第三部分:閱讀理解（共20小題;每小題2分, 滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每篇短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

It was my first day at school in London and I was half-excited and half-frightened. On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and rehearsed (practiced) all the answers: “I am nine years old. I was born here but I haven’t lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. It’s about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide not to risk it.

    No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”, but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all the curiosity my arrival aroused.

    My teacher was called Mr Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didn’t stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens’ birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class, said: “Timbuktu”, and Mr Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me. I said: “Portsmouth”, and everyone stared at me because Mr Jones said I was right. This didn’t make me very popular, of course.

    “He thinks he’s clever,” I heard Brian say.

    After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brian’s team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.

    “He’s big enough and useless enough,” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me.

    I suppose Mr Jones remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty. As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right, I threw myself down instinctively and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were grazed and bleeding. Brian took out a handkerchief and offered it to me.

    “Do you want to join my gang (team)?” he said.

    At the end of the day, I was no longer a stranger.

51．The writer prepared to answer all of the following questions EXCEPT “________”.

    A. How old are you?                                              B. When did you come back to London?

    C. Do you want to join my gang?              D. where are you from?

52．We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. boys were usually unfriendly to new students   

B. the writer was glad to be a goalkeeper

C. Brian praised the writer for his cleverness

D. the writer was not greeted as he expected

53．The underlined part “I didn’t stand out” in paragraph 3 means that the writer was not ________.

    A. noticeable                      B. outstanding                            C. important                       D. welcome

54．The writer was offered a handkerchief because ________.

A. he threw himself down and saved the goal        

B. he was no longer a new comer

C. he was beginning to be accepted                          

D. he pushed a player on the other team

He worked hard and achieved what he set out to do, but ________ what he had owned, including his health and his marriage.

         A. at the mercy of    B. at the risk of  C. at the cost of  D. at the service of

 I left Jack__________the suitcase while I went to get the tickets.

    A. in favour of                              B. in ease of

    C. in need of                              D. in charge of

There is no doubt _____ they will win the game.

A. that         B. when        C. why       D. what

Tom went to the teacher’s office to ______ the watch someone had found on the playground.

     A. sell             B. buy                   C. select              D. claim

It was impossible to avoid _____ by his opinion。

   A。 affecting     B。 to be affected      C。 affected       D。 being affected

第二節(jié)：完形填空(共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

    閱讀下面短文，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。

I have learned to expect gifts from Cod in the form of people．People who I meet for a few

seconds，a few hours or even for   16  ．

     My wife and I   17   a short train ride on an old train．It was   18   of her birthday plan．I was expecting to meet someone new who would   19   at our table．That was to be my

  20   for that day．

     We weren’t seated for two minutes   21   I heard，“Would you mind if I   22   you?”I replied，“  23  ．1 was expecting you!”

     He was in his early sixties and   24   introduced himself．But for the following 45    minutes，he never stopped   25   loudly．If there was a pause in the conversation，it was because   26   on the train was giving us some background information about the old train

  27  ，this gentleman kept speaking to us about himself．Some things he said were very interesting．but most was a complaint about his experience as a   28   and different types of law．He never asked   29   of us what we did

     So．if   30   did send him，what was the message this time?

He needed   31   and I needed to be reminded how important it was to listen to people，

  32   for a few seconds．a(chǎn) few hours or for a lifetime．Perhaps I was sent to him．Maybe he was

  33   to God to meet someone who   34  ．

     God gave us two ears and one mouth，because we need to listen   35   as much as we speak．

16．A．a(chǎn) lifetime             B．a(chǎn) few months       C．several years           D．a(chǎn) long time

17．A．put                      B．enjoyed               C．took                             D．planned

18．A．part                     B．gift                     C．dream                    D．intention

19．A．explain                B．glare                   C．come                     D．sit

20．A．inspiration                  B．expectation          C．gift                        D．conversation

21．A．a(chǎn)fter                    B．when                   C．suddenly                D．before

22．A．seated                  B．joined in              C．talked with             D．joined

23．A．Go ahead             B．Never mind          C．Forget it                D．With pleasure

24．A．formally              B．politely                C．immediately           D．intelligently

25．A．complaining          B．weeping               C．talking                   D．laughing

26．A．a(chǎn) tour guide           B．a(chǎn) conductor          C．a(chǎn) consumer             D．a(chǎn) trainer

27．A．However             B．Sometimes           C．Moreover               D．Otherwise

28．A．supporter             B．professor             C．mayor                    D．1awyer

29．A．each                    B．every                   C．either                     D．one

30．A．someone              B．God                    C．my wife                 D．the train

31．A．to improve           B．to talk                 C．to control               D．to target

32．A．once                    B．by contrast           C．if only                   D．other than

33．A．praying               B．talking                 C．desiring                 D．begging

34．A．should listen          B．maybe listen         C．must listen             D．would listen

35．A．much more            B．twice                   C．with two                D．a(chǎn) lot more

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44．Which position is most suitable for a retired person?

       A．Part-time Shop Assistant.

       B．Teaching Assistant in Hania’s Playschool.

       C．Weekend Workin Rubberlast Group Ltd.

       D．Teaching Assistant in the University of Bristol.

45．If you have good computer skills and recently graduated from university (English degree), which jobs can you apply for?

       A．Job 1,2 and 7.  B．Job 3,4 and 6.  C．Job 4,6 and 7.  D．Job 2,3 and 5.

46．Which is the only position that has a formal educational requirement?

       A．Full Time Secretary at United Business Ltd.

       B．Home Delivery Representative for Yorkshire Post.

       C．Teaching Assistant at Hania’s Playschool.

       D．University Positions at the University of Bristol.

Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. (本題做在第二卷答題紙上)

85.母親被認為是每個孩子的第一位老師。（regard）

86.瑪麗一聲不響，她一定很失望。(must)

87.迄今為止，還沒有學(xué)生進過新建的學(xué)校閱覽室。(enter)

88.沒有和他接觸過的人不太會知道他的真實想法。（it）

89.離開家鄉(xiāng)多年以后，他常常夢到老宅前的小河和無憂無慮的童年生活。（dream）

90.無論天氣如何惡劣，志愿者們都會想方設(shè)法，做到每天按時將飯菜送到每一位老人的家中（manage）

You can hardly find a ______ comforting film than “Slumdog Millionaire” to encourage people in a time of economic crisis.

         A. most    B. more    C. so         D. /