(08·安徽)

There are many different ways of seeing a town for the first time．One of them is to walk around it，guide-book  36  hand. Of course，we may  37  with our guide-books the history and   38   developments of a town and get to know them.

  39  then，if we take our time and   40  in a town for a while，we may get to know it better. When we   41   it as a whole，we begin to have some  42  ，which even the best guide-books do not answer．Why is the town just   43   this，this shape，this plan，this size? Why do its streets   44  in this particular way, and not in any

  45  way?

Here even the best guide-book   46   us．One can’t find in it the information about how a town has developed to the  47  appearance. It may not describe the

original（最初的）  48  of a town．However，one may get some idea of what it

  49   look like by walking around the town. One can also imagine   50   the town was first planned and built．Then one can learn more about in what direction the town  51  to develop．

What  is  the   52   of studying towns in this way？For me，it is   53  that one gets a greater depth of pleasure by visiting and seeing a town with one’s own eyes．A   54   visit to a town may help one better understand why it is attractive

  55   just reading about it in a guide-book．

36．A．in                        B．at                        C．by                        D．on

37．A．write                B．study                C．tell                      D．remember

38．A. strange                  B．similar                 C．separate              D．special

39．A．But                      B．Before                 C．Since                    D．Until

40．A．march                 B．work                   C．stay                     D．wait

41．A．look at                 B．1ook after        C．1ook  for            D．1ook up

42. A．ideas                  B．opinions               C．feelings                D．questions

43．A．of                       B．for                      C．1ike                    D．as

44．A．open                    B．run                      C．begin                    D．move

45．A．one                     B．more                   C．other                    D．such

46．A．helps                B．tricks                C．fails                     D．satisfies

47．A．old                      B．normal                 C．first                  D．present

48．A．capital                 B．meaning               C．design                   D．change

49．A．used to                B．seemed to           C．had to                    D．happened to

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

51．A．stops                B．appears                C. starts                          D．continues

52．A. point                  B．view                    C．problem                 D．difficulty

53．A．nearly                  B. simply                C．generally             D. hardly

54．A. costly                B．formal                 C．group                    D．personal

55. A. from                       B．than                     C．through                  D．with

  

 (08·安徽D篇)

Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes，fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper，when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man，when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

Television has not killed reading, however. Today，newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment．Although some books with hard covers are expensive，many books are printed today as paperbacks(平装本)，which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories，for example，is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater，and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home．Every home should have a good dictionary．A good encyclopedia(百科全书)，though expensive，is useful，too，because you can find information on any subject．Besides，you can have such books as history books，science textbooks，cookbooks，and collections of stories and poems．Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

68. It can be inferred from the passage that＿＿＿.

A．TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge

B．cinemas are the best choice in getting information

C．reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun

D．newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself

69．What does the sentence“Television has not killed reading，however.”underlined

in the second paragraph suggest?

A．People only need reading，though.

B．Reading is still necessary today.

C．Reading is more fun than television.

D．Watching television doesn’t help reading.

70．Which of the following is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?

A．Types of books.                       B．Kinds of dictionaries．

C．Lists of history books．            D．Collections of stories and poems.

71．What can we learn from the passage?

A．Fewer and fewer people will buy books．

B．A good dictionary should be kept in every home．

C．Books with hard covers sell better than paperbacks.

D．More people like TV programs about famous men．

 (08·安徽B篇)

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60．If you want to work in an office, where can you get the forms to fill in?

A．Website：jobweb. com．

B．Atlantic City Beach Office.

C．368 Cooper Square，New York，NY 10008.

D．866 United Nations Plaza，#525，New York, NY 10017．  

61．What does a person need most to be fit for the one-hour weekday job?

A．He should be cheerful，dependable, and easy-going.

B．He has to work from Monday to Friday.

C．He can remain calm in a difficult situation.

D．He can welcome guests and deal with phone calls.

62．According to the above information，what is the right thing to do when you swim?

A．To keep close to the beach．                B．To dive into unknown waters.

C．To use floating toys on the water.               D．To swim soon after lunch．

63．The best title for the last piece of information would be    ．

A．Tips on Showing Interest in a Job

B．Steps to a Successful Interview

C．Advice on Introducing Yourself Politely

D．Rules of Body Language in an Interview

 (08·浙江)

In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things have come to represent, in fact, what I call   21   and love.

    I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did __22__the water. Any kind of __23__ride seemed to give him pleasure. __24__he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.

    But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being __25__the water, moving through it, __26__it all around me. I was not a strong __27__, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my __28__. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father’s office and __29__those summer days with my father, who __30__ come by on a break. I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the __31__person not in swimsuit.

    After swimming, I would go __32__ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me __33__anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk __34__ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his _35__. But my father always __36__and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s __37__.” Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get __38__ an ice cream...

  A poet once said, “We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is __39__.” And I think it is not only what we “look at once, in childhood” that determines our memories, but __40__, in that childhood, looks at us.

21．A. desire                  B. joy                   C. anger                   D. worry

22．A. avoid                  B. refuse                  C. praise               D. love

23．A. boat                   B. bus                    C. train                D. bike

24．A. But                    B. Then                   C. And                   D. Still

25．A. on                     B. off                    C. by                    D. in

26．A. having                  B. leaving              C. making                D. getting

27．A. swimmer              B. rider                    C. walker               D. runner

28．A. hopes                 B. faiths                   C. rights               D. fears

29．A. spending               B. saving                  C. wasting                D. ruining

30．A. should                  B. would                 C. had to                  D. ought to

31．A. next                    B. only                   C. other                   D. last

32．A. away from              B. out of                C. by                     D. inside

33．A. put up                  B. break down           C. play with                    D. work out

34．A. the moment             B. the first time         C. while                 D. before

35. A. fishing net             B. office things         C. wooden chair         D. lab equipment

36. A. stood up                B. set out                C. showed up             D. turned out

37. A. fine                      B. strange                C. terrible                  D. funny

38. A. the student            B. the assistant         C. myself                D. himself

39. A. memory                   B. wealth                C. experience           D. practice

40. A. which                      B. who                       C. what                     D. whose

 (08·天津)

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was

ready for new  16  in high school.

      17  , high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(选拔赛) for cheerleaders(拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be  18  for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  19  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart  20  as the list ended without her name. Feeling   21   , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was  22  . She moved on to English and history, and was  23   to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to  24   math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school  25  . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as  26  as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough  27  for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled  28  and left. “Why is high school so

29  ?” she sighed.

Later in  30  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much   31  . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to  32  at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  33  . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  34  a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the  35  fish you can be.”

16. A. processes                    B. decisions             C. challenges            D. exercises

17. A. Therefore             B. However              C. Otherwise           D. Besides

18. A. difficult                B. easy                        C. boring              D. interesting

19. A. editor                        B. boss                        C. candidate            D. judge

20. A. jumped                B. sank                 C. stopped             D. raced

21. A. strange                B. happy                C. awful               D. lonely

22. A. struggling             B. improving             C. working            D. complaining

23. A. ashamed              B. disappointed           C. shocked            D. relieved

24. A. put up                B. prepare for            C. worry about         D. give up

25. A. committee             B. newspaper                   C. radio               D. team

26. A. enthusiastic            B. artistic                C. sympathetic         D. realistic

27. A. speakers                B. readers                C. cheerleaders         D. writers

28. A. widely                  B. weakly                C. excitedly            D. brightly

29. A. similar                  B. ordinary               C. different            D. familiar

30. A. physics                 B. history                C. English             D. math

31. A. pleasure                 B. hope                  C. trouble            D. sorrow

32. A. fit in                   B. look out               C. stay up            D. get around

33. A. swim                  B. try                    C. ask               D. escape

34. A. in return for             B. in case of              C. in terms of         D. instead of

35. A. slimmest                B. smallest               C. best              D. gentlest