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They want to employ 90 people, __________last year.

       A．three times as many as                                B．more than three times

       C．a(chǎn)s three times as                                         D．three times that they did

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I have no idea________is better, so I took       of them.

       A．what; both       B．what; none       C．which; both      D．which; none

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第二節(jié): 完形填空 （共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

I think we should try to find a happy memory, something to lift us up on those unpleasant days. I'm saying this because I think I just found mine!

I had some work in Glasgow then. I was on a really  36  schedule, which meant I would have no time for myself all day. I was having one of those days, the train was completely  37  and the conversation going on around me seemed to be particularly  38  . Besides, I had a bit of a headache.   _39   quickly across the station hall, I fished some  40  from my pocket. There was usually someone at the exit   41   The Big Issue ( a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living).

_42  the crowd parted ways at the bottom of the hall, I saw someone selling the

Big Issue. She really looked like she'd been sleeping  43  . Her clothes were  44  and she obviously hadn't had a scrub up (擦洗) for quite a while.

As I  45   the exit, I saw that she was  46  from side to side. At first I thought maybe she was trying to keep  47  against the biting wind. But she wasn't, she was moving in time to a  48 . I couldn’t hear her, but I could see her lips moving.

When I got closer, I saw a white  49  hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes. She was  50 , dirty and living on tile streets. I came closer and through the  51  of the traffic I heard her  52  the immortal (不朽的)line, "... and I think to myself, what a wonderful world!"

I bought her last magazine for twice what I'd originally  53  . She thanked me, then she  54_     her belongings and went tapping off along the pavement – still singing!

So, I have my happy  55  for the day. And I think it will stay with me a long, long time.

36. A. enjoyable             B. relaxing            C. tight               D. tiring

37. A. crowded              B. delayed           C. loaded             D. crashed

38. A. moving              B. interesting           C. pleasing            D. meaningless

39. A. Crawling             B. Walking            C. Wandering         D. Searching

40. A. cigarettes            B. sweets              C. change              D. paper

41. A. selling                B. buying            C. collecting           D. delivering

42. A. With                 B. Since              C. Until             D. As

43. A. comfortably           B. rough              C. soundly           D. anxiously

44. A. ragged               B. costly              C. tidy                D. fashionable

45. A. left                  B. passed            C. approached         D. examined

46. A. jumping              B. climbing            C. rolling              D. rocking

47. A. active                 B. energetic          C. warm             D. awake

48. A. dance               B. tune              C. step                 D. sound

49. A. issue                 B. arm              C. stick                D. log

50. A. deaf                 B. lame               C. mad               D. blind

51. A. noise                 B. music              C. voice                D. whistle

52. A. recite                B. compose            C. read              D. sing

53. A. expected             B. charged            C. intended           D. organized

54. A. picked up             B. throw away        C. put down            D. hid away

55. A. decision              B. memory            C. program          D. design

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58. According to the passage, The John Muir Trust is probably a group which       .

A. helps you save money             B. is ready to save tourists from danger

C. helps you make a tour plan         D. works on environmental protection

59. Which of the following is NOT the characteristic of the tour of Scotland?

A. No insurance.                  B. Small group.

C. Sustainable tourism.             D. Local guide.

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A. Editorial & Opinion              B. Fashion & Style

C. Business Today                  D. Leisure Time

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Will you spare me a few minutes now?

   � _______. But I’ll be free in half an hour.

A. Yes, of course    B. No. I can’t    C. Yes, with pleasure.    D. I’m afraid not

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---What is Rudi up to?

　---Rudi seems bent ______finding a new job.

　　A. on　　   B. to 　　  C. down 　　   D. over 

In this university a medal with five thousand dollars _______ achieved success in science and technology every two years.

A. is given to no matter who              B. is given to whoever 

C. are given to anyone who               D. gives to whomever

—I must thank you for taking the trouble to look after my sick mother.

   —_______.

A. With pleasure  B. It doesn’t matter  C. It was no trouble at all   D. By all means

III. 課文填空。以下是兩篇課文選段，請(qǐng)任意選擇一篇，并根據(jù)課文，在文中劃線處填上適當(dāng)單詞，每空一詞， (共10小題，計(jì)10分) 

1). Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to ___1_____ the ancestors, who might return _____2__ to help or to do ____3____. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in ____4____ of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think this will __5_____ the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. _6____ this important feast day, people eat food in the _7____ of skulls and cakes with “ bones” on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had its ___8______in old _____9_ about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets. If neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a __10____ on them.

According to a widely ____1___ theory, the universe began _____2__ a “Big Bang” that threw matter in all _____3____. After the “Big Bang”, the earth was still just a cloud of dust. ___4____ it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust _____5___ into a solid _____6__. The earth became so _____7___ that it was not clear ____8_____ the shape would last or not. It ____9______ loudly with fire and rock. They were in time to produce carbon, nitrogen, water vapour and other gases, which were to make the earth’s ___10______.

Filled with anger, he didn’t shout, but just ___ silently at me.

      A. looked     B. stared             C. glared    D. glanced