Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

A Gratefu

l Patient

I took a job as a receptionist for a vet（兽医）almost five decades ago. As an enthusiastic animal lover, I accepted the position on the condition (21)

U wouldn’t have to assist with any wounded animals. I

(watch) any creature in pain.

didn’t have the courage (22)

At the end of my first week, we were closing the office for the day (23)

a young man ran up

to us holding a severely injured Doberman puppy（杜宾幼犬）in his arms and begging us to save his life. The four-month- old puppy had been hit by a car.

The doctor and I ran back into the operating room. The only place (24)

the skin was still

attached to his poor little body was around one shoulder. The vet worked tirelessly for what seemed like hours, (25)

(sew) him back together again. That was the easy part. The puppy had broken multiple bones, including his back.

(26)

walk again.

he survived the next few days, we were quite sure he would never

The day forever changed my life. I became the vet’s assistant in all things medical. One of my first jobs was to give that Doberman puppy daily physical therapy. Weeks went by until one day he finally recovered.

Fast - forward about a year. I walked into the clinic’s (27) (crowed) waiting room and called the name of the next client. Suddenly, a huge Doberman ran toward me. I found (28)

pinned against the wall

with this magnificent dog standing on his back legs, his front paws（爪子）on my shoulders, washing my face with plentiful and joyful kisses!

I still tear up in amazement (29) the display of love and gratitude the dog had for me that day all those years ago. I went on to be a vet technician for 14 years, and since retirement, I have volunteered at a no-kill animal shelter. In all the time that has passed and all the experiences I have had, I’ve never met a dog who didn’t know that it (30) (rescue) in one way or another.

Section B

Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

D. E. distract conveniently J. reluctantly F. executive G. manageable H. memorable I. publicizing A. achievement B. captured C. championed Marketing the Moon

An astronaut, a little hop and a witty quote: Neil Armstrong’s first lunar

（月球的）footstep is deep-rooted in the minds of all humankind. But that first moon landing might not have been such a(n) 31 moment if it weren’t for NASA’s clever PR (Public Relations) team.

Richard Jurek is a marketing 32 and co-author of the book marketing the

Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program. He says NASA’s move to real-time, open communication made the 1969 Apollo 11 landing “the first positive viral event that 33 the world’s attention.”

Before NASA was established in 1958, rockets were the military’s

territory; that secretiveness carried over into the space agency’s early days. At first, NASA followed a “fire in the tail” rule, only

34 a rocket’s

launch when it was successfully in the air. But as the agency evolved, it started

announcing more details about the Apollo program. It

35 its

astronauts, talked openly about mission goals and challenges, and shared launch

times so people could watch. “If it had been run like it was under the

military,” Jurek says, “we would not have had that sense of drama, that sense of involvement, that sense of wonder, that

36 .” Instead, all the PR and

press promotion in the years ahead of Apollo 11 brought the human spaceflight