语境填词, 注意动词形式。（每空1分，满分25分）

1.Everyone think it is  _(荒谬的)to predict that the sun will not rise tomorrow.

2.They marked the ________(分界线)of the football fields several days before the game. 

3.We all __________ (渴望)peace and happiness．

4.Flower arrangement ()is an__________ (高雅的)art．

5.The new law__________ (宣告)that this was illegal．

6.She__________ (陪伴)her friend to the concert last night.

7.The theatre has very good access for the _________________ (残疾人).

8.They have made an_________(紧急)request for international aid.

9.The foundation would like to launch programs for providing _____________ (援助) for poor areas in Africa.

10.The novel is an important form of _ ______.(文学)

11.One of her  a ___________ is to become a doctor.

12.Remember not to e______ them by asking personal questions.

13.The girl gave a  v_________description of the event.

14.Hotel  a_________was scarce during the Olympic Games.

15.Did anyone  w________the traffic accident?

16.Don’t  a______yourself  to drinking.

17.When  you _____   ______  trouble and need help, please turn to me .

18.This machine is invented to ______   _____ the quality of the products.

19.I quickly_____   _____ the change  in temperature.

20.She was  _____   _____    _____    when hearing the sound of explosion(爆炸).

单词拼写 根据所给句子和汉语注释或英文首字母拼写单词。（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
【小题1】 He had decided to settle p________ in France and never go back to his hometown any longer.
【小题2】She wore a pair of sunglasses and had her hair cut, so she was almost beyond my r________.
【小题3】Before l________, the Chinese people lived a hard life and hardly had any freedom.
【小题4】It feels very cold today. It is reported that the temperature can reach m________ 20℃.
【小题5】 She has been o________ with housework the whole morning and has no time to prepare for the examination.
【小题6】Sometimes your c________ can make you become stronger because you must try your best to defeat them.
【小题7】The next day the young girl w________ what she said to the manager and said sorry to him.
【小题8】She decided to be a ________（体贴的）wife after being married.
【小题9】 Going away to college has made me ________（自立）and self-confident.
【小题10】Don’t be ________（武断）to make any decision, otherwise you’ll regret it.

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示，写出各句中所缺单词的正确形式。（每空一词，共10分）

1.As you go up a mountain, you have to overcome the earth’s g           which pulls you down.

2.The m             leaf has become the most important symbol of Canada since the national flag was introduced in 1965.

3.The little girl was t          at the thought of being left alone at home and cried.

4.He went to the United States in the 1980s and s                down there.

5.Don’t leave matches or cigarettes on the table w              reach of little children.

6.How quickly a fuel burns depends on how well it is mixed with              (氧气) or air.

7.The policemen were sent to find the black box because it showed why the plane had           

(坠毁).

8.The idea                 (存在) only in the minds of us young people today.

9.This problem is only                 (稍微) difficult so I can work out.

10.They claimed that when they were               (包围) by the gang they acted in self-defense.

V．单词拼写 (共8小题，每题1分，满分8分)

72．When you a________________ to someone, you say that you are sorry that you have hurt or upset them or caused trouble for them.

73．D________________ in her best clothes, the girl tried to make herself noticed at the party.

74．He always means what he says. In other words, he always keeps his w________________.　

75．Many students had their hair cut at the b________________ near the school last weekenD．

76． Compared to other children, this little boy was i________________ very lucky.

77．Albert Einstein is one of the great p________________ in the worlD．

78．G________________ warming has been a serious social problem which attracts much public attention.

79．His l________________ vocabulary leads to his failure of the English test.

A

Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1990s. She began singing in church. Soon, her rich deep voice became widely known in the area. Marian Anderson received many honors and awards during her life. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in nineteen sixty—three. Marian Anderson died at the age of ninety—six. Experts say she is remembered not only for the quality of her voice, but also because of the way she carried out her right to be heard.

B

Movie director Robert Altman died in November 2006, in Los Angeles, California. He was eighty—one years old. During his fifty-year career, he made some of the most influential movies of modern times.

C

Ann Richards died in September 2006 at the age of seventy-three. At her funeral service, leaders from around the country gathered to celebrate her life. Former President Bill Clinton spoke at the service. He said Ann Richards helped create a world where young girls could be scientists, engineers and police officers. He said she was a great woman with a big heart and big dreams.

D

Journalist R.W. Apple died in October 2006 at the age of seventy—one. Earlier this month his friends and family gathered in Washington, D.C. for a large memorial service. Famous writers, politicians, and cooks told about his warm personality, sharp intelligence, and extraordinary energy. After the service, guests enjoyed fine foods provided by some of the best cooks in the area.

E

William Styron died in November 2006 at the age of eighty—one. His stories are filled with rich language and complex moral questions. Many of his books try to understand the evil actions of people. Later in life William Styron suffered from severe depression. After recovering, he wrote honestly and bravely about his experience in “Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness.” He received great praise for educating people about the difficulties of mental illness.

F

Ruth Brown was born in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1928 and died in October 2004. Brown recorded many rhythm and blues hits in the 1950s. She also fought for musicians rights. In 1988, Atlantic Records agreed to pay her and thirty-five other musicians the money they owed them for using their songs for twenty years.

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As a young woman, she worked as a teacher and raised four children. She and her husband were very involved in local politics. Then one day, she decided to run for officer herself—and she won. She served first as country commissioner, then as Texas state treasurer. In nineteen ninety she was elected governor. She fought for equal rights, environmental protection and laws to restrict guns. She created a government in which women, Hispanics, and African-Americans played important roles.

“MASH”, was released in nineteen seventy. It tells about a group of American medical workers in a temporary military hospital in Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s. It questions the rules of the military establishment in a way that was sharply funny and intelligent; “Nashville” came out in nineteen seventy—five. It provides a complex look at changes in the country music industry. Many of his thirty—three films were nominated for Academy Awards, including “The Player” and “Gosford Park”

She learned traditional music at her Christian religious center. But she liked the popular jazz and rock music of the time even more. She left home at a young age to build a career in music. Soon, she became known as “the girl with the tear in her voice” because of her emotional way of singing. Her popular songs helped build the Atlantic Records company and she continued performing for the rest of her life until she died recently at the age of seventy six.

He is known as Johnny, wrote about many subjects, from politics and war to food and drink. During his forty—three years writing for the New York Times newspaper, he enjoyed a rich and eventful career. He was the paper’s chief reporter in cities like London, Moscow, Lagos and Nairobi. He covered events such as the Vietnam War, the Iranian revolution and the Gulf War. He reported on ten presidential elections. And, his opinions on fine foods, travel and the world’s best restaurants were very influential.

He wrote “Lie Down in Darkness” published in nineteen fifty—one when he was only twenty-five. It is about a troubled young woman who kills herself. It established him as a great new voice in American literature; he also wrote “The Confessions of Nat Turner” in nineteen sixty-eight which told about a nineteenth century slave revolt in the southern state of Virginia; and “Sophie’s Choice ” won the American Book Award in nineteen eighty. It is a tragic story about a woman and her children who were sent to a Nazi death camp in Poland during World War Two.