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第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分35分)
第一节：单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分, 满分15分)
21. Most of the visitors were happy just sitting around in the shade, _________ it had been a long, dusty journey on the train.
A. for B. so C. but D. or
22. What little money he did have ________ on a record selected with extreme care which became, to his way of thinking, a possession close to his heart.
A. spent B. been spent C. was spent D. to spend
23. We tend to ________ happiness with freedom, but, as a psychotherapist and writer has observed, without obstacles to our desires it’s harder to know what we want, or where we’re heading.
A. combine B. compare C. equip D. equate
24. --- Cathy, in my opinion, is very __________.
--- Absolutely! She prefers home life to going out.
A. domestic B. energetic C. dynamic D. enthusiastic
25. As Martin Luther King, Jr. put it, peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means ________ we arrive at that goal.
A. that B. where C. by which D. with which
26. Of the forces shaping higher education _______ is more sweeping than the movement across borders.
A. nothing B. none C. either D. anything
27. Our car _____ engine trouble, we stopped for the night at a roadside rest area.
A. developed B. being developed C. having developed D. to develop
28.--- Nobody in life gets _______ what they thought they were going to get.
--- But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
A. simply B. exactly C. seemingly D. really
29. Hillary Clinton, at the first official event of her presidential campaign, ______ the ideas that she said will be at the heart of her campaign.
A. spelt out B. cross out C. made up D. covered up
30. When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, “Success is _______ you look back at your life and the memories make you smile. ”
A. how B. that C. where D. when
31. --- What ‘s this? I hear about your appearing on the six o’clock news.
--- Oh that. Some people _______ something on campus and I just happened to pass in front of the camera.
A. filmed B. had filmed C. were filming D. have been filming
32. To survive in the world, we have to act _______ others, but to survive as ourselves, we have to act alone.
A. in honor of B. in concert with C. in light of D. in contact with
33. I ________ able to catch the first light home, but my watch betrayed me.
A. were B. had been C. would be D. would have been
34. Microsoft, in a(n) _______ from tradition, has already released similar touch-friendly Office apps for Apple Inc’s iPad and iPhone.
A. independence B. absence C. departure D. survival
35. --- Ann, our department may be named the Department of the Year because of the outstanding performance.
--- _______.
A. Good to know B. I’ll say
C. I hear you on that one D. Can’t argue with that
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。
Someone recently asked me when I became more confident about my abilities as an entrepreneur. I thought it was a funny question, __36___ I’ not very confident at all, and constantly filled with ___37___ about every decision I make.
It doesn’t exactly hold me back in my work; it’s just that I am very ___38____ of what I do, and I’m always __39___ on the way I work, think and talk. I have also learned over the years that making a decision is often more important than making the ___40____ decision. Preferably your decisions are the right ones, but inaction or indecisiveness is more ___41___ than making the wrong decisions every now and then.
There is one thing I have learned over the years that I wish I had learned earlier in my career. And that is the __42__ that I am not stupid.
It sounds logical, but I often sat in on meetings and heard people explain things and then __43___ to myself, “ I don’t understand that. Maybe I’m stupid?” or I would hear about a startup and I wouldn’t ___44___ their business model and think I’m stupid. Or I would hear an entrepreneur speak and think, “ That all like ___45___ bullshit, but I must be stupid, because other people seem to love it.”
A couple of years ago, I came to the ___46___ that I was not stupid at all. When people in meetings say things I don’t’ understand I ____47____ up and tell them so. Usually, I hear a sigh of ___48___ in the room and find out nobody understood what was being talked about.
When I don’t understand a business model it usually means there is not one, or it ___49___. Turns out I’m not stupid and ___50___ I don’t understand it, most people won’t understand it at all. ___51___ doubting my own abilities I’ve learned to ___52___ my “bullshit radar” a bit more and not understanding something is a clear sign that something is ___53____.
My advice to young entrepreneurs is this: you are not stupid! If something does not make ___54___, if it sounds stupid, if you don’t understand it, something is wrong! Trust your gut( 本能的) ___55___. Feel free not to know and be honest when you don’t’ understand something!
36. A. if B. unless C. because D. when
37. A. disappointment B. doubt C. terror D. curiosity
38. A. conscious B. tired C. ashamed D. fond
39. A. insisting B. working C. relying D. reflecting
40. A. right B. tough C. firm D. final
41. A. boring B. costly C. disgusting D. significant
42. A. truth B. concept C. realization D. reputation
43. A. thought B. referred C. smiled D. came
44. A. mind B. know C. love D. understand
45.A. tastes B. sounds C. smells D. looks
46.A. compromise B. conclusion C. point D. agreement
47.A. speak B. look C. hang D. cheer
48. A. despair B. pleasure C. relief D. impatience
49. A. disappears B. ceases C. approaches D. sucks
50. A. since B. if C. as D. while
51. A. Instead of B. Apart from C. As well as D. Regardless of
52. A. operate B. differentiate C. trust D. inspect
53. A. in B. up C. on D. off
54. A. progress B. history C. money D. sense
55. A. feeling B. level C. happiness D. comfort
