第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
As settlers moved to California ___31     the mid-nineteenth century, they became
concerned about the lack of rapid _____32    (communicate) with the eastern United States. Because of the dangers and hardships of ___33   (cross) the West, mail often did not arrive. Therefore the most important mails _____34    (send)  via Panama, ____35    took a month or more. In 1860 a stagecoach company decided to meet the problem by beginning the Pony Express. The company hired __36   bravest riders and bought the fastest horses __37   (use) as relay(替换) teams between Missouri and California, and the company promised __38     mails would be sent in ten days. The company established two hundred stations along the route at which riders could rest and change horses. In less than two years, __39  , telegraph lines were completed and the Pony Express was ___40     longer needed.

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31-40的相应位置上。
Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, _31_____ one of America’s most famous artists did just that. Anna Mary Robertson, better known as “Grandma Moses”, turned to painting _32_____ she was too old to work on her farm.
Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it. She painted _33_____(care) and her works were nice. She first painted only to please _34_____, and then began to sell her works _35_____a little money. In 1993, a collector, Louis Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses’ works _36_____(hang) in a shop. He liked them, __37____(buy) them at once, and set out to look for _38_____. Caldor held __39____ show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to other artists. Grandma Moses, _40_____ was world-famous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101.

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31—40的相应位置上。
In the past few years, quite a number of men and women have chosen to do something less competitive. They are afraid that the stress and strains of work will rob them ____31____ joy and happiness and ____32____ them harm both physically and mentally.
In fact, however, stress isn’t the bad thing ____33____ it is often supposed to be. Above all, ____34____ it gets out of control, a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge, and to give purpose and significance to ____35____, otherwise meaningless, idle life. ____36___, people under stress tend to express their full range of potential and to actualize their own _____37____(person) worth—the very aim of a human life.
Stress is a natural part of everyday life and _____38 ___ is no way to avoid it. What we can do is ____39____(develop) our adaptive abilities to deal with it rather than to escape ____40___ it.

第二节：阅读填空（共10小题，每题1分，满分10分）

认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空填一个单词。

Whenever we meet with difficulty or failure, teachers, parents or others often say to us or perhaps we say to ourselves, “Never give up.” These can be encouraging words and words of determination. A person who believes in himself will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion , the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up.

One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel disappointed and should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail , we will not be able to develop new skills and grow.

Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes so that we can not make the same ones. If we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted.

Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities.

In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not , we will learn something , and what we learn will help us to become better and more confident. Furthermore, if we give up , we have no chance of attaining our goals any more , but if we keep making great efforts, there is always a chance that we will succeed one day.

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31—40的相应位置上。

For many environmentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developed a list of our main fears: natural resources are running out; the population  31  (grow), leaving less and less to eat; species are becoming  32  (extinction) in vast numbers, and the planet’s air and water are becoming dirty,  33  are ever more polluted.

34  a quick look at the facts shows a different picture. First, energy and other natural resources have become more abundant not less so. Second,  35  food is now at any time in history. Third, although species are indeed becoming extinct, only about 0.7% of them are expected   36  (disappear) in the next 50 years, not 25~50%, as has so often been predicted. And finally, most forms of environmental pollution   37  appear to have been predicted, or are too short– associated  38  the early stages of industrialization.   39  bigger problem may well turn out to be an inappropriate response to it. yet opinion polls suggest that many people develop the   40  (believer) that environmental standards are declining and some factors seem to cause this disjunction.