I feel like drinking some water, but there is ________ left in the bottle.

A. nothing              B. no              C. none          D. a little

--- What’s wrong with your car?

   ----It has a          tyre.

       A. spare                B. normal                     C. smooth              D. flat

 Only when class began ______that he had left his book at home．

A. will he realize    B. he did realize    C. did he realize     D. had he realized 

       He was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish．hi the first forty days a boy had been with him．But after tony days without a fish the boy's parents had told him that the old man was now definitely salao and he finally would be so．The boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week．It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff （魚鉤） and harpoon （魚叉） and the sail that was rolled around the mast （桅桿）．The sail was patched with flour bags and, rolled, it looked like tneflag of permanent defeat．

       The old man was very thin with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck．The brown blotches（斑點(diǎn)）of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks．The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords．But none of these scars were fresh．They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert．Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated．

       "Santiago," the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the boat was pulled up．"I could go with you again．We've made some money．" The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him．

       "No," the old man said．"You're with a lucky boat．Stay with them."

       "But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks．"

       "I remember," the old man said．"I know you did not leave me because you doubted．"

       "It was papa who made me leave．I am a boy and I must obey him．"

       "I know," the old man said．"It is quite normal．"

       "He hasn't much faith．"

       "No," the old man said．"But we have．Haven't we?"

       "Yes," the boy said．"Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace and then we'll take the stuff home．"

       "Why not?" said the old man, "between fishermen．"

55．The underlined word "salao" in the first paragraph probably means ____．

       A．lonely      B．unlucky  C．selfish          D．stubborn

56．The boy left the old man and went in another boat to fish because ____．

       A．the old man preferred to fish alone      

       B．the old man was poor

       C．the boy's parents ordered him to             

       D．the old man's sail suggested a permanent defeat

57．After reading this passage, we may safely conclude that ____．

       A．the old man was insistent and not afraid of failure

       B．the boy's papa had confidence in everything

       C．the old man caught big fishes during eighty-seven days

       D．the boy obeyed his father because he had some doubts about the old man

58．What might happen after the last paragraph?

       A．The old man and the boy might go to fish with other fishermen．

       B．The old man might go to have a drink with the boy．

       C．The old man and the boy might go to enjoy beer at the old man's home．

       D．The old man might go to tell the boy's papa about the secrets between fishermen．

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(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Mary Kimble Smith was an ordinary 12-year-old girl; ordinary, that is, in every way    21          one. She suddenly started to walk in her sleep. No one knew why this happened. The best guess seems to be that it represents   22           : the sleep-walker is worried. This feeling normally remains under control during      23              hours, but at night, when the mind is in a more passive mode, it   24              to the surface and shows itself in the form of physical movement.

At first, her family   25          help from just about every doctor they could find. But none of them were able to suggest a means by which she could be    26        . Then her parents were frightened, and they tried to wake her up. In fact, the general advice is that we should not wake a sleep-walker. To wake a person and bring them to a sudden   27       that they are not where they thought they were could   28      the feelings of anxiety and perhaps even reinforce (強(qiáng)化) the habit.

Most sleep-walkers at last stop without any warning — they just           29         do it again. In Mary’s case though, she started sleep-walking soon after her twelfth birthday and was still doing it the day 30        she died in 1989, at the age of 93.

21. A. beside                 B. except                     C. besides                     D. including

22. A. anxiety               B. excitement         C. anger                       D. fear

23. A. daytime                     B. night                        C. sleeping                   D. waking

24. A. rises                          B. falls                         C. reduces                    D. raises

25. A. looked                B. searched                   C. obtained                   D. sought

26. A. helped                B. saved                       C. cured                       D. improved

27. A. recognition         B. realization         C. knowledge         D. impression

28. A. develop                     B. increase                    C. form                        D. produce

29. A. sometimes           B. often                        C. never                       D. usually

 30. A. before               B. after                        C. when                       D. since

 Among the most important questions the journalists wanted _____was how Greece could overcome economic crisis ?

A. to answer              B. being answered      C. answering       D. answered

 He is the lawyer who you took photos ____ you were in the Forbidden City.

A. when       B. of when      C. where     D. of where

. To our ______, the result of the experiment is much better than we expected.

  A. regrets   B. relief   C. disappointment   D. sorrow

When do people decide whether or not they want to become friends? During their first four minutes together, according to a book by Dr. Leonard Zunin. "Every time you meet someone in a social situation, give him your undivided attention for four minutes. A lot of people's whole lives would change if they did just that."

When we are introduced to new people, we should try to appear friendly and self-confident. In general, he says, "People like people who like themselves." On the other hand, we should not make the other person think we are too sure of ourselves.

Hearing such advice, one might say, "But I'm not a friendly, self-confident person. That's not my nature. It would be dishonest for me to act that way." In reply, Dr. Zunin would claim that a little practice can help us feel comfortable about changing our social habits. We can become accustomed to any changes we choose to make in our personality. "It's like getting used to a new car. It may be unfamiliar at first, but it goes much better than the old one."

But isn't it dishonest to give the appearance of friendly self-confidence when we don't actually feel that way? Perhaps, but according to Dr. Zunin, "total honesty" is not always good for social relationships, especially during the first few minutes of contact. There is a time for everything, and a certain amount of play-acting may be best for the first few minutes of contact with a stranger. That is not the time to complain about one's health or to mention faults one finds in other people. It is not the time to tell the whole truth about one's opinions and impressions.

The author also declares that interpersonal relations should be taught as a required course in every school, along with reading, writing, and mathematics. In his opinion, success in life depends mainly on how we get along with other people. That is at least as important as how much we know.

69. When first introduced to new people, we should________.

      A. be friendly and sure of ourselves regardless of the other people's feeling

      B. always tell the whole truth even if it hurts

      C. appear friendly and self-confident at least for the first few minutes

      D. mention faults we find in the other people

70. According to the author's advice, interpersonal relations________.

      A. should be set as a required course in schools

      B. are more important than other courses in school

      C. are less important than reading, writing and mathematics

      D. is the only key to one's success in life

71. The underlined word 'play-acting' in the fourth paragraph means________.

      A. being totally honest         B. being a little dishonest

      C. acting out what one feels           D. acting in a play

72. The best title for the passage could be________.

      A. The Key to Success         B. Best Ways to Make Friends

      C. Personal Relations            D. The First Four Minutes

Below is adapted from an English dictionary

I didn’t really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a ______.

A. figure of eight     B. figure head     C. figure of speech     D. a fine figure     

—She was coming late again.

—______! That’s typical of her.

A. It figures her out   B. It figures    C. It cuts a poor figure  D. She is a figure of fun

What does “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don’t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” mean?

A. add the numbers   B. have sports      C. try not to get fat    D. watch games

No one can figure out the reasons for the Poland president plane crash in 2010. Here figure out means:_________

A. watch out     B. work out     C. understand well    D. break out

—Promise you don’t wear this kind of clothes? People will play a joke on you.

—I don’t care whether I am________. I just want to keep warm.

A. a figure of fun    B. a healthy figure    C. a figure head      D. a bad figure