It is not like Mr．Smith, who is a gentleman, _____his wife so rudely．

     A．to treat         B．treating        C．should treat         D．treated

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars or even catch fire, are professionals (专业人士). They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman' s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action, for nowadays there are stunt girls too!

51. Stuntmen are those who ______.

A. often dress up as women

B. prefer to lead dangerous lives

C. often perform seemingly (表面上) dangerous actions

D. often fight each other for their lives

52. Stuntmen earn their living by ______.

   A. playing their dirty tricks               B. selling their special skills

   C. jumping out of high windows           D. jumping from fast moving trains

53. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ______.

   A. he needs little protection

   B. he will be covered with a mattress

   C. his life is endangered

   D. his safety is generally all right

54. Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful performance?

   A. Strength.     B. Exactness.       C. Speed.      D. Power.

55. What can be inferred from the author' s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.

B. The percentage of serious accidents is high.

C. Parachutes must be of good quality.

D. The cliff is too high.

You’re in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:

“I can’t believe it —a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn’t it beautiful? And it’s a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome.”

They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater．It's nice and the price is right．You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish．They must know．So, you buy it．You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency．They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo BertoHa clothes.

   Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating．If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too．This is the secret of undercover（暗中影响的） marketing．Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.

   Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising．This is particularly true of the MTV generation----consumers between the age of 18 and 34．It is a golden group．They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads.

   So advertising agencies hire young actors to "perform" in bars and other places where young adults go．Some people might call this practice deceptive, but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative．"Look at traditional advertising．Its effectiveness is decreasing."

   However, one might ask what exactly is "real" about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Adverting executives would say it's no less real than an ad．The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something．You don' t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.

The two attractive young women were talking so that they could ________.

    A．get the sweater at a lower price      B．be heard by people around

    C．be admired by other shoppers                D．decide on buying the sweater

Lorenzo Bertolla is __________．

    A．a very popular male singer             B．an advertising agency

    C．a clothing company in Rome            D．the brand name of a sweater

Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? 

    A．The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company.

    B．The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads.

    C．Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it's too direct.

    D．Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.

Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

    A．Two Attractive Shoppers          B．Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters

    C．Ways of Advertising               D．Undercover Marketing

The reporter interviewed the criminal in       prison on        Saturday last year.

       A．不填,a      B．a,不填      C．the,不填   D．不填,the

--- I am always feeling nervous before an exam.

    ---        ．Do believe your hard work will surely pay off.

       A．Take your time        B．Take a good rest

       C．Take it easy             D．Take your turn

        that you are chosen to be a volunteer at the London Olympic Games, what will you do?

       A．Assumed  B．Assuming C．To assume D．To be assumed

 --- Guess what? There will be a Christmas party in the lecture hall tonight!

   --- Great! I think Amy might also be interested in it. I ____ her to let her know.

A. am going to call B. will be calling       C. call            D. will call

---- Hi, Vera, have you checked the account yet?

---- Certainly, I ______ it five times even though you told me to do it twice．

       A．checked              B．will have checked      

       C．have been checking            D．had checked

第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分)

What a blessing to be alive in a wonderful world of unlimited possibilities．After contracting Hodgkin's disease at seven and being given six months to live，I recovered．I’m not dying of cancer．I’m   36  with it ．  37   what comes my way, I don’t have to be afraid any more．

In the second year of high school，the class was scheduled to run the  38   ．Due to the swelling and  39  from surgery on my leg，for two years I hadn't worn shorts and lived in   40  ．Yet that day，I was ready-shorts，heart and mind．When the coach yelled，“Ready．Set．Go!” I ran faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet， 41  to finish first．As we came around the first of four laps，there were students all over the  42  ．By the end of the second and third laps，many of the students had already  43  and were on the ground breathing deeply．By the time I hit the fourth lap，I was   44  ．Then it hit me．I realized nobody had given up．  45  ，everyone had already finished．I cried．12 minutes，42 seconds after starting，I   46  the finish line．I fell to the ground，  47  ．

Suddenly my coach ran up to me and   48  ，yelling，“You did it，Manuel ．You finished，son ．”He looked me   49   in the eyes，waving a piece of paper in his hand．It was my   50  for the day，which I had forgotten．He read it aloud to everyone．It simply said,“I，Manuel Diotte，will finish the mile run tomorrow，whatever  51  come．No   52  or frustration will stop me．  53  capable of finishing，and with God as my strength，I'll finish．” My heart   54   and tears went away．It was then    55  I realized winning is not always finishing first．Sometimes winning is just finishing．

36．A．enduring          B．studying        C．living         D．burdening

37．A．Regardless of      B．As of           C．In terms of    D．Let alone

38．A．game             B．competition     C．match          D．mile

39．A．wounds           B．scars          C．signs          D．treats

40．A．fear              B．surprise       C．anger          D．disappointment

41．A．hoped            B．determined     C．expected       D．longed

42．A．trip              B．school         C．ground         D．track

43．A．quit              B．gone           C．insisted       D．left

44．A．annoyed           B．confident      C．alone          D．lonely

45．A．Otherwise         B．Instead        C．Yet            D．Besides

46．A．ran               B．walked         C．passed         D．crossed

47．A．embarrassed       B．proud          C．amused         D．excited

48．A．sent me up        B．picked me up    C．took me up     D．set me up

49．A．up               B．over           C．straight       D．ahead

50．A．opinion           B．goal           C．belief         D．thought

51．A．can              B．may            C．should         D．must

52．A．hesitation         B．blame          C．pain           D．laughter

53．A．Other than         B．More than      C．Rather than    D．Less than

54．A．lifted             B．broke          C．sank           D．beat

55．A．before            B．when           C．that           D．since

Think back to this time last year. What was on your mind?

   Most likely, you were thinking about finals or the holidays, although in this city I’ve noticed that thinking about the holiday is a fancy way of saying how much stuff will I get.

   Now reflect on your thoughts for this holiday season. Most people are still thinking about the holidays, but I say that with a grain of salt. Everybody with a functioning brain and the ability to communicate knows that this holioday season comes with a pretty large price tag: the debt of all the hardships, both domestic and foreign, that we’ve faced over the past 12months.

   Let’s face it: some of us will get everything we want over the holidays. But there are others whose parents have lost their jobs or who have lost jobs themselves because of the current economic situation. As much as we try to ignore it, there is still economic unrest in the blue and gold suburb.

   In this situation, we have three options. One: We ignore the situation, like we seem to do for every bad thing that happens around us, because by God, it’s the American Way! Two: We recognize that our economy is shot, feel bad about it and spend our time wishing for the good old days. Three: We recognize that our economy is shot, but instead of moping, reflect on every good thing that we have going for us. Now, which option sounds best to you?

I spent a week this summer working in and around New York City with the city’s homeless population. Or so I thought. Although a lot of the people I served were in fact homeless, a significant number of them had a job or a home or both. The truth of the importance of this situation is that they and thousands of others across the country can’t afford even the most basic things of life, even while working two jobs. Yet no one that I met complained about their hardships. Instead, they took whatever I happened to give them(which was, more often than enough, not enough) and were genuinely grateful for what they had.

Wrap your heads around that statement for a second. These people worked their butts off to stay alive with minimal results, yet were overjoyed by a flimsy(脆弱的) paper plate with donated green beans on it. Although I am ashamed to admit it( both as a girthy figure and an affluent citizen), I have taken for granted most of my meals, let alone green beans, and I know for a fact that I am not alone.

64. According to the passage when people think about holidays they care much for ____.

A. where to spend their holidays             B. how to spend their holidays 

C. what they can get for their holidays        D. who they should go to visit

65. When the author wrote the article, the economic situation in his country ____.

A. began to go bad.   B. began to improve   C. was still serious   D. was favorable for middle class.

66. The author wrote the article mainly to advise people____.

A.to be thankful in time of hardship.    B. to spend their holidays in a wise way

C. to think little about their holidays     D. to help the country to sail through the crisis

67. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer is most probably ______.

A. a homeless child    B. an old professor   C. a famous scientist  D. a young student