Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other.
To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He will tell you who he expects will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times his age.
Most schools in England take football seriously-much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all very important and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter filling a boy’s mind with facts in the classroom: education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games; where a boy or girl has to learn to work with others for his or her team, instead of working for oneself alone. The school therefore plans games and matches for its students. Football is a good team game. It is good both for the body and the mind. That’s why it is every school’s game in England.
67. In passage 1, by “this” the author means ________.
A. people often go to football games.     
B. people, rich and poor, young and old, play football
C. football is the most popular game in England
D. people usually shout at each other in a football match
68. In England school boys seem _________ about football games.
A. not to know much         B. to know a great deal
C. know little               D. know nothing
69. In England, a boy’s opinion of a match is often ________.
A. three or four times better than that of adults
B. worse than that of adults
C. as good as that of adults
D. worth considering three or four times than adults
70. In almost all European schools, lessons are_______.
A. left for the children themselves
B. what the children like best
C. as important as football games
D. considered the most important
71. In England, education means_______.
A. filling a boy’s mind with stories
B. more than the teaching of knowledge
C. the teaching of knowledge only
D. training character by means of football games

第二節(jié)完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，撐握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項
Time is the easiest thing in the world to waste—the most difficult to control. When
you look ahead, it may appear you have 36        you need. Yet it has a way of slipping 37        your fingers like quicksand. You may suddenly find that there is no way to stretch the little time you have 38        to cover all your obligations. For example,
39           a beginning student looking ahead to a full term you may feel that you have an oversupply of time on your hands.40         toward the end of the term you may be
41         because you are running out of time. How can you do? —Control!
Time is 42        . If you don't control it, it will control you. If you don't make it work for you, it will 43        you. You must become the master of time, not the servant. “Study hard and play hard” is an old saying, but it still 44       . You have plenty of time for classes, study, work, and play if you use your time 45        . It is not how much time you 46          for study that counts but how much you learn when you do study.
Too much wasted time is 47         medicine. The more time you waste, the easier it is to continue wasting time. Soon, doing nothing becomes a habit you can't 48        . You will be 49        to wasting time. When this happens, you 50       your feeling of accomplishment and you fall by the wayside. A full schedule is a good schedule. Some students 51          to hear the time message. They refuse to 52        the fact that college life demands some53             of time control. There is no escape. So what's the next step? If you seriously want to get the time message, the next passage will give it to you. 54           — it will not only improve your grades but also free you to        55         college life more.
36．A．less than            B．more than         C．rather than        D．other than
37．A．by                B．between           C．through           D．on
38．A．saved            B．left               C．remained          D．wasted
39．A．since              B．because            C．for              D．a(chǎn)s
40．A．Although          B．But                C．Therefore         D．Otherwise
41．A．a(chǎn)ngry             B．brave              C．worried           D．eager
42．A．money            B．friendly            C．enough           D．dangerous
43．A．work out           B．work on           C．work at            D．work against
44．A．makes sense         B．makes no use        C．makes up          D．makes it
45．A．immediately        B．properly            C．a(chǎn)pparently         D．shortly
46．A．a(chǎn)llocate            B．spend              C．save              D．take
47．A．bad               B．good           C．useful             D．a(chǎn)lternative
48．A．get along with      B．get close to         C．get rid of          D．get down to
49．A．crazy              B．a(chǎn)chieve             C．catch              D．lose
51．A．hesitate            B．refuse              C．.like              D．want
52．A．a(chǎn)ccept             B．receive            C．ignore             D．imagine
53．A．disagreement        B．a(chǎn)greement         C．degree             D．standard
54．A．Forget             B．Remind           C．Think             D．Remember
55．A．hate               B．enjoy              C．dislike             D．a(chǎn)ssess

In the early part of the twentieth century, racism was widespread in the United States. Many African Americans were not given equal opportunities in education or employment. Marian Anderson (1897-1993) was an African American woman who gained fame as a concert singer in this climate of racism. She was born in Philadelphia and sang in church choirs during her childhood. When she applied for admission to a
local music school in 1917, she was turned down because she was black. Unable to attend music school, she began her career as a singer for church gatherings. In 1929, she went to Europe to study voice and spent several years performing there. Her voice was widely praised throughout Europe. Then she returned to the US in 1935 and became a top concert singer after performing at Town Hall in New York City.
Racism again affected Anderson in 1939. When it was arranged for her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution opposed it because of her color. She sang instead at the Lincoln Memorial for over 75 000 people. In 1955, Anderson became the first black soloist to sing win the Metropolitan Opera of New York City. The famous conductor Toscanini praised her voice as “heard only once in a hundred years”. She was a US delegate to the United Nations in 1958 and won the UN peace prize in 1977. Anderson eventually triumphed over racism.
60．According to this passage, what did Marian Anderson do between 1917 and 1929?
A．She studied at a music school. B．She sang for religious activities.
C．She sang at Town Hall in New York.      D．She studied voice in Europe.
61．Toscanini thought that Marian Anderson             .
A．had a very rare voice      B．sang occasionally in public
C．sang only once in many years  D．was seldom heard by people
62．Anderson’s beautiful voice was first recognized         .
A．a(chǎn)t the Lincoln Memorial  B．in Washington, DC.
C．in Europe        D．a(chǎn)t the United Nations
63．This passage shows that Anderson finally defeated racism in the US by                   .
A．protesting to the government  B．a(chǎn)ppealing to the United Nations
C．demonstrating in the streets     D．working hard to perfect her art

第二節(jié)完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
“Dad, I’m sure I can do it well this time, I promise.” I said to myself and went up to the stage and began my play ...
Finally I __36__ from my piano and took a bow to the people in the hall. There was a __37__ and then loud applause (掌聲) burst out. I knew I __38__ it. Tears filled my eyes. Then I __39__ three years ago right here when it was my turn to play. I __40__ the hall and saw my dad. He sat at the end of a __41__ with a serious face.
Suddenly I became __42__. I had practiced my piece for months, __43__ then it seemed there was something wrong with my fingers. I forced out some __44__ tune and left the stage in tears. I __45__.
On the way home my father didn’t say even a word. He just __46__ the car in silence. I didn’t say anything either. What could I say, really, after what I’d done? I knew how __47__ Dad worked to earn enough money __48__ my piano. That time he was __49__ to come to a competition(比賽), but I let him down.
I didn’t remember how we got home. Dad never said a word the entire way home, and he never __50__ one of my competitions again. I never got over the hurt of having __51__ the person I most wanted to make proud. I’d __52__ more than my competition that afternoon. I felt as if I’d lost the key to my father’s heart, and he died before I could __53__ it again.
“God, why didn’t you give me a __54__ to make it up to him?” I’d often asked.
I won first prize in the contest now. How I wish my father could share the __55__ moment with me!
36.   A. dropped     B. rose       C. turned         D. slid
37.   A. silence    B. noise      C. laughter        D. shout
38.   A. got        B. missed          C. made         D. caught
39. A. thought      B. realized      C. understood     D. remembered
40.   A. looked up   B. looked around    C. looked out  D. looked over
41.   A. seat       B. row       C. group         D. team
42.   A. nervous      B. excited       C. sick           D. tried
43    A. and       B. though      C. but            D. so
44.   A. soft       B. moving      C. nice           D. terrible
45.   A. succeeded   B. won       C. failed         D. disappeared
46.   A. drove     B. started     C. washed          D. repaired
47.   A. quickly      B. hard       C. warmly         D. happily
48.   A. on         B. in              C. for             D. with
49.   A. sad        B. happy     C. able           D. unable
50.   A. attended     B. noticed       C. heard         D. cared
51.   A. pleased      B. surprised    C. disappointed      D. satisfied
52.   A. felt        B. lost        C. made         D. learned
53.   A. open      B. close      C. forget         D. find
54.   A. piano     B. duty       C. chance              D. contest
55.   A. exciting     B. surprising   C. interesting     D. relaxing

I don' t know if I am missing the greatest pleasure of my life. I am no fan of computer games. Some guys forget themselves and forget day and night when they play games. For example, a colleague has been playing since 1 o’clock this morning and now it is 7 o'clock. He is still commanding his army of little people to attack strange-looking animals. Some games could be fun, 1 admit, and it is therefore understandable that such a game catches players. For example, games like Red Storm or some role-play games, you do something and try to outwit(智勝) your computer. You get some fun out of these games. It is understandable that such a game pushes you into a pitfall(陷阱) of pleasures. But some games look quite stupid and simple. Again for example, my colleague has been interested in Stone Age, a cartoon-like game rooted in prehistoric time. The game is well made, full of strange people and animals and you can play on line with partners. You can have reference books to study so as to shortcut your rivals(對手) and increase your own conquering power.
I believe some kinds of games are really created for adults. But seeing these adults play the simple games with such interest, I just wonder if there is something wrong with me and if I am losing the greatest possible fun of my life. I ask why I don’t bother playing such games and why I seem to have some aversion(討厭) to such games. I have no answers. Certainly computer games is no my idea of a good time. I would rather listen to some music or read a book. Take music for example. Good music tops my list of pleasures. Nothing could beat music, all in a harmony of sounds and emotions. But how about games? Why am I so strongly biased(偏見) against such games?
61.   From the passage we know that ______.
A. the author is a fan of computer games
B. the author spends much time playing computer games
C. the author once played a whole night
D. the author doesn't like playing computer games
62.   In this passage, the author tells us a fact that ______.
A. some computer games are interesting enough to attract people
B. many people fall into a dangerous pitfall
C. many people are suffering a lot from the computer games
D. computer games are pitfalls for most players
63.   The underlined word "bother" here means ______.
A. make trouble     B. take an interest in      C. disturb       D. confuse
64.   The author has a pleasure to ______.
A. make a computer game     B. read books
C. listen to good music  D. ask himself questions

When you are talking to somebody at a party, do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? General1y, if the person is someone you really want to talk to, you will focus on him. Most other people will only get about half of your attention.
You may think that this is OK, because if you don’t really want to talk to him, then what does it matter if you don’t give him your full attention? Consider two things. First, you may just not realize the importance of that conversation. If you are at a networking meeting and you hope to meet the CEO of Company X, but you end up talking to someone who has a low-level job at a different company, then you may let your attention wander (走神) as you speak to him. But maybe you don’t realize that this person has already met the CEO and could introduce you. Do you think he will do that if he feels you don’t really care about speaking to him? This doesn’t mean you need to spend the whole time talking to him. Five or ten minutes of real attentive (專心的) conversation can be worth 30 minutes to an hour of partial attention.
Second, whether you want to speak to someone is based on the situation. You can love your wife, but if she tries to talk to you while you are watching something you like on TV, where is your attention going? Make your own decision, but if you want her to feel valued, give her your 100% attention. The nice thing is that in many cases you can give her your attention for a few minutes and then return to what you were doing. You miss very little, she feels valued, and all is good.
60．The author’s opinion is made believable mainly by ________.
A. giving examples    B. using figures     C. asking questions       D. description
61．The second paragraph mainly tells you that ________.
A. you should focus on whoever you are talking to
B. you should be interested in everyone at a party
C. you can refuse to talk to someone you don’t like at a party
D. you should be patient with everyone at a party
62．A person who has a low-level job probably ________.
A. would like to talk to you                   B. is the one you’re looking for
C. wants to make friends with you         D. is well worth focusing on
63. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Always be friendly to others at a party.
B. Improve your communication skills by focusing on others.
C. It is important for you to be active at a party. 
D. You should respect your wife at any time.

第二節(jié)：信息匹配 (共5小題，每題2分，滿分10分)
下面是一篇應(yīng)用文及其應(yīng)用場合的信息，請閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及其信息，并按要求匹配信息。首先，請閱讀下列信息：

A．Jenny’s problem Dear Sir， I’m a high school student and l will have to change clothes for P.E. I’m quite fat，So I’m worried that other girls in my class will look down upon me．What should I do if that really happens? Help!

B．Alice’s problem Dear Sir， I have a best friend．The problem is sometimes she takes advantage on me．We go out to shop together and she always wastes her money on junk．Then she borrows money from me with a promise to return，which she never does!

C．Lily’s problem． Dear Sir， I always have a lot of homework．Sometimes I have so much that I have no way out but cry．I’m so nervous that I can’t go to sleep at night．What should I do?

D．Sandy’s problem

Dear Sir，
One of my friends is a great dancer! One day I said some bad words on her dancing，which probably hurt her feelings．Now she won’t dance at all．How can I get her back to dance again?
E．Kate’s problem
    Dear Sir，
I clean my desk every day at school，and it makes all my friends think that I’m a germ freak(有潔僻的人)．I don’t want to be made fun of，but I want to stay healthy．What should I do?
F．Jane’s problem
Dear Sir，
One of my friend’s friends just told me he likes me! I’m glad，but I don’t think he could be my boyfriend．At the same time I don’t want to hurt him．What should I do?
請閱讀以下建議人所提出的建議，然后匹配提建議人和相關(guān)問題，以上問題有一項多余。
______71．Mr. Brown’s advice
Your friend should not take advantage on you this way unless she is allowed．Next time when she asks to borrow money，please remind her politely of the previous money she owed you．
______72．Mr. White’s advice
If people laugh at you，tell yourself that at least you are not as sick as they are．
______73．Mr. Black’s advice
You need a plan．A school planner will help keep a track of what you need to do
______74．Mr. Green’s advice
If you don’t want to hurt the friendship，you could use your parents as an excuse．
______75．Mr. Jackson’s advice
It’s normal to be nervous about something like that．It’s important，though，to be comfortable and confident with your body．

第二部分：閱讀理解（共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項A、B、C、D中，選出最佳選項。
A farmer was put in prison. One day, he got a letter from his wife.
“I am worried about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes, but I can’t do all the digging by myself.”
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, “Don’t dig the fields. This is where my gold is. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”
A few days later, the farmer got another letter from his wife. It said, “Two days ago, about ten prison guards came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our fields.”
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes.” he wrote.
46. Why was the farmer put in prison?   ________.
A. Because he had done something wrong
 Because he had a lot of gold in the fields
C. The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prison
D. For nothing
47. The farmer told his wife ____ first.
A. not to dig the fields                B.to dig the fields
C. to ask the prison guards for help      D. to find the gold in the fields
48. Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields?________.
A. They wanted to help the farmer   B.Their leader ordered them to do so
C. The farmer asked them to do so   D. They wanted to find out the gold
49. Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once ? Because _____.
A. their fields had been dug
B.the gold was found out
C. the prison guards asked him to do so
D. the prison guards were digging the fields

Many years ago, when I was first out of school and working in Danver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Messouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Okiahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款臺）, I said hello to an old couple who were also paying for gas. I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon after, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(電池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford shop(a shop selling cars)was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment; so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks, I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank-you, and it meant a lot, he said.
“Thank you”-- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.
57. The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City___________.
A. to visit a friend              B. to see his parents
C. to pay at the cash register       D. to have more gas for his car
58. The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “___________ ”
A. turned off       B.moved off    C. put up     D. set up
59. What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B.The couples sent him a business card.
C. The couple offered to help him.
D. He called his friend for help.
60.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show__________.
A. how to write a thank-you letter     B. how to deal with car problems
C. the kindheartedness of old people    D. the importance of expressing thanks

第二節(jié): 完形填空（共 20 小題; 每小題 1．5 分, 滿分 30 分）
A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train．After getting off the train, they walked without an    36     into the outer office of Harvard’s president．So they were stopped by his secretary and kept    37   ．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  38  that the couple would finally become disappointed and    39  ．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though  40 ．
A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  41  face．The lady told him, “We had a son that  42  Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was  43  here．But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to  44  a memorial（紀念物）to him, somewhere on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved ．Instead, he was    45  ．“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this place would look like a   46   ,” “Oh, no,” the lady  47  quickly．“We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a  48  to Harvard．” The president rolled his eyes and  49  at the couple and then exclaimed（喊道）, ” A building! Do you have any  50  how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was  51  , because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a  52  ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded． 53  their offer was turned down．Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University     54   after them , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer  55  about．
36．A．choice      B．decision        C．a(chǎn)cquaintance    D．a(chǎn)ppointment
37．A．waiting    B．standing   C．sitting         D．talking
38．A．hoping     B．finding     C．realizing      D．imagining
39．A．go down   B．go out      C．go away       D．go around
40．A．hopelessly B．carefully   C．unexpectedly    D．unwillingly
41．A．pleasant    B．funny       C．cold         D．sad
42．A．a(chǎn)ttended   B．visited      C．studied        D．served
43．A．clever       B．brave     C．proud          D．happy
44．A．set about   B．set up       C．set down      D．set off
45．A．satisfied    B．excited     C．shocked       D．a(chǎn)shamed
46．A．park     B．cemetery  C．garden        D．museum
47．A．explained  B．expressed  C．refused        D．a(chǎn)dmitted
48．A．building   B．yard     C．playground      D．square
49．A．laughed    B．shouted     C．glanced        D．called
50．A．suggestion       B．idea   C．thought        D．opinion
51．A．bored              B．a(chǎn)stonished C．interested  D．pleased
52．A．department      B．university C．business    D．club
53．A．Once         B．While       C．Since     D．Though
54．A．named      B．looked       C．taken      D．followed
55．A．talked       B．knew        C．heard     D．cared