第二部分       非选择题(共55分)

I.单词填空(共25小题；每小题1分，满分25分)

A) 按课文内容填空，每空一词。(共15空格；每空格1分，满分15分)

NCE L27

It has been said that everyone lives by selling something.   76   this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible to   77   of material good in terms of money,…The conditions of society are   78   that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell.

NCE L29

Whether we find a joke funny or not   79   where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with   80  .

 Most funny stories are based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations   81  .

U4

Science is my   82   as there is no equipment and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket!   83   I was showing the boys a chemistry experiment…Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids,   84   will be going back to…In fact, I wonder whether I’m   85   to these boys’ lives at all.

U5

Six months ago Xie Lei said goodbye to her family and friends in China and   86   for London.

“…I have been so   87   used to everything that I haven’t had time for  88  . I think it’s important to   89   between study and a social life. I’m going to join a few university clubs and    90   I’ll meet some people I have things in common with.”

B) 根据首字母或括号内的提示填写单词。（共10空格，每空格1分，满分10分）

91. He managed to get a loan to p________ a house.

92. Linda was o__________ with the work of redecorating her house.

93. The Students’ Union called on us to d__________ money to those children in trouble.

94. Parking in this street is the p___________ of the residents.

95. Do as you’re told, o___________ you’ll be in trouble.

96. She was such an excellent clerk that she was strongly r___________ for the new post.

97. In Britain the Queen reigns, but the country is __________ (治理) by the Prime Minister.

98. The novel c____________(吸引) the imagination of thousands of readers.

99. No one s________ (怀疑) that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.

100. Do me a f_________ and turn the radio down while I’m on the phone, will you?

A girl who graduated from a world-famous university wanted to do translation work for authority leaders. She was so happy when she entered the British embassy(大使馆). She thought it was the greatest happiness in her life as many graduates wanted to get that job while she was one of the few people who got it!

But when she started her new job, she realized that it was just a job of answering calls and recording staff members’ starting and quitting times. It was unappreciated and was supposed to have no future. However, she didn’t feel sad about it. She learnt how to love the job. And she loved it when she was working. The names and phone numbers of the staff members were written down on the notebook so that she could remember them. When the phone calls came in, she picked it up as soon as possible. When someone asked her about who was not in the office, she would answer them the right name and the time when they left. Nobody could do that except her.

Her wonderful performance not only received the compliments from the embassy’s staff, but also the employees from the local government. And a leader of a famous company in Britain was also impressed by it and invited her to work for him. After that she became a personal translator of an important leader from Britain and appreciated by the foreigners.

We cannot choose our destiny(命运), but we can choose the attitude with which we face our life. Maybe the attitude could change our destiny. If we cry to life, life will be gray. If we smile to life, life will smile to us, too.

1.What was once the girl’s greatest happiness in her life?

A．Being a translator for a leader.

B．Graduating from the university.

C．Working in the British embassy.

D．Continuing her study in the university.

2.The girl was invited to work for the company mainly because of her      .

A．excellent work                         B．rich knowledge

C．friendly attitude                        D．excellent English

3.What can we know from the passage?

A．The girl was once asked to leave the British company.

B．The foreigners were impressed by her good pronunciation.

C．People in the British embassy spoke highly of the girl.

D．The girl was famous for her remembering ability.

4.The author wants to tell us that      .

A．everybody has his or her own hard times in life

B．we should take a positive attitude towards life

C．we should be ready to lend a hand to our friends

D．it is important to listen to other’s problems carefully

 

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

    In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

    Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B. She decided to further her education in Paris

C. A serious eye problem stopped her

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?

A. She was a woman.

B. She wrote too many letters.

C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A. Eight years B. Ten years  C. Nineteen years  D. Thirty-six years

According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell except that she ______.

A. became the first woman physician

B. was the first woman doctor

C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D. set up the first medical school for women

Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______.

A. England   B. Paris   C. the United States  D. New York City

She was so angry at all _____ he was doing _____ she walked out, and closed  the door behind her.

A. that; that       B. what; that           C. what; as     D. what; which

 

 As we all know, it was _____ that resulted in the terrible car accident.

   A. because of her carelessness                       B. her being careless

   C. because she was careless                          D. she was so careless