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第三部分：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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Texas, we have a lot of towns with cool names. There is
41 a town named Cool. And Valentine. Yes, Valentine. How cool is that?
42 in February. But where did that name come from?
The story
43 that in 1882, a railroad crew had finished laying the tracks to where a water and fuel depot(库房)would be needed. It was Valentine’s Day, so they
44 the depot Valentine. It was also the name of one of their managers, so the name has double
45 . Valentine is halfway between Los Angeles and New Orleans—almost 1000 miles from
46 ---deep in the Heart of West Texas.
Valentine never got very
47 . The town’s mayor, Jesus Calderon, says that the population is about 180 these days. Calderon has been mayor there for 40 years.
48 being mayor, he taught in the valentine Independent School District for many decades.
49 knows valentine like Calderon. He says there is no gas station, no ATM, and no crime.
The school, K-12, has about 40
50 . Some years, only five or six graduate from high school. One year, not too long ago, two
51 . Lisa Morton, who grew up there, says that her sister graduated alone. You might think that must have been a
52 event. But according to Lisa, “the whole town came out to
53 her big day.”
Well, the town isn’t so small that it doesn’t have a
54 . And in February, they are
55 than Santa’s elves on Christmas Eve. This time of year, they receive thousands of
56 to be re-mailed with the Valentine postage stamp. The cards
57 from all over the US and as many as 30 foreign countries. Each year, there is a design contest at the school and the
58 has their “love logo” chosen as that year’s stamp. Imagine that. You can
59 your Valentine a Valentine from Valentine. Can’t get much more
60 than that!
41. A. actually B. certainly C. possibly D. truly
42. A. Naturally B. Especially C. Probably D. Simply
43. A. ends B. goes C. means D. suggests
44. A. visited B. mentioned C. named D. noticed
45. A. purposes B. spellings C. origins D. records
46. A. one B. each C. all D. neither
47. A. big B. distant C. lucky D. small
48. A. Far from B. Thanks to C. Because of D. In addition to
49. A. Anybody B. Everybody C. Nobody D. Somebody
50. A. visitors B. branches C. teaches D. students
51. A. complained B. disappeared C. graduated D. returned
52. A. funny B. lonely C. foolish D. great
53. A. celebrate B. examine C. discuss D. protest
54. A. festival B. stamp C. school D. post office
55. A. busier B. cleverer C. happier D. stranger
56. A. cards B. bills C. books D. flowers
57. A. collect B. come C. develop D. result
58. A. member B. organizer C. partner D. winner
59. A. count B. find C. send D. turn
60. A. careful B. nervous C. obvious D. romantic
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。
My doorbell rings at 11 am. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady holding the hand of a little boy. In her other hand
61 (be) a paper bag. She is the little boy’s grandmother, and her daughter, Nicole, bought
62 house next door last October. Nicole has
63 (obvious) told her mother that I am having a heart operation shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided
64 (supply) me with meals.
I know what is inside the paper bag---a bottle of hot soup and a
65 (contain) with a meal of rice, vegetables and meant. It’s become a daily occurrence.
Communication
66 us is somewhat difficult because she doesn’t speak English and all I can say in Chinese is hello. Once, she brought an iPad as well as the food. She pointed to the screen,
67 showed at message from her daughter telling me that her mother wanted to know
68 the food was all right for me.
So here we are, two grandmothers, neither of
68 (we) able to speak the other’s language but communicating one way or another (with some help from technology). The doorbell keeps
70 (ring) and there is the familiar brown paper bag, handed smilingly to me.
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