第三部分：阅读理解，共两节，共40分。
第一节，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 
After her parents separated, things at Tami’s house changed. Her mom, was busy working, and Tami became responsible for the house and making meals for herself and her younger sister. Though money was tight, they never went without. They had a nice home in a modest neighborhood. What Tami missed most of all, though, was family.
Tami spent the summer during her ninth grade year working at a park to earn exam spending money. Her job was to organize activities for the kids who spent their summer days at the park. The kids absolutely loved Tami. She was constantly going out of her way to do things for them. She would plan picnics, organize field trips and even buy ice cream for all of them, using her own money. She always did more than the job required, even if it did mean using her own money.
She got to know one little boy who lived in an apartment across the street from the park. His parents both worked at fast – food restaurants, and she knew that they didn’t have much money. The boy talked about his upcoming birthday and the fire truck he wanted so badly. He said he was going to be a fireman some day and needed the truck to practice. He told Tami more details about the truck than she knew a boy truck could have.
The boy’s birthday came and went. The next day when Tami saw the boy, she expected to see a shiny red truck in his arms. When he arrived empty – handed, she asked whether he had got the truck. The boy said no. His parents were going to get it for him later, when things were better. He seemed a little sad.
That week, Tami eased her paycheck and headed for the toy stores. She found the truck easily – after all, from his descriptions, she felt she knew it inside out. She used the money from her paycheck to buy the truck, and then had it wrapped in birthday paper.
56. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. They didn’t need worry too much about their living.
B. Tami’s sister became more responsible.
C. Tami began to earn money.  
D. Her mother changed her job.
57. Why did Tami buy the birthday present for the boy using her own money?
A. Because he was poorer than she.  
B. Because he was her best friend.
C. Because she wanted him to be a fireman.
D. because she wanted him to feel love around him.
58. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
A. She knew how much money she would pay.
B. She knew she should check the toy truck inside out.
C. She was fully aware which toy truck the boy wanted.
D. She walked inside and then out of the toy store several times.
59. Which of the following could be the opening sentence of the next paragraph?
A. The next morning, Tami rode to the boy’s house and left the truck at the door.
B. When the boy showed up at the park that day, he was more excited than ever.
C. He showed off his new truck to Tami, and then played with it all day long.
D. That afternoon, the boy’s mom came to the park and walked over to Tami.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I have never learned as much math in my life as I did last year, It was because of Ms. Pam  21    I truly understood what I was learning. It might not seem  22     a big deal to some，but to me it is. I have never met a woman so caring and so determined to teach her  23  .

I never really wanted to work for good   24   in math class. I never knew how to study math and never understood some of the concepts. I can remember trying to sneak (偷偷溜出) the classroom    25    Ms. Pam caught me and yelled across the   26   ," Lauren, are you coming to extra help during lunch?" It was a nightmare… She would always  27  me with one foot out of the door; it never   28  . Even then I just thought of it as a thing I had to do. It was funny to see how everyone would be in her room during lunch and then again after school. She would  29  everyone to come every day，just so we could do our homework in  30  .

Many of the students thought of her as a bit of nag (唠叨)，but  31  they knew that she was right and   32   for it. Many of her tests were hard at first，but as the year progressed，many students felt them easier，so did I. I knew that it was because of her.

Even outside class，she was  33  as ever. She always wanted to know what was going on in my（and everyone else’s）life，and she was always looking out for everyone’s best interest.

    Ms. Pam is a sweet woman with a sense of   34   that you just have to laugh at. When regents were approaching，she was more concerned than ever about everyone doing well. Many of her precious students   35  high，and so she  36  the same from us. Day after day there were students in the classroom   37   problems. When it was time for our big test，I knew I was ready. I walked out of that test with my head  38 . I knew that I was a  39  and Ms. Pam had made me that way, I appreciated all the hard work that she put into helping me and my fellow students. I knew that I would  40  her.

21. A. how                     B. what                   C. that                        D. why

22. A. like                           B. as                        C. so                           D. as if

23. A. students               B. children         C. classmates            D. family

24. A. life                         B. salary                C grades             D. subjects

25. A. while                              B. unless                  C. before                         D. until

26. A. seat                  B. classroom         C. yard                 D. kitchen

27. A. see                                 B. catch                  C. help                              D. beat

28. A. succeeded               B. stopped              C. worked             D. failed

29. A. encourage            B. let                         C. forbid                   D. hope

30. A. confusion                      B. peace                             C. surprise                      D. home

31. A. inside                             B. outside              C. almost                       D. hardly

32. A. praised              B. scolded               C. respected                   D. blamed

33. A. frightened            B. caring                  C. hard                 D. right

34. A. duty                  B. time                  C. foolishness              D. humour

35. A. jumped                          B. scored            C. grew                           D. drank

36. A. hoped                      B. received              C. wished                    D. expected

37. A. previewing                 B. making                 C. learning                      D. reviewing

38. A. low                                    B. hanging         C. high                        D. down

39. A. failure                            B. student              C. success                       D. hero

40. A. hate                           B. miss                C. forget                         D. marry

第二节  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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

In the United States more than 80 colleges now accept just only women. Most of them were founded in the 19th century. They were set up to   21   women the education they could not get anywhere else. At that time   22   of the universities and colleges   23   only men. In the past 20 years many young women have   24   to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a   25  , some women’s colleges decided to accept men students, too. Others still refused to change. Now the women’s colleges are   26   again.

   The president of Trinity College in Washington D. C said by the end of the 1980s women had come to   27   that studying at the same colleges with men and women did not mean   28   had the same chance to   29  . The president of Smith College in Massachusetts said “A women’s college  30   women to choose classes and activities  31  . For example, if a woman student wants to learn math, she will be given the chance. So the percentage of students who like to study math in a women’s college is   32   than that in a college with men and women.”

   Experts say men students in the United States  33   have enough courage to speak in class.  34  , women students can’t. In a women’s college, women feel free to say   35   they want to. According to a report, women colleges also   36   leadership ability in many fields. At a women’s college, every   37   office is held by women. Recent studies   38   that this leadership continues after   39  . The studies also prove that it is easier for the American women who went to women’s college to   40   successful jobs later in life. Maybe that is why this kind of college is liked by people now.

21. A. make                  B. elect                        C. offer                    D. call

22. A. some                  B. most                        C. few                      D. none

23. A. liked                  B. accepted                   C. attracted               D. helped

24. A. chosen                B. failed                       C. regretted              D. hated

25. A. goal                   B. model                      C. result                   D. level

26. A. separate                     B. troublesome              C. special                        D. popular

27. A. forget            B. realize                      C. expect                  D. remember

28. A. students                     B. presidents                 C. men                     D. women

29. A. work                  B. visit                         C. choose                        D. survive

30. A. permits               B. forbids                     C. forces                  D. reminds

31. A. obviously            B. freely                       C. exactly                 D. immediately

32. A. smaller               B. more                        C. higher                  D. lower

33. A. usually               B. never                       C. sometimes            D. seldom

34. A. Finally               B. Therefore                 C. However              D. Besides

35. A. how                   B. what                        C. when                   D. where

36.A. bring down          B. bring over                C. bring round        D. bring about

37. A. governing           B. cleaning                   C. serving                 D. booking

38. A. mean                  B. show                        C. warn                    D. conclude

39. A. school                B. work                        C. graduation            D. death

40. A. hold                   B. gather                      C. lose                     D. require

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题, 第二节5小题；每小题2分, 满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job. His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.” Nate left the building filled with despair. By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression. When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job. I am a complete, utter failure.” A tense silence followed. Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face. “What great news!” she responded.
“Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”
“But I have no job and no prospect of a job,” YC he objected, completely without hope. “If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?” Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen. Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash. “Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped. “To whom does it belong?”
“It’s ours!” Sophia replied. “I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance. From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance. Now there is enough to last us a whole year.”
What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece. The book is The Scarlet Letter. Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master.   
41．Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A．Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news  
B．Nate was too sad to speak any more
C．Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate  
D．Neither husband nor wife had any idea what to do
42．Sophia saved money because ______.
A．she knew her husband would lose his job one day  
B．she knew their life would be in difficulty
C．she was very careful with money  
D．she was trying to help her husband in every possible way
43．From the passage we can know that Sophia was ______.
A．kind and brave                                    B．careful and encouraging
C．friendly and warm-hearted                    D．honest and determined
44．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Sophia’s Achievement.                        B．A great writer’s struggle to success.
C．Great encouragement in hard times.      D．Failure is the mother of success.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后31-50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

While my friends went away to their universities in great delight, I restarted my senior high school life. My spirits   31  at the prospect of starting all over again.

  32   by strange classmates, I felt as though I was in a maze（迷宫）and felt  33   for my-self. There were some complex feelings in my mind. I was frightened, nervous and lonely.

To make  34   worse, I recalled my failure again and again,  35   put more pressure on me than I could bear. As a result, I was always feeling  36   during class.

One of my teachers noticed my depression and one day he asked me to come to his office, where he told me about his  37   towards life. He said we might  38   from making mistakes, but it’s important to model ourselves into people we  39   . All the growing  40   and the embarrassing things we  41   are parts of the process. We never stop  42   , so learn from it and keep up your spirits up! If you are optimistic, things you want may  43   to you!  44   feelings rushed through me. I  45   saw the sun shining again when I stepped out of his office.

With the teacher’s help, I finally  46   my depression. From then on, I no longer  47   my head but began smiling at my classmates. I put up my hand  48   in class and tried to answer the teacher’s questions correctly.

I  49   have a thirst to go to my dream university,  50   I’m not afraid of failure because I can benefit from it.

A.sank                B.failed                 C.disappeared               D.ran

A.Hit                       B.Surrounded        C.Struck                       D.Loved

A.unlucky                B.angry                 C.sorry                         D.afraid

A.scores                   B.studies               C.experiences                D.matters

A.which                     B.what                  C.that                           D.who

A.high                B.down                 C.lonely                       D.happy

A.way                B.method                     C.measure                    D.attitude

A.learn               B.suffer                 C.hear                          D.judge

A.reach                    B.enjoy                 C.like                           D.hate

A.aches                    B.pains                  C.joys                          D.injuries

A.feel                      B.experience          C.taste                          D.get

A.standing up         B.growing up         C.going up                   D.rising up

A.refer                     B.turn                   C.stick                         D.happen

A.Warm                   B.Thoughtful         C.Cool                         D.Regretful

A.suddenly        B.generally            C.naturally                   D.sadly

A.got on                 B.got over             C.got off                      D.got out

A.buried                  B.shook                 C.bowed                       D.nodded

A.freely                   B.hopefully           C.quickly                            D.confidently

A.even                   B.ever                   C.still                           D.yet

A.otherwise              B.or                      C.but                           D.instead