A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000．The bank officer says  the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”
Laughing, the businessman replies, “Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for $15?”
小題1:The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of _________.

A．borrowing $5,000	B．meeting the loan officer
C．finding a place to park his car	D．showing how rich he is

小題2:The loan officer is puzzled because _________.

A．he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank

B．he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank

C．he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce

D．he thinks $5,000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman

小題3:The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_________”.

A．security

B．payment

C．reward

D．deal

小題4:Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?

A．Honest.

B．Clever.

C．Rich.

D．Kind.

對話填空  (滿分10分)

K="Kathy" M=Mum M: Kathy, have you decided what you’re going to do in the vacation? K: I need to (76) e______ some money. I’d try to find a job looking after children. What do you think, Mum? It’s not an easy job and you don’t have any (77)p­­­______  knowledge about (78) c______. Some children could be noisy and(79) b_______ behaved. Do you have any other ideas? K: Not (80) r________. I don’t think much of the jobs I’ve seen (81) a________ in the newspaper. (A week later) M: Kathy, are you still looking for a children job? K: No, Mum. I (82) m______ to tell you earlier. I’ve been offered a job in the office of the local computer factory and it’s well (83) p______. I’ve decided to take it and will start on Monday. M: Good! Tell me more  (84) d______ about the job. K: I will work as a  (85) s_______, typing letters, answering phone calls and so on. M: You will find it busy and boring, so you need to be patient and careful. K: Thank you, Mum. I’ll try my best.

76．_____________ 77．_____________ 78．_____________ 79．_____________ 80．_____________ 81．_____________ 82．____________ 83．____________ 84．____________ 85．____________

  Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Few places have as much ancient history and modern knowledge to offer to students as Egypt. In addition to being the site of many of the world’s greatest wonders, Egypt also hosts two major religious institutions. Al-Azhar University is one of the oldest Islamic institutions for higher studies. The head of Al-Azhar is traditionally regarded as the ruler of Sunni Muslims all over the world.
Al-Azhar University had long been known as the most archaic university in the world until 2004, when archaeologists unearthed the site of what was believed to be the first ever ivory tower in the world in the northern seaside city of Alexandria.
What the archaeological team found were 13 lecture halls that could accommodate up to 5,000 students each. These lecture halls are believed to be the University of Alexandria, home of famous Greek scholars like Archimedes and Euclid during the ancient city’s golden era.
This discovery shows that Egypt was a centre for education and learning in the early world civilizations. Its tradition of scholarship was evident even from the Pharaonic Age（法老時代）, which boasted engineering wonders such as the pyramids as well as the scientific wonder of mummies, all of which still exist tod ay.
During the Islamic Age, Egypt became the regional academic centre for Islamic study and Arabic language and literature. Her popularity with scholars from all over the world grew with the establishment of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, in 975.
Today, it remains a popular destination for international scholars, especially those from the Arab world, Africa, Asia and Europe, but like most modern Egyptian universities, Al-Azhar has been equipped with the latest technologies to cope with new demands from the modern world, and is an ideal place for students from all over the world.
Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word “ archaic” .(one word)
Why has Al-Azhar been equipped with the latest technologies?(no more than 9 word)
What is the passage mainly about ?(no more than 6 word)
What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?(no more than 9 word)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(溫度計)for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear. _______71______ . We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don’t feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.
Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.
Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide._____72_______ .
The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水銀)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收縮). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube.______73______.
First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole.
_______74____________.
Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily.
_______75___________.
As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.

A．We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives.

B．Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled.

C．Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work.

D．The water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher.

E. They label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees.
F. Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal(把..粘住) them together.
G. People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
Choosing the right job is probably one of the most important decisions we have to make in life, and it is frequently one of the hardest decisions we have to make. One important question that you might ask yourself is: “How do I get a good job?”___71___.
There are people who can answer an insignificant advertisement in the local paper and land the best job in the world; others write to all sorts of places all over the country, and never seem to get a reply at all. Still others believe that the in person, door-to-door approach is by far the best way to get a job; and then there are those who, through no active decision of their own, just seem to be in the right place at the right time. ___72____.He used to spend a lot of his free time down by the sea watching the tall ships, but never thinking that he might one day sail one of them. His father was a farmer, and being a sailor could never be anything for the boy but an idle dream. One day, on his usual wandering, he heard the captain of the ship complaining that he could not sail because one member of his crew was sick. Without stopping to think, the lad（少年）offered to take his place. ___73___.
__74__.If the lad had gone home to ponder（考慮） his decision for a week, he may have missed his chance. It is one thing to be offered an opportunity; it is another thing to take it and use it well.
Sometimes we hear stories about people who break all the rules and still seem to land plum jobs（美差）. When you go for a job interview or fill out an application, you are expected to say nice things about the company to which you are applying. ___75___.And within a year this person had become general manger of the company.

A．This story also illustrates the importance of seizing an opportunity when it presents itself.

B．People find jobs in an infinite number of ways.

C．it’s almost impossible to find a good job by answering advertisement in newspapers

D．Take for example the young man who wanted to be a sailor.

E. But there was one person who landed an excellent job by telling the interviewer all the company’s faults.
F. He spent the rest of his life happily sailing the ships he had always loved.
G. It is very important to seize an opportunity when it presents itself.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange, red? ___71___. Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference, as well as the effect that colours have on human beings. ___72___ . If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
___73___. A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. ___74___ . A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides(自殺) than any other bridge in the area---until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
___75___. It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.

A．On the other hand, black is depressing.

B．They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favourite colour as grow up --- we are born with our preference.

C．The rooms are painted in different colours as you like.

D．If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.

E. Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active.
F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colours.
G. Colours do influence our moods---there is no doubt about it

當今社會“感恩”話題盛行，總有一些有關(guān)感恩的人和事會讓我們思考良久。這篇閱讀表達題會給我們一些很好的啟示，讓我們有深深的感悟。
Our little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper，and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron，she read it，and this is what it said：For cutting the grass $5. 00For cleaning up my room this week $1. 00For going to the store for you $0. 50
Baby－sitting my kid brother while you went shopping $0. 25
Taking out the garbage $1. 00
For getting a good report card $5. 00
For cleaning up and raking the yard $2. 00
Total owed: $14. 75
Well，I’ll tell you，his mother looked at him standing there expectantly，and boy，could I see the memories flashing through her mind. So she picked up the pen，turned over the paper he’d written on，and this is what she wrote：
For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me，No Charge.
For all the nights that I’ve sat up with you，doctored and prayed for you，No Charge.
For all the trying times，and all the tears that you’ve caused through the years，there’s No Charge.
For all the nights that were filled with dread，and for the worries I knew were ahead，No Charge
For the toys，food，clothes，and even wiping your nose，there’s No Charge，Son.
When you___________________，the cost of my love is No Charge.
Well，friends，when our son finished reading what his mother had written，there were great big old tears in his eyes，and he looked straight up at his mother and said：“Mom，I sure do love you. ”And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote：“PAID IN FULL”.
1. What’s the best title of the passage?
                                                                          
2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Although you have brought me hard times and many tears in these years, you needn’t pay for them.
                                                                          
3. Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（within ten words）
                                                                          
4. What do you learn after reading the passage? （within 30 words）
                                                                          
5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑
There was a stranger at my doorstep this morning. I was a little __36__ at first because my parents warned me not to talk to strangers, __37__ he seemed to be a fellow student in my college so I began to calm down soon after.
__38__ in old but neatly pressed clothes, the tall boy began explaining his __39__. He told me about his school fees and said that the time __40__ his exam was approaching. Though his grades were excellent, he would not be __41__ to take his exams if he failed to __42__ the money for all of the tuition fees. He was studying Computer Applications in my city. __43__ I had friends studying the same course in my college, __44__ meant that I could ask them all about him.
The boy was still $ 2,500 short of the $ 30,000 that his tuition __45__. He was having a hard time, and he had a bad family situation __46__. I didn’t have much money, so I gave him an __47__ foreign book on computer languages. I thought that he __48__ could not afford such a textbook. I also remembered that I had won $ 500 in a contest. I __49__ the entire $ 500 to my newly made friend and __50__ him good luck with his exams.
When you are in college, __51__ is very important __52__ to buy new textbooks or to hang out with friends. When I saw this fellow, I was __53__ of my other friends, many of whom were excellent, but were __54__ to pay for their education. This replaced all the hesitation and __55__ in my mind with generosity.
Since then, I have never wasted even a single coin on anything that I don’t need.
36．A．a(chǎn)mused               B．interested            C．scared                 D．satisfied
37．A．but                     B．therefore             C．besides                D．now that  
38．A．Dressing             B．Dressed               C．To dress              D．To be dressed
39．A．question              B．study                  C．a(chǎn)im                     D．problem
40．A．of                       B．in                       C．for                      D．to
41．A．suggested            B．a(chǎn)llowed               C．a(chǎn)sked                  D．required
42．A．catch hold of       B．come up with       C．make up for         D．take possession of
43．A．Fortunately         B．Simply                C．Sometimes          D．Quickly
44．A．where                 B．what                   C．that                     D．which
45．A．used                   B．needed                C．cost                    D．took
46．A．a(chǎn)s usual               B．a(chǎn)s well                C．a(chǎn)s yet                  D．a(chǎn)s a whole
47．A．informal             B．ordinary              C．extra                   D．expensive
48．A．surely                 B．finally                 C．probably             D．regularly
49．A．handed in            B．handed over         C．handed down       D．handed out
50．A．wished                B．hoped                 C．wanted                D．told
51．A．friendship           B．luck                    C．money                D．health
52．A．whether              B．how                    C．if                        D while
53．A．charged            B．a(chǎn)ccused               C．warned             D．reminded                         
54．A．struggling           B．studying              C．willing                D．unwilling  
55．A．excitement          B．doubt                  C．belief                  D．faith

對話填空 （滿分10分）
請認真閱讀下列對話，并根據(jù)各題所給的首字母的提示，在答題卡右欄中標有題目的橫線上，寫出一個英語單詞的完整、正確的形式，使對話通順。

--- Math department, Doctor Webster （76） s____.                                          --- Hello, Professor Webster, this is Janet Wang calling. I’m living next （77） t ____ your teaching assistant, Ken Williams, Ken asked me to call you （78） b_____ he has lost his voice and can’t talk to you （79） h____.             --- Lost his （80） v____? Oh, what a sham! Is there anything I can do for you?       --- Well, Ken has a class this afternoon from two thirty to four and he won’t be able to （81） t____ it, but he doesn’t want to cancel it either.                       --- Want me to try to find somebody else to teach the class? --- No, not （82） e_____. What he wants to do is to get someone to go in for him, just to pass back the mid-term exam papers. He’s already marked them and they are on the desk in his office. The whole thing wouldn’t （83） t____ more than ten minutes. --- His class （84） b____ at two thirty, eh? Well, I’m afraid at that time I’ll be on （85） c____ anyway, so I can do it for him.                                                                                       --- Thank you very much, Professor Webster.

76．________________ 77.________________ 78.________________ 79．________________ 80．________________ 81.________________ 82．________________ 83.________________ 84．________________ 85．________________

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could __36__ tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 38 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   39  English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained_ 40  .
I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that  41 because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   42 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 43    .
One more test before the final exam. One more  44 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time.   45  The meaning of the word “thorough”. But my  46__    did no good and everything  47  as before.
The last hurdle(障礙) was the final. No matter what   48  I got, it wouldn’t cancel three C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   49  goodbye.
I stopped working head. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even  50 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have  51__with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into professor Jayne’s office. He  52__ to be expecting me. “If I gave you the As you  53 , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”
I stared at him.  54 That his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   55 , as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
36.  A. take        B. discuss      C. cover         D. get
37.  A. sought      B. presented    C. exchanged     D. obtained
38.  A. shocked     B. worried      C. scared        D. anxious
39.  A. but         B. so          C. for           D. or
40.  A. unchanged   B. unpleasant   C. unfriendly     D. unmoved
41.  A. reflected     B. meant       C. improved     D. affected
42.  A. quarreled    B. reasoned     C. bargained     D. chatted
43.  A. attitude      B. mind        C. plan         D. view
44.  A. choice       B. step         C. chance       D. measure
45.  A. memorized    B. considered   C. accepted      D. learned
46.  A. ambition      B. confidence   C. effort         D. method
47.  A. stayed        B. went        C. worked       D. changed
48.  A. grade         B. answer      C. lesson        D. comment
49.  A. scholarship     B. course      C. degree       D. subject
50.  A. helped         B. favored     C. treated       D. relaxed
51.  A. fun            B. luck      C. problems      D. tricks.
52.  A. happened       B. proved     C. pretended     D. seemed
53.  A. valued         B. imagined    C. expected     D. welcomed
54.  A. remembering    B. guessing    C. supposing    D. realizing
55.  A. out            B. over       C. on           D. off