51．A．confidence 　 　 B．pressure 　 　　 C．friendship 　　　 D．difficulty

50．A．design 　　 　 B．promote 　 　　 C．direct 　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．shape

40．Getting out of the crowed bus, ________ ．

　　　 A．her cell phone was found missing

　　　 B．her cell phone was nowhere to be found

　　　 C．she found her cell phone missing

　　　 D．Her cell phone couldn’t be found　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

III．Vocabulary( 9分):

Complete the passage by choosing the proper words or phrases in the box．(请把题号填写在答题卷上)

I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area．My parents ___41___ the necessities of life but they couldn’t give much more．If I asked my father for a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them yourself ．” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t ___42___ them．From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school．

When I graduated from high school, I joined the navy．Soon I was in a boot camp at Parris Island, S．　　　 C．, where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily __43__．These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles．Completing these tasks __44____ required discipline, team-work and responsibility．It didn’t matter whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the __45__ of the company．

I went on to graduate from the U．S．Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy．The part of my job I enjoyed most was the consoling meetings I __46__ with the family members of the men and women in my charge , trying to help them deal with the long periods of separation ．These proved popular and before long I was being asked to give encouraging ___47___ to business groups, educators and kids across the country．

But I consider the boot camp my first real job , and my life is still guided by the __48__ lessons I learned there．It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to __49_ it．

IV．Cloze(15分):

Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．(请在答题卡上从50题起正确涂点)

Life is filled with challenges．As we get older we come to realize that those challenges to the very things can __50___us and make us who we are ,it is the same with the challenges that come with __51__．

When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two ___52__ ．we can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing __53__ the challenge isn’t worth the __54__ and call it quits．Although there are certainly times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most __55__, all that is needed is commitment and communication．

When we are communed to something, it means that no matter how____56__ or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to ___57___ it instead of running away from it．Communication is making space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong．___58___ you can say to a friend,“I got my feelings hurt”　 ____59___“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able solve the problem much faster．

In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for ___60___ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life．Nothing is so big that it is ___61___ to get over, and hurt only ___62__ to make us stronger．It is all part of growing up, it ___63___to everyone, and some day you will ___64___ all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it makes me who I am today．And that is a good thing．”

39．We were disappointed to find that he was not _______ we had expected before．

　　　　 A．as good a singer as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．as better a singer as

　　　 C．as a singer good as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．as a good singer as　　　

38．AIDS is said ______ the biggest health threat to both men and women in that area over the past few years．

　　　 A．being　　　　　　　　　 B．to be　　　　　　　　　 C．to have been 　　　 D．to being

37．Nowadays business ______ on the Internet is growing rapidly, and this is a strong temptation for hackers, who are looking for ways to break into computer system．

　　　 A．having been done　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to have been done

　　　 C．to do　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．done

36．In which play of Shakespeare's is it ___ Viola appears? 　　　 A．where 　　　　　　　 B．which 　　　　　　　　 C．who 　　　　　　　　　 D．that

35．Advertising is distinguished from other forms of communication ______ the advertiser pays for the message to be delivered．

　 　　 A．in that 　　　　　　　 B．in order that 　　　 C．in which 　　　　　　 D．that

34．_____ left before the deadline, it doesn’t seem likely that John will complete the job．

　　　 A．Although such a short time　　 　　　　　　　 B．It is a short 　　　 C．With so short times　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．With such short time

33．Look out ! Don' t get too close to the house __________ roof is under repair．

　 　　 A．whose　　　　 　　　 B．which　　　　　 　　　 C．of which　　 　　　 D．that