陳小巍

一、單項填空（共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分）

1. I lead a very busy life， so spare time is a very precious to me.

A. commodity B. recreation

C. element D. assistance

2. Thomas made his concerns about the changes that had been introduced at work.

A. plain B. perfect

C. easy D. ambiguous

3. —Id like to buy a sweater， but Im not sure about the color.

—How about the blue one？ The light yellow one easily.

A. has stained B. has been stained

C. stains D. is stained

4. —Henry， you seem to get angry with James. Whats the matter？

—He is always making me look like a fool in front of everyone， but I swear I wont.

A. see him off B. pay him back

C. bring him down D. let him off

5. Mike decided to move to Florida and hoped the climate there would him to full health.

A. restore B. release

C. relieve D. recover

6. The US would be committed to providing security guarantees to the DPRK Pyongyangs commitment to complete denuclearization （無核化） of the Korean Peninsula.

A. in search of B. in reference to

C. in accordance withD. in exchange for

7. Doctors never gave up the patient， and eventually more hope of her recovering from the serious illness.

A. held out B. held on

C. held up D. held off

8. We could have addressed the problem， but we what the problem was in advance

A. hadnt known B. didnt know

C. dont know D. werent to know

9. the launch of space mission in the 20th century， most of the moon had never been seen before in the history of humankind.

A. Despite B. Since

C. Upon D. Until

10. Facial recognition technology is working well at tourist attraction around China， the time people spend standing in lines at entries or security checks.

A. to reduce B. reduced

C. having reduced D. reducing

11. It had been many years since my last visit， but I found the house by.

A. losing my headB. catching my eye

C. biting my tongue D. following my nose

12. the concert to raise money for hunger relief， Geldof invited many famous musicians to take part in it.

A. Intended B. Intending

C. Having intended D. To intend

13. They arrived at the border between Kenya and Tanzania at 2 pm， lies a national nature reserve.

A. what B. which

C. where D. when

14. There， Mrs. Smith， showing her pupils how to put a logo onto the new torch.

A. standing on the platform was

B. was standing on a platform

C. on a platform was standing

D. was on a platform standing

15. —Wall Street English just launched a new Wechat learning platform and we can take free classes！

— ！ Let me have a look！

A. You dont say

B. You have got it

C. You can say that again

D. You have me there

二、完形填空（共20小題;每小題1分，滿分20分）

Life is a clock swing. Half the time things are better than normal; the other half， they are16 . But it takes time and experience to understand what17is.

There are high points： romance and18to the right person; doing those things like19my sons baseball team; discovering his20so vivid that he builds a spaceship from a（n）21pile of Legos（樂高玩具）.

But there is a vast grassland of life in the middle，22the bad and the good overturn magically. This is what23me of the 50percent theory.

One spring I planted corn too early in a bottomland， so easily24that neighbors laughed. I felt annoyed at the wasted effort. Summer turned cruel—the worst heat wave and drought in my lifetime. The airconditioner died， the well went dry， the marriage25 ， the job lost， the money gone. Only a popular Kansas City Royals team， bound for their first World Series，26my spirits.

27back on that horrible summer， I soon understood that all succeeding good things merely28the bad. I am owed and enjoy the happy times. They29me for the next dangerous surprise and offer30that I can succeed. The 50 percent theory even helps me see hope31my Royals recent fall.

Oh， yeah， the corn crop？ For that one hot summer， the ground32was just right， and the lack of rain33the standing corn from floods. That winter my house was crowded with cornfat and healthy while my neighbors fields yielded only brown and empty husk （殼）.

Although plantings past may have fallen below the 50percent34and they probably will again in the future， I am still35by the crop that flourishes （豐收） during the drought.

16. A. healthier B. worse

C. richer D. earlier

17. A. normal B. average

C. regular D. common

18. A. dating B. duty

C. relation D. marriage

19. A. joining B. assessing

C. coaching D. selecting

20. A. imagination B. creation

C. intelligence D. diligence

21. A. adjusted B. colorful

C. separate D. accumulated

22. A. when B. where

C. why D. what

23. A. informs B. cures

C. reminds D. convinces

24. A. removed B. harvested

C. flooded D. watered

25. A. began B. ended

C. restored D. rebuilt

26. A. discouraged B. lowered

C. employed D. inspired

27. A. Cutting B. Looking

C. Returning D. Thinking

28. A. conflicted B. contradicted

C. balanced D. followed

29. A. motivated B. forced

C. disturbed D. discouraged

30. A. trust B. comfort

C. dependence D. belief

31. A. against B. beyond

C. across D. from

32. A. wetness B. richness

C. altitude D. depth

33. A. forbidden B. moved

C. freed D. suspended

34. A. expectation B. requirement

C. bottomline D. practice

35. A. frustrated B. surrounded

C. annoyed D. encouraged

三、閱讀理解（共15小題，每題2分，滿分30分）

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