--- Good morning, Doctor Brown’s office.

--- Hello, this is Johnson. Could you please tell Doctor Brown I       ? My car won’t start.

A. have been delayed                    B. am delayed

C. will be delayed,                      D. was delayed

Having said goodbye to their friends, they _______ for home.

    A. set about            B. set up         C set down        D. set off         

 ______ each other for long, the two brothers decided to meet soon.

A. Not seen        B. Not having seen      C. Having not seen      D. Not seeing

He worked hard and achieved what he set out to do, but ________ what he had owned, including his health and his marriage.

         A. at the mercy of                                                            B. at the risk of

C. at the cost of                                                               D. at the service of

We have a fine________of the lake from our hotel window.

A scene                     B. sight                      C. view                     D. scenery

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

In its latest move to fight online piracy (盜版), the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has shut down hundreds of BT file-sharing websites,    36   the popular BTChina.net. The name BT is short for BitTorrent, one of the most common   37    methods used in   38   . As a result of     39    , the more people who download the same thing, the   40   the downloads get. BT sharing has been the means of choice for users to trade software , music, movies, and digital books, TV dramas and pirated DVDS and CDs. These BT sites were shut down either for operating without a    41   , or for copyright problems.

The closure of BT sites has    42     millions of young Chinese netizens. Liu Pei, a 27-year-old IT engineer who visits BTChina most nights to get a    43     movie, was upset by the change. “It was so popular and I can’t believe it has   44    from my life overnight,” he told China Daily newspaper. The shutdown might have an immediate   45    on the amount of downloads, but over time it will   46     quickly, according to Hurvitz, a member of the foreign counsel (法律顧問) for Kangxin Partners PC.

Netizens are beginning to search for new download   47    . “The problem is, if you shut down the top    48    BitTorrent sites, then people are simply going to go to number three, number four or number five on the list,” Hurvitz said. Whether netizens like it or not, SARFT said the    49     sites will have to solve the “copyright (版權(quán)) problem” if they want to reopen. Copyright should be   50   . If you don’t pay for    51    , investors lose money. Then no one will make movies in the future, experts say.

In the future, some    52    say, the concept of “downloading” will disappear. The Internet’s future is completely “online”, a founder of one software downloading website told Information Times. Eventually, you may not have to bother downloading content to your computer, but just   53   it online, the founder said. But the concept of “copyright” will still be there, inspiring talented people to create    54      things, in which they take pride, and from which they make    55   .

36. A. except      B. beside          C .but         D. including

37. A. upload      B. download       C. reading      D. listening

38. A. England           B. America         C. China      D. India

39. A. sharing     B. broadcasting      C. selling     D. purchasing

40. A. less          B. worse            C. slower     D. faster

41. A. leader       B. monitor          C. license           D. computer

42.A. satisfied     B. disappointed      C. excited       D. touched

43.A. sad           B. foreign          C. paid        D. free

44. A. developed    B. destroyed       C. deferred     D. disappeared

45. A. effect       B. affect          C. impression  D. advantage

46. A. rebuild     B. recover          C. disappear    D. spread

47. A. ways      B. methods        C. sites        D. experts

48. A. two         B. three            C. four        D. five

49. A. popular     B. reopened       C. opened       D. closed

50. A. remembered B. protected       C. argued           D. discussed

51. A. movies    B. plays           C. songs      D. music

52. A. teachers           B. experts           C. engineers    D. students

53. A. buy          B. sell             C. download   D. enjoy

54. A. strange     B. popular          C. new        D. old

55. A. money       B. future         C. friends           D. information

. —How would you like your coffee?

—________________.

A. It’s well done                         B. The stronger, the better.

C. One cup. That’s enough.          D. Very nice. Thank you.

11. The ship struggled in the strom and________radio signals for help.

A. gave off           B. gave out        C. gave up         D. gave in

I failed in the examination last term and only then ____the importance of study.

       A. I realized        B. I had realized     C. had I realized    D. did I realize

_______ interests me most in the world is the natural beauty of Guilin.

A. That         B. Which        C. it                    D. What