For 52 years my father got up at 5:30 am every morning, went to work, and returned home at 5:30 pm. I never saw my father stay home from work ill, nor did I ever see my father lay down to take a nap. He had no hobbies, other than taking care of his family. All he asked from me, his daughter, was to help him while he was repairing something, so we could have some time to talk.

For 22 years, after I left home for college, my father called me at 9:00 am every Sunday. Nine years ago when I bought my first house, my father, 67 years old, spent eight hours a day for three days in the 80-degree Kansas heat, painting my house. He would not allow me to pay someone to have it done. All he asked for was a glass of iced tea. Five years ago, at age 71, my father spent five hours putting together a swing set for my daughter. Four years ago, my father drove all the way from Denver to Topeka, with an eight-foot Colorado Blue Spruce （云杉） in his truck, so that we could have a part of Colorado growing on our land.

On the morning of January 16, 1996, my sister telephoned me; my father was in the hospital with an aneurysm（动脉瘤） in Florida. I got on an airplane immediately, and on the way I realized that I hadn’t communicated with him as much as I’d always wanted to. I vowed（发誓） that when I arrived, I would have a long talk with him. I arrived in Florida at 1 am, only to find that my father, at the age of 76, had passed away at 9:12 pm. This time it was he who did not have time to talk, or time to wait for me.

44. From the first paragraph we can infer that the author’s father ______.

A. was a good driver       B. was in good health

C. sometimes fell ill      D. had no hobbies

45. The underlined phrase “other than” in the first paragraph can be replaced by “______”.

A. except        B. including    C. without    D. due to

46. According to the last paragraph, we can know that the author’s father was born in ______.

A. 1916           B. 1918         C. 1920        D. 1922

47. The author wrote the article in order to ______.

A. praise her father              B. remember her father

C. show her father loved her   D. let her father be known

     A desert is a beautiful land of silence and space. The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless. Nothing is soft. The sand and rocks are hard, and many of the plants even have hard needles instead of leaves.

The size and location(分布) of the world’s deserts are always changing. Over millions of years, as climates change and mountains rise, new dry and wet areas develop.  But within the last 100  years, deserts have been growing at a frightening speed.    This is partly because of natural changes, but the greatest makers are humans.

Humans can make deserts, but humans can also prevent their growth. Algeria Mauritania is planting a similar wall around Nouakchott, the capital. Iran puts a thin covering of petroleum  (石油) on sandy areas and plants trees. The oil keeps the water and small trees in the land, and men on motorcycles(摩托车) keep the sheep and goats away. The USSR and India are building long canals to bring water to desert areas.

40. In this passage, “needles” refers to _______.

A. small, thin pieces of steel.                      B. long, thin pieces of branches.

C. small pointed growth on the stem(茎) of a plant.    D. small, thin pieces of sticks.

41. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The greatest desert makers are humans.   B. There aren’t any living things in the deserts.

C. Deserts have been growing quickly.      D. The size of the deserts is always changing.

42. We can guess that Mauritania and Algeria belong to _______.

A. Asian countries 　　　　  B. American countries

C. European counties　　　   D. African countries

43. Choose the sentence which best gives the main idea of the passage.

A. The deserts of the world are always changing.

B. Man is to take measures to control the growth of the world’s deserts.

C. Deserts are lands of silence and space.

D. Deserts have grown at a fast pace in the past 10 years.

To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend your knees and squat down. Keep your back and hips(臀部) and waist (腰部) in a line. If you bend over, the muscles in your lower back can become hurt easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they have much more support. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.

As you squat down, try to get close to the object as possible. For example, if you are going to pick up a heavy box, squat down directly in front of it.

Maybe you will have to spread your knees and legs. Put one knee on each side of the box. Remember at all times to keep your back straight.

Put your hands under the object that is in front of you, between your knees.

To lift the object, you should stand up slowly. Use your muscles in order to stand up. In other words, lift with your legs, not with your back.

36. The underlined word "squat" means________.

A. to bend over your waist             B. to bend yourself by bending your legs

C. to lower yourself by bending your legs  D. to stand straight

37. You should keep your back straight so that________.

A. the muscles can’t be hurt    B. the muscles will have more support

C. you seem to be stranger     D. you will get more muscles

38 The correct way to lift something heavy from the floor is________.

A. to bend over from your waist first

B. to bend your knees and squat down first

C. to keep your back in a line

D. to put your hands under the object

39. What lifts the object in fact?

A. The muscles of your arms.   B. The muscles of your back.

C. Your hands.               D. Your leg muscles.

It was 11:30 in the evening. A ___16___ American lady of about seventy was standing on the side of an Alabama ___17___ trying to bear a pouring rainstorm. Her car had ___18___ and at the moment she ___19___ needed a ride. Wet to the skin, she decided to flag down the next ___20___. A young white man stopped to help her—generally unheard ___21_____ in those conflict-filled(矛盾冲突) 1960s. The man ___22___ her to safety in his car, and ___23____ a taxicab(a kind of car)for her. She seemed to be in a great ___24___. She wrote down his ___25___, thanked him and drove away. Several days went by and a ___26___ came to the man’s door. To his ___27___, a very big color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was ___28___ to it. It read: “ Dear sir, thank you so much for assisting a(an) ___29___ colored woman on the freeway ___30____ night, The rain ____31____ wet all over not only my clothes ___32___ my spirits. Then you ___33___ along. Because of you, I was ____34___ to make it to my dying husband’s bedside just ___35____ he passed away. God bless you for helping me and kindly serving others. Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole.

16. A. black    B. white  C. poor   D. sick

17. A. railway B. freeway      C. street  D. avenue

18. A. broken up    B. speeded up        C. broken down   D. slowed down

19. A. seriously      B. badly   C. fairly   D. probably

20. A. bus       B. truck   C. taxi     D. car

21. A. from     B. by       C. before D. of

22. A. put      B. led      C. fetched      D. took

23. A. hired     B. took    C. sent    D. asked

24. A. need     B. help    C. hurry  D. trouble

25. A. address B. number      C. name  D. words

26. A. lady      B. salesman    C. letter   D. knock

27. A. surprise       B. delight C. joy      D. satisfaction

28. A. offered B. given   C. stuck  D. written

29. A. aged     B. dark    C. lucky  D. unhappy

30. A. another B. the other     C. other   D. any

31. A. let B. made   C. had     D. turned

32. A. and       B. but      C. or  D. otherwise

33. A. got           B. went   C. ran     D. came

34. A. able      B. ready  C. likely   D. willing

35. A. after     B. before       C. until    D. since

 I won’t go to the party unless _______.

   A. I invited   B. am invited   C. being invited   D. invited

 She likes to have everything in place so that she can ________them when they are needed.

A. have a hand in      B. place hands on     C. put her hands on   D. lay her hand on

 My chest _____ when I take a deep breath, doctor.

A. hurts   B. wounds  C.harms   D. injure

The quality of a processed food largely ______ the raw material and the way it _______.

　 A. relies on; processes　　　　　　　　　　 B. depends on; processes

C. depends on; is processed　　　　　　　　 D. decides on; is processed

 The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2010 is strongly impressed ___ my memory.

   A. to           B. over         C. by           D. on

 If you ____________ Mary, ask her to come and see me.

A. caught sight of           B. catch sight of

C. are in the sight of       D. are at the sight of