The square box has a door,       there are some buttons.

     A. beside it         B. beside which        C. beside that       D. beside what

. Deliver the goods within six months? But that is not a(n)        of the contract.

A、request                   B、requirement            C、agreement             D、demand

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，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。

Reginald Andrews had been out of work for more than a year．This   36   father of five children had deeply known his   37   of family heartaches．A few years earlier, his sister Kedra had been shot in the   38   by a young man who robbed the place where she was working．The young man was caught, but Kedra   39   her sight．As a result of his sister’s   40  , Mr．Andrews cared about blind people.

       On December 20, 2001, Mr．Andrews was waiting for a train in New York City．The train pulled into the station and stopped．Andrews was getting ready to get   41   the train when something   42   happened．An old blind man, who had   43   the space between two carriages for a door while   44   his way with a stick, suddenly fell   45   the train．Seeing this, Andrews quickly jumped down to the tracks and   46   the blind man to safety．He   47   all the people on the spot with his courage．The news rapidly   48   all over the country．Messages began to pour in．Some people   49   sent money and food to Andrews.

       Andrews had been at the station   50   he was returning from a job talk．He probably would have been hired, and the public praise made it a   51   thing.

       Andrews, however, received   52   attention from the public after about a week of newspaper stories and active   53   to his family．Although most people supposed that the story had come to a happy end, it didn’t quite happen that way．Andrews   54   start his new job, but the factory moved to New Jersey．Andrews didn’t have any way to get to work, so he had to leave．It wasn’t long before he was   55   to job hunting again．Few newspapers, however, would tell their readers what happened to Mr．Andrews after he became a hero.

36．A．homeless  B．careless     C．friendless  D．jobless

37．A．truth B．share C．danger      D．delay

38．A．arm   B．leg    C．face   D．stomach

39．A．lost   B．hurt   C．kept  D．destroyed

40．A．age   B．death C．problems  D．shortcoming

41．A．on     B．to      C．off    D．up

42．A．disappointed    B．important  C．funny       D．unexpected

43．A．chosen     B．reached     C．mistaken   D．forgotten

44．A．forcing     B．feeling      C．leading     D．touching

45．A．into B．from C．under       D．off

46．A．threw       B．pushed      C．drove       D．pulled

47．A．shocked    B．frightened C．impressed D．left

48．A．grew B．brought    C．carried      D．spread

49．A．yet    B．even  C．still   D．ever

50．A．though     B．before      C．because     D．till

51．A．sure  B．correct      C．popular     D．necessary

52．A．close B．little  C．much D．enough

53．A．help  B．ideas C．reading     D．reports

54．A．might       B．could C．would       D．did

55．A．ready       B．about C．back  D．worried

    Identifying young people with the potential to be great athletes has become a serious, business around the world. Many countries, including Australia, have sophisticated(复杂) programs for identifying and nurturing(培养) talent.

The AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) already runs a program that identifies potential winners starting from the age of 12 based on their physical and physiological(生理的) abilities.

Could genetics improve these programs? The problem is that no one gene test is ever going to do an accurate job of identifying someone with the physical attributes of a sporting champion, says Professor North.

"We can think of the elite athlete as what I'd call a complex phenotype(表现型)," she says. “There are going to be a large number of different genes involved. Any one single test is unlikely to be highly predictive.”

Professor Peter Fricker, director of the AIS, agrees. Although he is intrigued in the possibilities of genetic testing, he says using such tests to identify athletes would be difficult. "The feeling I have is that it won't be that easy," he says. "Talent selection is not just about your genes."

Since 2004, the AIS has been forbidden by government from any involvement in genetic work, including genetic testing. But Professor Fricker thinks that is likely to change in the near future. "There's been a shift in view more recently," he says.

When it does, the AIS will resume its work on the genetics of sports performance, Professor Fricker says. They would be particularly interested in looking for more genes that might help shape elite performance, but also for genes that increase the risk of injury.

       Last year, the Human Genetics Society of Australasia issued a position statement on gene testing for sport, after concerns that people could use tests to steer children into particular sports.

       “The Human Genetics Society thinks there are not enough data to use these tests for determining what sport kids should do,” said Professor David Thorburn, president of the society.

       He stressed that genetic tests should not be performed on children, except in very specific medical circumstances.

57．The aim of the AIS’s program is to        .

       A．predict how genes are connected with injuries

       B．find potential great athletes

       C．find out what qualities a professor has through gene tests

       D．turn an athlete into a champion by transferring genes

58．By saying “Talent selection is not just about your genes”, Fricker means         .

       A．effort is more important than genes in most cases

       B．you can’t choose an athlete just depending on genes

       C．to research one’s genes takes a long time

       D．most people don’t believe in genetic tests

59．The underlined word “resume” in Para. 7 can be replaced by              .

       A．stop B．complete   C．reduce      D．continue.

60．What’s Professor David Thorburn’s attitude towards genetic tests?

       A．Genetic tests have a negative effect on children.

       B．Genetic tests, under certain conditions, can be conducted on children.

       C．Genetic tests can reduce the risk of athletes’ injuries.

       D．People could use genetic tests to decide what sport kids should take.

---Guess what! I came across an old friend at the party last night.

   ---      I’m sure you had a wonderful time.

       A．Sounds good!   B．Very well.       C．All right.  D．How nice!

The last time I _______ Jack, he _______ football with classmates.

       A．had seen; was playing     B．saw; played

       C．had seen; playing     D．saw; was playing

Jack is good, kind, hard-working and intelligent. _____, I can't speak too highly of him.

   A．As a result       B．By the way      C．On the whole         D．In a word

Information has been put forward ___ more middle school graduates will be admitted into universities.

A. while                                                          B. that                        

C. when                                                         D. as

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspaper. “Last week,” he said, “my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn’t get it back.”

 “How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

 “Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, “Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street.”

 “Now,” said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one.”

The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No.10 Broad Street. He is well known.”

This appeared in the newspaper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors, and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

What is an advertisement? _______________.

A. A news item.                                

B. Public opinions.

C. One way to voice one’s view.  

D. A public announcement on papers, TV, etc.

The result of the first advertisement was that ______________.

A. the man got his umbrella back

B. the man wasted some money advertising

C. nobody found the missing umbrella

D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

The merchant suggested that the man should _______________.

A. buy a new umbrella                       

B. go on looking for his umbrella

C. write another and better advertisement    

D. report the police

“If it fails, I’ll buy you a new one,” suggested that the merchant

_______________.

A. was quite sure of success                

B. wanted to buy him a new umbrella

C. didn’t know what to do                         

D. was rich enough to buy one

The story is mainly about _________________.

A. a useless advertisement        

B. how to make an effective advertisement

C. how the man lost and found his umbrella

D. what the merchant did for the umbrella owner

右图为“北京排队日”活动的标志牌。仔细观察，用简明的文字介绍一下标志牌及其含义。