The program “ Master’s Lectures” of CCTV are both interesting and instructive .No wonder they_______a large audience.

A. appoint to       B. account for        C. appeal to        D. appear on

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

下面A、B、C、D、E和F分别是六个商业巨头（比尔·盖茨等）面临关键时刻所做抉择的简单介绍。56--60题是关于一个企业管理者在关键时刻要做出抉择的种种情形。阅读完后，请选出每一情形和他们抉择的相应的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余的。请将答案填涂在答题卡上标号为56—60的相应位置上。（若选E,涂AB; 若选F,涂CD）

A  In 1968, H. Wayne Huizenga teamed with a partner to create a nationwide company for waste collection, a business traditionally made up of small, local companies. The new company, Waste Management, Inc., became the foundation of his fortune.

B  While attending Harvard University in 1975, Bill Gates teamed with Paul Allen to develop a version of the BASIC programming language for the Altair 8800, the first personal computer. They licensed the software to the manufacturer of the Altair and formed Microsoft ( originally Micro-soft ) to develop versions of BASIC for other computer companies. Gates decided to drop out ( 退学 ) of Harvard in his junior year to devote his time to Microsoft.

C  In 1963, Ted Turner took over his family billboard-advertising business. In 1970 he bought a failing UHF(ultrahigh frequency) television station in Atlanta, Georgia, and by 1975 Turner had transformed it into the first “superstation”—WTBS, by transmitting ( 传送 ) low-cost sports and entertainment programs via satellite to cable systems throughout the country.

D  In 1986, Oprah Winfrey formed Harpo Productions to produce her own show and other projects. With distribution rights（销售权） to her shows, Winfrey used profits to expand her business activities. By 1998 Winfrey was worth $675 million.

E  Microsoft founder Bill Gates planned to give away almost all of his vast fortune, largely to the cause of global health. Having already the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $ 24 billion to address global health issues, Gates said that eventually his entire fortune would be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids.”

F  Amazon. com founder Jeff Bezos grew interested in online retailing(零售业) in 1994 while working as a business analyst in New York City. After researching the success of different mail-order companies Bezos decided that books were the perfect product to see via the Internet. That year he left New York to establish his new company in Seattle, chosen for its being near to major book wholesalers and the advanced high-tech industry. In July 1995 Amazon. com developed its Web site, and has since expanded to offer many other retail products in addition to books.

（   ）56. You run a billboard advertising business you inherited(继承) from your father, and you are looking to expand in new directions. What do you do?

（   ） 57. You are a successful talk-show host, and have just achieved national recognition（认可）. You want more control over your show, and a greater share of its profits. What do you do?

（   ）58. You are still in college, but together with a friend you have established a software company that deals with major corporations. What do you do?

（   ）59. You are a successful business analyst, and come to think that the mail-order business model could be adapted to online book sales. What do you do?

（   ）60. You own several highly profitable waste-collection routes. The government has recently issued the Solid Waste Disposal Act, increasing standards of hygiene(卫生)in waste disposal. What do you do?

 ___in a heavy snow, the couple had to walk home, leaving their car behind.

     A. Caught        B. Having caught      C. Catching           D. To catch

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

The Pecan(山核桃) Thief

When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather’s

farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the  21  to gather

pecans for us to enjoy later.

Pecan picking was really  22  work and my little basket

was only half full. I wasn’t about to  23  Grandpa down. Just

then something caught my  24  . A large brown squirrel was

a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and   25  in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel  26  out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.

Not so  27  anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was   28  with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my  29  . Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so  30  of myself. I couldn’t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.   31  , I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the basket and said, “Well, well, how did you find so many?” I told him how I’d   32  the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.

Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I’d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that  33  me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently  34  my shoulders.

 “That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter  35  of food,” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don’t you think that little squirrel will  36  the cold winter? ”

“I didn’t think about that, ” I said.

“I know,” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take  37  of someone else’s hard work.”

Suddenly felt a bit  38  . The image of the starving squirrel wouldn’t   39  my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.

I didn’t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filing—the  40  of knowing I had done just the right thing.

21．A．rooms      B．woods      C．holes D．roads

22．A．hard  B．dirty  C．light  D．easy

23．A．let     B．settle C．have  D．keep

24．A．sweater     B．basket       C．eye    D．hand

25．A．joined      B．lived C．discovered       D．disappeared

26．A．jumped     B．held  C．stood D．found

27．A．strange     B．secret       C．anxious     D．patient

28．A．covered    B．filled C．rebuilt      D．decorated

29．A．turn  B．choice      C．chance      D．achievement

30．A．afraid       B．ashamed   C．careful      D．proud

31．A．Otherwise B．However   C．Besides     D．Therefore

32．A．driven      B．followed   C．protected  D．caught

33．A．annoyed   B．satisfied    C．surprised   D．delighted

34．A．off    B．beside       C．over  D．around

35．A．supply      B．cost   C．support     D．preparation

36．A．escape      B．spend       C．survive     D．fled

37．A．place B．notice       C．advantage D．charge

38．A．guilty       B．unconfident      C．embarrassed     D．nervous

39．A．open B．leave C．cross D．occupy

40．A．inspiration       B．expectation      C．impression       D．satisfaction

第二节：根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

W: Hello. Minchhampton Tourist Office.

M: 61  

W: Well, we've only got three, the Elm, the Hotel Placid and the Singing Fiddle.

M: 62  

W: The Elm has twenty rooms. The Hotel Placid has thirty-five rooms and the Singing Fiddle has only eight rooms.

M: 63   

W: The Elm costs 16 pounds per person a night. The Hotel Placid costs 32 pounds and the singing Fiddle costs only 8 pounds.

M: 64  

W: The Elm is 625387. 65  

M: Thank you.

A．How large are they?

B．Hello, I want to stay in a hotel in Minchhampton.

C. How much do they cost?

D. The Hotel Placid is 60744 and the Singing Fiddle is 81990.

E. Sorry, I can’t follow you.

F. Thank you, and what are the telephone numbers?

G. Where is the Singing Fiddle?

---How do you often spend your spare time?

   ---Personally speaking, there is nothing happier than reading a book, ____ a cup of tea.

drunk    B. be drinking   C. drinking   D. to drink

 You can’t have finished the book yesterday, _________?。

A. can you                    B. have you           C. do you                            D. did you

 This is the very dictionary____which Mr. Smith came here the other day.

A. by      B. for      C. in       D. on

There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party.You_______ have come, but why didn’t you ?

    A. must        B. shouldn’t       C. needn’t        D. ought to

Hundreds of years ago, Native-American tribes lived in Mexico. The Aztecs built beautiful cities. They had a calendar (历法) and a written language. However, the Spanish destroyed the Aztecs in l521. For the next 300 years, Spain ruled over Mexico. That’s why Mexicans speak Spanish.

    Every September l6 the Mexican people hold a celebration in Mexico City, their country’s capital. It is their Independence Day. On that date in 1821 they told Spain they would no longer be ruled. Breaking free from Spain caused a war. When it was over, the Mexicans had their own government. They made their own laws.

    Today America and Mexico are friends, but it wasn’t always that way. President James Polk wanted America to reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. He tried to buy what is now the American southwest from Mexico. Mexico would not sell. So from l846 to 1848 Mexico and America fought a war to ascertain where their borders would be. When the war ended, Mexico had lost a lot of land. Now the Rio Grande River forms the border between the two nations. America is on the north side of the river. Mexico is on the south side.

   Mexico has mountains and a hot, dry climate. Crops can grow on only a small part of the land. Still, Mexicans grow much of the coffee, oranges, and sugar used in the US. Mexicans have influenced building styles in southwestern US and added words such as patio and canton to American English. Americans also enjoy eating many Mexican foods like burritos, tacos, tortillas, and tamales.

6. According to the passage, what happened second on historical timeline?

   A. Mexicans declared their independence from Spain.

   B. The Spanish ruled Mexico.

C. The Aztecs lived in Mexico.

D. Americans fought a war with Mexico.

7. The passage says that President Polk wanted ______.

   A. the US to expand its borders to the Pacific Ocean

   B. Mexico to change its Independence Day to July 4th

   C. Mexico to become one of the states of the Union

   D. Americans to adopt the Mexican language

8. Another word for the underlined word “ascertain” is ______.

   A. inspect      B. cover        C. change       D. determine

9. Mexicans have the following influences on America EXCEPT ______.

   A. building styles    B. vocabulary      C. clothes             D. food

10. Before the Aztecs were conquered(征服), these Native Americans probably ______.

A. didn’t speak Spanish    B. couldn’t read or write any language

   C. didn’t have tools              D. didn’t understand the concept of time