James sat outside the office waiting for the interview（面试）. He felt so 36    that he didn’t know what to do with37     .The person who had gone in 38      him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. 39      James. He felt 40      that she had already got the 41    . The problem was that he wanted this job 42    .It meant 43     to him. He had 44    it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself   45    brilliantly at the interview and 46  the job immediately. But now here he was feeling 47  .He couldn’t48   all those things he had 49 to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and 50      .But no—he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t 51   like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened . The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very 52   with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James 53  her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly  54   that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs 55   and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.

The night was dark, though sometimes the moving clouds allowed a star or two to be seen in the sky.The poor men held on to any bit of ____ they could find. They called to the Marie for ? ? ? but she was far ? ? ? the reach of the human voice. At one o’clock in the morning suddenly some ? ? ? were seen in the distance: another ship! The shouts of the ? ? ? were heard on board, and willing hands pulled them out of the water. The ? ? ? of the ship that had arrived at the scene ? ? ? to save their lives was Ellen. What had ? ? ? her to the exact spot ? ? ? the darkness and the pathless sea? Her captain had known ? ? ? of the wreck and had, indeed,? ? ? to sail away from it. But let him speak for himself.

“ ? I was forced by the wind to change my course, a small bird flew across the ship once or twice and then flew at my face. I ? of this until exactly the same thing happened a second time, ? caused me to think it rather ? . While I was this ? , the same bird, for the third time, made its appearance and flew ? in the same way as before. I was then ? to change my course back to the original one. I had not gone far ? I heard a strange voice; and when I tried to ? where they came from, I found I was in the middle of people who had been shipwrecked. I immediately did my best to save them.”

1.A. land????????????? B. grass????????????? C. hope????????????? D. wood

2.A. food????????????? B. help????????????? C. rest????????????? D. stop

3.A. off????????????? B. out????????????? C. beyond????????????? ????????????? D. from

4.A. people????????????? B. lights????????????? C. ships????????????? D. houses

5.A. sailors????????????? B. captains????????????? C. rescuers????????????? ????????????? D. swimmers

6.A. name????????????? B. owner????????????? C. captain????????????? ????????????? D. finder

7.A. ahead of time????????????? B. at times????????????? C. on time????????????? D. in time

8.A. brought????????????? B. carried????????????? C. kept????????????? D. caused

9.A. in ????????????? B. on ????????????? C. through????????????? ????????????? D. around

10.A. everything B. nothing????????????? C. something????????????? D. Anything

11.A. attempted B. managed????????????? C. allowed????????????? ????????????? D. demanded

12.A. Just as????????????? B. In case????????????? C. Only because????????????? D. Even though

13.A. paid no attention? B. took good care??? C. took no notice????????????? D. kept close watch

14.A. which????????????? B. what????????????? C. that????????????? D. this

15.A. Interesting? B. funny????????????? C. friendly????????????? D. unusual

16.A. searching????????????? B. expecting????????????? C. considering????????????? D. studying

17.A. back????????????? B. about????????????? C. up????????????? D. down

18.A. forced????????????? B. decided????????????? C. persuaded????????????? D. forbidden

19.A. when????????????? B. until????????????? C. then????????????? D. while

20.A. listen to ????????????? B. search for????????????? C. make sure????????????? ????????????? D. look out

A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications(资历), he said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.”

This puzzled the farmer. But he liked the young man, and hired him.

A few days later, the farmer and his wife were awakened in the night by a violent storm. They quickly began to check things to see if all was safe from damage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse had been safely fastened, and a lot of wood had been set next to the fireplace.

The young man slept soundly.

The farmer and his wife then looked at their property (财产) carefully. They found that the farm tools had been placed in the storage room, safe from the bad weather. The tractor had been moved into the garage. The barn was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was well.

The farmer then understood the meaning of the young man’s words, “ I can sleep when the wind blows.”

The farmhand did his work loyally. When the sky was clear, he had prepared for the storm in case it broke. So when the wind blew, there was no need for him to be afraid. He could sleep in peace.

1.The underlined word “fastened” in Para. 3 can be replaced by ______.

A．closed            B．damaged          C．taken             D．moved

2.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A．at first the farmer understood his words well

B．the young man was awakened in the night by a violent storm

C．the young man had prepared for the storm before it came

D．the young man was too sleepy to wake up in the night

3.The best title for this passage is ______.

A．Sleeping in peace through the storm         B．A violent storm

C．A young man and his dream               D．A clever farmer

4.Which of the following proverbs can best explain the story?

A．Lookers-on see more than players

B．Two heads are better than one

C．A stitch（针）in time saves nine

D．No man can do two things at a time

完形填空 （共20小题；每小题l分，满分20分）

When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was an old van，two used pick-up trucks and the simple certainty of a 23-year-old girl. But she planned to make her fortune in about four years to    36   her true goal: dealing with poverty on Native American reservations across North America. "I thought I could retire by the time I was 27," says Rush, "At that age, you don't know  37  you don't know."

Rush is 49 now and  38  working hard. Her tiny start-up just outside Detroit has  39   to a $400 million North American business. Today Rush is a(an)  40  not only for Native Americans but also for women in the male-controlled world of trucking.

Rush was  41 30 miles outside Detroit. When the teenage Rush visited the reservation for the first time, she was  42  by the poverty and lack of hope. "I really wanted to  43  " she says.

She graduated from the University of Michigan in 1982. She took a nursing job with a 44 pay and then practiced at an air goods company, 45 the speed of package pickups and deliveries made a little more a little more profits. "I thought I could do that 46 ," Rush says.

Within six months, Rush had ten employees, and clients(客户)  47  Ford and GM were paying her to 48 small packages from the airport. Ford was the first to offer her a job trucking parts between its plants and supplier.

By 2001, many of Rush's 1,000 employees were Native Americans, working alongside people of every    49   But she felt she hadn't done enough. 50  she joined forces with a Canadian parts maker to design and gather auto components.

She located the plants near reservations, 51 opportunities where they were needed most. By 2009, her auto parts business was earning $370 million   52   .

She's come a long way from the  53    23-year-old who thought "the cash would just roll in." But Rush wouldn't change a thing: "I love my job," she says. "I 54  the fact that you can start to get some motivation and keep   55   yourself—and then suddenly you lift your head and it's been 25 years"

1.A．make            B. accomplish        C.  receive      D．arrive

2.A．what            B．which             C．why           D．who

3. A．so             B．somehow           C．still         D．anyhow

4. A.  grown         B．become            C．got           D．gone

5.A．able housewife  B．ordinary woman    C．role model    D．truck driver

6. A．brought        B．lived             C．risen         D．raised

7. A．moved          B．interested        C．struck        D．encouraged

8. A have an influence                    B．make a difference  C．set an example   D．make a decision

9. A．low            B．high              C．cheap         D．expensive

10.A．which          B．that              C．when          D．where

11.A．well           B．badly             C．worse         D．better

12.A．like           B．besides           C．for           D．except

13.A．take           B．fetch             C．bring         D．lift

14.A．education      B．family            C．background    D．city

15.A．Because        B．For               C．But           D．So

16.A．seizing        B．creating          C．grasping      D．losing

17..A．in case       B．in turn           C．in return     D．in need

18.A．inexperienced  B．experienced       C．expert        D．skilled

19.A．enjoy          B．hate              C．doubt         D．refuse

20.A．fighting       B．forcing           C．challenging   D．amusing

Ⅱ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so ___21___ that he didn’t know what to do with (the) ___22___. The person who had gone in before him had been in there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in, not like James. He felt ___23___ that she had already got the job. The problem was that he wanted this job ___24___. It meant ___25___ to him. He had thought it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___26___ brilliantly (出色地) at the interview and ___27___ the job immediately.
But now here he was feeling terrible. He couldn’t remember all those things he had planned to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and ___28___. But he couldn’t. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t give up like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry.
At last the door of the office opened. The woman, who had gone in an hour earlier, came out looking very ___29___ with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At the moment, James hated her. The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr. Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly wished that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs ___30___ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
21. A. healthy         B. nervous        C. careless        D. confident
22. A. interviewer      B. woman        C. himself         D. situation
23. A. doubtful        B. sure           C. angry          D. astonished
24. A. hopelessly      B. naturally        C. easily          D. so much
25. A. everything      B. happiness       C. difficulty       D. nothing
26. A. explaining      B. performing      C. answering      D. writing
27. A. offered         B. asked for       C. being offered    D. being asked for
28. A. leave          B. go in           C. prepare         D. practice
29. A. ugly           B. pleased         C. sad            D. pretty
30. A. shaking        B. bending         C. walking        D. Stopped