第二節(jié) （共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中的兩項為多途選項。

Expressions about water are almost as common as water. _____71____.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of extremely throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

When we are in “hot water”, we are in trouble.___72____. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother, if he comes into the house with dirty shoes.

“To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

Another common expression, “to hold water”, is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. If is can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, ___73____.If it does not hold water, ____74____.

“Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. ____75___.For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife “throws cold water” on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much.

       A．But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

B．You are in a difficult position

       C．A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police.

       D．It means disliking an idea.

       E．It is strong and does not have any holes.

       F．A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.

       G．Then it is weak and not worth debating.

— I was late for work this morning.

— _________. You started early, didn’t you?

       A．Why not?        B．So what?         C．How come?      D．Never mind.

 Jessica is worrying about ______ she has passed the exam.

       A. what                        B. that                   C. if                           D. whether

. He made      clear to his workmates that he would leave the company.

A. it                      B. that                          C. them                        D. this

China has hundreds of islands, _____ is Taiwan.

    A. the largest of which          B. of which largest 

C. which the largest         D. in which the largest

完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

Some personal characteristics play an important role in the development of one’s intelligence . But people fail to realize the importance of training these factors in young people .

The so-called ‘non-intelligence factors’（非智力因素）include    36     feelings , will , motivation （動機(jī)）, interests and habits . After a 30-year follow-up study of 8000 males , American psychologists （心理學(xué)）   37     that the main cause of disparities in intelligence is not intelligence     38    , but non-intelligence factors including the desire to learn , will power and self-confidence .

    39    people all know that one should have definite objectives , a strong will and good learning habits , quite a number of teachers and parents don’t pay much attention to     40    these factors .

Some parents are greatly worried    41     their children fail to do well in their studies . They blame either genetic （遺傳的）factors , malnutrition ,（營養(yǎng)不良）or laziness , but they never take     42    consideration these non-intelligence factors . At the same time , some teachers don’t inquire into these , as reasons    43     students do poorly . They simply give them more courses and exercises , or     44    criticize or laugh at them . After all , these students lose self-confidence . Some of them just feel defeated and     45    themselves up as hopeless . Others may go astray（迷途）because they are sick of learning .   46     investigation of more than 1,000 middle school students in Shanghai showed that 46.5 per cent of them were   47      of learning , because of examinations , 36.4 per cent lacked persistence , initiative （主動）and consciousness （正直地、謹(jǐn)慎的）and 10.3 per cent were sick of learning .

It is clear    48     the lack of cultivation （培養(yǎng)） of non-intelligence factors has been a main     49    to intelligence development in teenagers . It even causes an imbalance between physiological （生理的）and    50     development among a few students .

If we don’t start now to   51      the cultivation of non-intelligence factors , it will not only affect the development of the   52      of teenagers , but also affect the quality of a whole generation . Some experts have put forward    53     about how to cultivate students’ non-intelligence factors .

First , parents and teachers should    54     understand teenage psychology . On this basis , they can help them to pursue （調(diào)動）the objectives of learning ,     55   their interests and toughening their willpower .

36．A．one’s       B．their        C．his    D．her

37．A．came out B．found out        C．made out D．worked out

38．A．in itself    B．by itself   C．itself        D．on its own

39．A．Though    B．Nevertheless     C．However D．Moreover

40．A．believing        B．studying   C．cultivating       D．developing

41．A．a(chǎn)bout       B．when       C．how D．whether

42．A．for   B．in     C．into   D．over

43．A．why        B．that C．when       D．how

44．A．ever        B．even        C．still D．more

45．A．put   B．get    C．handle     D．give

46．A．The B．An    C．Another    D．A

47．A．a(chǎn)fraid      B．a(chǎn)head       C．a(chǎn)ware      D．a(chǎn)shamed

48．A．that B．how C．why  D．which

49．A．difficulty        B．question   C．threat       D．obstacle(障礙)

50．A．intelligent       B．characteristic   C．psychological D．physical

51．A．practise  B．thrust       C．strengthen       D．urge

52．A．intelligence     B．diligence   C．maturity（成熟）D．performance

53．A．projects   B．warnings C．suggestions      D．decision

54．A．fully        B．greatly     C．very        D．highly

55．A．insuring   B．going       C．encouraging    D．exciting

The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place

   Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically（身體上）.

   Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.

   On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

   The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(營養(yǎng)成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

   Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.

56. From Paragraph 1, we learn that ________.

A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential

B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products

C. diet products are misleading people

D. people are fed up with diet products

57. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____.

A. try out a variety of diet foods             B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods

C. pay attention to their own eating habits     D. watch their weight rather than their diet

58. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______.

A. losing weight is effortless            B. it costs a lot to lose weight

C. diet products bring no pain           D. diet products are free from calories

59. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.

A. are over-consumed               B. lack basic nutrients

C. are short of chemicals             D. provide too much energy

60. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

(E)CDABB  

Twenty boats left Tianjin,        for the east at high speed.

A. to set sail      B. to set sails      C. setting sail      D. setting sails

 In children’s eyes, the Spring Festival is         with nice food and new clothes.

   A. joined                        B. associated                 C. linked                      D. related

_______ no buses , we have to walk home．

     A．There were            B．There being   C．It was            D．It being