Section Ⅰ Prereading（Warming Up & Reading）
[基础题]
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．My wife is a(n) ________ (本地的) New Yorker, but I'm from Japan.
答案：native
2．Production in the factories stopped becau of ________ (频繁的) power failures.
答案：frequent
3．A good decision is ________ (以……为基础) on one's knowledge and experience.
答案：bad
4．(2017·江苏高考)Cinemas have ________ (逐渐地) given way to the ri of the Internet and cellphones.
答案：gradually
5．The police asked him to show his ________ (身份) card before he entered the room.
答案：identity
6．Both English and French are o________ languages in Canada.
答案：official
7．At the age of 29, Dave was living in a small a________ near Boston and wondering what to do about his future.
答案：apartment
8．Having studied Chine for two years, now she can speak Chine f________.
答案：fluently
9．After an about 10 days' v________ on the stormy a, they arrived at a lonely island.
答案：voyage
10．By the age of two, a child will have a v________ of about two hundred words.
答案：vocabulary
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1．He looked calm, but ________ (actual) he was very nervous.
答案：actually
2．________ (ba) on a novel by Lewis, the film is popular with people around the country.
答案：Bad
3．The question will come ________ at the meeting.
答案：up
4．We thoroughly understand each other, even ________ we don't always agree.
答案：if/though
5．As we all know, the panda is native ________ China.
答案：to
6．Your spare time should be made full u of ________ (make) up for your misd lessons.
答案：to make
[能力题]
Ⅰ.完形填空
Eight years ago, I went to a wonderful school, West Catholic High School, in the United States. I was lucky enough to have an opportunity to study as a(n) 1 student from Ukraine when I was fourteen years old.
I remember my first day at that school 2 it was yesterday. I was very 3 as if there had been many butterflies in my stomach. My main 4 was that I would not be able to 5 mylf due to the language barrier (障碍). I was trying to have as little 6 as I possibly could. And I almost 7 ,until we had to introduce 8 in front of the class.
And the moment the word “international” flew out of my 9 ,_I was surrounded by thirty people who were asking questions one after another. It 10 to be the opposite of less communication, but it was so much fun.
During the first three months, I 11 experienced a little bit of cultural shock. I think Americans are the 12 people I have ever met in my entire life. They always smile and say, “Hi, how are you？”
One day, I 13 the students looking at me with doubt. Finally, one classmate 14 to my locker (寄物柜) and whispered, “Is that true that you are a princess and that you came to study here so that nobody would 15 you？” At one point, I even had an image of mylf 16 a crown and gracefully waving at the crowd. People do have a wild 17 !
I think it was a 18 oneyear experience! I saw a totally new world, experienced great culture, met a lot of incredible (极好的) people and 19 my language. This trip inspired me to learn foreign languages. That is one of the reasons 20 I speak five different languages today.
篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者是一位在美国留过学的乌克兰人，虽然一开始因为语言问题作者想逃避与他人交流，但是在做自我介绍之后，作者发现与人交流很有趣。
1．A.international B．common
C．friendly D．clever
答案：A 由本句中的“Ukraine”可知，作者是一名国际学生。第三段第一句中的“the word ‘
international’ flew out of my 9 ”也是提示。international “国际的”。
2．A.even though B．as though
C．now that D．in ca
答案：B 首段谈到作者是八年前到美国留学的，本句中的“yesterday”比喻在那个学校的第一天就像昨天一样。此处用as though来引导状语从句，意为“好像，似乎”。
3．A.sad B．comfortable
C．excited D．nervous
答案：D 由下文中的“as if there had been many butterflies in my stomach”可知，作者当时的内心是紧张的。
4．A.point B．goal
C．fear D．reason
答案：C 由上文中的“as if there had been many butterflies in my stomach”以及本句末的“the language barrier(障碍)”可知，作者害怕自己因为语言障碍不能表达自己的意思。
5．A.help B．express
C．control D．relax
答案：B 由于语言障碍，作者主要害怕不能表达出自己的意思。express onelf “表达自己的意思”。
6．A.communication B．connection
C．emotion D．attention
答案：A 由上文中的“the language barrier (障碍)”可知，作者尽可能不与别人交流。
7．A.failed B．succeeded
C．forgot D．won
答案：B 上文谈到作者尽可能避免与他人交流，因此这里指作者几乎成功避免与他人交流这件事。
8．A.mylf B．themlves
