The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at ________ chemist’s.

A. each               B. some                         C. certain              D. any

12.So absorbed__________in her work that she didn't realize I was behind her.

A. did she             B. was she                    C. she did               D. she was

35．It’s a program designed to___________mainly to 10 to 16 year-olds.

       A．suit                        B．attach                     C．appeal                     D．Refer

III. Reading comprehension: 50% (共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A

     As any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows, there is far more to a family meal than food. Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.

     Lewis and his co-workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they ate ordinary meals in their own homes. They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children. But as the number of children gets larger,conversation gives way to the parents' efforts to control the loud noise they make. That can have an important effect on the children. "In general the more question-asking the parents do, the higher the children's IQ scores," Lewis says. "And the more children there are, the less question-asking there is. "

     The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings (兄弟姐妹). Lewis found that in families with three or four children, dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child, who has the most to talk about, and the youngest, who needs the most attention. "Middle children are invisible, "says Lewis. "When yon see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner, chances are it's the middle child. "There is, however, one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone from having attention : "When the TV is on," Lewis says,"dinner is a non-event. "

36. The writer's purpose in writing the text is to _______

   A. show the relationship between parents and children

   B. teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner table

   C. report on the findings of a study

   D. give information about family problems

37. Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ________.

   A. they are busy serving food to their children

   B. they are busy keeping order at the dinner table

   C. they have to pay more attention to younger children

   D. they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family

38. By saying" Middle children are invisible" in Paragraph 3, Lewis means that middle children _________.

   A. have to help their parents to serve dinner

   B. get the least attention from the family

   C. are often kept away from the dinner table

   D. find it hard to keep up with other children

39. Lewis' research provides an answer to the question _________.

   A. why TV is important in family life

   B. why parents should keep good order

   C. why children in small families seem to be quieter

   D. why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life

40. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?

   A. It is important to have the right food for children.

   B. It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.

   C. Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.

   D. Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.

D

    “How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed not to take a drink for almost 20 years?” It

took a man almost 20 years to have the courage to ask my father this very personal question. When Dad first quit drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a situation that, in the past, would have started him drinking again. For a few years we were afraid to bring it up for fear the drinking would begin again.

“I had this little poem that I would recite to myself at least four to five times a day,” was Dad’s reply to my 18-year-old unasked question. “The words were an instant relief and constant reminder to me that things were never so tough that I could not handle them,” Dad said. And then he shared the poem with me. The poem’s simple, yet the words are meaningful.

About a month after this talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily words of wisdom listed for each day of the year. It has been my experience that when you get something with days of the year on it, you naturally turn to the page that lists your own birthday.

I hurriedly opened the book to November 10 to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. Tears of disbelief and appreciation rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It went like this: God, give me the Serenity（平静） to accept the things I cannot change; the Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.

68．The underlined expression “on pins and needles” in the first paragraph means      .

       A．upset B．pleased     C．nervous    D．surprised

69．Dad would review the poem several times a day        .

       A．to share the poem with the families       B．to practice reciting the poem

       C．to prevent himself from drinking again  D．to remind himself that poems are useful

70．When the author saw the same poem in the book, he felt          .

       A．regretful   B．thankful    C．hopeful     D．painful

71．The author bust into tears because       .

       A．his friends gave him a special gift  B．the poem was full of wisdom

       C．his father had read the same book   D．his father quit drinking for his son

第二节：书面表达 （满分25分）

假设你是李明，你的美国笔友Laura明年要来重庆当交流学生，她写信来向你询问有关重庆的情况。请你写封回信，大致介绍重庆。要点如下：

1．重庆地处中国西南。山环水绕，景色怡人。

2．人口过3100万，以热情，坦诚闻名。美食众多，火锅享有盛名。

3．1997年直辖，至此，已发展成中国西南的经济中心。

要求： 1．词数：l00词左右，不包括已给出的开头和结尾的字数。  2．包括所有要点。

参考词汇：1．中央直辖市：central municipality (n)                     2．火锅：hot pot

注意：开头与结尾已经为你写好。

Dear Laura, 

I'm so glad to hear that you will come to Chongqing next year. Here is some

information about Chongqing, which I hope, will be of help to you.

I love Chongqing and I hope you will share my feeling and enjoy your stay here.

Yours sincerely，

                                                  Li Ming

23. In face of        failure, it is the most important to keep up        good state of mind.

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

26. It was said that _____ was the reason why he didn't attend the meeting. 

A. why                      B. why that         C. that which              D. That

C

　　Several years ago I worked in an office, which I had a locust tree growing outside the window. It had grown into a tall tree and must have been there for a long time. The tree blocked the view and made the office seem dull, unfortunately this happened to be the room assigned to me and I was depressed by it for quite some time.

　　When the first spring came, everything was green except the locust tree. Secretly, I was very happy because I had thought it had died.

　　One morning when I opened the window for fresh air, I unexpectedly smelt a familiar sweet scent floating into my office but I couldn’t name it. Suddenly, I realized it was the locust tree! The tree that I thought dead was blossoming in full glory.

　　From then on, I usually came to the office very early to see dew forming on the locust tree blossoms and every year was eager to see spring again.

　　During summer, the green leaves provided shade protecting me from the harsh sunlight, but allowing enough light in to make it pleasant. In autumn, the leaves turned into many different colors. Its beauty touched my soul. Many times I thought to take photos but never did. Then I had to leave in a hurry. Later in life it became a great regret that I had not done so.

　　Actually, many times in our lives, we think we own something, therefore we don’t cherish it. We don’t feel regretful until we lose it one day! Moreover, sometimes, we have to accept the things we don’t want and need to discover the hidden beauty to find unexpected joy!

59．The author of the passage employed a writing way ________.

A．of holding and releasing            B．that released first, then held

C．that held first, then released         D．that was not holding or releasing

60．What the author wanted to tell us is that ________.

A．not being delighted for what you have got and not feeling pity on the lost

B．think twice before you leap

C．treat everything calmly

D．cherish what you’ve owned

61．The reason the author came to the office early is ________.

A．to enjoy the dew                 B．to finish her work early

C．to do some cleaning              D．to avoid the burning sun

62．The underlined word “so” in the fifth paragraph perhaps refers to ________.

A．that I couldn’t see the tree any longer    B．that I should have taken some photos

C．that I had to leave                    D．that the tree died

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

It' s six o' clock on a cold Saturday morning．Liu Zifan reluctantly gets out of the warm bed．

"I wish I could sleep  36   more," says Liu．

The 12-year-old seventh grader from Beijing Guangqumen   37   School must take an - hour - ride to get to the school for the   38  curriculums that occupy her whole Saturday morning．  39 Sunday afternoon, she has music lessons from 3 p．m．to 7 p．m．．

During weekdays, Liu has to get up around five in the morning, and  40  home by six．

       " My teacher  41  us to eat an apple in the morning so that we won' t feel  42  " , she says．

In primary school, Liu  43 taking the New Concept English class every Saturday morning, and Chinese, English and Olympic maths classes in the afternoon．On Sunday morning, she had to do  44 at home．In the afternoon, she took Cambridge English class．

"I didn't have time to rest,   45  on Friday night," Liu recalls．

The family has a monthly  46  of about 1,700 yuan．Liu Zifan' s  47  classes cost 2, 000 yuan each term．

" I think it' s   48  the money," Liu' s father says．" We do everything we can to provide her with good education,   49   she will get a good job in the future．"

Chinese children face   50  pressures on study．Some parents make their children study 51    First graders start to take classes for second graders, and so on, therefore they can get an   52 in exams．Most Chinese   53  believe high academic credentials （成绩） mean a better school, a brighter future．So they   54   their children to extracurricular classes like music, English and maths to develop a special   55  , which later might be a stepping stone to a good school．  

36．A．any                B．some               C．even               D．far

37．A．Secondary          B．Training            C．Language  D．Primary

38．A．super              B．extra               C．huge               D．usual

39．A．In                 B．For                C．At                 D．On

40．A．get                B．stay                C．leave D．drive

41   A．orders              B．recommends         C．persuades      D．suggests

42．A．sleepy          B．tired      C．cold        D．thirsty

43．A．stopped    B．finished  C．enjoyed    D．started

44．A．housework      B．washing         C．homework           D．writing

45．A．besides         B．including        C．since           D．except

46．A．pay         B．cost   C．income     D． money                                  

47．A．weekend        B．Sunday          C．everyday   D．Saturday

48．A．wasteful       B．worth       C．valuable    D．worthy

49．A．so that      B．since    C．now that   D．while

50．A．challenging   B．increasing C．developing          D．changing

51．A．ahead           B．hard            C．late       D．away

52   A．average  B．achievement    C．advance       D．advantage

53．A．teachers   B．students         C．friends        D．parents

54．A．send          B．hope  C．take   D．wish

55．A．strength             B．interest    C．talent    D．skill