阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16 ~ 25的相应位置上。

As a child, I was always out exploring my local area, whether swimming at the beaches or hiking through the bush. Australia’s outdoor lifestyle had me hooked on adventure and nature. I always wanted to explore   16  else was out there. Going on family holidays to many of the East Coast beach towns was always   17  fun adventure into the   18  (know). I came to love the beauty of world, and began to recognize just   19  much the planet had to offer, even   20  my experience of it was only in my backyard.

Also, Australia is very remote and detached from the rest of the world.   21  (Europe) often drive into other countries for   22   summer vacations. We never had that luxury and   international travel seemed all the more exotic and   23  (adventure) to me. Very often, we   24  (expose) to other countries through TV and movies,   25  I wanted to experience it for myself.

第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。

Five years ago, when I founded the Garden of Friendship, I had no idea it would play such  31   important role in the lives of so many of our members.

To many of us, the Garden of Friendship  32  (become) a home in our lives. Many of our members are disabled,  33  (limit) to our homes and the Garden gives us  34  may not be possible in everyday life. The Garden has touched our lives and hearts in many ways, yet the  35  (big) reward of membership is our friendship.

36   the Garden celebrates five years of friendship, I would like to say “thank you” to each of our members  37  the role you take in our success. I’d also like to express   38  deepest thanks to the Garden keepers. Together, the ten Garden keepers handle all the Garden of Friendship administration and website maintenance, discuss new ideas, and keep in touch with all our group leaders.

Congratulations to all our Garden family! I look forward to celebrating many more years of friendship together in the future. Special thanks to everyone for the love  39  care you give to the Garden.

Happy the  40  (five) Birthday to the Garden of Friendship!

    Charles Dickens (1812) was one of the greatest in all English writers. His books are still widely read today.

1.________

Dickens was born in a poor family. He had few education

2.________

in his childhood. He had to work in a factory to help his

3.________

family. He worked from morning till night with little to eat and only a small room to live. When he was twelve

4.________

his father was put into prison by debt.

5.________

Dickens first important job was as a newspaper

6.________

reporter. While working there, he wrote his first storybook “Pickwick Papers”, It was a great success. “Oliver Twist, ” his second storybook, was followed. He became famous for his writing

7.________

Dickens wrote many of books. As a writer he

8.________

succeeded in calling attentions to many of the terrible wrongs that were existed at that time.

9.________

Dickens worked hard that it did great harm to

10.________

his health. In 1870 he died while working.

Duncan, ______ NBA star, is one of _______ few football players who are very popular to many of his Chinese fans.

A. an; the          B. an; a            C. the; the         D. the; a

完成句子翻译（共5小题；每小题2分,共10分）

1.她所说的话让我想起了我的家乡。

What she is saying _________ me ________ my hometown.

2.粗心大意地驾驶是许多事故发生的原因

Careless driving                  many accidents

3.战争爆发于十年前。

The war ____ _____ ten years ago.

4.我们建议他们应该提供有效的预警机制来防范大部分灾难的发生。

We suggest that they provide an effective warning system to ________ many of the disasters __________.

5.我发现林巧稚把毕生都奉献给了病人，而自己却选择了独生。

I discover that Lin Qiaozhi had ________ her whole life _______ her patients

and had chosen not to have a family of her own.