一、单项选择(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)。
( ) 1. __________Hong Kong is often regard as ____________ international centre for
business, finance and tourism.
A. 不填; an B. An; 不填 C. The; 不填 D. 不填; the
( ) 2. Washing State was named ____________ one of the greatest American presidents.
A. in favor of B. in need of C. in search of D. in honor of
( ) 3. We all ___________ him and regard him as a hero.
A. look up B. look up to C. look down D. look down to
( ) 4. There is a great evidence _____________ that music activities engage different parts of
the brain.
A. indicate B. indicating C. to be indicating D. to indicate
( ) 5. I want to put the photo ____________ I can see it every day, because it can remind me
of the happy days ____________ I spent in the countryside.
A. in which; when B. where; when C. in which; which D. where; which
( ) 6. To finish the task on time, the constructors kept working ___________ the heavy rain.
A. because of B. regardless of C. in memory of D. in defence of
( ) 7. Don’t complain ___________ your teachers ___________ doing too much homework, because they want you to be the best.
A. to; to B. to; about C. about; to D. about; about
( ) 8. This is the problem that we all should ___________.
A. pay attention o it B. attract our attention C. pay attention to D. attract our attention to it
( ) 9. You can wear casual clothes at the party. After all, this is not a(n) _________ occasion.
A. normal B. formal C. common D. ordinary
( ) 10. My parents’ words had a great __________ on me. I decided to make every ________ to learn English well.
A. effect; effort B. effect; effect C. effort; effect D. effort; effort
( ) 11. Experts believe that language learning is a process ___________ skills are more
important than grammar rules.
A. whose B. when C. of which D. in which
( ) 12. The worker earned little money a month, so he had to ___________ only fast noodles.
A. exist on B. exist in C. lie in D. lie on
( ) 13. I wonder how many years ago ____________.
A. did your father retire B. your father retired C. has your father retired D. your father has retired
( ) 14. The young couple will have to rent a house, for their newly bought one ___________.
A. is being decorated B. was decorated C. will decorate D. had decorated
( ) 15. We should consider the students’ request that the school library ________ more books
_________ popular science.
A. provide; on B. provides; about C. should provide; with D. provides ; on
二、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)。
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、 C、D四个选项中, 选出最
佳选项。
My name is Alice and I’m an equestrian ( 马术骑师). For a long time, horses have been my thing. I was a part of a sport that is ___16___ to the general population. I didn’t need the world to understand my ___17___. I loved it for myself and that’s all I needed.
I started ___18___ at a farm when I was 8 years old. I went every Friday afternoon after school and spent hours ___19___ horses and having lessons. When I was 10, I ___20___ taking part in horse shows but not before I could ___21___ care for my own horse and put ___22___ every piece of my equipment (用具). From the day that I started riding, I was ___23___ that my horse comes before all else. No matter how hot, cold, tired, or ___24___ I was, I had a horse to ___25___ and that’s just how it ___26___.
Once I started high school I went to a more competitive farm in my area where I had to ___27___ as a working student every day after school to be able to ___28___ my pricey habit. ___29___ never once in my entire junior career crossed my mind. Working hard to do what I love was all I knew. It was never as ___30___ as putting on my uniform (制服) and showing up to practice.
After I turned 18 and my ___31___ career ended, I went off to school as an amateur (业余运动员) where I now ride on the Syracuse English Equestrian team.
My biggest ___32___ have all been “horse” related. I love hearing my name get announced (宣布) for first place. Riding wasn’t just my sport; it was my ___33___. My trainers are like second moms to me. The girls that I grew up riding with are my best ___34___. I can’t imagine my world without ___35___ and the people they have brought into it.
( ) 16. A. unique ( ) 17. A. style ( ) 18. A. trading ( ) 19. A. making use of ( ) 20. A. started ( ) 21. A. hardly ( ) 22. A. away ( ) 23. A. impressed ( ) 24. A. anxious ( ) 25. A. meet ( ) 26. A. missed ( ) 27. A. work ( ) 28. A. break ( ) 29. A. Satisfaction ( ) 30. A. tiring ( ) 31. A. junior ( ) 32. A. achievements ( ) 33. A. lab ( ) 34. A. neighbors ( ) 35. A. pets
B. unfamiliar B. sport B. staying B. making fun of B. continued B. secretly B. back B. promised B. popular B. sell B. went B. leave B. introduce B. Freedom B. quiet B. short B. challenges B. home B. coaches B. horses C. useful C. show C. walking C. taking care of C. stopped C. properly C. down C. taught C. strange C. choose C. remained C. wait C. afford C. Sadness C. confusing C. successful C. movements C. palace C. friends C. trainers D. unfair D. skill D. riding D. taking control of D. avoid D. typically D. together D. proved D. comfortable D. love D. changed D. live D. develop D. Complaining D. easy D. playing D. losses D. garden D. audience D. books
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