三： 完形填空 (共20小题, 每小题1.5分, 满分30分)。

  阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 26 . She got up very early and arrived at the 27   at twenty to eight. She pushed the door open and found 28  there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her 29   . She was surprised to   30   a large bunch(束) of flowers on it. They were 31  . She picked the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried  32  . She then   33   for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the  34　 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.  The day passed very 35 and Nancy did everything  36 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 37 herself to her work. Then came another  38   . When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase,   39  the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to  40   the sender.                        

On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to  41  a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk  42  his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook  43   with “Records of managers' meetings”, and  44   the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company  45  that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk .”                    Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.

26. A. disappointed        B. excited           C. encouraged       D. surprised

27. A. office           B. workshop         C. classroom         D. bookshop

28. A. everybody        B. others            C. nobody          D. somebody

29. A. room             B. desk            C. seat             D. place

30. A. pick             B. cover            C. smell             D. find

31. A. old               B. fresh              C. good              D. sweet

32. A. joyfully           B. tearfully         C. sadly                  D. repeatedly

33. A. looked up                  B. looked at          C. looked around     D. looked down

34. A. happy           B. very                  C. funny            D. quite

35. A. slowly            B. normally        C. quickly          D. hardly

36. A. at                     B. to                 C. for              D. with

37. A. devoted           B. focused          C. buried           D. made

38. A. Sunday         B. Saturday               C. Monday         D. Tuesday

39. A. taking           B. took              C. replacing        D. replaced

40. A. find out          B. look down upon  C. catch hold of           D. understand

41. A. send for           B. hand out         C. try out           D. hand in

42.A. asking for         B. waiting for        C. looking for        D. searching for

43. A. said              B. given             C. used            D. marked

44. A. glanced at        B. stared at         C. glared  at        D. lookedat

45. A. has ordered        B. has demanded    C. has decided        D. has said

二：语法和词汇知识（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）。

6._________we must keep in mind is that we must protect water and use it wisely.

A. Why        B. What        C. Where         D. How

12．In only 10 years, our province has been___into an advanced industrial province.

       A．transformed     B．entered     C．regarded   D．Issued

Schools across China are expected to hire 50,000 college graduates this year as short-term 

   teachers, almost three times the number hired last year, _____reduce unemployment pressures.

   A. help                B. to have helped             C. to help                   D. having helped

— Has Mr. Tom White arrived?

— Yes, already. _____ he wait outside or just come in?                

A. Shall          B. May      C. Could   D. Must

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A – F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

76._________________

       Astronomers estimate that there are about l,100 asteroids--or space rocks--with the potential to cause a planet-wide disaster in a collision with Earth．And since large asteroids have collided with Earth many times in the past，scientists say it is certain that Earth will be hit again．It is only a question of when． 

77. _________________

       The asteroid that ended the age of the dinosaurs hit the Earth 65 million years ago．It was at least six miles(10 kilometers)wide．But smaller asteroids can also devastate （毁坏）the earth．Scientists estimate that a collision with an asteroid even one—tenth this size would kill at least 25 per cent of Earth’s population．Less than a hundred years ago，for example，an asteroid only 330 feet(100 meters)wide exploded in Siberia．It completely destroyed half a million acres of forest．

78．_________________

    Asteroids come from a belt of tens of thousands of space rocks in orbit around the sun．They normally travel between Mars and Jupiter，but some smaller rocks are affected by the gravitational pull of Mars，Jupiter or Saturn and their orbits are stretched．Sometimes this change puts them on a path that crosses Earth’s orbit．This sets up the possibility of collision with Earth．

79．_________________

    In l986，a potentially dangerous asteroid missed Earth by only six hours．Scientists only found out about the danger after it had passed．Many more asteroids have collided with Earth over the years．We can still see their marks today — large craters in the ground．

80．_________________

    NOW there is a new--found seriousness about asteroid strikes．Astronomers are engaged in a painstaking search for all asteroids that threaten Earth．And the United States has a project called NEAR that involves orbiting and studying the asteroid Eros，the second largest asteroid near Earth．Studying the composition of the asteroid provides important information hat may allow an asteroid to be exploded or knocked of course to prevent it from colliding with Earth．

“Do you have a laptop?”  “Yes, I have          .”

       A. it B. one     C. that     D. a

--- I failed my driving test.

    --- Never mind.          .

         A．Better luck next time.        B．Better later than never

         C．No pains, no gains     D．Well begun is half done

The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates.

A. in need of                   B. in search of    C. with the help of          D. in memory of

Not all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Vi??olence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive(重温) these experiences in nightmares.                       

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body re??leasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research had suggested that only the emo??tional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it. Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war.

They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories. “Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions.” said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry (精神病学) at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve(减缓) a lot of that suffering.”

But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity. They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past. “All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we’d want to wipe those memories out.” said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist (伦理学家).

Some people fear that although the drug would first be used in only very serious cases, it would be??come more and more common.“People always have the ability to misuse science,” said Joseph LeDoux, a New York University memory researcher. “All we want to do is help people have better control of memories.”

The underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refers to “_____.”

A. the new drug                       B. the research into the drug

C. the memory                        D. the chemical in the drug

Which of the following is Not the opinion of the supporters?

A.The pill can erase all the memories in the past.

B.Some memories can ruin people's life. The pill can relieve emotional suffering.

C. The pill can also help many other types of people who suffer from terrible memories.

D. The pill can prevent or treat troubling memories in soldiers after war.

Which of the following is Not the opinion of the opponents (反对者) ?

A. Our memories give us our identity.

B. The memories help humanity avoid mistakes of the past.

C. The drug should be used in only very serious cases.

D. People may not be sure whether they want to wipe the memories out.

Which of the following statements might be the main idea of the text?

A. People often suffer from bad memories.   

 B. The nightmares are terrible.

C. Forget bad memories and be happy.

D. The research has caused a heated argument.