75．People are glad to see more and more tall ________(build)in Panzhihua in the recent years．

74．Liu Qian is successful now，but do you know that he learned magic all by ________(he)?

73．October 1st，2009 is the ________(sixty)birthday of the People's Republic of China．

72．Our physics teacher told us that light ________(travel)much faster and sound．

71．Xiao Hua，did you watch the ________(excite)baseball match held in our city in April?

第二节　　 完形填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

先通读下面两段短文，读懂大意，然后从后面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

A

Many people like to keep dogs as their pets．But do you know dogs were not home animals long long ago?

The first wild dogs were trained by ___36___ in Europe about 10，000 years ago．These first “dogs” were not like what we have now．They may have been small wolves(狼)．These dogs often came near people to ___37___ some food．Some of the young dogs were kept by people and grew up with them．

People believed the dogs were a ___38___ to them in many ways．The dogs helped them to hunt(狩猎)．They could smell and hear danger before people could．They helped keep people warm on cold nights．So it was ___39___ to keep the dogs．

Since those early days，people and dogs have always been together．We should not ___40___ them because they are our friends．

36．A．wolves　　 　　　　　　 B．cats　　 　　　　　　　　 C．people 　　　　　　　　　 D．students

37．A．look for　　 　　　　　 B．look up　　 　　　　　　 C．look out 　　　　　　　　 D．look after

38．A．trouble　　 　　　　　　 B．help　　 　　　　　　　　 C．danger 　　　　　　　　　 D．problem

39．A．hard　　 　　　　　　　　 B．useless　　 　　　　　　 C．easy 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．helpful

40．A．save　　 　　　　　　　　 B．like　　 　　　　　　　　　 C．hurt 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．feed

B

Life is not easy，so I'd like to say，“No matter what happens，believe in yourself．”

When I was 14，I was too ___41___ to talk to anyone．My classmates often laughed at me．I was sad but could do nothing．Later，___42___ happened．It changed my life．It was an English speech contest．My mother asked me to take part in it．What a(an)___43___ idea! It meant I had to ___44___ in front of all the teachers and students of my school．

“Come on，boy．Believe in yourself．Yon are sure to ___45___．” she said．Then Mother and I talked about many different topics．At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”．I tried my best to remember all the speech and practiced it over 100 times．To my mother’s great joy，I did ___46___ in the contest，I could ___47___ believe my ears when the result came that I had won the first place．I heard ___48___ from the teachers and students．Those classmates who once looked down on me，now all said “Congratulations” to me．My mother hugged(拥抱)me and cried ___49___．

Since then，everything has ___50___．When I do anything，I try to tell myself to be sure that I wilt find myself．This is true not only for a person but also for a country．

41．A．brave　　 　　　　　　　 B．shy　　 　　　　　　　　　 C．excited 　　　　　　　　　 D．1azy

42．A．something　　 　　　　 B．nothing　　 　　　　　　 C．anything 　　　　　　　　 D．everything

43．A．interesting　 　　　　　 B．wonderful　　 　　　　 C．awful 　　　　　　　　　　 D．sad

44．A．listen　　 　　　　　　　 B．speak　　 　　　　　　　 C．think 　　　　　　　　　　 D．write

45．A．succeed　 　　　　　　 B．fail　　 　　　　　　　　　 C．lose 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．defeat

46．A．terribly　　 　　　　　　 B．badly　　 　　　　　　　 C．good 　　　　　　　　　　 D．well

47．A．almost　　 　　　　　　 B．hardly　　 　　　　　　　 C．nearly 　　　　　　　　　 D．always

48．A．cheers　　 　　　　　　 B．noises　　 　　　　　　　 C．thanks 　　　　　　　　　 D．hopes

49．A．angrily　　 　　　　　　 B．sadly　　 　　　　　　　 C．quickly 　　　　　　　　 D．excitedly

50．A．changed　　 　　　　　 B．lost　　 　　　　　　　　　 C．gone 　　　　　　　　　　 D．ended