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       Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day, and began listing items on eBay. She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card. She stopped for a moment and admired the picture. “Red Stocking B. B. Club of cincinnati,” the card read, under the reddish brown color photo of 10 men with their socks pulled up to their knees.

       As a collector and seller, it's her job to spot old items that might have value today．It's what Bernice, 72, and her husband, Al Gallego, 80, have been doing since 1974 at their California antique （古玩） store．

       This card, she figured, was worth selling on eBay．She took a picture, wrote a description and put it up for auction （拍卖）．She put a $10 price tag on it, deciding against $15 because it would have cost her an extra 20 cents．Later that night she got a few odd inquiries—someone wanting to know whether the card was real, someone wanting her to end the auction and sell him the card immediately．

       The card is actually 139 years old．Sports card collectors call the find "extremely rare" and estimate the card could fetch five, or perhaps, six figures at auction．

       Just like that, Bemice is the least likely character ever for a rare-baseball card story．"I didn't even know baseball existed that far back," Gallego says, "I don't think that I've ever been to a baseball game．" The theory is that the card came out of a storage space they bought a few years back．It is not uncommon in their line of work to buy the entire contents of storage units for around $200．

       When she met with card trader Rick Mirigian, she found out what the card was—an 1869 advertisement with a picture of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings．

       "When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich bag and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost fainted," Mirigian says．"They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine．That card is history．It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso．"

68．What can we conclude from Paragraph 3?

       A．Bernice had to pay some fees for her card on eBay．

       B．Bernice wanted to end the auction that night．

       C．Bernice decided to sell the card for $15．

       D．eBay charged her 20 cents for the card．

69．The underlined word "fetch" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "____"．

       A．go and bring  B．add up to        C．go down to     D．be sold for

70．From the passage, we may learn that ____．

       A．Bernice is a baseball fan

       B．Bernice is the last person to purchase the rare-baseball card

       C．Bernice unexpectedly became the owner of the rare-baseball card

       D．Bernice didn't realize the value of the card until she put it up for auction

71．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．A Surprisingly Valuable Discovery       B．Bemice Gallego—A Lucky Collector

       C．Sports Card Collectors                D．The History of the Baseball Card

书面表达 （满分30分）

假如你校准备举办一次关于“梦想”的英语演讲比赛，你打算写一篇演讲稿参加比赛。

  演讲主题：我们年轻人的梦想是什么。

  不同的人的梦想：成为科学家、宇航员、富有的人。

  你对梦想的理解：梦想应该包含对社会和人民的责任

  怎样实现梦想：帮助他人，学好各门功课。

注意：1．词数100~120左右，第一句已为你写好，不计人总数

      2．提示词汇：科学家：scientist     宇航员：astronant      对…负责be responsible for

Young People’s Dreams

Good morning, everyone! Today I’m going to tell you about young people’s dreams._______________

_____________________________________________________________________________That’s all. Thank you!

Though I have stayed _______ for a few years, I have always been concerned about my motherland.

       A. board                                 B. broad                       C. aboard                    D. abroad

29．—The cleaning must have taken you quite a long time yesterday．

       —Right．The rooms ______ for two months．

       A．haven't been cleaned      B．didn't clean

       C．hadn't been cleaned        D．hadn't cleaned

She had no idea      Cork Street was, except      it was near Bond Street.

         A. that, that                  B. what, what            

C. where, where                      D. where, that  

In the book, Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the

point in history ______ magic ended and science began.

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

We're still at the airport. If it weren’t for the delayed flight, we            _____the concert right now.

    A. can be enjoying                                         B．must have enjoyed

    C．would be enjoying                                  D. should have enjoyed

Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing yesterday, ______ the start of her short visit to China.

A. marked         B. having marked  C. marking          D. to mark

I don’t say I am against their plan. But the trouble is _________ they do doesn’t agree with what they say.

A. what that       B. that what         C. that whether      D. what if

There was a story many years ago of a school teacher — Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother’s perfume (香水)

Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children.

Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boy’s mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed: Theodore Stoddard, M.D. (医学博士).

The story doesn’t end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn’t know how to teach until I met you.”

34. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

A. She made Teddy feel ashamed.

B. She asked the children to play with Teddy.

C. She changed Teddy’s seat to the front row.

D. She told the class something untrue about herself.

35. What did Mrs. Thompson find out about Teddy?

A. He told lies every now and then.

B. He was quite good at math.

C. He needed care from mother or someone like that.

D. He enjoyed playing with others.

36. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change after she received the gifts?

A. She taught fewer school subjects.

B. She became stricter with her students.

C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.

D. She cared more about educating students.

37. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?

A. She had kept in touch with him.

B. She had given him encouragement.

C. She had sent him Christmas presents.

D. She had taught him how to judge people.