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第I卷(选择题 55分)I.单项选择(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。
1. Gulliver’s Travels written by Jonathan Swift is my favourite. _______ book is worth reading.A./B. TheC. AD. An2. The number of wild animals ________ getting bigger and bigger in the nature reserve now.A. wasB. wereC. isD. are3. --Look! The house is on fire. --Oh, a young man is _______ the fire. How brave!A.p utting intoB. putting outC. putting upD. putting on4. Boys and girls, you can’t carry much money with you and don’t go out alone at night either.You need to guard against any possible _________ around you.A.dangerB. friendshipC. sadnessD. truth5. We should find a ______ place for a picnic. I mean, it is not far from here and it’s very quiet.A.m eaningfulB. publicC. tinyD. proper6. The old man had the _________ money of all, but he raised the most money for Project Hope.A. littleB. lessC. leastD. fewest7. --What else do we need? -- Nothing else, I think. We’ve got _________ ready.A. nothingB. somethingC. anythingD. everything8. – What is Mum cooking in the kitchen? -- Fish, I guess. It _______ nice.A. soundsB. smellsC. looksD. tastes9. In Britain people won’t push past you if you are ______. They will wait until you move away.A.by the wayB. on the wayC. in their wayD. in some ways10.-- May I speak to Mary?-- Sorry, she isn’t in. But I’ll ask her to call you back _______ she gets home.A. as soon asB.beforeC. sinceD. till11. We _________ football in the park unless it rains tomorrow.A. playB. are going to playC. playedD. are playing12. -- Can you understand what I meant? -- Sorry, I can ________ follow you.A. alwaysB. nearlyC. exactlyD. hardly13. – What did your teacher say to you this morning? -- She asked me _______ this morning.A. why was Tom late for schoolB. how Tom comes to schoolC. that Tom would get to school at 8:00D. whether Tom had breakfast at home14. ________ with life in the city, life in the countryside is much slower and more peaceful.A.To compareB. ComparingC. ComparedD. Compare15. --________ take John to the Great Wall? -- Sounds great! He can be our guide.A. Shall weB. Why don’tC. Let’sD. How aboutII.完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)阅读下文，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
I was cute, active, happy... until that day when I was fifteen months old. When I 16 ona glass rabbit, I had a bad fall. The glass rabbit cut my eye 17 badly that my eye was blind. The doctor said that if the eye was taken out, my face would become out of 18 , so my scarred(有疤痕的), blind and grey eye lived on with me.People often asked uncomfortable questions about my eye or 19 play jokes on me. When the kids played games, I was always the“20 guy”. I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me. However, every time Mum noticed I was unhappy, she would say to me,“Hold your head up high and face the world.“It 21 me to move on in life.As a child, I thought Mum meant,“Be careful, or you will fall down or knock into something 22 you're not looking.”As a teenager, I always 23 to hide my shame(自卑), but I found that people liked me when sometimes I held my head up high.In high school I 24 to be monitor, but inside I still felt like a freak(怪物). All I wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got 25 bad, I would cry to my mum and she would look at me 26 loving eyes and say,“Hold your head up high and face the world. Let me see the27 that is inside.” That is how Mum told me pride.Mum's love and encouragement gave me the confidence to remove my own doubt. 28 I was able to look people in the eye. I learned 29 to appreciate(欣赏) myself but also to have deep love for others.“Hold 30 head up high”has been heard many times in my home. Each of my children has felt its power. The gift Mum gave me lives on in my children.16. A. triedB. gotC. landedD. knocked17. A. soB. suchC. tooD. very18. A. controlB. shapeC. orderD. place19. A. evenB. stillC. anywayD. indeed20. A. goodB. helpfulC. prettyD. bad21. A. helpedB.touchedC. stoppedD. allowed22. A. thoughB. so thatC. wheneverD. because23. A. lie downB. hang downC. look downD. cut down24. A. choseB. was chosenC. consideredD. was considered25. A. reallyB. mainlyC. speciallyD. highly26. A. inB. toC. forD. with27. A. beautyB. heartC. mindD. love28. A. At firstB. At mostC. At lastD. At least29. A. not onlyB. neitherC. bothD. either30. A. ourB. yourC. hisD. theirIII.阅读理解(共15小题; A, B两篇每小题2分;C篇每小题1分;满分25分)阅读下文，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。