Ⅱ 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One Sunday, Cody decided to go sailing in his boat with his friends Dane, but Dane happened to be away. Dane’s brother Brett wanted to go instead    21    he did not know anything about sailing. Cody     22    and they set out to sea.

Soon they     23     themselves in a thick fog(雾). Cody was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Luckily he saw a large buoy（浮标）    24      the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for       ___25__. As he was getting onto the buoy, however, he dropped the wet rope. The boat moved away in the fog carrying Brett who did not know    26       to use the radio. He drifted（漂流） about and was not seen until twelve hours later.

Cody     27     the night on the buoy. In the early morning he fell asleep and was having a bad     28      when a shout woke him up. A ship, called Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain. The captain told him that Brett had been picked up by    29    ship and the ship’s captain had sent out a     30    .

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

21.A.so             B.because          C.though           D.but

22. A.agreed         B.liked            C.disagreed         D.allowed

23. A.enjoyed        B.found           C.played            D.helped

24. A.from          B.across           C.through           D.by

25. A.trouble        B.help             C.safety            D.time

26. A.what          B.where           C.when             D.how

27. A.spent         B.took             C.wasted            D.paid

28. A.meal         B.lesson           C.ride             D.dream

29. A.other         B.another          C.the other         D.others

30. A.note         B.message          C.letter            D.news

John Henry was a young man, and he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country．He could work for hours without missing a beat．People said he worked so fast that his   1   moved like lightening．

One day，a salesman came to the work area with a new   2   machine by powered steam．He said it could drill holes   3   than twelve men working together．The railroad company   4   to buy the machine if it worked as wall as the salesman said．

The supervisor（监工头） said，“I have the best steel-driver in the   5   ．He can beat  more than twenty men working together．” The salesman   6   the statements．He said the company could have the machine without cost  7   he was faster．The supervisor told John about it and said” How about a    8   ?”John Henry looked at the machine and saw   9  of the future．He saw machines taking   10   of America's best laborers．He saw himself and his friends   11   and standing by a road, asking for food．He saw men losing their families and their   12   as human beings．John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job．His friends all cheered．

The competition began．John Henry  13   his hammer and started working．At first，the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did．  14   he started working with a hammer in each hand．He worked faster and faster．In the mountain，the dust was so   15   that most men would have had trouble   16   ．After a while, the machine was pulled from the tunnel．It had broken down．But John Henry   17   working faster and faster．At last he became weak，and his heart   18   ．John Henry fell to the ground．“I beat them，” Then he took his  19 breath．

Soon，the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers．Many   20   left their families, looking for work．They took the only jobs they could find．As they worked，some sang about John Henry．

1．A．broom                 B．hammer             C．hand                 D．sleeve

2．A．washing                B．drilling                C．sewing               D．flying

3．A．quickly                 B．slower               C．faster                  D．fast

4．A．managed               B．allowed              C．refused                D．planned

5．A．family                  B．class                 C．film                   D．country

6．A．doubted                B．hated                C．disagreed               D．decided

7．A．when                 B．if                   C．unless                 D．despite

8．A．lesson                  B．race                 C．task                  D．win

9．A．images                 B．faces                C．plans                  D．signs

10．A．the place               B．the room             C．the space                   D．the air

11．A．excited                B．unemployed          C．moved             D．encouraged

12．A．food                 B．rights                C．wages              D．houses

13．A．touched              B．kicked               C．kissed               D．stamped

14．A．Otherwise             B．But                 C．Then               D．However

15．A．thin                  B．big                  C．high                D．thick

16．A．laughing               B．talking                C．breathing             D．singing

17．A．stopped               B．kept                 C．enjoyed             D．suggested

18．A．burst                 B．worked              C．ran                 D．lived

19．A．own                       B．deep                C．best               D．last

20．A．laborers               B．women             C．villagers              D．salesmen