One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine．He is a teacher at one of London’s big medical schools, He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.

    He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨骼) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子)．At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper．He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.

    When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake．He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

Who wrote the story?

     A．Rupert’s teacher.               B．The neighbour’s teacher.

     C．A medical school teacher.       D．The teacher’s neighbour.

Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

     A．He needed it for the summer term in London.

     B．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

     C．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

     D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

What happened at the airport?

     A．The skeleton went missing.    B．The skeleton was stolen .

     C．The teacher forgot his suitcase.       D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase .

Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?

     A．He is very angry .                      B．He thinks it rather funny .

     C．He feels helpless without Rupert.    D．He feels good without Rupert .

Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

     A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

     B．The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

     C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

     D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

The following are four forms about medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take any by mistake.

1）Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For further night - time and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For Children six to twelve years old, go to your doctor for advice.　Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.

2）Each pill of the medicine taken three times every day for fourteen years old. As usual, a pill 6∶00 a. m., before breakfast, one before 11∶00 and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart attack.

3）The medicine for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep for adult. Not take the medicine without fever. Half for Children under 12 years old. Children with a high fever, go to see a doctor.

4）The medicine taken three times a day, once five pills for adult with a cold. Half of the pills for children 10 years old. Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep.

Obviously a kind of medicine can’t be proper for ________, judging from the information.

A. children over twelve years old         B. some old persons with a fever

C. some old persons with heart attack      D. neither adults nor heart attack

When a person has a cold, he had better ________ .

A. have about more than fourteen pills a day         B. have twice a day

C. have four times a day                          D. have nine pills a day

How many kinds of medicine are used for the children six years old?

A. All of them．               B. Three kinds of medicine.

C. Two kinds of medicine.        D. Almost not any medicine.

Sings can something be seen at the entrance of a house, expressing that a tramp has passed. This special sign-language is frequently __1__ by tramp to inform their __2__ whether the host of a certain house is friendly or unfriendly, and to –3-- them the trouble of making unnecessary calls.

Quite –4—one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such a rare sight theses days that I stood some distance away and watched him. He was dressed just as tramp should be –5--,old worn trousers, and jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there was vattered old hat and his boots were old and worn; they were almost coming into –6--. But the man himself looked cheerful as if he had not a –7— in the world. He rubbed his nose with his forefinger,--8—a funny turn, laid a small parcel by the front gate, and began –9—a sign was meaningless to me, it must have been –10--, for the tramp’s face lit up with—11--. He entered the front gate confidently and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him—12—his hat but couldn’t hear his face—13—. I felt –14—for him as he walked –15—out of the house. But just quickly, his face lit up again and he moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the sign, and --16 – his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake. –17—deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed out the –18—sigh and made a new one in its place. He stared at it for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his –19--, pushed back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an unhurried –20--, whistling as he went along.

用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空（每个短语只能用一次，其中有两个短语

多余的）（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1. This is the hottest handbag design and every woman __________ get one.

2. ____________, the architecture of Kyoto(京都) is a mirror of the fascinating culture of ancient China.

3. Some bacteria are capable of _________ the human waste into natural gas and different

chemicals.

4. Older people are better at solving problems, because they have more life experience

___________than younger people do.

5. My cap _________ John's, so I often take his by mistake.

6. Storms ___________ power, but haven’t cooled off southern Asia. 

7. So many thoughts of the past were now crowded into her mind___________.  

8. I could see his discouragement and feared he ___________learning. 

9. We spent several days ____________ all the related reference materials.

10. I'm writing _____________ my mother to express her thanks for your gift.

三、完形填空（15小题，计15分）
Once there lived in Egypt a famous philosopher(哲学家) named Zun-Nun. One day a young man came to visit him and asked ___30___, “Please, sir, why are great people like you dressed in such a way?”
___31____ his ring to the man, the philosopher said, “I will answer your question, ___32____ first you must take this ring to the ____33___ and sell it for one gold coin.”
Looking at the dirty ring, the young man replied ____34___, “One gold coin? Could this ring be sold at that ___35____?” Then he went to the market. He ____36___ the ring to the vegetable, meat, fish traders, and others. The fact was that no one was willing to ____37____ a gold coin. He went back and said ___38____ to Zun-Nun, “I didn’t manage to sell it. They all thought a gold coin was too ___39____ a price for such an ugly ring.” With a smile, Zun-Nun said, “Now go ___40____ the gold shop at the back of this street, and show ____41____ to the owner. Don’t give your price; just wait and let him tell you ___42____ he would like to pay.”
The youny man went to the shop, returned and reported, “The traders in the market don’t know the ____43___ of this ring. The gold trader said he would pay one thousand gold coins for it.”
“That’s the answer to your question, my young friend. A person cannot be valued only from his ____44____.” Zun-Nun said gently. 
30. A. foolishly             B. Coldly                     C. proudly                    D. politely
31. A. Handing              B. Turning                    C. Joining                     D. Selling
32. A. for                     B. so                            C. but                           D. or
33. A. theatre                B. restaurant                  C. market                     D. school
34. A. with joy              B. for sure                    C. by mistake                D. in surprise
35. A. price                   B. table                        C. farm                        D. house
36. A. added                 B. returned                    C. showed                     D. Reported
37. A. pay                     B. make                        C. save                         D. get
38. A. good-bye            B. sorry                        C. yes                           D. cheers
39. A. short                   B. long                         C. Low                        D. high
40. A. through               B. to                             C. out of                       D. away from
41. A. you                    B. him                          C. it                             D. them
42. A. how many           B. how much                 C. how often                 D. how far
43. A. shape                  B. value                        C. design                      D. size
44. A. words                 B. coins                        C. ring                         D. dress