广东省兴宁市第一中学2014-2015学年高二上学期第二次月考英语试题

2014～2015学年度第一学期第二次阶段检测高二英语试题本试卷分第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题) 两部分共120分。

考试时间120分钟。

第一卷选择题(三部分共85分)第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.Where does the conversation probably take place ?A. At a hairdresser’s.B. At a dress shop.C. A t a grocery.2.What can we learn from the man ?A. The man hurried through the exam.B. The man was late for the exam.C. The man didn’t wear his sweater in a right way.3. What does the man mean?A. The teachers and the students enjoyed themselves.B. They didn’t have a good time because of the rain.C. They made some preparations for the trip.4. When will Vivien most probably meet Mike?A. At 8:45B. At 11:00C. At 9:155. What’s the woman’s impression about the lecture ?A. Interesting and easy to follow.B. More difficult than she expected.C. As easy as she thought.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。

兴宁一中高二英语中段考试题第一部分听说部分(15分）Part B: Role Play (每题１分,共8分)In this part, you are required to act as a role and complete three communicative tasks:listen to a speaker, ask the speaker three questions and then answer five questions.角色：你是学生。

任务：(1)向Mr.Wang询问去英国留学的相关事情；(2)根据谈话内容回答同学的问题。

Q1:英国的食物是什么样的？Q2:您当时在英国做什么呢？Q3:您为什么决定去伦敦呢？A1: For __________.A2: The light gifts like silk scarves and ____________.A3:__________.A4: __________.A5: He listened to English_____________and watched movies about English people.Part C:Retelling（每空１分,共7分）In this part, you are required to listen to a monologue and then retell it based on what you have heard.I am a policeman working downtown. One afternoon, I saw a boy who was standing outside a grocery store. He seemed to be __9__. I bought an ice cream in the store to earn his ___10____so he would talk with me. I asked where he ___11___and why he was there by himself, but he couldn’t answer me____12____. I told the boy to stay there and went to make a call to find a patrol car(巡逻车)to take him to the ____13_____as his parents didn’t turn up after a long time of waiting. By the time I came back, the boy had disappeared. I felt ___14___and embarrassed when the car arrived and I had to explain what had happened. One officer asked me what I had bought for the boy. I told him I’d bought him an ice cream. He said to me that the boy lived nearby, and that I was about the fifth policeman who had been ___15___ for a treat by him.第二部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答案题卡上将该项涂黑。

高三英语第二次质量测试题2008.4.11 本试卷分选择题和非选择题，满分为150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：1.答题前，学生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号填写在答题卡上。

2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。

3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目所指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。

不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

注意：听力部分先在试卷上作答。

录音播完后，你有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转移到客观题答题卡上。

第一部分（共110分）I．听力（共两节，满分35分）第一节听力理解(5段共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)每段播放两遍，各段后有几个小题，各段播放前，每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间，请根据各段播放内容及相关小题，在5秒钟内，从题中所给的A、B、C项中选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

听第1段材料，回答1---2题。

1. What does the woman ask the man to do for her?A. She asks the man to fix the broke flat.B. She asks the man to lend her some money.C. She asks the man to talk to her landlady.2. How much can the man lend to the woman?A. $ 200.B. $ 50.C. $20.听第2段材料，回答3---5题。

3. Where is Disneyworld?A. In CaliforniaB. In Florida.C. In New York.4. Why does the woman ask about Disneyworld?A. Because she plans to go on vacation there.B. Because she wants to go there with her boyfriend.C. Because she is thinking about spending her honeymoon there.5. With whom will the woman talk about her plan tonight?A. Her fiancé.B. Her parents.C. Her teacher.听第3段材料，回答6---8题。

广东省梅州市兴宁第一高级中学高二英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、选择题1. I couldn’t think of the name of that man __________.A. logicallyB. nowadaysC. brieflyD. anyhow参考答案：D2. _______your savings so fast,or you'll end up as a beggar.A. Stop to spendB. To stop to spendC. Stop spendingD. Stopping spending参考答案：C考查固定句式。

题目结构是“祈使句＋or＋陈述句”，句意为“不要大手大脚地乱花钱，否则你最终会成为乞丐的。

”根据句意可以判断答案是C项。

3. His first book is of great use for our course. But his latest one is ______ worth reading.A. betterB. moreC. muchD. very参考答案：a4. — I think you should go now.—_____.A. Never mindB. Go aheadC. All rightD. You’re welcome参考答案：C5. The pilot asked all the passengers on board to remain _____ as the plane was making a landing.A. seatB. seatingC. seatedD. to be seating参考答案：C 略6. She glanced about now and then _____ to make sure she was not being followed.A. so thatB. as thoughC. even thoughD. in case参考答案：B7. I think Tom, as the head of a big department, should either study regularly or _ his job.A.quitsB.to quitC.quittingD.quit参考答案：D8. —I don’t suppose the police know who did it.— Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and _____ now.A. had been questionedB. is being questionedC. is questioningD. had questioned参考答案：B9. ---What is the price of the house these days?---Oh, it sharply since two months ago. It is reported that the same thing occurred to half of the cities throughout the country.A. is gone upB. has gone upC. has been gone upD. goes up参考答案：B10. Yesterday my mother’s sleeve caught _____ fire while she was cooking us a delicious meal in ________ kitchen.A. a ; theB. a ; /C. the ; aD. / ; the参考答案：D11. ________ one foot before the other, slowly and purposefully, the deer walked up to_______ I was _______.A. Put, where, seatedB. Putting, the place where, seatingC. Put, the place in which, sittingD. Putting, the place where, sitting参考答案：D12. As we joined the big crowd I got _______ from my friends.A. sparedB. lost . C separated D. missed参考答案：C13. The girl was made to ________ a man she didn’t like at all.A. marryB. marry toC. get marriedD. be married with参考答案：A14. ___ used ___ in a foreign country needs time .A. To get; to liveB. Getting; to liveC. Getting; to livingD. Got; to living参考答案：C略15. The small factories _____ the fall of the prices.A. benefitedB. benefited fromC. benefited toD. benefited in参考答案：B试题分析：考查动词用法。

广东省兴宁市第一中学2014-2015学年高二英语上学期期中段考试题听说考试局部 (总分为15分)Part B: Role Play (每题１分,共8分 )角色：你是节目主持人Jane Summers任务：(1)采访一位高中生对电脑的热爱和使用情况；(2)根据谈话内容回答如下问题。

Q1:你每天用多长时间的电脑？__________________________________________Q2:你们班里的每个人都有电脑吗？______________________________________Q3:你有其他的爱好吗？________________________________________________A1: He is usually there by __________.A2: When Kevin was young, ____________taught him about computers.A3:At least __________ .A4: Most of them are getting __________.A5: He plays basketball, swims or __________ when he is not on the computer.Part C: Retelling〔每空１分,共7分〕听下面一个故事，请根据所听到的内容以复述填词的形式作答，每空填入一个单词.I had a terrible experience in 9 last year. One day I was 10 between a forest anda river. All of a sudden, I saw a tiger with two 11 eyes looking at me from the trees. I looked around but there was nowhere to 12 myself. I began to run. The tiger ran after me, much faster than me. Just when I wanted to 13 into the water , I saw a crocodile(鳄鱼) in the river. I had no time to think any more, and jumped into the river with my eyes 14 . Surprisingly, I found I was all right, but the tiger had jumped into the 15 of the crocodile.笔试局部〔总分为135分〕I语言知识与应用 (共两节，总分为45分)第一节完形填空 (共15小题；每一小题2分，总分为30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最优选项。

I单项填空 (共20小题，第小题1分，满分20分)1.I’m afraid you have to ________,or I’ll miss the train.A. pick upB. turn up C .take up D. speed up2.As a candidate, you must make a good ________on everyone you meet if you want to win the election.A.decisionB.impressionC.situationD.position3.Everything will be all right. We must never stop taking a(n)______attitude towardslife.A .understanding B. opposite C. optimistic D. relaxed4.She couldn’t ________the pain any more and screamed loudly.A. tolerateB. releaseC. feelD. foresee5.We are tired of the boring topic. Why not _______it to an interesting one?A. deliverB. connectC. directD. switch6.The town came into____ as we turned the corner.A. sightB. beingC. useD. fashion7. The English song always ________ him of his happy childhood.A. remains B tells C. reminds D. remembers8. Though _________ money, his parents managed to send him to university.A. lackedB. lackingC. lacking ofD. lacked in9. The witness _____ the middle-aged man _____ lying to the judge.A. accused; forB. charged; ofC. accused; ofD. charged; for10. _____ protect himself, he ______ being made use of by his boss.A. In order to; deniedB. So as to; deniedC. So as to; refusedD. In order to; refused11．In my opinion，the boy really hasA. gifted；giftB. gift；C. gifting；a giftD. gifted；12..I have searc hed ________ for the book but couldn’t find it.A. deeplyB. thoroughlyC. easilyD. comfortably13._______ in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.A. Having lostB. To loseC. LostD. Being lost14.Prices of daily good ______ through a computer can be lower than store prices.A. are boughtB. been boughtC. buyingD. bought15.The youngest daughter got angry again. Mother felt very _____ and father’s face wore a ____ expression.A. puzzled; puzzlingB. puzzling; puzzledC. puzzling; puzzlingD. puzzled; puzzled16.______ the month and the year, the book was put on the bookshelf.A. Being markedB. Marked withC. Marking withD. Having marked17. _______ by cutting down our expenses wi ll we be able to afford our son’s college fees.A. JustB. NeverC. /D. Only18. So difficult ___________ it to live in an English-speaking country that I determined to learn English well.A. I have feltB. I feltC. I did feelD. did I feel19. Not until the war was over _______ to school.A. that the children could goB. the children couldn’t goC. could the children goD. the children could go20.No sooner _______to bed than he fell asleep.A. he had goneB. he wentC. did he goD. had he goneII语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)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21—35各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

兴宁一中高二年级第二次月考英语试题本试卷共10面满分：150分考试用时：120分钟第一部分听说（答案写在标号为1－15的答题卷上）第一节 Role Play（8小题，每小题1分，共8分）翻译三个问题，并认真听取相关信息，以便完成下面的五个问题。

1. Q1. 你今天晚上什么时候回来？____________________________________________________A1: Listen to answer 1.2. Q2. 哪些朋友会和你一起去参加派对？____________________________________________________A2: Listen to answer 2.3. Q3. 会有多少人参加派对？______________________________________________________ A3: Listen to answer 3.Please get ready to answer five questions in English.4. Answer to question 1:____________________________________.5. Answer to question 2:____________________________________.6. Answer to question 3:____________________________________.7. Answer to question 4:____________________________________.8. Answer to question 5:____________________________________第二节故事复述。

（一空一词，每题1分，共7分）听下面一个故事，根据你所听到的内容将原文缺失信息补充完整。

广东省兴宁市第一中学2010-2011学年度高二上学期期末考试英语试题（必修二）(2011.1)第一部分听力(满分6分)Part C Retelling the Story.You will hear the story twice. You are required to retell it in your ownwords after that.主题介绍：Judy是一家商场的侦探。

一天，她成功抓获了一个小偷。

Key words: detective, shoplifter（商店扒手）, jewelry counter.Now you have one minute for preparation.Now, summarize it with over 50 words.二．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分第一节完形填空（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。

"I am going to have a dance performance tonight．" Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, “I hope you'll come．” She left 1 , disappearing in the throngs of people quickly．I could hardly believe my ears, for Mary was a quite ordinary girl．I had never seen her 2 or wearing attractive clothes, moreover, she always wore her big black-frame glasses．I arrived at the hall with the ticket, and found my seat．Her performance was the seventh one．I knew I would suffer from a hard time before her 3 , for I had no 4 of art, but her performance was worth 5 , no matter how long I would wait for．Time went slowly, I 6 not to fall asleep．Finally it came Mary’s turn．I opened my eyes as large as possible, 7 to lose anything．Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the glorious stage．Her dress went well with the brilliant lights．I could feel all the audience in the hall 8 their eyes on her and it was also _ 9 for me to remove my sights from her．10 with a charming smile, she looked like a pretty butterfly flying on the splendid 11 ．After all the performances ended, I waited for her at the gate．"Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and dressed as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen．I expressed 12 _to her．"I knew it would be wonderful．" She could not hide her 13 , laughing like a child．Her crystal shoes were shinning in the wonderful 14 night．Suddenly I 15 that every girl has a pair of special shoes like the crystal shoes of Cinderella．1．A．hurriedly B．worriedly C．surprisedly D．contentedly[来源: /] 2．A．taking up B．making up C．coming up D．getting up3．A．time B．chance C．turn D．occasion4．A．request B．need C．use D．sense5．A．watching B．reading C．listening D．looking6．A．handled B．dealt C．fought D．struggled7．A．fearing B．wishing C．wondering D．ordering8．A．attended B．absorbed C．focused D．pointed9．A．right B．easy C．wrong D．hard10．A．Singing B．Practising C．Playing D．Dancing11．A．stage B．hall C．house D．gate12．A．thanks B．wishes C．congratulations D．apologies13．A．sadness B．excitement C．enjoyment D．eagerness14．A．starryB．rainy C．cloudy D．stormy15．A．thought B．realized C．expected D．supposed第二节语法填空（共10小题，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

2024届广东省梅州市兴宁市兴宁市第一中学二模英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解If you are planning to start a career in the field of education，science，or culture，then an internship（实习）at UNESCO will be ideal for you．Who can applyYou have completed your full-time university studies；or．You are studying in a graduate program for a master's degree．Applicants in technical assignments must have reached the last year of their studies in a technical institution．What are the requirementsYou must be at least 20 years old．You should have a good command （掌握）of either English or French．You must have an excellent knowledge of office-related software．You should be able to work well in a team and adapt to an international working environment．You should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills．What do you need to prepare？Visa：You should obtain the necessary visas．Travel：You must arrange and finance your travel to and from the location where you will do your internship．Medical insurance：You must show proof of a comprehensive health insurance valid （有效的）in the target country for the entire period of the internship．UNESCO will provide limited insurance coverage up to USD30,000 for the internship period．Medical certificate：You must provide a medical certificate indicating you are fit to work．Motivation letter：You should have your motivation letter ready before filling out the application form．Your application will be accessed by UNESCO managers and will stay in our database forsix months．We do not respond to every candidate．If selected，you will be contacted by a manager．If you do not receive any update within six months，it means that your application has not been successful．1．According to this passage，applicants are required to________．A．hold a master's degree in scienceB．have international work experienceC．be fluent in either English or FrenchD．present a letter from a technical institution2．What will UNESCO provide for the internship period？A．Limited medical insurance coverage．B．Training in communication skills．C．A medical certificate for work．D．Financial support for travel．3．What should applicants do before filling out the application form？A．Contact UNESCO managers．B．Get access to the database．C．Keep a motivation letter at hand．D．Work in a team for six months．My friend never did well in school but always had a sharp eye for beauty. One day I was busy arranging some flowers in a vase but just couldn’t get them to look right. She came along, and with a few skillful waves of her hand, transformed them into a stunning bouquet. When praised for having this amazing ability, she shrugged off the compliment. She simply didn’t view her creativity as anything special.Too often we underestimate our own talents in this way. Maybe it’s because we’ve become used to believing that only abilities like a high I.Q., a gift for mathematics or a large vocabulary have cognitive (认知的) value. I was fortunate to learn otherwise at a young age.When I entered high school, a guidance counselor told my mother I wasn’t college material because I had performed miserably on the spelling section of a standardized test. Thankfully my mother recognized my other intellectual (智力的) gifts and stood up for me, insisting I be put into the college-track curriculum. This experience literally defined the course of my life. It showed me how important it is not to accept a label someone else put on me and it allowed me to realize myfull potential.I n the early 1980’s, Howard Gardner, a prominent Harvard researcher, pioneered a concept of “multiple intelligences”. In his book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, he suggested that intelligence is not limited to a traditional interpretation but instead includes a wide range of cognitive abilities.What I love about the multiple intelligences theory is that it allows you to reframe your own abilities and talents, especially those that don’t necessarily fit into neat academic boxes. While it’s true one must meet a basic level of intelligence for achievement, the analytical skills measured by I.Q. do not tell the whole story. This is why we should celebrate all of our talents and abilities. They’re part of what makes your individual brain s o wonderful and unique.4．Whose ability is probably underestimated according to the author?A．A child who has a large vocabulary.B．A child who is good at building Lego blocks.C．A child who has an easy time learning how to multiply.D．A child who quickly fits into academic learning process.5．What does “otherwise” underlined in paragraph 2 refer to?A．It suited me well to take college-track courses.B．Intelligence can be interpreted by various abilities.C．Spelling ability in a standardized test is of great value.D．A high I. Q. makes no sense in realizing my full potential.6．Why did the author mention Howard Gardner’s book?A．To introduce a new topic. B．To clarify a concept.C．To recommend the book. D．To support his opinion.7．Which can be a suitable title for the text?A．Change Your Cognitive Value.B．Develop Your Academic Ability.C．Appreciate Your Multiple Intelligences.D．Explore the Theory of Multiple Intelligences.When American anthropologist Colin Turnbull published The Mountain People in 1972, hereferred to his subjects — a Ugandan group called the Ik —as “the loveless people.” After two years of observations, he decided that they reflected humanity’s basic instincts (本能): cheat, thievery, and pitilessness. But when Athena Aktipis and her colleagues from the Human Generosity Project took a deeper look, they identified a community that shared everything. “Turnbull had visited Uganda during a disastrous famine (饥荒). All he saw is what happens when people are starving.” says Aktipis. But her team re vealed that despite living under pressure, the Ik placed a high value on helping one another when they could.Aktipis believes that altruism is more common and beneficial than evolutionary social science has long thought. “It was assumed that people are de signed to only do things to help themselves or their relatives.” she says. By studying the unique, selfless practices that helped nine communities across the world to continue to exist, the experts from the Project are looking to show that we are indeed capable of widespread cooperation.The Maasai people in Kenya provide one of the project’s main points. They rely on two-way friendships for resources like food or water when they’re in need, without expecting any repayment. Also, a world away, in New Mexico, while folks often help transport cattle and receive support in return, they will assist without repayment if someone faces difficulties, such as an injury or the death of a loved one.Aktipis believes theoretical frameworks she’s perfected through studyi ng these groups can apply broadly to any interdependent systems. Her big goal is to design social-service systems that support everyone. Take market-based insurance in the United States as an example: It’s priced based on individual risk factors such as health histories and where people live, which means millions of Americans can’t afford it. But in a system built on neighboring, pooled costs (合并成本) would level the burden during collective hardship like natural disasters and pandemics. 8．What did Turnbull think of the Ik people?A．Heartless. B．Helpful. C．Restless. D．Generous. 9．What does the underlined word “altruism” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A．Trying to be strong and tough to survive.B．Making full use of the surrounding resources.C．Being devoted to themselves or their relatives.D．Caring about the needs and happiness of others.10．What does paragraph 3 intend to convey?A．Friendships guarantee a well-being life. B．Folks assist each other to get support.C．Cooperation is a good and natural instinct. D．People tend to provide resources for free.11．How does Aktipis intend to apply her findings?A．By designing a policy for public health.B．By monitoring individual health histories.C．By creating a system against collective hardship.D．By lowering insurance prices for individual victims.Our species’ incredible capacity to quickly acquire words from 300 by age 2 to over 1, 000 by age 4 isn’t fully understood. Some cognitive scientists and linguists have theorized that people are born with built-in expectations and logical constraints (约束) that make this possible. Now, however, machine-learning research is showing that preprogrammed assumptions aren’t necessary to swiftly pick up word meanings from minimal data.A team of scientists has successfully trained a basic artificial intelligence model to match images to words using just 61 hours of naturalistic footage (镜头) and sound-previously collected from a child named Sam in 2013 and 2014. Although it’s a small slice of a child’s life, it was apparently enough to prompt the AI to figure out what certain words mean.The findings suggest that language acquisition could be simpler than previously thought. Maybe children “don’t need a custom-built, high-class language-specific mechanism” to efficiently grasp word meanings, says Jessica Sullivan, an associate professor of psychology at Skidmore College. “This is a really beautiful study, ” she says, because it offers evidence that simple information from a child’s worldview is rich enough to kick-start pattern recognition and word comprehension.The new study also demonstrates that it’s possible for machines to learn similarly to the way that humans do. Large language models are trained on enormous amounts of data that can include billions and sometimes trillions of word combinations. Humans get by on orders of magnitude less information, says the paper’s lead author Wai Keen Vong. With the right type of data, that gap between machine and human learning could narrow dramatically.Yet additional study is necessary in certain aspects of the new research. For one, the scientists acknowledge that their findings don’t prove how children acquire words. Moreover, the study only focused on recognizing the words for physical objects.Still, it’s a step toward a deeper unders tanding of our own mind, which can ultimately help us improve human education, says Eva Portelance, a computational linguistics researcher. She notes that AI research can also bring clarity to long-unanswered questions about ourselves. “We can use these mo dels in a good way, to benefit science and society, ” Portelance adds.12．What is a significant finding of machine-learning research?A．V ocabulary increases gradually with age.B．Vocabulary can be acquired from minimal data.C．Language acquisition is tied to built-in expectations.D．Language acquisition is as complex as formerly assumed.13．What does the underlined word “prompt” in paragraph 2 mean?A．Facilitate. B．Persuade. C．Advise. D．Expect. 14．What is discussed about the new research in paragraph 5?A．Its limitations. B．Its strengths. C．Its uniqueness. D．Its process. 15．What is Eva Portelance’s attitude to the AI research?A．Doubtful. B．Cautious. C．Dismissive. D．Positive.After building some standard cargo bikes, 16 , this time with something very special. I wanted to build an ideal cargo bike combining the stability of a three-wheeler with the possibility to change directions like being on two wheels.The first step was to do extensive research. 17 . An incredible source of technical inspiration was the online Tilting Group. Although primarily concerned with tilting concepts of engine driven constructions, the group is surely the best place to find information about constructing a tilter.After researching and outlining a few ideas, I grabbed some parts and started with a very simple prototype. Building such a vehicle needs a high degree of accuracy, which was not the case with my prolotype. 18 . So I made a few more sketches, which led to an improved version of the driving and tilting mechanism.Then I started building the tricycle. Building the structure was quite straightforward. As usual I took an old bike apart for the back triangle and then added the front part. After adding a cargo basket to the structure, 19 .Now came the hard part the driving mechanism. I started with the usual design used for two-wheel cargo bikes, but it took me quite some time to figure out how to pass the driving force to both wheels without allowing the whole thing to lock itself in any angle.20 , but I’m sure I can use the knowledge I gained one way or another.A．The project was demandingB．I decided to get my hands dirty againC．I fell in love with three-wheeler bikesD．I put all the parts together for the first timeE．It took me quite some time to understand the ideas behind itF．The engine driven constructions were always the most difficult to fixG．The consequence was that the driving mechanism locked itself occasionally二、完形填空While taking a 20-hour train ride along the edge of the Taklimakan Desert in northwestern China, I had the kind of humbling, educational, and above all else, wonderful 21 with a local that all travelers long for. A young Chinese man 22 me on the train. My 23 friend spoke virtually no English, so I happily took the 24 to practice my Chinese.Over several hours, he would tell me about how he had 25 a two-year professional school to quickly find a job 26 highways in order to help support his family. Perhaps the most 27 , however, was the fact that this man spent hours studying every day after hard physical labor. Without batting an eye, he would 28 a translated Emerson passage before asking about the literary influence of American 29 as a whole. ”And what do you all learn about Russian authors?” I 30 him asking at one point.It would have been easy to 31 my assumptions about this highway builder who had never been more than a few hundred miles from home. But this highly informed, 32 , and admirable person prevented me doing so. In the course of a couple of hours, he 33me just how much one can gain from 34 with an open mind, and a willingness to 35 with locals from all walks of life.21．A．experiment B．encounter C．competition D．appointment 22．A．treated B．saved C．lectured D．approached 23．A．true B．so-called C．new D．long-lost 24．A．chance B．advice C．trouble D．right 25．A．visited B．financed C．attended D．founded 26．A．building B．sweeping C．checking D．guarding 27．A．typical B．obvious C．natural D．remarkable 28．A．publish B．quote C．сорy D．download 29．A．writers B．historians C．workers D．students 30．A．anticipate B．imagine C．recall D．catch 31．A．look into B．rely on C．go over D．deal with 32．A．well-behaved B．multi-skilled C．warm-hearted D．self-educated 33．A．asked B．warned C．showed D．promised 34．A．traveling B．reading C．searching D．teaching 35．A．cooperate B．side C．negotiate D．engage三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

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。

When most people travel, they pick up all sorts of things: souvenirs, T-shirts, postcards and so on. However, Harry Loomer is 1. When he travels, he leaves something behind, something of lasting value — his 2 .Harry began donating blood at a college blood drive four decades ago. Since then, he has donated his blood 3 . Not once or twice a year, but every 56 days — as often as the law 4 . Even though he is now retired and 5 extensively, it has not slowed him down at all.For people who need blood, Harry is a/an 6. Since up to four people can _ 7 from a single pint of blood, Harry Loomer, with a 8 donation of 480 pints of blood, has played a big role in helping save hundreds of lives.Connie Smith also gives blood regularly. She knows that donating blood requires little work and almost no 9 while helping to save a life. ―People need to know how vital it is to have blood on ha nd,‖ she says. ―There is absolutely no 10 for it.‖Connie is participating in a Red Cross programme designed to pair closely 11_ donors with people who need blood regularly because of long-term 12. She is paired with a child who needs a pint of blood every two weeks. To ensure an adequate _13 for this young patient, Connie and another donor donate their blood every 56 days.―It’s not always 14,‖ Connie admits, ―but it’s more than wor th it to know that I’m helping that precious child. I’m sure if other people know how vital blood donations are, they would be 15 to sacrifice too.‖1. A. unlucky B. strange C. different D. brave2. A. help B. blood C. money D. smile3. A. regularly B. monthly C. occasionally D. gradually4. A. suggests B. allows C. requires D. believes5. A. drives B. travels C. exercises D. researches6. A. doctor B. father C. example D. hero7. A. benefit B. suffer C. choose D. start8. A. surprising B. fair C. generous D. reasonable9. A. condition B. courage C. pain D. time10. A. substitute B. access C. place D. reward11. A. matched B. balanced C. linked D. involved12. A. developments B. illnesses C. tests D. processes13. A. support B. application C. supply D. attention14. A. necessary B. helpful C. effective D. convenient15. A. excited B. willing C. lucky D. able第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡括号为16—25的相应位置上。