B

King Solomon, the most powerful and the most respected Israeli king, once said, “Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.” He wrote a book called Proverbs, which is part of the Bible and studied carefully even today.

There was a college graduate in Wuhan who shared his own experience about being truthful. It is a good lesson for everyone who reads of his experience.

Mr. Lou went to work for a factory making electrical machines. On the first day of his job, he accidentally broke an electrical machine because of his inexperience. Since it was very expensive, it caused Mr. Lou to become frightened about what his boss might say to him. The machine was worth his six months’ salary.

He decided to try and repair it. After working on it for about 2 hours, he could make it function, but it didn’t work as well as it should.

After spending a restless night, Mr. Lou felt he must tell his boss the truth. The next morning, he showed the broken machine to his boss nervously, for he didn’t know what the result would be. To his great surprise, the boss praised him for being truthful and even later gave him a rise.

Mr. Lou never forgot this dramatic experience. He had to make the choice of hiding his mistake by saying nothing or of telling the truth. The boss had found an honest new employee who would prove later to be of great value to the company.

Being honest makes a person worthy of trust, which is so important for a family, a company, and even a country.

60. The underlined part “honest lips” (in Paragraph 1) most probably refer to “_____”.

   A. people who speak the truth               B. lips of honest people      

   C. people loyal to their king                  D. lips of people loyal to the king

61. What did Mr. Lou do first after he broke the electrical machine?

   A. He hid it in a secret place.                B. He reported it to the boss at once.

   C. He repaired it himself.                    D. He replaced it with a used one.

62. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. Mr. Lou was excited and happy to have the machine repaired.

   B. Mr. Lou told the boss the truth in order to get a rise later.

   C. The boss was disappointed and sad about the broken machine.

   D. The boss thought honest employees were of great value to the company.

63. By telling the story of Mr. Lou, the author wants to show that _____.

   A. mistakes can sometimes bring good luck to a person

   B. being truthful is a most important character of a person

   C. employees should always be careful with their work

   D. experience is important for an employee to do his work well

第二卷（共三部分，满分42分）

一、选词填空。（每空1.5分，满分12分）

accounts for;     watch out;     cut down;     looking forward to;     broke out;

am tired of;      by accident;    settle down;   depends on;           in memory of;

1. His kids are all______________going fishing with him.

2. I______________the same food every day.

3. His laziness______________his failure.

4. They’d like to see their daughter______________ ,get married and have kids.

5. Our success______________everyone’s hard work.

6. If you can’t give up smoking completely, at least try to______________.

7. They set up a monument______________ those who died in the earthquake.

8. A big fire______________at 2 o’clock last night.

—Is John coming by train?

—He should, but he_______not. He likes driving his car.

       A. must                B. can                 C. may                   D. need

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

As a child growing up, I have very few memories of the times when we gathered as a family to sit down and eat dinner together. I grew up in a home where both of my parents worked. My mother taught in the school, and my father worked during the night at a local chemical plant. There was not much time available for us to sit down to eat dinner together due to my parents’ conflicting（冲突的）work schedules and the afterschool activities in which my sister and I participated.

It wasn’t until I got married and had two children of my own that I began to realize the important of eating dinner together. In my family there are elements that take us away from each other, day in and day out, but as a mother I feel it is my duty to bring us all back together again at the end of the day. In my house, dinner time is a time of thanks. I give thanks for us to share our day, but I am more thankful for the family I share it with. Dinner time is a time for us to share our day, and reflect on our thoughts. Above all it is a time when my family are able to connect with the ones they love.

As I look at the bread basket which sits on my kitchen table, I am reminded of how the basket’s tight weave resembles the tightly woven strands（股）of my family. I believe that through our family dinners, we will not only pass around the meat and potatoes, but we will also pass along virtues that will shape us so that we can forever embrace one another just as the basket embraces the bread.

56. What is the main idea of the passage？

A. It is pleasant to spend time with your family.

B. It is necessary to participate in family activities.

C. It is vital to balance work and family time.

D. It is important to have family dinner together.

57. According to the author, during dinner time           .

A. we should remember the one who prepares the dinner

B. we can learn all sorts of knowledge from other people

C. communication among family members will be improved

D. it is healthy for people to express their opinions

58. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The family     B. The food   C. Dinner time   D. My house

59. The author concludes the passage by           .

A. making comparisons           B. telling her own story

C. summarizing the main idea      D. presenting facts

第二节 根据对话内容，从对话右边选项框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。(每小1分，共5分)

A：Thank you for your great help．

B：  61  

A：When can we expect you fordinner? Can you come tonight?

B： 62 

A： 63  

B：That sound fine．

A： 64  

B：I'll be there. You're still good at cooking, aren't you?

A：That'll be for you to decide．I've got a new dish that I want to try out on you．

B：I'm ready    65  

A．I think I won't have anything all day Friday!

B．You're welcome．

C．Not tonight．I promised to go to a concert with my sister．

D．Oh，no．Thank you．

E．How dose Chinese food sound to you?

F．How about Friday then?

G．Good．Shall I say seven o'clock?

—I don't think______was reported in yesterday's newspaper is true．

 —Neither do I．

    A．what    B．that    C．anything   D．which

If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, _______ great it is.

A. whatever               B. however      C. wherever              D. whenever

 ---- What is the cost of your shirts here, sir?

---- It depends on which fashion you want to buy, and the prices _______ from 100 dollars to 500 dollars.

A. increase        B. reach         C. range          D. different

It is hoped that these new discoveries will throw ____ light upon such ____ mysterious natural phenomena.

A. a; a                  B. a; /                          C. /; a                          D. /; /

That the United States attempted to force RMB to be revalued was out of political_____other reasons.

       A. better than  B. less than     C. more than   D. rather than