第二部分阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）

第一节　阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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A beggar followed a lady and asked her for some money. She refused, so he turned away sadly and said he must do what he had made up his mind to do.

At this word, the lady was greatly frightened for she was afraid for his life. So she called him back and gave him a dollar. The beggar took the money, put it into his pocket, and thanked her a great deal. “You have saved me from a terrible fate,” he said. The lady asked him what he meant. The beggar replied, “Madame, I have been begging all day, but only you have taken pity on me. Without this dollar you gave to me, I should have had to go to work now.

41. Before meeting the lady, the beggar ________.

A. had already received some dollars already

B. had been thinking of taking his own life

C. had received no money for that day

D. had acted as if he was looking for a job

42. If the woman had understood the beggar’s words correctly, she would probably _____.

A. have given him one more dollar

B. have persuaded him to give up begging

C. have gone away without giving him any money

D. have offered him some work

43. In the story, “a terrible fate” means _______

A. to beg     B. to go to work    C. to die   D. to live a hard life

44. The best headline(标题) for the story is ______.

A. How to Beg              B. Money before Everything    

C. Anything except Work     D. Work for Money

第二部分阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
第一节　阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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A beggar followed a lady and asked her for some money. She refused, so he turned away sadly and said he must do what he had made up his mind to do.
At this word, the lady was greatly frightened for she was afraid for his life. So she called him back and gave him a dollar. The beggar took the money, put it into his pocket, and thanked her a great deal. “You have saved me from a terrible fate,” he said. The lady asked him what he meant. The beggar replied, “Madame, I have been begging all day, but only you have taken pity on me. Without this dollar you gave to me, I should have had to go to work now.
41. Before meeting the lady, the beggar ________.
A. had already received some dollars already
B. had been thinking of taking his own life
C. had received no money for that day
D. had acted as if he was looking for a job
42. If the woman had understood the beggar’s words correctly, she would probably _____.
A. have given him one more dollar
B. have persuaded him to give up begging
C. have gone away without giving him any money
D. have offered him some work
43. In the story, “a terrible fate” means _______
A. to beg     B. to go to work    C. to die   D. to live a hard life
44. The best headline(标题) for the story is ______.
A. How to Beg              B. Money before Everything    
C. Anything except Work     D. Work for Money

I have been looking for this book for months, and _____ I have found it.

　　A.at least  B. in no time  C.at last  D.at present

　I can’t swim because I have a strong fear of water. Look back 1. ________

　　my childhood experiences, I think that three reasons might          2. ________

　　explain the fear. The first reason is that I was not allow to go       3. ________

　　near the water when I was a child, for my mother had a            4. ________

　　unreasonable fear of it. So, even as a child that I was taught to     5. ________

　　see the water as something danger. Second, my eyes               6. ________

　　became bad when I was five. If I took off my glass in the           7. ________

　　water, I couldn’t see anything, or this increased my fear.           8. ________

　　The worst part of my experience is that as a child I saw            9. ________

　　a neighbor drowned. After then I have been more frightened.      10. ________

Hoffman，40，a former senior vice president of a financial company，had what she describes as “one of those extreme jobs.” “I loved working,” she says. But her career path reached a crossroad when her second child was born，and she left her job in February 2007. Hoffman is one of many people who have left the work force to take a break，but she has a position as a consultant．She has described this type of career detour(绕路) ----- which is more common for women than for men—as “off- ramping．” Typically it occurs when the balancing act of parenting and work becomes too tough．

A study by the center found that more than 90 percent of women who off-ramp want to on-ramp back into the work force eventually．But making the transition back to work is rarely easy，and it is even harder in this economic climate of layoffs and hiring freezes.

Considering some of the obstacles faced by on- rampers , a three-day program called “Greater Returns：Restarting Your Career” was held at Columbia University. The goal of the three days was to have them walk away with a big shot of confidence.

　According to one school of thought, women looking to make a comeback might even have an advantage in the current economy，especially if they are looking for part-time or consultant positions that do not offer benefits. And a majority of on-rampers are women with extensive working experiences that could give them a slight advantage over less-experienced competition．

　“You absolutely cannot be defensive about why you off-ramped,” Ms Hoffman says, “ defensive” would have put her into a hard situation if the Greater Returns program had had not taught her how to describe the years she spent at home．“I now feel confident talking to an employer and saying，‘ Yes，I have been out of the work force，but here is where I can make significant contributions.’”

1.What is the best title for the passage?

A．Off ramp：it is common　　　　　　　　

B．On ramp：it is easy

C．Off ramp or on ramp：it depends on confidence

D．Off ramp to on ramp：it can be a hard Journey

2.According to the passage，Greater Returns___________．

A．is intended to relieve the pressure of the jobless women

B．has all the jobless women restart their career

C．will build up the confidence of those in search of jobs

D．is to last a11 the year around for the jobless women

3.The main reason for the women’s off-ramping is that_________．

A．they have to suffer the sexual discrimination

B．they have to parent their children

C．they reach a crossroad of career

D．they have great work pressure

4.From what Ms．Hoffman says in the last paragraph，we can conclude________ .

A．she didn’t get advice from the Greater Returns program

B．she was defensive about her off-ramping

C．she didn’t get the job because she lied about her experience

D．she is off ramp partly due to her straightforward manner

5.Which job is easier to get for a woman off-ramper?

A．Regular workers.                        B．Casual workers.

C．Company managers.                     D．Bank clerks.