第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Before there was the written word, there was the language of dance. Dance expresses love and hate, joy and sorrow, life and death, and everything else in between. 36 We dance from Florida to Alaska, from north to south and sea to sea. We dance at weddings, birthdays, office parties and just to fill the time.
“I adore dancing,” says Lester Bridges, the owner of a dance studio in Iowa. “I can’t imagine doing anything else with my life.” Bridges runs dance classes for all ages. “Teaching dance is wonderful. 37 It’s great to watch them. For many of them, it’s a way of meeting people and having a social life.”
38 “I can tell you about one young couple,” says Bridges. “They’re learning to do traditional dances. They arrive at the class in low spirits and they leave with a smile. 39 ”
So, do we dance in order to make ourselves feel better,
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calmer, healthier? Andrea Hillier says, “Dance, like the pattern of a beating heart, is life. Even after all these years, I want to get better and better. 40 I find it hard to stop! Dancing reminds me I’m alive.” A. So why do we dance?
B. Dance in the U.S. is everywhere.
C. If you like dancing outdoors, come to America. D. My older students say it makes them feel young. E. I keep practicing even when I’m extremely tired. F. Dancing seems to change their feeling completely. G. They stayed up all night long singing and dancing.
第三部分 语言知识运用 (共两节，满分45分) 第一节 (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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say “sorry, 41
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number!” and move on. But when Dennis Williams 42 a text that clearly wasn’t intended for him, he did something 43 .
On March 19, Dennis got a group text 44 him that a couple he didn’t know were at the hospital, waiting for the 45 of a baby.
“Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken,” Dennis 46 . The baby was born and update texts were 47 quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her 48 , she didn’t seem to realize that she was 49 the baby’s photos with a complete stranger. “Well, Idon’t 50 you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby,” replied Dennis before asking which room the new 51 were in.
Much to the family’s surprise, Dennis stuck to his 52 ! He turned up at the hospital 53 gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey’s husband was totally 54 by the unexpected visit. “I don’t think we would have randomly invited him over but we 55 it and the gifts.”
Teresa 56 a photo of the chance meeting on a
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social networking website 57 by the touching words: “What a 58 this young man was to our family! He was so 59 and kind to do this.” The post has since gained the 60 of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184,000 shares and 61,500 likes in just three days.
41. A. unluckyB. secretC. new D. wrong 42. A. receivedB. translatedC. copied D. printed 43. A. reasonableB. specialC. necessary D. practical 44. A. convincingB. remindingC. informingD. warning 45. A. wake-upB. recoveryC. growthD. arrival 46. A. respondedB. interruptedC. predictedD. repeated 47. A. coming inB. setting outC. passing downD. moving around
48. A. opinionB. anxietyC. excitementD. effort 49. A. comparingB. exchangingC. discussingD. sharing 50. A. acceptB. knowC. believeD. bother 51. A. parentsB. doctorsC. patientsD. visitors
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