One day a mime(哑剧演员)is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd，a zookeeper drags him into his office．The zookeeper explains that the zoo's most popular attraction，a gorilla(大猩猩)，has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance（出席人数） at the zoo will fall off．He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla. The mime accepts．

The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes．He soon discovers he can sleep all he wants，play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime—the job he likes but loses．

However, with days going by，he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his．Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage，crawls across a partition(隔墙)，and dangles(悬挂)from the top to the lion’s cage. The lion gets angry at this. The scene is a fuel to the crowd．

At the end of the day he is given a raise for being such a good attraction—Well，this continues for some time．The crowds grow larger，and the mime’s pay keeps going up.

　　Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slips and falls．The mime is terrified. He starts screaming，  “Help me!”，but the lion is quick．The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, “Shut

up you fool! Do you want to get us both fired?”

1.The mime accepts the zookeeper’s offer because______________·

A．he has been out of work

B．he doesn’t like being a mime

C．he likes performing at the zoo

D．he is offered a higher pay there

2.How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?

A．Hard and tiring．	B．Dangerous.
C．Easy and funny．	D．Boring.

3.The mime’s first contact with the lion is to_________·

A．find pleasure for himself	B．get the lion’s attention
C．get his pay raised	D．win back his audience

4.The underlined words “a fuel” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by __________.

A. frightening    B common   C．exciting   D. familiar

 

The drug store was closing for the night and Alfred Higgins was about to go home when his new boss approached him.
“Empty your pockets please, Alfred,” Sam Carr demanded in a firm voice.
Alfred pretended to be shocked but he knew he’d been caught. From his coat he withdrew a make-up kit, a lipstick and two tubes of toothpaste.
“I’m disappointed in you, Alfred!” said the little gray-haired man.
“Sorry, sir. Please forgive me. It’s the first time I’ve ever done such a thing,” Alfred lied, hoping to gain the old man’s sympathy.
Mr Carr’s brow furrowed as he reached for the phone, “Do you take me for a fool? Let’s see what the police have to say. But first I’ll call your mother and let her know her son is heading to jail.”
“Do whatever you want,” Alfred shot back, trying to sound big. But deep down he felt like a child. He imagined his mother rushing in, eyes burning with anger, maybe in tears. Yet he wanted her to come quickly before Mr. Carr called the police.
Mr. Carr was surprised when Mrs Higgins finally arrived. She was very calm, quiet and friendly. “Is Alfred in trouble?” she asked.
“He’s been stealing from the store,” the old man coolly replied.
Mrs. Higgins put out her hand and touched Mr. Carr’s arm with great gentleness as if she knew just how he felt. She spoke as if she did not want to cause him any more trouble. “What do you want to do, Mr. Carr?”
The woman’s calm and gentle manner disarmed the once-angry store-owner. “I was going to get a cop. But I don’t want to be cruel. Tell your son not to come back here again, and I’ll let it go.” Then he warmly shook Mrs. Higgins’s hand.
Mrs. Higgins thanked the old man for his kindness, then mother and son left. They walked along the street in silence. When they arrived home his mother simply said, “Go to bed, you fool.”
In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchen. He felt no shame, only pride in his mother’s actions. “She was smooth!” he thought. He went to the kitchen to tell her how great she was, but was shocked by what he saw.
His mother’s face looked frightened, broken. Not the cool, bright face he saw earlier. Her lips moved nervously. She looked very old. There were tears in her eyes.
This picture of his mother made him want to cry. He felt his youth ending. He saw all the troubles he brought her and the deep lines of worry in her grey face. It seemed to him that this was the first time he had ever really seen his mother.
【小题1】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．It was the first time Alfred had stolen anything.

B．Alfred tried to sound big to hide his fear.

C．Mr. Carr set a trap to catch Alfred stealing.

D．Mr. Carr had planned to forgive Alfred from the beginning.

【小题2】 What does the underlined word “disarmed” probably mean?

A．annoyed	B．made less angry
C．convinced	D．got over

【小题3】What was the mother’s attitude toward Alfred?

A．She felt disappointed with him.

B．She was very strict with him.

C．She was supportive of him.

D．She was afraid of him.

【小题4】What impressed Alfred most about his mother at the drugstore was ________.

A．how angry she was

B．that she didn’t cry

C．that she was able to save him

D．how effectively she handled Mr. Carr

【小题5】 From the last paragraph, we know that Alfred ________.

A．was no longer a youth

B．felt proud of his mother

C．wanted his mother to be happy

D．felt guilty and regretful for his deed

What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I    21   an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against   22   of 100, scored 160．No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me.

  All my life I've been registering scores like that,    23   I have the complacent(洋洋自得的) feeling that I'm highly intelligent, and I expect other people to think so too. Actually, though, don't such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are considered worthy of answers by people who    24      the intelligence tests - people with intellectual bents(天分) similar to mine?

  For instance, I once had an auto-repair man, who, on these intelligence tests, could not   25   have scored more than 80,by my estimate. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him—and he always fixed it.

  Well，then，suppose my auto—repair man   26   questions for some intelligence tests．By doing every one of them I'd prove myself a   27   ．In a world where I have to work with my    28    ，I'd do poorly．

  Consider my auto—repair man   29    ．He had a habit of telling  30    ．One time he said. “Doc, a deaf and dumb man   31   some nails．Having entered a store，he put two fingers together on the counter and made  32     movements with the other hand．The clerk brought him a hammer．He   33    his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering．The clerk   34   him some nails．He picked out the right size and left．Well，Doc，the    35   man who came in was blind．He wanted scissors．   36   do you suppose he asked for them?" I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers．He burst out laughing and said，“Why, you fool，he used his    37    and asked for them.” Then he said smugly, "I've been    38     that on all my customers today." "Did you catch many?" I asked. "Quite a few," he said, "but I knew     39     I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you're so goddamned educated, Doc, I knew you couldn't be very     40    ." And I have an uneasy feeling that he had something there．

1.A. failed                 B. wrote               C. received            D. chose

2.A. an average             B. a total             C. an amount         D. a number

3.A. then                   B. but                 C. so that             D. because

4. A. join in              B. make up              C. go over             D. look through

5.A. approximately          B. possibly            C. certainly           D. frequently

6.A. answered               B. practiced                C. designed            D. tried

7.A. teacher           B. doctor              C. winner            D. fool

8.A. brains                 B. efforts             C. hands             D. abilities

9.A. again                  B. as usual            C. too                 D. as well

10.A. lies                  B. jokes               C. news            D. tales

11.A. bought                B. tested              C. found               D. needed

12.A. cutting                   B. hammering       C. scissoring          D. circling

13.A. nodded           B. raised              C. shook           D. turned

14.A. brought               B. packed              C. sent                D. sold

15.A. clever                B. other               C. right               D. next

16.A. What                  B. How                 C. Who              D. Which

17.A. imagination           B. hand                C. voice               D. information

18. A. trying               B. proving             C. practicing               D. examining

19. A. with wisdom          B. at once             C. in reality               D. for sure

20. A. clear                B. silly                    C. slow            D. smart

 

 

第二部分：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，共20分）　

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将其该项涂黑。

What is intelligence anyway? When I was in the army I   21        an intelligence test that all soldiers took, and, against an average of 100, scored 160.

I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not possibly have scored more than 80. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hurried to him — and he always   22                it.

Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man designed questions for some intelligence tests. By every one of them I’d prove myself a   23          . In a world where I have to work with my hands， I’d do poorly.

Consider my auto-repair man again. He had a habit of telling   24          . One time he said, “Doc, a deaf-and-dumb man   25           some nails. Having entered a store, he put two fingers together on the counter and made         26          movements with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk         27          him some nails. He picked out the right size and left. Well, Doc, the next man who came in was blind. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them?” I lifted my right hand and made scissoring movements with my first two fingers. He burst out laughing and said, “Why, you fool, he used his   28        and asked for them. I’ve been   29           that on all my customers today, but I knew for sure I’d catch you.” “Why is that?” I asked.  “Because you are so goddamned educated, Doc. I knew you couldn’t be very   30           .”

And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.

21. A. failed                        B. wrote                     C. received                          D. chose

22. A. fixed                        B. checked              C. drove                               D. changed

23. A. teacher                    B. doctor                    C. winner                       D. fool

24. A. lies                            B. jokes                       C. news                                D. tales

25. A. bought                     B. tested                    C. found                          D. needed

26. A. cutting                     B. hammering           C. waving                            D. circling

27. A. brought                    B. packed                            C. sent                                 D. sold

28. A. imagination            B. hand                       C. voice                                D. information

29. A. trying                        B. proving                  C. practising                       D. examining

30. A. clear                         B. silly                         C. slow                                 D. smart

 

Three wishes
A man and his wife were very poor. They kept hoping for new clothes and good food. The man enjoyed eating, and he especially liked cakes. One night an old woman came to their house and told them she would let them have three wishes. They could wish for anything they wanted.
The man had just finished eating a piece of bread for his dinner, but he was still hungry. He said, “I wish I had a big cake!”
Suddenly a cake appeared on his plate.
“You fool!” His wife cried. “You could have wished for a house full of wonderful food, but you wished for a cake. I wish that cake was on the end of your foolish nose! ”
Immediately the cake stuck to the end of his nose.
Then the man and his wife started blaming each other. “It’s your fault!” she man cried. “No, it’s your fault!” she answered. What could they do? The cake was still stuck to the husband’s nose.
“Oh!” the wife cried. “I wish none of this had ever happened!”
Immediately the cake was gone, and the man was saying, “I’m still hungry. How I wish I had some cakes! ”
But of course nothing happened.
【小题1】. The man quarreled with his wife because ___.

A．he always enjoyed eating

B．his wife hoped that he asked for a house

C．the cake stuck to the end of his nose according to his wife’s wish.

D．he didn’t want anything except cakes

【小题2】The wrong statement of the following is ___.

A．the man made his wishes before dinner

B．the wife made two wishes, which worked

C．the wife wanted her husband to wish for more than a big cake

D．the man wished that the cake were not on his nose

【小题3】Why did the old woman not satisfy the man’s wish when he said he was still hungry and wanted some cakes?

A．Because the old lady was angry with them

B．Because this was the fourth wish.

C．Because the man had made this wish before.

D．Because the cake had been gone.