37. A. touched　　　 B. felt　　　　　　 　 C. hit　　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. beaten

36. A. last　　　 　　　　 B. first　　　　 　　　　　 C. quick　　　 　　　　　　 D. successful

35. Our society insists on regular habits, timekeeping and punctuality, and whether we like it or not, ______ we mean to make our way in society, we have to comply ( to act in accordance with a demand, rule, etc.) its demands.

　 A. whether　　　　 B. after　　　 C. if　　　　　 D. until

答案为：C.　 此题考察条件状语从句。 “我们所生活的这个社会坚守着一些约定的习俗，守时守规矩。那么，不管我们是不是喜欢这样，如果我们打算要在这个社会中生活下去，那我们就要按照它的要求去做。

21-25：CDADC　　 26-30：DBABA　 　31-35：CDABC

Section B (18 points)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

Everyone wants to win a first-place blue ribbon, to be the best in something. Even kids in Kindergarten want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race, I was always 　36　 . In baseball I was likely to be 　37 　on the head or drop the ball. During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park in a town about twenty miles away. Making that drive now is no big 　38 　but when you’re six and you’ve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a couple of thousand people is really something.

I don’t remember too much about it. But there was one that I will never forget -----the __39__ race. The parents tied our feet together. One little boy got me for a 　40 　. He was the second most 　41　 boy in our class so he usually won at everything and I knew that with me tied to him he didn’t have a chance. And I’m sure he knew he was in trouble. The gun sounded and we were off. Some couples were falling and stumbling all around us, 　42　 　we stayed on our feet and made it to the other side. 　43　 , when we turned around and headed back for home, we were in the lead! Only one couple had a chance to win, and they were a good several yards behind us.

A few feet from the finish line, disaster struck: I tripped and fell. We were 　44 　enough that my partner could have easily dragged me across the finish line and won. But he didn’t. Instead he stopped, 　45　 　down and helped me up ------ just at the other couple crossed the finish line. As a result, we received a small red ribbon for coming in second.

I still remember that moment when the young boy decided that helping a friend get on her feet was more important than winning a blue ribbon. And 13 years later, I still have that little ribbon because it’s a 　46　 　that a friend like this boy is one who really 　47　 .　

34. The bus was crowded with passengers going home from market, most of ________ carrying heavy bags and baskets full of fruit and vegetables they had bought there.

A. whom　 　　　 B. them　 　 C. who　　　 　 D. which

答案为： B。 此题考察独立主格结构。逗号后面的部分无谓语，要填的部分是非谓语结构 “carrying…”的逻辑主语的一部分。

33. According to the report, the American government didn’t intend to have its troops 　　　　of war zone.

A. pulled out　　　　　　　 B. dropped out　　 　　 C. driven out　　　　　　　 D. run out

答案为：A。此题考察动词短语辩异。A“拉出，撤出”B“脱离，掉出”C“驱赶出”D“用完”。

32. Only when he returned _________ that the war had ended and the army had come back. 2

育网A. we tell　　　　　　　　　　 B. we told　　　　　　　　　　 C. did we tell　　　　 D. were we told

答案为：D。此题考察倒装句和被动语态。 “Only + 状语”位于句首，主句主谓语部分倒装；

31. --- Could you introduce me a high quality car?

--- My pleasure. _______ well even on wet roads, this kind of car is very popular.

　　　 A. Handled　　　　　 B. To handle　　　　　　　　 C. Handling　　　　　　　　 D. Being handled

答案为：C。 易于操作是指这种小轿车本身的功能特性，而不是表示一种被动的动作或状态，因此用表主动的现在分词。

30.　 May 12th，2008 is a special day，________, I think，that will be remembered by the Chinese forever.

A. one　　　　　 　　　 B. it　　　　　　 　　　 C. which　 　　　　　　　 D. that

答案为：A.　 one that will be remembered by the Chinese forever.是同位语。I think 是插入语。

one = a day.

29. I ______ him in time, otherwise he would have fallen off the bike.

A. had supported　　 B. supported　　　　 C. have supported　　　　 D. support

答案为： B.　 此题考察了时态和虚拟语气。从后面分句可知这是对过去时的虚拟，因此用过去式。

28. _______ the calculation is right, scientists can never be sure that they have included all variables and modeled them accurately.　

　A. Even if 　　　 　B. 　As far as 　　　 C. If only 　　 D. 　So long as

答案为：A. 根据句意填A。句意为：即使这个计算是正确的，科学家们也永远不能确定他们已经包括了所有的变数情况以及精确地对其进行了模拟。