The winters are usually mild．In the mountains, ________, the winters are cold.

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The winters are usually mild．In the mountains, ________, the winters are cold.

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The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different   36  about the foods they eat on this  37  day. In Northern China, people   38  eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the   39  and the beginning of time. According to historical   40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps   41  the areas in Southern China   42  more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  43  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.   44  , the most common foods for the first   45  are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  46  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which   47  the hope of improvement in   48  year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of   49   according to the Chinese.

To  50  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51   a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52  , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   53  new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   54  , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   55  .

1.                A．word          B．habits          C．meanings D．stories

 

2.                A．usual          B．unforgettable    C．common  D．special

 

3.                A．seldom         B．usually         C．always    D．hardly

 

4.                A．end            B．future          C．result    D．effect

 

5.                A．reasons         B．records         C．notes D．stories

 

6.                A．as long as       B．though         C．when D．because

 

7.                A．caused         B．took           C．produced D．brought

 

8.                A．understood     B．knew           C．made D．began

 

9.                A．Besides         B．Therefore       C．Consequently  D．Usually

 

10.               A．subject         B．title           C．program   D．meal

 

11.               A．symbolizes      B．reveals         C．shows D．indicates

 

12.               A．transports       B．represents      C．fetches    D．takes

 

13.               A．health          B．family          C．life   D．work

 

14.               A．reunion        B．luck           C．happiness  D．harmony

 

15.               A．do            B．pay            C．get   D．carry

 

16.               A．express        B．describe        C．establish   D．define

 

17.               A．Luckily         B．Unfortunately    C．However  D．Besides

 

18.               A．given away      B．made out       C．got into   D．taken up

 

19.               A．Instead         B．Fortunately      C．Moreover D．Furthermore

 

20.               A．fashion         B．effect          C．sight  D．power

 

 

The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different  36 about the foods they eat on this 37 day. In Northern China, people  38 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the  39 and the beginning of time. According to historical  40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps  41 the areas in Southern China  42  more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  43  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.  44 , the most common foods for the first  45 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  46  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which  47  the hope of improvement in  48 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of  49 according to the Chinese.

To  50  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51   a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52  , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   53  new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   54  , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   55  .

1.                A．word          B．habits          C．meanings D．stories

 

2.                A．usual          B．unforgettable    C．common  D．special

 

3.                A．seldom         B．usually         C．always    D．hardly

 

4.                A．end           B．future          C．result    D．effect

 

5.                A．reasons        B．records         C．notes D．stories

 

6.                A．as long as       B．though         C．when D．because

 

7.                A．caused         B．took           C．produced D．brought

 

8.                A．understood     B．knew           C．made D．began

 

9.                A．Besides         B．Therefore       C．Consequently  D．Usually

 

10.               A．subject         B．title           C．program   D．meal

 

11.               A．symbolizes      B．reveals         C．shows D．indicates

 

12.               A．transports      B．represents      C．fetches    D．takes

 

13.               A．health         B．family          C．life   D．work

 

14.               A．reunion        B．luck           C．happiness  D．harmony

 

15.               A．do            B．pay            C．get   D．carry

 

16.               A．express        B．describe        C．establish   D．define

 

17.               A．Luckily         B．Unfortunately    C．However  D．Besides

 

18.               A．given away      B．made out       C．got into   D．taken up

 

19.               A．Instead         B．Fortunately      C．Moreover D．Furthermore

 

20.               A．fashion         B．effect          C．sight  D．Power

 

 

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

Some of you must have complained why there are so many English words that you have to memorize every day.   36  , do you know how many words the English language has exactly? Maybe ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or   37   one million!

Every 98 minutes, there is a new English word being   38  . Last time when words were being   39   to the language at this rate was during the   40   of William Shakespeare. The   41   popularity of English has   42   the most fertile (丰富的) period of word creation. About 1.53 billion people speak English as a   43  , a second or a business language. The Global Language Monitor,   44   in the state of Texas in the US, has been recording English word creation since 2003. Now, there are almost one million English words.

Words that are predicted to be the one millionth   45   “defollow”, “defriend”, “noob”, and “greenwashing”. “Defollow” and “defriend” are Internet words,   46   what users do with a person they do not wish to   47   in touch with on the Internet. “Noob” is an offending name for someone new   48   a particular task or community. The word “greenwashing”   49   what companies do to appear   50   friendly. And “chiconomics” means a difficult time in fashion. Of course, there is a   51   that the one millionth word will be a sixth choice. The Global Language Monitor once   52   that the millionth English word would be “imminent” in 2006, but the organization has   53  that expected date  54  once. Other experts have   55   doubts about its methods because they don’t think that there is an agreement about how to classify a word.

36．A．However  B．Besides     C．Moreover  D．Therefore

37．A．ever  B．never C．even  D．sometimes

38．A．commented      B．created     C．memorized       D．motivated

39．A．added       B．acquired   C．adopted    D．devoted

40．A．years B．days  C．months     D．hours

41．A．appropriate      B．widespread       C．fundamental     D．awful

42．A．taken B．led    C．found       D．brought

43．A．physical    B．social       C．primary    D．typical

44．A．lay    B．located     C．built  D．found

45．A．conclude   B．include     C．have  D．set

46．A．saying      B．writing     C．describing D．accounting

47．A．lose   B．pay   C．have  D．stay

48．A．with  B．of     C．to      D．at

49．A．refers to   B．prefers to  C．comes to   D．sticks to

50．A．constantly B．eventually C．environmentally      D．finally

51．A．fact   B．possibility C．result D．bond

52．A．published  B．declared    C．expected   D．claimed

53．A．put up      B．put off      C．put down  D．put out

54．A．more than B．other than C．rather than       D．less than

55．A．expressed  B．instructed  C．associated D．consulted