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. 一__________I checked it several times. A.So what? B.I’m afraid not. C.What’s up? D.You must be joking.B)完形填空 先通讀下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小題所給的A、B、C、 D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑. Do you think winter is too cold in your hometown? A visit to Oymyakon(地名:奧伊米亞康)might change your mind.One of the coldest inhabited places on the earth is a small town in Siberia(西伯利亞) called Oymyakon. Temperatures there can reach as__16__as ℃ in winter. The mon winter temperatures are around 50℃. And only about 500 people call the cold town “home”. People there mainly eat meat in winter. Vegetables and fruits are unable to _17__in the freezing temperatures. The ground is __18__frozen in the winter. Cars are often in danger of freezing over. If cars aren’t left___19__ outside, they must be kept in warm garages to _20__the damage. People there __21__as little time outdoors as possible to avoid the temperatures. Once outside, they will try and __22_the cold as quickly as they can.Usually the outdoors is __23__and lonely, with only three hours of sunlight in the winter. __24__,in summer the town can get up to 21hours of sunlight and temperatures can __25__to ℃ in July. B. high C. low D. tall B. save C. survive B. seldom C. never D. always B. running C. driving D. stopping B. cure C. treat D. correct . cost B. take C. spend D. pay off B. get up C. get through D. get out of B. sunny C. clear D. afraid B. However C. So D. And B. raise C. reduce D. cut二、閱讀理解(共12小題;每小題2分,滿分24分) 閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、 D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。A As an autistic(自閉的)teen, Niam Jain doesn’t speak much. But ever since the 13yearold picked up a paintbrush last summer, he’s found a way to express himself, and the art world is listening. Niam, who lives in Toronto, was diagnosed(診斷) with autism at the age of two. Niam is in special education class and loves school.Last summer Nina Jain bought her son some art supplies to give him something to do.She never thought it would lead to a passion(酷愛(ài)) and a career, but soon after she posted Niam’s first paintings online, a lot of people started buying them. Some were from family and friends. But most came from sharpeyed collectors.Niam has already sold 46 paintings across Canada and the US. He’s make nearly $20,000, and the number keeps growing.“I don’t know how he can do this because this is the work of a kind of successful midcareer painter,” says a gallery owner after he pointed out Niam’s mastery(精通) of the technique of mixing and layering(分層堆積) colours.“Since he has paintings and he loves to do what he does, he has a reason to get up in the morning and that’s really, really important,” Nina says.Morning and night, Niam can be found in his studio, sometimes painting for hour