In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.
28. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To seek help for Nauru’s problems. B. To give a warning to other countries C. To show the importance of money D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war. 29. The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______.
A. soil pollution
B. phosphate overmining
C. farming activity
D. whale hunting
30. Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem? A. Its leaders misused the money
B. It spent too much repairing the island C. Its phosphate mining cost much money D. It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. 31. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph? A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair. B. The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously. C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans D. The phosphate mines were destroyed
D
I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention. And especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don’t value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying “I’m so sorry,” when someone is in pain.
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them. Her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talking to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand，we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.
I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down，to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just
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listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.
32. What does the author value most in the communication with each other? A. Deep understanding. B. Saying “I’m sorry”． C. Attention from heart. D. Doing nothing.
33. The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because________. A. she didn’t get enough respect from others B. she was discouraged by being often interrupted C. people often told her their own opinions D. people couldn’t understand her sad situation
34. If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying，you may________. A. hurt his feelings B. make him embarrassed
C. encourage him to continue to cry D. stop him from letting out his sorrow 35. It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating，________. A. listening is a perfect way to respond to others B. people keep silent because they don’t know the answer C. keeping silent means being too shy to speak D. it is easy to form the habit of listening silently
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后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。
Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule
From my experience，there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often: ability, money, and time. 36 Money is a topic I'll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:
1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry and there's nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials already? 37
2. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal，make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? 38 It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.
3. 39 This may surprise you，but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try，the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.
Hopefully that gives you a good start. 40 And don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live! A. Ability is easily improved.
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B. Try new things.
C. Understand your food better. D. Make three or four instead.
E. Cooking is a burden for many people.
F. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on. G. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 A mouse was looking through a crack in the wall one day and saw the farmer and his wife opening a package. He was curious about what food the package may 41 . He was shocked to 42 that it was a mousetrap. The mouse ran to the farmyard, 43 everyone, \the house!\
The chicken 44 his head, saying, \for you, but I can’t be 45 with it. \ 46 , Mr. Mouse, but the trap is no concern of mine, either\bull. \sounds like you have a 47 , Mr. Mouse, but not the one that concerns me,\the bull said. The mouse returned to the house with its head down and was 48 that nobody was concerned about it. He knew he had to face the 49 on its own.
That night the sound of a trap 50 something was heard throughout the house. The farmer’s wife 51 to see what was caught. In 52 , she could not see it was a snake.The snake 53 her. The wife caught a high fever and the farmer knew the best 54 to treat it was to drink some chicken soup. He took his 55 to get the soup’s main ingredient— the chicken. The wife got 56 and neighbors came to take turns sitting with her. The farmer had to 57 them, so he killed the pig.
The farmer’s wife did not get better. She 58 died and so many friends came to her funeral that the farmer had to 59 the bull to feed all of them. So let us remember that when any one of us is trouble, we are all at 60 . 41. A. accept 42. A. admire 43. A. warning 44. A. used 45. A. provided 46. A. curious 47. A. problem 48. A. frightened 49. A. pity 50. A. catching
B. offer B. prove B. ordering B. raised B. compared B. hungry B. failure B. depressed B. package B. gathering
C. hide C. discover C. persuading C. nodded C. bothered C. excited C. disease C. satisfied C. trap C. following
D. contain D. hear D. scolding D. hung D. equipped D. sorry D. shame D. encouraged D. wall D. kicking
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51. A. requested 52. A. wind 53. A. bit 54. A. opinion 55. A. fork 56. A. busier 57. A. feed 58. A. frequently 59. A. keep 60. A. sight
B. expected B. smoke B. defended B. way B. toy B. sicker B. forgive B. eventually B. force B. rest
C. happened C. darkness C. threatened C. place C. nail C. poorer C. protect C. gradually C. carry C. risk
D. rushed D. silence D. disturbed D. message D. knife D. older D. instruct D. absolutely D. kill D. ease
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15分）
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。
Jean Nicole is a crazy yard sale lover. Not wanting to miss any chance to buy good things, she makes an 61 (appear) almost in every yard sale. She believes that things in a yard sale are much 62 (cheap) than those in shops. Jean is interested in almost everything, such as gloves, paintings, old coins and tables. No wonder she 63 (call) “Lady Yard-sale” by her friends.
Two weeks ago, after Jean came back 64 a yard sale, she entered her storeroom. She was surprised 65 (find) that she had bought so many things. Jean counted them and made a list, “Oh, dear! I can’t believe it. Up to now, I 66 (buy) seven bicycles, nine armchairs, and fifteen cameras, many of 67 haven’t been used even once.” She 68 (careful) checked the numbers again, which made her mad. “I have wasted too much money over the years. 69 silly I am!” she thought. “I will no longer go to yard sales until I hold my own one to sell these things. 70 the question is whether anyone will buy them.”
第四部分 写作（共两节,满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
During Spring Festival, my parents and some of my relative gave me some gift money. What should I do with the money? I had desired to buy a pair of Nike sports shoes. I have also wanted to have an MP4 player of my own. With the gift money I could afford which I wanted to buy. However,
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