一、单项填空
1．Jack couldn’t remember the exact date of the typhoon，but he knew it was______Sunday，because everybody was at ______church.
A．/；the B．/；a
C．a；/
D．the；/
解析：考查冠词用法。句意：Jack记不得台风的准确日期了，但是他知道那是一个星期天，因为大家都在教堂做礼拜。第一个空表示“一个星期天”用a；第二个空at church是固定短语表示“在做礼拜”。
答案：C
2．—Did you go to visit Shanghai Expo Site in the summer holiday?
—No.I ______，but I had too many important problems to settle at hand.
A．had
B．would
C．was going to
D．did
解析：was going to 表示“本打算干某事而没干”。而would必须跟have才表示过去“本会干某事”。答语句意：没去。我本打算去的，但当时手头有太多的重要的问题要处理。
答案：C
3．Barack Obama told millions ______ him that his grandmother’s influence on ______ he is and the way he views the world was significant.
A．watched；how
B．watching；who
C．watching；where
D．to watch；what
解析：考查非谓语动词及名词性从句。watching him作millions的后置定语，二者之间在逻辑上是主动关系；第二个空who引导的是宾语从句。
答案：B
4．How long do you think ______ the computer company brings out a new product?
A．will it be until
B．it will be before
C．will it be when
D．it will be that
解析：考查特殊句式。此题是含有do you think的双重疑问句，后面的部分用陈述语序。
答案：B
5．—So I’m going to make the desk myself.
—Why ______ instead?
A．not buy it
B．don’t buy one
C．not buy one
D．don’t buy it
解析：考查代词和特殊句式。Why not do sth.？为固定句式，意为“为何不做某事呢？”，one泛指同类中的一个；it则用于指代上文提到的事物。
答案：C
6．______，I still do not love her for I am married.
A．As I admire her very much
B．Her as I admire very much
C．Much as I admire her
D．Much although I admire her
解析：考查倒装结构。as引导的让步状语从句用倒装语序，副词much提前。句意：尽管我很敬佩她，但我仍然不爱她，因为我已经结婚了。
答案：C
8．______ and you will find the church.
A．Walking one more mile
B．To walk another one mile
C．If you walk another one mile
D．One more mile
解析：考查特殊句式：祈使句＋and you will...“如果……那么你将……”，此题中的one more mile名词性短语相当于祈使句Walk one more mile.。
答案：D
9．It was five o’clock in the afternoon ______ they climbed up to the top of the mountain.
A．since
B．when
C．that
D．until
解析：此句为一主从复合句。when引导时间状语从句；若看作强调结构，应在five前加at。句意：他们爬上山顶的时候是下午5点钟。
答案：B
10．When he realized the police had seen him，the man______ the exit as quickly as possible.
A．made up
B．made for
C．made out
D．made off
解析：make for...表示“向某地走去”；make off 后常接介词，表示“从……跑掉”；make out 有“看出；理解；开(收据等)；进展；装出”等含义；make up有“编造；和解；弥补；化装；构成”等含义。
答案：B
11．Exercise is ______ as any other to lose unwanted weight.
A．so useful a way
B．as a useful way
C．as useful a way
D．such useful way
解析：本题考查as...as比较结构，另：as，so，too，how＋adj.＋a＋单数可数名词。句意：锻炼和其他减肥的方法一样好。
答案：C
14．This is the ______ bag ______ lost yesterday，but it’s not mine.
A．same；as
B．same；that
C．very；that
D．such；as
解析：the same...that“和……一样(原物)”； the same...as“和……类似”。句意：这个包和昨天丢的那个一个样式的，但它不是我的。
答案：A
15．The girl spent as much time as she ______ her lessons.
A．could going over
B．could go over
C．went them over
D．went over
解析：as much time as she could是spent的宾语；going over是in的宾语，in被省略了。
答案：A
二、阅读理解
A
As a child，I was nice，shy，and fat.And that combination made me perhaps the most vulnerable(易受伤的)kid I knew.I had been both accepted(invited to parties and sporting events in friends’ backyards)and rejected(picked last on teams，called“fat boy”as I played)by my peers.
I was so thrilled to be invited to anything at all considering my appearance.However，I found myself bullied in public，even by my closest“friend”．One day in seventh grade，an older boy called me“fat boy”the whole way home on the bus.As I waited for my stop，hiding in my seat，embarrassed and afraid I might cry，I hoped that my best friend，seated right behind me，would jump up to my defense.Instead，he jumped up and laughed at me as well，having obviously decided that being friends with the other，older，thinner boy would do more for him socially.And since I had made it clear to my friends that I wouldn’t take it too seriously if they laughed at me，he didn’t really care about losing my friendship at all.
And then I grew up.I placed limits on how others could treat me.I lost some weight，but was still heavy.However，I no longer allowed anyone to think I was less than them.Suddenly，my sense of humor and kindness made me one of the most popular kids in school.
Being fat isn’t a crime，and it doesn’t make you unlovely. But you can’t make anyone think more of you，or treat you the way you deserve，until you think more of yourself and treat yourself with the respect you hope for from other people.
作者小时候很胖，因此经常被欺负，但是后来他成了学校中受欢迎的人。
1．How did the writer feel when he was invited to some sporting events as a child?
A．Embarrassed.
B．Excited.
C．Uninterested.
D．Bored.
解析：细节理解题。从第二段的I was so thrilled to be invited to anything at all可知答案。
答案：B
2．The writer became more popular in school later because______.
A．he became thin
B．he had a good personality
C．he didn’t mind how others treated him
D．he made others think he was less than them
解析：推理判断题。从第三段的Suddenly，my sense of humor and kindness made me one of the most popular kids in school.可知答案。
答案：B
3．We can learn from the passage that the writer______.
A．has a positive attitude towards being fat
B．didn’t have any friend as a child
C．has never cared about his appearance
D．didn’t like going to parties
解析：推理判断题。从最后一段的Being fat isn’t a crime，and it doesn’t make you unlovely.But...可知作者对待身材肥胖一事的态度比较积极乐观。
答案：A
4．The passage was written mainly to tell us______.
A．how to lose weight
B．how to make friends
C．how to face the problem of being overweight
D．how to treat fat children
解析：作者意图题。本文中作者用自己的亲身经历告诉大家要用积极的态度对待身材肥胖的问题，要努力改变别人的错误对待。
答案：C
B
After having been involved with metal roofing for nearly 10 years，I have developed a true appreciation of this roofing material，and I would like to point out some wrong assumptions about it.
Some people think metal roofs have a higher risk of getting struck by lightning.Actually metal roofing does not increase chances of your home getting struck.Instead，if your house does get hit by lightning，metal roofs will help to curtail the damage and your roof will not catch fire as metal doesn’t catch fire easily.
Will metal roofs make a lot of noise when it rains？Modern metal roofing is typically installed(安装)over solid wooden boards.With them，your new metal roof will not make much noise.
It may seem like metal roofing costs a lot of money，but if you look at the cost over a long period of time，you will realize that it is actually the best investment a homeowner can make.A metal roof installed right is a very longlasting roofing system，and it may well be the last roof you will ever have to install on your house.And it will also help you save significantly on your cooling costs.Metal roofing can result in up to 35 percent savings in energy costs during summer months.
Some people are afraid that metal roofs rust(生锈)easily.Actually，they don’t.Modern metal roofing is built to last for decades.Steel roofing has a metal protection coating.It is also painted with highquality paint designed to withstand the toughest damage from bad weather，and provide the desirable color and look that homeowners want.
7．Metal roofs don’t make a lot of noise because______.
A．they are higher than regular roofs
B．they are thinner than regular roofs
C．wooden boards are used to help reduce noise
D．they have special paint to reduce noise
解析：细节理解题。从第三段的Modern metal roofing is typically installed over solid wooden boards.With them...可知答案。
答案：C
8．We can learn from the passage that metal roofs______.
A．should be changed regularly
B．are not suitable for rainy weather