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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）1A mother recognizes the feel of her childs skin when blindfolded. _, she can instantly identify her babys cry.ASimilarly BMeanwhileCNevertheless DAccordingly2Johns success has nothing to do with good luck. It is years of hard work _ has made him what he is today.AwhatBw
3、hichCwhereDthat3The boss_the employees a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has occurred yet.Apromised Bhad promised Cwould promise Dpromises4The Dragon Boat Festival _ the beginning of the hottest season of the year.A is marking B marks C will mark D marked5一Excuse me，sirYou cant enter 0ffice wit
4、hout permission一But the manager is expecting meAthe；aBan；theCthe；不填D不填；不填6Pity you missed Georges wedding.Well, I _.Ahavent been invited Bwouldnt be invitedChadnt been invited Dam not invited7 You should have come to the party last Saturday evening. It was really fantastic. But a friend an unexpecte
5、d visit to me.ApaidBhad paidCwould payDhas paid8Whats that noise?Oh，I forget to tell you.The new machine_.Ais testing Bwas being testedCis being tested Dhas been tested9To work from home, which one could hardly imagine, has been made with the development of computer technology.ApossibleBit possibleC
6、possiblyDto be possible10-Mum, I dont think I am qualified enough to do this.-Honey, be confident! You should know it is _ a man thinks of himself _ really determines his fate.Athat; that Bhow; that Cwhat; that Dhow; that 11-The weather is too cold _ March this year.- It was still _ when I came here
7、 years ago.Afor; colderBin; coldCin; hotDfor; hotter12We are to hold the sports meeting next weekend, _ the air quality becomes better.AwhichBwhenCwhereDwhile13-Sorry for having kept you waiting. But for the traffic jam，I_ 20 minutes earlier Never mind，I havent been waiting that long.AarrivedBwould
8、have arrivedCwould arriveDhad arrived14Do you know when your mother _ to pick you up?At 11：40 am.Ahad come Bis comingChas come Dwould come15He is very tired，so he needs some time _ duty for relaxation and rest.AthroughBonCwithDoff16While we were listening to the speech attentively, a voice _ to anno
9、unce the result of the election.Abroke inBbroke upCbroke offDbroke down17There are lots of examples of English idioms _ animals are used.AwhichBwhenCwhoseDwhere18Not until he left his home _ to know how important the family was for himAdid he begin Bhad he begun Che began Dhe had begun19I will fix y
10、our printer right now. Oh, _. Im in no hurry.Atake your time Bthats a great ideaCyou are welcome DId like to20If you have any question, please _ free to contact me at sue_smith.Ato feel Bfeeling Cfeel Dfelt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） Is It Worth Buying Organic Food? Organ
11、ic food, grown without artificial chemicals, is increasingly popular nowadays. Consumers have been willing to pay up to twice more for goods with organic labels (商标). However, if you think paying a little more for organic food gets you a more nutritious and safer product, you might want to save your
12、 money. A study led by researchers at Stanford University says that organic products arent necessarily more nutritious, and theyre no less likely to suffer from disease-causing bacteria, either.The latest results, published in the Annuals of Internal Medicine, suggest that buyers may be wasting thei
13、r money. We did not find strong evidence that organic food is more nutritious or healthier, says Dr. Crystal Smith-Spangler from Stanford. So consumers shouldnt assume that one type of food has a lower risk or is safer.For their new study, Smith-Spangler and her colleagues conducted a review of two
14、categories of research, including 17 studies that compared health outcomes between consumers of organic against traditional food products, and 223 studies that analyzed the nutritional content of the foods, including key vitamins, minerals and fats.While the researchers found little difference in nutritional content, they did find that organic fruit and vegetables were 20% less likely to have chemicals remaining on the surfaces. Neither organic nor traditional foods showed levels of chemicals high enough to go beyond food safety standards. And both organic