23. ----What do yothink of Tim?

----He appears a kind person. I don’t like him______.

A. even so B. even though C. though D. yet

24. Tom was so careless with his spelling that he often _______letters from words.

A. left out B. left behind C. left off D. let alone

25. Little _____what yosaid. I wish yohad repeated it.

A. did understand B. I understood

C. I did understand D. have I understood

26. Can yogive me an example ______this phrase can be used?

A. when B. that C. where D. which

27. The fact has worried many scientists ______the Earth is becoming warmer and warmer these years.

A. what B. which C. that D. though

28. The rescue team _________to help but failed to get there in time.

A. had wanted B. have planned C. were expecting D. hoped

29. Jane, _____at the news of the earthquake, was at a loss for words

A. shock B. shocked C. shocking D. having shocked

30. So that explains why yocaught a cold. Yo_______out last night without a coat.

A. shouldn’t have gone B. mustn’t have gone

C. couldn’t have gone D. mightn’t have gone第二节：完形填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31-45各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

If yowant your life to stand for peace and kindness, it’s helpful to do kind, peaceful things. One of my 31 ways to do this is by developing my own helping rituals (习惯). These little 32 of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and helpful.

We live in a rural area of the San Francisco Bay Area. 33 of what we see is the beauty of nature. One of the exceptions to the beauty is the 34 that some people throw out of their windows as they are 35 on the rural roads. One of the few drawbacks(缺点)to living out the boondocks(偏远地区)is that 36 services, such as litter collection, are less available than those closer to the city.

A helping ritual that I practice 37 with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding area. We’ve become so 38 to doing this that my daughters will often say to me in animated(兴致勃勃) 39 , “There’s some litter, Daddy, stop the car!” And if we have 40 , we will often pull over and pick it up. It seems strange, but we actually 41 it. We pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically 42 . Once I even saw a complete stranger picking up litter close to where we 43 . He smiled at me and said, “I saw yodoing this, and it seemed like a good idea .”

Picking up litter is only one of an endless supply of possible helping rituals. Yomight like 44 a door open for people, visiting lonely old people in nursing homes, or shoveling snow from someone else’s driveway. Think of something that seems effortless yet helpful. It’s fun, personally rewarding, and 45 a good example. Everyone wins.

31. A. favorite B. useful C. unusual D. strange

32. A. methods B. idea C. acts D. knowledge

33. A. More B. Most C. Some D. Any

34. A. litter B. box C. cigarette D. bottle

35. A. driving B. rolling C. walking D. running

36. A. private B. public C. water D. electricity

37. A. strangely B. easily C. regularly D. greatly

38. A. considerate to B. popular with C. familiar with D. used to

39. A. sounds B. voices C. noises D. tones

40. A. time B. oil C. money D. book

41. A. develop B. ignore C. need D. enjoy

42. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. everywhere

43. A. stand B. lie C. live D. stay

44. turning B. knocking C. kicking D. holding

45. A. follows B. sets C. makes D. creates第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30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。