阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容 (1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。
Paul Frederic Simon is a famous musician, singer and songwriter. He was born ___1.___October 13, 1941 in the USA. It's been more than half a century since he wrote his famous song The Sound of silence with his partner Art Garfunkel. They also adapted the old English folk song Scarborough Fair,___ 2.__is still popular all over the world now.
Recently Paul Simon released his latest album Stranger to Stranger and received excellent reviews. And Wristband, which is one of the __3._(song) from the album, is often played on college radio.
___4.__, Simon is ready to hang up his guitar and stop ___5.___(make) music. “Show business doesn’t hold any interest for me,” said the 74-year-old man.
Simon is planning __6._(begin) a month-long tour of Europe on October 17, shortly after his 75th birthday. After that, he’s going to travel for a year, perhaps with his wife. “It’s 7. act of courage to let go,” said Simon. “I am going to see 8. will happen if I let go. Then I’m going to see who I am.”
If he does quit music, Simon____9.___(bring) a great career to a close, which has spanned sixty years. He has won more than a dozen Grammys and produced a lot of ____10.__ (amaze) songs. Paul Fredric Simon has been named by Time Magazine one of the “100 People Who Shaped the World”.
第二节 选词组填空 (用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空，每个短语限用一次，有两项为多余项)
1.The visiting group ___________ famous football players will arrive tomorrow.
2.The price of this type of car __________ but I doubt whether it will remain so.
3.After several sleepless nights, Mr Johnson __________ a perfect solution to the financial problems of his company.
4.In recent years, many high-rise buildings _____________ in my hometown.
5. There are many developments ___________ language teaching.
6.You are excellent, and I have many reasons to _____________ you.
7.Not only do I like this movie, but my mother likes it ___________.
8.Nowadays, a number of people move to the countryside to ____________ the pollution of the city.
9.He ______________ be there on time, but he was late.
10. If you ________________ the project, you can finish it ahead of time.
第一节 单词拼写 (根据所给首字母或汉语提示完成单词)
1.It is of great importance to keep a b___________ and healthy diet.
2.This is a city with a long history and now it is a m____________ of old and new buildings.
3.Only 12 of the 140 passengers s___________ the accident.
4. Dictionaries should be put where they will be easily __________(易接近的).
5. It’s illegal to read people’s private letters without p_______________.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A six-year-old kid walked into a candy store with his dad and was surprised by so many candies on offer. “It’s amazing. What should I ____?” he asked himself.
“Come on, son, we don’t have much ____. I have to attend an important meeting,” his dad said.
“These are all my ___ and I don’t know what to choose.” He picked up some bags and then put them ___. He couldn’t make up his mind. “____, son, we have no time. I’m very ____,” his dad said. So the boy ran around the store ____again. His eyes moved from one bag to another, ____all of the sweets looked so good and he couldn’t make up his mind. ___, the dad had enough. He caught his son by the hand and they____the store empty-handed. The boy ____. He wanted them all, but ended up with ____becasue he couldn’t choose just one.
Some of us are that boy. The ____ is that candy store. We have a great number of choices available to us, but if we don’t make a(n) __about our jobs, education, relationships, marriage or other ____ things, we will end up empty-handed. Sometimes we worry about making the ____ choice. What if we ___the direction that we take and it’s too late to go back? We don’t have to ___ this. How do we ____whether it is good or not if we don’t make a choice? The bigger ___is that we make no decision at all and end up going nowhere and doing nothing.
1.A. think B. make C. say D. choose
2.A. time B. money C. interest D. power
3.A. secrets B. favorites C. ideas D. needs
4.A. in B. away C. back D. aside
5.A. Hold on B. Come over C. Go on D. Hurry up
6.A. tired B. busy C. fair D. patient
7.A. carefully B. quietly C. quickly D. nervously
8.A. and B. or C. though D. but
9.A. Luckily B. Certainly C. Finally D. Hopefully
10.A. got hold of B. walked out of C. searched for D. checked with
11.A. cried B. waited C. returned D. understood
12.A. fun B. fear C. peace D. nothing
13.A. sky B. school C. world D. company
14.A. plan B. decision C. guess D. ending
15.A. important B. simple C. common D. good
16.A. right B. great C. difficult D. wrong
17.A. change B. regret C. accept D. face
18.A. worry about B. deal with C. look into D. work out
19.A. doubt B. explain C. know D. expect
20.A. danger B. game C. difference D. fact
第二节.根据短文内容，从短文中的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
It’s not easy to just get up and go if you’re not a morning person. But with some preparation, you can have a great morning routine (常规) before school, which can also make for a good day.
__1._ A great morning routine doesn’t include cramming (突击式学习) for a test or struggling to get your homework done as you’re running out of the door.
Shower the night before. __2._ And if you can, do your hair the night before so when you wake up, you’ll be able to freshen yourself quickly to get to school and get on with the day.
Lay out your clothes. __3.__ Make sure to lay out everything you need, including your socks and shoes. Another thing is hair. If your school has a preference (偏爱) of what you do with your hair, be sure to respect that.
_4._ It helps in the morning if you have something in front of you to check off as you’re walking out of the door. The list should include your homework, books and your lunch or lunch money as well as anything else you normally take with you to school.
Eat a good breakfast. __5._ Eating a healthy breakfast helps improve your focus and allows you to stay active in your classes. If you can, prepare your meal the night before. At the least, set out your spoons and plates.
A. Make a list of everything you will take.
B. Brush your teeth after you eat breakfast.
C. Get all your homework done before going to bed.
D. Check the weather forecast and choose your clothing.
E. A great morning routine should always include a good breakfast.
F. Don’t hurry and make sure you have everything before you leave.
G. That helps you have a good sleep and save much time in the morning.
One of the most recent social changes taking place in the world is social networking. Social networking has been in existence for at least 150 years, and probably longer than that. In the times before the invention of the computer and the World Wide Web (WWW), social networking was done in person. People who had similar likes and interests would gather together to share experiences, make new friends, and improve their businesses.
On the Internet, social networking websites made their first appearances during the late 1990s. The first major social networking website in the United States was MySpace. MySpace allowed its users to exchange messages, share pictures, and make new friends in a way that was never thought of in the past. With MySpace, people who did not go out much could reach out to others from their own homes.
In 2004, Facebook was created. It was first a website created for use by Harvard University’s students and teachers, but it soon expanded to include just about everyone. It is now larger than some of the largest companies in the world. It is a website that is changing all the time. Facebook has completely changed the way people stay connected with each other and the rest of the world. The way it works is simple. Users can set up a new account (账户) easily. All a new user needs is an email address to start. Once a person has created an account and his friend also has his own Facebook page, he can invite his friend by sending a request out to him. Once you get started, making new friends will come easily.
1.What can we learn about social networking?
A. It is not a new development.
B. It made World Wide Web famous.
C. It appeared because of the computers.
D. It helped people develop new interests.
2.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. MySpace is less famous than Facebook.
B. MySpace greatly changed people’s lives.
C. MySpace led to the appearance of Facebook.
D. MySpace was improved by Harvard University’s students.
3.What do new users of Facebook need to create an account?
A. An email address.
B. His friend’s help.
C. High-speed network.
D. His friend’s Facebook page.
4.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. The way to be a Facebook user.
B. The importance of social networking.
C. Two important social networking websites.
D. The differences between MySpace and Facebook.
