A. I’d rather not. C. I wouldn’t bet on it.

28.—What did you say you were reluctant to risk just now? —_________ to high levels of radiation A. Being exposed C. To be exposed

29.—Won’t she take another week off after such a surgery? —No. Despite her recent operation she will carry on________. A. somehow

B. regardless

C. otherwise

D. instead

30.President Xi underlines that it is only with joint efforts to keep maritime peace ________ build a maritime community with a shared future for mankind. A. can we

B. we can

.B. I am in the black. D. I am a little shy.

B. Having been exposed D. Exposed

31._________ the requirement is set high, it is a blessing for Chinese students that Cambridge University uses scores on Gaokao as part of its admission criteria. A. As

B. While

C. Once

D. Where

32.Either side seems to have a(n) _________ position; there are still many uncertainties on this issue. A. ambiguous

B. delicate

C. explicit

D. confidential

33.Frankly, I still feel confused about _________ he could manage without access to the Internet for such a long time. A. what

B. why

C. that

D. how

34.—What do you think of the newly-released film Capernaum?

—It touched my heart deeply But for your recommendation I _________ it. A. had missed

B. would miss

C. would have missed

D. must have missed

35.—Do you know Linda was fired for her casual attitude towards the job? —No wonder she _________ when I tried to amuse her this morning. A. was tickled pink C. gave me the cold shoulder

B. pulled my leg

D. saw the handwriting on the wall

.C. that we can D. that can we

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

To this day, I remember my mum’s letters. It all ___36___ in December 1941. Every night she wrote to my brother Johnny, who had been ___37___ that summer. We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Mum claimed that there was a direct ___38___ from the brain to the written word that was just as strong as the light God has granted us. She trusted that this light would ___39___ Johnny. I don’t know if she said that to ___40___ her mind or all of ours. But I do know that it helped us ___41___ together, and one day a letter from Jonny really did arrive. Johnny was alive on an island.

I had always been amused by the fact that mum ___42___ her letters, “Cecilia Capuzzi”, and I ___43___ her about why she didn’t just write “Mum”. I hadn’t been aware that she ___44___ thought of herself as Cecilia Capuzzi. Not as Mum. I began seeing her in a new light, this small ___45___ yet strong woman. We often sat recalling the days when our family was filled with laughter of four boys. They had all moved away from home to work, enrolled in the ___46___, or got married. All except me. Around next spring mum had got two more sons to ___47___. Little by little, the rumour about mum’s letters ___48___. One day a small woman knocked at our door. She opened her bag and ___49___ a pile of airmail letters, begging mum to read them from her son who was a soldier in Europe. Mum read the letters one by one. The woman’s eyes ___50___ with tears. A few days later the woman returned with a friend, then another one and yet another one—they all needed letters. Mum had become the ___51___ in our town. “All people in this world are here with one particular ___52___,” Mum said. “___53___, mine is to write letters.” She tried to explain why it ___54___ her so much. “A letter___55___ people like nothing else. It can make them cry, it can make them laugh and it makes the world seem very small. My dear, a letter is life itself!” 36. A. gathered 37. A. called 38. A. link 39. A. warm 40. A. focus 41. A. swing 42. A. began

B. disappeared B. drafted B. signal B. guide B. calm B. struggle B. answered

C. started C. arrested C. route C. tell C. broaden C. stick C. signed

D. happened D. trained D. result D. find D. strengthen D. settle D. sealed

43. A. teased 44. A. never 45. A. liberal 46. A. university 47. A. cater to 48. A. circulated 49. A. set out 50. A. sprang up 51. A. writer 52. A. order 53. A. Apparently 54. A. pushed 55. A. unites

B. persuaded B. seldom B. delicate B. service B. relate to B. arose B. pulled out B. welled up B. editor B. ambition B. Gradually B. challenged B. draws

C. reminded C. ever C. reliable C. course C. write to C. faded C. put out C. looked up C. assistant C. letter C. Initially C. absorbed C. cheers

D. informed D. always D. uneducated D. army D. subscribe to D. ceased D. turned out D. turned up D. correspondent D. purpose D. Eventually D. relaxed D. associates

第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

“Facts” That Are False

The $100 bill is the biggest bill in circulation. Although the federal government stopped printing them in 1945, currency notes of $500, $1,000, $5,000, and $10,000 are still legal tender. Most of them have been snatched up by private collectors. Between December 18, 1934, and January 9,1935, the government put out $100,000 notes. However, they were only for transactions between Federal Reserve banks and never went out to the general public. The Sahara is the world’s largest desert. Technically, Antarctica is. The U.S. Geological Survey defines a desert as “dry land with a rainfall of usually less than ten inches per year that supports only sparse vegetation and a limited population of people and animals.” Antarctica averages only six inches of rain a year (mostly as snow) and is almost 5.5 million square miles. The Sahara is only 3.3 million square miles. The green paste served with your sushi is wasabi. Wasabi is expensive and difficult to grow. Since it’s in the same family, most restaurants and food companies use horseradish (with food coloring) instead. Real wasabi is more complex and sweeter than what you get in a typical Japanese restaurant. _______________________________________ The ostriches would suffocate (窒息) if they did. If an enemy is approaching, a frightened ostrich will lay its head and neck flat against the ground as a camouflage (伪装) ploy. Some human onlookers have assumed that the birds’ light-colored heads were actually in the sand.

56. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?