With the land prices ________, I can’t afford a piece of land big enough to park my car on.

       A. going up    B. gone up      C. go up  D. to go up

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.?

Margaret, married with two small children, has been working for the last seven years as a night cleaner, cleaning offices in a big building.

She trained as a nurse, but had to give it up when her elder child became seriously ill. “I would have liked to go back to it, but the shifts are all wrong for me, as I have to be home to get the children up and off to school.”

So she works as a cleaner instead, from 9 p.m. till 6 a.m. five nights a week for just ??90, before tax and insurance. “It’s better than it was last year, but I still think that people who work ‘unsocial hours’ should get a bit extra.”

The hours she’s chosen to work mean that she sees plenty of the children, but very little of her husband. However, she doesn’t think that puts any pressure on their relationship.

Her work isn’t physically very hard, but it’s not exactly pleasant, either. “I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs. If they realized people like me have to do it, perhaps they’d be a bit more careful.”

The fact that she’s working all night doesn’t worry Margaret at all. Unlike some dark buildings at night, the building where she works is fully lit, and the women work in groups of three. “Since I’ve got to be here, I try to enjoy myself—and I usually do, because of the other girls. We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags.”

Another challenge Margaret has to face is the reaction of other people when she tells them what she does for a living. “They think you’re a cleaner because you don’t know how to read and write,” said Margaret. “I used to think what my parents would say if they knew what I’d been doing, but I don’t think that way any more. I don’t dislike the work though I can’t say I’m mad about it.”

1.Margaret quit her job as a nurse because _______.

A. she wanted to earn more money to support her family

B. she had suffered a lot of mental pressure

C. she needed the right time to look after her children

D. she felt tired of taking care of patients

2.Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because _______.

A. they never clean their offices                         B. they look down upon cleaners

C. they never do their work carefully                 D. they always make a mess in their offices

3.When at work, Margaret feels _______.

A. light-hearted because of her fellow workers    B. happy because the building is fully lit

C. tired because of the heavy workload               D. bored because time passed slowly

4.The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret’s parents would _______.

A. help care for her children                              B. regret what they had said

C. show sympathy for her                                 D. feel disappointed in her  

Translation

Directions：Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1.在很多方面，我们所学的知识与我们将来的生活息息相关。（basic）

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2.如今教育的任务之一是使每个学生在其毕业之后有独立生活的能力。（enable）

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3.现代科技还不够发达，以至于不能解释宇宙中的万事万物。（so...as to）

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4.没有证据表明经理将名单上别人的名字换成了他自己的。（substitute）

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5.近来，许多学生和老师对那些在考试中作弊的学生是否应该受到惩罚进行了热烈的讨论。（whether）

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 Probably, no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in the United States _____        Henry Ford, a pioneer in automobile production.

　　A.as did             B. as had           C. than did           D. than had

 ---Cliff, I lost your ball at school. I suppose I should pay for it.

　 ---Oh.____. It was just an old ball anyway.

　 A. Take it easy                B. By no means 　　    C. You got it 　　 D. Forget it

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

One day a small group of young people were at a wildlife park on a field trip.

“Oh, look at her, she's so beautiful.” All of us   21   a cheetah（印度豹）named Subira in respect－except a teenage boy called Cory in the back row, who seemed to be   22   to himself in impatience. When several members of the group turned in his   23  , he brushed the front of his T-shirt as though to   24   dust, and, in a gesture clearly meaning to   25   us, rolled up the right sleeve (袖子）of his shirt, further showing his well-developed   26  .

Cory had   27   of playing professional baseball someday. No one doubted Cory's   28  . But that was before the car accident. Not only did Cory lose a   29    in the accident but his hope and his spirit.

Seeing such a large audience, Subira couldn’t wait to give the crowd a   30   of her skills. “How fast she runs!” one shouted. “But she only has three legs.” one cried.

No one was more   31   than Cory. He stared at the animal with the missing leg and he smiled, tears of hope in his   32  .

Looking   33   into Cory' s face, the organizer explained “It was soon after she came to us that she showed her own worth－a   34    gift of love and spirit. In the past few years, the gift of Subira has   35   people around the world，and without words Subria has become our most persuasive   36  , and the most priceless gift.”

Cory asked   37  , “Can I touch her?”

As the rest of the group looked on in amazement, the boy wheeled himself over to the large gate and   38   to push it open. The expression on his face was one of great   39  . It was clear that Cory had   40   the gift of Subira.

21. A. listened to   B. laughed at C. smiled at    D. stared at

22. A. talking      B. wondering  C. sitting     D. lying