1、8The heating system in the hotel has a（n） _ （自动的） temperature control.答案automatic9Chest pains can be a warning _ （信号） of heart problems.答案signal10I had spent much time on the work but they told me it was _ （无用的）答案useless.单句语法填空（不多于3个单词）1This film is very _ （interest）, so it is quite popular with us.
2、答案与解析interestinginteresting“有趣的”，常用来修饰或说明表示物的词语，主语通常为物。interested表示“对感兴趣的”，主语通常为人。2I was rather _ （surprise） to hear the news when I got back home. 答案与解析surprisedsurprised“吃惊的”，常用来修饰或说明表示人的词语。3I found his speech rather _ （excite） yesterday.答案与解析excitingexciting“激动人心的”，常用来修饰或说明表示物的词语。4His _ （frighten
3、） voice suggested that he was rather frightened.答案与解析frightenedfrightened“害怕的”，可用来修饰表示声音、表情的名词等。5We were all _ （encourage） to hear his inspiring speech.答案与解析encouragedencouraged“受到鼓舞的”，常用来修饰或说明表示人的词语。6You have given us a very good plan, but Im afraid it doesnt seem _（practice）答案与解析practicalpractical
4、“实用的；实际的；做事灵活的”。结合句意：你给我们提供了一个很不错的方案，但恐怕有点不实用。可知practical“实用的”更加合适。7 Did you take enough money with you? No, I needed much more _ I thought I would.答案与解析than回答说“No”由此可以推断，“我需要比我原来想带的更多的钱”，因此填than。8A medical team made _ of 10 doctors has been sent to the front.答案与解析up句意：一支由10个医生组成的医疗小分队已被派到前线去了。made
5、up of“由构成”，作定语修饰a medical team。9If it is quite convenient _ you, Ill visit you next Tuesday.答案与解析to/for通过理解全句可知，从句的意思应为“如果对你方便的话”。10When we returned from our holidays, we found everything _（change）. What _ （happen） while we had been away?答案与解析changed; had happened本题第一空前的everything与change之间有被动关系，即“一切
6、都变了”，而不是“在变”，故应用过去分词表被动和完成，作宾语补足语。第二个空指“过去的过去”。11The action of the play is focused _ the struggle between the two women.答案与解析on句意：那出戏主要讲述两个女人之间的斗争。focus on为固定搭配，意为“集中于”，相当于center on。12On the one hand theyd love to have kids, but on the other hand, they dont want to give up their _ （free）答案与解析freedom
7、句意：一方面，他们想要孩子；但另一方面，他们又不想放弃自由自在的生活。从on the one hand . on the other hand可知表示对比关系，故freedom“自由”符合题意。.阅读理解AHome to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia （怀旧）. Its fun to come home. It looks the same. It smells the same. Youll realize whats changed is you. Home is where we can remember pain, live
8、, and some other experiences; We parted here; My parents met here; I won three championships here.If I close my eyes, I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glasstop wooden table. To the right of the living room is my firs
9、t bedroom. Its empty, but its where my earliest memories are.There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays, and where I cried on Halloween when I didnt want to wear the skirt my mother made for me. I always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong. If I sit
10、at this table, I can see my favorite room in the house, my parents room. It is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. Their bed is my safe_zone. I can jump on it anytime waking up my parents if I am
11、 scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.Im lucky because I know my first home still exists. It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property （住宅） on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles. It is proof I lived, I grew and I learned.Sometime
12、s when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home. I know its where Ill find my family, my dogs, and my belongings. I purposely leave the window open at night because I know Ill be blamed by Mom. But I dont mind, because I want to hear her say my name, which reminds me Im home.1Why does
13、 the author call her parents bed her “safe zone”（Paragraph 3）?A. It is her favorite place to play.B. Her needs can be satisfied there.C. Her grandparents photos are lined on each side.D. Her parents always play together with her there.答案与解析B根据文章第三段最后两句可以推测出，在她父母的床上，作者可以做自己喜欢的事情，因此选择B项。2What can be l
14、earned from the passage?A. The old furniture is still in the authors fist bedroom.B. The author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles.C. The authors favorite room in her first home is the dining room.DMany people of the authors age can still find their first physical homes.答案与解析B根据文
15、章第四段“Im lucky because I know my first home still exists. It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property（住宅） on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles. It is proof I lived, I grow and I learned.”可以得出，作者孩提时代住的房子还在，因此选择B项。3Sometimes when she feels lost, the author will _.A. Open th
16、e window at nightB. lie down in bed to have a dreamC. try to bring back a sense of homeD. go to Los Angeles to visit her mom答案与解析C根据文章最后一段第一句“Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home.”可以得出，作者不是真正的回家，而是在脑子里回味家的味道，因此选择C项。4What is the authors purpose of writing this passag
17、e?A. To express how much she is attached to her home.B. To declare how much she loves her first house.C. To describe the state of her family.D. To look back on her childhood.答案与解析A根据文章第一段第一句“Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia”（怀旧）以及最后一段第一句“Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down an
18、d shut my eyes, and I go home.”可以推断出，作者对家很依恋。选择A项。BHow to buy holiday music on the net?To buy holiday music on the net requires very little effort and can be full of fun. That it saves time and effort of going into a music store is just an added advantage. Then again one can surf through various sit
19、es freely and make use of the various deals that are available online.A few suggestions1. First of all, think over the amount of money that you want to spend on the holiday music.2. Make a decision about the kind of format that you want to buy the music in MP3, CD or any other.3. If you do not have
20、any idea about which web site to visit to check for holiday music, only key in the words “holiday music” or something more specific in any search engine.4. Go through various sites and check their collection before finally making a decision. If you see something that you like very much, add it to yo
21、ur list of hopefuls and move on ahead.5. Remember to listen to samples （样品） and consider customers and other reviews. Before making a final decision, compare the deals between different web sites online.6. Add the product of your choice to the cart along with anything else that you enjoy, and add up
22、 the amount after taking into account all the other expenses like taxes, handling and shipping.7. Place your order by clicking on the Submit （提交） button but remember to take into account all expenses when calculating （计算） the total.DosRemember that just about every artist has recorded an album （唱片）
23、of holiday music in their careers, so it will not be an easy task to make a list.Dontst buy anything because of its fad （时尚的） value; when in doubt stick to traditional music.5In this text, the writer tries to tell the readers _.A. not to buy somethingB. how to shop on lineC. how to shop holiday musi
24、c on lineD. some advice on buying Christmas gifts答案与解析C综合全文和本文的题目，可以推测出作者写作本文的目的就是告诉读者如何在网上购买假日音乐。6The writer thinks it _ to buy holiday music on line.A. will cost a lot of time and energyB. doesnt cost much effortC. a good idea to shop on lineD. dangerous to shop on line答案与解析B本文第一段的首句就告诉了我们在网上购买假日音
25、乐不会花太多的精力，而且还非常有趣。7The writer advises the readers _ before buying holiday music.A. to think about how much money to spend on holiday musicB. not to spend too long time on the net when buying somethingC. not to buy too many music albums on lineD. check all the stores before deciding what to buy答案与解析A
26、根据第1条建议可以知道，在购买假日音乐之前，我们要考虑一下自己要在音乐方面花多少钱，先要有一个预算。8If you dont know which sites to check for holiday music, you can _.A. ask someone for helpB. put key words in a search engineC. make a phone call to your friendsD. send an email to the shop答案与解析B根据第3条建议可以知道，如果不知道在哪个网站购买假日音乐，可以在搜索引擎上输入关键词，进行搜索。.语法填空M
27、aking choices Throughout our lives, we _1_ （face） with choices: choices in schools, in careers, in personal and community life. Sometimes the decision is clear and we can look ahead optimistically and say, “I hope that everything will work out.” At _2_ times, the decision is not clear, and we find _
28、3_ repeating, “I wish I knew _4_ to do.” We go to others _5_ advice, asking those around us, “What would you do if you were in my _6_？” _7_ （final）, we make the choice. Some are good and some not. Some choices bring happiness _8_ others bring regrets. Living with good choices _9_ （be） easy but living with a bad choice can be difficult. Yet as we evaluate （评价） ourselves and our actions, each day each of us has the opportunity to look _10_ or to look backward , to be optimistic or to be pessimistic. We can live with hopes and dreams or we can live with wishes and reg
