His acting career was ____________ in its prime by a car accident that left him disabled.

A. cut out         B. cut off         C. cut down         D. cut up

It is foolish ______such a mistake.

A.for me to make    B. for me making   C. of me to make    D. of me making

Why do you stand watch the milk _______over.

      A. boiling  B. boiled C to boil  . being boiled

With lots of trees and flowers _____here and there, the city looks very beautiful.

A. having planted  B. planted  C. have been planted D. to be planted

.He went to American _____some English as well as ____.

    A. learning ,to travel  B. learning,  traveling  C. to learn, travel     D. to learn ,to travel

.Cleanig woman in big cities usually get ______by the hour.

     A. pay   B. paying     C. paid     D. to pay

. I have to see the doctor because I_________a lot lately.                        

   A. have been coughing                   B. had coughed

   C. coughed                            D. cough

 Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have _______ schedules to make it easier to care for their children.

  A. heavy          B. smooth         C. flexible         D. complex

I hated dinner parties .But I decided to give them another shot because I’m  in London. And my friend Mallery invited me . And because dinner parties in London are very different from those  in New York,  “I’m having a dinner party ” means : “I’m booking a table for 12 at a restaurant  you can’t afford ang we’ll be sharing the cheque evenly , no matter what you eat.” Wors , in  Manhattan there  is  always someone who  leaves before  the  bill arrives  .They’ll throw  down cash, half of what  they owe, and then people like me, who don’t  drink, end  up paying even  more . But if try to use the same  trick  , the hostess will shout; “Where are you going ?” And it’s not like I can  say I have somewhere to go : everyone knows I have  nowhere to go.

But in London, dinner patise are in people’s homes . Not only that, the guests  are an interesting  mix .The last time I went to one , the guests were from France , India ,Denmark and  Nigeria; it was like a gathering  at the United Nations . In New York ,the mix is less striking . It’s  like a gathering at Bloomingdat=le’s , a well-known de partment  store.

For New Yorkers, talking ,talking  about  other  parts  of the world  means Brooklyn  and Queens in New Yorkers.But at Mallery’s ,when I side that I had been to Myanmar recently, peo ple knew where it was , In New Yorkers people would think it was a usual culb.

1.What does the word “shot” in Paragraph I pro baly mean?

A.  Choice B. Try   C. Style   D.Goal

2. What does  the writer  dislike most about  dinner  parties  in New Yorkers

A. There  is a stange mix of people.

B. The restaurants are expensive.

C. The bill is not fairly shared.

D. People  have  to  pay cash 

3.What does the author think of the parties in London?

A. A bit unusual   B. Full of tricks  C.Less costly  D. More interesting

4.What  is the author’s opininon of some New Yorkers from her experience?

A.Easy-going B. Self-centred.   C.Generous D.Conservative

第二卷（非选择题  满分35分）

       第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）

       第一节  对话填空（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）

       请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式、使对话通顺。

       M＝Mum

       S＝Sara

       P＝Peter

       (When Sara came home from work, she found her mother in an anxious state.)

       S:What’s wrong, Mum? You seem upset.

       M:It’s your (76) y         sister Jill. She should have been here an hour ago.

       S:Don’(77) w     ,Mum!It’s not all that late and she has probably not(78)r    how late it is. I think she’ll

be here soon.

       (Just then Sara’s brother Peter came into the kitchen.)

       P:What’s up?Mum’s on the phone and she seems as though she’s going to cry.

       S:It’s Jill.She should have（79） r    home by now and Mum’s getting anxious.

       P:You needn’ fecl so anxious 。Mum!You know what tecnage girls are like. (80)         she’s all right.

       M;I can’t help but be concerned.I’ve just rung Lucy and she said Jill her our the cinema ages ago to get the

bus.

       P:Well,the bus service isn’t very frequent in the evenings.Perhaps she(81)m        one and is wairting for

another.Have you tried(82)p     her on her mobile?

       M:Yes, but there’s no reply.That made me even more worried.I think(83)s      must have happened to Jill.

      Do you think we should call the （84）p__________.

       S:Calm down,Mum! You’ll make yourself ill.Perhaps she switched her mobile(85)o    in the cinema and

forgot to switch it back on again.Or it may need to be charged.