1、6（.5分）The school isnt the one I really wanted to go to，but I suppose Ill just have to _it，（）Amake the best of Bget away from Ckeep an eye on Dcatch up with7（.5分）Since people are fond of humor，it is as well in conversation as _ else（）Aanything Bsomething Canywhere Dsomewhere8（.5分）English is a languag
2、e shared by several diverse cultures，each of _ uses it somewhat differently（）Awhich Bwhat Cthem Dthose9（.5分）The professor could tell by the _ look in Marias eyes that she didnt understand a single word of his lecture（）Acold Bblank Cinnocent Dfresh10（.5分）A bank is the place _ they lend you an umbrell
3、a in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain（）Awhen Bthat Cwhere Dthere11（.5分）Hows your new babysitter？We _ ask for a better oneAll our kids love her so much（）Ashould Bmight Cmustnt Dcouldnt12（.5分）He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of _ at a hotel for the night（）
4、Aputting down Bputting off Cputting on Dputting up13（.5分）Ive been writing this report _ for the last two weeks，but it has to be handed in tomorrow（）Afinally Bimmediately Coccasionally Dcertainly14（.5分）Even the best writers sometimes find themselves _ for words（）Alose Blost Cto lose Dhaving lost15（.5
5、分）The manager was worried about the press conference his assistant _ in his place but，luckily，everything was going on smoothly（）Agave Bgives Cwas giving Dhad given16（.5分）My schedule is very _ right now，but Ill try to fit you in（）Atight Bshort Cregular Dflexible17（.5分）Can I come and have a look at yo
6、ur new house？Yes，_!（）Awith pleasure BI like it CI quite agree Dby all means18（.5分）Anyway，I cant cheat himits against all my _（）Aemotions Bprinciples Cregulations Dopinions19（.5分）If they win the final tonight，the team are going to tour around the city _ by their enthusiastic supporters（）Abeing cheere
7、d Bbe cheered Cto be cheered Dwere cheered20（.5分）I dont think Ill be able to go mountainclimbing tomorrow_？AAnd how BHow come CHows it going DHow about it第二节：完形填空（共1小题；每小题20分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将选项标号涂黑21（20分）Although I love my life，it hasnt been a lot of fun a
8、s Ive been ill for 28yearsMusic has always been a great love of mine and，in my 20s，when my（21） was more manageable，I （22） ten years as a professional singer in restaurants，playing and singing folk songs（23） that was years ago and times have changed（24） I live with mother on a country farmTwo years a
9、go，I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to （25） my disability pension （残疾抚恤金）（26） I needed to sleep in the afternoons，I was limited in my（27） I decided that I would consider（28） to singing in restaurantsMy family are all musicians，so I was（29） when I went into our local music
10、storeI explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke musicI knew that discs were very expensive and I really didnt have a lot of （30） to get startedAnd（31） you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can （32） useWhen I told the owner of the shop about my（33） ；
11、he gave me a long thoughtful（34） This means a lot to you，doesnt it？he saidCome with meHe led me （35） the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on itHe placed his large hand （36） on his treasure and said，I have 800karaoke songs in hereYou can take your （37） and Ill record
12、them for youThat should get you startedI（38） Thanking him，I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose（39） that I could singI have come full circle with his helpHis still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra，when I have the chance21AlonelinessBsadnessCtirednessDsickness
13、22AsetBenjoyedCkeptDshared23AGladlyBEventuallyCUnfortunatelyDSurprisingly24ANowBThenCSometimeDMeanwhile25Aadd up toBmake up forCget rid ofDtake advantage of26AIfBAsCThoughDBefore27AmovementBconditionCchoicesDpositions28Areaching outBliving upCgetting onDgoing back29ArecognizedBinterviewedCfoundDinvi
14、ted30AmoneyBtimeCenergyDknowledge31AthusBonceCseldomDoften32AactuallyBhardlyCnearlyDformerly33AjobBfamilyCideaDoffer34AfaceBviewClookDsight35AoverBalongCtowardsDthrough36AunhappilyBlovinglyCpitifullyDgratefully37ApickBturnCroleDstep38Ahad to cryBought to cryCshould have criedDcould have cried39Amore
15、Bthe onesCfewDthe rest40AcourageBdevotionCkindnessDtrust第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题10分，满分40分）第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑22（10分）One evening in February 2007，a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in WalesShe got out to open a metal gate that
16、blocked her pathThats when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a trainHer Renault Clio was parked across a railway lineSeconds later，she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracksCeelys near miss made the news because she blamed it on he GPS （导航仪）She had nev
17、er driven the route beforeIt was dark and raining heavilyCeely was relying on her GPS，but it made no mention of the crossingI put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train，she told the BBCWho is to blame here？Rick Stevenson，who tells Ceelys story in his bo
18、ok When Machines Fail Us，points the finger at the limitations of technologyWe put our faith in digital devices，he says，but our digital helpers are too often not up to the jobThey are filled with small problemsAnd its not just GPS devices：Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving ev
19、erything from mobile phones to wireless keyboardsThe problem with his argument in the book is that its not clear why he only focuses on digital technology，while there may be a number of other possible causesA mapmaker might have left the crossing off a paper mapMaybe we should blame Ceely for not pa
20、ying attentionPerhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor singalling systemOr maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipmentBut Stevenson doesnt sayIts a problem that runs through the bookIn a section on ca
21、rs，Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computerbased locking systems for carsHe offers two independent sets of figures on car theft； both show a small rise in some parts of the countryHe says that once again not all new locks have proved reliablePerhaps
22、，but maybe its also due to the shortage of policemen on the streetsOr changing social circumstancesOr some combination of these factorsThe game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complexIt is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live inSomewhere in the mix of tho
23、se forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technologyIf there is such a way，it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machinesAfter all，we have lived with them for thousands of yearsThey have probably been fooling us for just as long41What did Paula Ceely think wa
24、s the cause of her accident？ AShe was not familiar with the roadBIt was dark and raining heavily thenCThe railway workers failed to give the signalDHer GPS device didnt tell her about the crossing42The phrasenear miss（Paragraph 2）can best be replaced by Aclose hit Bheavy loss Cnarrow escape Dbig mis
25、take43Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with？AModern technology is what we cant live withoutBDigital technology often falls short of our expectationCDigital devices are more reliable than they used to beDGPS error is not the only cause for Ceelys accident44In the writer
26、s opinion，Stevensons argument is Aonesided Breasonable Cpuzzling Dwellbased45What is the real concern of the writer of this article？AThe major causes of traffic accidents and car theftsBThe relationship between human and technologyCThe shortcomings of digital devices we useDThe human unawareness of
27、technical problems23（8分）46What does the wordpumpmean inHe ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case？ATalk with BAsk for information CListen to DProvide with evidence47When Sally saysThe TV program kept pumping out commercials，she may be Aexcited Binterested Cannoyed Dworried48What will the government most probably provide if it is engaged in a pumppriming program？ASums of money BRaw materials CHuman resources DMedia support49When Sylvia saysHis speech was OK but it had no real punch，she thinks it was not Afluent
