阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　In the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans, all hurricanes are now given girl's names.

　　For years hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the Saint's (圣人) Day on which the hurricane occurred. An example is the “Santa Ana” hurricane which struck Puerto Rico on July 26, 1825 and “San Felipe” (1876) and “San Felipe” (1928) which passed over Puerto Rico on September 3．Early in last century an Australian weatherman named hurricanes in his area after political figures he disliked. Another method of identifying (识别) hurricanes was the phonetic (语音的) alphabet used by the army during World War Ⅰ (Able - Baker - Charlie - etc). The oldest method is the more difficult latitude - longitude (经纬度) description. The first written mention of lady hurricanes may have been in the novel Storm, by George R Steward (1941). During World War Ⅱ the practice of giving the storms girls names became more widespread.

1．Hurricanes were probably first given girls' names in ________.

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2．The oldest method of naming hurricanes was ________.

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A．identifying them by using a phonetic alphabet

B．giving them the name of the saint on whose religious day they occurred

C．identifying them according to their longitude and latitude description

D．giving them the name of a political figure

3．The practice of naming hurricanes after saints' days began ________.

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A．in the North Atlantic area

B．in the North Pacific area

C．in Australia

D．in the Caribbean

4．The weatherman who named hurricanes after politicians did so ________.

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A．in the early 1800s

B．in the mid 1900s

C．in the early 1900s

D．during the Second World War

第二部分：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）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A, B, C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a    21    over our head, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always    22   . Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was strict. I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   23   for the kids was the fun of Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for    24    to share by all five of us.
The big    25   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty – dollar bill and    26    them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered. We had two hours to shop; then we would meet back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, except my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually    27   . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies － fifty – cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed as the door, ready to be angry again. This is what she told me.
“ I was looking around    28   of what to buy, and I stopped to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and    29   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so   30   as I did that day.
21.   A. roof    B. hat      C. sky     D. star
22.   A. little   B. less     C. enough       D. more
23.   A. improvement     B. problem     C. surprise      D. excitement
24.   A. toys    B. clothes       C. presents      D. bills
25. A. day     B. chance       C. cheque       D. tree
26.   A. forced B. reminded    C. invited       D. begged
27.   A. quiet   B. excited       C. happy D. ashamed
28. A. learning     B. thinking     C. knowing     D. telling
29.   A. made  B. searched     C. bought       D. fetched
30.   A. angry  B. rich    C. patient       D. bitter

根据汉语意思和英文首字母完成下列单词拼写，使句意完整正确。

56. The tower in the d            (远处) is hundreds of years old.

57. First o            (观察) the teacher do the experiment and then have a try by yourself.

58. We should r            (尊敬) them instead of looking down upon them.

59. It’s well-known that smoking is h            (有害的) to health.

60.He said the song r_________ (提醒) him of the happy days in the university.

61. He has a firm b            (信念) that he’ll win the speech contest.

62. What will happen to you if you don’t  eat a  b________ （均衡的）diet ?

63. Would you please come in? P            (允许) me to lead the way, sir.

64. There are v            (各种各样的) kinds of theme parks all over the world.

65. The tramp in the film was loved for his optimism and determination to o           (克服) all difficulties.

 In the spoken English of some areas in the US, the "r" sounds at the end of the words__________.

     A. are dropped     B. drop    C. are being dropped   D. have dropped

         I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, 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   39   for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But 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. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for   43   to share by all five of us.

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   back 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,  50   to be angry 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. A. waiting                     B. ready                               C. hoping          D. afraid

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

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

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

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

55. A. angry                                 B. rich                                   C. patient                            D. bitter