11.The money her parents gave her was________for school fees and she didn't have to borrow any from others.
A.lost B.gone
C.ample D.lack
解析 考查形容词辨析。句意：父母给她的钱足够交学费，所以她不必向别人借钱。从后面的she didn't have to borrow any from others我们能够推知父母给的钱是“足够的”，所以要用ample。
答案 C
12.Some apples are red when________，but some kinds are yellow.
A.ripen B.raw C.dry D.ripe
解析 句意：有些苹果成熟时是红色的，但有些品种是黄色的。根据语境和常识知苹果红的时候说明它们“成熟了”，所以要用形容词ripe。A选项是动词。
答案 D
13.He________the pencil and began to draw the beautiful surroundings on a sheet of paper.
A.sharpened B.has sharpened
C.would sharpen D.was sharpening
解析 考查时态。由下文began可知用一般过去时sharpened。
答案 A
14.We have every reason to believe the print media are usually more________and reliable than Internet.
A.accurate B.ridiculous
C.urgent D.shallow
解析 考查形容词。句意：我们完全有理由相信印刷媒体通常要比因特网更加准确和可信。和下面“可靠的”reliable相对应的是“准确的”，所以要用accurate。
答案 A
15.The Foreign Minister said, “________our hope that the two sides will work towards peace.”
A.This is B.There is
C.That is D.It is
解析 考查It is + n./adj/+ that从句这一句型。
答案 DⅥ.完形填空
(A)
When Paul was waiting for the ferry with his father across the river，he heard some people arguing loudly.He looked around and saw two women and a big man__1__at each other.When Paul's father asked what was going on，one of the women said they were tourists and three young men__2__her friend's purse when they were buying postcards in a bookstore.The other two had run away，but they__3__the big man closely.
When the ferry arrived，the big man hurried onto the ferry and the two tourists went__4__after him.Paul was angry.He wanted to go up and help the two women.But his father said he didn't want to take that ferry.Paul felt rather__5__because he thought his father was afraid of the big man and unwilling to help others!
What Paul saw next changed the__6__of his father.His father hurried to a nearby ice?cream store and used their phone to__7__110.He reported the robbery to the police and gave some__8__details about the robber，the tourists and the ferry.
When they__9__off the next ferry，Paul saw three__10__around the big guy in handcuffs(手铐)...While Paul was telling me the story，he seemed very__11__.He said he had a better understanding of his father.Although he looked__12__，he was a real hero.
