第一节单项填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分。
)从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. Do you often go to the movies at weekend?I ______, but now, I seldom have time.A. used to beB. used toC. was used toD. used22. I am ______ the truth of the story.A. satisfied withB. satisfied forC. satisfied toD. satisfied at23. The old man _______ yesterday is a teacher.A. I spokeB. I spoke toC. whom I spokeD. that I spoke to him24. The man who is _______ the factory is an expert from the US.A. in charge ofB. in the charge ofC. the charge ofD. under charge of25. You are _______ your time trying to persuade him. He wouldn’t listen to you.A. wastingB. missingC. losingD. spending26. He is a student at Oxford University, ________ for a degree in computer science.A. studiedB. studyingC. to have studiedD. to be studying27. You’d better take something to read when you go to see the doctor _______ you have to wait.A. even ifB. as ifC. in caseD. in order that28. Frank’s dream was to have his own shop _______ to produce the workings of his own hands.A. thatB. in whichC. by whichD. how29. ______ her bike missing yesterday, she had to walk home.A. AsB. SinceC. WithD. For30. A great many trees ________ in the last few weeks.A. have been plantedB. have plantedC. are plantedD. had been planted第二节完形填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分。
)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从第31至40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One day before my final exam, my dad gave me a gift. It completely changed my life.On that day I had a _31_with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies. I was unhappy .Then I noticed the gift. I _32_it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was “THE SECRET”. However ,I was in no mood (心情)to watch it. I sat down to study, but the _33_in my life-the fight, the sleepless nights and my poor health…Everything came to my mind. I wanted an answer but I wondered _34_there was any. Just then, I saw the DVD again. May be it would be helpful. I _35_my DVD player. I had no words to describe the feelings I experienced while watching it. The moving(动人的)stories of human beings made me so moved that I wouldn’t _36_any of them.Thanks to my father’s gift “THE SECRET”,I discovered _37_.Everyboday has difficulties in their lives .The important thing is that you should be _38_enough to face them. Now I have started _39_my studies and my friends. And I’m in good health, too. I often hear people say, “Wow! _40_perfect life you have!’31. A. trip B. party C. talk D. fight32. A. opened B. kept C. moved D. broke33. A. chances B. problems C. suggestions D. mistakes34. A. why B. that C. if D. how35. A. turned on B. looked for C. put away D. paid for36. A. report B. forget C. think D. remember37. A. yourself B. itself C. himself D. myself38. A. mad B. brave C. sad D. weak39. A. being busy with B. worrying aboutC. getting on well withD. being afraid of40.A. What a B. What C. How a D. How第三部分阅读技能(共三节,满分35分。
)第一节阅读理解(共12小题;每小题2分,满分24分。
)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
ABend over,take a deep breath and drink some water!This is just one of hundreds of tips you might get if you have the hiccups(打嗝)。
Hiccups are so mysterious. We really do n’t know why they start and why they stop.Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups. Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well. Others eat a teaspoon of sugar. Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it.An American man named Jack O Leary claimed to have hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years. He tried 60,000 cures, but none of them worked. Finally he prayed to Saint Jude,the saint of Hopeless cases,and his hiccupping stopped immediately.It took a British plumber eight months to cure his hiccups. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well. He tried them all,but the hiccups continued. Finally,he drank a “secret” mixture someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone.Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure.41. _________ might be the best cure for hiccups.A. Special pillsB. A spoonful of saltC. Cold waterD. What you believe in42. The plumber spent __________ in stopping his hiccups.A. 4 hoursB. 2 daysC. 8 monthsD. 8 years43. According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?A. We know why the hiccups start,but we don‘t know how to stop them.B. Saint Jude is an expert in curing the hiccups.C. The British plumber drank a secret mixture given by an experienced doctor and then became well.D. Some people think that a good scare is a cure for a case of hiccups.44. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Different ways to stop hiccupsB. What makes hiccups happenC. How to get hiccupsD. Jack O‘Leary’s hiccupsBThere are three branches of medicine. One is called “doctor medicine” or “scientific medicine”。