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，然后从36—55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑

  “Hey, Dad, are you going to come to my award ceremony tonight? ”I   36   asked my father. “I have to work late tonight. I doubt whether I’ll be able to   37   it on time. I am just too busy right now, ”he replied.

    My mind could not   38   the idea that he would be too busy working late. He was also too busy to   39   my horse show, football games and the 15th birthday party. He always used the same   40  . Why had I even bothered to ask?   41  , there was always a slight hope that tonight would be    42  .

    As my mother and I arrived at school, two friends   43   me. “Jill, meet my dad. Dad, this is my friend Jill. ”I shook the hand of a tall man. Camera flashes lit up the room, and claps filled the   44   as students accepted their awards. My name was finally called,   45   three others. I followed my classmates to the   46  . When I reached out my hand to shake the   47  , a big smile lit up her face. The blinding flash from my mother’s camera   48   my eyes and I knew my dad wasn’t there. I walked back to my seat   49  .

    Back at home, seeing my dad’s car in the garage, I told myself he would not be   50  this time . But as usual the strong smell of alcohol hit me as soon as I  51  inside, and I could feel my tears   52  . I followed the sound of his drunken words and saw him   53   on the couch.

      54   did father lie to me? I threw my award on the floor, walked to my bedroom, and shut the door. Tears rolled down my face. I wondered if I would ever be more   55   than his whiskey bottle.

       36.A.      confidently     B.    eagerly    C.    proudly   D.    fearfully

       37.A.      reach       B.   keep C.    take D.    make

       38.A.      create      B.    support    C.    appreciate       D.    accept

       39.A.      watch      B.    avoid      C.    attend      D.    speed

       40.A.      excuse     B.    reply       C.    promise   D.    trick

       41.A.      Besides    B.    Thus       C.    Otherwise       D.    However

       42.A.      active      B.    formal     C.    different  D.    serious

       43.A.      recognized      B.    greeted    C.    encouraged     D.    showed

       44.A.      air   B.  audience  C.    school     D.    playground

       45.A.      apart from      B.    other than       C.    except for       D.    along with

       46.A.      stage       B.    position   C.  office             D.    exit

       47.A.      Jill’s       B.    teacher’s  C  mother’s   D.    father’s

       48.A.      fixed       B.    touched   C.    hurt D.    overlooked

       49.A.      successfully    B.    disappointedly C.    delightedly     D.    hopefully

       50.A.      drunk      B.    woken     C.    forgiven  D.    hidden

       51.A.      stepped    B.    noticed    C.    examined D.    glanced

       52.A.      getting off      B.    falling down   C.    building up     D.    turning around

       53.A.      leaning    B.   lying       C.    putting    D.    carrying

       54.A.      How       B.    Where     C.   Why      D.    Whether

       55.A.      perfect    B.    comfortable    C.    fortunate D.    important

You have the ability to decide whether you are happy or not. Happiness is a choice.

You can’t depend on someone else to make you happy. That is a lesson I learned early in my marriage. I realized that I couldn’t rely on my husband as my source of happiness. I learned that my happiness depended on myself and not my husband’s actions. I learned that you have to choose to be happy.

You can choose your emotions. True happiness comes from within, and it can’t be forced by outside force. So how do you choose happiness? The same way, you choose to smile or choose to wear a certain outfit（一套衣服）. You choose it because that’s what you want to experience in you life.

You want to buy a new pair of shoes so you choose a pair that you like and feels good. You wouldn’t buy a pair of shoes that you don’t like or that doesn’t fit well, right? So why do we keep choosing emotions and feelings that don’t make us feel good?

Choosing to be happy after you realize your anger has shown up (or even choosing to be calm) can be beneficial. We choose our feelings; no one else can do that for us. If we let others get to us, influence our emotions — we are giving them power over us. When others cause us anger or pain, we are giving them our power.

We need to keep our feelings in check and not to react（反应） automatically to what is thrown at us. We need to think our actions out instead of just reacting to what someone says or does.

Remember that we can always choose happiness. At first it will be difficult to just switch（使转变）your thoughts and feelings from anger, self-doubt, or fear to joy and happiness. But it is only a thought away. Don’t dwell on（细想） what happens to you unnecessarily but realize what is causing you to feel that way. Realize that thoughts, feelings and emotions can change. Then move on and choose to be happy.

64. What’s the best title of this passage?

       A. Pretend to Be Happy

       B. Choose Your Emotions

       C. Choose to Be Happy

       D. Find Happiness

65. The lesson the writer learned in her marriage is          .

       A. one can’t depend on someone else to make himself or herself happy

       B. balancing the relationship between husband and wife is an art

       C. she can depend on her husband to find happiness

       D. happiness can be influenced by outside force

66. Why did the writer mention buying shoes?

       A. To offer advice on how to choose comfortable shoes.

       B. To use it as an example to illustrate（阐述）her point of view.

       C. To compare choosing shoes and choosing an outfit.

       D. To help move to the next paragraph easily.

67. The writer suggests that we should          .

       A. let others control our feelings

       B. respond immediately to others’ words

       C. hold back our feelings properly

       D. pay more attention to words than actions

第II卷（共两节，满分30分）

第四部分 任务型阅读（共10题：每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格中填入最适当的单词。每空格1个单词。

Beggars are often seen sitting under blankets with heads bowed as people pass them by in Cambridge’s market center. Some ask passers-by for change and some just sit and wait to be given money. A few use aggressive behaviour to earn money.

To solve the problem of aggressive begging, an “alternative giving ” plan has been suggested. Ten blue money boxes will be placed in busy places such as the market and the railway station. It aims to encourage people not to give money directly to beggars but instead to give generously to local homeless causes.

Supporters of this plan think it will be an effective way to solve the beggars’ alcohol and drug problems. But the police oppose the plan arguing that beggars who do not receive cash may turn to criminality to feed their addictions. The homeless charity “Crisis” said the success of any plan will depend on its style. They think that imaginative and positive plans can help create local understanding and sympathy instead of hardness. Most of the beggars dislike the plan because they think they will not get enough money from the boxes for their showers, food and clothes.

Begging is a big social problem both in developing and developed countries. Governments must play a big role in solving this problem. Training beggars to work and helping them to find appropriate jobs is one option. This is especially true for developing countries where many low-skill jobs exist.

The general community should also be educated to see beggars not as dirty and dangerous, but as people who need understanding and help.

 My elder brother wants to buy a _____ computer, so that he can carry it around when he travels.

  A. removable   B. portable   C. possible   D. readable

.In Britain today women______44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.

      A. hold up         B. build up        C. account for    D. consist of

— I’m not good at dancing, you know.

—       . It’s just for fun.

A. All right     B. No problem       C. Come on    D. Cheer up

Only when it rains in summer_______ such beautiful rainbows here.

A. could you see                  B. you can see

C. you will see                         D. can you see

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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at driving schools. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or international trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so.

Training costs have dropped to 2,600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver’s license has become another factor.

“In the job market, owning a driver’s license sometimes strengthens a graduating student’s competitiveness for a good position,” says Zhou Yang, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law.

Cars will become a necessary part of many people’s lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a license after graduation because of the pressures on working people’s time. “Having a full-time job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of opportunities to learn,” Zhou says.

Xu Jian, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very capable and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle-aged people, young women and college students are the main learners.

To get a driver’s license, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours’ practice before the final road test.

56. ________ in Beijing want to learn to drive.

A. Half the undergraduates

B. Many undergraduates   

C. Most undergraduates

D. Most of the undergraduates who learn business or international trade

57. The undergraduates are learning to drive mainly because ________.

A. they need this skill to find a good job   

B. they like to drive cars

C. most of them are from rich families

D. most of them will be able to buy cars in the future

58. Which of the following is likely to be Xu Jian’s opinion of students’ learning to drive?

A. He thought it was better to learn it at college than at work.

B. He thought it was a waste of money and time to learn to drive.

C. He thought they could learn to drive faster.

D. He thought they would spend three times more time to learn to drive than ordinary people.

59. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Students Pay Less to Learn to Drive Now  

B. Students Learn to Drive

C. Better to Learn to Drive at Colleges        

D. Welcome to the Driving School 

Marlin Perkins’ keen interest in animals, especially snakes, brought him a lot of trouble when he was young. His landlady never excused him for keeping snakes in his closet. After two years of college, he left school and found a job in a zoo, sweeping the sidewalks for $3.50 a day. He was very happy about it because he could now watch animals and study them all day long. He soon became an official in charge of reptiles (爬行动物)and then director of the Buffalo Zoo.

Through his snake-hunting expeditions, Perkins won his fame as a snake expert. His love for snakes is such that he thinks of them in terms of (根据) personalities. However, snakes do not have the universal appeal as he wishes. Even Perkins’ most favorite animal Bushman, the 550-pound toughest African ape, was frightened by snakes. Bushman once escaped from his cage. Nothing could draw him back. Finally a keeper went to the reptile house, got three little snakes, and dangled (摇晃) them toward Bushman. The great ape nearly tore the place apart getting back to the safety of his cage.

Perkins likes all animals and takes more interest in them than many parents take in their own children. He keeps daily records on all the baby animals, takes their temperature and watches their diet strictly. Speaking about his success, Perkins sums up his philosophy of life as follows: “My life has taught me that the surest path to success is to find out what you most enjoy doing, then set out to do it.”

40.Perkins’ first zoo job was __________.

A. collecting snakes     B. sweeping sidewalks

C. looking after an ape   D. taking notes on animals

41.Bushman’s reaction (反映) suggests that ___________.

A. he was easy to be nervous   B. most people dislike animals

even animals dislike snakes  D. he was a tough animal to manage

42.Perkins believes the best way to success is to __________.

A. do what you like most     B.work hard at it

C.do what people don’t like   D.be brave enough

43. According to the passage, Marlin Perkins entered his life work through ______.

A. help      B.chance        C.choice      D.necessity

44.A good title for the passage would be ________.

A.Lovely Snakes                B.A Good Expert

C.Marlin Perkins’ world          D.Human’s Friend---Animal

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

（请将答案写在答题卡上的指定位置）

66. His health is __________ (逐渐地) improving because of the doctor’s successful treatment.

67. I used an empty _________ (饼干) tin to keep my flowers.

68. The news headlines are __________ （广播）on the half hour.

69. Can you tell me something about the accident ______ (提及) to at the meeting ?

70. If he does not tell the truth, __________ （惩罚）can be suffered.

71. I am interested in studying the globe in my ___________（空闲的）time.

72. His record is above the ________（平均）in the class.

73. The _________（长度）of the table is twice its breadth.

74. His writings have been translated into _________（各种）languages.

75. They sat down after exchanging __________（问候）