第二部分：知识运用（共两节, 45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
21. You can smoke here _____ you leave a window open to let the smoke out.
A. even though B. so that C. in case D. as long as
22. —Can we play on the football field now?
—No, the grass _____.
A. will be cut B. is being cut C. was cut D. has been cut
23. It hasn’t been announced _____ the plane is to take off.
A. where B. when C. how D. why
24. The problem is _____ his ability and I don’t think he can solve it.
A. beyond B. to C. against D. within
25. _____ around the school, the retired teachers were impressed by its new look.
A. Showing B. To be shown C. Having shown D. Shown
26. Travelling abroad is a great way to find out _____ life is like in another part of the world.
A. what B. how C. where D. that
27. —You seem to be familiar with the school.
—I _____ here for three years. It’s great to be back.
A. studied B. have studied C. had studied D. study
28. The goals _____ he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.
A. after which B. with which C. for which D. at which
29. The agreement _____ between the two companies last week will come into effect soon.
A. to sign B. to be signed C. signed D. signing
30. —What kind of food do you prefer?
—_____ but Japanese.
A. Something B. Anything C. Everything D. Nothing
31. Sir Denis has made it known that he _____ much of his collection to the nation after his death.
A. has left B. left C. would leave D. will leave
32. —What’s the matter with Coco?
—She has a headache because she _____ too long; she ought to stop working now.
A. has been reading B. was reading C. reads D. had read
33. I saw them whispering to each other; obviously they did not want _____ by others.
A. to hear B. to be heard C. hearing D. being heard
34. —Mom, I’m going to Diana’s birthday party tomorrow.
—OK, but you _____ stay there too late. Be sure to get home before 10 pm.
A. couldn’t B. wouldn’t C. mustn’t D. might not
35. If Nina _____ that her husband would go to the bus stop to meet her, she wouldn’t have walked back home.
A. knows B. knew C. has known D. had known

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
Go for the Gold
Diana Golden was 12 years old when she found she had bone cancer. Doctors recommended 36 her right leg above the knee.
37 Diana heard the news, she asked the first question that came into her mind, “Will I still be able to 38 ?”
“When the doctors said yes,” she later said, “I thought it wouldn’t be too 39 .”
That was Diana’s 40 to life. Losing a leg would cause most children to lose 41 , but Diana refused to think about the 42 side. “Losing a leg?” she’d say. “It’s nothing. A body part.”
Most of all, Diana didn’t want to let cancer stop her from doing what she loved—skiing. She had been on ski since five. After the operation, Diana worked hard to get back to the 43 . “I always skied, and I intended to keep on skiing. There was never any question in my mind about that,” she 44 . Seven months after losing her leg, Diana met her 45 . She was back out on the slopes (斜坡).
Skiing wasn’t quite the same with just one leg, but Diana made the best of it. She 46 to go faster on one leg than most people could go on two. When she was just 17, she became a member of the U.S. Disabled Ski Team.
After high school, Diana went on to Dartmouth College. There she saw how top two-legged skiers trained. 47 not to be left behind, Diana began training with the Dartmouth team. When they ran up and down the steps of the football stadium, she went up and down the steps too—by 48 . “I had to 49 ,” she later explained. “I was an athlete. I had one leg, which meant I had to do it 50 .”
Her constant efforts finally paid off. In 1987, Diana placed 10th in a race 51 some of the best nondisabled skiers in the country. And in 1988, the magazine Ski Racing selected her “Skier of the Year”, breaking the 52 of electing able-bodied World Cup athletes.
As a result of her 53 and determination, Diana has changed the way the world looks at
54 athletes. People have begun to see them as strong and competent. “Everyone has some kind of ‘disability’,” Diana says, “It’s what we do with our abilities that 55 .”
36.A. pulling B. losing C. removing D. breaking
37.A. Until B. When C. Once D. Since
38.A. run B. walk C. train D. ski
39.A. bad B. strange C. difficult D. dangerous
40.A. answer B. attitude C. attention D. challenge
41.A. memory B. interest C. confidence D. patience
42.A. serious B. practical C. positive D. negative
43.A. mountain B. field C. track D. court
44.A. responded B. commented C. declared D. introduced
45.A. goal B. requirement C. approval D. standard
46.A. offered B. agreed C. expected D. learned
47.A. Determined B. Ashamed C. Anxious D. Cautious
48.A. climbing B. running C. jumping D. walking
49.A. adapt B. perform C. survive D. transform
50.A. properly B. immediately C. differently D. deliberately
51.A. between B. against C. to D. for
52.A. reality B. system C. promise D. tradition
53.A. wisdom B. experience C. behavior D. courage
54.A. top B. disabled C. young D. international
55.A. pushes B. matters C. helps D. contributes 来源:可可英语 http://www.kekenet.com/gaokao/201504/371823.shtml