I recently bought a house and moved in the first weekend of July.

Since I have been in my new neighborhood, I have had the pleasure of meeting a few of my neighbors who seem to be extremely nice people. For Christmas, I thought I would do something nice for each of the neighbors that I know. I sat down and counted. There were nine neighbors but I decided to add one more person to my list for a total of ten. This lady that I decided to add lives down the street from me. I meet her every morning walking to work as I drive down the street. She always manages a sweet smile and a hearty wave. I had no idea what her name was and was not even sure which house she lived in.

My gift idea was to make small fruit baskets and leave them on each of my neighbors’ front porches or door-steps the night of Christmas Eve for them to find, either that night or the next morning. I signed the cards—“Happy Holidays from 5104 Northumberland Road.”

My neighbors really appreciated the baskets and would tell me as they saw me in the yard or they would call, and a couple even came by to thank me.

This morning on my way to work, I placed my mail in the mailbox and noticed a small note inside. It was addressed simply “Resident,5104 Northumberland Road.”

I opened the envelope and took out a Thank You card. I opened the card and read the message which really caught me by surprise.

The card said：“Thank you for the lovely fruit basket you left on the porch of Richard Kelly. It was very thoughtful. Richard Kelly passed away less than a month ago. He never stopped talking about how nice it was that someone remembered him in his time of illness. He really appreciated it.”

I was sincerely moved. I had no idea who Richard Kelly was or that he had been seriously ill. I had left that nice lady’s basket on Mr. Kelly’s porch by accident.

65. Which of the following statements can be supported by the passage?

A. What a pity it was that the lady didn’t receive her gift!

B. A mistake made by chance caused an excellent result.

C. Richard Kelly was so lucky to receive the gift.

D.A careless man made a careless mistake.

66.The reason why the writer wanted to send gifts was that         .

A. he intended to show his friendship to his new neighbors

B. he wanted to gain respect from his new neighbors

C. he intended to express his love to his neighbors

D. he planned to make friends with his new neighbors

67.Who knew the truth of the gift to Richard Kelly according to the passage?

A. The young lady.          B. Richard Kelly.

C. The writer.              D. The writer of the Thank You card.

68.It can be inferred from the passage that the writer was      .

A. moved and pitiful         B. moved and excited

C. interesting and funny      D. shocked and sorry

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。

Mr. Jackson realized that his sons had a lot of talents.  71   In those days there were plenty of music groups and some of them were very good．He knew if his sons were to stand out，they would have to be the best.   72   And the Jackson boys practiced! Gradually the group took shape. When they took the first professional job，their total pay was only five dollars．They kept on working. They played at parties.   73   They worked at clubs.   74    Their first album sold a million copies! Michael, 11 years old then, was the star. It just didn’t seem possible that so much talent could come from such a young performer.   75  One million records of his were sold in New Zealand, which has only a total population of three million.

A. They entered bigger contest.

B. Then Michael got a chance to do some solo songs.

C. He knew he could train them to become fine musicians.

D. And he was proud of them very much.

E. Practice makes perfect.

F. All of a sudden．the Jackson Five became popular in the country.

G. But he indeed did it greatly.      

---Shall we meet at 6:00 or 7:00?

   ---________.

   A. Any time is OK        B. At any time 

C. Yes, at 6:00         D. Well, either time will do

It took a great deal of courage to admit that all his efforts had been ____.

A. in vain               B. in turn          C. in return         D. in danger

 ----Sorry, sir! Your flight has taken off five minutes earlier.

   ----____________. I wasn’t informed of that at all.

A. You must take charge of it.        B. Wait for your punishment.

C. I’d like a refund, please.          D. I won’t agree with that.

 The pilot, whether ______ or design, made the plane do a sharp turn.

   A. by accident         B. at times             C. suddenly        D. all at once

______ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films often.

A. If it is not   B. Were it not   C. Had it not been  D. If they were not

第一節(jié) 完形填空（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分） 

    閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21-30各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。   

    Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing when he was just eight."You need  21  ,"his father said."But if you don't work hard, no fortune will come."                          

     What made him sad was 22 his piano teacher in Beijing didn't like him. "You have no talent. You will never be a pianist." As a nine-year-old boy, Lang Lang was badly 23  , He decided that he didn't want to be a pianist any more. For the next two weeks, he didn't touch the piano, Wisely, his father didn't push, but waited.       

     Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to play some holiday songs. He didn't want to, but as he placed his fingers on the piano key,he 24  that he could show others that he had talent   25  . That day he told his father what he had been waiting to hear-that he wanted to study with a new teacher. From that point on, everything turned around.

    He started  26  competitions. In the 1994 Internatilnal Young Pianists Competition,when it was 27 that Lang Lang had won, he was too excited to hold back his tears. Soon 28 was clear that he couldn't stay in China forever-he had to play on the world's big stages.In  1997 Lang Lang moved again, this time to Philadelphia,USA, There he spent two years practising, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his 29 performance at Chicago's Ravinia Festival, gigs(=performances) in Lincoln Centre and carnegie Hall started  30   in,Lang Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots him, and lets him shine.                         

21.A. exercise      B.fortune        C. knowledge      D. wealth

22.A. whether       B. why           C. when           D. that

23.A. hurt          B. injured       C.ruined          D. frightened

24.A. seemed        B. admitted      C. noticed        D. realized

25.A. in all        B. above all     C.after all       D. at all 

26.A. receiving     B. accepting     C. winning        D. beating

27.A. told          B.mentioned      C. announced      D. recognized

28.A. this          B. it            C. that           D.what

29.A. successful    B. cheerful      C. respectful     D. meaningful

30.A. pulling       B. breaking      C. falling        D. pouring

.All these changes will lead to     stronger China,     country that can surprise and enrich our planet.

A．a(chǎn); a     B．a(chǎn); the    C．the; a    D．the; the

—I’m afraid these flowers won’t be able to live through the winter.

—But I think otherwise. You see, measures _______ to take good care of them.

       A. have taken         B. had been taken        C. will take                   D. are being taken