按照课文内容填空（共8小题; 每小题0.5分，满分4分）

阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将相应答案写在答题纸上。

Henry, a businessman, who was from America, landed in London by   1  . Being penniless, he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.   2   in the street one day, he was invited to a big house. Then something   3   (believe) happened to Henry. There Henry stared at the food on the table   4  the two wealthy brothers asked him some questions. Henry told them that he had tried to seek help but no luck. He thought the two brothers made fun of him at first. On the   5  , they gave him a letter   6   Henry promised not to open until two o’clock. Being hungry, Henry went into a restaurant and asked for a meal costing a large amount of money.

The waiter treated him in rude manners   7   he was in rags.  But he took a chance and let Henry have the meal. When it was two o’ clock, Henry opened the letter with a million pound bank-note. They doubted   8   the bank-note was a genuine, but later they were sure it was not a fake.

按照课文内容填空（共8小题; 每小题0.5分，满分4分）
阅读下面的短文, 在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词, 或填入括号中单词的正确形式, 并将相应答案写在答题纸上。
Henry, a businessman, who was from America, landed in London by   1  . Being penniless, he earned his passage by working as an unpaid hand.   2   in the street one day, he was invited to a big house. Then something   3   (believe) happened to Henry. There Henry stared at the food on the table   4  the two wealthy brothers asked him some questions. Henry told them that he had tried to seek help but no luck. He thought the two brothers made fun of him at first. On the   5  , they gave him a letter   6   Henry promised not to open until two o’clock. Being hungry, Henry went into a restaurant and asked for a meal costing a large amount of money.
The waiter treated him in rude manners   7   he was in rags.  But he took a chance and let Henry have the meal. When it was two o’ clock, Henry opened the letter with a million pound bank-note. They doubted   8   the bank-note was a genuine, but later they were sure it was not a fake.

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。并将答案写在答题卡上。
John Henry was a young man, and he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country,He cjould work for hours without missing a beat, People said he worked so fast that his  36    moved
Like lightening
One day,a salesman came to the work area with a new   37    machine by powered steam, He said it could drill holes    38   than twelve men working together, The railroad company  39 to buy the machine if it worked as well as the salesman said.
The supervisor(监工头) said,”I have the best steel-driver in the   40     , He can beat more than twenty men working together,”The salesman   41    the statements. He said the company could have the machine without cost   42    he was faster, The supervisor told John about it and said “How about a   43    ?” John Henry looked at the machine and saw   44    of the future, He saw machines taking   45    of America’s best laborers, He saw himself and friends   46   and standing by a road ,asking for food, He saw men losing their families and their    47    as human beings , John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job, His friends all cheered.
The competition began, John Henry  48   his hammer and started working. At first, the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did,    49     he started working with a hammer in each hand. He worked faster and faster. In the mountain , the dust was so    50   that most men would have had trouble   51    . After a while , the machine was pulled from the tunnel , It had broken down, . But John Henry   52    working faster and faster. At last he became weak ,and his heart    53    . John Henry fell to the ground .”I beat them,” Then he took his 54    breath.
Soon, the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers ,.Many   55   left their families, looking for work, They took the only jobs they could find, As they worked, some sang about John Henry,
36.A  broom,           B  hammer          C hand         D sleeve
37.A washing            B drilling             C sewing        D flying
38. A quickly            B slower              C faster         D fast
39. A managed         B allowed             C refused       D planned
40 A family             B class               C film           D country
41. A doubted          B hated               C disagreed      D decided
42. A when             B if                   C unless          D despite
43. A lesson             B race                C unless         D despite
44.A images            B faces                C plans          D signs
45. A the place         B the room             C the space       D the air
46. A excited         B unemployed          C moved         D encouraged
47. A food             B rights              C wages       D houses
48.A touched           B kicked              C kissed        D stamped
49. A Otherwise         B But               C Then          D However
50. A thin               B big               C high          D thick
51. A laughing          B talking             C breathing      D singing
52.A stopped           B kept                C enjoyed       D suggested
53. A burst              B worked            C ran           D lived
54.A  own              B deep              C best          D last
55. A laborers          B women             C villagers       D salesmen

阅读下列各小题， 根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号内。

71. It being Sunday yesterday, rather than stay indoors, I ____________________. (prefer)

    由于昨天是星期天，我宁愿外出也不愿呆在室内。

72. Henry told me that there was a time _____________________ (他熬夜) every night going over his lessons. (stay)

   亨利告诉我有一段时间他每晚熬夜复习功课。

73. He insisted that we ______________________, though no one really agreed with him. (schedule)

   他坚持要求我们要改变进度，虽然没有人真的同意他。

74. They say that the accident happened because of the carelessness of the driver, but in my opinion, it is the cyclist rather than the driver ________________________ (blame)

   他们说事故的发生是因为司机的粗心，但就我看来，正是骑自行的人而不是司机应该对此事负责。

75. Not until we watched the Earth Day program on TV ______________________ much about global warming. (learn)

直到我们观看了地球日的电视节目，我们才了解了大量关于全球变暖的问题。

76. The manager, _____________________, felt like a cat on hot bricks. (settle)

   由于许多难题要解决，这位经理急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。

77．The earthquake is reported          more than 300 lives in Indonesia. (claim)

       据报道，发生在印度尼西亚的这场地震已夺去了三百多人的生命。

78. ________________________(货物空运) is very expensive in my country. (transport)

  空运货物在我国是很贵的。

79. When it comes to English learning, we ______________ to remember words in the way of imagination. (find)

   当提到英语学习的时候，我们觉得用想象法记忆单词更为容易些。

80. Ever since middle school, my sister ____________________ a bike trip. (dream)

  自从中学时起，我姐姐一直向往着一次自行车之旅。

阅读下列各小题， 根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号内。

71. It being Sunday yesterday, rather than stay indoors, I ____________________. (prefer)

    由于昨天是星期天，我宁愿外出也不愿呆在室内。

72. Henry told me that there was a time _____________________ (他熬夜) every night going over his lessons. (stay)

   亨利告诉我有一段时间他每晚熬夜复习功课。

73. He insisted that we ______________________, though no one really agreed with him. (schedule)

   他坚持要求我们要改变进度，虽然没有人真的同意他。

74. They say that the accident happened because of the carelessness of the driver, but in my opinion, it is the cyclist rather than the driver ________________________ (blame)

   他们说事故的发生是因为司机的粗心，但就我看来，正是骑自行的人而不是司机应该对此事负责。

75. Not until we watched the Earth Day program on TV ______________________ much about global warming. (learn)

直到我们观看了地球日的电视节目，我们才了解了大量关于全球变暖的问题。

76. The manager, _____________________, felt like a cat on hot bricks. (settle)

   由于许多难题要解决，这位经理急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。

77．The earthquake is reported          more than 300 lives in Indonesia. (claim)

       据报道，发生在印度尼西亚的这场地震已夺去了三百多人的生命。

78. ________________________(货物空运) is very expensive in my country. (transport)

  空运货物在我国是很贵的。

79. When it comes to English learning, we ______________ to remember words in the way of imagination. (find)

   当提到英语学习的时候，我们觉得用想象法记忆单词更为容易些。

80. Ever since middle school, my sister ____________________ a bike trip. (dream)

  自从中学时起，我姐姐一直向往着一次自行车之旅。