Ⅱ. 语言知识及运用（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）

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Have you just been fired? Are you feeling like a failure? Don’t be sorry about that. Cheer yourself up and spread your wings. Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you.  21 sometimes you don’t realize it, you’re asking to be fired.

    Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was  22  creative gifts and then a good idea occurred to him — sending dinners, live lobsters (龙虾) — to his favorite customers. He  23   them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge  24 .  As a result, one of his customers suggested they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman  25  get the idea of lobsters out of his mind. Why not turn this into a hobby and make a few extra dollars? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he  26  a local radio station to give him a few plugs (插座) in 27  for some lobsters. Unfortunately, his boss heard his salesman selling lobsters, not computers. No surprisingly, Dan was let go. After returning the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a  28.  Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The  29  was available, and Dan the Lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram.  And he couldn’t be happier.

    Many people who have been fired have found ways back to fulfilling careers. And they all learned that the pain and humiliation (羞辱) are temporary (暂时的). So do not be afraid to move 30   and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.

21    A. Because                B. When                C. Though                   D. If

22   A. searching for       B. making up        C. giving away            D. thinking up

23    A. packaged                B. sold                  C. tied                        D. placed

24    A. matter                    B. business            C. failure                      D. success

25    A. couldn’t         B. mustn’t            C. shouldn’t                    D. wouldn’t

26    A. permitted               B. hoped               C. persuaded            D. suggested

27   A. change               B. exchange          C. place               D. need

28   A. thing                B. sign                  C. pity                         D. pleasure

29   A. amount                 B. figure               C. note                         D. number

30    A. back                  B. aside                C. away                       D. on

Ⅱ. 语言知识及运用（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）

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Have you just been fired? Are you feeling like a failure? Don’t be sorry about that. Cheer yourself up and spread your wings. Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you.  21 sometimes you don’t realize it, you’re asking to be fired.

    Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was  22  creative gifts and then a good idea occurred to him — sending dinners, live lobsters (龙虾) — to his favorite customers. He  23   them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge  24 .  As a result, one of his customers suggested they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman  25  get the idea of lobsters out of his mind. Why not turn this into a hobby and make a few extra dollars? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he  26  a local radio station to give him a few plugs (插座) in 27  for some lobsters. Unfortunately, his boss heard his salesman selling lobsters, not computers. No surprisingly, Dan was let go. After returning the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a  28.  Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The  29  was available, and Dan the Lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram.  And he couldn’t be happier.

    Many people who have been fired have found ways back to fulfilling careers. And they all learned that the pain and humiliation (羞辱) are temporary (暂时的). So do not be afraid to move 30   and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.

21    A. Because                B. When                C. Though                   D. If

22   A. searching for       B. making up        C. giving away            D. thinking up

23    A. packaged                B. sold                  C. tied                        D. placed

24    A. matter                    B. business            C. failure                      D. success

25    A. couldn’t         B. mustn’t            C. shouldn’t                    D. wouldn’t

26    A. permitted               B. hoped               C. persuaded            D. suggested

27   A. change               B. exchange          C. place               D. need

28   A. thing                B. sign                 C. pity                         D. pleasure

29   A. amount                 B. figure               C. note                         D. number

30    A. back                  B. aside                C. away                       D. on

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）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30）
Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your  36  . Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you.  37   sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.
Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was  38  creative gifts and then a good idea  39 him---- selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He  40  them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge  41 . As a result, one of his customers   42  they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman 43  get the idea of lobsters out of his  44  . Why not turn this into a hobby and  45  a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he  46  a local radio station to give him a few ads in 47 for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman 48  lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After  49  the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a  50 . Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was   51  , and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be  52 .
Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling   53  and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are 54  . So do not be afraid to move  55   and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.
36. A. dreams          B. wings               C. needs           D. minds
37. A. Because         B. When                C. Though          D. If
38. A. searching for   B. making up           C. giving away     D. thinking up
39. A. came about      B. took place          C. went on         D. came to
40. A. packaged        B. sold                C. tied            D. placed
41. A. matter          B. business            C. failure         D. success
42. A.said             B. thought             C. suggested       D. hoped
43. A. couldn’t       B. mustn’t            C. shouldn’t      D. wouldn’t
44. A. heart           B. mind                C. head            D. hand 
45. A. make            B. get                 C. gather          D. spend
46. A. permitted       B. hoped               C. persuaded       D. suggested
47. A. change         B. exchange            C. place           D. need
48. A. hunting         B. seeking             C. collecting      D. selling
49. A. selling     B. paying              C. returning       D. using
50. A. thing       B. sign                C. pity            D. please
51. A.wrong        B. right               C. free            D. available
52. A. happier     B. worse               C. lower           D. higher
53. A. jobs        B. wishes              C. careers         D. promises
54. A. short       B.long                C. forever         D. temporary（临时）
55. A. back        B. on                  C. in              D. away

III. 阅读理解

William Shakespeare is the most famous playwright (剧作家). Although he died in 1616, people still go to see his plays. Among the most popular are Ｒｏｍｅｏ ａｎｄ Ｊｕｌｉｅｔ, Ａ Ｍｉｄｓｕｍｍｅｒ Ｎｉｇｈｔ’ｓ Ｄｒｅａｍ and Ｈａｍｌｅｔ — the story of a prince who struggles to respond to the crimes around him.

    Shakespeare, who was born in 1564, was an actor as well as a writer. Most of his ideas for plays were taken from history, people’s conversation, ancient stories, and also from other writers. He wrote not only about kings and queens and princes, but also about friends and ordinary people. He wrote about the cruelty of war and the bravery of heroes, as well as about jealousy, joy, hate, ambition and love. His stories live on. The tragedy Ｒｏｍｅｏ ａｎｄ Ｊｕｌｉｅｔ was reborn as the musical Ｗｅｓｔ Ｓｉｄｅ Ｓｔｏｒｙ and more recently as the movie Ｒｏｍｅｏ ａｎｄ Ｊｕｌｉｅｔ with the wonderful performance of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

     He invented a number of great characters: powerful magicians, thrilling witches, smart women and both wise and wicked men. He also invented some great phrases. If you’ve ever said, “Oh, for goodness sake!” you can thank Shakespeare for that. Other examples of common phrases adapted from Shakespeare: “as luck would have it”, “your own flesh and blood”, “too much of a good thing”, “good riddance”, “in one fell swoop”, and “in the twinkling of an eye”. “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” Hamlet says. “Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it is morrow,” says Juliet to her Romeo.

    Don’t be surprised if you don’t understand everything when reading Shakespeare or watching one of his plays because the meanings of many words have changed over the years. And Shakespeare’s characters speak in poetry, so their speeches can be complicated.

    It does help to find out a little bit about the story before reading a Shakespeare play. It’s worth the effort. As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world is a stage.” And in his plays you’ll find that an entire world is waiting for you.

1. Shakespeare created the following characters EXCEPT ________.

A. Juliet             B. Hamlet     C. Claire Danes      D. Romeo

2. From Paragraph 3 we can learn that ________.

A. most of the characters created by Shakespeare were negative ones

B. most of the phrases used today were invented by Shakespeare

C. “Oh, for goodness sake!” is what Juliet says to Romeo

D. Shakespeare contributed greatly to the development of English

3. Which of the following is a reason why it’s difficult to understand some of Shakespeare’s plays?

A. There are many new words in his plays.

B. He wrote his plays using uncommon words.

C. The characters in his plays speak in poetry.

D. Most of the words in his plays are outdated.

4. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. most of Shakespeare’s plays have been made into films

B. language changes with the development of society

C. Shakespeare made lots of money from his works

D. it is more useful to read Shakespeare’s works than to watch them

III. 阅读理解
William Shakespeare is the most famous playwright (剧作家). Although he died in 1616, people still go to see his plays. Among the most popular are ＲｏｍｅｏａｎｄＪｕｌｉｅｔ, ＡＭｉｄｓｕｍｍｅｒＮｉｇｈｔ’ｓＤｒｅａｍ and Ｈａｍｌｅｔ — the story of a prince who struggles to respond to the crimes around him.
Shakespeare, who was born in 1564, was an actor as well as a writer. Most of his ideas for plays were taken from history, people’s conversation, ancient stories, and also from other writers. He wrote not only about kings and queens and princes, but also about friends and ordinary people. He wrote about the cruelty of war and the bravery of heroes, as well as about jealousy, joy, hate, ambition and love. His stories live on. The tragedy ＲｏｍｅｏａｎｄＪｕｌｉｅｔ was reborn as the musical ＷｅｓｔＳｉｄｅＳｔｏｒｙ and more recently as the movie ＲｏｍｅｏａｎｄＪｕｌｉｅｔ with the wonderful performance of Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.
He invented a number of great characters: powerful magicians, thrilling witches, smart women and both wise and wicked men. He also invented some great phrases. If you’ve ever said, “Oh, for goodness sake!” you can thank Shakespeare for that. Other examples of common phrases adapted from Shakespeare: “as luck would have it”, “your own flesh and blood”, “too much of a good thing”, “good riddance”, “in one fell swoop”, and “in the twinkling of an eye”. “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” Hamlet says. “Good night, good night. Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it is morrow,” says Juliet to her Romeo.
Don’t be surprised if you don’t understand everything when reading Shakespeare or watching one of his plays because the meanings of many words have changed over the years. And Shakespeare’s characters speak in poetry, so their speeches can be complicated.
It does help to find out a little bit about the story before reading a Shakespeare play. It’s worth the effort. As Shakespeare wrote, “All the world is a stage.” And in his plays you’ll find that an entire world is waiting for you.
1. Shakespeare created the following characters EXCEPT ________.
A. Juliet         B. Hamlet     C. Claire Danes    D. Romeo
2. From Paragraph 3 we can learn that ________.
A. most of the characters created by Shakespeare were negative ones
B. most of the phrases used today were invented by Shakespeare
C. “Oh, for goodness sake!” is what Juliet says to Romeo
D. Shakespeare contributed greatly to the development of English
3. Which of the following is a reason why it’s difficult to understand some of Shakespeare’s plays?
A. There are many new words in his plays.
B. He wrote his plays using uncommon words.
C. The characters in his plays speak in poetry.
D. Most of the words in his plays are outdated.
4. We can infer from the passage that ______.
A. most of Shakespeare’s plays have been made into films
B. language changes with the development of society
C. Shakespeare made lots of money from his works
D. it is more useful to read Shakespeare’s works than to watch them