We ________ last night, but we went to the concert instead.

A. must have studied          B. might study              C. should have studied       D. would study

For more than a decade, experts from across the globe ________ on the cure of the disease that way.

A. worked                    B. are working                     C. have been working   D. were working

 The new teacher made a strong _____ on all of us by her humorous speech

  A. intention    B. impression      C. expression        D. suggestion

History is _____ a subject which only lets us know something in history.

A. not more than B. less than          C. more than                  D. no more than

----Why do you suggest we buy a new air conditioner?  

    ----Because the old one has been damaged_____

    A. beyond reach   B. beyond repair   C. beyond control  D. beyond description

第三部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）

第一節(jié) （共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）

閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A,B,C,D)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng).

                           A well-dressed man came into a famous jeweler shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl (珍珠) for his wife's birthday and that the price didn't matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that cost $ 5,000. He paid for the pearl, shook hands with the jeweler and left.

    A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality(質(zhì)地) as she wanted a pair of earrings (耳環(huán)) made. "Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?" said the man. The jeweler replied,   "I would say it's nearly impossible to find an exact one like that pearl.”

    The rich man asked the jeweler to advertise(登廣告) in the newspapers, and offered $25,000 for the  matching pearl. Many people answered the ad(廣告), but nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came in. To his surprise, she pulled the wonderful pearl from her handbag. "I don't like to sell it," she said sadly. "I inherited(繼承) it from my mother, and my mother inherited from hers. But now I really need the money. "

    The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news. The rich man, however, was nowhere to be found.

51. He paid$ 5,000 for the pearl without bargaining(討價(jià)還價(jià))______________.

A. because he loved his wife very much  

B. in order to get it as quickly as possible

C. since his business had been successful           

D. so as to make the jeweler believe him

52. Which of the following is true?

A. The people who answered the ad wanted to sell their pearls at a high price.

B. The woman was the well-dressed man's wife.

C. The jeweler was lucky enough to buy the little old lady's pearl.

D. The rich man didn't know the little old lady.

53. The jeweler could not find the rich man anywhere because he__________.

A. had moved to another hotel    B. was busy doing business with others

C. had escaped with $ 20,000     D. had told the wrong telephone number

The dream of flying like Buzz Lightyear never dies. For years, space-age inventors have tested one wearable jet pack after another. And time after time, the designs have been grounded by dangerous fuels, excessive weight, or very loud noise levels. Now a Canadian inventor has sidestepped those weaknesses with an aquatic jet pack. Designed for travel over lakes or oceans, it’s driven by pressurized water, not burning rocket fuel.

When Raymond Li first told the idea for the aquatic jet pack to his friends, they said he must be nuts. How could a jet pack carry that much water? Its thrust-to-weight rate would be so low and it would never become airborne. Thrust-to-weight rate is a measure of the forward force produced compared with the weight of the vehicle. A vehicle with a low thrust-to-weight rate is relatively heavy for the amount of force it generates.

Li's genius idea was to place the jet pack’s engine and its water pump in a separate boat. The pump would draw water from the lake the boat was floating on. It would then force the water under pressure through a hose connected to the jet pack. The hose would be long enough to let the pack go up as high as 8.5 meters (28 feet) in the air.

Today, Li's invention, the Jetlev-Flyer, is ready to go into production. The pack itself, complete with jet nozzles （管嘴） and handlebars, weighs just 14 kilograms. The boat is a floating pod. To take off, the operator hits a trigger on a handlebar, which starts the pump, and then turns the throttle. Two streams of high-velocity water shoot through the hose and out the nozzles, lifting the operator into the air. The operator hovers there or pushes down on the handlebars, zooming forward at speeds of up to 64 kilometers per hour, pulling the pod behind.

61. All the following factors contribute to the failure of inventing a wearable jet pack EXCEPT ______.

A. excessive water     B. unbearable noise    C. unsafe fuels   D. too much weight 

62. The underlined word “sidestepped” in Para. 1 most probably means ________.

  A. improved          B. reduced         C. avoided         D. solved

63. Raymond Li’s friends found his idea for the aquatic jet pack was ________.

  A. exciting           B. crazy          C. realistic         D. creative

64. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A. His friends encouraged him to do the invention.

  B. He put the engine and its water pump in the same boat.

  C. The success of his invention lies in his bravery.  

  D. His invention finally succeeded and will go into production.

65. Which is the right order to make the Jetlev-Flyer take off?

  a. The throttle is turned.                  b. The operator is lifted into the air.

  c. A trigger is hit.                       d. Two streams of water shoot out.

e. The pump is started.

A. c, e, a, d, b          B. c, e, a, b, d            C. e, c, d, b, a          D. e, a, c, d, b

For further ____________, please write to the following address.

A. information     B. message         C. news          D. knowledge

--How about this dress, sir?

   --It’s a little expenseive, and ____, its color doesn’t suit me.

   A. somehow      B. anyway          C. furthermore        D. therefore.

Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia(南斯拉夫), on August 27th,1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.

When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta(加爾各答)，where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress(女校長(zhǎng)).

However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to be a nurse in Patna, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.

Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.

61. Where did Mother Teresa receive her education?

   A. In Yugoslavia and India.        B. In Yugoslavia and Britain.

   C. In Britain and India.            D. In Yugoslavia, Britain and India.

62. What first inspired Mother Teresa to work in India?

   A. Her visits to the poor parts of Calcutta.

   B. Her visit to Britain after she left school.

   C. The medical workers’ letters to her school.

   D. The work of the nurse in the city of Patna.

63. In which order did Mother Teresa do the following things?

   a. Trained to be a nurse.      b. Went to India

   c. Helped the dying.         d. Studied to be a teacher.

   e. Went to Britain.           f. Worked as a headmistress.

A. b, a, c, e, d, f,   B. b, f, a, d, e, c   C. e, b, d, f, a, c   D. e, a, b, c, d, f

64. Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted _____.

   A. to look after the poor          B. to travel to poor countries

   C. to build hospitals for the poor   D. to train nurses to care for the poor

65. Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has _____.

   A. saved many poor people in India

   B. helped to bring about world peace

   C. helped to make India a more peaceful place

   D. taken care of many poor people in the world