阅读下列各小题，根据句后的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1.Next time you come to the country for another trip, you’ll find________________to learn some customs here ahead of time.  (benefit)

下一次你再来这个国家旅游就会发现提前了解一些这里的风俗习惯是大有裨益的。

2.Little________________how to get used to the job in the company as soon as possible, though he is still new to his duties.  (concern)

尽管他对自己的职责还不熟悉，但他很少担心如何尽快地习惯公司的工作。

3.He is the only one of the students _______________ from the whole school to take part in the competition which is to be held in Wuhan next month.  (pick) 

他是整个学校唯一一个被挑选出来参加下个月武汉举行竞赛的学生。

4.It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try. __________________earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident.  (inform)

看来我们必须接受这个结果并做好再次尝试的准备了。要是我早点得知的话，就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。

5.We are told from the director’s office that___________________we know the result of the final examination.  (long)

我们从主任办公室获悉，过不了多久，我们就可以知道期终考试的结果。

6.I wonder_____________that caused the accident during the launch, which I have to write into my report. (what)

我想知道在发射过程中究竟是什么导致的这次事故。我必须把这写进报告里。

7.__________________the issue, he failed to obtain those specialists’ authorization, as you said just now.  (prepare)

正如你刚才说的，对那个话题没有作好充分的准备，他没有赢得那些专家们的认可。

8.______________________on the phone just now is whether he has decided to make every effort to run the hotel.  (sense)

是否决定要倾尽全力去经营饭店，他刚才在电话里没说清楚。

9.What made my father very disappointed was that he found the cellphone______________two days before went wrong again.  (have)

让我父亲很失望的是，他发现两天前请人修过的手机又坏了。

10.Many a high-standard house_______________________for the survivors of the earthquake--stricken area, which is really inspiring for the public. (report)

有报道说，灾区已经为地震中的幸存者们兴建一大批高标新房。这消息真是大慰人心。

第Ⅱ卷（三大题 共35分）

Ⅴ．单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据所给汉语句子，写出下列英语句子空白处所缺单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

71．大多数人对中国未来的经济持乐观态度。

Most people are _______about China’s economic future.

72．由于地震，四川的一些度假目的地暂不对公众开放。

Due to the earthquake, some of the holiday_______are not open to public for the moment.

73．过去，每年都有成亿吨的玉米从美国出口到世界各地。

In the past, a thousand million of tons of corn were_______from America to the world every year.

74．我们要通过自己的言行向人们展示中国的文明。

We are expected to show the world China’s _______through our words and actions.

75．运动员们正满怀希望地备战北京奥运会。

_______, the athlets are getting themselves ready for Beijing Olympic Games.

76．这家酒店由意大利建筑师设计，可容纳600位客人。

Designed by an Italian architect, the hotel can_______600 guests.

77．你收到参加聚会的请柬了吗？

Have you got an_______to the party?

78．我们费了很大的劲儿才穿过那条拥挤的街道。

We had great difficulty in pushing through the_______street.

79．中国展开了一场大规模的战役来阻止土地沙漠化的进程。

A mass _______ has been started in China to prevent the desertification process.

80．许多辆装载着食品的衣物的卡车正驶往地震灾区。

Many trucks _______with food and clothing are heading towards the earthquake-stricken areas.

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

71. Knowing ______ reduces the risks of failure and it works like an insurance policy for your own ability. (do) 知道你正在干什么，能降低失败的风险，这就像给自己的能力买了份保险。

72. Not ______ my parents, I failed to go to a drama school, where my interest lay.

(persuade) 由于没有说服我父母，我没能上戏剧学校，而那才是我的兴趣所在。

73. The chief engineer together with his colleagues _____ new scientific methods of farming since five years ago. (look) 五年以来，总工程师和他的同事们一起一直在寻找新的科学农耕方法。

74. When I work on the farmland in the daytime, I always _____ to a tree on the riverbank. (keep)

白天干农活的时候，我总是把羊拴在河边的树上。

75. As time is pressing, I think ___ is the best way to get from here to the conference centre. (take)

由于时间紧迫，我认为从这里去会议中心最好的办法是乘出租车。

76. So fast ______ that we can hardly imagine its speed. (travel)

光传播的速度快到我们难以想象。

77. Through the course of my schooling, I met many teachers, two ______ me greatly. (influence)

上学时我遇到过很多老师，其中两位对我影响很大。

78. I don’t often lose things, so I was quite surprised ______ my wallet and found it wasn’t there. (reach) 我不常丢东西，所以当我拿钱包却发现钱包不在时，大吃一惊。

79. It is reported in the newspaper that several new subway lines ______ in Wuhan. (build)

据报纸报道，武汉正在建设几条新的地铁线路。

80. Most believe he _______ for England last week, but for a serious injury which put him out of football. (play)  多数人认为，要不是受了重伤而告别足球，上周他本会为英格兰踢球的。