The 2010 World Cup will be held in South Africa，and no one can        which country will

   be the champion．

A．fancy                            B．estimate                  C．value                      D．predict

She is very dear to us. We have been prepared to do        it takes to save her life.

       A．whichever       B．however   C．whatever         D．whoever

第二节：任务型阅读（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Crossroads International

1．How does Crossroads work?

Crossroads is a resource network．We take goods Hong Kong doesn’t want and give them to people who badly need them．We collect those goods and give them out in the welfare arena （福利院） in Hong Kong, Mainland China, elsewhere in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa．  71 

2．Who do we help?

  72  They are grass-root groups who have seen a need and tried to meet it．They can’t get the job done without back-up, though, so our task is to help them do their task．Our warehouse is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books, stationery to medical provision, cupboards to dining sets．They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with the resource we have in stock．

3．  73 

Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget．We do not buy the goods we send．They are donated．  74   Nobody in our organization receives a salary．Even our full-time staff work on a voluntary basis．

Those that donate goods and services:

●Factories             ●Manufacturers

●Hospitals             ●Hotels

●Educational Institutions      ●Householders

●Transport Companies   ●Offices

●Other Charities

  75  While we receive large quantities of goods and there is never a short supply of requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping．

       A．One resource that we are always in need of is people．

       B．So Crossroads is just that: a Crossroads between need and resource．

       C．What can I do?

       D．The welfare agencies we help do not run on large budgets．

       E．How do we operate?

       F．All volunteer work is done at our warehouse．

       G．Similarly, rather than raising funds for freight （货运）, we ask transport companies to donate their services．

It is likely that water is not ____ endless resource, nor ____ that can be made once more．

A．the; /      B．an; one          C．an; that          D．/; one

I have three cars, and you may have ______ you like.

A. no matter which                             B. whichever

C. no matter what                               D. whatever

---Who can help her carry the heavy box?

   ---    .

   A. I        B. Me        C.Mine            D. My

.We were informed that the woods behind our apartment building would be removed to___ a swimming pool for the residents.

  A.take a chance     B.leave alone    C.break away from   D.allow for

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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

After years of searching, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, in which he would find a well. “Ask the well what is   36  , ” he was advised, “and the well reveal (告诉，揭露) it to you.” Having found the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important   37  . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroad, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”

Full of   38   the man ran to the crossroad to   39   only three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold   40  , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to   41   much to do with the revelation of truth.

Disappointed, the seeker returned to the well to demand an   42  , but he was told only: “You will   43   in the future.”

As years went by, the   44   of his experience at the well gradually   45   until one night, while he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music   46   his attention. It was wonderful and it was   47   with great skill and inspiration.

Deeply  48  , the truth seeker felt drawn towards the   49  . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful   50  : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like   51   he had once seen in the three stores.

At last he understood the   52   of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our   53   is to assemble (聚集) and use them in the proper way. Nothing is   54   so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have   55   by considering the fragments alone.

36.A. truth     B. hope   C. future D. music

37.A. fact       B. reason C. question     D. well

38.A. energy   B. hope   C. mystery      D. surprise

39.A. get B. count  C. find    D. open

40.A. instruments   B. clothing     C. food   D. wood

41.A. connect B. have   C. prepare      D. offer

42.A. explanation   B. advice C. excuse D. opportunity

43.A. succeed B. discover     C. pay     D. understand

44.A. bitterness      B. failure C. memory     D. secret

45.A. doubled B. forgot C. disappeared       D. recovered

46.A. paid      B. lost     C. split    D. caught

47.A. played   B. broadcast    C. enjoyed      D. conducted

48.A. annoyed       B. moved       C. confused    D. frightened

49.A. adviser  B. director      C. composer   D. player

50.A. admiration    B. distinction  C. recognition D. imagination

51.A. those     B. that     C. it D. them

52.A. secret    B. message     C. theory D. benefit

53.A. target    B. difficulty    C. task    D. shortcoming

54.A. interesting    B. meaningful C. accessible   D. successful

55.A. foreseen(预见)     B. decided      C. judged       D. formed

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back."

"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip（纸条） cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, "Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings（先令） on leaving it at No.10 Broad Street."

　　"Now," said the merchant, "I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one."

　　The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known."

　　This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes fastened（系牢） to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

66. who would receive ten shillings according to the first advertisement ?

A. Anyone who found the thief

B. Anyone who gave a message to the loser of the umbrella

C. Anyone who left the umbrella in the City Church                         

D. Anyone who left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street

67.What was the result of the first advertisement __________?

A. the man got his umbrella back        B. the man wasted some money advertising

C. nobody found the missing umbrella    D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

68.The businessman suggested that the man should______.

A. buy a new umbrella      B. go on looking for his umbrella

C. report to the police       D. write another advertisement

69. What did the businessman mean by saying “if it fails, I will buy you a new one.?” _________.

A. he was quite sure of his success         B. he was not sure if he could get the umbrella back     

C. he did not know what to do            D. he was rich enough to afford a new umbrella

70 The writer of this story mainly wants to tell us __________.

A. a useless advertisement               B. how the man lost and found his umbrella

C. how to make a helpful advertisement.    D. what the businessman did for the umbrella owner