第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Fight against crime hots up
Forget about tanks, guns, and bombs - India’s latest weapon ___36___ in the garden. The bhut jolokia is the world’s ___37__ chili pepper（胡椒）. Now the Indian Army has a plan to turn its seed into powder and use the ___38___ as a kind of natural teargas（催泪弹）.
The army says the smoking hot powder - which some people claim can stop a charging（向前冲的） elephant – will help to break ___39___ riots and chase terrorists out of ___40___ spaces. Women might also be able to use the power to chase off （赶走）attackers.
___41___ to RB Srivastava, a director at New Delhi’s Defense Research and Development Organization: “This is ___42___ going to be an effective non-toxic（无毒的） weapon because its ___43___ can choke（使窒息）terrorists and ___44___ them out of their hideouts（藏身处）. It would literally（确确实实地） choke them.”
On the other ___45___ of the world, in New York, police ___46___ to track（追踪） down a “vampire（吸血鬼） thief” who tried to steal a taxi driver’s ___47___. Police say that man got into the taxi and asked to ___48___ to a neighborhood in New York City. ___49___ they arrive, he pointed a gun ___50___ the taxi driver and told the driver to give him all his money.
When the taxi driver tried to fight ___51___ the gunman, the man bit(咬) him at least five times ___52___ the neck, arm, and back. After biting the driver, the man ran away ___53___ money.
If only the taxi driver ___54___ some bhut jolokia powder, he might have been able to save himself from ___55___ and to get his money back!
36. A. makes        B. grows       C. is made       D. is grown
37. A. most smelly  B. coldest    C. hottest       D. hardest
38. A. juice        B. taste       C. power         D. powder
39. A. up           B. down        C. through       D. in
40. A. hidden       B. hiding      C. open          D. broad
41. A. According    B. As          C. Based         D. Known
42. A. probably     B. definitely  C. possibly      D. hardly
43. A. smell        B. taste       C. flavor        D. energy
44. A. force        B. take        C. put           D. bring
45. A. way          B. side        C. corner        D. half
46. A. have tried   B. has tried   C. are trying    D. is trying
47. A. car          B. wallet      C. gasoline      D. money
48. A. be taken     B. take        C. be brought    D. bring
49. A. As          B. As soon as  C. Once          D. B and C
50. A. to           B. at          C. from          D. away from
51. A. for          B. back        C. off          D. out
52. A. on           B. from        C. in            D. around
53. A. with the     B. without the   C. with        D. without
54. A. had          B. has had       C. has         D. had had
55. A. biting       B. bitten        C. being bitten D. being biting

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

Fight against crime hots up

Forget about tanks, guns, and bombs - India’s latest weapon ___1___ in the garden. The bhut jolokia is the world’s ___2__ chili pepper（胡椒）. Now the Indian Army has a plan to turn its seed into powder and use the ___3___ as a kind of natural teargas（催泪弹）.

The army says the smoking hot powder - which some people claim can stop a charging（向前冲的） elephant – will help to break ___4___ riots and chase terrorists out of ___5___ spaces. Women might also be able to use the power to chase off （赶走）attackers.

___6___ to RB Srivastava, a director at New Delhi’s Defense Research and Development Organization: “This is ___7___ going to be an effective non-toxic（无毒的） weapon because its ___8___ can choke（使窒息）terrorists and ___9___ them out of their hideouts（藏身处）. It would literally（确确实实地） choke them.”

On the other ___10___ of the world, in New York, police ___11___ to track（追踪） down a “vampire（吸血鬼） thief” who tried to steal a taxi driver’s ___12___. Police say that man got into the taxi and asked to ___13___ to a neighborhood in New York City. ___14___ they arrive, he pointed a gun ___15___ the taxi driver and told the driver to give him all his money.

When the taxi driver tried to fight ___16___ the gunman, the man bit(咬) him at least five times ___17___ the neck, arm, and back. After biting the driver, the man ran away ___18___ money.

If only the taxi driver ___19___ some bhut jolokia powder, he might have been able to save himself from ___20___ and to get his money back!

1.A. makes        B. grows       C. is made       D. is grown

2.A. most smelly  B. coldest     C. hottest       D. hardest

3.A. juice        B. taste       C. power         D. powder

4.A. up           B. down        C. through       D. in

5.A. hidden       B. hiding      C. open          D. broad

6.A. According    B. As          C. Based         D. Known

7.A. probably     B. definitely  C. possibly      D. hardly

8.A. smell        B. taste       C. flavor        D. energy

9.A. force        B. take        C. put           D. bring

10.A. way          B. side        C. corner        D. half

11.A. have tried   B. has tried   C. are trying    D. is trying

12.A. car          B. wallet      C. gasoline      D. money

13.A. be taken     B. take        C. be brought    D. bring

14.A. As           B. As soon as  C. Once          D. B and C

15.A. to           B. at          C. from          D. away from

16.A. for          B. back        C. off           D. out

17.A. on           B. from        C. in            D. around

18.A. with the     B. without the   C. with        D. without

19.A. had          B. has had       C. has         D. had had

20.A. biting       B. bitten        C. being bitten D. being biting

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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

Fight against crime hots up

Forget about tanks, guns, and bombs - India’s latest weapon ___36___ in the garden. The bhut jolokia is the world’s ___37__ chili pepper（胡椒）. Now the Indian Army has a plan to turn its seed into powder and use the ___38___ as a kind of natural teargas（催泪弹）.

The army says the smoking hot powder - which some people claim can stop a charging（向前冲的） elephant – will help to break ___39___ riots and chase terrorists out of ___40___ spaces. Women might also be able to use the power to chase off （赶走）attackers.

___41___ to RB Srivastava, a director at New Delhi’s Defense Research and Development Organization: “This is ___42___ going to be an effective non-toxic（无毒的） weapon because its ___43___ can choke（使窒息）terrorists and ___44___ them out of their hideouts（藏身处）. It would literally（确确实实地） choke them.”

On the other ___45___ of the world, in New York, police ___46___ to track（追踪） down a “vampire（吸血鬼） thief” who tried to steal a taxi driver’s ___47___. Police say that man got into the taxi and asked to ___48___ to a neighborhood in New York City. ___49___ they arrive, he pointed a gun ___50___ the taxi driver and told the driver to give him all his money.

When the taxi driver tried to fight ___51___ the gunman, the man bit(咬) him at least five times ___52___ the neck, arm, and back. After biting the driver, the man ran away ___53___ money.

If only the taxi driver ___54___ some bhut jolokia powder, he might have been able to save himself from ___55___ and to get his money back!

36. A. makes        B. grows       C. is made       D. is grown

37. A. most smelly  B. coldest     C. hottest       D. hardest

38. A. juice        B. taste       C. power         D. powder

39. A. up           B. down        C. through       D. in

40. A. hidden       B. hiding      C. open          D. broad

41. A. According    B. As          C. Based         D. Known

42. A. probably     B. definitely  C. possibly      D. hardly

43. A. smell        B. taste       C. flavor        D. energy

44. A. force        B. take        C. put           D. bring

45. A. way          B. side        C. corner        D. half

46. A. have tried   B. has tried   C. are trying    D. is trying

47. A. car          B. wallet      C. gasoline      D. money

48. A. be taken     B. take        C. be brought    D. bring

49. A. As           B. As soon as  C. Once          D. B and C

50. A. to           B. at          C. from          D. away from

51. A. for          B. back        C. off           D. out

52. A. on           B. from        C. in            D. around

53. A. with the     B. without the   C. with        D. without

54. A. had          B. has had       C. has         D. had had

55. A. biting       B. bitten        C. being bitten D. being biting

______ more and more companies closed down, _____ number of laid-off people is increasing year by year．

A．With; the          B．For; a           C．Since; the            D．Because; a