The author of the report is well _____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.

A. acquainted B. informed  C. enlightened  D. advised

On turning the corner, we saw the road _____ steeply.

A. departing B. decreasing  C. descending D. depressing

 _____ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.

A. By the way  B. In a way  C. In the way  D. In no way

Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried _____ alone, but she didn’t like it and moved back home.

living B. to live C. to be living D. having lived

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閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上涂黑。

A newly trained teacher named Molly went to teach at a Navajo Indian reservation. Every day, she would ask five of the young Navajo students to __36__   the chalkboard and complete a simple math problem from   37   homework.

They would stand there, silently,  38   to complete the task. Molly couldn’t figure it out.

   39  she had studied in her educational curriculum helped, and she   40  hadn’t seen anything like it in her student-teaching days back in Phoenix.

What am I doing wrong? Could I have chosen five students who can’t do the  41  ? Molly would wonder. No,  42  couldn’t be that. Finally she   43   the students what was wrong. And in their answers, she learned a   44   lesson from her young   45  pupils about self-image and a(n)   46   of self-worth.

It seemed that the students  47  each other’s individuality and knew that  48  of them were capable of doing the problems.   49  at their early age, they understood the senselessness of the win-lose approach in the classroom. They believed no one would  50  if any students were shown up or embarrassed at the  51  . So they   52   to compete with each other in public.

Once she understood, Molly changed the system   53   she could check each child’s math problem individually, but not at any child’s expense  54  his classmates. They all wanted to learn, 55  not at someone else’s expense.

36．A．go to     B．come to    C．get close to      D．bring

37．A．his        B．their      C．his own        D．her

38．A．happy       B．willingly   C．readily          D．unwilling

39．A．Anything  B．Nothing    C．Everything       D．Neither

40．A．a(chǎn)lmost      B．certainly   C．hardly          D．never

41．A．question   B．chalkboardC．problem       D．homework

42．A．they      B．it          C．Everything   D．each

43．A．a(chǎn)sked       B．questioned       C．told           D．understood

44．A．outstanding    B．surprising C．a(chǎn)nnoying  D．frightening

45．A．sunburned B．tender       C．Indian      D．naughty

46．A．sense B．image       C．way   D．a(chǎn)spect

47．A．had   B．ignored     C．respected  D．cared

48．A．none        B．no one      C．each  D．not all

49．A．Especially B．Even though    C．Even so    D．Even

50．A．lose   B．win   C．a(chǎn)chieve     D．a(chǎn)nswer

51．A．time  B．situation   C．chalkboard       D．condition

52．A．refused     B．rejected    C．tried  D．promised

53．A．if      B．so that      C．unless       D．in case

54．A．in favour of    B．of     C．by means of          D．in front of

55．A．a(chǎn)nd   B．but    C．so     D．or

We have to camp near, ___?

A. don't we   B. haven't we   C. will we    D. needn’t we

They haven't decided ___ they will go for a drive on Sunday or not.

A. that    B. how    C.which    D. whether

On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to  41  in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she  42  a big bald（禿頂?shù)模﹎an running through the parking lot. Before she came to  43  what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”

    Neilson  44.

Pulling open her door, the man seized her  45  the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed,  46  her purse and the keys.

Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a  47, heard the screams and began running .

When they  48  Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was  49  searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker  50  back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no  51  for the two athletic men.

Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to  52  the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.

With his arms  53  tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said  54 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—— you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They  55  him and waited for the police.

Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the  56  carjacker （劫車者）and suspected murderer, whose  57—— but with a full head of hair—— had been recently printed in their own newspaper.

Neilson considers herself lucky  58  she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a  59  ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would  60  have done what they did, and that’ the real truth.”

41. A. bring            B. let              C. gather       D. send

42. A. recognized       B. watched          C. noticed      D. met

43. A. realize          B. understand       C. imagine      D. conclude

44. A. escaped          B. struggled        C. refused      D. obeyed

45. A. by               B. around       C. with             D. on

46. A. burying          B. forgetting   C. offering         D. grabbing

47. A. trip             B. visit        C. break            D. holiday

48. A. started          B. stopped      C. entered          D. reached

49. A. carefully        B. madly        C. disappointedly   D. patiently

50. A. fought           B. turned       C. jumped           D. shouted

51. A. match            B. target       C. equal            D. companion

52. A. remind           B. phone        C. invite           D. beg

53. A. rolled           B. folded       C. bent             D. tied

54. A. angrily          B. kindly       C. coldly           D. warmly

55. A. caught           B. thanked      C. comforted        D. ignored

56. A. ordinary         B. professional C. honest           D. outstanding

57. A. picture          B. background   C. character        D. story

58. A. and              B. but          C. though           D. when

59. A. ridiculous       B. similar      C. strange          D. different

60. A. sometimes        B. never        C. often            D. forever

     Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag. The bag contained a book.

     This chance discovery ended a 12day search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasure -- a 120-page -diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan, “a woman who knew everybody in her day,” James Green, the librarian told the magazine America Libraries.

     Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes a description of British soldiers burning Washington D.C. in the war of 1812. She describes President James Madison on horseback as “perfectly shaking with fear” during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a French man, and praised her excellent English.

       The adventure of the lost book began September 4 when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary to his ancestor (祖先) to the Library Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary.

      Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his possession “about five minutes” when Luxmoore took it back because he had promised to show it to one other person. On returning to his hotel after showing the precious book to Green, Luxmoor was shocked to realise that he had left it in the taxi.

       Without any delay, Green began calling every taxi company in the city, with no luck. “I've felt sick since then,” Luxmoore told reporters.

        According to Green, no one has yet learned how the diary came to the office building. Tom Brennan received a reward (獎勵) of $1 000, Philadelphia gained another treasure for its history, and Luxmoore told reporters, “It's wonderful news. I'm on high.”

51. This article mainly tells about the story of _______.

A. a lost diary                                           B. Deborah Longan

C. Cory Luxmoore                                    D. the Library Company

52. From the text, we learn that the diary is now owned by _______.

A. Tom Brennan                                              B. an unknown person

C. a Philadelphia magazine                        D. the Library Company of Philadelphia

53. Philadelphia is thought to be the best home for the diary because _______.

A. it was written in Philadelphia                 B. it tells stories about Philadelphia

C. people in the city are interested in old things

D. the British and the Americans once fought in Philadelphia

54. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to the diary?

 a -- Tom Brennan found the book in an office building.

 b -- The book was shown to James Green.

 c -- Cory Luxmoore arrived from England.

 d -- The book was left behind in a taxi.

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

55. What did Cory Luxmoore mean when he said “I'm on high”?

A. I'm rich                    B. I'm famous                     C. I'm excited                    D. I'm lucky

    The young boy saw me, or rather, he saw the car and quickly ran up to me, eager to sell his bunches (串) of bananas and bags of peanuts. Though he appeared to be about twelve, he seemed to have already known the bitterness of life. "Banana 300 naira. Peanuts 200 naira"He said in a low voice. I bargained him down to 200 total for the fruit and nuts. When he agreed, I handed him a 500 naira bill He didn't have change, so I told him not to worry. He said thanks and smiled a row of perfect teeth.

   When, two weeks later, I saw the boy again, I was more aware of my position in a society where it's not that uncommon to see a little boy who should be in school standing on the comer selling fruit in the burning sun. My parents had raised me to be aware of the advantage we had been afforded and the responsibility it brought to us.

   I pulled over and rolled down my window. He had a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts ready. I waved them away. “What's up?” I asked him. “I...I don't have money to buy books for school.” I reached into my pocket and handed him two fresh 500 naira bills."Will this help?” I asked. He looked around nervously before taking the money. One thousand naira was a lot of money to someone whose family probably made about 5,000 naira or less each year. "Thank you, sir," he said. “Thank you very much.”

   When driving home, I wondered if my little friend actually used the money for school-books. What if he's a cheat (騙子)? And then I wondered why I did it .Did I do it to make myself feel better? Was I using him? Later, I realized that I didn't know his name or the least bit about him, nor did I think to ask.

   Over the next six months, I was busy working in a news agency in northern Nigeria. Sometime after I returned, I went out for a drive When I was about to pull over, the boy suddenly appeared by my window with a big smile ready on his face.

   "Oh, gosh! Long time."

   "Are you in school now?”  I asked.

   He nodded.

   "That's good," I said. A silence fell as we looked at each other, and then I realized what he wanted. "Here," I held out a 500 naira bill. “Take this.” He shook his head and stepped back as if hurt. "What's wrong?” I asked. "It's a gift."

   He shook his head again and brought his hand from behind his back. His face shone with sweat (汗水). He dropped a bunch of bananas and a bag of peanuts in the front seat before he said, "I've been waiting to give these to you."

64. What was the author's first impression of the boy?

   A. He seemed to be poor and greedy.                    B. He seemed to have suffered a lot

   C. He seemed younger than his age.                      D. He seemed good at bargaining

65. The second time the author met the boy, the boy________.

   A. told him his purpose of selling fruit and nuts              B. wanted to express his thanks

   C. asked him for money for his schoolbooks           D. tried to take advantage of him

66. Why did the author give his money to the boy?

     A. Because he had enough money to do that.

     B. Because he had learnt to help others since childhood.

     C. Because he held a higher position in the society.

     D. Because he had been asked by the news agency to do so.

67. Which of the following best describes the boy?

     A. Brave and polite.    B. Kind and smart                 C. Honest and thankful.       D. Shy and nervous.