1、Apurified Bbeautified Csimplified Dclarified4I need the money badly now and I have to _ my car though Im not at all willing to do so.Adestroy Bsacrifice Cundertake Dguarantee5Once she told me how many changes she _ in her life, and how she learned how important these changes were through the years.A
2、looked through Bwent throughCwalked through Dput through6Words like “discount” never fail to _ people, especially women, though they might not need what is being promoted.Aappeal to Breply to Coccur to Dstick to7Cats and dogs have quite different natures; dogs like company, while cats are _. Aindepe
3、ndent Bstubborn Cconscious Ddetermined8It was a（n） _ achievementno one has ever won the championship five times before.Aresponsible Bnoble Cunique Dextreme9Firms that provide _ high wages and good working conditions do not seem to have problems attracting employees.Aregularly Bnaturally Ceventually
4、Drelatively10The study of natural history is not something to be left to biologists. In fact, their capacity _ the time they can spend away from their offices is very limited.Ain terms of Bin view of Cin favor of Din search of第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。I
5、am a straightA student and have been my whole life. When you come from a family of educators, it just seems _11_. With high academic standards and a_12_spirit, I dont just dislike losing, and I cant_13_it. I need to beat the top students, preferably in_14_. Ive even got so far as to define myself by
6、 my _15_， saying that how _16_ I am. If I dont get the grade I _17_， then I am lost. Today I was sitting in class trying to _18_ the last minutes to study for a test I had to get full marks. _19_ the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen _20_ while still glancing at my study sheet
7、now and then. When I thought the _21_ required it, I smiled, _22_and agreed. And then I found myself wishing she would be _23_ so I could study. After a while, she said, “You know, youre a really good _24_. Youre so easy to talk to.” I froze. I replayed the _25_ in my head before smiling and accepti
8、ng it gladly. But inside, I knew it wasnt true. Shed made every effort to have a conversation and I wasnt even trying to _26_. I passed the test excellently _27_ my worry of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasnt on that test. I had _28_ being the best student so that I had
9、failed at just being normal. So what matters to me most? What I have is all about my personal _29_ and about me being too selfcentered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is never _30_ sympathy. I want that to be what matters to mesympathy.11A.awesome Bnatural Cunfortunate Dcompulsory12A.
10、competitive Bconservative Cprimitive Dsubjective13A.swear Brecommend Ctease Dstand14A.everything Bsomething Cnothing Dthings15A.parents Bgrades Cappearance Dstandards16A.handsome Binteresting Coutstanding Dmodest17A.steal Bexpect Cdeserve Dallocate18A.make up of Bmake use of Ctake care of Dtake char
11、ge of19A.When BWhile CBecause DBefore20A.attentively Bbitterly Cpolitely Ddeliberately21A.conversation Bstudying Ctest Dsheet22A.nodded Bshook Cglanced Dwandered23A.quiet Bgentle Cnoisy Dsleepy24A.talker Blistener Clecturer Dteacher25A.praise Bblame Crudeness Dflattery26A.alarm Bgather Cparticipate
12、Dshout27A.despite Bduring Cexcept Dbeyond28A.brought on Bdepended on Ccarried on Dfocused on29A.appetite Banxiety Csuccess Dfeeling30A.few Bsignificant Clow Denough第二部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AI never thought I would have a lifechanging experience at WalMart. Althou
13、gh my thoughts were only on speed, the checkout line I was standing in wasnt moving as quickly as I wanted, and I glanced toward the cashier. There stood a man in his seventies, wearing glasses and a nice smile. I thought, well, hes an old guy!For the next few minutes I watched him. He greeted every
14、 customer before scanning the items. Sure, his words were the usual, “Hows it going？” But he did something differenthe actually listened to people. Then he would respond to what they had said and engage them in brief conversation. I thought it was odd. I has grown accustomed to people asking me how
15、I was doing simply out of robotic conversational habit. After a while, you dont give any thought to the question and just mumble something back. I could say, “I just found out I have six months to live，” and someone would reply, “Have a great day！”But that wasnt the end. He gave them the change, wal
16、ked around the counter, and extended his right hand in an act of friendship. He looked the customers in the eyes. “I sure want to thank you for shopping here today，” he told them. “You have a great day. Byebye.”The looks on the faces of the customers were priceless. There were smiles and some sheepi
17、sh grins. All had been touched by his simple gestureand in a place they never expected. They would gather their things and walk out, smiling. Of course, he did the same to me and I got to know his nameMarty. Who was that guy? It was as if Sam Walton had come back from the dead and invaded this old g
18、uys body. I had never walked away from that shop feeling like that.31The checkout line the writer was standing in moved slower than expected because _Athe cashier couldnt work as fast as othersBthere were some big purchasesCthe cashier did more than scanning the itemsDthe writer was not patient enou
19、gh32According to the writer, when common people ask you “How” _Athey dont really care what you may answerBthey are just practicing their conversation abilityCthey are inquiring about your private informationDthey dont expect to hear any negative answers33What can we infer about Sam Walton?AHe might
20、be Martys father or grandfather.BHe might be friendly and devoted to WalMart.CHe might have died while working in the market.DHe might have come back from the dead once before.34What does the writer intend to express through the text?AOur everyday life is always full of surprises.BMost customers enj
21、oy being treated this way.CBeing different is a good way of doing business.DA little positive action can make a big difference.BAlthough the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs, its people are by now almost entirely an urban society
22、. Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry（林业）, and most of the rest live in or around towns, small and large. Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns, and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted
23、 view of the country, but most Americans do not live in small towns any more. Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas（large cities with their suburbs, of more than a million people eacha larger proportion than in Germany or England, let alone France）. The statistics（统计数据）of u
24、rban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day. As the rush to live out of town continues, rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses, so that it is hard to
25、say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb. But more and more typical Americans live in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.35If now America has 250 million people, how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?AAbout 25 million. BMore than 25 million.CLess tha
26、n 25 million. DLess than 225 million.36Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?AUnited States. BGermany.CFrance. DEngland.37Whats the meaning of the underlined word “metropolitan”？AOf a large city with its suburbs. BOf small and large
27、towns.COf urban areas. DOf rural areas.38According to the passage, what can we learn about small towns in the United States?AMost small towns become gradually crowded.BSmall towns are still similar to each other.CAs the traditional picture is changing, towns are different.DSmall towns are turning in
28、to large cities.CThe African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem （生态系统）. Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big planteater, it largely shapes the forestandsavanna （稀树草原） su
29、rroundings in which it lives, therefore setting_the_terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat.It is the elephants great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and underbrush, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical fo
