C. gracefully D. kindly
35. A. request B. expect C. mean D. attempt
36. A. hospital B. tomb C. heaven D. sky
37. A. equal B. comfortable C. convenient D. beautiful
38. A. pained B. wetted C. shut D. froze
39. A. sure B. afraid C. glad D. confident
40. A. inform B. warn C. cure D. remind
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。
When I was about 12, I suddenly developed a great passion (strong feeling) for writing poetry. I gave up all my other hobbies, such as 36 stamps, and spent all my 37 time reading poetry and writing it. This habit of writing poetry on every possible time soon got me 38 trouble at school. If a lesson didn’t interest me, I 39 take out my notebook and start 40 poems in class. Of course I 41 this very cautiously, but it was not 42 I got caught. One day while I was 43 writing a poem during a geography lesson, I looked up to 44 the teacher standing over me, fuming with anger because I was not 45 attention. He tore the poem up, with a 46 not to waste time in his lesson.
47 I felt certain that I had written a good poem , 48 that evening I wrote it out again from 49．Not long after, I read 50 a poetry contest and I decided to send in my poem. Weeks later, long after I had given up 51, I got a letter informing me that I had won first 52．Everyone at school was very surprised, 53 the geography teacher, who 54 me more carefully than ever. He 55 that I not write poetry in his class!
36．A．gathering B．collecting C．keepingD．picking
37．A．spare B．important C．extra D．other
38．A．with B．to C．into D．on
39．A．might B．ought to C．shouldD．would
40．A．writing B．reading C．reciting D．enjoying
41．A．made B．got C．opened D．did
42．A．long ago B．long before C．soon after D．soon before
43．A．happy B．angry C．busy D．sad
44．A．find B．warn C．ask D．answer
45．A．calling B．devoting C．giving D．paying
46．A．noticeB．lookC．warning D．word
47．A．At the same B．All the sameC．At the time D．The same as
48．A．so B．and C．as D．since
49．A．brain B．memory C．mind D．reciting
50．A．through B．courage C．hope D．wish
52．A．victory B．position C．prize D．gift
53．A．expect B．besides C．as well as D．especially
54．A．guarded B．watched C．observed D．inspected
55．A．suggested B．requested C．promised D．insisted
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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As a child, I was afraid of everything. At the age of 8, I even became 36 of getting Halloween candy. 37 , on October 31, my twin brother and I went out and 38 to every house in the neighborhood. Most of the houses only had a few steps to the door. It was easy. However, when we 39 one of the bigger houses with 10 tall steps 40 to the front door, which were known to have the best candy, my fear 41 me. My brother was already up the stairs, while I stood 42 at the bottom.
It was 43 that I’d be able to climb all that way, for I was afraid that I might fall over in the dark and 44 my bag of candy. I might 45 my clothes on something. I wanted the candy, but there was no 46 I would go up those stairs to get it. I failed. I lost more than just candy. I lost my 47 .
Fear of the unknown 48 me for a long time. After six years in nursing, I was 49 with the career I had chosen. I faced a 50 : step out into the unknown or 51 the rest of my life at the bottom of those steps, never 52 the best candy.
Finally, with only $100 in my savings account, I started my own business. Whenever I would lose a client (客户), the old fears 53 . However, I’d tasted the candy, and now I don’t 54 when I face difficulties. I believe that, though 55 things can happen when we step out, worse things happen when we don’t.
36. A. afraid B. happy C. fond D. tired
37. A. Hardly B. Normally C. Certainly D. Approximately
38. A. pointed B. rushed C. moved D. traveled
39. A. knocked B. escaped C. reached D. entered
40. A. pointing B. belonging C. opening D. leading
41. A. encouraged B. spread C. prevented D. attracted
42. A. slightly B. frozen C. calmly D. happily
43. A. unlikely B. unlucky C. possible D. pitiful
44. A. fall B. drop C. forget D. lose
45. A. bury B. break C. tear D. catch
46. A. way B. need C. doubt D. wonder
47. A. bag B. life C. way D. confidence
48. A. amused B. controlled C. helped D. ruined
49. A. excited B. concerned C. impressive D. unsatisfied
50. A. difficulty B. cause C. fear D. choice
51. A. save B. spend C. change D. escape
52. A. presenting B. buying C. making D. tasting
53. A. disappeared B. warned C. returned D. reminded
54. A. fear B. cry C. fail D. complain
55. A. big B. fortunate C. bad D. small
第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节, 满分37.5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。
Dreams are necessary in our life. We know that about 25% of our _ 21__ time is spent dreaming. This is true for everyone, whether you are the kind of person who ordinarily remembers your dreams or not. Often our dreams show us “the other side of the picture”, 22 us aware of the things we have failed to take conscious 23 of during the day. For instance, if you dream that your new boss, who seems gruff (语言粗暴的) and unfriendly during the working hours, is smiling at you and 24 you for your work, perhaps you have subliminally (下意识地) 25 up signals that day that his bark is worse than his bite.
All of us need dreams, and the 26 we are, the more necessary they appear to be. Babies spend 27 half their sleep in the dreaming phase. When adult subjects in an experiment were given drugs that eliminated（排除）their 28 for several nights, they became increasingly irritable（易怒的） and 29 , and often began having difficulty concentrating. Too much dreaming appears to have its drawbacks too. If you doze late on Sunday mornings, you often wake up feeling tired. The 30 is that the more you sleep, the longer your dreams become.
21. A. playing B. working C. sleeping D. resting
22. A. taking B. going C. bringing D. making
23. A. charge B. interest C. notice D. care
24. A. praising B. blaming C. criticizing D. celebrating
25. A. put B. picked C. looked D. took
26. A. bigger B. smaller C. older D. younger
27. A. rarely B. hardly C. nearly D. mostly
28. A. dreaming B. thinking C. acting D. supporting
29. A. anxious B. cheerful C. careful D. enthusiastic
30. A. cause B. reason C. excuse D. explanation
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。
The Guardian newspaper once printed a story about a man who tripped over his shoelace in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. Falling down some steps, he ___21____ three priceless Qing Dynasty vases, which fell to the ground and broke into more than 400 pieces. He was sitting there in ___ 22___ when the museum staff arrived. Everyone stood around in silence --- only the man kept pointing to the ___23___, saying, “There it is! That’s what made me fall.”
Man has been blaming others at least since Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent(蛇). Roman emperors liked to kill ____ 24___ who brought bad news; and in the Middle Ages a prince would often be given a “whipping boy” --- an unlucky servant who could be ___25____ whenever his master had misbehaved. Today, you’ll see how blaming others has turned into big __26_____ business. In one famous case, McDonald’s was ordered to pay $2.7 million to a woman who ____27____ burned herself with hot coffee. Although the amount was later ___28_____ to $480,000, this case ____29___ businesses so much that they began to create 30 for their products that even an idiot（傻子）would understand. For example, “Hot coffee can be dangerous” (take away coffee cups) and “Don’t pour liquids into your television set” (instruction booklet).
21. A. broke down B. knocked over C. crashed into D. slid down
22. A. terror B. amazement C. sadness D. shock
23. A. shoelace B. vase C. steps D. pieces
24. A. servants B. ministers C. messengers D. slaves
25. A. killed B. sentenced C. rewarded D. beaten
26. A. legal B. public C. lawless D. legendary
27. A. deliberately B. accidentally C. carelessly D. attentively
28. A. increased B. reduced C. raised D. dropped
29. A. surprised B. excited C. inspired D. terrified
30. A. advertisements B. posters C. warnings D. instructions