第二节：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。

Man-made Causes

Man-made causes probably do the most damage. There are many man-made causes.  21  is one of the biggest man-made problems. Pollution  22  in many shapes and sizes. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution. Fossil(化石) fuels(燃料)are fuels made of organic matter such as coal, or oil. when fossil fuels are burned they  23  a green house gas called CO2. Also mining coal and oil allows methane to escape. How does it escape? Methane(甲烷)is  24  in the ground.  25  coal or oil is mined you have to dig up the earth a little. When you dig up the fossil fuels you dig up the methane as well.

Another major man-made  26  of Global Warming is population. More people  27  more food, and more methods of transportation, right? That means more methane because  28  will be more burning of fossil fuels, ?? 29  more agriculture. Now you’re probably thinking, “Wait a minute, you said agriculture is going to be damaged by Global Warming, but  30  you’re saying agriculture is going to help cause Global Warming?” Well, have you  31 been in a barn filled with animals and you smell something  32 ? You re  33  methane. Another source of methane is manure. Because more food is needed we have to raise food. Animals like cows are a source of food which means more manure and methane. Another problem  34  the increasing population is  35 . More people means more cars, and more cares means more pollution. Also, many people have more than one car.

Since CO2 contributes to global warming, the increase in population makes the problem worse because we breathe out CO2.  36 , the trees that change our CO2 to oxygen are being demolished because we’re using the land that we cut the trees down from as property  37 our homes and buildings. We are not replacing the trees(an important part of our ecosystem), so we are  38  taking  39  of our natural resources and giving nothing back in  40 .

21．A．Pollution            B．Damage               C．Fossil            D．Transportation

22．A．goes                    B．comes                  C．takes             D．moves

23．A．give off                     B．look out               C．burn away     D．take in

24．A．originally           B．mostly                  C．naturally       D．usually

25．A．Because              B．When                   C．While            D．But

26．A．reason                 B．excuse                  C．cause             D．problem

27．A．eats                     B．takes                    C．produces       D．means

28．A．it                         B．there                    C．that               D．they

29．A．and                            B．or                         C．though          D．but

30．A．then                    B．there                    C．before           D．now

31．A．ever                    B．yet                       C．still                D．even

32．A．Pleasant              B．terrible                 C．sweet            D．nice

33．A．feeling                B．using                    C．looking         D．smelling

34．A．of                        B．as                         C．with                     D．for

35．A．pollution            B．population           C．warming              D．transportation

36．A．Also                    B．However              C．Therefore      D．Thus

37．A．as                        B．for                        C．like                D．to

38．A．quickly               B．constantly            C．surely            D．usually

39．A．use                      B．part                      C．hold                     D．advantage

40．A．return                  B．turn                      C．general          D．total

Susan Sontag (1933—2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything — to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American culture life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers (障碍)between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In “Notes Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’, ‘beauty’ over ‘morals’ ”.

By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist(感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist(伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s , it was the latter side of her that came forward. In illness as Metaphor —published in 1978, after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities (被压抑的性格), a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

In America, her story of a 19th  century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,” she once said,“I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending …is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it

seriously too.

51.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means Sontag  ______.  

A. was a symbol of American cultural life

B. developed world literature, film and art

C. published many essays about world culture

D. kept pace with the newest development of world culture

52. She first won her name through ___________.                                   

A. her story of a Polish actress

B. her book illness as Metaphor

C. publishing essays in magazines like partisan Review

D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

53.According to the passage, Susan Sontag ________.                               

A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist

B. looked down upon the pop culture

C. thought content was more important than form

D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

54. As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit, she __________.                           

A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness

B. re-examined old positions

C. argued for an openness to pop culture

D. preferred morals to beauty

55.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon___________.                         

   A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view

   B. her lifelong watchword：seriousness

   C. publishing books on morals

D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

People always interrupted his before he________what he was trying to day.

       A．finishes    B．would finish     C．had finished     D．has finished

Jerry said something strange at the meeting. His ______ left me _____ about his real purpose.

   A. marks; wondering                 B. remarks; wondering

   C. remarks; wonder                  D. marks; to wonder

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word in the Paragraph 4 ?

  A. cage   B. ceremony  C. burial   D. tomb

We must do as much as we can ____ our dreams.

A. realize               B. to realize     C. to realizing      D. in realizing

Was it _______ he said ______ disappointed you?

A. what; which                    B. what; that                 C. that; what                 D. that; that

The flowers were so beautiful that they ______ in no time.

   A. sold              B. were sold       C. had been sold        D. would sell

第三节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

   阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空, 并将答案填写在答题纸标号为56-65的相应位置上。

Do you know parents of high school students who come to the rescue whenever their son or daughter is ____56____ a tough situation? Have they tried to negotiate with the school for a different teacher or a better grade?

If so, they may be helicopter parents, ____57____are always prepared to rush to schools to rescue their children from any adversity(逆境). College admissions office began using this nickname a few years ago ___58____they noticed that parents were becoming___59___（increase）involved in the daily lives of their college-age children.

  Actually, helicopter parents cause many problems__60__different stages of development. For example, __61___ can hinder(妨碍;阻碍) a child’s ability to develop his or her own motivation, self-confidence or sense of responsibility. ___62___should Johnny make the effort to remember his violin if he knows that Dad will bring it to school? Moreover, students who haven’t had the opportunity to smooth away their own obstacles（障碍）----whether social or academic----emerge(出现) from adolescence poorly___63__（equip）to handle the demands of college and adulthood.

  ___64__, I think it is wise to be mindful of the importance of teaching self-reliance and responsibility, and that requires letting children experience the life lessons and ___65___（consequent）of their actions.

Our public transportation system is not ________ for the needs of people.

A. complete       B. adequate     C. good        D. normal