One year ago, I traveled 15,000 kilometers from Australia to the US. I am from a beachside town in the   16  of Sydney, and thought there would be almost no   17  differences between my home country and my 18  . I was surprised at how wrong I was, and at  19  different the two countries could be.

The United States is   20  in almost every aspect. The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who   21  and work in them. At mealtimes, the portions (份额) often   22  to me to be big enough for three or four people. I once   23  a baked potato which turned out to be bigger than my head! This was a big   24  for me.

The longer I spent in the US, the more I started to   25  smaller differences like the culture of   26  in restaurants. In Australia we don’t tend to give a tip   27  the service has been really excellent. In the US you tip for   28  everything, even at the hairdresser. Waiters and shop assistants   29  to be given 15 percent of the bill, although in places   30 New York or Washington DC, a tip can be as much as 20 percent.

  31 , I also became more wary (谨慎的) of believing the stereotypes (成见) I had heard at home as I traveled. Not all Americans are ignorant of geography, for example.

Despite this, certain stereotypes about places did seem to   32  true for me. There is an immense (强烈的) sense of speed in New York. Everyone   33  to and fro, and very seldom takes time to   34  the moment. This is very different from the Australian lifestyle. Australians are laid back. Even in a major city like Sydney, we “Aussies” take time to “stop and smell the roses”---very different from our American counterparts.

Navigating (驾驭) the culture divide between Australia and the US was challenging at times. But I took up that   35  and learned a lot from it. It was an adventure.

1.                A．heart          B．city            C．center   D．suburbs

 

2.                A．cultural         B．commercial      C．economic D．scientific

 

3.                A．home town      B．departure       C．location  D．destination

 

4.                A．how           B．why            C．however  D．where

 

5.                A．big            B．modern         C．small D．fashionable

 

6.                A．travel          B．survive         C．live  D．serve

 

7.                A．happened       B．seemed         C．proved   D．managed

 

8.                A．brought        B．ordered        C．designed  D．fetched

 

9.                A．laughter        B．pleasure        C．shock    D．embarrassment

 

10.               A．prefer         B．notice          C．tell   D．appreciate

 

11.               A．serving         B．tipping         C．donating   D．toasting

 

12.               A．unless         B．if             C．when D．since

 

13.               A．rarely          B．mostly         C．almost D．hardly

 

14.               A．try            B．wait           C．think D．expect

 

15.               A．like            B．along          C．for   D．in

 

16.               A．So            B．Therefore       C．However  D．But

 

17.               A．come          B．become        C．turn  D．get

 

18.               A．walks          B．drives          C．wanders   D．rushes

 

19.               A．depend on      B．reflect on       C．spy on D．watch on

 

20.               A．experience     B．job            C．challenge  D．business

 

 

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，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

In February 2006, I flew into Beijing from Shanghai to watch a performance by Iceland’s Bjork and to interview her.

Some people find it difficult to   36   Bjork’s music.  Her sound is an acquired taste, but  37   you get into it, you’re hooked. After the   38   press conference, I was   39   to a room where we did a one-on-one   40   for radio. I was surprised at how intelligent and pleasant she was. And fun.

The   41   at Worker’s Stadium was unbelievably wonderful. Barefoot for most of the show, Bjork   42   the audience’s interest with her music and her spirit.

However, an incident gave me an impression that she was unusual and moody.

The next day I was invited to go to the Great Wall with a lot of   43   who were to take pictures of Bjork. She was with her son and did not seem to be in the   44   for the photographers. She stood and stared at the ground, not facing the   45  .

Then suddenly, she ran off to the   46  , out to her waiting bus, and sped back to Beijing. It was strange to see since she had been so   47  with the press a few days before.

After leaving Beijing, she went on to perform in Hong Kong and Thailand. In a story that   48   around the world, she jumped on and attacked a female reporter at the Bangkok airport who   49   said, “Welcome to Thailand!”

You may have seen her at the Academy Awards a few years ago when she   50   in that usual swan costume,   51   perhaps her performance of Oceania at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Greece Olympics. Bjork does demand attention.

She’s   52   a new album, Volta. She challenges us to enter her own world with every album, and this one is no   53   .

Working with a variety of producers, including Timbaland, she takes us into her music again with an artistic   54   . It is   55   to digest, but if you can appreciate her unusual efforts, you will have a lot to get into.

36. A. receive                      B. get                           C. hear                         D. accept

37. A. while                         B. after                        C. before                  D. once

38. A. heated                   B. attended                   C. appointed                 D. packed

39. A. led                               B. brought                   C. fetched                     D. carried

40. A. lecture                   B. comment                  C. interview                  D. dialogue

41. A. game                B. party              C. performance        D. play

42. A. held                          B. acquired                   C. seized                  D. focused

43. A. viewers                  B. tourists                     C. reporters                  D. officials

44. A. state                          B. mood                       C. situation                   D. position

45. A. cameras                        B. audience                   C. films                        D. directors

46. A. exit                           B. entrance                   C. edge                        D. side

47. A. communicative       B. conservative             C. cooperative           D. aggressive

48. A. turned                       B. went                        C. came                        D. ran

49. A. already                  B. hardly                  C. simply                        D. seldom

50. A. appeared                    B. accompanied             C. presented           D. joined

51. A. or                         B. and                          C. so                            D. but

52. A. showed               B. collected                  C. produced                  D. took

53. A. exception                   B. excuse                  C. way                         D. comment

54. A. spirit                         B. ability                  C. talent                   D. understanding

55. A. easy                      B. simple           C. difficult            D. funny

 

 

第二节：完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分，满分20分）

         阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who possesses a horse ranch (大牧场). He was the son of a horse trainer who would go from ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually   21   . When he was a senior, he was   22    to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he   23   .

“That night he wrote a seven –page paper, describing his goal of someday    24    a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail. He put his    25    into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he    26    his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a    27    that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class.

The teacher said, “This is a(n)    28    dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch    29    a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “    30    you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will

    31    your grade.”

The boy went home and thought about it    32    and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is very important    33    for you.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the    34   paper. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my    35   .”

Sitting in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch, he told me he    36    had that school paper. He added, “Two summers ago that same schoolteacher    37    30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was    38    of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dream. Fortunately you had    39    enough not give up yours.”

Don’t let anyone   40    your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

21.   A. started         B. interrupted C. made   D. ended

22.   A. taught B. guided C. asked   D. forced

23.   A. grew up        B. brought up  C. took up         D. went up

24.   A. working        B. making         C. owing          D. owning

25.   A. action  B. heart   C. explanation D. words

26.   A. received       B. accepted      C. returned      D. offered

27.   A. note     B. letter   C. saying  D. information

28.   A. unusual        B. unique C. unnatural     D. unrealistic

29.   A. raises  B. makes C. requires       D. saves

30.   A. Although      B. If  C. When   D. While

31.   A. reconsider   B. award  C. recover         D. acknowledge

32.   A. soon     B. wide     C. long      D. enough

33.   A. composition         B. decision        C. lesson  D. grade

34.   A. rewritten     B. vivid     C. same   D. printed

35.   A. dream B. word    C. promise        D. impression

36.   A. even     B. rather  C. ever     D. still

37.   A. fetched       B. brought        C. assess D. recite

38.   A. something   B. anything       C. nothing         D. everything

39.   A. opportunity B. occasion       C. courage        D. intelligence

40.   A. starve  B. accuse C. submit D. steal

 

I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always not enough, but we had a   36  over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always   37 . Not knowing we were poor, my kids (孩子们) just thought I was   38 . I’ve always been glad about that.

It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t enough   39  for a lot of gifts, we planned to hold a family party. And the big   40  for the kids was the fun of Christmas   41 .

They planned weeks ahead of time, asking   42  what they wanted for Christmas. Luckily, I had saved $120 for them to buy   43 .

The big   44  arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and   45  them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would   46  again at the “Santa’s Workshop”.

Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits,   47  my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually   48 . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies　— fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything   49  we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door, ready to be   50  again. This is what she told me.

“I was looking   51 , thinking of what to buy, and I   52  to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.’ One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she   53  for Christmas was a doll(玩具娃娃). So I took the card off the tree and   54  the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”

I never felt so   55  as I did that day.

1.                A．roof           B．hat            C．sky  D．star

 

2.                A．little           B．less            C．enough   D．more

 

3.                A．busy           B．serious         C．strict D．kind

 

4.                A．effort          B．room           C．time D．money

 

5.                A．improvement    B．problem        C．surprise  D．excitement

 

6.                A．shopping       B．travelling        C．parties   D．greetings

 

7.                A．the other       B．each other      C．one by one    D．every other one

 

8.                A．toys           B．clothes         C．presents  D．bills

 

9.                A．day            B．chance         C．cheque   D．tree

 

10.               A．forced         B．reminded       C．invited    D．begged

 

11.               A．draw          B．stay           C．move D．meet

 

12.               A．including       B．besides         C．except    D．regarding

 

13.               A．quiet          B．excited         C．happy D．ashamed

 

14.               A．since          B．after           C．while D．until

 

15.               A．happy          B．angry          C．joyful     D．glad

 

16.               A．out            B．over           C．forward   D．around

 

17.               A．forgot          B．stopped        C．failed D．hated

 

18.               A．wanted         B．did            C．got   D．played

 

19.               A．made          B．searched       C．bought    D．fetched

 

20.               A．painful         B．rich           C．disappointed   D．angry

 

 

One year ago, I traveled 15,000 kilometers from Australia to the US. I am from a beachside town in the   16  of Sydney, and thought there would be almost no   17  differences between my home country and my 18  . I was surprised at how wrong I was, and at  19  different the two countries could be.

The United States is   20  in almost every aspect. The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who   21  and work in them. At mealtimes, the portions (份额) often   22  to me to be big enough for three or four people. I once   23  a baked potato which turned out to be bigger than my head! This was a big   24  for me.

The longer I spent in the US, the more I started to   25  smaller differences like the culture of   26  in restaurants. In Australia we don’t tend to give a tip   27  the service has been really excellent. In the US you tip for   28  everything, even at the hairdresser. Waiters and shop assistants   29  to be given 15 percent of the bill, although in places   30 New York or Washington DC, a tip can be as much as 20 percent.

  31 , I also became more wary (谨慎的) of believing the stereotypes (成见) I had heard at home as I traveled. Not all Americans are ignorant of geography, for example.

Despite this, certain stereotypes about places did seem to   32  true for me. There is an immense (强烈的) sense of speed in New York. Everyone   33  to and fro, and very seldom takes time to   34  the moment. This is very different from the Australian lifestyle. Australians are laid back. Even in a major city like Sydney, we “Aussies” take time to “stop and smell the roses”---very different from our American counterparts.

Navigating (驾驭) the culture divide between Australia and the US was challenging at times. But I took up that   35  and learned a lot from it. It was an adventure.

1.                A．heart          B．city            C．center   D．suburbs

 

2.                A．cultural         B．commercial      C．economic D．scientific

 

3.                A．home town      B．departure       C．location  D．destination

 

4.                A．how           B．why            C．however  D．where

 

5.                A．big            B．modern         C．small D．fashionable

 

6.                A．travel          B．survive         C．live  D．serve

 

7.                A．happened       B．seemed         C．proved   D．managed

 

8.                A．brought        B．ordered        C．designed  D．fetched

 

9.                A．laughter        B．pleasure        C．shock    D．embarrassment

 

10.               A．prefer         B．notice          C．tell   D．appreciate

 

11.               A．serving         B．tipping         C．donating   D．toasting

 

12.               A．unless         B．if             C．when D．since

 

13.               A．rarely          B．mostly         C．almost D．hardly

 

14.               A．try            B．wait           C．think D．expect

 

15.               A．like            B．along          C．for   D．in

 

16.               A．So            B．Therefore       C．However  D．But

 

17.               A．come          B．become        C．turn  D．get

 

18.               A．walks          B．drives          C．wanders   D．rushes

 

19.               A．depend on      B．reflect on       C．spy on D．watch on

 

20.               A．experience     B．job            C．challenge  D．business