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祝你考出自己理想的成绩！卷I一、语言知识运用（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）1. --Will you get there by ________bike?--No, I will take a bus.A. aB. anC. /D.the2. --You look very well these days!--Thanks to my parents. They ______ a comfortable home for me to live and to study.A. protectB. provideC. preventD. present3. --______ has the rain lasted?--For more than a week. I really can’t stand it.A. How longB. How oftenC. How soonD. How far4. --Harry, would you mind not playing the guitar? I ______ on the phone.--Oh, sorry, momA. have workedB. am talkingC. was workingD. talked5. --What h eavy traffic! I’m late again.--Yes, the traffic is ______ than it used to be.A. very goodB. very badC. even betterD. even worse6. -- I'd like a pet, but I am busy all day.-- Goldfish are a good choice. You _____ feed them every day.A. needn'tB. can'tC. shouldn'tD. mustn't7. --Who can go shopping with me, Lisa or Lucy?-- _____ of them is OK because they have finished their homework.A. EitherB. NeitherC. BothD. None8. --Do you know __________?--Next Sunday.A. What they will doB. where they will goC. when they will comeD. who they will meet9. --What kind of movies would you like to watch?--The ones ____ can help open up our mind and widen our knowledge.A. whoB. whatC. thatD. whose10.--You’d better not eat too much junk food. It’s bad for your health.--__________.A. Not at all.B. Thanks for your advice.C. You’re welcome.D. It doesn’t matter.二、完形填空(本题有15小题；每小题1分，共15分)阅读下列短文，掌握大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One early morning, I received a call for a taxi. When I arrived at the building, it was 2:30 a.m. and I found the building was dark except for the only light in a first floor window.Many 11 would just shout once or twice and then drove away, 12 I thought this passenger might need my help. So I walked to the building and 13 at the door, “just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voi ce. After a long time, the door opened. A small old man14 before me, carrying a small suitcase. He kept thanking 15 for my kindness. “It’s nothing,” I told him.“Oh, you’re such a good man.” He said. When we got into the taxi, he gave me a (an) 16 , and then asked, “Could you drive through the city center?”“But it wasn’t the 17 way.” I answered quickly. “Oh, I’m in no hurry.” He said. “I’m on my way to a hospice*. I don’t have any family left. The 18 says I don’t have much time left.”Feeling a little sorry for him, I sat there 19 for a moment without saying any words, then I started the taxi and shut off the meter*. For the next two hours, we drove 20 the city center. He showed me the building where he once worked. We went past the church where he got married. He would never forget that happy moment. Sometimes he’d ask me to slow down in front of a building and would sit looking into the darkness for a long time. At that time, he didn’t say21 . When the sun began to rise, we drove in silence to the address he had given me. When we arrived, 22 without thinking, I gave him a big hug. “You gave an old man a little moment of23 . Thank you!” He said with tears in his eyes.I was completely lost in thought for the rest of the day. What if I had refused to do 24 I did? We always think that there are no 25 moments in our lives, but great moments are just in what others may think small and unimportant ones.11. A. drivers B. policemen C. guides D. passengers12. A. although B. so C. but D. because13. A. stopped B. reported C. knocked D. worked14. A. showed up B. set up C. got up D. put up15. A. us B. me C. him D. her16. A. order B. address C. idea D. promise17. A. busiest B. longest C. quietest D. shortest18. A. teacher B. policeman C. doctor D. neighbor19. A. easily B. noisily C. luckily D. quietly20. A. from B. through C. by D. past21. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything22. A. hardly B. almost C. ever D. usually23. A. pleasure B. chance C. sadness D. pain24. A. how B. what C. why D. when25. A. awful B. bad C. great D. peaceful三、阅读理解(本题有15小题；每小题2分，共30分)阅读下面短文从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

ADavid’s grandma and grandpa live in Ocean City. They would like to buy him a new bicycle for his birthday. They got some information from Ocean City Cycles. And they want to choose the bicycle David would like best. Here are some of them.26. If David wants to by an orange bicycle, he will have to choose_____A. Giant 400B. Giant 300C. Challenger 350D. Challenger 300 27. ____ are nearly the same.A. Giant 400 and Giant 300B. Challenger 300 and Giant 400C. Giant 300 and Challenger 300D. Challenger 350 and Challenger 30028. Giant bicycles are ____ than Merida bicycles. A. larger B. faster C. less expensiveD. more colorfulB.Many animals have special skills that make them perfect forcertain jobs - even better than humans!Take a train ride in Japan and you may meet Tama, a cute,friendly stationmaster, who just happens to be a cat! This cute,friendly cat works in exchange for cat food at Wakayama ElectricRailway's Kishi station. She has her own office, and there's even aTama train! When Tama was "hired*"9 years ago, the station waslosing money, but today, thanks to Tama, it's a popular place fortourists to visit.In the 1950s, US Navy* officials got a great idea. Why not train dolphins to do some special work humans can't do? Today, dolphins are trained to find underwater mines* so that the Navy officials can make the mines disabled before they explode*. Dolphins are well suitable for the job for many reasons, but the best of all, they're too small to set off the mines so they're neverin danger.Most squirrels* are happy to collect nuts, and run after each other up and down trees. Not Twiggy! She prefers water skiing. Twiggy comes from a team of water-skiing squirrels, whose owner trained them to ski behind a toy boat. Today, Twiggy travels around the United States putting on shows and even appearing on TV . It's all in a day's work for this squirrel!29. How long has Tama been the stationmaster?A. For 5 years.B. For 9 years.C. For 10 years.D. For 11 years.30. Why are dolphins trained to find underwater mines?A. They are quite good at swimming in the sea.B. They are so smart that they're never in danger.C. They are small enough not to set off the mines.D. They can understand the officials' orders easily.31. What is Twiggy's job?A. Collecting nuts.B. Running after others.C. Performing water skiing.D. Traveling around the world32. What do these animals have in common?A. They all can make money.B. They are all from America.C. They are all popular around the world.D. They all can do special work.CWhat will man be like in the future——in 5000or even 50,000 years from now? We can only makeguesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will bedifferent from what he is today, for man is slowlychanging all the time.Let us take an example. Man, even five hundredyears ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, menare usually about three inches* taller. Five hundredyears is quite a short period of time in the river of thelong history, so we may guess that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a lot. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity*. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and finally we shall need larger ones! This may bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead*, will grow larger.Nowadays our eyes are always in use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But in the future over a very long period of time it is probably that man’s eyes will grow stronger.On the other hand, we will make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are possibly to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive* because they are used a lot in modern life.But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body as time passes by because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both men and women will probably have no hair.Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may be true. All the same, no matter what these changes are, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and feelings similar to our own.33. We can probably read the passage above in a ____.A. movie posterB. science magazineC. story bookD. guide book34. The future man’s forehead will grow larger because _______.A. he makes use only 20% of the brain’s capacityB. his brain has grown larger over the past centuriesC. the other 80% of his brain will grow finallyD. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on35. Which of the following is TRUE about a human being in the future?A. His thoughts and feelings will be different from us now.B. He will have two smaller eyes and wears better glasses.C. He will probably have no hair because hair is no longer useful.D. His fingers will grow weaker because he doesn’t use them .36. What’s the best title of the passage?A. How man’s life will be in the futureB. Future man is growing taller and uglierC. Man will not have feelings and thoughtsD. What man will look like in the futureDLast Sunday, I walked into the house in the afternoon to findmy brother rushing around in a hurry. As soon as I took my coat off,my little brother placed a lot of papers in my hands and asked me tofold them up so they could be put into an envelope as quickly aspossible. He said it needed to get done quickly before it turned dark.I was a little surprised that something could be so urgent* on aSunday. Only when half was done did I realize to look at what I wasfolding. After I read it, I couldn’t help smiling from ear to ear. It was a lovely letter to all the people in my neighborhood. My brother was asking everyone to let him know if anyone needed help. He left his contact* information and said that anyone that needed help should get in touch with him and he would help find a way out. He also asked people to get in touch if they were able to help out.London received an unusual amount of snow last week, and the city was not completely prepared for it. So it was quite difficult to get anywhere. Only the major roads had been cleared, but smaller roads and sidewalks could be quite treacherous because people might fall down and get injured. There are many old people in our little community. So my brother thought that the snow may have caused some difficulty for some of them, especially because we live on a hill.A few elderly people got in touch with him asking for help for things they needed. One of them was espe cially thankful because his caregiver couldn’t make it. To our surprise, he got more calls from people offering to help. Everyone was really touched and wrote to my brother wonderful email. One of our neighbors wrote email saying that although she wasn’t a ble to help, she was “very proud of having a neighbor like him who puts other people’s interests first.”37. According to the passage, at first, the writer ______________.A. didn’t notice what was on the papersB. was not going to help his brotherC. found it interesting to fold up the papersD. was sad at what was on the papers38. The writer’s brother sent letters to the neighbors in order to _________________.A. ask them to clear up the roadsB. offer them some helpC. tell them the coming snowD. share his own things with them39. The underlined word in the third p aragraph “treacherous” means _____________.A. dangerousB. beautifulC. safeD. clean40. We can learn from the passage that _______________.A. nobody asked for help from the writer’s brotherB. the writer’s brother helped clean the major roadsC. the neighbors were inspired* by the writer’s brotherD. the writer has made a difference to help the neighbors卷II四、词汇运用（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分）A. 选用方框中单词的适当形式将下列句子补充完整，每空不限填一词。