第二部分（共50分）

Ⅴ. 短文填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

选择适当的词（组）并用适当形式完成短文。每个词（组）只使用一次，其中有两个词（组）是多余的。

leak out,     likely ,   keep ,   undoubted ,    though ,     in short ,

make use of  ,  never ,   say  ,   take ,        still ,       afford

 “You can learn English more efficiently if you spend 20 minutes a day for a week than if you spend two hours a day.” This is what a teacher usually 71  when he tells his students how to allot(分配)their time. But is it true?

Suppose you have a bucket with a small hole in its bottom. Now you are asked to fill the bucket with the water in a basin. If you are too little a boy to lift the basin full of water, you are sure 72   a bowl or something alike. You will dip out the water from the basin with the bowl and pour it into the bucket .You may dip from the basin again and again. However, you will soon find that as soon as you pour a bowl of water into the bucket , most of the water 73  through the hole , so you are 74   able to fill up the bucket this way.

On the contrary , if you are an adult, you will 75   lift the basin and pour the whole basin of water into the bucket at once. Now, the bucket is full. Though the water in it is also leaking out, you at least have filled up the bucket with water. If you want to 76   the bucket full, you only have to add a bowl of water now and then .

The same is true of English learning. Let us 77  a simple example. If you learn 10 new words today, you are most likely to remember 9 tomorrow. But if you try to learn 30 words today, though you may forget far more than one word , you may 78  be able to remember 11 or 12 words tomorrow.

Day in and day out , you will be able to remember a large number of words, 79  you may forget some of them.

 80  , the more time you spend at a time, the more you will learn on the whole. Of course, the amount of time you spend each time must be within the limit that you do not exhaust (使筋疲力尽)yourself .

If you are a recent social science graduate who has had to listen to jokes about unemployment from your computer major classmates, you may have had the last laugh. There are many advantages for the social science major because this high-tech" Information Age" demands people who are flexible  and who have good communication skills.

There are many social science majors in large companies who fill important positions. For example, a number of research studies found that social science majors had achieved greater managerial success than those who had technical training or pre-professional courses. Studies show that social science majors are most suited for change, which is the leading feature  of the kind of high-speed, high-pressure, high-tech world we now live in.

Social science majors are not only experiencing success in their long-term company jobs, but they are also finding jobs more easily. A study showed that many companies had filled a large percentage of their entry-level positions with social science graduates. The study also showed that the most sought-after quality in a person who was looking for a job was communication skills, noted as "very important" by 92 percent of the companies. Social science majors have these skills, often without knowing how important they are. It is probably due to these skills that they have been offered a wide variety of positions.

Finally, although some social science majors may still find it more difficult than their technically trained classmates to land the first job, recent graduates report that they don't regret their choice of study.

63. By saying that" you may have had the last laugh" in the first paragraph, the author means that you may have ________.

A. shared the jokes with computer majors   B. found jobs more easily than computer majors

C. earned as much as computer majors               D. stopped joking about computer majors

64. Compared with graduates of other subjects, social science graduates _______.

A. are ready to change when situations change.   B. are better able to deal with difficulties

C. are equally good at computer skills                D. are likely to give others pressure

65. The underlined word “land” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

A. keep for some time                           B. successfully get

C. apply immediately                         D. lose regretfully

66. According to the text, what has made it easy for social science graduates to find jobs?

A. Willingness to take low-paid jobs.                 B. Skills in expressing themselves.

C. Readiness to gain high-tech knowledge.         D. Part-time work experience.

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

第一节 阅读下面两篇语言材料，然后按要求做题。（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

A few years ago, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington D.C. I saw many of our nation’s treasures, and I also saw a lot of unfortunate people like beggars and homeless folks in the streets.

Standing outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say, “Can you help me?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended(伸出). In a natural reaction, I reached into my pocket, pulled out all of my loose change and placed it in her hand. I didn’t even look at her. I was annoyed at being bothered by a beggar.

But the blind woman smiled and said, “I don’t want your money. I just need help finding the post office.”

Immediately, I realized what I had done. I acted with prejudice(偏见)—I judged another person simply for what I thought she was.

The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in America at the age of 15. Through the years, I have been a dishwasher, cashier, mechanic and pizza delivery driver among many other jobs, and finally I became a network engineer.

In my own life, I have experienced many open acts of prejudice. I remember a time, at age 17— I was a busboy, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well at school, he would end up like me.

But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am and where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That blind woman on the street of Washington D.C. cured me of my blindness. She reminded me to always keep my eyes and heart open.

1. When the author came to America at first ______.

  A. he usually did some work with a little payment.          

B. he used to beg for some money on the street.

  C. he lived a comfortable life as a network engineer.  

D. he was respected by others all the time.

2. According to the passage, what did the author regret?

  A. That he gave all his change to the blind woman.   

B. The way he treated the blind woman.

  C. That he came to Washington D.C. for a visit.  

D. That he didn’t tell the woman the way to the post office.

3. The father mentioned in the passage wanted ______. 

  A. to encourage his son to make a living by himself   

B. his son to become a busboy in the future  

 C. his son to work harder at school

 D. to remind his son to depend on himself at school

4. We can infer all of the following statements from the passage EXCEPT ______.

  A. He disliked being bothered by beggars.  

B. He was delighted to give away his money to beggars.    

C. He once suffered a lot.      

D. The blind woman didn’t beg for money at that time.

5. What does the author want to tell us through this story?

  A. Don’t dream up ways to get what you want.     B. Money is the root of all evils.

  C. An easy life makes a person forgetful.   D. Be good to others all the time.

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During the Christmas shopping rush in London, the intriguing story was reported of a tramp(流浪汉) who, apparently through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Presumably all the proper Security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last minute Christmas presents

However that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humour and philosophic temperament---as indeed vagrants(流浪汉) very commonly arc. Everyone also was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He submitted, cheerfully enough, to being taken way by the police. Perhaps he had bad a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for Seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. Perhaps the judge had had a good Christmas too.

       1.    The tramp was locked in the store____

               A.        for his mistakes.        B. due to a misunderstanding

               C.        by accident.            D. through an error of judgment.

       2. The staff were 'dead beat' means they were _____

               A.  half asleep       B. exhausted.           C. annoyed.      D.  forgetful.

       3. What action did the tramp take? He_____

               A.  looted the store.            B.  made himself at home.

              C. went to sleep for 2 days.          D.       had a Christmas party.

4.    When the tramp was arrested, he _____

A. laughed at the police.     B. looked forward to going to pr)son.

C. rook his bottles with him.  D. didn't make any fuss

5. Why didn't the judge award compensation to the chain store?

A. The tramp had stolen nothing of value   B. The store had profited by the incident.

C. The tramp deserved a happy Christmas   D. The store was responsible for what happened.

The favorite drink is beer , but many people like bars as         for the friendship they find there as for the drink.

     A. seldom    B. little         C. best              D. much  

Paris________ be a wonderful city but it’s not somewhere I’d like to live.

   A. might                        B. would                      C. must                        D. can

假如你叫李华,是一位高中生。请你用英语给报社写一封信，反映如下情况并谈谈你的的建议。

现在有很多学生使用手机。一是认为这是种时髦，二是认为便于跟家人和朋友联系。

一些学生把手机带进教室，在课堂上经常听见手机的铃声。破坏课堂纪律。

有的同学还在课堂上发短信息，浪费宝贵的时间。

建议：教室是学习的地方，需要安静；学生不应该在教室中使用手机；应该集中注意力学习。学校应该作出规定，禁止学生在教室使用手机。

注意：

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第三节 书面表达（满分25分）

（一）句型转换，使上下两句意思相同（共10空；每空1分，满分10分）

106．If you work hard , you’ll succeed.

_____   _____ and you’ll succeed.

107．The pictures that hangs on the wall is a gift from my nephew．

    The pictures _______ on the wall is a gift from my nephew．

108．As it is written in simple English, the book is easy to understand.

_______ in simple English, the book is easy to understand.

109．He didn’t find that he had got his wallet stolen until he got off the bus．

_____   _____ he got off the bus _____ he find that he had got his wallet stolen．

110．Although it rained heavily, everyone came to the meeting on time．

______   ______   ______ the heavy rain, everyone came to the meeting on time．

40. —Shall Tom go and play football?

    —Not ________ he has finished his homework.

A. when       B. if      C. unless       D. once

 It’s obvious that his ______ to the problem is wrong, so we’d better try another way to solve it.

   A. way              B. means          C. approach          D. intention