. We should learn how to value what we have ______ it is too late.

A. when                      B. after                       C. before           D. until

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

During my second year of college I was looking around for a place to live. One Sunday after church the pastor(牧师) told me to stay in his daughter's room because his daughter was studying abroad for one year.

To be  21 , I really didn't want to stay with “the pastor's family”. He told me how much the  22  would be — a very low figure that  23  one home-cooked meal a day. I thought about the  24  and decided to move in.

At the end of the term I had planned to find  25  living place, since the daughter was to  26  home. To my delight, they  27  that I share a room with their son. I seemed to have been adopted into their  28  —her people. I  29  accepted the offer.

As I emptied the daughter's bedroom, I thought it might be  30  to have a little sister to look after. But when I later met my new sister, I  31  that she was more independent than I first  32 .

We finally feel in love,  33 , and have looked after each other for many years. There have been times that life turned out more  34  than either of us could have known. But we have always been able to go  35  largely because we knew that we are deeply  36  .

It isn't about marriage …it's about  37 . It's about mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers and special friends who are as  38  as family. It's about anybody who can say, “I'll be  39  —you can count on me. I'll try to look after you and sometimes I will need you to look after me.”

Is there somebody you can depend on? And are others counting on you? We travel the path of life best when there is   40  to look after, and when someone is looking after us.

21.   A. honest B. surprised    C. friendly      D. please

22.   A. price   B. rent    C. money       D. pay

23.   A. had    B. included     C. made  D. contained

24.   A. idea    B. plan    C. service       D. offer

25.   A. same   B. different     C. another      D. extra

26.   A. return B. go      C. get      D. leave

27.   A. ordered     B. agreed C. arranged     D. suggested

28.   A. house       B. family C. group  D. friends

29.   A. happily      B. sorrowfully       C. evidently    D. efficiently

30.   A. bad     B. exciting      C. nice    D. strange

31.   A. realised      B. thought      C. knew  D. doubted

32.   A. saw    B. told    C. imagined    D. believed

33.   A. separated    B. parted       C. left     D. married

34.   A. smooth      B. challenging C. hard    D. different

35.   A. backward B. eastward     C. forward      D. westward

36.   A. hated  B. cared  C. felt     D. liked

37.   A. friendship  B. relation      C. love    D. family

38.   A. close   B. good   C. far      D. long

39.   A. away  B. out     C. in       D. around

40.   A. nobody      B. somebody   C. anybody     D. everybody

The central government is calling on the whole nation to make efforts to build      

 ??????????????????harmonious society and       new socialist countryside．

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

. The 2010 Shanghai World Expo is well worth ______.

A. visit           B. visited       C. to visit           D. visiting

— It is said that most of us have passed the job interview. What about you?

— I _______ the written papers but failed the oral test.

A. looked through        B. read through    

C. pulled through D. got through

        serious the economic situation is, they still have confidence in overcoming all the difficulties.

       A．Whatever  B．Although  C．Even though    D．However

Sometimes we are asked ______ we think the likely result of an action will be.

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

In Miami, thousands of students have been out of class for some days because of Hurricane Wilma. Educational officials are worried about the long break will affect students’ school performance.

    “We think that the sooner we get back to business, the better,” said Rudy Crew, headmaster of Miami-Dade School. 360, 000 students in this area will return to class on Thursday, 10 days after Wilma hit South Florida.

    More than half the district’s 327 school buildings were seriously damaged when Wilma struck on October 24, and 270 buildings lost electrical power. About 30 buildings are still out of  power, but lights may be back on Thursday when students return. In Broward County, schools will remain closed through Friday, because more than 100 buildings have been damaged after the storm. With traffic affected by broken stoplights, officials are worried about the safety of children traveling to and from school.

In Miami-Dade County, the nation’s fourth largest school district, officials are considering ways to make up for lost time. They may make the school year longer and reduce days from two-week holiday break in late December, said spokesman John Schuster.

Some parents also worry about the effect of lost school days. “They’re missing important tests and lessons that they are going to need. And how do you catch up with that lost time? It just disappears,” a high school student’s mother said.

“Although things are difficult, students’ performance in hurricane-damaged district may not be seriously affected by the hurricane”, said Florida Education Commissioner John Winn. “It turned out that hurricane-affected districts showed more learning gains than other districts in previous years. They have learned how to fight against disaster in any time. Things will turn better anyway.”

40. When will students return to school in the district?

   A. October 24.                B. October 31.      

C. November 3.                   D. November 7.    

41. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Many school buildings were seriously damaged.

   B. Many school buildings lost electrical power.

   C. Some parents also worry about their kids’ studies.

D. Some students got killed when they were at school.

42. According to the passage, we know that _____.

A. maybe students will not have the two-week holiday in late December as usual

   B. the school buildings which lost electrical power have all returned to normal

   C. some parents don’t think the hurricane affect their children’s performance much

   D. John Winn thought that students’ performance would get worse due to the hurricane

43. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida

B. Parents worry about children’ education

   C. Hurricane Wilma affected school days

   D. Damage by the Hurricane Wilma

第四节：任务性阅读（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。

All over the world people enjoy sports.Sports help to keep people healthy and happy,and to live longer.

   51    .They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games.Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.

___52____.Football,for example,has spread around the world.Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake,whether in China,Egypt or Italy!__53_____ .Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan,Norway or Canada.

Some sports or games go back thousands od years,like running or jumping.Chinese wushu,for example,has a very long history.But basketball and volleyball are rather new.Neither one is a hundred years old yet.__54___.Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries may not be able to understand each other,but after a game together they often become good friends._55___.One learns to fight hard but fight fair,to win without pride and to lose with grace.( 胜不骄，败不馁 )

A.And think of people in cold countries.

B.Sports help to train a person’s character.

C.Not a few people like sports in the world.

D.Many people like to watch others play games.

E.People aren’t inventing new sports or games.

F.Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.

G.People are inventing new sports or games all the time.

---- Go for a picnic this weekend, OK?

  ---- ______. I love getting close to nature.

   A. I couldn’t agree more           B. I’m afraid not

   C. I believe not                  D. I don’t think so