Part B: Vocabulary 9% A．claimB．secondC．oppositeD．count E. bestF. negative

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Part B: Vocabulary 9%

A．claim

B．second

C．opposite

D．count E. best

F. negative G. failures H. defined I. mark J. reliable
We might be surprised at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. It is really extraordinary that after all years, educationists have still failed to devise something more 41 than examinations. For all the 42 that examinations test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do the exact 43. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability.
As anxiety-makers, examinations are 44 to none. That is because so much depends on them. They are the 45 of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It doesn’t matter that you weren’t feeling very well, or that your mother died. Little things like that don’t 46: the exam goes on. No one can bring out the 47 in him when he is in terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is precisely what the examination system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of fierce competition where success and failure are clearly 48 and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “dropouts”: young people who are written off as 49 before they have started a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students?

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24. After ______ seemed a long time, Mr. Li stood up and broke the silence.

A．what

B．that

C．it

D．Which

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35. They believe that in the sight of God the rich are _____ with the poor.

A．the same

B．energetic

C．equal

D．Equality

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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，在空格处填人一个适当的
词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。
The most universal facial expression is, of course, the smile – its function is to show happiness and put people at 31 (easy). It does not always mean that we are 32 (true) happy, however. Smiles around the world can be false, hiding other feelings 33 anger, fear or worry. There are unhappy smiles. For example, 34 someone “loses face”, he smiles to hide it. 35 , the general purpose of smiling is to show good feelings.
From 36 time we are babies, we show 37 (happy) or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone 38 ( show ) anger. Making a fist and 39 (shake) it almost always means that someone is angry and threatening 40 person.

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第二节语法填空（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31—35的相应位置上。
Finishing their shopping at the mall, a couple discovered that their new car had been stolen .They filed a report at the police station and a detective drove them ____31____ to the parking lot to look for evidence.
To their ____32____ (amaze), the car had been returned and there was a note in it that said: “I apologize for taking your car. My wife was having a baby and I had to rush her to the ____33_____. Please forget the inconvenience. There are two tickets for tonight"s Mania Twain concert.”
Their faith in humanity restored. The couple attended ____34____ concert. But when they returned home, they immediately found that their house had been ransacked (洗劫). On the bathroom mirror was ____35_____ note: “I have to put my kid through college somehow, don"t I

? ”

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SECTION C
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
People gather on a street of downtown Santiago after an earthquake February 27, 2010. A powerful 8.8-magnitude（级）earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday killed at least 64 people, knocking __48___ homes and hospitals, and triggering（引发）a tsunami (海啸).
Buildings caught fire and residents huddled（挤）in streets covered with glass and bricks , many terrified by powerful aftershocks and desperately trying to call friends and family. President Michelle Bachelet said that there were 78 confirmed deaths and that __49___ were possible. Telephone and power lines were down, making it __50___ to assess the full extent of the damage close to the epicenter (震中).
Chile is the world"s No. 1 copper producer, and the quake halted operations at two major mines near the capital."Never in my life have I experienced __51___ quake like this, it"s like the end of the world," one man told local television from the city of Temuco, __52___ the quake damaged homes and forced staff to evacuate (撤离) the regional hospital.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake struck 56 miles northeast of the city of Concepcion __53___ a depth of 22 miles at 3:34 a.m. (1:34 a.m. EST). The capital Santiago, about 200 miles north of the epicenter, was also badly hit. The international airport was forced to close __54___ the quake destroyed passenger walkways and shook glass out of doors and windows. Local television showed a building in flames in Concepcion __55___ said some residents looted (劫掠) medicine shops and other businesses in the chaos.

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