II. 語言知識(shí)及應(yīng)用(共兩節(jié),滿分35分)
第一節(jié) 完形填空(共10小題;每小題2分,滿分20分)
閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從21-3各題所給的ABC和D項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并填寫在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。
Every country has its own culture.
Even though each country uses doors, doors may have ___21___ functions and purposes which lead to ___22__differences.
When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different ___23___ and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to ___24___ the building. This was new to me, because we use the ___25___ door in South Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.
The way of using school bus doors was also ___26___ to me. I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, ___27___ who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on ___28___. In South Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I ___29___ tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally ___30___, and my face went red.
21. A. different B. important C. practical D. unusual
22. A. national B. embarrassing C. cultural D. amazing
23. A. exits B. entrances C. signs D. doors
24. A. enter B. leave C. open D. close
25. A. main B. same C. front D. back
26. A. annoying B. hard C. satisfying D. strange
27. A. parents B. students C. teachers D. drivers
28. A. sooner B. later C. faster D. earlier
29. A. politely B. patiently C. unconsciously D. slowly
30. A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. unsatisfied D. excited
第二節(jié) 語法填空 (共10笑題;每小題1. 5分,滿分15分)
閱讀下面短文,按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求,在空格處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號(hào)中詞語的正確形式填空,并將答案填在答題卡標(biāo)號(hào)為31~40的相應(yīng)位置上。
A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. ___31___water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder ___32___ had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man ___33___ (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled ___34___(warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home ___35___ a happy heart.
After the student left, the teacher let ___36___ student taste the water. He spit it out, ___37___ (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like ___38____?”
The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be ___39___ (sweet). ”
We understand this lesson best ___40___ we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.