The dog was so _____ to its master that it would not leave him, even when he was dead.

       A.  devoted                                              B.  mean

       C.  active                                                 D.  generous

When he was asked suddenly about the matter ,he couldn’t_____an answer at once.

A. come up with         B. look for  C. put up with      D. answer for

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in lvera, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the company’s head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much lareer than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world.

By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.

Camilllo’s son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduecd a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and desion specialists. The company developed new and better typewriters and the calculators（计算器）.In 1959 it prodyced the ELLA computer system. This was the first mainframe（主机）computer designed and brade in Italy.

After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problems. Other companies, especially the Janpanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.

In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marking and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one, of the world’s leading companies in informationg technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group --- one for personal computers,one for other office equipment, one for systerms and servicse, and two for telecommunications.

1.From the text we learn that__________.

A.by 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 typewriters a year

B. Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950s

C.some of Olivetti,s 700 staff regularly visited customers in Italy

D. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning

2.What was probably the direct result of Olivetti,s falling behind in electronic technology?

A.A dtiano’s death.              B.A period of financial problem

C.its faster progress             D.Its agreements with other companies

3.What do we know about Olivetti ?

A.It produced the best typewriter in the word.

B.It designed the word’s first mainframe computer.

C.It exported more typewriter than other computer.

D.It has five independent companies with its head office in lvrea.

4.The best title for the text would be___________.

A.The Origin of Olivetti                    B.The Success of Olivetti

C.The History of Olivetti                   D.The Producich of Olivetti

完形填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。用答题卡的考生，先把选出的最佳选项标在试卷的相应位置，再转涂到答题卡上。

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But ___36___ a few of them are very ___37___. English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. about 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a ___38___ language. Many millions are ___39__ to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___40___. Have you ever __41___ the ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?

“Learn English in six month, or your __42___ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes __43___ you master your English in a month. __44___ the first day your ___45___ will be excellent. Just send ...” Of course, it never ___46___ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should ___47___ that we all learned our own language well when we were ___48___. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___49___ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___50___ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___51___ that gets!

So it is ___52___ to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___53___ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___54___ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___55___. But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

A. not B. quite    C. only D. very

A. difficult  B. important    C. necessary    D. easy

A. native B. foreign  C. useful   D. mother

A. learning   B. enjoying C. trying   D. liking

A. questions  B. problems C. ideas    D. answers

A. found  B. watched  C. noticed  D. known

A. knowledge  B. time C. money    D. English

A. make   B. help C. let  D. allow

A. From   B. On   C. Since    D. After

A. spelling   B. grammar  C. English  D. pronunciation

A. happened   B. know C. seemed   D. felt

A. know    B. remember C. understand   D. think

A. students   B. children C. babies   D. grown-ups

A. Imagine    B. Mind C. Do   D. Think of

A. using  B. thinking C. trying   D. practicing

A. time   B. money    C. language D. practice

A. hard   B. easy C. funny    D. silly

A. depends    B. tries    C. has  D. takes

A. uses    B. takes    C. gets D. costs

A. do  B. work  C. help  D. master

One Sunday morning, Li Ming and his grandpa are  1. ________

feeding the bird in the cage. The bird was unhappy          2. ________

because it had enough food and water. Li Ming.did not       3. ________

know why not. The next morning on his way to school,      4. ________       

Li Ming saw some birds flew in the sky. Then he thought    5. ________    

about the lonely bird in the cage. He decided to persuade his  6. ________    

grandpa to set the bird free. When he got to home, he said    7. ________     

to his Grandpa,“Birds also need friends!” To his delighted , his 8. ________        

grandpa agreed.The bird set free. Grandpa and the children   9. ________

were very happy to see the bird flying away in the sky.      10. ________