41. —Well, it's getting late. I must be going. Thank you again for inviting me to the party.

    —________

A. Oh, it's already so late?

B. Thank you for coming.

C. Oh, sorry you could't come.

D. I really had a happy time.

The girl was so happy to find ______ in the garden.

   A. a variety of flowers                    B. a variety of flower 

   C. varieties of flower                     D. variety of flowers

 “Yes, I'll be ready at nine in the morning. Goodbye, dear, and thanks again. ”It had not been an easy telephone call for Mrs. Robson to make．Her daughter had been very kind，of course，and had immediately agreed to pick her up and drive her to the station，but Mrs. Robson hated to admit that she needed help．Since her husband had died ten years before，she had prided herself on her independence．She had continued to live in their little house, alone．

    On the evening, however，she was standing at her living-room window，staring out at the SOLD notice in the small front garden . Her feelings were mixed．Of course，she was sad at the thought of leaving the house，as it was full of many memories．But at the same time she was looking forward to spending her last years near the sea，back in the little seaside town where she had been born. With the money from the sale of the house，she had bought a little flat there. She turned from the living room window，and looked mindedly at the walls. There was a small fish tank，with two goldfish in it. When asked why，her husband used to say，“It’s nice to have something alive in the room．’’Since he had passed away，she had always kept some goldfish，had always had “something alive in the room”．

    The next morning，as her train was pulling out of the station，Mrs. Robson called to her daughter．“Kate，you won’t forget to collect the goldfish，will you? The children will love them. It’s…”，

    “I know.” Kate interrupted gently. “It s nice to have something alive in the room.”

53. According to the passage，we know that Mrs. Robson____

    A. was tired of living alone

    B. was not liked by her daughter

    C. did not like asking people for help

    D. did not want to be visited by her daughter

54. Mrs. Robson was going to          ．

    A. be in hospital                B. 1ive with her daughter

    C. travel abroad alone           D. move to her hometown

55. The feelings of Mrs. Robson on her last night in the house were         

    A. sad and hopeful             B. regretful and excited

    C. sad and regretful            D. excited and hopeful

56. From the last two paragraphs，we can know that Mrs. Robson         ．

    A．enjoyed keeping pets at home

    B．missed her husband very much

    C．had the same hobby with her husband

D．was worried about her daughter’s bad memory

第一節(jié) 語音知識（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）

    從A、B、C、D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

1. opinion              A. holiday           B. oral                  C. biology           D. introduce

2. vacation             A. general            B. change              C. parent            D. area

3. chemistry           A. chimney           B. machine            C. cheap              D. stomach

4. introduce           A. husband           B. universe           C. upstairs           D. usually

5. explanation        A. experience        B. explain              C. exercise           D. example

第二部分：完形填空（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分，每小題1.5分）

A

The most   21   thing during my long summer holiday last year, of course is my trip __22__England. This was my first time to go abroad, so it really made me   23  .

At first，I went to Shakespeare's   24  . It was the house   25   Shakespeare was born and   26   his early years.   27   sitting room, hallway, bedrooms, and kitchen were furnished (布置) in sixteenth-century    28   . I also went to see the Shakespeare Exhibition. It showed Shakespeare's life and career in both Stratford and London.

I really enjoyed this nice trip to England,   29    I learnt a lot. I'm very happy that I could visit such an interesting   30   . I want to go there again in the future.

21. A. unforgettable     B. unexpected       C. fashionable      D. famous

22. A. at                 B. for             C. on              D. to

23. A. excited            B. disappointed     C. exciting                 D. disappointing

24. A. school           B. birthplace       C. room             D. home

25. A. who             B. that              C. when             D. where

26.A. paid                B. spent             C. cost              D. took

27.A. It's                 B. Its               C. It had                   D. It was

28. A. style              B. site              C. shape                   D. shade

29. A. for which         B. which            C. from which      D. in which

30. A. place              B. town             C. country          D. summer

People have realized that they should go on _____ balanced diet and do _____ exercise every day.

A. a; /                       B. the; an                        C. the; the                  D. /; an

 Reading newspapers is a good way to _________ current events.       

A. keep away from B. take notice of    C. keep track of     D. make notes of

I’ll show you a market ________ you may buy all ________ you need.

         A. in which ; /                                        B. which ; that

         C. where ; which                                  D. that ; that

I will buy this type of car _____ the price is brought down to under 10,000 dollars.

A. even if     B. provided that      unless    D. whether

Stress Level Tied to Education Level

People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a larger impact on their health.

Front this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause are not random. Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them.

The research team interviewed a national sample of 1,031 adults daily for eight days about their stress level and health. People without a high school diploma (畢業(yè)文憑) reported stress on 30 percent of the study days, people with a high school degree reported stress 38 percent of the time, and people with college degrees reported stress 44 percent to the time.

“Less advantaged people are less healthy on daily basis and are more likely to have downward turns in their health,” lead researcher DR. Joseph Grzywacz, of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, said in a prepared statement. “The downward turns in health were connected with daily stressors and the effect of daily stressors on their health is much more devastating (毀滅性的) for the less advantaged,” Grzywacz suggested follow-up research to determine why less-educated people report fewer days of stress when it is known their stress in more acute and chronic.

“If something happens every day, maybe it’s no seen as a stressor” Grzywacz says. “Maybe it is just life”

26．Stress level is closely related to           .

       A．family size       B．social status      C．body weight     D．work experience

27．The 1,301, adults were interviewed           .

       A．on a daily basis for 8 days      B．during one of eight days

       C．a(chǎn)ll by Grzywacz      D．in groups

28．Which group reported the biggest number of stressful days?

       A．People without any education.       B．People without high school degrees.

       C．People with high school degrees.    D．People with college degrees.

29．The less advantaged people are, the greater           .

       A．the impact off stress on their health is

       B．the effect off education on their health is      

       C．the level of their education is

       D．the degree of their health concern is

30．Less-educated people report fewer days of stress possibly because          .

       A．they don’t want to tell the truth

       B．they don’t want to face the truth

       C．stress is to common a factor in their lives

       D．their stress is more acute