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2、交回。第一部分 （共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1Some business owners are keen on public welfare. This is local services have been funded.AwhetherBwhatCwhereDhow2The waitress at the restaurant was usually very considerate, but on this occasion she seemed to _ the diners.AignoreBidentifyCapplaudDsatisfy3_some people cr
3、iticize graffiti for being ugly and destructive, those graffiti lovers still see it as real art.AAs BWhileCOnce DUntil4Johnson hasnt felt any effect the new dieting recipe has him since he tried to lose weight three months ago.AforBtoConDwith5-My room gets very cold at night. -_.ASo is mineBSo mine
4、isCSo does mineDSo mine does6The couple was initially looking forward to having an overseas wedding but had to drop the idea after facing _ from parents.ArecognitionBtolerationCoppositionDproportion7He couldnt make his voice _ above the noise of thetraffic.Ato hear BhearingCheard Dhear8Paul could be
5、 a very attractive boy but he _ to his behaviour.Apaid no attentionBwere paying no attentionCpays no attentionDhad paid no attention9Have you got these jeans in _ larger size? This pair is a bit too small around _ waist.Aa; theB/; theCthe; /Da; a10Im sorry. I shouldnt have been so rude to you.You _
6、something not very nice to me, but thats OK.Ahave said Bhad said Cwere saying Ddid say11Lifting off at sunrise, the hot air balloon goes wherever the wind blow.AmayBmustCneedDshould12This January will be very precious for us by which time we _ reviewing Senior Book I.Awill finishBwill have finishedC
7、have finishedDwill be finished13 a single world can change the meaning of a sentence, a single sentence can change the meaning of a paragraph.AJust asBEven thoughCUntilDUnless14Im going to spend the summer holiday in Hainan,_ lives my uncle.AwhereBwhoCwhichDwhen15In the US, there are currently over
8、5,000 community schools _, in addition to serving as educational institutions, function as community centers for the surrounding neighborhood.AwhichBwhereCwhoseDas16_ blood if you can and many lives will be saved.AGivingBGivenCTo giveDGive17Mary seems _ the bad news, for she looks nice and happy.Ano
9、t to have learnedBnot to be hearingCnot having learnedDnot to be heard18_ the player I came across in the stadium spoke, I hadnt realized she was foreign.AUntilBUnlessCSinceDAlthough19Great pity! His illness is _ the treatment available so far.AwithinBaboveCaboutDbeyond20- What about the two of us g
10、oing downtown?- _ . I hate spending time hanging around.AThat suits me fineBWhy notCIt depends on the weatherDWell, thats the last thing I will do第二部分 阅读理解（满分40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。21（6分） Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. W
11、hile I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laughand the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke
12、 will be.I was attending a standup comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their heads off. The main reason why those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly
13、. The joke wasnt only funny, but it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.The better a joke makes
14、 a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you wer
15、ent jealous of him.In short, we dont laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage you from making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to ex
