第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分．满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks(条纹，线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall ___1___ send shafts(杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a deep breath and the concrete and paint ___2___ tickle my nose. I ___3___ everything about this room.
Some of the best times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic(讽刺的), but the ___4___ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to __5 ___ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost ___6___ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your acting ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___7 ___.
When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes(消失). All the worries and __8 ___ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, but it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy(不稳定的) ___9 ___ of being different and alone.
I ___10___ love to work backstage and on lighting. I ___11___ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ___12___ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ___13___ to know that I succeed in an area where few others — and virtually(事实上) no girls — do.
High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ___14___. Like others, I’m often insecure(不安的), not ___15___ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.
1. A. doors B. windows C. roofs D. walls
2. A. smells B. tastes C. sounds D. looks
3. A. hate B. love C. miss D. forget
4. A. room B. office C. building D. stage
5. A. pretend B. expect C. want D. decide
6. A. hardly B. seriously C. constantly D. happily
7. A. thought of B. judged C. taken care of D. feeling
8. A. happiness B. anxieties C. chances D. pressures
9. A. feeling B. idea C. hope D. fact
10. A. seldom B. almost C. relatively D. absolutely
11. A. hope B. doubt C. think D. suspect
12. A. up for B. out at C. up to D. down to
13. A. pride B. duty C. humor D. sight
14. A. cruelly B. tensely C. friendly D. mildly
15. A. fond of B. afraid for C. sure of D. interested in
广州某电视台打算开办一个面向中学生观众的英语节目，新聘任了来自英国的John作为节目编辑助理。现在，John就节目内容向广大中学生征求意见。
写作内容:
假如你是学生李华，建议开办“广州全接触”（All-round Guangzhou）节目。请根据以下节目设想给John写信：
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节目内容 |
介绍广州的历史、教育、著名景点、饮食、名人 |
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播出时间 |
每周六、日，方便学生周末观看 |
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其他设想 |
邀请中学生参加节目，提高学生的收看兴趣 |
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开办理由 |
1．中学生可以更多地了解广州文化，在亚运会期间向外国游客介绍广州 有助于提高中学生的英语水平 |
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预期效果 |
将会受到中学生的欢迎 |
【写作内容】
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
2．信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总句数。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear John,
I know you’re going to set up an English program for middle school students．So I’m writing to suggest a program---“All-round Guangzhou”．
_ __________
I hope you can take my suggestion into consideration．
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先请阅读下面6封信件或便条：
A．Dear Mom,
Every time it’s your birthday, I remember all the great birthday parties you gave me when I was growing up．I especially remember the one when I turned to 16, and the words you and Dad said to me．Now I hope you enjoy the birthday party I’m holding for you．
Yours,
××××
B．Dear Dan,
It’s over! High school is now part of the past．But consider what your graduation day really means, aside from the gifts．It’s the beginning of a life filled with goals that only you can attain．You’ve made it through 4 important years, and we’re confident you’ll make it through anything else you’ll have to face．
Very truly yours,
××××
C．Dear Tom,
I’m 16, but my grandmother treats me as if I were 5．She uses a baby voice around me, which is really annoying, but I’m afraid to say anything because I don’t want to make her feel bad．How can I tell her my feelings, and let her know I’m growing up?
Love,
××××
D．Dear Tina,
I was almost unwilling to open your gift because it was so wonderfully wrapped．The paper was just lovely! I want to thank you for thinking of me．I’m sure you spent hours making this lovely sweater, and it’s so soft that I feel as if you’ve sent me 100 hugs．Every time I wear it I’ll think of you．
Very truly yours,
××××
E．Dear Aunt Pam,
Thank you so much for the cards and gifts you sent me for Christmas．I hope Uncle Mike and Little John are well．Next week I’m going to my father’s for the holiday．I wonder if you could come down and visit us．I haven’t seen you for nearly two years!
Love,
××××
F．Dear Mom,
I think you’re the greatest．I know you have faults, but I can’t think of any at the moment．You deserve much more than this small gift in return for everything that you’ve done for me, but it’s all that I can afford．Hopefully, by the time I become a mom, I’ll be able to be as giving to my child as you’ve been to me．
Love,
××××
请为下面回复的信件或者便条匹配合适的来信或便条：
1.Dear Sucre,
I understand exactly what you’re telling me, and I think this problem is very common．Don’t forget that, from your grandmother’s perspective, even your father and mother are just babies．Talk with your parents and ask them to talk with your grandmother．I’m sure they’ll be able to explain to her that it’s time to stop．
Yours,
××××
2.Dear Amanda,
Glad to hear from you! We haven’t seen each other since waiting at the Cincinnati Airport for that connection to London．And I’m really missing you! I’d love to see you, but Mike and I plan to visit the Lake District then．Please say hello to your dad．
Yours,
××××
3.Dear Michael,
My dear son, you’re growing up so fast, and turning into an impressive person．I was so excited that I couldn’t fall asleep after the party．You know, you really gave me a big surprise when I entered the room, and made me realize how considerate and kind you’ve turned out to be．
Love,
××××
4.Dear Amy,
Thank you so much for your gift．Best of all for me, though, was to see that you’ve become an independent woman．I’m sure you’ll succeed in whatever you do, sooner or later．And some thing you can be sure of: I’ll always be proud of you!
Love,
××××
5.Dear Linda,
You are the most caring and self-accepting person I know．I think of you as my soul sister．At this special moment, this sweater I made with my own hands seems like the best way to express my feelings．I wish you a great birthday, and a great year ahead．
Yours,
××××
A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day．“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”
True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild．Without manners, we’re no more than animals．Actually, that’s not true．I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other．Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line．
My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time．We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry．And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable．
I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners．While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off．
Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful．
While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it．I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me．I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics．
1.What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?
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A．Her son’s eating too quickly． |
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B．Her son’s not having a healthy diet． |
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C．Her son’s not having good table manners． |
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D．Teenagers’ not having good manners． |
2.The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”．
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A．too much |
B．not delicious |
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C．not enough |
D．quite hot |
3.We learn that the writer’s mother __________．
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A．was strict about her children’s manners |
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B．never punished her children |
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C．had beautiful blue eyes |
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D．was not good at singing |
4.What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?
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A．Easy and relaxing |
B．Painful and valuable |
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C．Easy but useless |
D．Too horrible |
5.We can infer from the passage that the writer _________．
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A．is surely liked by everyone around her |
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B．is not satisfied with most people’s manners around her |
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C．thinks she has been a perfect example to the young |
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D．thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot |
Not all think laughter is the best medicine, but it seems to help．So scientists carried on a new study of diabetes （糖尿病） patients who were given a good dose of humor for a year to prove it．
Researchers divide 20 high-risk diabetic patients into two groups．Both groups were given standard diabetes medicine．Group L viewed 30 minutes of humor of their choice, while Group C, the control group, did not．This went on for a year of treatments．
By two months into the study, the patients in the laughter group had lower level of the hormones epinephrine （肾上腺素）, considered to cause stress, which is known to be deadly．After the 12 months, HDL cholesterol rises 26 percent in Group L but only 3 percent in Group C．In another measure, C-reactive proteins, a maker of heart disease, drop 66 percent in the laughter group but only 26 percent in the control group．
“The best doctors believe that there is a physical good brought about by the positive emotion, happy laughter,” said study leader Lee Berk of Loma Linda University．And other research has found that humor makes us more hopeful．Still, more study is needed, Berk said．The research by Berk found that humor can bring about similar changes in body chemistry, which was proved in the new study．The research result will be presented this month at the meeting in the US．Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine shows that laughter causes the inner lining of blood vessels to expand, increasing blood flow in a way thought to be healthy．
“Lifestyle choices have an important effect on health and these are choices which we and patients should pay attention to, rather than prevention and treatment,” Berk said in a statement this week．
1.Why did the scientists carry on the new research?
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A．To find out if laughter was good to health． |
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B．To discover the best medicine to cure diabetes． |
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C．Because the number of diabetic patients is the largest in the world． |
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D．Because diabetic patients need more laughter than other patients． |
2.After 12 months into the study, ___________．
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A．C-reactive proteins increase 66 percent in Group C |
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B．the level of the hormones epinephrine stays the same in both groups |
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C．the level of the hormones epinephrine has dropped |
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D．C-reactive proteins reduced 66 percent in Group L |
3.The underlined part “HDL cholesterol” in Paragraph 3 must be _______．
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A．something bad to our health |
B．something good to our health |
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C．a kind of wonderful medicine |
D．a kind of dangerous disease |
4.In what way does laughter benefit people’s health?
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A．Blood is made thick by laughter． |
B．Laughter makes blood vessels thin． |
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C．Laughter increases blood pressure． |
D．Laughter makes blood flow fast． |
5.According to Berk, we should _________．
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A．choose lifestyles carefully |
B．change our lifestyles |
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C．prevent our lifestyles in advance |
D．pay less attention to the positive emotion |
For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions．People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer．For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer．He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing．
Cold can affect other parts of the body．The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation．
The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face．You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you．Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．
A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone．Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted．Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy．Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．
Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．
1.There are _________ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage．
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A．3 |
B．4 |
C．6 |
D．7 |
2.When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_________”．
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A．I give him the cold shoulder |
B．I think he is a cold-blooded man |
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C．I think he is a cold fish |
D．I’m likely to get cold feet |
3. If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________．
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A．she is a cold-blooded killer |
B．she gets cold feet |
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C．she is a cold fish |
D．she is out in the cold |
4.We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy．
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A．cold-blooded |
B．cold shoulder |
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C．cold feet |
D．cold-hearted |
5.The topic of this passage is about _________．
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A．the relationship between cold and our body |
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B．some expressions about friendship |
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C．some expressions connected with cold |
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D．how cold weather comes into being |
