2018.5

本试卷共12页，共120分。考试时长100分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题纸上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将答题纸交回。 第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

1. ----Excuse me, sir. Can you spare me a dollar _________ I can buy this book? ----Sure, no problem.

A. for B. so C. but D. or

2. I need help now! I have to fix a leaking pipe in my bathroom but I’m not sure ______to begin.

A. what B. which C. where D. when

3. Personally speaking, ________the grand blueprint into reality is a long process.

A. turning B. turn C. turned D. having turned 4. I _____up my mind what I was going to say in the seminar, but it was cancelled. A. have made B. had made C. was making D. would make 5. You don’t need an invitation to help others. Give help _____you are asked. A. if B. as C. though D. before

6. By now 516 Confucius Institutes ______in 142 countries and regions, according to the Confucius Institute Headquarters.

A. founded B. would found C. have been founded D. had been founded

7. The stadium ________ stands a theatre will be reconstructed.

A. beside which B. for which C. when D. which 8. 40 grams of meat per day is ______ people should consume in order to stay fit.

A. that B. why C. how D. what 9. Dream of the Red Chamber is believed to be semi-autobiographical, _______the fortunes of Cao’s own family.

A. mirrored B. to mirror C. mirroring D. mirror 10. When I was small, my mom ________red me stories at night.

A. could B. should C. might D. would 11. He messed the project up, but he behaved as if nothing __________. A. had happened B. happened

C. would happen D. would have happened

12. ________some people criticize graffiti for begin ugly and destructive, those graffiti lovers still see it as real art.

A. As B. While C. Once D. Until 13. ---How was your vacation in Seattle?

---Pretty good. In the evenings I __________ to pubs to enjoy beer. A. have gone B. go C. had gone D. went 14. _______naturally by the skin when exposed to sunlight, Vitamin D is needed for healthy bones, teeth and muscles.

A. Making B. To make C. Made D. Make 15. This view is common _________ all sections of the community.

A. across B. above C. around D. along 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 Double Trouble

When I was eight, I wanted a toy and needed $10 to buy it. But, as usual, I was broken. I decided to ask my 11-year-old sister, Kathleen, for a loan. I went to her room, 16 her for the cash. Laughing, she agreed to 17 me the money, but added, “I will charge you 10 percent compound interest every 18 until you pay me back.”

“Compound interest---what’s that?” I asked.

“Well, interest is what you call the 19 money borrowers have to pay back on a loan,” she explained. “Compound interest means that the interest payments get bigger and bigger the 20 you take to pay back the loan. To repay the loan, you will need to give me $11 after one month. If you wait two months to pay me back, your 21 will grow from $10 to $11. So I’ll be charging you interest on $11. Then I will add that interest to the $11 you already owe me, for a 22 of $12.10. That’s what you’ll owe after two months.”

“Sure. I get it,” I said. Though truthfully, I was getting 23 . Kathleen lent me the money, and I bought the toy. My birthday came a month later, and my mom gave me $10. 24 ,that was just the amount I needed to buy another toy I wanted 25 . I put off paying my sister for a month. After another month, I 26 about the loan.

Several months later, on Christmas morning, my sister and I each found a $02 bill in our stockings. I was just putting it into my pocket 27 Kathleen tapped me on the shoulder.

“Sorry, kiddo. That’s mine. I’m 28 on your debt.”

“Huh?” Then I remembered the loan. “Hey! How can it be that much? I 29 borrowed $10.”

“True,” she said, “but interest has been compounding for eight months. Now you 30 me $21.43.” She paused, then added. “You can pay me the $1.43.” I 31 to believe that a $10 loan could more than double so quickly. Much to my 32 , my sister got her pencil and tablet and showed me exactly how it all added up.

My head 33 as I tried to keep track of Kathleen’s 34 , but this time, I got the basic idea of compound interest. I 35 the hard way that borrowing money can be “double trouble” in no time. 16. A. blaming preparing 17. A. pay

B. send B. year

C. lend

D. hand D. day

B. begging

C. searching

D.

18. A. month C. week

19. A. little 20. A. shorter 21. A. cash 22. A. total

B. same

C. enough C. more

D. extra

B. longer

D. less

D.

D. debt D. bill

B. saving B. cost

C. note C. number

23. A. encouraged satisfied

24. A. Gradually Hopefully

25. A. seriously desperately 26. A. forgot 27. A. after 28. A. carrying 29. A. normally 30. A. owe

B. shocked C. confused

B. Obviously C. Unfortunately D.

B. anxiously C. secretly D.

B. knew

C. talked

D. cared

D. when D. focusing

B. until C. while

B. collecting B. nearly B. offer

C. relying C. only

D. really D. give

D. managed

D.

C. take

31. A. decided 32. A. relief regret

33. A. turned

B. refused

C. pretended

B. delight C. annoyance

B. nodded

C. stuck

D. hurt

D.

34. A. calculations discoveries 35. A. explored questioned

B. excuses C. directions

B. learned C. explained D.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。 A

My First Day of School

Fear started taking over, I was walking into my first school in America. I had