C. haven’t destroyed D. hadn’t destroyed
18. Communicating can, to some extent, reduce _________ between family members.
A. approval B. tendency C. tension D. attention
19. We hope to become more _________ in predicting earthquakes to avoid a lot of damage.
A. accurate B. appropriate C. abrupt D. athletic
20. —I’m sorry I stepped on your foot; it was an accident.
—It wasn’t! You did it _________.
A. in vain B. on purpose C. in advance D. at random
Ⅲ. 完形填空(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I’d known since early childhood that I was adopted (收养). 21 I was 10, I finally asked my adoptive parents, “Why didn’t my parents 22 me?”
“Your parents were unmarried college students,” Mom said. “They couldn’t 23 you, so they gave you up for adoption.” She 24 looked at me and pulled me close. “John, you are here by choice, not 25 . We walked into the adoption agency and saw you and knew
you were the one who was 26 us.” My adoptive parents loved me as completely as any parents ever loved a child.
Twenty years later, I married Kristi, my life’s other love, and started a 27 Afterwards, I got a sales job at a car dealership.
I tried on and off to 28 my birth parents. By 2011 I had nearly given up on my dream of finding my birth parents. I just got a job 29 general sales manager of a Lexus dealership. One day in my second week there I was sitting at my desk,
drinking. My personal cell phone rang. “John,” Kristi said, “the adoption agency called about your adoption. A family is trying to reach you.”
Oh ... My eyes burned with 30 I’d given up the search, but my birth parents hadn’t.
Three days later, on Mother’s Day 2011, Jim and Kitty, my birth parents, arrived in Denver. I went to their hotel to meet them. I moved the dozen 31 I’d bought for Kitty to one hand and knocked. The door flew 32 Kitty reached me first. She took my face in her hands and 33 at me, refusing to let go. “I remember those eyes,” she said.
We spent the rest of the day together. We must have taken a thousand pictures.
Later, back home I thought of my adoptive 34 My dad died a few years ago, but my mom is still alive. I told that to her. “They’re great people,” I said, “but you’re 35 my mom. You and Dad raised me, and you did a great job.”
21. A. Since B. Though C. If D. When
22. A. get B. keep C. help D. bring
23. A. love B. stop C. understand D. support
24. A. seriously B. weakly C. politely D. happily
25. A. by touch B. by necessity C. by chance D. by force
26. A. filled with B. meant for C. designed for D. supplied with
27. A. school B. family C. trip D. store
28. A. visit B. appoint C. locate D. demand
29. A. like B. as C. except D. with
30. A. tears B. feelings C. pity D. anger
31. A. invitations B. messages C. goods D. roses
32. A. close B. noisy C. open D. loose
33. A. laughed B. shouted C. glanced D. stared
34. A. kids B. relatives C. parents D. friends
35. A. still B. then C. yet D. even
Ⅳ. 阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A
Every morning, some people may have the habit of watching the astrological (占星术的)advice on the TV news before they go to work. When reading magazines, some people might first go to the section on astrological predictions to determine what’s in store for them in the coming day, week or month. This interest in astrology is especially strong at the beginning of a new year. Immediately before a new year, many astrological experts are making predictions and giving advice. It seems that astrology is gaining popularity, but how popular is astrology and is it actually trustworthy?
According to a study by searchterms. com, the word astrology is the most searched topic on the Internet, and a search for astrology on Google will bring up