1 . 单词填空

Put simply,     1     is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical     2     you will make or what     3     technologies you will develop! The     4     are endless, and I have     5     in your ability to make a     6     to your family, to your community and to our country.

You need to make a     7     effort to train your mind and develop your     8    . Senior high school will help you learn and grow, yet you alone are    9     for     10     your great potential.

2 . 根据句意完成短文

This wonderful plane can     1     seven passengers. The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can     2     anywhere: on snow, water. … The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a     3     island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him….

3 . 《新概念》原文填空：根据原文填入正确的单词或短语,答案可能是一词或多词。

He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm    1    .A gust of wind    2    the bed off the roof and sent it    3    into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake up until the bed    4    the ground.

I sat in the front of the bus to get a good    5    of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped.    6    , I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus. “You’ll have to get off here,” the conductor said. … “We are going back now,” said the conductor.“Well, in that case, I    7    stay on the bus,” I answered.

First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which    8    . The list    9    most of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was    10    that he was very embarrassed.

4 . 原文填空（每空只写一词）

The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a     1     business career and study music. My parents, though     2     and sharing my love of music,     3     of it as a     4    . This was     5     in view of the family background. My grandfather had taught music for nearly forty years at Springhill College and,     6     much beloved and respected in the     7    , earned     8     enough to provide for his large family.     9     a consequence of this example, my parents     10     upon college instead of a conservatory of music.

5 . 原文填空（每空只写一词）

In Britain and the USA, the managing directors or presidents of big companies are often     1     of being “fat cats”, i.e. bosses whose salaries are often twenty-five times more than the company’s     2     worker. When times are hard and workers are     3     off, they     4     very little. Departing directors, on the other hand, get big golden     5    .

The United States is a     6     nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms. Most sports are     7    , so that what is happening in sports     8     upon the time of year. Some sports are called     9     sports, as the number of spectators greatly     10     the number playing in the game.

6 . 下面两段短文节选自课文，请严格按照课文内容填入适当的词语，否则不得分。

It was John’s quick action and knowledge of    1     that saved Ms. Slade’s life. He immediately asked a number of nearby people for bandages, but when nobody could     2    any, his father got some tea towels and tape from their house. John used these to treat the most    3     to Ms. Slade’s hands. He slowed the    4     by applying pressure to the wounds until the police and    5    arrived.

7 . 下面两段短文节选自课文，请严格按照课文内容填入适当的词语，否则不得分。

I still cannot believe that I am     1     this prize that I won last year. I have to remind myself     2    that I am really in AD 3008.     3    the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. As a result, I     4     “time lag”. This is similar to the “jet lag” you get from flying, but it seems you keep getting flashbacks from your    5    time period.

8 . Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to     1    . One afternoon she     2       and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she     3     Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs.     4    , the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered.     5    , she found herself in hospital.( 根据句意填空)

9 . “For the families of the seven, we can not bear, as you do,     1    But we feel the loss, and we are thinking about you so very much. You     2     , and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, “Give me a challenge and     3    ”. They had     4    and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.”（根据句意填空）

10 . 请根据所学课文以及所给的首字母（部分词汇）的提示用完整形式填空。

People may wonder why different words are used to describe these four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can    1     this question if you study British history.

First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people     2     to England you find Wales included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to “Great Britain”. Happily this was     3     without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag called the Union Jack.

To their     4     the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the     5     and international relations), but they still have very different institutions. For example, Northern Ireland, England and Scotland have different educational and legal systems as well as different football teams for competitions like the World Cup!

England is the largest of the four countries, and for     6     it is divided roughly into three zones. The zone nearest France is called the South of England, the middle zone is called the Midlands and the one nearest to Scotland is known as the North. You find most of the population settled in the south, but most of the industrial cities in the Midlands and the North of England. Although,     7    , these cities are not as large as those in China, they have world-famous football teams and some of them even have two! It is a pity that the industrial cities built in the nineteenth century do not attract visitors. For historical     8     you have to go to older but smaller towns built by the Romans. There you will find out more about British history and culture.

The greatest historical treasure of all is London with its museums, art collections, theatres, parks and buildings. It is the center of national government and its     9    . It has the oldest port built by the Romans in the first century AD, the oldest building begun by the Anglo-Saxons in the 1060s and the oldest castle constructed by later Norman rulers in 1066. There has been four sets of invaders of England. The first invaders, the Romans, left their towns and roads. The second, the Anglo-Saxons, left their language and their government. The third, the Vikings, influenced the     10     and place-names of the North of England, and the fourth, the Normans, left castles and introduced new words for food.

If you look around the British countryside you will find evidence of all these invaders. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom enjoyable and worthwhile.