B．Do you have such kind of experience?

C．That's what normal eye contact is all about.

D．Actually, continuous eye contact is limited to lovers only. E．After all, nobody likes to be stared at for quite a long time.

F．But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. G．If nothing goes wrong, you will feel annoyed at being stared at that way. 答案：16.B 17.G 18.F 19.C 20.A 第二部分 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)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Earthquakes are common；thousands of them happen each day.But most are too__21__to feel.During a__22__earthquake，there is often a great noise first.Then the earth__23__terribly；many houses__24__down.Railway tracks break and trains go__25__lines；a great many factories are__26__；thousands of deaths are caused，and many more lose homes.__27__the great damage and deaths caused by the earthquake__28__，other disasters such as fires often__29__．More buildings are destroyed and more__30__are caused.

It is well known of the__31__of a possible earthquake，and for centuries man has been making researches on earthquakes.More than 2，000 years ago，__32__，a Chinese scientist named Zhang Heng__33__a machine which could find out from which__34__the seismic(地震的)waves had come，and this machine is still__35__by scientists today.Now we know much more about earthquakes and__36__they happen，but we still cannot__37__exactly when and where an earthquake will happen，and cannot__38__it from happening.So earthquakes are among the__39__disasters in the world.

No one can stop natural earthquakes.__40__，scientists can help stop earthquakes from destroying whole cities and causing too many deaths.

【语篇解读】 本文为说明文，讲述了地震的危害及人们为此所做的努力。 21．A.thin C．light

B．weak D．slow

解析：地震震感轻微而感知不到。weak指“弱小”；thin指“瘦”；light指“轻”；slow指“慢”。根据句意选B。

答案：B 22．A.real

B．weak

C．big D．small

解析：根据后面的描述可知应该是一次大地震。 答案：C 23．A.moves C．jumps

B．shakes D．breaks

解析：首先排除C。shake指“震动，晃动，摇动”；move指“移动”；break指“破碎”。 答案：B 24．A.get C．set

B．put D．fall

解析：fall down在此指房屋倒塌。 答案：D 25．A.off C．into

B．on D．behind

解析：铁路轨道破裂，所以火车偏离铁路线。off指“离开，不相连”，其他三个词均不符合题意。

答案：A 26．A.burst C．destroyed

B．hurt D．buried

解析：在此指工厂被毁。burst指“爆炸，炸开，突然爆发”；hurt指“伤害，使受伤”；bury指“埋葬”，这三个词均不符合题意。

答案：C 27．A.Except C．Instead of

B．Besides D．Because of

解析：句意：除了地震本身所造成的巨大破坏和死亡以外，其他灾害也随之而来，例如火灾。besides既包括地震本身所造成的破坏和死亡，也包括其他灾害。如果用except，则不包括地震本身所造成的破坏和死亡，所以不符合题意。

答案：B 28．A.lonely C．themselves

B．later D．itself

解析：这里指地震本身引起的破坏和死亡，故选D。 答案：D 29．A.follow C．come

B．copy D．enter

解析：B、D两项不符合题意，先排除；follow有“随之而来”之意，而come只表“来到”。

答案：A 30．A.quakes C．difficulties

B．deaths D．results

解析：大火造成的两大结果：房屋被毁，人员伤亡。 答案：B

31．A.information C．dangers

B．questions D．shock

解析：根据上下文可知地震的危险性是众所周知的，所以人们一直在做有关地震的研究。 答案：C

32．A.as a result C．for example

B．in fact D．as well

解析：举例说明人们在这方面的研究。 答案：C

33．A.invented C．found

B．discovered D．operated

解析：invent发明；discover发现；find找到；operate操作，运行。根据句意可知A正确。

答案：A

34．A.country C．way

B．direction D．city

解析：A、D两项不符合题意，先排除；direction表“方位，方向”，而way则指“路，道或路线”，way也可以指“方向”，但一般用在this、that、which等之后构成短语。

答案：B

35．A.improved C．protected

B．repaired D．used

解析：科学家们现在仍在使用这种机器。 答案：D 36．A.where C．what

B．when D．why

解析：C项不符合语法，先排除；when、where在下句中出现。 答案：D 37．A.speak C．talk

B．tell D．point

解析：但是我们仍然不知道到底什么时候、在哪儿会发生地震。tell有“说出，知道，断

定”之意。

答案：B 38．A.make C．stop

B．prepare D．let

解析：首先，根据题意应选择表示“制止，停止”的词；其次，根据固定搭配stop sb/sth(from)doing...可知C项正确。

答案：C 39．A.worst C．most

B．best D．fast

解析：根据上下文可知地震是最严重的灾害之一。 答案：A

40．A.However C．And

B．But D．So

解析：句意在此转折，并用逗号隔开，所以选副词however；but为连词，不能用逗号隔开。 答案：A

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。

Hardly can you succeed 41.________doing something perfectly the first time you do it.42.________，when you do something for the first time, it is time to give up the idea of perfection.

I remember the first time I 43.________(drive) a car in traffic after getting my driver's license. I was very nervous in that heavy traffic—my driving style showed that I wasn't a very confident driver. Now I'm much more 44.________(experience) as a driver.45.________I still don't consider myself a perfect one, I'm much more confident behind the wheel than 46.________I was when I started.

In general，47.________is useless to work hard for doing something perfectly when you do it for the first time. You are setting the bar so high that you just feel bad when you are 48.________(able) to meet the level you have set.

Also, perfection is just another way 49.________(delay), so trying to be perfect is just 50.________waste of time. You should work hard for excellence instead.

答案：41.in 42.Therefore或Thus 43.drove 44．experienced 45.Though/Although/While 46．what 47.it 48.unable 49.to delay 50.a 第三部分 写作(共两节，满分35分)