第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
A “Panda Express” plane carrying Mei Lan, three, and Tai Shan, four, landed in Chengdu, where the   36   will join China’s panda – breeding programme.
The pandas were   37  while the two sets of parents were borrowed from China to US zoos. Lent pandas and their young babies must eventually   38   to China.
They both will experience a period of   39   to help themselves deal with the change of language and   40  . Zoo – keepers have advertised for an English – Chinese   41   to teach Mei Lan the Sichuan dialect so that she can understand basic   42  . In Chengdu, mei Lan, from Zoo Atlanta, and Tai Shan, a male from Washington, will have their high – fibre US diet   43   with steamed bread and bamboo shoots.
Since the days of the Cold War China has   44   lent pandas as goodwill gestures, giving rise to the term “panda diplomacy (外交)”. Tai Shan’s   45   will remain at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington and,   46  , will return to China at the end of their 10 – year loan.
Animal keeper Nicole Meese, who held Tai Shan as a baby, traveled with the animals on the “Panda Express” to China. “Mei Lan was a little   47  , but basically they were both OK,” she said. “I’m going to   48  him terribly.”
She has   49   Tai Shan to understand   50   and prepared a booklet of hand signals to help his new   51   at the Bifengzia Breeding Base in Ya’an, Sichuan.
She was the first baby panda born at Zoo Atlanta, bringing thousands more   52   to the zoo and to its webcam online. And she is expected to stay a media   53  in China: people are being asked to   54   potential mates (配偶) via a website. Superman Kobe and Young Yong, or Doubly Brave, are among the   55  . Experts will also add to more into the choice.
36．A．hosts         B．guests          C．couple         D．pair
37．A．exchanged          B．purchased     C．born         D．raised
38．A．return          B．reflect         C．appeal         D．explain
39．A．recovery      B．adjustment       C．hardships     D．growth
40．A．creature clock  B．climate        C．character      D．food
41．A．school         B．dictionary     C．interpreter     D．teacher
42．A．attitudes      B．commands       C．conditions     D．knowledge
43．A．replaced      B．recycled       C．compared     D．combined
44．A．offered        B．created        C．displayed     D．borrowed
45．A．roommates       B．acquaintances   C．keepers        D．parents
46．A．otherwise     B．therefore      C．too           D．anyway
47．A．curious        B．lonely          C．desperate     D．nervous
48．A．mourn         B．tolerate        C．miss         D．pity
49．A．guaranteed       B．trained         C．expected      D．advised
50．A．gestures       B．movements      C．functions     D．pictures
51．A．colleagues     B．keepers        C．researchers       D．owners
52．A．pandas         B．visitors        C．reporters      D．dollars
53．A．problem      B．phenomenon    C．task          D．star
54．A．suggest        B．select         C．match          D．accuse
55．A．electors       B．partners       C．candidates     D．Employers

第二部分：阅读理解 (共45分)

第一节（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

A

If you were to come up with a list of organizations whose failures had done the most damage to the American economy in recent years, you would probably have to start with the Wall Street firms that brought us the financial crisis. From there, you might move on to the automakers in Detroit.

But I would suggest that the list should also include a less obvious nominee(被提名): public education.

At its top level, the American system of higher education may be the best in the world. Yet in terms of its core mission(核心使命)---turning teenagers into educated college graduates--- much of the system is failing.

The United States does a good job enrolling (招生) teenagers in college, but only half of the students who enroll end up with a bachelor’s degree.

So identifying the causes of the college dropout crisis in the world’s largest economy matters enormously, and a new book called “Crossing the Finish Line” tries to do precisely that. Its authors are economists William Bowen and Michael McPherson, and a doctoral candidate Matthew Chingos. The first problem they diagnose is something they call under-matching. It refers to students who choose not to attend the best college they can get into. They instead go to a less selective one, perhaps one that is closer to home or less expensive. About half of the low-income students with an average of at least 3.5 in high school and an SAT score of at least 1,200 do not attend the best college they could have. “I was really astonished by the degree to which well-qualified students from poor families under-matched,” said Mr. Bowen.

In fact, well-off students attend the colleges that do the best job of producing graduates. Meanwhile, lower-income students -–even when they are better qualified—often go to colleges that excel（擅长）in producing drop-outs. “It’s really a waste,” Mr. Bowen said, “and a big problem for the country.” As the authors point out, the only way to lift the college graduation rate significantly is to lift it among poor and working-class students. Instead, it appears to have fallen.

What can be done? Money is clearly part of the answer.

41.Which of the following would people first think of as a factor responsible for the American financial crisis according to this passage?

A. The government.                      B. Public education

C. The Detroit automakers.                       D. The Wall Street firms.

42. What is a big problem with American higher education?

A. It is hard to enroll enough students into college.

B. Many colleges are experiencing low rate of graduation.

C. Many college students stay away from classes.

D. It is hard for many colleges to get financial aid from the government. 

43. The title of the book Crossing the Finish Line probably means______.

A. running to the end of the line                B. going to college

C. finishing college education                    D. working hard in college

44. Why do some students under--match ?

A. Because they have financial difficulty.  B. Because they face ambition crisis.

C. Because they lack confidence.             D. Because they can’t get guidance.

45. The passage is mainly about _______.

A. problems with secondary American education and possible solutions

B. America’s financial crisis, its cause and influence

C. low rate of American college graduation, its cause and its influence

D. relationship between American education and its economy

此题要求从所给单句中的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出有错的一项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，每句只有一个错误。（只选择，不需要改正）

91. Your friend can’t go until he will finish cleaning his bicycle.

              A      B       C      D

92. I wonder if it’s because of I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve

                   A                                          B

 grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.

       C                      D

93. She and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months after they were

               A           B                       C

   discovered.

       D

94. In some important ways they are very different from ones another.

   A               B                      C   D

95. At first the English speaking in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very

          A          B               C

different from the English spoken today.

                       D

96. American English has many dialects, specially the midwestern, southern, African

                  A                B                    C

   American and Spanish dialects.

                        D

97. Which kind of transport do you prefer to using: bus or train?

          A       B              C  D

98. She bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy it too.

             A                      B           C             D

99. Look careful at the two photos.

     A   B      C      D

100. We are pleasing to tell you that you have won the high school speaking competition

            A             B                             C

    about new Tangshan.

      D

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题材所给的四个选项A、B、C、D、中，选出最佳选项

A few weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast, the Texas school where I teach collected furniture and other household items for a family from Louisiana that had lost everything. I thought of how sad it would be to lose all of the things that held so many priceless memories. Nothing could ever really replace a memory. I prayed I would be able to help the family in some ways , and at least give them practical things they could use.

I had a couple of old chairs in the house, and went into the spare bedroom to dig them out. Then I saw the wooden rocking chair(摇椅) in the corner. Deep brown , with a unique pattern of fruits and leaves edged in gold on the back. I’d never seen another like it. I used to rock my son to sleep in it when he was a baby. Talking about memories, I could never bear to part with that rocker.  http://wx.jtyjy.com/

But a feeling suddenly swept over me. Give it away. “Do you really want to do this?” my husband asked. I said firmly, “Yes!” He helped me load the rocking chair into my car. “Doesn’t it hold sentimental(情感的)value for you?” I couldn’t explain it. I took the rocker to the school the next day. The woman in charge of the donations(捐赠品)for the Louisiana family loaded it into the back of her truck.

The very next day at school, the woman in charge came rushing into my classroom. “Angie, I have to tell you a story about that rocking chair!” she said.

The family was grateful for every single item we’d donated, they told her. Then they saw the rocker. Everyone stopped and stared. Then the granddaughter cried out, “Grandma, look! It’s your rocking chair!”  http://wx.jtyjy.com/

My rocking chair was exactly like the one they had lost in the hurricane, the one that held their sweetest memories.

56. Why did the author feel sympathy for the family that had lost everything?

A. They met Hurricane Katrina.

B. They had no furniture and other items to use.

C. They lost the things holding memories.

D. They had to rebuild their house.

57. When thinking of having used the rocking chair the author     .

A. decided to give it away                          B. asked her husband for advice

C. liked it more than before                        D. hated to part with it

58. We can infer from the passage that the author’s husband      .

A. didn’t support the author’s social work    B. didn’t agree to donate the chair

C. thought the rocking chair valuable          D. could understand what she thought then

59. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. A good deed for a homeless family                B. Comfort a family with a gift of memories

C. A piece of furniture donated to a family          D. We all need the rocking chair

此题要求从所给单句中的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出有错的一项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑，每句只有一个错误。（只选择，不需要改正）

91. 1.Your friend can’t go until he will finishcleaning his bicycle.

A      B       C      D

92. 2.I wonder if it’s because of I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve

A                                          B

grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.

C                      D

93. 3. She and her family hid away for nearly twenty-five months after they were

A           B                       C

discovered.

D

94. 4.In some important ways they are very different fromones another.

A               B                     C   D

95. 5.At first the English speaking in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very

A          B               C

different from the English spoken today.

D

96. 6.American English has many dialects, specially the midwestern, southern, African

A                B                    C

American and Spanish dialects.

D

97. 7.Which kind of transport do you prefer tousing: bus or train?

A       B              C  D

98. 8.She bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy it too.

A                      B           C             D

99. 9.Lookcareful at the two photos.

A   B      C      D

100. 10.We are pleasing to tell you that you have won the high school speaking competition

A             B                             C

about new Tangshan.

D