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 Whenever you enter the reading room, you can find all the students _____ at their desks, with their attention _____ on the books, except Tom.

A.sitting, fixing      B.to sit, fixed       C.seating, fixing     D.seated, fixed

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Though Lucy is only ___ 11-year-old girl, she has ___ gift for singing.

   A. a; a        B. an; the      C. an; a       D. a; the

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第三部份　阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

Dear Betty,

     My roommate’s family wants me to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with them in their home. I accepted the invitation, and I’m excited about going, but I’m a little nervous about it, too. The social customs in my country are different from those here, so I’m a little worried about making mistakes.

      Should I bring a gift, such as candy or flowers? Should I arrive on time or a little late?  At the dinner table, how can I know which fork or knife to use? How can I let the family know that I’m thankful for their kindness?

                                               Yours,

                                               Knowing Nothing

Dear Knowing Nothing,

     It’s a good idea to bring a gift when you go to a dinner party. Flowers are always welcome, or you can bring a bottle of wine if you know the family drink it.

     You should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late. Don’t get there early. If you are going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.

     Try to relax at the dinner table. If you don’t know how to use the right fork, knife or spoon, just watch the other guests, and follow them. If you still have no idea of what to do, don’t be shy about asking the person next to you; it’s better to ask them than to be silently uncomfortable and nervous.

     If you like the food, say so. Of course, you’ll thank the host and hostess for the meal and for their kindness. It’s also a good idea to send a card to thank them the day after.

                                          Yours,

                                              Betty

56. Knowing Nothing wrote a letter to Betty to _____.

A. tell Betty some good news     B. ask for some advice

C. answer some questions             D. invite her to dinner

57. According to Betty, Knowing Nothing ______ when going to a dinner party.

A. can only bring some flowers      

B. can’t bring wine

C. should arrive on time or five to ten minutes late

D. should arrive twenty minutes late

58. Betty does NOT advise Knowing Nothing to _____.

A. relax at the dinner table       B. watch the other guests

C. ask the person beside him      D. keep silent at table

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Millions of people visit Yosemite National Park every year to see the tall waterfalls and mountains. The mountains are a splendid sight when viewed from the valley floor. Lots of stores, hotels, and restaurants are needed to handle the crowds. Also, water, roads, and other service systems are part of the infrastructure(基础设施)that must be maintained.

Unfortunately, these systems are starting to break down. It’s not just in Yosemite but in national parks around the nation.

Yosemite is thirty years old according to Dennis Galvin, a National Park Service worker. The park is not only old but worn out. Two or three times as many visitors come every year. That is too many visitors for the park to deal with.

Four years ago a storm washed out a water pipeline in the Grand Canyon. The National Park service had to send water trucks to provide water for the visitors. Last month pipes almost broke again and roads had to be closed for a while.

Why hasn’t the National Park Service kept up the park repairs? There is a lack of money. The United States has 378 monuments, parks, and wilderness areas. Between three and four billion dollars are needed for repairs.

Yosemite is one national park that does have money for repairs. It has two hundred million dollars but cannot spend it any way it chooses. When the park workers started widening the road, they were forced to stop by the Sierra Club. The club claimed that the road work was damaging the Merced River that runs through the park.

A Sierra Club lawyer, Julia Olson, feels that the infrastructure needs to be moved out of Yosemite. That way less pressure will be put on the already crowded park.

47. According to the text, the mountains in Yosemite look most splendid when they are appreciated from _______.

A. the bottom of the valleys         B. the top of the mountains

C. the side of the mountains         D. the edge of the valleys

48. National parks like Yosemite in the U.S. find it increasingly difficult to meet the need of visitors because ________.

A. the transport management needs improving 

B. they spend too much on their service systems

C. their service systems frequently go out of order

D. they need help from environmental organizations

49. The main problem of Yosemite National Park is its _______.

A. rundown water pipes   B. overcrowdedness   C. lack of money   D. narrow roads

50. According to the text, the Sierra Club is most likely to be ______.

A. an environmental group              B. an information center 

C. a travel service                     D. a law firm

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第三部分  阅读理解 (共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分 30分)

When we talk about intelligence, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school subjects. By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new or upsetting situation. If we want to test intelligence, we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.

For instance, when in a new situation, an intelligent person thinks about the situation, not about himself or what might happen to him. He tries to find out all he can, and then he acts immediately and tried to do something about it. He probably isn’t sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries. And if he cannot make things work out right, he doesn’t feel ashamed that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes. An intelligent person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and how he fits into it.

If you look at children, you’ll see a great difference in what we call “bright” children and “not bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amounts of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life, he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream world: he seems to have a walk between him and life in general.

61. According to the passage, intelligence is the ability to ________________ .

       A. get high scores in some tests                         B. do well in school subjects

       C. deal with life                                              D. know what to do

62. In a new situation, an intelligent person _______________ .

A.knows more about what might happen to him

B.is sure of the result he will get

C.is ready to face and fit himself in the situation

D.cares more about himself

63. If an intelligent person failed, he would  ___________ .

A.try not to feel ashamed                                 B. learn from his experiences

C.  try to find all he could                             D. make sure what result he would get

64. The difference between bright children and non-bright children lies in _________ .

       A. their attitude towards life                                    B. the degree of cleverness

       C. the amounts of knowledge about the world     D. their way of thinking

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The French pianist who had been praised very highly _______ to be a great disappointment.

       A. turned up         B. turned in          C. turned out                D. turned down

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. Faced with the economic slowdown, we have decided to ________ government spending.

A. take out of             B. get away with         C. break away from     D. cut down on

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第二节：完形填空(兆20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答卷纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

    Temperature is part of my married romance Coming to New’York from Baltimore-where there is just one small snowstorm each year-1was  21  by a fireplace in my new home，wit fires  22  all day,just as what ancient people did at a wedding．

    My husband，Peter,comes from northem Ontario，where winter  23  from September to May and cold wind is  24  ．”When Canadians have 30 below,they  25  it，”he says．“Cold wind is for crybabies．”

    So to marry this man I had to learn to  26  for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore's Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson，Peter piled me  27  jackets and sweaters，scarves and gloves．even a hat with earflaps．The gift of Sorel boots-comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below,was a  28  we were getting serious．

    That first winter together,living in upstate New York,I thought I’d  29  My boots were good below freezing，but my fingers could  30  tie them．Physical adaptation is real，but it came slowly．And there is also emotional  31  to cold．Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on  32  days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build  33 ．

     34 ，having a warm house is important．After my first marriage ended，for years I 35   ! went on a second date with a man whose response to my”I'm cold”was．”Put on a sweater．”Now I’m married to a man who  36  that cold hands do not mean a warm heart．And that a big oil bill is better than roses But surprisingly,I've grown，too．I am  37 ，in this new life and climate，to go look for that cost-saving sweater．

    The word comfortable did not  38  refer to being contented．Its Latin root，comfortare， means to strengthen．The Holy Spirit is Comforter；not to make us comfortable，but to make us

 39 ．we  40  not be warm but we are indeed comforted．

    21．A．set down          B．set about          C．set up          D．set out

    22．A．lighting           B．burning            C．going           D．flashing

    23．A．appears           B．starts             C．keeps           D．runs

    24．A．something         B．everything         C．nothing         D．none

    25．A．suggest           B．mean              C．overlook        D．enjoy

    26．A．wear             B．stand              C．dress          D．ride

    27．A  under            B．over               C．inside          D．with

    28．A．remark           B．sign               C．warning        D．show

    29．A．sleep             B．forget             C．die            D．continue

    30．A．hardly            B．easily             C．tightly          D．loosely

    31．A．health            B．reaction           C．feelings         D．adaptation

    32．A．rainy             B．freezing           C．sunny          D．happy

    33．A．character         B．love              C．hope           D．hardship

    34．A．Meanwhile        B．However          C．Therefore       D．Besides

    35．A．merely            B．ever             C．never           D．just

    36．A．wonders          B．knows            C．states           D decides

    37．A．unable            B．accustomed       C．interested       D．willing

    38．A．originally          B．exactly           C．actually         D．namely

    39．A．wild              B．cold              C．strong          D．warm

    40．A．will              B．must              C．can            D．may

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一I wonder if I could possibly use your car for tonight?

一_________．I’m not using it anyhow．

A．Sure，go ahead    B．I don’t  know   C．Yes，indeed       D．I don’t  care

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— Now that you like computers very much, isn’t that a good idea to get a ______?

— Well, I’d like to, but I can’t afford such an expensive computer at present.

A. one                 B. them             C. it                     D. that