把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处（注意所填短语的形式变化）：

1 That building __________ yesterday and the police began to look into it.

2 Never _________; believe in yourself and keep up courage.

3 In America those who are __________ can live on relief(救济金).

4 He is very helpful; he always helps those _________ out of difficulty.

5 He pretends to be making comment on the drawings, but ____________, he knows nothing about art.

6 Due to lots of thefts he was __________.

7 What I am _________ is whether I can find another job.

8 That chemical works , which _________ only two years ago, has been closed down recently, because it has brought lots of pollution.

9 Saddam Husin _________ death in 2006.

10 This party __________ at the last election.

把下列短语填入每个句子的空白处（注意所填短语的形式变化）：

1 That building __________ yesterday and the police began to look into it.

2 Never _________; believe in yourself and keep up courage.

3 In America those who are __________ can live on relief(救济金).

4 He is very helpful; he always helps those _________ out of difficulty.

5 He pretends to be making comment on the drawings, but ____________, he knows nothing about art.

6 Due to lots of thefts he was __________.

7 What I am _________ is whether I can find another job.

8 That chemical works , which _________ only two years ago, has been closed down recently, because it has brought lots of pollution.

9 Saddam Husin _________ death in 2006.

10 This party __________ at the last election.

 
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案写在答题卡上。（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
A
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
41. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.        c. Travelled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper job.      f. Learned to write stories.
A. e. c. f. b. d. a       B. e. b. d. c. a. f.        C. c. e. b. d. f. a    D. c. b. e. d. a f.
42. O. Henry went to prison because ___________.
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B. people thought he had taken money that was not his
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. he broke the law by not using his own name
43. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A. He was very good at learning.                     B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor.                  D. He was well-educated.
44. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A. His life inside the prison.                  B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. His exciting early life as a boy.       D. The city and people of New York.

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when some money went missing from the bank O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader’s surprise.
【小题1】In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.   b. Worked in a bank.      c. Traveled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.    e. Had a newspaper Job.      f. Learned to write stories.

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，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当

形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31~40的相应位置。

Gandhi, an Indian national hero, was honored  (31)          the father of the Indian nation. He has been respected and beloved  (32)            the Indians.

He was born in India in 1869. Following the local custom, he got married     (33)            the age of 13. In 1888 he sailed to England, where he studied law for three years and became a lawyer. On his return to India, he was sent to South Africa to work on a law case.

In South Africa he  (34)             (surprise) found the problem of racial discrimination was serious. There he formed an organization and started a magazine to fight  (35)          equal rights.

Gandhi returned to India in 1915, when India was  (36)            (control) by the British. He led the Indians to fight for an end to the British rule and        (37)            (depend) for his country. In the political movement many Indians  (38)            (include) Gandhi were put in prison. However, the struggles never stopped. The British government had to give  (39)           and India won its independence in 1947.  (40)           (fortunate)， Gandhi was shot by an Indian who opposed his views and died on January 30th, 1948.