第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

A  36  came,“Nice shirt,”I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said,“That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to  37   that shirt away, but gave it to her  38  .”I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

I  39   the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her    40   , “I will no longer work for your family,”she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s   41  was something greater.

The next morning she   42   with the personnel manager at the Board of Eeucation. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So mom decided to   43  a university.

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are   44  , aren’t you? I think I have a   45   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of   46  .” Mom accepted the opportunity very   47  .

For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   48  . then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   49   in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you   50   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard – working   51   over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you   52   be the teacher of this class.”

My mom spent more than 20 years there.   53  her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the   54   comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle   55   situations and never give up.

36．A．noise      B．voice              C．sound           D．tune

37．A．get         B．take             C．carry         D．throw

38．A．otherwise  B．anyhow           C．instead          D．actually

39．A．settled      B．pushed            C．stored           D．stuck

40．A．teacher     B．employer               C．director        D．adviser

41．A．purpose    B．encouragement      C．achievement     D．victory

42．A．went      B．met             C．worked         D．stayed

43．A．visit       B．continue          C．attend           D．prepare

44．A．serious     B．fortunate         C．careful          D．responsible

45．A．career       B．duty                   C．position        D．part

46．A．learning    B．judging           C．obeying        D．imagining

47．A．patiently   B．eagerly           C．successfully      D．skillfully

48．A．upset      B．frightened          C．guilty           D．ashamed

49．A．looked up B．went up          C．took up         D．showed up

50．A．believe     B．protect            C．treat          D．receive

51．A．spirit      B．intention         C．action           D．attempt

52．A．must      B．would             C．might           D．should

53．A．At          B．During            C．On            D．With

54．A．worthless  B．thoughtless         C．hopeless        D．helpless

55．A．challenging B．different         C．dangerous     D．strange

Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, has been selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch on Chinese soil. She and seven other non- Chinese winners were from a pool of 262 applicants from 47 countries.

  When Bowen runs with the Olympic torch, she will not only be representing the United States. She will also be representing thousands of Chinese orphans, ABC news said.

   Bowen, a mother of two adopted (领养的) Chinese daughters, is executive director of Half the Sky Foundation, an organization which was set up in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives and improve the future for orphaned children in China.

  Nearly 10 years later, Bowen and Half the Sky Foundation have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky Foundation is now present in 36 welfare institutions in 28 Chinese cities. About 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides trained staff, educational tools, medical support and love for orphans.

  Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch will help draw attention to the children in China. She will be among the 19,400 runners who will carry the flame along an 85,000-mile,130-day route across five continents. Beijing organizers say it will be the longest torch relay in the Olympic history.

Like Bowen, the seven other non-Chinese winners, including a German engineer and a Venezuelan designer, live in China. The other countries represented will be the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia.

  According to Olympic organizers, candidates (候选人) were selected based on their “love of Chinese culture and history” and devotion to “ communicating information about a real China to their native countries.”

Each runner will carry the torch for 200 meters on Chinese soil.

1. Jenny Bowen will represent thousands of Chinese orphans mainly because _______.

   A. she is an American orphan who lives in China.

   B. she likes Chinese orphans very much.

   C. she is director of the Half the Sky Foundation.

   D. she has done a lot to the welfare of Chinese orphans.

2. Which of the following statements is false about Jenny Bowen?

   A. She has been communicating information about the real China to the USA. 

B. She is executive director of Half the Sky Foundation.

   C. She loves Chinese culture and history very much.

   D. She will carry the flame along an 85,000-mile route.

3. How many factors for selecting a candidate are mentioned in the passage?

   A. One            B. Two            C. Three           D. Four

4. What is the passage mainly about ?

   A. Jenny Bowen, executive director of Half the Sky Foundation

   B. The longest torch relay in the Olympic history.

   C. Eight non-Chinese persons to carry the Olympic torch in China.

   D. A US woman to carry the Olympic torch in China.

Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.

"I think we are knocking at the door of immortality（永生）," said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. "I think by 2075 we will see it and that’s a conservative estimate".

At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology（纳米技术）make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. "There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years," he said. "Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years."

However, many scientists who specialize in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.

Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. "It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?" said Leonard Pooh, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology(老龄学) Center. "At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all."

61．By saying "we are knocking at the door of immortality", Michael Zey means ________.

A．they believe that there is no limit of living

B．they are sure to find the truth about long living

C．they have got some ideas about living forever

D．they are able to make people live past the present life span

62．Donald Louria's attitude towards long living is that ________.

A．people can live from 120 to 180 years

B．it is still doubtful how long humans can live

C．the human body is designed to last about 120 years

D．it is possible for humans to live longer in the future

63．The underlined "it"（paragraph 4）refers to ________.

A．a great push

B．the idea of living beyond the present life span

C．the idea of living from 200 to 300 years

D．the conservative estimate

64．What would be the best title for this text?

A．Living Longer or Not  B．Science, Technology and Long Living

C．No Limit for Human Life    D．Healthy Lifestyle and Long Living

第四部分：单词拼写(共10小题， 每小题0.5分, 满分5分)

71. New digital mobile phones produce less radiation, but that does not n_________ mean that they should be used without caution.

72. The medicine is considered to be the most useful medicine in c____________ society.

73. Some people are a_________ to drugs so much that they sometimes rob banks of money to buy drugs.

74. Many people don’t believe him and they are even s_________ of what he has really achieved in science.

75. At Christmas, she and her husband went travelling s________---She went to France,while her husband went to Tibet.

76. In old days, society was p___________ against women.

77. During World War II, when London was bombed, many stations f_______ as bomb shelters. 

78. The meeting ____________(加快了) the pace of educational reforms.  

79. The river water is used by the local people after being          (净化)． 

80. Five years after the International standards for digital TV were established ,_______（消费者）could have access to more than 200 channels in the USA. 

_____ is known to us all is that the 2010 World Expo will take place in Shanghai.

A. It            B. What         C. As           D. Which

A

Are you a big fan of pirate（海盗） stories? Do you know how to talk like a pirate? You can have fun on September 19th. This special holiday is called International Talk Like A Pirate Day. It was invented in 1995 by two young Americans, John Baur and Mark Summers.

These two good friends came up with this idea when they were playing racquetball, and began to talk like pirates. At that moment, they thought, “Young people are interested in pirate. But there is no such a chance for people to get together to share it. Why not have a day when everybody talks like a pirate?” They decided to make September 19th the date. Since then, Baur and Summers have tried hard to promote Talk Like A Pirate Day. As Baur said, “We've talked like pirates, and encouraged several of our friends to do so every September 19th.”

At first, this day was only known by a few people. In 2002, Baur and Summers sent a letter about their invented holiday to Dave Barry. This columnist（专栏作家）really liked their idea. He promoted the holiday and made it known to more and more people. Now, it has really become an international holiday. On Talk Like A Pirate Day, you need to dress like a pirate. You should wear a big hat or maybe cover one of your eyes. You can pretend to be any kind of pirate that you can find in any story or movie.

Having fun and being relaxed are not the only best things about the holiday. Young people share the same interest and childhood dreams that day. That's why it is welcomed by so many people, especially young people.

Unlike traditional holidays, International Talk Like A Pirate Day is a brand new holiday which is invented by the youth themselves and celebrated by themselves too. Because of Baur and Summers' imagination and creativity, thousands of young people's pirate dream come true. Next time, when you have a good idea, why not share it with your fiends and insist on your belief? Maybe you can create another wonderful holiday for the youth in the future.

1. How did John Baur and Mark Summers invent the special holiday?

A. Many young people asked them to do it

B. They did it just for pleasure

C. They thought out the idea by chance and imagination

D. They did it in order to honor pirates

2. Why are the holiday become more and more popular？.

A. You can have fun and relax yourself freely.

B. young people can exchange ideas and dreams on the day

C. young people can have fun and be relaxed.

D. you can play the role of the pirate in the movie on the day

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. It was Dave Barry who made more people know the holiday.

B. Talk Like A Pirate Day is a young, active and lively holiday

C. Thanks to John Baur and Mark Summers’ imagination and creativity, a lot of people realize their pirate dream.

D. The holiday has been popular since the birth of it.

4. According to the passage, which of the following can show that the holiday is special?

A. It has a long history.  

B. It is a wonderful and instructive holiday.

C. It is a brand new holiday invented and celebrated by the youth themselves.  

D. People can make their dream come true on this day.

5. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage？

A. Can you talk like a pirate?

B. Young people’s pirate dream

C. John Baur and Mark Summers

D. September 19^th ,—a day in honor of pirates

He said he would ____ me to Mr Li as his assistant but he didn’t.

A. comment       B suggest          C. command     D. recommend

No sooner ______ started to shine ______ it was clouded over again.

   A. the sun had; than   B. had the sun; than   C. had the sun; when   D. the sun had; when

Though the twins look alike, they ____ in many aspects, especially in hobbies and personality.

A. range                             B. change                   C. choose                   D. differ

．It was one in the morning      the fire broke out.

     A．that         B．how        C．which          D．when