【正文】 . really C. especially D. nearly 53. A. for B. with C. off D. to 54. A. fet B. discuss C. consider D. try 55. A. position B. relation C. workmates D. friends 56. A. They B. We C. You D. What 57. A. damage B. determine C. change D. increase 58. A. e B. stop C. have D. fail 59. A. drive B. force C. take D. amaze 60. A. quiet B. speechless C. amazing D. reasonable 第Ⅱ卷 第一節(jié)： 語法填空 。選項中有兩項為多余選項。t borrowed money before 23. Some small businesses fail to get a bank loan because ______. A. the form they fill in is inplete B. their products are not technically advanced C. the amount of money they want to borrow is too big D. they have no clear idea of how much they need to borrow 24. The writer advises that before applying for a bank loan, the applicant should ____. A. thoroughly prepare B. do some market research C. learn a lot about the bank D. know the upper limit of the loans B A new weapon is on the way in the fight against smoking in Europe. Soon when smokers buy cigarettes they might see a shocking photo of a blackened lung or a cancer patient staring back at them from the packet. Some boys may think of smoking as cool and sexy. Their friends won’t agree when they see their packets of cigarettes lying on the table. The European Union announced on October 22, that it had chosen 42 photos that showed the damage cigarettes could do to the body. It called on member nations to put these pictures on packets to discourage smokers. To catch the attention of teenagers, the special packets warn of longterm medical dangers, like cancer. Shortterm effects, like bad skin, are also on the list. “The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror. That is the message we should send to the young,” said David Byrne, an EU health official. “Hopefully these pictures will shock students out of their love for cigarettes.” The EU head office hoped the pictures would work better than current written warnings on packs of cigarettes. The warnings included “smoking kills” and “smoking can lead to a slow and painful death.” So far, Ireland and Belgium have shown interest in the photos. Canada has used similar pictures and warnings on cigarette packs since 2020. The country has recently seen a fall in the number of smokers. According to studies, smoking is the single biggest cause of avoidable death in EU. Every year more than 650,000 smokers die, more than one person a minute. 25. Why will the “new weapon” hopefully work better according to the passage? A. Because it is easier to understand. B. Because it shows both dangers and effects. C. Because it can be seen by the smokers’ friends. D. Because it is more powerful to catch attention. 26. The pictures chosen by the EU are supposed to work on ______. A. young smokers B. smokers in Ireland and Belgium C. all smokers D. young smokers’ friends 27. What can we learn from the passage? A. Canada has been the first to use the EU’s “weapon”. B. Many smokers don’t quite believe the written warnings. C. The new form of warning has already proved to work. D. Smoking has caused more deaths than anything else in EU. C Every small child knows the panic of losing sight of its mother in the supermarket, and as these delightful pictures show, small whales obviously feel the same way. Taken by a British diver who was following the sperm whale(抹香鯨 ) calf, they show the minute the baby who had lost track of its mum found her again in the sea off the Azores. Soaring 30ft across the waves, the newborn slammed（猛力推） its body onto the water with joy after being separated from its family group in the chilly（寒冷的） waters. But the whale calf was doing more than just jumping for joy. British biologist and dive guide Justin Hart, 44, who took the pictures, says that young whales municate with older ones in the ocean by creating a slamming sound which travels through the water to the ears of the adults deep below. By leaping out of the water and slamming its 12ft long body onto the surface of the sea up to 30 times, the baby whale is tel