Section B

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are 4 words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.

About 200 students were having a final exam in a huge lecture hall. Obviously the teacher wasn’t very well liked, who kept shouting out how much time was left. During the exam he was so  36   going around the room making sure that nobody cheated . He asked the students to pile the completed tests on the huge desk. This made for quite a mess(混亂).

    Anyway, everyone needed a fairly good  37  . Many students did poorly when rushed. One of the students thought that he must get a good grade, so he went on when the professor said “  38  down and hand in your exam sheets”.

Five minutes turned into ten, ten into twenty, twenty into forty…almost an hour   39    the test was over, our friend finally put down his pencil, gather up his work, and headed to the front to present his final. The whole time, the professor sat there, strangely waiting for the student to complete.

“What do you think you are doing?” It was clear that the professor had  40  only to give the student a  41   time.

“Turning in my exam,” replied the student confidently.

“I’m afraid I have some bad  42   for you,”the professor gloated(幸災(zāi)樂禍),“Your exam is an hour late. You’ve FAILED it. And I’ll see you next term when you  43   my course.”

The student smiled slyly(狡詐地) and asked the professor,“Do you know who I am?” “No,”cried out the professor   44  .

The student   45  the professor right in the eyes and said slowly, “I didn’t think so,” so he lifted up one of the   46   half way, put his test neatly into the center of the pile, let the pile fall  47  his test in the middle, turned around, and walked out of the huge lecture hall.

36．A．kind                       B．busy                       C．strict                      D．serious

37．A．teacher                   B．friend                     C．grade                      D．paper

38．A．pencils                   B．papers                    C．hands                     D．books

39．A．if                           B．though                    C．before                    D．a(chǎn)fter

40．A．promised                B．managed                 C．waited                    D．worked

41．A．easy                       B．hard                       C．long                       D．good

42．A．information            B．result                      C．a(chǎn)dvice                    D．news

43．A．a(chǎn)ccept                    B．repeat                     C．learn                      D．begin

44．A．cruelly                   B．warmly                   C．a(chǎn)ngrily                   D．firmly

45．A．searched                 B．hit                          C．blamed                   D．looked

46．A．hands                     B．eyes                       C．desks                      D．piles

47．A．changing                B．burying                  C．improving               D．sticking

 A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” Then the boy cried again, “Who are you?” He received the answer “Who are you?” He thought someone else in the mountain was making fun of him, so he got angry and shouted “Foolish!” He received the answer “Foolish!”

He looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on?” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen.” And then he shouted to the mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you!” Again the man cried, “You’re the best!” The voice answered, “You’re the best!”

The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained, “People call this ‘Echo’, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection（反映）of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”

1. At first the boy cried because __________.

A. he fell and hurt himself              B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

C. he got angry with his father           D. he hoped his father would help him

2. When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought __________.

A. it was foolish to hear other’s voice   

B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

   C. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

   D. there were many people in the mountain

3. The word “Echo” means __________.

A. life itself       B. repeating voice   C. love in the world      D. everything in life

4. We can infer from the story that __________.

A. the boy didn’t like his father at all       B. the boy did not understand what his father said

C. people will get everything back              D. the father had his own way to teach his son

PART FOUR WRITING

SECTION A

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.

     Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto, California, all have the same access to computers as boys. But researchers say, by the time they get to high school, they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender (性別) gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) says, "Girls tend to be less comfortable than boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather than for problem solving, rather than to discover new ways in which to understand information.

  After re-examining a thousand studies, the AAUW researchers found that girls make up only a small percentage of students in computer science classes. Girls rate themselves significantly lower than boys in their ability and confidence in using computers. And they use computers less often than boys outside the classroom.

  An instructor of a computer lab says he's already noticed some difference. Charles Cheadle of Cesar Chavez School says, "Boys are not so afraid they might do something that will harm the computer, whereas girls are afraid they might break it somehow."

    Six years ago, the software company Purple Moon noticed that girls' computer usage was falling behind boys. Karen Gould with the company says, "The number one reason girls told us they don't like computer games is not that they're too violent, or too competitive. Girls just said they're unbelievably boring." What girls want, Purple Moon found, is characters they can relate to and story lines relative to what's going on in their own lives. "What we definitely found from girls is that there is no intrinsic (內(nèi)在的) reason why they wouldn't want to play on a computer; it was just a content thing," says Karen Gould.

   The sponsor of the study says it all boils down to this: the technology gender gap that separates the girls from the boys must be closed if women are to compete effectively with men in the 21st century.

What has caused the new gender gap in technology?

I. The present situation:

Before high school: ◆Girls use computers   71   boys.

In high school: ◆Girls make up   72   in computer science classes.

             ◆Girls feel less comfortable with the computer.

             ◆Boys use computers   73   often than girls after class.

             ◆Boys feel more   74   when using computers.

II. The   75   of the situation:

What they do with a computer:

◆Girls prefer to use computers for _ 76  .

◆Boys prefer to use computers for   77   and understanding information.

How they feel about a computer:

◆Girls are afraid of breaking it.

◆Boys are   78   such worry.

Their   79   to computer games:

◆Girls think they are boring because the characters are irrelevant to their lives.

◆Boys don’t have such feelings.

III. The appeal from   80  :

◆The technology gender gap must be closed.

It is the experience he had as a boy ______ has formed his present personality.

   A. that                           B. who                C. which                    D. when

 I ______ on a sofa because my grandparents have come for the weekend.

A. slept            B. was sleeping       C. have slept        D. am sleeping

. ______ she said they used to play hide-and-seek was an old temple in the remote village.

A. When                     B. Where                 C. What           D. How

 ________ matters most in learning English is enough practice.

   A. What          B. It                             C. That                   D. As

. No matter how much money you have, it can not ________ a healthy body.

       A. match B. compare     C. defeat        D. suit

.Richard McDonald who founded the McDonald’s restaurant chain, died in 1998 but as long as our civilization ______ he will never be forgotten.

A. surpasses   B. survives     C. surprises    D. surveys

The school owns many qualified teachers, but when it____________facilities, the school is not modern enough.

       A．compares with  B．comes to   C．a(chǎn)rrives at  D．refers to