一、单项填空
1．Families discover that going to see relatives and friends at______Spring Festival comes at______high price.
A．/；the B．the；a
C．/；/
D．the；the
解析：考查冠词的用法。第一个空“春节”是普通名词构成的专有名词用定冠词the；第二个空at a high price是固定词组“以相当高的价格，以高的代价”。句意：许多家庭都发现在春节期间走亲访友花费很大。
答案：B
2．______ is known to us all is ______Shanghai Expo is held very successfully.
A．It；that
B．As；/
C．That；that
D．What；that
解析：考查名词性从句。第一个空what引导的是主语从句，在主语从句中作主语；第二个空是that引导的表语从句。句意：众所周知，上海世博会举办的很成功。
答案：D
3．The boy from a poor family never dreamt of______for him to be sent abroad to study.
A．being a chance
B．there was a chance
C．there to be a chance
D．there being a chance
解析：考查非谓语动词的用法。动名词结构作介词of的宾语。此题易错选B，介词除了but，except，in等之外，都不能跟表示陈述的that引导的宾语从句。
答案：D
4．—______ the applicant wait outside the office?
—Yes，the manager is still on the phone.
A．Will
B．Shall
C．Must
D．Need
解析：考查情态动词。shall用于第一、三人称疑问句中表示征求对方意见“好不好……，要不要……”。
答案：B
5．______ abroad for a tour can be a great honor for an ordinary person like me.
A．Taken
B．Taking
C．Being taken
D．Having been taken
解析：句子缺少主语，由语境知此处为被动语态作主语，且没有时间的先后顺序，所以首先排除A、D两项；B项表示主动，只能选C项。句意：对我这样的普通人来说，被带往国外去旅游可能就是一种荣幸。
答案：C
6．______，a bird flew inside my room.
A．Windows are open
B．Windows open
C．Windows opened
D．With windows are opened
解析：考查独立主格结构作状语。open表示开着的状态。句意：一打开窗子，就有一只鸟飞进了我的房间。
答案：B
7．I’ll never forget the days______I lived together with the great scientist，______has a great effect on my life.
A．that；which
B．when；which
C．which；that
D．when；who
解析：考查定语从句。第一个空when引导的限制性定语从句修饰先行词days；第二个空which引导的是非限制性定语从句修饰整个句子。
答案：B
10．______ my mother can’t pick up，I am expected to leave school greatly worries me.
A．If
B．If that
C．That
D．That if
解析：“That...greatly”是that引导的主语从句，主语从句又是一个含有条件状语从句的主从复合句。句意：如果妈妈病不见好转就让我退学这件事很令我担忧。
答案：D
11. “It is strongly recommended，” added the firefighter during an interview on a fire accident in a threestar hotel，“that nobody______back to your room to collect your belongings during a fire.”
A．goes
B．went
C．go
D．will go
解析：考查虚拟语气。第二个引号中that引导的从句作recommend的宾语从句，因此用虚拟语气should＋动词原形，should可以省略。
答案：C
12．I think it is a problem of time，not ______ of ability.
A．one
B．that
C．the one
D．a one
解析：考查代词的用法。此处用one表泛指“一个问题”。句意：我认为那是个时间的问题，而不是能力的问题。
答案：A
14．—I would like to have some cigarette，if you don’t mind.
—______.
A．No，you’d better not
B．Not at all，anything you want
C．Thank you all the same
D．Yes，but not good
解析：考查交际用语。实际情况为不介意。句意：——你如果不介意的话，我想抽支烟。——不介意的，你想做什么就做什么。
答案：B
15．—Your parent’s house wants ______，Tom.
—Yes，it does.And it is also what I want to have ______ for long.
A．to be repaired；it repaired
B．repairing；repaired
C．being repaired；to be repaired
D．repairing；it repaired
解析：第一空考查sth.wants doing “某事需要被干”主动形式表示被动意义；第二空考查have sth.done“找人干某事，使得某事被干”。
答案：B
二、完形填空
Are you having trouble getting your child to wear their glasses？Listen to my experience.
Many，many years ago，my mother was__1__by my teacher that I might need glasses.__2__wearing glasses at that time was social suicide in junior high school，the__3__thing I wanted to do was to wear them.But quite against my__4__，my mother took me to the glasses store and in no time I was__5__with the largest，ugliest glasses in the store.I__6__them and didn’t want to wear them.I started getting into the__7__of leaving them places in the hope that they would get__8__，but someone would always find them and return them.__9__，while I was playing outside with my friends one day，I kicked those__10__things under a car，effectively losing them for good.As a result，my mother was__11__and scolded me.It was not until I__12__that my loved star Sharon Stone spent much of her childhood wearing glasses that I__13__avoiding glasses and began loving to wear them.
If your child needs glasses，then，my__14__is probably a very familiar one.For parents dealing with a child who doesn’t want to wear glasses，it’s quite__15__to get them to wear them.For school age children，wearing glasses will make them__16__different to their peers and in the schoolyard，being different from others is a very bad thing.However，it really doesn’t have to be.As parents，you can do something to give them some__17__about their new glasses.Children tend to__18__the style of those they respect.As a parent，you can__19__them that their favorite singer or actor wears glasses，too.
Believe me.Your children will wear their glasses once they find out that wearing them is not the__20__of the world.
作者小时候不喜欢戴眼镜，得知自己喜欢的明星戴眼镜后，再也不排斥戴眼镜了。
1．A.taught
B．informed
C．followed
D．visited
解析：根据句中I might need glasses可知，这里指老师通知妈妈。
答案：B
2．A.Until
B．Although
C．If
D．Since
解析：根据句意可知，此处表示原因，用since。
答案：D
3．A.pleasant
B．last
C．urgent
D．easy
解析：根据句中wearing glasses at that time was social suicide可知，作者最不愿意做的事情就是戴眼镜。
答案：B
4．A.advice
B．request
C．instruction
D．will
解析：根据句中my mother took me to the glasses store可知，这与作者的意愿背道而驰。
答案：D
5．A.fitted
B．comforted
C．impressed
D．fed
解析：根据语境可知，作者配上了眼镜。
答案：A
6．A.threw
B．hated
C．forgot
D．repaired
解析：根据句中didn’t want to wear them可得出答案。
答案：B
7．A.spirit
B．agreement
C．habit
D．opinion
解析：根据句中someone would always find them可推断，作者养成了这样的习惯。
答案：C
8．A.lost
B．burnt
C．stolen
D．changed
解析：根据句中find them可推断，作者希望眼镜丢掉。
答案：A
9．A.Firstly
B．Suddenly
C．Actually
D．Finally
解析：根据句中effectively losing them for good可知，最终作者把眼镜抛弃了。
答案：D
10．A.dirty
B．expensive
C．awful
D．tiny
解析：对作者来说，眼镜是个令人讨厌的东西。
答案：C
11．A.unhappy
B．calm
C．tired
D．excited
解析：根据句中scolded me可知，妈妈很不高兴。
答案：A
12．A.put down
B．found out
C．wrote down
D．figured out
解析：根据that后面的内容可知，这里指作者发现自己喜欢的明星戴眼镜。
答案：B
13．A.stopped
B．admitted
C．suggested
D．practiced
解析：根据句中began loving to wear them可知，作者再也不排斥眼镜了。
答案：A
17．A.expression
B．resistance
C．confidence
D．judgment
解析：根据语境可知，父母应该增强孩子对戴眼镜的信心。
答案：C
18．A.guide
B．thank
C．answer
D．copy
解析：根据作者的经历和常识可知，孩子们喜欢模仿他们的偶像。
答案：D
19．A.warn
B．remind
C．promise
D．persuade
解析：句中their favorite singer or actor wears glasses是提醒孩子们的内容。
答案：B
20．A.end
B．boundary
C．corner
D．sign
解析：最终孩子们会发现戴眼镜并不是世界末日，即孩子们变得喜欢戴眼镜。
答案：A
三、阅读理解
Peabody Architects says it is building the first passive home in Washington.However，it will not be the last.In Arlington，Roger Lin and his brother are also building one.Roger explains that windows are sealed and have three layers of glass.The windows are airtight(密封的)．On a cold winter day，the temperature inside the unfinished home is about 12℃，which is comfortable.
David Peabody says you can find passive homes all over the world.“North Africa，for example，has a passive house community designed for very hot dry climates and that’s a whole other area of exploration for passive houses，”he says.The first passive design was an apartment building in Darmstadt，Germany.Two physicists helped develop it about twenty years ago.
Passive houses use some specialized materials.They also need to have special air treatment systems.Supporters say they cost only about 6% more than traditional homes.But they use 10% of the energy for heating and cooling.But Passive House Institute US says even greater savings can be reached with additions like solar water heating systems.They might call that an active passive house.
为了节约能源，人们开始设计并建造被动式住宅。
1．What is the purpose of designing a passive house?
A．To save money on its construction.
B．To reduce energy demand.
C．To protect the farmland.
D．To develop a new style of building.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段But there are surprisingly simple ways to deeply cut energy use and its cost可知，答案为B项。
答案：B
2．What is the difference between the passive home and other green homes?
A．It looks like a common house.
B．It saves energy for heating and cooling.
C．It uses no solar or wind energy equipment.
D．It is built with environmentfriendly materials.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段But what sets his design apart from other“green homes”is that it looks like any other home可知，答案为A项。
答案：A
3．What do we know about Roger Lin’s passive home?
A．It consists of five layers of glass.
B．It is being built by Roger Lin alone.
C．It keeps most of the energy inside.
D．It is suitable to live in hot summer.
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段Roger explains that windows are sealed and have three layers of glass.The windows are airtight可推断，答案为C项。
答案：C
4．From David Peabody we know that________.
A．the first passive house was built in North America
B．passive houses are mostly built in very hot areas
C．the biggest number of passive houses is in North America
D．passive houses have been popular around the world
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段David Peabody says you can find passive homes all over the world可推断，答案为D项。
答案：D