七、短文填词。根据短文大意，填入恰当的单词。（20分，每空2分）

    Many useful machines were __77__ by inventors. These machines have __78__

the world a lot. There are many great inventors in the world, and Watt was one of them.

 Watt was English. When he was a child, he liked to ask questions and he was always __79__hard. One day, he was sitting in the kitchen with his grandmother, he __80__ a kettle(水壶) on the stove(火炉). Soon steam(蒸汽) began to come __81__ the kettle and the lid(盖子) was shaking. Watt asked what was in the kettle. His grandmother said, “Water, my child.”“But I know there’s __82_ in it. It pushes the lid up.” said Watt. His grandmother told him that it was only steam. He asked his grandmother,“__83__ does the steam come up under the lid?”His grandmother said that it came from hot water. Watt said to __84__ ,“The steam will be much strong. It can push things. The steam will be much __85__ if there’s more water.”Later, Watt tried hard and made steam __86__ for people. He invented the first engine.

77、       78、          79、       80、      81、       

82、       83、          84、       85、      86、      

What do you think “anxious” ______?

A. mean   B. means   C. meaning   D. meant

She spoke very confidently because she wanted to make a great___________ on her employer．

A．influence    B．pressure              C．impression              D．effect

Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure ____.

A. than more on efficiency                 B. and more efficiency

C. and more on efficiency                          D. than efficiency

三、完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文稿，掌握其大意，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D、）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

       In 1929, the awful Depression（美国经济大萧条）began. It was a year of change for me, too. I’d taken my first  36  that spring, at age 10. From 6:00 to 11:00 on Saturday nights, I  37  the Sunday edition of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph at a street corner.

       I went to the news store,   38  my papers and took them up to the street corner. I had to make three   39   because the Sunday edition was big and I was small.

       After waiting for  40   from the last streetcar, I gathered up my extras and   41   them to the news store. It was 10:20. Next I hurried across the street to the flower shop and bought the most beautiful flower for my mother   42   tomorrow was Mother’s Day.

       It was almost  43   when I arrived . Mom was sick with tuberculosis（肺结核）.I peeked in to see if she was 44  , then quickly tiptoed in and set the flower on the table beside her bed. I wanted her to be   45   when she woke on Mother’s Day.

       The next morning, I dressed and hurried downstairs. The sun was shining  46   the kitchen windows as I looked into Mom’s room, She motioned （示意） for me to come in, then 47  over at the table where the flower was.

       When I looked at Mom, she was  48  , with tears streaming down her cheeks. She  49  her hand for me to come near, then pulled me close and hugged  50   it hurt. Then,  51  her contagious（接触传染的） condition and that she wasn’t  52  to touch me, she quickly let go.

       My dear mom died the next night. That moment she hugged me  53   to be the most wonderful of my life. Not only had that beautiful flower helped  54  just how much I loved her, but I’d  55 remember how much she loved me.

36. A. chance                       B. exam                       C. job                          D. course

37. A. bought                       B. sold                         C. printed                          D. carried

38. A. took up                      B. held up                    C. put up                      D. picked up

39. A. attempts                     B. trips                       C. ways                        D. efforts

40. A. customers                      B. workers             C. drivers         D. reporters

41. A. gave                              B. brought             C. returned                     D. took

42. A. for                               B. when                C. though                         D. because

43. A. midnight                        B. noon                 C. evening                        D. daybreak

44. A. anxious                   B. alive                        C. asleep                      D. afraid

45. A. well                              B. surprised           C. excited                         D. interested

46. A. on                             B. across                      C. at                                   D. through

47. A. watched                         B. glared               C. fixed                        D. glanced

48. A. smiling                      B. crying                      C. screaming                 D. thinking

49. A. took out                         B. held out         C. picked out                D. put out

50. A. before                       B. after                        C. till                           D. when

51. A. thinking                         B. forgetting                 C. remembering                 D. wondering

52. A. meant                        B. supposed                  C. planned                    D. demanded

53. A. turned to               B. turned up                   C. turned in                  D. turned out

54. A. explain                      B. show                        C. mean                       D. tell

55. A. never                         B. seldom                 C. always                     D. often

C

The word “death” is a word many Chinese friends tell me I should not say aloud. They advise me to avoid the word because only speaking of it may bring ill fortune. I deeply believe, however, that to know how to live, we must also know how to die. The problem is how do we talk about death?      

    Like everyone in Taiwan this week, I have had “Tomb Sweeping Day”. I am proud to be part of a people whose culture sends millions of families to cemeteries on this special day to share memories and endless love.

    Today, eight days after the death of Pope John Paul II, millions of people of all backgrounds still grieve(悲痛) his passing away. He was a deeply human person who knew how to laugh and show emotions, a writer with a gift for words ，a leader who appealed to us by the sheer light of his love for life.

    On the same day and only hours before the Holy Father left us, a friend of mine named Veronica McBride died of cancer in a small Wisconsin city. My friend Veronica was 52 years old. She was an attractive, humorous young woman who, as the saying goes, “never married”. She published several humor books with her mother, Mary McBride. She enjoyed traveling, and for years sent Christmas card photos of herself standing beside monuments or odd animals. She fought cancer for five years. She joked about her treatment keeping her pretty because it kept her thin, and told me she didn’t mind losing her hair because of chemo therapy. “I get to wear nice wigs!（假发）”

    The last time I saw Veronica was when I visited her family on a sunny day in August in 2003. When she burst into the front door later and saw me in the living room, she ignored me completely in her hurry to hug her newest baby nephew, leaving me shaking my head in laughter at her.

    As we look to the significance of the Holy Father and his life, surely we must also keep our eyes open to see the wonder and goodness in ordinary people who show us how to live and how to die.

64. The purpose of the article is ___________.

   A. to memorize his friend Veronica

   B. to talk about the significance of life and death

   C. to teach us how to face life and death

   D. to compare his friend and the Holy Father Pope John Paul II

65. The underlined phrase “chemo therapy” in Paragraph 4 probably means __________.

   A. a medical treatment              B. a kind of cancer

   C. a kind of medicine               D. the newest machine

66. Why does the writer compare the Holly Father with his friend?

   A. Because they are both the persons he admires.

   B. Because they have a lot in common.

   C. Because he wants to show that ordinary people can be great as well.

   D. Because he wants to memorize them both.

67. From the phrase “burst into”, we can see that Veronica is ____________.

 A. brave       B. sportive        C. humorous        D. energetic

第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  对话填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面的对话，掌握其大意，并根据各题所结合实际字母的提示，在横线上写出一个英语单词的完整正确的形式，使对话通顺。

S=Shop assistant    C=Customer

S: What can I do for you, sir ?

C:I (76)b      this mobile phone here last month, but it doesn’t work now.

S: What’s the matter with it ?

C: I tried hard several times, but it can’t (77)s     be turned on.

S: Let me have a look, hm , has it run out of (78)e    ?

C: No, the battery has just be fully (79)c     .

S: Did you read the (80)i     before using it?

C: Of course I did .

S: Have you ever dropped it in the (81)w    by accident?

C: Certainly not. I am not that (82)c     . I have always been very careful.

S: It’s not our fault. It’s the fault of the (83)c     who made it . What would you like me to do then?

C: I (84)i      that should change it for another one.

S: I’m sorry, But our manager is not in at the moment. I’ll report it to him when he come back and give you a (85)r     as soon as possible.

22．—I am travelling to Japan tomorrow, Would you please tell me about your experiences there ?

—         . Let’s discuss it over lunch.

A．In no case   B．By all means        C．That’s all right         D．That depends

—I'm going to Appleby tomorrow．

       —____! I'm going up there too．

       A．What a coincidence  B．Good luck    C．Congratulations    D．Good idea

----- Can I help you?

   ----- I’d like to buy a present for my father’s birthday, ____ at a proper price, but of great value.

       A. which      B. that          C. one         D. any one