完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___16__ like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which accepted it without a question.
　　Jenkins gave the much more 17__ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife __18__ to Paris for a weekend. As to the __19__ ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.
　　Six months later the buyer __20__it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty diamond,"he said. "It isn't worth the high __21__ I paid." Then he told them the __22__. His wife's car had caught fire in an __23__. She had escaped  ,__24__ the ring had fallen off and been damaged  in the great __25__ of the fire.
　　The shop had to agree. They knew that no fire on earth can ever damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the __26__ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who __27__ it?
　　A picture of the ring appeared in the __28__. A reader thought he recognized the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which showed a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman __29__ a large diamond ring."Do You know the __30__ with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
16. A. surely         B. only　　　C. nearly　　 D. exactly
17. A. real　　　　 B. worthy　　C. modern      D. valuable
18.A. drove　　　  B. flew        C. sailed　　　　D. bicycled
19. A. last          B. first 　　　  C. second　　　D. next
20. A. sold　　　 B. posted　　　 C. brought　　  D. returned
21.A. money　　　B. price　　     C. cost　　   D. value
22. A. facts　　　 B. questions　    C. results       D. matters
23. A. accident      B. affair　　   C. incident　　  D. experience
24. A. so　　　　 B. but　　        C. or　　    D. and
25. A. pile　　　　 B. heat　　　　　C. pressure     D. power
26. A. real　　　　B. pure　　　　C. right　　   D. exact　
27.A. made　　　B. stole　　       C. copied　　 D. did
28.A. magazines   B. notices　    C. newspapers　　 D. programmes
29. A. carrying　　B. holding      C. dressing  　D. wearing　　　 
30. A. dancer　　　B. woman　　　C. jeweler       D. reader

据报道，7岁的美国女孩Amy Bruce得知自己身患肺癌（lung cancer）后处于极度的痛苦之中，美国抗癌协会（ACS）决定，每当Amy收到一封慰问信，就给她增加3美分的治疗款。

　　假如你是新华中学的学生李华，请你用英文给Amy写一封慰问信，主要内容包括：

　　自我介绍

　　得知的情况

　　表示鼓励

　　打算为她做什么

　　祝她早日康复

　　注意：

　　1. 信的格式已为你写好

　　2. 信中不得出现你的真实情况。

　　3. 词数100左右。

　　4. 请在答题卡上作答。

假如你叫李华，今年18岁。想利用暑假打工，你在报纸上看到了某咖啡厅的招聘广告。轻根据报纸内容写一封120词左右的求职信。

报纸广告：TEMPORARY  JOB　OFFER

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Age 18-24

To  work  in  busy  city  centre  café.

Must  enjoy  working  with  people

Previous  experience  necessary.

Good  pay.

Tel.  01 222 643977.

个人信息: available  during  the  week,  friendly,  helpful,  three  months  in  t he fast—food  restaurant.

Dear  sir,

_______________________________________________________________________________

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Yours sincerely,

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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

　　When I Was four years old,my mother died of cancer.My father brought my sister and me up 36 .Last April,when he had the heart surgery(手术),I felt as if 37 were going to end.

　　He is the most caring,selfless,loving person I know.

　　It all 38 so quickly.Out of nowhere my father's 39 was in danger.I was 17 and thinking about 40 would have to live my life 41 either of my parents! He was the person who jad 42 me what I am and could always 43 me down the fight way when I didn't know what path to choose.He was 44 to me. I felt completely 45 at the thought of his death.

　　Before my mother 46 ,My father explained her sickness to me.Now again he thought the best thing was to 47 .He sat me down for a long conversation.It was too frightening for my father and mme to talk about him 48 the surgery,so he worked around it by saying,"okay,we both know I am 48 going to die during this surgery, 50 say when I am leaving the hospital I get hit by a bus or something." 51 we talked about what I would do if he died.It was the 52 sonversation,but that was exactly what I 53 .

　　Facing the danger of death brings about the realization of 54 .I have learned to live every moment to its 55 ,never leaving anything unsaid or undone.

　　36.A.both B.alone C.later D.together

　　37.A.the world B.his illness C.our happiness D.my childhood

　　38.A.developed B.happened C.ended D.started

　　39.A.job B.family C.life D.health

　　40.A.when B.where C.why D.how

　　41.A.like B.after C.without D.with

　　42.A.made B.told C.given D.taught

　　43.A.drive B.stop C.place D.lead

　　44.A.a teacher B.a friend C.everything D.nothing

　　45.A.excited B.frightened C.disappointed D.lost

　　46.A.got ready B.fell ill C.became well D.passed away

　　47.A.talk B.wait C.leave D.plan

　　48.A.preparing for B.dying from C.working at D.having

　　49.A.not B.also C.probably D.surely

　　50.A.and B.so C.but D.then

　　51.A.First of all B.After a while C.At the end D.In this way

　　52.A.funniest B.easiest C.hardest D.happiest

　　53.A.expected B.needed C.enjoyed D.missed

　　54.A.joy B.work C.parents D.life

　　55.A.fulllest B.strongest C.longest D.happiest