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、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1.5分，满分30）

Have you just been fired? Don’t worry. Cheer yourself up and send your  36   . Perhaps another much better opportunity is awaiting you.  37   sometimes you don’t realize it, you are asking to be fired.

Dan Zawacki was a happy camper, selling computers for Honeywell. One holiday he was   38  creative gifts and then a good idea  39  him---- selling dinner live lobsters(龙虾) to his favorite customers. He  40  them himself with butter and put them in the trunk of his car between the computers and started delivering. It was a huge  41  . As a result, one of his customers   42  they go into the lobster business together. Dan laughed. Still, this landlocked computer salesman  43  get the idea of lobsters out of his   44   . Why not turn this into a hobby and  45  a few extra dollar? While on a job assignment in Chicago, he  46  a local radio station to give him a few ads in 47  for lobster. Unfortunately, his boss’s boss heard his prize salesman  48  lobster, not computers. No surprised. Dan was let go. After  49   the company’s car, he started to think maybe this was a  50  . Playing with his phone that night, Dan tried dialing 1-800-LIVE-LOB. The number was   51  , and Dan the lobsterman was born. Today, 20 years later, Dan is still selling dinners, through his company, Lobster Gram. And he couldn’t be  52  .

Many of the fired people found ways back to fulfilling   53   and learned the pain and humiliation(羞辱) are  54   . So do not be afraid to move   55   and try your wings. Gather your support system. Persevere! Firing doesn’t mean your life is over. It might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.

36. A. dreams           B. wings                C. needs            D. minds

37. A. Because          B. When                 C. Though           D. If

38. A. searching for   B. making up            C. giving away      D. thinking up

39. A. came about       B. took place           C. went on          D. came to

40. A. packaged         B. sold                 C. tied             D. placed

41. A. matter           B. business             C. failure          D. success

42. A.said              B. thought              C. suggested        D. hoped

43. A. couldn’t        B. mustn’t             C. shouldn’t       D. wouldn’t

44. A. heart            B. mind                 C. head             D. hand 

45. A. make             B. get                  C. gather           D. spend

46. A. permitted        B. hoped                C. persuaded        D. suggested

47. A. change           B. exchange             C. place            D. need

48. A. hunting          B. seeking              C. collecting       D. selling

49. A. selling      B. paying               C. returning        D. using

50. A. thing        B. sign                 C. pity             D. please

51. A.wrong         B. right                C. free             D. available

52. A. happier      B. worse                C. lower            D. higher

53. A. jobs         B. wishes               C. careers          D. promises

54. A. short        B.long                  C. forever          D. temporary（临时）

55. A. back         B. on                   C. in               D. away

阅读下面句子和短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

1.The city has a small population, only          (稍稍) over three hundred thousand.

2.She was         (生育) of a healthy boy weighing 3 kilogrammes.

3.At the meeting they discussed three different         (方法) to the study of mathematics.

4.They are planning to start a              (战役)against nuclear weapons.

5.A theatre is a place of e          .

6.The photograph is out of          , making it useless.

7.Don’t                     the dictionary every time you come across a new word when reading.

8.However, Dr Yuan doesn’t                    fame or money.

9.Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even   　　       　   .

10.She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if              .

11.In most places around the world, frowning and                    to someone shows anger.

12.                 (而不是)take the aeroplane all the way, they decided to fly to Vancouver and then take the train from west to east across Canada.

13.The most universal facial expression is the smile, whose function is to show happiness and put people                  .

 

When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter（炼铜厂），and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest．One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area．Paul knocked him down．From then on, something happened inside him.
Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office．He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back．The answer from that big industry was “No”.
Paul then went to college to study the science of plants．Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren’t any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds．It would be a waste of his life to try to do it．Everyone knew that, he was told．Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted．
Paul later got married and had some kids．But his dream would not die．And then one night he did what he could with what he had．As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote．Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.
And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass．For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense．Slowly rabbits appeared．Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing.
Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has．It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.
【小题1】When Paul was a boy，______________.

A．he had decided never to leave his hometown

B．the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter

C．no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution

D．he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area

【小题2】Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants？

A．Because he wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.

B．Because he was interested in planting trees since he was young.

C．Because he wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.

D．Because he thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.

【小题3】What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” probably refer to?

A．That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland.

B．That his normal work and life would be greatly affected.

C．That no one would like to join him in the efforts.

D．That he had to keep everything he did secret.

【小题4】The company hired Paul to plant trees and grass because___________.

A．they realized the importance of environmental protection

B．What Paul was doing moved them

C．Paul persuaded them to help him

D．they had legal pressure

【小题5】The message of the passage is that _____________.

A．action speaks louder than words

B．perseverance（持之以恒）will work wonders

C．God helps those who help themselves

D．many hands make light work

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限写一词）。

 

1. The teacher’s talk made us so i____________ that we were all eager to have a try.

2. The teacher r____________ to in my last letter is going to work together with you next week.

3. As they m_____________ each other, they are unlikely to reach an agreement on the matter.

4. There are several v_____________ of tulips (郁金香) in Hangzhou Taiziwan park.

5. Much to my r_____________, I am unable to accept your kind invitation.

6. His family was poor. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even w__________ off.

7. The magnificent tower must be saved, w______________ the cost may be!

8. It rained; t_____________ the football match was put off until further notice.

9. A good sleeping bag is an essential part of every camper’s e_____________.

10. E____________ yourself to sunlight for too much time will do harm to your skin.

 

 

         Few buildings on earth can compete with the legendary beauty of the Taj Mahal. Towering over the ancient Indian city of Agra, the Taj Mahal is the grandest monument (纪念碑) to love ever created.

         The lovers in this story are the 17th century Indian emperor Shah Jehan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. She took a leading role in advising him, which is something unusual for a woman to do for a husband who’s an emperor. Over the course of their nineteen-year marriage she gave birth to 14 children. But in 1631 while trying to deliver their fifteenth — she tragically died. He was heartbroken when she died. And after her death, he decided to build the world’s greatest monument ever built, for love.

         He ordered the royal architects to design the most beautiful building the world had known and decided to name it after his beloved, Mumtaz Mahal. He called on twenty thousand workers and sent many more people to all corners of his country in search of valuable metals and jewels. And after seventeen years of hard work, Shah Jehan’s monument was completed and his beloved empress was moved to her final resting place.

         Everything had gone according to plan, but Shah Jehan’s luck was about to change ... In 1658, just four years after the completion of the Taj Mahal, he was thrown out of power. Unfortunately, his son, Aran Azibe imprisoned him, his own father. And he spent the last seven years of his life in prison. And he was allowed to look at the Taj Mahal through a window. His life was in ruins, but when he died his last wish was promised. He was buried beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal.

68 . The Taj Mahal was built for ______.

A. Mumtaz          B. Shah      C. Mumtaz or Shah       D. Mumtaz and Shah

69.  The Taj Mahal was completed in ______.

A. 1658     B. 1662            C. 1654              D. 1665

70 . What was unusual for Mumtaz Mahal according to the passage?

A. She gave birth to 14 children for her husband.

B. She gave important advice to her husband.

C. She asked her son to imprison his father

D. She planned to build the world’s greatest monument.

71.  Which of the following is TRUE about Shah Jehan?

A. He was killed by his own son. 

B. He lost his power as a result of the Taj Mahal.

C. He put his own son into prison.

D. He hoped to be buried together with his wife.