Peter:“What made you so delighted at Christmas?”

    Mary: “_____________________”

       A) I received many more presents than others

       B) Because my parents promised me a new car

       C) My uncle’s coming back from abroad

       D) As there was an unusual celebration                               

 __ I do not know  what I ___________ without the suitcase you lent me.

    __ Glad to have been of some help to you.

     A) would have done   B) would do   C) should have done   D) should do 

 The cruel parents ______ because of ______ they had done to the little girl.  

A) got punishment; which          B) got punished; what

    C) got punishing; that             D) got to be punished; why     

  Believe it or not,_________ you have, I’m always on your side.[来源:]

    A) what great difficulty               B)how great difficulty

    C) no matter what great difficulty       D) however great difficulty 

第二节：完形填空。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Throughout history man has had to accept the fact that all living things must die. But people now live longer than they 36 . Yet, all living things still show the  37 of aging, which will eventually 38 deaths.

Aging is not a disease, but as a person passes maturity（成熟期）,the cells of the body and the 39 they form do not function as well as they 40 in childhood and teenage years. The body provides less 41 against disease and is more 42 to have accident.

A number of related causes may 43 to aging. Some cells of the body have a fairly long life, but they are not 44 when they die . As a person ages, 45 of brain cells and muscle cells decreases. 46. body cells die and are replaced by new cells. In an aging person the 47 cells may not be as workable or as capable 48 growth as those of a young person.

Another 49 in aging may be changes within the cells 50.Some of the protein chemicals in cells are known to 51 with age and become less elastic（有弹性的）.This is why the skin of old people wrinkles（皱纹）and hangs 52 . This is also the reason why old people 53 in height. There may be other more important chemical changes in the cells. Some complex cell chemicals, such as DNA an RNA, store and 54 information that the cells need. Aging may affect this 55 and change the information-carrying molecules so that they do not transmit the information as well.

36. A. would                       B. be used to             C. used to                  D. used

37. A. function          B. effect                     C. affect                     D. sign

38. A. lead in             B. give in           C. run into                  D. result in

39. A. hands                       B. feet                         C. heart              D. organs

40. A. made      B. took                    C. did         D. remembered

41. A. energy     B. protection         C. vigor       D. power

42. A. likely        B. probable            C. possible                 D. alike

43. A. attend       B. contribute         C. add        D. devote

44. A. replaced      B. reborn      C. recovered           D. surrendered

45. A. a number     B. the amount   C. the number           D. a great deal

46. A. The others          B. the other         C. Another            D. Other

47. A. old        B. left               C. new               D. other

48. A. to           B. for                C. of                      D. in

49. A. factor                   B. effect               C. reason           D. element

50. A. it                   B. them      C. themselves         D. that

51. A. become             B. turn        C. change             D. get

52. A. loose                   B. high               C. large       D. fat

53. A. increase                B. shrink                 C. lengthen              D. decrease

54. A. pass away    B. pass by      C. pass off     D. pass on  

55. A. improvement         B. procession           C. approach           D. process

第三节：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2.5分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

   A couple of years ago, I received a $ 600 insurance dividend (保险股息).Sitting at the kitchen table, my wife and I discussed what we might do with the money. I realized now that the refrigerator overheard our talk. The very next day it went wrong. The repairman told us we needed a new unit. Cost:$600. Not long after that, we got a refund（赔偿金）from the shop, enough to pay for a trip to Mexico. “I’ve something to tell you,” I said to my wife in a low voice. “How about the living-room?” she suggested. I remembered the color TV set was there. “No, not there. Let’s go out.” I showed her the check as we stood on the driveway. We held each other excitedly and hardly noticed the rain. My car was parked within5 meters. I didn’t think anything about it at the time. As I started for the airport the next day, the car began making strange sounds. Changing the engine cost about $ 1, 000.

Then I looked through our financial records. I discovered that during the last ten years we spent all our “found money” repairing a hot water heater, a television and a stove.

I never mention money in front of our mechanical equipment. But if this article is published and I am paid for, the word processor（文字信息处理机）is going to go for sure. It’ll know.

1. What went wrong first as the writer’s?

   A. The refrigerator          B. The stove

   C. The TV set              D. The engine of the car

2. What has been repaired and still remains all right?

   A. The car                 B. The color TV set

   C. The stove               D. The hot water heater

3. Which statement is wrong according to the passage?

A.There are many pieces of modern equipment in the writer’s home

B.The writer often discusses with his wife on how to spend their money.

C.The writer has gone into a lot of trouble to repair his things

D.The writer’s refrigerator can overhear him

   Although man has known about asbestos for many hundreds of years, it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent. H. W. Johns, owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers, was responsible for （对……负责）the opening of that first mine.

   Mr. Johns was given a piece of asbestos which had been found in Italy. He experimented with the material and then showed its surprising powers to his customers. After putting a pair of asbestos gloves, which looked much like ordinary work gloves, he took red-hot coals from the fireplace and played with them in his hands. How astonished the customers were to discover that he was not burned at all. You can well imagine that he had increasing business in asbestos roofing materials. However, because it was very expensive to transport(carry) them from Italy to the United States, Mr. Johns sent out a young scientist to seek a source nearer home. This young man found great vein（岩脉）

in the province of Quebec in Canada.

   Ever since 1881, Quebec has led the world in the production of this unusual mineral, which is made up of magnesium, silicon, iron, and oxygen. When it is mined, the asbestos is heavy, just as you would expect a mineral to be. When it is separated, a strange thing happens: the rock breaks down into fine, soapy fibers（滑腻的纤维）。

    Scientists do not know why the rock can be separated easily into threads（线）,but they have found thousands of uses for this fireproof material, often called the “cloth of stone”.

1. The title that best expresses the main idea of the passage is _____.

   A. Asbestos mined in Canada          B. Fireproof matter

   C. A “wonder” mineral               D. A new roofing material

2. Johns proved his ability （能力）as a salesman by_____.

going into the roofing business

carrying asbestos from Italy

sending a trained scientist

showing the use of asbestos gloves

3. Which is the most important character of asbestos that the author wants to show us?

   A. It is like thread               B. It feels soapy

   C. It bums easily                D. It is unusually heavy

4. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to______.

show the need for more scientists

compare asbestos with other minerals

increase the sales of asbestos

present facts about asbestos

Two Englishmen were traveling in France when a policeman stopped their car and gave it a search. He found a bag of white powder, which looked suspicious（可疑的）. “Drogue?” asked the policeman who was sensitive to heroin（海洛因）. “Yes, dog”, the two replied, having the least idea of their misunderstanding of the French word; and in no time they found themselves in prison. Analysis（分析）of the powder disclosed that it was a chemical which gave off a smell, used to discourage dogs from using the sides of the car as a toilet . The two were set free, after promising to take a few French lessons before their next trip in France.

1. The powder found in the car looked very much like______.

   A. heroin      B. gun-powder     C. medicine     D. fertilizer

2. The French word “drogue” means______.

A.“dog”, which often used the sides of the car as a toilet

B.“drunk”, a state caused by the effect of drinking

C.“drug”, matter such as heroin and cocaine（可卡因）

D.“medicine”, used to cure people of their illnesses

3. The reason why the two Englishmen misunderstood the word “drogue” was that ______.

A.the words “drogue” and “dog” are more or less alike in pronunciation

B.“drogue” happened to be a word they had learned in their French lesson

C.they knew no French at all, but were shy of showing this

D.they didn’t know this word, but had a habit of taking things for granted

4.The two Englishmen were free_____.

A.directly after the analysis was carried out

B.after they had given a satisfactory explanation of the powder

C.after the police found out that they hadn’t broken traffic rules

D.on condition that they should do something to improve their French

   The following table shows some results of a survey （调查）in which 800 Japanese school pupils were asked to give their impressions（印象）of their classroom teachers. The pupils’ impressions were found to differ depending on whether the teacher was new (with less than three years’ experience), middle-standing(ten to twenty years), or veteran（有经验的）（twenty to thirty years）. The numbers in the table show the percentage of the pupils who answered “very satisfied” or “extremely satisfied” for each question item （项目）

1. The pupils’ evaluation（评价）can be said to rise at a steady rate（比率）as their teachers’ experience increases in Question Items______.

   A. I and 4    B. 3 and 5     C. 6 and 8    D. 9 and 10

2. In contrast（对比）to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable（显著的）improvement in their ability to _______.

   A. be fair to any pupil         B. evaluate pupils’ progress

   C. present materials clearly     D. understand and play with pupils

3. Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more_____.

A.relaxed in class than the veterans

B.interested in pupils’ ideas than the veterans

C.neat in appearance than the veterans

D.skilful at explaining than the veterans

4. Which of the following statements is true according to the table?

A.In the new teachers’ classes, pupils seem to ask questions more freely.

B.Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with the amount（量）of time their teachers spend with

them between classes.

C.The evaluation of the middle-standing teachers is lower than that of the veterans in seven

items.

D.Though veterans do not play games with pupils during breaks, their teaching is rated

highly.

    For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming home to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They’re called latchkey children. They’re children who look after themselves while their parents work and their bad condition has become a subject of concern（关心）。

    Lynette Long was once the principal（校长）of an elementary school. Said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of the kids had chains around their necks with keys attached（附带）。 I was often telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys that it never came to my mind what they meant.” Slowly, she learned they were house keys.

    She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents had on their children Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being scared（害怕）.Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.

    The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed, in a closet. The second is TV. They’ll often play it high volume.

     It’s hard to get statistics（统计数字）on latchkey children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

1. The main idea about “latchkey” children is that they ______.

are growing in numbers

are also found in middle-class neighborhoods  

watch too much TV during the day

suffer problems from being left alone

2. Which sentence in the second paragraph is the topic sentence?

We had a school rule against wearing jewelry.

A lot of kids had chains around their necks.

I was often telling them to put them inside their shirts.

She learned they were house keys.

3. The main feeling these children have when they are at home by themselves is ______.

   A. tiredness     B. freedom     C. loneliness     D. fear

4. The word “nightmare” in the third paragraph probably means______.

   A. night suit                                            B. night habit

   C. terrible dream at night            D. staying up at night

5. We may draw a conclusion that_______.

latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone

latchkey children try to hide their feeling

latchkey children often watch TV with their parents

it’s difficult to find out how many latchkey children there are