5. approximately 13 feet by 12 feet, the room makes a nice study for my brother, a senior

3 student.

A. Measured B. Having measured C. Being measured D. Measuring

6. The new supermarket has announced that the first to purchase goods on the opening day

get a big prize.

A. must B. shall C. would D. could

7. Despite the fact that all three teams different approaches to the problem, they were all immediate successes.

A. adapted B. adopted C. acquired D. approved

8. With the word PM 2.5 appearing in media reports, people pay greater attention to it and seek health tips for smoggy days.

A. immediately B. consequently C. permanently D. constantly

9. The government must balance our liberty the security of the nation.

A. for B. to C. against D. in

10. It's reported that in many countries there are rescue centers for girls who are forced into early marriages, and boys who to look after farm animals.

A. drop in B. drop away C. drop off D. drop out

11. The machine might break down someday in the future, you can dial this number for help.

A. in that case B. in what case C. in which case D. in whose case

12. Hopefully in 2015 we will no longer be e-mailing each other, for we more convenient electronic communication tools by then.

A. have developed B. had developed

C. will have developed D. developed

13. -I'm moving in a few days and I wonder if you could help.

- . Just let me know when and I'll be there.

A. You bet B. It depends C. Forget it D. No kidding

14. that's important is that you are doing your best and moving in the right direction.

A. One B. All C. Everything D. Anything

15. It's a pity that we can't arrange for our agenda; otherwise we far more freedom during the whole journey.

A. enjoyed B. had enjoyed C. would have enjoyed D. would enjoy

第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）

阅读下面短文，从 16-35 各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I grew up on stories about Ernest Shackleton and all the great polar explorers. I had a really

_16_ mental picture of what the environment they _17_ might be like. Those tales of exploration were the reason why I got into travel _18_ in the first place.

I had wanted to go to Spitsbergen for years. I was actually 19 on a trip with my wife,

but we had to cancel - for the _20_ possible reason that she fell pregnant with our first child. A couple of years later, I got the _21_ to shoot（拍摄）a story on the Noorderlich, a ship

that gets _22_ into the ice every year - just as the boats of the old explorers did when they

_23_ in the Arctic. I thought the experience would be _24_ because I love riding snowmobiles and dog sleds but it didn't quite turn out well. It was an eight-hour snowmobile journey from the capital Longyearbyen to the _25_ . We rode through snowstorms and it was one of the 26 things I've ever done. It was really quite _27_ and we were _28_ about on ice during the last part of the journey. I began to think: "This had better be _29_ it."

　　And then I saw the ship, lit by the moonlight. It looked so strange and frightening, 30 on its own in the middle of nowhere. I almost didn't want to get close to it because it was so perfect in its _31_ . It was exactly how I had 32_ it to be. _33_ experiences are rarely like that---there's usually some disappointment 34 somewhere. When you have held a mental picture of a place since your childhood and you see that it exists in 35 , it really is a dream that comes true.