四、单项填空（共10分，每小题1分）
从下面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21.－Is this your father’s car?
－No.______car is black.
A. My B. His C. Her D. Your
22. Autumn is the best season______Beijing.
A. at B. on C. in D. to
23. Thereare only twenty minutes left, ______we’d better takea taxi.
A. so B. or C. but D. for
24. －Must I finish the work today?
－No, you ______.
A. can’t B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t
25. －If it______fine tomorrow, let’s have a picnic in the park.
－Great idea!
A. is B. was C. will be D. has been
26. －Jack, where is Tom?
－He______ in the library.
A. reads B. read C. was reading D. is reading
27. The woman has tried her best______a lot of poor children.
A. help B. Helping C. to help D. helped
28. －I ______this mobile phone for five years. I’m thinking about buying a new one.
A. use B. used C. have used D. will use
29. －What a beautiful picture!
－Thank you. It ______when I traveled in Paris last year.
A. takes B. took C. is taken D. was taken
30. －Do you know ______our school?
－The day after tomorrow.
A. when the American students visit[来源:学.科.网]
B. when the American students will visit
C. when do the American students visit
D. when will the American students visit
五、完形填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
An Imperfect Painting
My parents always wanted me to be “on top”,so from early on I had the 31 to be the best in everything,from getting the highest score in a spelling test to running fastest in a race.
In middle school，I realized how many other smarter and faster people there were, It became 32 that I was not the best any more, but my parents still held on to theirhope and forced me to try ha rd.To their disappointment, I became less confident and didn’t want to work harder because,to me, there was no point in making any more 33 if I was unable to be number one. My grades began to fall; I never practiced the piano; I 34 painting.It was all because motivation(动力）to do anything had dropped much.
When high school started, I was at a newschool in a newcity. I 35 to get back my motivation and start over.So I picked up my ever favorite hobby again and enrolled(报名)myself in the art course,36 ,our art teacher, Mr.Grady, gave us more freedom with our art projects. He would always encourage us to realize our potential(潜力).
My first painting was simply a bee sitting on a sunflower, I tried my best, but still found it hard to feel satisfied with it. I knew it was not 37 and could hardly get a good grade. But I showed it to Mr.Grady. He didn’t 38 it in a rush. Instead, he gave me advice which only motivated me to work harder on it. For the first time I was happy with the 39 of my painting rather than disappointed about its imperfection. I finished all the other projects with higher grades, but I hung the first painting in my room at the end of the term.
My parents thought 40 me to be number one would motivate me. Instead, it discouraged me much when I was not number one, for I had gone to school only to get a grade, not knowledge, let alone progress. Actually, it is okay not to be the best at everything as long as you continue to try your best.
31 A. ability B. chance C.goal D. way
32 A. strange B. obvious C. acceptable D. impossible
33 A. efforts B. choices C. promises D. wishes
34 A. regretted B. considered C. continued D. stopped
35 A. failed B. refused C. decided D. waited
36 A. Naturally B. Similarly C. Normally D. Luckily
37 A. famous B. modern C. perfect D. special
38 A. name B. grade C. hang D. finish
39 A. progress B. meaning C. style D. title
40 A. instructing B. helping C. encouraging D. pushing