I . 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节: 完形填空 （共15小题； 每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 1―15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。

Kevin is a boy who might be described as “slow”. He didn’t learn his ABCs as fast as other kids. But Kevin people, for his bright smile and big heart won him plenty of friends.

My friend Randy decided they needed boys. up and practiced

hard. But he simply shot baskets. Or more correctly, he threw the ball at the basket. He had a 4 spot near the free throw line（罚球线）The team did well but they never won a game that season except the night when it snowed

and the opposing team never 6 . At the end of the season, the boys played in the church league’s tournament. As the lot(签)of playing against the best team.

Game day arrived. The game went as 8 . Near the end of the last quarter, Kevin’s team

stood nearly 30 points behind. It was then that one of the boys called timeout. “Coach Randy,” he said, “this is our 9 game and Kevin has never made a basket. I think we should let him make a basket.”

wait. When the ball was 11 to him, he shot and missed. A moment later, Kevin got the ball again, but shot and missed again.

what was going on. Both teams circled the boy by

this time and all the other players were shouting, “Kevin! Kevin!” Soon everyone in the 13 joined in.

Kevin attempted again and again, and one of his shots took a crazy bounce on the basket.

Everyone held ball dropped in. Nobody . Everyone stood and cheered as if one boy had won a world champion.

That day, an undefeated team kept their perfect record. But everybody won because

everybody had participated in a crazy conspiracy(密谋) of kindness.

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4. A. patient A. basketball A. got A. strange B. familiar B. football B. signed B. special C. popular C. swimming C. went C. wrong D. careful D. climbing D. set D. safe

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