24. The book is said to be a special one, which_____many events not found in other history books.

A. writes        B. covers        C. prints       D. Reads

4. The girl was listened______in the next room when I came back last night.

     A. to singing    B. to sing    C. singing     D. Sang

28. The Science Museum, _____ we visited during a recent trip to Britain, is one of London’s tourist attractions.

       A. which               B. what                        C. that                   D. Where

31. The cheering went on for quite some time _____ it died down and people took their seats again.

A. Before    B. Since   C. As    D. When

34．Terrible as the storm was, umbrellas tightly__________in our hands , we continued our way.

       A.to hold       B.holding        C. were  held   D .held

Section C

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and complete the passage by filling in each numbered blank with one word that fits the context.

According to The New Oxford Dictionary of English, frustration, by definition, means 48. ______ feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something. Since frustration seems to 49.______ a negative feeling, some people may be temped to think that frustration is bad for people. 50. ______ , however, hold a different view. They believe that it is beneficial to people. They say frustration goes side 51. ______ side with success and that it inspires people to overcome hardships and difficulties and 52. ______ the final success. It is thus part of our life experience. So far as I’m 53. ______ , it is 54. ______ completely good nor completely bad. In our process of growing up, we may inevitably experience it. It is a test of our courage. If we let it control us, we may fall into the abyss (深渊) of serious psychological problems. 55. ______ if we harness (利用) it and take it as our inspiration, we may finally enjoy the glory of success. 

D

Have you ever thought about what determines the way we are when we grow up? Remember the TV program Seven Up? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1973. We first meet them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and catch up with them at seven-year intervals: nervous 14-year-olds, serious 21-year-olds and then grown-ups.

Some of the stories are inspiring, others sad, but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the way in which the children’s early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives. For example, at seven, Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Niki? She says, “I would like to find out about the moon.” And she goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft-spoken Bruce says he wants to help “poor children” and ends up teaching in India.

But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come that made the program so interesting. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do when they grew up? Are children influenced by what their parents do, by what they see on television or by what their teachers say? How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors, including Steven Spielberg, say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives. Dr. Margaret McAllister, who has done a lot of research in this area, thinks that the major factors are parents, friends and their wider society.

68. What does the text mainly discuss?

    A. New ways to make a TV program interesting.

    B. The importance of TV programs to children.

    C. Different ways to make childhood dreams come true.

    D. The influence of childhood experience on future lives.

69. What does the underlined word “influenced” mean in the last paragraph?

    A. Impressed.     B. Improved.        C. Affected.          D. Attracted.

70. What are the examples in Paragraph 2 meant to show?

    A. Many people’s childhood hopes are related to their future jobs.

    B. There are many poor children in India who need help.

    C. Children have different dreams about their future.

    D. A lot of people are very sad in their childhood.

71. Spielberg’s story is meant to show that _______.

    A. going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about society

    B. a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown-up

    C. parents and friends can help a child grow up properly

    D. films have more influence on a child than teachers do

第二节  书面表达（满分25分）

    近年来，孔子学院如雨后春笋，中国文化在世界范围内迅速传播。请你为某英语国家当地一家报纸写一篇介绍孔子学院的英语短文，内容如下：

注意：1．词数100左右；

          2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。  

参考词汇：孔子学院Confucius lnstitute；哲学家philosopher  推广popularize

23．I was going to offer you some cake but there’s________left．   

A．none         B．nothing          C．no one          D．No

17．I _______there little more than a week when I set to work with the scientist.

       A．would be  B．had been   C．have been D．will be