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The former Olympic champion was________in the quarterfinals last night when he lost 0-2 at home.

       A．knocked off     B．knocked out     C．knocked down  D．knocked over

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.The meeting________because of the heavy rain,many officers went home in a hurry.

A was cancelled  B had been cancelled  C having been cancelled  D having cancelled

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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30 and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club．At last，the traffic was moving．She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door，she nearly tripped over Sheba．

“Hey，Sheba,” she said，“I’ve got no time for you now，but I’ll take you out as soon as I get

back from tennis club.” Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking. Obviously，she could hardly breathe．Immediately, Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet(兽医)

When she got there，the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba，Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office．

“Listen，doctor，I’m really in a rush to get to a meeting. Can I leave her with you，and go and get changed? I’ll be back in ten minutes to pick her up，and then I’ll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

“Sure.” said the doctor.

Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes．As she was once more

 entering the hall，the phone by the door began to ring．

“This is Dr. Sterne,” said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately,” said the doctor’s voice．“I’m coming round right away，and the police will be there any time now．Wait outside!”

At that moment，a police car screeched to a stop outside the house．Two policemen got out and ran into the house．Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened．Then the doctor arrived．

“Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne．

“She’s fine，Joanne．I took out the thing which was choking her, and she’s OK now．”

Just then, the two policemen reappeared from the house, half-carrying a white-faced man，who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him．

“My God,” said Joanne，“how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

“I think he must be a burglar.” said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat：it turned out to be three human fingers.”

56.Joanne wanted to get back to her home again______________．

A．to dress up for the meeting    B．to phone the police station

C．to catch the badly hurt burglar       D．to wait for her dog to be cured  

57.From the passage we can infer that____________．

A．Sheba fought against the burglar

B．the police found the burglar had broken in

C．Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting at first

D．the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

58.The underlined word a burglar in the last paragraph probably means ____________.

A. a cleaner         B. a physician        C. a thief           D. a murderer

59.In this passage, the writer intends to tell us that the dog is____________．

A．clever   B．friendly        C．frightening      D．devoted

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Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All electric power would be shut off in homes, streets, and factories. Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions mean to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was impossible.

     On the day of Edison's funeral, many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips.

55．This selection says that Thomas Edison ________.

A．was the only important American inventor  B．received the first American patent

C．received more patents than any other American  D．was the first American inventor

56．People decided to honor Edison when ________.

A．he made the first electric light   B．electric power was 100 years

C．the country realized electricity's importance  D．he died in 1931

57．The suggested plan was to ________.

A．turn off the lights in factories and schools  B．observe a few minutes of total silence

C．dim all electric lights   D．shut off all electricity for a short time

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Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime "business hours" are now open late into the night. And on the Intemet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant. Half a century ago in the United States, most people experienced

strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time.Today the boundaries still exist but seem less clear.

The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep schools open in all seasons except summer and in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits, or whether it should beco:me more¨flexible"' is often debated.How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in xvhich every minute is much like every other?

These are not easy questions to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the“law of time". even When we meet it face to face. We know as children that  we  havcto artend school a certainnumber of hours. a certain number of davs, a certain nLunbcr or x'etlrs --- bLll unless x~'e meet the truanrofficer  (学监)  , we may well think that we should go to school due to social customs and parents' demand, rather than abide by. As adults, we are familiar with ';extra pay for overtime work" , but less familiar with the fact tiat what constitutes  (构成)  "overtime" is a matter oflegal definition,   

When weturn the clock forward to start daylight-saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: '*Here is the law in action"? As we shall see, the law has a great influence on how we organize and use time: compulsoryeducation law, overtime law, and daylight-saving law      as well as laws about Sunday closing,holidays, being late for work, time zones and so on. When we begin to look more closely, we will haveno trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess!

71. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word irrelevant?

A. different        B. unrelated         C. connectedD. useless

72. By saying, "Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be" . in Paragraph l, the author means that_______

A. work time is equal to rest time

B. many people have a day off on Monday

C. it is hard for people to decide when to rest

D. the line between work time and rest time is unclear

73. The author raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people_______

A. fail to make full use oftheir time

B. enjoy working overtime for extra pay

C. are unaware of the law oftime

D. welcome flexible working hours

74. According to the passage, most children tend to believe that they go to school because they_______

A. need to acquire knowledge

B. have to obey their parents

C. need to find companions

D. have to observe the law

75. What is the main idea of the passage?

 A. Our life is governed by the law of time.

 B. How to organize time is not worth debating.

 C. New ways of using time are changing our society

 D. Our time schedule is decided by social customs.

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第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

你的美国网友Jack正在学习中文，遇到一些困难，因而来信向你请教如何学好中文。请根据下列要点提示，给Jack写一封回信。

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个人体会：请中文家教帮助；看中文电影和电视节目、听中文歌曲。

注意：

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可适当发挥，以使回信连贯、通顺；

信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jack,

I am happy to know that you are beginning to learn Chinese.

……

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The growing speed of a plant is influenced by a number of conditions, _______are beyond our control.

A. most of them      B. most of which     C. most of what      D. most of that

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The Professor in the end decided to give the prize to____he believed had a good sense of English.  

A. who               B. anyone                 C. whoever        D. whomever

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 ---Do you like the song Hand in Hand sung by 87 singers from Taiwan?

   ---Yes, it is very inspiring. It is ________ the people who have experienced disasters as an encouragement.

A. permitted for        B. admitted to     

C. intended for         D. written as

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 When the environmentally friendly cars came onto the market, many people were eager to buy them ________ the price.

   A. wherever            B. however                  C. whichever           D. whatever