Ⅰ.单项填空
1．Worknet has a staff of 28 people，________ to assisting the community in their search for employment or training. A．addicted
B．devoted D．concerned
C．associated 答案 B
2．—I hear it may get windy this afternoon. —I don’t care ________ it doesn’t rain again. A．even though C．in case 答案 D
3．—Mike，our team will play against the Rockets this weekend.I’m sure we will win. —________！ A．Congratulations C．Best wishes 答案 D
4．Mr.Smith stood up ________ the 16－year－old boy，saying that he was not the person to blame. A．in memory of C．in defense of 答案 C
5．When I came to the strange city，I began to ________ what I would do to earn my living.
A．keep pace with C．make room for
B．give thought to D．get rid of
B．in celebration of D．in need of B．Cheer up D．Good luck
B．as far as D．so long as
答案 B
6．You’d better write down the phone number of the restaurant for future ________． A．purpose 答案 B
7．Perhaps the customer has ________ his monthly statement and not paid the bill. A．passed
B．betrayed D．escaped
B．reference C．progress
D．memory
C．overlooked 答案 C
8．He always does well at school ________having to do part－time jobs every now and then.
A．in spite of C．on account of 答案 A
9．What he has done is really ________．Now his parents are ________ him. A．disappointing；disappointed at B．disappointing；disappointed about C．disappointing；disappointed with D．disappointed；disappointing by 答案 C
10．The professor built a glass wall ________ he could observe what was going on inside.
A．in which C．from which 答案 D Ⅱ.完形填空
“If I ran my business the way you people operate your schools, I wouldn’t be in business very long！” I said before a group of angry __1__．
I represented a group of business people who wanted to __2__ public schools.I was a manager at an ice cream company that became __3__ when People magazine chose our blueberry (蓝莓) as the “Best Ice Cream in America.”
B．where D．through which B．regardless of D．in case of
As soon as I __4__， a woman raised her hand.To my surprise, she appeared __5__ and pleasant.“We are told, sir, that you __6__ a company that makes good ice cream.”
I replied __7__， “Best ice cream in America, Ma’am.”
“Sir，” she said, “__8__ you are standing on your receiving dock (码头) and you see an inferior (质量差的) shipment of blueberries __9__， what do you do？”
Immediately, I knew the question was a trap, but I wasn’t going to __10__． “I send them back.”
“That’s right！” she raised her voice, “and we can __11__ send back our blueberries.We take them big, small, rich, poor, gifted, confident, homeless, rude, and brilliant.We take them all! And that, sir, is why it’s not a(n) __12__．It’s school！”
In an explosion, all 290 teachers jumped to their feet and __13__， “Yeah! Blueberries! Blueberries！”
And so began my long __14__．
Since then, I have visited hundreds of __15__．I have learned that a school is not a business.For one thing, schools are unable to __16__ the quality of their raw material.
Yet it doesn’t deny the __17__ for change.We must change how we teach to give all children the opportunity to become __18__．But educators cannot do this __19__； these changes can occur only with the understanding, trust, permission, and active support of the whole society.__20__， to improve public education means more than changing our schools, it means changing the whole country.
【语篇解读】 本文是记叙文。一位老师的话让作者认识到运营学校不同于经营生意，想要提高公共教育，不能单靠学校，而是需要整个国家的参与和改变。 1．A.workers B．teachers C．parents 答案 B
2．A.replace C．influence 答案 D
B．challenge D．improve D．leaders
3．A.rich B．special 答案 C
4．A.continued C．finished 答案 C
5．A.polite B．shy C．famous D．busy
B．asked D．criticized
C．confident 答案 A
6．A.manage C．buy 答案 A
7．A.happily C．eagerly 答案 D
8．A.when C．although 答案 A
9．A.leave C．disappear 答案 B
10．A.lie C．admit 答案 A
11．A.ever C．also 答案 B
12．A.blueberry C．business 答案 C
13．A.reported
B．stop B．never B．warned
D．honest
B．establish D．help
B．carefully D．proudly
B．because D．until
B．arrive D．move
D．follow
D．just
B．ice cream D．receiving dock
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