17. A. physical　　　　　　　　　　 B. scientific　　 　

　　 C. gentle　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. exact

16. A. well　　 B. worse　　　　 C. buried　　　　 D. away

15. Fortunately someone who happened to be passing by called the fire department _______ the fire broke out.

A. immediately 　　　　　 B. shortly 　　　　　　 C. quickly 　　　　　　　　　 D. hurriedly

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

Three weeks ago, Paul Davis was given up for dead. Today, the 24-year-old truck driver is on the road to getting 　16　 . Thanks to the quick, 　17　 first aid of six skilled college student nurses who were traveling a few minutes 　　18　 his truck and got to him 　19　 it crashed (撞坏).

The student nurses were on the way back from a day of medical 　20　 at a hospital. When they saw the 　21　 , they jumped out of their car. They 　22　 that Davis was already dead, but they wouldn’t move on without seeing for 　23　 . With the help of three men, they lifted him out. He was bleeding 　　24　　 and his heart almost stopped beating. He was obviously 　25　 .

One girl found an ice-cream 　26　 on the ground and made an air way down his throat. Another student held his tongue down. Then a third girl found a towel (毛巾) and 　　27　 down with it on Davis neck to slow the bleeding. A fourth nurse brought a blanket and 　28　 　Davis to warm him up. They kept his legs　 29　 . “We kept talking to him.” Miss Taylor said. “We　 30　 that the last thing you lose is your 　31 　.”

The student nurses kept Davis 　32　 until he could be gotten to a hospital. There, he was brought out of 　33　 . A doctor said that Davis would have choked and bled to death without the 　34　 of the six student nurses. That is 　35　 he is alive today.

14. There are shops and hospitals close _______. They are very convenient for us.

A. at hand　　　　　　 　　　 B. by hand 　　 C. by the hand　 　　 　　　 D. in hand

13. I was thinking of you, Keith, as I watched the sun _______ as a red / orange ball from the dark horizon.

A. risen 　　　　　　　 B. rising 　　　　　　　 C. rise　　 　　　　　　 D. being raised

12. How angry I became at what she had said. But I waited until I’d _______ a little, then went to talk to her.

A. come down 　　　　　　 B. burnt down 　　　 C. calmed down 　　　　　 D. slowed down

11. The president urged that more food _______ to the flooded areas.

A. to be sent　　　　　 B. send 　　　　 C. should send 　　　　　　 D. be sent

10. Jean doesn’t want to work right away because he thinks that if she _______ a job, she probably wouldn’t be able to see her parents every day.

A. has to get 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. had got 　　　　　　

C. were to get　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. could have got

9. Rarely _______ nowadays; nobody knows where he is and whether he comes back.

A. we see him　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. do we see him　　　　　　

C. we do not see him　　 　　　　　　　　 D. do we not see him

8. _______ the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese film industry experienced rapid growth.

A. As 　　　　　　　　　 B. With 　　　　 C. Since 　　　　　　　　　　 D. Towards