. You can’t see things clearly through a telescope unless it is ________ correctly to your sight.

       A. treated                            B. adopted                    C. adjusted                   D. reminded

 _____  with a difficult situation, Arnold decided to ask his boss for advice.

A. Faced         B. To face            C. Having faced    D. Facing

    Listen carefully; we would like to tell you something that could save your precious time and money! Best of all, it is free! It’s “no”. What do you ask? We’ll say it again. “No”. Sweet and simple “no”.

    Say “no” at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your desk disappears. “Saying “no” to others means you are saying “yes” to yourself,” said Leslie Charles, a professional speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.

    Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say “yes” need to say “no” without guilt （內(nèi)疚） or fear of punishment.  “I would rather have someone give me a loving ‘no’ than an obligated （強(qiáng)制的）‘yes’”, she said.

    Susie Watson says she feels “no” obligation to give an explanation when she says “no” either socially or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it? “Not at all,” said Watson, who is director of advertising and public relations at Timex Corp in Middle-bury. “Most people are afraid of saying “no”. My advice is to say “yes” only if you don’t mean ‘no’.”

    Watson said “no” is the most effective weapon against wasting time. “Every year there are more demands on your time. Other people are happy to use up your time,” Watson said. Time saving appears to be “no’s” greatest friend. “No” can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take back your life. “No” may even take you further in the business world than “yes”. “No” is power and strength. “No” now seems completely correct. “Saying ‘no’ isn’t easy. But finally it’s greatly liberating,” Charles said. But, he added, a “no” project needs to be worked on every day because it is hard to change long-term habit.

But, he also warns: “Don’t go to extremes.  Don’t find yourself saying “no” to everything. In return you should learn to hear “no”.”

1. The underlined part “saying ‘yes’ to yourself” in the second paragragh means ________.

    A. you can have more time to play with others

    B. you needn’t care about other’s feeling if you are happy

    C. you are selfish and treat others rudely

    D. you can deal with your business as you have planned

2. When you say “no” to others you should say it in a ________.

    A. secret way     B. polite way         C. proud way        D. guilty way

3 In Watson’s opinion, people can save much time on condition that ________.

    A. they say “no” at a suitable time        B. they say “no” as much as possible

    C. they are afraid of saying “no”         D. they make others angry at them

4. If a person says “no” to everything, the result he or she receives may be that he or she ________.

    A. enjoys a wonderful life              B. makes a lot of money

    C. faces difficulty in life                D. forgets to say “yes” in the end

. Was it in the beautiful park _________was located by the sea ______you first met your new English teacher?

A. where; that    B. which; which         C. that; that           D.which; where

. They were surprised that a child could work out the problem ______ they themselves couldn’t.

A. once          B. while         C. then           D. if

_______ ,and the information you need will come out of your computer screen.

A.Just a moment            B.If you just wait a moment

C.Just waiting a moment    D.Just to wait a moment

第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

（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(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Louis Armstrong had two famous nicknames (綽號). Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him Pops, as a sign of respect for his influence (影響) on the world of music.

       Born in 1901 in New Orleans, be grew up poor, but lived among great musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth. Armstrong often said,“Jazz and I grew up together.”

       Armstrong showed a great talent (天賦) for music when he was taught to play the cornet (短號) at a boy’s home. In his late teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades, clubs, and on the steamboats that travelled on the Mississippi River. At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became respected as their equal.

       In 1922 he went to Chicago. There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherever he went Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song.

       His cornet playing had a deep humanity (仁愛) and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over.”He was the father of the jazz style(風(fēng)格) and also one of the best-known and most admired people in the world. His death, on July 6,1971, was headline news around the world.

1. Armstrong was called Pops because he____________

       A.looked like a musician                     B.was a musician of much influence

       C.showed an interest in music       D.travelled to play modern music

2. The third paragraph is developed______________.       

A.by space                            B.by examples            

C.by time                              D.by comparison

3. Which statement about Armstrong is true?      

       A.His tale begins in New Orleans.       

B.He was born before jazz was invented.

C.His music was popular with his listeners.

D.He learned popular music at a boy’s home.

4. Which would be the best title for the text?

       A.The Invention of the Jazz Music

       B.The Father of the Jazz Style

       C.The Making of a Musician

       D.The Spread of Popular Music

New York Times-The already crazed competition for admission to the nation’s most famous universities and colleges became even more intense (激烈的) this year, with many recording the lowest acceptance rates.

Harvard College, for example, offered admission to only 7.1 percent of the 27,462 high school seniors who applied — or, put another way, it rejected 93 of every 100 applicants, many with extraordinary achievements, like a perfect score on one of the SAT exams. Yale College accepted 8.3 percent of its 22,813 applicants. Both rates were records.

Columbia College admitted 8.7 percent of its applicants, Brown University and Dartmouth College about 13 percent, and Bowdoin College and Georgetown University 18 percent — also records.

    “We love the people we admitted, but we also love a very large number of the people who we were not able to admit,” said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean (主任) of admissions and financial aid at Harvard College.

Some colleges said they placed more students on their waiting lists than in recent years, in part because of uncertainty over how many admitted students would decide to enroll （登記入學(xué)）. Harvard and Princeton stopped accepting students through early admission this academic year; that meant that more than 1,500 students who would have been admitted in December were likely to have applied to many famous schools in the regular round.

Many factors contributed to the tightening of the competition at the most selective colleges, admissions deans said. The number of high school graduates in the nation has grown each year over the last decade and a half, experts estimate that the figure will reach the highest point this year or next, which might reduce the competition a little.

Other factors were the ease of online applications, expanded financial aid packages, an ambitious students’ applying to ever more colleges.

1．What’s the passage mainly about?

      A．Harvard has the lowest admission rate this year.

      B．Many factors have led to the intense competition.

      C．Famous universities prefer to have more students on their waiting lists.

      D．Admission to famous universities became even more difficult this year.

2．Which of the following has the highest acceptance rate this year?

      A．Yale College.                  B．Georgetown University.  

       C．Columbia College.         D．Dartmouth College.

3．How many of the 20,000 applicants would be rejected by Columbia College this year?

      A．18,260     B．1,740          C．18,350          D．1,950

III：寫作（滿分15分）

       目前，學(xué)校存在少數(shù)學(xué)生考試作弊現(xiàn)象。某英文雜志社擬對此現(xiàn)象向中學(xué)生征文，標(biāo)題是“My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations”。請根據(jù)下列提示用英語寫一篇征文稿。內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

注意：1．短文必須包括所有內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)，可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

      2．短文標(biāo)題與開頭已為你寫好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

      3．詞數(shù)：100左右。4．參考詞匯：作弊 cheat（v.）

    My Opinion on Cheating in Examinations

It is known to us all that some students cheat in examinations at school.

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.He voiced a doubt at the company meeting ______works hard can be______they want to be.

       A. that whoever, what       B. whether whoever, whatever

       C. which who, whatever   D. if who, whatever