Dad missed a step and fell,_________ the new suitcase rolling down the stairs.

A. resulting in                    B. resulting from 

C. as a result                     D. as a result of

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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。  

Introduction to Letters to Sam

Dear Reader,

Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my  36  ,Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been  37  ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the  38  to tell Sam what I had  39  .

For years I have been hosting a program on the  40  and writing articles for a magazine. Being  41  to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart  42  , exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and   43  . So when Sam was born, I  44  to tell him about school and friendship, Romance and work, Love and everything else. That’s how I started to write these  45  . I hoped that Sam would  46  them sooner or later.

However, that expectation  47  when Sam showed signs of autism(自闭症)at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He  48  to communicate with others, even the family members. That was  49   for me but didn’t stop me writing on. I realized that I had even  50  now to tell him. I wanted him to  51  what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he’ll  52   as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just  53   if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.

Now,  54  the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a   55  .   

Daniel Gottlieb

A. son         B. nephew      C. brother     D. grandson

A. seriously    B. mentally      C. slightly     D. quietly

A. ability      B. time           C. courage     D. responsibility

A. written     B. suffered      C. observed    D. lost

A. radio       B. television      C. stage       D. bed

A. ready        B. unable     C. anxious    D. eager

A. warm         B. broken     C. closed        D. open

A. hosts       B. visitors        C. readers     D. reporters

A. began        B. stopped      C. forgot      D. decided

A. letters      B. emails      C. books      D. diaries

A. find            B. read            C. collect      D. keep

A. developed   B. disappeared   C. changed     D. arrived

A. tried       B. refused         C. regretted     D. hoped

A. exciting        B. acceptable      C. strange     D. heartbreaking

A. less        B. everything      C. more      D. nothing

A. understand   B. explain   C. believe     D. question

A. fear        B. face            C. know      D. cause

A. felt            B. guessed     C. saw       D. doubted

A. as          B. once            C. though     D. if

A. teacher    B. child      C. man       D. writer

International Studies (BA)

    Key features

    ● Recognizes the “global community”

    ● Has close connections with practical research

    ● Much of the teaching is done in small discussion groups

    About the course

    The course gives you chances to know great power polities between nation states．It will provide more space to study particular issues such as relationship among countries in the European Union, third world debt, local and international disagreement, and the work of such international bodies as the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, and the World Bank.

    The course puts theories into the working of the international system with close attention to particular countries．You will also have a better knowledge of methods of solving the international problems.

    Related courses

    BA (Hons) Community Management

    BA (Hons) Public Policy and Management

    Employment possibilities

    International organizations

    International business

    Earth Science (BSc)

    Key features

    ● Based on key courses and the latest research findings

    ● Pays much attention to practical skills

    ● Offers chances for fieldwork（实地考察）

    About the course

    The demand for natural resources is becoming an increasingly serious problem for the future of mankind．Graduates in Earth Science will play an important role in meeting this demand, and in knowing the meaning of using the natural resources.

    The course covers geography and geology．You will carry out fieldwork in the UK and possibly overseas, and a research in an area of interest to you in the final year.

    Related courses

    BSc (Hons) Geograhpy

    BSc (Hons) Geology

    Employment possibilities

    Mineral, oil, water or other related engineering industries

International Studies is a course in ________.

    A．international polities           B．international business

    C．international systems    D．international bodies

After taking the course of International Studies, the students will _______.

    A．become practical and open-minded

    B．have a greater ability to discuss theories

    C．know how to settle international problems

    D．have good jobs in any international organizations

Earth Science, as described in the second text, ________.

    A．is attractive because of the chances for fieldwork

    B．pays more attention to practical skills than theories

    C．is built on important courses and the results of recent studies

    D．encourages students to play a role in using natural resources

It can be inferred that the above two texts are written for the students who _______.

    A．enjoy research work      B．plan to choose courses

    C．study in the UK      D．are interested in overseas fieldwork

阅读表达(共5小题；每小题2分,共10分)

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。

    On October 19，1959，the first Special English program was broadcast(广播)on the Voice of America．It was an experiment．The goal was to communicate by radio in clear and simple English with people whose native language was not English．Experts said the goal was admirable，but the method would not work．However，              ．The Special English programs quickly became some of the most popular on VOA．And they still are．

    Forty years later，Special English continues to communicate with people who are not fluent in English. During the years its role has expanded．It also helps people learn American-English．It succeeds in helping people learn English in a non-traditional way．And it provides listeners, even those who are native English speakers, with information they cannot find elsewhere.

Today，Special English broadcasts around the world seven days a week，five times a day．Each half-hourly broadcast begins with ten minutes of the latest news followed by 20minutes of feature(特写报道)programming．There is a different short feature every weekday about science，development，agriculture，and environment，and on the weekend’about news events and American idioms．These programs are followed by in-depth(深入的)15 minutes features about American culture，history，science，medicine，space，important people or short stories．

What does the passage mainly tell us?(Please answer within 10 words．)

Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following sentence?

Special English has played a more important part in many areas over the years．

Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)

What do you think about Special English?(Please answer within 30 words．)

Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph into Chinese．

–When we got to the cinema, the film hadn’t started yet.

   --So you________.

A. needn’t hurry           B. didn’t need hurry

C. needn’t have to burry       D. needn’t have hurried

You must be ________ that what you are doing is quite illegal.

    A. aware        B. confident       C. awful        D. magnificent

_____you like him or not is none of my business.

  A. who       B. That         C. What       D. Whether

The British are proud of the 2012 Olympic Games_______ in London.

A. to hold        B. to be held      C. holding          D. being held

The Summer Palace is really beautiful. In fact I doubt whether China has ________ park.

A. a more beautiful    B. a most beautiful     

C. the most beautiful       D. a beautiful

Microwaves may be great at warming up food, but what about warming people?

    Using microwaves to directly heat owners of a room would save much of the energy wasted by heating walls and furniture. And despite popular ideas about microwaves, this technique would be safe, according to Charles R. Burlier of the Microwave Research Center in Marlborough, New Hampshire. Low-power microwaves only penetrate (贯穿) the skin (low-power microwave penetration in a ham is about 0.2 inches, for example) and with no negative effects.

    To test this idea, Buffler subjected himself to microwaves in a special room using a standard 500-watt, 2459 MHz magnetron (磁控管). He found that a person will start to feel warmth at about 20 kilowatts per square centimeter (mw. / sq. cm. ) ; a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50 mw. / sq. cm. By comparison, a person standing in noonday summer sun feels the amount of 85 mw. / sq. cm. And a frozen meat pie in your microwave oven receives about 1000 mw. / sq. cm.

    In houses of the future, each room could be provided with its own magnetron, says Buffler. When you stepped into the living room, for example, a motion detector (运动感应器)would turn on the magnetron, filling the room with low-power microwaves. In the same way that a microwave oven heats up a hamburger, but not the plate it’s on, you would feel warmth from the microwaves without changing the temperature of your coffee table. (You could, however, make your favorite easy chair even more comfortable by treating it with a radiation-absorbing chemical.)

    While it might be some time before homeowners are comfortable enough with the idea to set up whole-body microwave heaters in houses, Buffler says microwaves may attract livestock(家畜) farmers. Lambs that are born outdoors in winter, for example, are frequently lost to cold. Microwaves could warm the lambs safely and quickly.

Which of the following can tell the main idea of the passage?

A. A new heating system.   

B. A new microwave oven.

C. A popular technique.

D. The magnetron.

According to Paragraph 2, which of the following does not describe the characteristics of a microwave heater?

A. It directly heats people in a room.         

B. It heats walls and furniture in a room.

C. It is safe.                            

D. It saves energy．

The test conducted by Buffler shows that when a person feels comfortable warmth, he receives about ________________.

A. 20 mw. / sq. cm.     B. 40 mw. / sq. cm.

C. 60 mw. / sq. cm.         D. 85 mw. / sq. cm.

According to Paragraph 4, which of the following fills the room with low-power microwaves?

A. The magnetron.  

B. The motion detector.

C. The microwave oven. 

D. The radiation-absorbing chemical.

Which of the following statements about microwave heaters would Buffler most probably agree with?

    A. Microwave heaters will soon be widely used by homeowners.

    B. Microwave heaters sometimes make people feel uncomfortable.

    C. Perhaps microwave heaters will be first used by livestock farmers, who wish to protect their lambs in winter.

D. Microwave heaters cannot be accepted by the public because they are somewhat unsafe.