1、.单项填空1_ sales of cars up by 30% last year，the traffic in Beijing has become increasingly terrible.AAs BSince CFor DWith答案D2James Cameron is considered one of the greatest directors in the world _ his influence in film industry.Ain exchange for Bin spite of Cin favor of Din terms of答案D3A round moon i
2、n the sky _ an attack of homesickness to Li Bai and then came the poem，A Tranquil Night.Aset in Bset outCset about Dset off答案D 4With the help of the collected money，subways can be built sooner and better，_brings convenience to citizens.Aas Bwhat Cwho Dwhich答案D5_ for a long time, most of the crops in
3、 this area died from lacking water.ABeing no rain BThere was no rainCTo be no rain DThere being no rain答案D6Mr.Black is a careful and experienced engineer，so he is often _to finish some challenging tasks.Aappreciated BapproachedCappointed Dagreed答案C7According to the law，all foreigners have to _ with
4、the local police within two weeks of arrival.AassociateBdisputeCnegotiate Dregister答案D8The doctors made an _ of the damage and said she must have an operation immediately.Aapplication BassumptionCarrangement Dassessment答案D9_with a special ability to learn language，she knows ten languages very well a
5、nd uses them freely.ATo be equipped BEquippedCEquipping DHaving equipped答案B10Why isnt Susan at the dance?_She couldnt come because she hurt her foot.ADont worry about her. BNever mind.CThats a shame. DBad luck!答案D.完形填空We stood there together，_1_ the lovely table and chairs.They were highquality piec
6、es of furniture.“Theyre antiques，family heirlooms (传家宝)，” our _2_ told us.Both husband and wife smiled with satisfaction and obvious affection for these _3_They invited us to sit and enjoy a meal in this inviting room full of fragile things.The meal was _4_，and we settled in and grew comfortable.Soo
7、n my husband grew a little too _5_and，without thinking，got into a bad habit.He leaned (倚靠) back in his chair，far enough to lift the front legs off the _6_.Oh no.Have I mentioned my husband is a particularly _7_man? Hes a lot to put in a chair.It made a _8_sound and an even worse sightthat beautiful
8、antique chair was _9_ and useless.My husband and I both _10_ sincerely.Our kindhosts were obviously very _11_But they insisted they would have no problem repairing the damage.Then they actually pulled up another of the antique chairs and _12_ my husband to sit in it.Im glad to report no more chairs
9、were _13_But one was more than enough，and to our hosts that chair represented so much more than a place to sit.Yet for them _14_ took priority (优先权) over the priceless chair.They chose people over _15_，hospitality over something they loved.Sometimes we have to make that kind of choice.The fact is，ot
10、her people dont always value what we value _16_we value it.They dont always act _17_Sometimes they cost us.If we value people，wed better hold _18_ to our treasures and be ready to love others，_19_ it costs us something we love.After all，people cant be _20_either.【语篇解读】本文是夹叙夹议文。文章通过做客的经历引出关于宽以待人的思考。1
11、A.describing BrepairingCadmiring Dchecking答案C2A.hosts BguidesCcustomers Dcolleagues答案A3A.foods BguestsCbuildings Dtreasures答案D4A.served BfinishedCbooked Dexpected答案A5A.confident BcomfortableCexhausted Dnervous答案B6A.table Bchair Cfloor Dwall答案C7A.strange Blarge Chealthy Dthin答案B8A.familiar Bterrible
12、Clovely Dfunny答案B9A.broken Bsold Cthrown Dlost答案A10A.complained BlaughedCshouted Dapologized答案D11A.tired Bangry Csorry Dsad答案D12A.allowed Bforced Cinvited Dforbade答案C13A.offered Bharmed Cneeded Dstolen答案B14A.honesty Bkindness Ccourage Dwisdom答案B15A.possessions BanimalsCplants Dresources答案A16A.as Bun
13、til Cif Dunless答案A17A.bravely Blegally Cswiftly Dcarefully答案D18A.slowly Bloosely Cquickly Dfirmly答案B19A.as if Bin case Ceven if Dnow that答案C20A.changed BaffectedCreplaced Dcontrolled答案C.阅读理解When a new school year began in August, students in four classes were greeted by a new teacher.The human resou
14、rces department had worked on through the summer to attract new teachers.Staff members made outofstate recruiting (招收) trips.The district changed its website and asked local people to tap their families and friends for job candidates.“We were leaving no stone unturned，” said Dave Ostash, assistant o
15、f human resources.Still, when the bell rang on the first day of class, they went short of four teachers.After years of hiring freezes, schools in the US.are in urgent need of more qualified teachers.In California, which educates more children than any other state, the number of teaching certificates
16、 issued (签发) has dropped by half in the past decade.The states school districts estimate (估计) they will need 21，000 new teachers annually over the next five years.School administrators and academic researchers point to a variety of reasons for the shortages.During the past years, many districts cut
17、down jobs and are unwilling to recruit new graduates.Debate over testing and renewing lowest performing schools has circled back to teachers.People go to wellpaid jobs, jobs that are more respected.Elena Avila, 24, a firsttime kindergarten teacher at Union Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles, sa
18、id she had wanted to be a teacher since an early age, but began to doubt the decision as she got older.She got a degree in classical studies and volunteered before making up her mind.To fill their vacancies (空缺), districts are trying everything to attract new teachers.The Fresno Unified School Distr
19、ict in Californias San Joaquin Valley has begun advertising openings at movie theaters.At Sierra Sands Unified, half of the new employees are not fully certified (证明合格的)；theyre working towards alternative certifications while they teach.It wasnt until three weeks into the school year that all the va
20、cancies were filled.For the four newest teachers, there was no time to prepare, only dive in.“Theyre going and hitting_the_ground_running，” Ostash said.【语篇解读】本文是记叙文，题材为社会文化类。美国的很多学校出现了教师短缺的问题。当问题来临时，很多地方都开始想办法解决教师短缺的问题。1How many teachers will California recruit in the next five years?A21，000. B42，00
21、0.C84，000. D105，000.答案D2What caused the shortage of qualified teachers?AThe schools offered higher paid jobs.BTeachers are more respected than others.CMany districts refused to hire new graduates.DThe temperature of schools dropped to freezing point.答案C3The underlined part “hitting the ground running” in the last paragraph probably means “_”Aturning to other people for some helpBsetting about doing something right awayCgetting well prepared for doing somethingDlooking forward to succeeding with pleasure答案B
