—What do you think of their marriage?

   —______, if I were Kate, I would not marry him.

     A. Generally speaking     B. I have no idea     

      C. To be honest                    D. To my surprise

书面表达（满分25分）

现在，许多父母都到孩子所在的学校附近租房子“陪读”。对此现象人们意见不一。请根据以下提示，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文，并发表自己的看法。

Should parents rent houses near their children’s schools so that they can stay with their children while they are studying ? There are varied opinions .

_____________________________________________________________________________

----- Why was the student laughed at by classmates?

----- He must have _____ what the teacher said in class.

A. recognized                  B. grasped              C. mistaken            D. achieved

You have no idea how she finished the relay race _    _ her foot wounded so much．

       A．for         B．when       C．with               D．while

Soon there is enough force to lift the plane ___ the ground.

A. off    B. of    C. up    D. out

I don’t think English is __ a language as Russian.

A. difficult as   B. as difficult    C. more difficult    D. difficult

             was most important to her, she told me, was her family.

A. It          B. This          C. What       D. As

It was already one in the morning, and my candle was nearly burnt out, _____ I saw the dull yellow eyes of the creature open.

A. when     B. that     C. where     D. how

I feel _____ no use ____ so much money on that project.

A. that; spending   B. it; to spend              C. that; to spend            D. it; spending

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白

处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

第二节完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

It was New Year’s night, An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful（悲哀的）eyes towards the deep  36  sky, where the stars were  37  like white lilies(百合花)on

the surface of a clear calm lake．Then he threw them on the earth．Where a few more  38  people than himself now moved towards their certain goal-the  39 ，He had already passed sixty of the  40   leading to it，and he had brought from his journey nothing but errors and regret．Now his health was poor，his mind  41 ，his heart sorrowful，and his old age short of   42．

The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him．and he recalled the  43  moment

when his father placed him at the  44  to the two roads-one leading to a  45 ．sunny place．

covered with flowers，fruits and resounding with soft，sweet songs；the other 1eading to a deep，

dark cave．which was endless． 46  poison flowed instead of water and where deviIs(恶魔)and

poisonous snakes hissed and crawled．

He saw the  47   fading away in the darkness．and these were the days of his  48  life；He saw a star fall from the sky and disappeared，and this was the  49  of himself．His regret，which was like a sharparrow．Struck deeply into his heart．Then he remembered his friends in his

childhood．who entered on life together with him．But they had  50  to success and were now

honored and happy on this New Year’s night

The clock in the high church tow struck and the sound made him remember his parents’

early love for him．They had taught him and  51  to God for his good．But he chose the 52

way．With shame and grief he   53   no longer look towards that heaven where his father lived．

His darkened eyes were full of tears，and with a despairing  54  ，he burst out a cry；“Come back，my  55   days!Come back!”

36．A．grey           B,blue           C. black        D. cloudy

37．A．floating         B, flashing       C hanging      D shinning

38．A．purposeless     B purposeful      C hopeful      D hopeless

39．A．house          B tomb         C church        D birthplace

40．A．dreams         B moments      C incidents      D stages

41．A．strange         B pale           C blank        D shallow

42．A．allowances      Bcomforts        C experiences   D  memories

43．A．serious         B awful          C tough         D desperate

44．A．end            B entrance        C origin        D base

45．A.  lonely          B noisy           C quiet        D peaceful

46．A．which          B that             C whose       D where

47．A．people         B lights            C  stars       D clouds

48．A．accustomed     B rewarded         C wasted      D occupied

49．A．symbol          B fate             C future       D outcome

50．A．lost their heart B devoted their attention

C．made their way D given their way

51．A．prayed       B attached         C adjusted      D turned

52．A．ordinary     B unfamiliar        C wrong        D difficult

53．A．would      B could            C should         D dared

54．A．anxiety     B effort            C patience       D attempt

55．A．early       B good             C old           D shamdful