enjoy the various activities in the club.

　A. occupying B. occupied C. contributed D. devoted

12. A recent study suggests that teenagers who switch off the TV and sit down to family meals

are less______ to suffer eating disorders.

A. likely B. possible C. probable D. sure

13.-Winning the championship is a piece of cake.

　-Don't think you will beat him easily. He may be _________ , you know.

A. a green hand B. a wet blanket C. a black horse D. an early bird

14. His colleagues and former students published his essays __________ his thirty years' service with the university.

　A. in case of B. in favor of C. in honor of D. in search of

15. Farmers __________ much attention to this harvest after last severe flood, but unfortunately, the storm ___________ the crops, _________ the hope of the farmers.

　A. paid; destroyed; ruining B. paid; damaged; ruined

　C. attached; harmed; destroyed D. applied; hurt; damaged

第二节：完形填空（共20空；每空1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选顶中，选出最佳选项.并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sports are full of wonderful moments， but perhaps __16_ is as exciting as the finish of the marathon． It is the longest， hardest _17__ of all．The name "marathon" comes from a village in__18_____． A famous battle was__ 19_ there in the year 490 BC． When the Greeks had beaten the Persians， a soldier _ 20_ all the way_ 21__ Marathon to Athens， more than 40 kilometres to __22__ people the good__ 23_．When the modern Olympic Games__24 ___ in 1896， the organizers knew this__ 25__．The marathon has been a race__ 26_ that time．

In the ancient world the Olympic Games were held __27__ four years of 1000 years．They were an important part of life．In the__ 28__ Games we try to copy their __29__ ． The finest sportsmen in the world are collected in one place __30__ at least the finest "amateurs（业余爱好者 ） " are． An amateur is someone who does not earn __31__ money from sport．It is often difficult to say who is an amateur and