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第二部分 阅读理解（共分两节,满分45分）

阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job. His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.”Nate left the building filled with despair. By the time he reached home, he was in deep sadness. When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia,“I lost my job. I am a complete, utter failure.”A tense silence followed. Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face.“What great news!”she responded.“Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”

       “But I have no job and no prospect of a job,”he objected, completely without hope. “If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?”

       Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen. Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash.“Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped.“To whom does it belong?”

       “It’s ours!” Sophia replied.“I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance. From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance. Now there is enough to last us a whole year.” ^*

       What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece（文学名著）. The book is The Scarlet Letter. Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master.

41. What would be the best title for the passage?

       A. Sophia’s achievement              B. A great writer’s struggle to success

       C. Great encouragement in hard times         D. Failure is the mother of success

42. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph seems to tell us that __________.

      A. Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news

       B. Nate was too sad to speak any more

       C. Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate

       D. both husband and wife had no idea what to do

43. Sophia saved money because __________.

       A. she knew her husband would lose his job one day

       B. she knew their life would be in difficulty

       C. she was very careful with money

       D. she was trying to help her husband in every possible way

44. From the passage we learn that Sophia was __________.

       A. kind and brave                 B. careful and encouraging

       C. helpful and warm-hearted        D. clever and determined

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第II卷（非选择题 共55分）

第一节  单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在要求的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式:

66.____________ Pages should not be copied without the_____(允许) of the publisher.

67.____The girl ___(给….印象) her boyfriend’s family with her liveliness and sense of humor.

68. ____________On blue days you feel like you are ____(漂浮) in an ocean of sadness.

69. ____________Ladies and gentlemen, good evening! Welcome______ (上、登) the1234 Train, the next station is the end of the line.

70.____________ The flowers were _______(打算) for my mother, but my sister thought they were for her and took them.

71. ___________ A long time ago, a great number of English people ______ (定居) in America and Australia.

72. ___________ They laid eggs too and ______(存在, 继续生存) on the earth for more than 140 million years.

73. ____________We had an _______(争论) with the waiter about the bill.

74. ____________They had learned that most Canadians live ______(在…之内) a few hundred kilometers of the USA border.

75. ____________ The new minister will be _______（批准）in office by the Queen.

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 Walking alone in the deserted village, John was scared. He thought he ______Tom to go with him.

   A. might have asked                    B. should ask

   C. must have asked                     D. should have asked

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. _______ in diving suits, Captain Nemo walks around in this magic world.

  A. Dressing                      B. Being dressed               C. Dressed                    D. To dress

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 In _______ summer of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave _______ speech to many black people.

  A. 不填; a                       B. 不填; the                 C. the; the                    D. the; a

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 In our childhood, we were often _______ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.

  A. demanded     B. reminded      C. allowed      D. hoped

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 Gun control is a subject _____ Americans have argued for a long time.

A. of which    B. with which     C. about which     D. into which

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 —Is there any possibility of Jack ________chairman at the conference?

   —Not in the least because audience generally think little of him

A. to elect                     B. electing            C. to be elected     D. being elected

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A frugal (节俭) traveler, I’m on the road for three to six months out of a year, and all that wandering takes not just energy but organization as well. Before I set off, I will research destinations (目的地), book flights and hotels, and figure out what to do when I arrive. To do all those things,I have a long list of websites and other resources (资源). Since many people are now planning their summer vacations, I think I’d share my experience.

Once I have decided on a destination, I head straight for a little website called “Google” to do research. One of the first searches is for my destination with the words “frugal” and “affordable”. Seriously! When I went to Hawaii in 2008, the search immediately brought out the Pomaikai “Lucky” Farm B&B, a farm with comfortable rooms for $ 80 a night — a steal in America’s most expensive vacation spots.

I don’t just surf the Web, however — print still has its uses. I have a guidebook with me. When I travel for work, the information it provides is quite useful.

In order to know about the culture of my destination, I often turn to novels. In Manhattan, there’s Idlewild Books, where all kinds of books and novels sit side by side. But you could just easily visit the local independent bookstores or public libraries. If there’s really nothing in your area, log on the LongitudeBooks.com.

When it’s time to book a flight, I’m back online. My first stop is kayak.com, which searches almost every other booking site. I’ve also started to use ITAsoftware.com’s QPX system. It was developed for the airline companies.

Finally, when I’m ready to buy the ticket, I’ll go to the airline’s own website, because it offers the lowest price for the ticket. Then I’ll check SeatGuru.com, which offers seat maps of most airlines’ planes to find the best, most comfortable spot.

63. What does the writer usually do to prepare for a trip?

   A. He turns to some organizations.

   B. He wanders around to get information.

   C. He consults websites and other resources.

   D. He asks people who are planning summer vacations.

64. The underlined word “steal” most probably means “______”.

   A. bargain                   B. farm                 C. room                D. price

65. To know the culture of your destination, which of the following is suggested by the writer?

   A. Tour the place and experience it.

   B. Watch TV programs about the place.

   C. Visit bookstores or public libraries.

   D. Read the guidebooks about the place.

66. Where does the writer buy his flight tickets?

   A. On the airline’s own website.

   B. On kayak.com.

   C. On ITAsoftware.com.

   D. On SeatGuru.com.

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III. 短文改错（共10小题，计10分）此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。  

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Ken is a young man and have a big dog and a small　　    1.____________　　

car. Last Sunday he did some shopping for hour in a 　　　 2____________　

shop and then ran out and jump into a car. His dog 　　　  3.____________　

came after him, but it jumped into the next one.　　　　　  4.____________　

Ken saw it and shouted it, but the dog still stayed 　　　      5.____________

in that car. Ken puts his key into the lock of the car, 　       6.____________

but the key couldn’t turn on.. Ken looked at the car 　　　    7.____________

again. It was not him! He was in the wrong car, 　　　　　   8.____________

when the dog was in the right one! At last the young 　　     9.____________

man was smiled and got into his car with the dog. 　　　　  10.____________