49. started　 　 50. equipment　 50. traveling 　　 51. selling　 　 52. abroad/ around

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One possible version:

Dear Joy,

I was very glad to receive your letter on January 11th. At your request, I’ll tell something about my school life.

In Grade 3 at my senior high school, I have six subjects, that is, Chinese, mathematics, English, physics, chemistry and PE.. School hours usually begin at 8 am and end at 4 pm. After class, we have sports, such as ball games and so on, or do some reading in the school library. After school, I don’t usually go home at once. I have joined the School English Corner, where students can practice oral English with the foreign teachers and other students. Every afternoon, I spend one hour there before I return home.

Nantong is a really beautiful city. Welcome to Nantong.

I’ll appreciate it if you can also tell me something about your school life. I'm looking forward to it.

With best regards.

Yours ever,

Li Ming

44. left　 45. sounds　 　　　 46. back　 　 47. seeing　 　　 48. job　

43．B。考查主旨大意。文章一开始就提出了全文的关键句“There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other as a process”。全文都是围绕这-命题展开讨论的，所以B项作为本文的标题最合适。

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42．D。第三段里详述了作者所提倡的有利于个人成长的东西，仅D项是作者所不赞成的。

41．A。见上题解析。

40．C。第二段集中阐述把个人成长视为过程的人的观点。从最后一句“this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, new ideas to try, new challenges to accept.”暗示C为正确答案。

39．B。Neil Simmons原来以为他得到猫头鹰的回应，事实上回应的是他邻居模仿的声音，言下之意他根本没有收到猫头鹰的回应。Neil既然可以模仿猫头鹰的声音，说明他常常听到猫头鹰的声音，所以A项不对。C项和D项答案从文章中推断不出来。

38．A。Mr. Simmons在最初的时候惊喜地发现猫头鹰的存在，所以他才每晚到花园学猫头鹰，到后来发现是他的邻居模仿猫头鹰的叫声。根据常识推理，令他感到不安是因为他以前做的事情是徒劳的。不是B项“因为他妻子偶然说出了秘密”，C项“花园的猫头鹰叫声不同”，D项“Fred也像他那样做”。

37．A。Then the penny dropped这句话是Mr. Simmons在知道事实真相后说的。意思是“我明白了”。

36．B。文章讲的是两位同为邻居的男士晚上模仿猫头鹰的叫声，他们都以为得到了猫头鹰的回应，但是他们的妻子在交谈的时候把秘密揭开，他们把对方的叫声错误理解为猫头鹰的叫声，于是他们从此后不再模仿猫头鹰的叫声。