Ⅰ.单项填空
1．It was only when I reread his poems recently ________ I began to appreciate their beauty.
A．until
B．that
C．then
D．so
解析：这是一个强调句，被强调的是状语only when I reread his poems recently.
答案：B
2．Make yourself ________ home and help yourself ________ anything that you’d like to eat.
A．in；with
B．at；to
C．at；with
D．in；to
解析：在家里应该使用at home；“自行取用……”可以使用help oneself to sth.。
答案：B
3．________ the youth ________ the rising sun at 8 or 9 o’clock a．m.，Mao Zedong expressed his great hope for the young men.
A．Comparing；with
B．Compared；to
C．Compared；with
D．Comparing；to
解析：本体“年轻人”，喻体“八九点钟的太阳”，所以要用表示“把……比作……”用法词组；“比喻”的动作是由主句主语——毛泽东发出来的，所以用v.ing形式作状语。
答案：D
4．The majority of people ________ like watching football games.
A．seem
B．seems
C．seem to
D．seems to
解析：本题考查majority作主语时的谓语动词的数。这里of后的名词people为可数名词，谓语动词要用复数。又因为seem后接动词不定式。
答案：C
5．The number of people invited ________ fifty，but a number of them ________ absent for different reasons.
A．were；was
B．was；was
C．was；were
D．were；were
解析：第一空表“数量是多少”，作主语，谓语应用单数；“a number of＋复数名词(代词)”作主语，谓语动词用复数。
答案：C
6．When my hand touched the letter in my pocket，I realized that I had forgotten ________ it.
A．to post
B．to have posted
C．posting
D．having posted
解析：信没有寄出去，句意为“忘记了要做某事”。
答案：A
7．Don’t keep your mouth ________ if you want to improve your ________ English.
A．shutting；spoken
B．shut；spoken
C．shutting；speaking
D．shut；speaking
解析：keep one’s mouth shut意为“闭嘴”，shut是过去分词，表示已处的状态；shutting是现在分词，表示持续的动作；spoken English意为“英语口语”。
答案：B
8．________ the students in our class is 45 and ________ them study hard.
A．The number of；the number of
B．A number of；the number of
C．The number of；a number of
D．A number of；a number of
解析：the number of...“……的数量”；a number of“许多”。
答案：C
9．The room was almost empty ________ a bench or two.
A．except for
B．except that
C．but D．except
解析：表示同类事物中被排除的一项，一般用except，也可以用except for；不同事物之间的情况，一般应用except for，本句中的room和bench性质不同，故不选D。
答案：A
10．Do you have any difficulty ________ these flowers？I’d like to help you if you have any.
A．to plant
B．for planting
C．with planting
D．in planting
解析：“在……有困难”应用短语：have difficulty in。
答案：D
11．As the weather was very cold，he couldn’t ________ his car.
A．start
B．begin
C．found
D．run
解析：本题应表示“启动，发动”汽车。
答案：A
12．Mr Zhang gave the textbooks to all the people ________ those who had already taken them.
A．besides
B．except
C．except for
D．except that
解析：本题为词义辨析题。根据题义，句中有all the people，那么其后的部分应为除外的成份，先排除besides，而C项常用于除开部分与陈述部分不同类的，D项须接从句。
答案：B
13．How did it ________ that the car fell off the bridge into the river?
A．come out
B．come about
C．come across
D．come up
解析：本题考查动词短语辨析。句意：这辆车怎么会从桥上掉到河里了呢？句型How does it come about that...？怎么会发生……这样的事呢？
答案：B
14．________ more and more forests destroyed，some animals are facing the danger of dying out.
A．With
B．By
C．As
D．For
解析：分析句子结构可知，空白处后有“宾语＋宾语补足语”形式(因为forests与destroyed之间存在动宾关系，所以destroyed不可能是谓语动词)，所以只有with有此用法特征。
答案：A
15．If you try to understand ________ that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect，it seems that there are two causes.
A．what it does
B．why it is
C．why it does
D．what it is
解析：从选项及句子结构看，understand后接的宾语从句中含有强调句型It is...that；且宾语从句中使用陈述句语序。
答案：D
.完形填空
We all hear about a kind of feeling called ESP(超感官知觉)．And we know a great many stories about it.Here I want to ask you，“Have you ever 16
felt that someone you know was in trouble—and
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？Have you ever dreamed of something that came true later？” Maybe you have ESP.
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Extra Sensory Perception.It may be called a sixth sense.It seems to let people know about events
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they happen，or events that are happening some distance away.
Here is a(n) 20
：A woman was doing washing.Suddenly she 21
，“My father is dead！I saw him 22
in the chair！” Just then，a telegram came.The woman’s father had23
of a heart attack.He died sitting in a chair.
There are thousands of stories like this
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record.Scientists are studying them to find out
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is behind these strange mental
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.Here’s another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.
A man dreamed he was walking along a road
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a carriage came by.The driver said，“There’s room for one more.” The man felt the driver was
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，so he ran away.The next day the man was getting on a crowded bus.This bus driver 29
.“There’s room for one more.” Then the man saw the driver’s face was the same face he had
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in the dream.He
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get on the bus.As the bus drove off，it crashed and 32
flames.Everyone was killed!
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people say stories like these are lies or coincidences.Others，including some scientists say the ESP is 34
from studies of ESP，we may some day learn 35
about the human mind.
16．A.easily B．immediatelyC．suddenly
D．quickly
解析：表示突然有了某种感觉。
答案：C
17．A.they did
B．they wereC．he was D．he did
解析：注意and在这里的用法。参看上句：...someone you know was in trouble.
答案：C
18．A.relates toB．turns outC．owes toD．stands for
解析：stand for代表，意义是……。
答案：D
19．A.when
B．after
C．until
D．before
解析：在发生之前预知。
答案：D
20．A.example
B．incidentC．accident
D．proof
解析：参见26空后面：Here’s another example.。
答案：A
21．A.remembered
B．thoughtC．screamed
D．argued
解析：预见到她父亲死去的自然反应。
答案：C
22．A.singing
B．sat
C．seated
D．standing
解析：见下文He died sitting in a chair.。
答案：C
23．A.killed
B．passed
C．died
D．left
解析：die of...死于……原因。
答案：C
24．A.on
B．in
C．off
D．with
解析：on record记录。
答案：A25．A.which
B．that
C．what
D．whatever
解析：宾语从句缺主语。
答案：C
26．A.messages
B．realitiesC．witnesses
D．contents
解析：message：信息；其它词汇与句义不符。
答案：A
27．A.then
B．while
C．as
D．when
解析：when：突然；这时。
答案：D
28．A.God
B．Mystery
C．Death
D．Reality
解析：Death：死神。
答案：C
29．A.required
B．told
C．urged
D．said
解析：见27空后：The driver said，“There’s room for one more.”。
答案：D
30．A.seen
B．spotted
C．advised
D．formed
解析：曾在梦中见过的。
答案：A
31．A.couldn’t
B．mightn’tC．wouldn’t
D．mustn’t
解析：wouldn’t：不愿意，不想。
答案：C
32．A.broke into
B．burst intoC．caught on
D．stood out
解析：burst into flames：突发大火。
答案：B
33．A.Another
B．The
C．Other
D．Some
解析：some...others...，见下文：Others，including some scientists say...。
答案：D
34．A.true
B．practical
C．absurd
D．lifelike
解析：与上句coincidence相对。
答案：A
35．A.much
B．more
C．general
D．exact
解析：对于第六感觉的问题，还有待于进一步的了解。
答案：B
.阅读理解
One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St.Louis，Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door.The sign said：“Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away.We invite you to attend the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym.”
At first everyone was sorry to hear that one of their colleagues had died，but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be.The excitement grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last respects.Everyone wondered：“Who is this person that was hindering my progress？Well，at least he’s no longer here！”
One by one the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless.They stood over the coffin，shocked and in silence，as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.There was a mirror inside the coffin：everyone who looked inside it could see himself.There was also a sign next to the mirror that said：“There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth：it is you.”
You are the only person who can revolutionize your life.You are the only person who can influence your happiness，your realization and your success.You are the only person who can help yourself.Your life does not change when your boss changes，when your friends change，when your parents change，when your partner changes，when your company changes.Your life changes when you change，when you go beyond your limiting beliefs，when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.
36．The underlined word “funeral” in the first paragraph means ________.
A．an occasion when one admires himself in a mirror
B．a chimney from where smelly smoke comes out
C．a ceremony for burying or burning a dead person
D．an exhibition displaying varieties of treasures
解析：词意理解题，由下文可知该词意为“葬礼”。
答案：C
37．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Last Respects
B．Beyond Your Belief
C．A Strange Company
D．A Road to Success
解析：综观全文，并结合第二段可得知。
答案：A
38．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The employees were shocked when they saw the dead person.
B．It is you yourself that can actually change your life.
C．In the mirror you can find how small you are in the world.
D．You can achieve your goal if you set limits to your growth.
解析：由最后一段可知。
答案：B
39．It seems that the company is ________.
A．encouraging the employees to show respects to the dead
B．providing good working conditions for its employees
C．suffering a heavy loss due to its staff member’s death
D．trying to make its employees aware of their own potential
解析：综合题， 综合全文可知。
答案：D