Ⅰ.语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
The public schools I attended from 6th grade to 12th grade had amazing education programs for children with various handicaps (残疾).They participated in the same programs along with us in classes like gym，biology，history，and I never heard anyone with a(n) __1__ get teased or made fun of.
I was close __2__ with a darling girl named Vanessa who had Down syndrome (唐氏综合症).I was __3__ to see Jeff，another boy with Down syndrome working at a local store a few years after we__4__.
Three years after I graduated from Murray High School，my little sister was a senior student and was chosen as a finalist for Homecoming Queen.Among the 10 __5__ were two girls with disabilities.Shellie had Down syndrome，and April suffered from mental disabilities due to a __6__ trouble she had in her childhood.Since special education students usually stayed for a few extra years，I too knew Shellie when I __7__ Murray High.
The finalists went to the gym floor together with their __8__ or friends.When Shellie and April __9__ out，the crowd rose to their feet，__10__and clapping.
Shellie’s parents tried to prepare her for the possibility of not winning，but it was unnecessary.Murray High School __11__a lovely girl with Down syndrome their 1997 Homecoming Queen that night.And you know what? There wasn’t a dry __12__ in the audience.I’ll never __13__ Shellie’s little face，shining beneath her bright crown.April’s face was shinning too，as she was crowned an attendant.
Whenever I feel that all of the __14__ things that happen in the world seem to be winning，I just open my old sheet of newspaper of that day and __15__ the whole story again.Hope in humanity makes everything feel better.
1.A.gift B.ability C.difficulty D.disability
2.A.neighbors B.relatives C.friends D.workmates
3.A.afraid B.proud C.likely D.lucky
4.A.separated B.practised C.graduated D.married
5.A.competitors B.volunteers C.judges D.patients
6.A.brain B.breast C.leg D.waist
7.A.left B.visited C.attended D.reached
8.A.parents B.classmates C.teachers D.brothers
9.A.cried B.walked C.looked D.stood
10.A.shouting B.cheering C.laughing D.dancing
11.A.crowned B.treated C.taught D.accepted
12.A.eye B.hand C.foot D.body
13.A.see B.forget C.imagine D.recognize
14.A.nice B.impossible C.terrible D.important
15.A.recite B.write C.read D.edit
第二节 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Once upon a time，there was an island.All the feelings lived in the island：Happiness，Sadness，Richness，Knowledge, and all of the others,16.________(include) Love.One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink，so they constructed boats 17.________left，except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed.Love wanted to hold out 18.______the last possible moment.When the island had almost sunk，Love decided to ask for help.Richness was passing 19.________Love in a grand boat.
Love said，“Richness，can you take me with you?”
Richness answered，“No，I can’t.20.________is a lot of gold and silver in my boat.There is no place here for you.”
Suddenly，there was a voice，“Come，Love，I will take you.”It was an elder.So blessed and overjoyed，Love even forgot 21.________(ask) the elder where they were going.22.________they arrived at dry land，the elder went her own way.23.________(realize) how much she owed the elder，Love asked Knowledge, another elder，“Who helped me?”
“24.________was Time，”Knowledge answered.
“Time?”asked Love.“But why did Time help me?”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered，“Because only Time is capable of understanding how 25.________(value) Love is.”
Ⅱ.阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities，reading probably isn’t what they have in mind.Yet a new study by fatness researchers at Duke University finds that the simple act of reading—depending on the choice of material—can cause weight loss in teenage girls.
The study’s experimental group included 31 fat girls aged 9 to 13，who took part in the Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke Children’s Hospital.The girls read a novel called Lake Rescue，whose protagonist (主人公) is an overweight teenager who struggles with low selfesteem，feelings of loneliness and teasing because of her size.A group of 33 girls read a different book called Charlotte in Paris，which did not have an overweight character，and another group of 17 girls read neither book.
At the end of the sixmonth experiment，all the girls who read books had lost weight，but the girls who read Lake Rescue lost more.They lowered their body mass index (BMI) by 0.71，compared with 0.33 in the Charlotte group，an average 0.05 increase among the nonreaders.
The idea behind the study，says Dr Sarah Armstrong，director of Healthy Lifestyles，was to find a way to encourage the girls without adopting the restrictive and often authoritative voice of so many other nutrition and diet programs.Lake Rescue was the perfect instrument，says Armstrong;it presents a likable character to whom the girls could relate and whom they could learn from.As the book progresses，its protagonist learns to make healthier lifestyle choices and finds an advisor to help keep her on track.Armstrong says，“She learns that she can become healthier，and the ‘I can do it’feeling resonates (产生共鸣) with the teenage girls.”
26.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A.There are different ways to help overweight kids lose weight.
B.Lifestyle is important for kids.
C.Lake Rescue is the perfect weightlosing instrument.
D.Reading can help kids lose weight.
27.How many girls took part in the experiment?
A.31. B.33. C.64. D.81.
28.What does the underlined word “She” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Armstrong.
B.The protagonist in Lake Rescue.
C.A character in Charlotte in Paris.
D.A girl in the first group.
29.According to the passage we can know that ________.
A.overweight girls are living unhappily
B.reading is the best way to lose weight
C.different reading materials play different roles in losing weight
D.people will become fat if they don’t read
30.In which part of a newspaper can we read the above passage?
A.Education. B.Entertainment.
C.Health. D.Advertisement.
