You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead! Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catching fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks. There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress. Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is “blown up” in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff a thousand feet high. His parachute failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntwomen too.

41. Stuntmen are those who ________.

A. often dress up as actors                         B. prefer to lead dangerous lives

C. often perform seemingly dangerous actions  D. often fight each other for their lives

42. Stuntmen earn their living by ________.

A. playing their dirty tricks                  B. selling their special skills

C. jumping out of high windows                     D. jumping from fast moving trains

43. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ________.

A. he needs little protection                    B. he will be covered with a mattress

C. his life is endangered                               D. his safety is generally all right

44. Which of the following is the main factor（因素）of a successful performance?

A. Strength           B. Exactness         C. Speed                D. Carefulness

45. What can be inferred from the author's example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A. Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.  B. The cliff is too high.

C. The percentage of serious accidents is high.     D. Parachutes must be of good quality.

One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St. Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: “Yesterday the person who has been hindering（阻止）your growth in this company passed away .

We invite you to join the funeral（葬礼）in the room that has been prepared in the gym . ”

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they started getting curious about who this person might be. The excitement grew as the employees arrives arrived at the gym to pay their last respects. Everyone wondered: “Who is this person who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he’s no longer here!”

One by one the employees got closer to the coffin and when then they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood over the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: “There is only one who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.”

You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, you realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.

68. Who has ever resisted the employees of the large company in St. Louis, Missouri?

A. The boss                                   B. The leader of their group

C. The sign                                      D. The employees themselves

69. Who passed away in the large company?

A. No one                                  B. The boss

C. One of the employees                    D. One of the colleagues

70. What’s the best title of this paragraph?

A. Independent      B. Hard Working       C. Team Work        D. Last Respects

A gentle breeze blew through Jennifer’s hair. The golden red sun was setting. She was on the beach, looking up at the fiery（火红的）ball. She was amazed by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.

The atmosphere relaxed her. After all she had been through, this was what she needed. “It’s getting late,” she thought, “I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am.”

She wondered how her parents would react, when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters she would have been safe in her house.

It was really getting dark now. The sun had set a few minutes before and it was getting cold too. She wished she had her favorite sweater on: it kept her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought disappeared when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now... It all seemed deserted. She couldn’t understand what was going on.

She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen where she saw a note written by her father. It said: “Dear Ellen, there is some coffee ready. I went looking.” Ellen was her mother but — where was she? On the right side of the hallway was her parents’ room. She went in. Then she saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn’t slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up, something was different... she wasn’t in her mother’s room and she wasn’t wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas（睡衣）.

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice, “Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared.”

56. Three days later Jennifer came back home ______.

A. at sunrise             B. at sunset                    C. at night                    D. at midday

57. What does the underlined phrase “This thought” most probably mean?

A. The idea of going back home.

B. Her anxiety about her parents.

C. The feeling of being warm in her favorite sweater.

D. The feeling of getting back home safely.

58. Her father didn’t take care of the garden because ______.

A. he was busy looking for her

B. he had to look after his wife

C. he was not strict with his job

D. he no longer enjoyed working in the garden

59. What can we infer from this passage?

A. In fact Jennifer’s mother had been sick for days.

B. As Jennifer walked towards home, she became increasingly scared.

C. When she found the garden deserted, she realized she was wrong.

D. Having experienced a lot outside, Jennifer felt home was safest for her.

Years ago while lying in my hammock（吊床）and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fence. Upon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next door neighbor’s 10 – year – old daughter’s rabbit. For years I had watched her come home from school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yard. I knew that day would be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fast.

The rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it with the dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blower. Upon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as “natural caused”.

Back to the hammock and JD. Within the hour the neighbor’s Volvo pulled in as usual and out popped the little girl, and as usual she headed straight for the cage. Only this time she stopped about six feet away and screamed: “D—A—D—D—Y!!!”.

Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cage. Being the good neighbor that I am, I rushed to fence and asked if there was anything I could do.

Her father less than calmly shouted, “What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girl’s rabbit and put it back in its cage?”

61．The girl was shocked because           .

       A．the rabbit was killed by someone

       B．the rabbit was too clean

       C．the dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cage

       D．the rabbit was asleep in the cage

62．That day the girl ran to the cage           .

       A．because her rabbit was there

       B．because she had a habit of going there to see her rabbit

       C．because she wanted to see her rabbit again

       D．because the rabbit was dead

63．We can infer that the rabbit            .

       A．was alive before the writer saw his dog dragging it

       B．was already dead before the writer saw his dog dragging it

       C．was in the cage playing with the dog

       D．was at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog

64．According to the story, the writer           .

       A．was helpful to his neighbor                   B．did a smart thing

       C．was honest                                         D．made a mistake

One fine afternoon I was walking along Fifth Street, when I remembered that it was necessary to buy a pair 

of socks. Why I wished to buy only one pair was unimportant.

I turned into the first sock shop that caught my eye, and a boy clerk who could not have been more than seventeen years old came forward, “What can I do for you, sir?” “I wish to buy a pair of socks.” His eyes shone.

There was a note of excitement in his voice, “Did you know that you had come into the finest place in the world to buy socks?” I had no idea of that, as my entrance had been accidental. “Come with me,” said the boy, eagerly. I followed him to the back of the shop, and he began to pull down from the shelves box after box showing their contents for my choice.

“Hold on, lad, I am going to buy only one pair!” “I know that,” said he, “but I want you to see how beautiful these are. Aren’t they wonderful!” there was on his face an expression of seriousness and pride and delight as if he were showing to me the secrets of his religion. I became far more interested in him than in the socks. I looked at him in amazement. “My friend,” said, “if you can keep this up, if this is not merely from having a new job, if you can keep up this high spirit and excitement day after day, in ten years you will own every sock in the United States.”

51. What did the writer want to buy one fine afternoon?

A. A pair of shoes.                B. A pair of socks.

C. Two pairs of socks. 　          D. A set of books.

52. Which is true according to the passage?

A. The shop was on the Second Road.

B. The boy was 18 years old.

C. The boy was not in high spirits.

D. The writer entered the shop by chance.

53. What the writer said in the last paragraph means that.

A. if you don’t work hard, you will lose the job

B. you should keep on following your customs

C. if you keep up your great interest in your work, you will succeed in the future

D. if you are to hardworking, you will fail

Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.’’ He is said to be “undersized.’’ with“short legs’’ and a “round stomach”. The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description--it seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts：other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose—and that is the point.

It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that, as Tolstoy has it, Napoleon is a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace, the wars having reached the critical year of 1812, Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar(沙皇), who has come with peace terms. Napoleon is very angry：doesn’t he have more army? He, not the Tsar, is the one to make the terms. He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped. “That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!” he shouts. And then, Tolstoy writes, Napoleon “walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders moving quickly.’’

Still later, after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds, Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner. “He raised his hand to the Russian’s…face,” Tolstoy writes, and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently….” To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well, well, why don’t you say anything?’’ said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.

Tolstoy did his research, but the composition is his own.

76. Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is _________.

A. far from the historical facts

B. based on the Russian history

C. based on his selection of facts

D. not related to historical details

77. Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because _________.

A. he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms

B. the Tsar's peace terms were hard to accept

C. the Russians stopped his military movement

D. he didn’t have any more army to fight with

78. What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?

A. To walk out of the room in anger.

B. To show agreement with him.

C. To say something about the Tsar.

D. To express his admiration.

79. Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is _________.

A. ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests

B. fond of showing off his iron will

C. determined in destroying all of Europe

D. crazy for power and respect

80. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

A. A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.

B. A writer may write about a hero in his own way.

C. A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.

D. A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.

Once I spoke at a high school. After the speech, I was asked to see a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.

He was Matthew. When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal weight lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles（障碍）and going for my dreams.

I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain. He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me.

When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “ You are a champion, You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you. ”

Last summer I got the news that Matthew had passed away and a letter Matthew had written to me a few days before:

Dear Rick,

My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. The doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.

I told you some day I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know I’ll never make it. But I know I am a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven , God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you.

Thank you for loving me.

Your friend,

Matthew

69. The boy wished to meet the author because__________.

A. he admired the author very much

B. he wished to take part in the Olympics

C. he hoped to make friends with the author

D. he enjoyed going in for weight lifting

70. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Matthew was good at weight lifting

B. Rick had the similar disease as a child

C. Matthew remained optimistic in face of disease

D. Rick encouraged the boy to become a champion

71. Why did the boy refuse the author’s medal?

A. He thought he was not worthy of it

B. Rick regarded the medal as a treasure

C. The gold medal was very dear to Rick

D. He didn’t want to be pitied by others

72. What can be inferred from Matthew’s letter?

A. Matthew was unhappy before death

B. Rick kept in touch with Matthew

C. Matthew sent some pictures to Rick

D. Matthew got an Olympic gold medal

Football, to me, is more than just a game. I have probably learned more valuable lessons from it than from school.

      When I joined the team freshman year, I didn’t realize what I was getting into. Even though I had been playing since fourth grade and knew it was  hard  work, nothing would prepare me for the effort I would put into football that year. We worked all summer in the weight room and ran on the track to get in physical and mental shape before the season.

      See, football is more of a mental sport than anything else. So running on the track wasn’t only about getting in shape. We would push our minds by running as hard as we could even if we were going to pass out. At the beginning, I was immature (幼稚) and only thought of myself, sometimes even gave up when I was tired or hurt. Then after the third game I had a season-ending injury. Imagine working all summer and then only being able to play three games! I needed surgery (外科手术) on my arm and at least five months to recover.

      Needless to say, I missed the rest of the season, but this actually helped me realize that since you never know when your last play will be, you should try your hardest in football and life.      After freshman year I decided that I would always give my best effort. Playing varsity (校队的) football has taught me so much more than just what my assignments are on a particular play or how to block (阻挡). I have learned to think about others first and realized how important working hard is. Being with all my friends, even sweating and bleeding with them, really made us unite as a group of hard-working young men, who I know will succeed in life.

56. What is the main idea of the passage?

  A. How the author dislikes the game of football.

  B. When the author began to play football.

  C. How the author has changed his attitude to football.

  D. What sport the author likes best.

57.The author thinks football is      

  A.just a game   B.of a mental sport  C.hard to pass out  D.not worth his effort

58. From the text we can infer___   .

   A. the author joined the football team with a clear aim

   B. football only brought the author certain assignments

   C. the author worked all summer to get ready for the season

   D. the author never lost heart when he met with difficulty

59. In the third paragraph, the underlined phrase “getting in shape” probably means “___”.

   A. becoming healthy

   B. designing the playground

   C. losing weight

   D. measuring the track

60.Why did the author need surgery on his arm?

A.He wanted to play more than three games.      B. He wanted to have a good rest at home

C.There wouldn’t be any games for the moment. D. He wanted to work hard during the summer

Our town is in the eastern part of our country. Once a year, we elect a girl to show how beautiful and great our town is . All the girls are eager to get this position in an effort to become popular.

It was not an easy choice this years, since there were eight girls to choose from. The elder judge finally decided that either Sara or May would get the position. Both girls were beautiful with extraordinary appearance. Besides, they had a good education and cared about how pollution had a bad effect on the earth. Most important, both girls got up early to eat eggs at their breakfast .Eggs were important to people of the east because our economy depended mainly on the production of eggs.

“Either girl will win,” my father said, “But someone will cry in the end”

“Either will be fine,” I said, “They are both great girls.”

The final round was held at the east edge of our town. Sara lived nearby so she did not need to get up early to arrive. However, she was the first person there. “You know what they say about the early bird,”she said with a smile.

However, May arrived fifteen minutes late to the competition. “It’s the taxi driver’s fault,”she said. “I told him to head east, but he was in one ear and thought I said Bread Cheese.” You know, Bread Cheese was the name of our neighboring town.

I thought May would certainly lose because she was late, but to my surprise, she turned out to be this year’s winner. The judges liked her answer to their last question, “If you could have anything in the world, what would it be?” Sara had replied, “World peace.”May, on the other hand, said, “Better market to have our eggs sell well”.

56. Why was it difficult to make a choice this year?

A. The girls just looked alike.

B. People had to choose from eight girls.

C. All the girls wanted to get the position.

D. The judges couldn’t agree with each other

57. In the passage the underlined sentence “ You know what they say about the early bird.” means　　 .

A. she liked the early bird very much

B. she was sure that she would succeed

C. she lived nearby , so she should get there early

D. she wanted to showoff her good language knowledge

58. Why was May chosen in the end?

A. Because her answer was clever and exact

B. Because she gave a different answer from Sara’s

C. Because she looked more beautiful than the other girl

D. Because her answer was more practical than the other girl

 “There is very little in my life that is more personal and more important to me than comets!” the amateur David H. Levy told Terence Dickinson in an interview. “Not just discovering them but watching them, learning about them, writing about them, understanding what they do. It makes observing the sky intensely personal. I feel when I find a new comet a door has been opened and I have seen a slightly new aspect of nature. There is this object in the solar system that ― for a few minutes or a few hours ― only I know about. It is like trying to pry（打探）a secret out of nature. It is a very special feeling.” Ever since he was a child, David H. Levy has been fascinated by the night sky and the wonders it reveals to devoted watchmen. He developed a special feeling for comets before he reached his teens, though it was not until 1984 ― after nineteen years and more than nine hundred hours of combing the sky in search of them ― that he discovered his first one, from a small observatory that he had built in his backyard.

Since then, he has discovered or co-discovered twenty more, making him one of the world's most important comet hunters. His most celebrated find is periodic comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which he made with the husband-and-wife comet-and-asteroid-hunting team Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker. The comet's dramatic collision with Jupiter in July 1994, which constituted（组成）“the greatest planetary show in recorded history,” to quote Malcolm W. Browne of the New York Times, captivated（迷住） not only professional astronomers, but many amateurs. Although he is only an amateur astronomer ― he earns his living by lecturing and writing books and by working with project artists. They’re projects devoted to introducing astronomy to elementary school children ― he has won tremendous respect from his professional colleagues for his success in tracking down comets. “David H. Levy is one of those rare individuals blessed with the gift of discovery,” David Hartsel, who serves on the board of directors of the Richland Astronomical Society, in Ohio, has said. “Even rarer is his ability to let others share in the excitement and wonder of those discoveries through his writing and lectures.”

46. The primary purpose of this passage is to ________.

A. praise Levy for his contribution to the observation of comets.

B. show that an amateur can do things as well as a professional.

C. introduce to the readers David Levy as a professional astronomer.

D. demonstrate that strong interest is very important in helping one succeed in his life.

47. All the following are suggested in this passage as reasons that contribute to Levy's success as a respectable astronomer EXCEPT that ________.

A. he had his books published on astronomy

B. he worked on a project that is intended to introduce astronomy

C. he was born with the gift of the discovery of comets

D. he was highly praised by his colleagues for his unselfishness

48. According to David Hartsel, he most appreciates Levy’s ________.

A. gifted ability of comet hunting             C. curiosity to the sky and comets

B. ability of communicating his ideas          D. spirit of devotion to astronomy

49. Levy says that watching the sky is quite personal to him because________.

A. he has developed a very special affection for the sky

B. he can discover a secret out of nature

C. he has established a close relationship with the sky

D. he may have a personal talk with nature

50. It can be inferred from the passage that_______.

A. Levy's parents are astronomers                      B. Levy was born in the 1970s

C. Levy achieved his fame in the 1980s

D. Levy himself has discovered 21 comets altogether