I语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～l 5各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know whether you think you are a  1    person or a coward(懦夫)．But you will never really know the answer to this question until you are  2  in real life．Some people think they are brave but when they come face to face with real  3  ，they act like cowards．Others think of themselves as cowards，but when they meet danger，they act like___4____．

  Lenny had always thought of himself as a  5  person．He got worried before examinations．He worried about his job and his health．All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy．Then January 5th，2002，a plane  6  into the Potomac River in Washington．Lenny went to the river to see what was happening．He saw a woman in the __7__ water．Lenny did not feel afraid．He kept very   8  and did a very courageous thing．He jumped into Potomac， 9  to the woman，and kept her head above the water．Seventy．eight people died that day．Thanks to Lenny，it was not  10  ．

  When you are in a very dangerous  11  and feel afraid，the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood．This chemical is called adrenalin(肾上腺素)．With adrenalin in the blood system．you actually feel stronger and stronger and are    12    to fight or run away．However, when you are  l3  frightened．the body can produce too much adrenalin．When this  14  ，the muscles become very hard and you find you can't 15  at all．You are paralyzed(使无能为力) with fear．That is why when we are very frightened，we sometimes say we are‘petrified’；this word comes from a Greek word‘petros’，which means‘stone’．We are so frightened that we become stonelike．

1．A．brave    B．real       C．tough      D．certain

 2．A．told    B．asked      C．tested     D．examined

 3．A．1ife    B．question   C．mouse      D．danger

 4．A．soldiers B．mice      C．heroes     D．cowards

 5．A．useful   B．brave     C．nervous    D．terrible

 6．A．hit      B．crashed   C．struck     D．felt

 7．A．flesh    B．poisonous C．warm       D．ice．cold

 8．A．nervous  B．calm      C．frightened D．brave

 9．A．went     B．helped    C．spoke      D．swam

 1 0．A．an accident    B．a mistake    C．dangerous      D．seventy nine

 1 1．A．situation B．dilema     C．place   D．trap

 1 2．A．afraid    B．unable     C．ready   D．anxious

 1 3．A．hardly    B．absolutely C．nearly  D．slightly

 14．A．gets       B．disappears C．happens D．goes

 1 5．A．move      B．drive      C．run     D．go

  第二节语法填空(共l0小题，每题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，并将答案写在答案卡标号为1 6—25的相应位置上。

    Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will  16  (probable)say that they go to learn languages，arithmetitic，history, science and some other knowledges．That is quite true；but why do they learn these things?

    We send our children to school to prepare them for the time  17 they will be big and will have to work for  18  ．Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life．but is that  19  only reason why they go to school?

    There is more in education than just  20  (1earn)facts．We go to school to learn how to learn，so that when we have left school we can continue to learn．A man  21  really knows how to learn will always be successful，because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will also be able to teach others  22  to do it in the best way．The  23  (educate)person，on the other hand，is either unable to do something new，or just  24  (do) it badly．The purpose of schools，    25  ，is not to teach languages，arithmetitic，history science，etc．，but to teach pupils the way to 1eam．