Over the past decades, mountain ice______ in the Himalayas as a result of global warming．

     A．has been decreasing                  B．had decreased   

       C．decreased                           D．is decreasing

That wasWWW.K**S*858$$U.COM a ______ threat: she meant to annoy you.

A. calculating    B. calculated                   C. calculation                  D. calculate 

We all like to make friends with him because he always ________.

       A. has words                 B. has a word                C. keeps his word          D. keeps his words

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)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Last night, when I was driving back home, I noticed a hitchhiker(搭便車的人) who was having no luck getting a ride. I rolled down my  36  and signed to the man to my car. I asked him where he was  37  and he told me he needed a  38  to his doctor’s office which would close in 15 minutes. I told him to  39  and he gratefully did so.

40  he got in he told me that he was a  41  and went out to sea for weeks at a time. He took medicine for his nerves and  42  to get another prescription(處方) before he left on the boat. He said that he had prayed (祈禱) 43  would stop for him so he could be there before the  44      office closed. With some  45  driving we managed to make it there in about 10  46. I then asked him how he  47  on getting back home and he said he could walk. “I’ll patiently  48      for you and bring you back,” I told him. He  49  me and said he should only be about 15 minutes.

Afterwards he got back in my 50 and tried his hardest to pay me back: offering me dinner, gas money, even offering to ship me 40 lbs of scallops (海扇貝)! I  51  refused, gave him a smile card and asked him to help someone else the next time he had a  52. I drove him back to where I had picked him up and  53  one more “thank you” he was on his way.

I feel that the universe  54   provides us with what we need. In the man’s  55  it was a ride, in mine the opportunity to help someone else.

A. wheel                       B. window                  C. engine                    D. door

A. heading                       B. working                  C. living                     D. studying

A. walk                         B. talk                        C. trip                        D. ride

A. go out                       B. run away                       C. get in                     D. lie down

A. As far as                     B. As soon as               C. Even if                  D. Just before

A. farmer                      B. pianist                    C. doctor                    D. fisherman

A. needed                      B. stopped                   C. agreed                    D. preferred

A. someone                    B. nobody                   C. anyone                   D. everybody

A. teacher’s                     B. doctor’s                  C. manager’s               D. captain’s

A. good                        B. normal                   C. wrong                    D. fast

A. days                          B. hours                     C. minutes                  D. weeks

A. focused                     B. depended                       C. turned                    D. planned

A. look                         B. call                        C. wait                       D. drive

A. doubted                   B. thanked                  C. greeted                  D. accepted

A. car                            B. home                     C. office                    D. shop

A. politely                     B. angrily                   C. immediately           D. surprisingly

A. dream                       B. problem                  C. chance                   D. choice

A. before                       B. until                       C. besides                   D. after

A. never                       B. always                   C. sometimes               D. seldom

A. opinion                     B. way                       C. case                       D. condition

     When you're lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses (壓力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey. stop! This is no vacation - yon have to finish something!

      Here lies the problem for travel writer and food critic (評(píng)論家) Edie Jarolim. "I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things." Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere-in Arts and Antiques, in Brides. or in one of her three books. The Complete Idiot Travel Guide to Mexico's Beach Resorts.

      Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada. she took a test for Frommer's travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer's, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor's, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.

      Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona.

      As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it's great to write about a tourist attraction, but you'd better get the local (當(dāng)?shù)氐? museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone's vacation.

Which country does Jarolim have in now?

     A. Mexico.      B. The U.S.      C. The U.K       D. Canada

What is most difficult for Jarolim?

     A. Working in different places to collect information

     B. Checking all the facts to be written in the guides.

     C. Finishing her work as soon as possible.

     D. Passing a test to write travel guides.

What do we know about Jarolim from the text?

     A. She is successful in her job.

     B. She finds her life full of stresses.

     C. She spends half of her time traveling.

     D. She is especially interested in museums.

What would he the best title for the text7

   A. Adventures in Travel Writing   B. Working as a Food Critic                                                                 C. Travel Guides on the Market    D. Vacationing for a Living

What kind of work does Jarolim do?

   A. teacher    B. worker     C. reporter    D. writer and food critic

短文改錯(cuò)（本題有10小題，每小題1分，共10分）

Dear Mum and Dad,

    I expect you are surprised at hearing from me so soon.

The fact is I can’t come home this Saturday                            76.          

as I plan. I have had an accident and hurt my                           77.          

back, and it is not serious. What happened was                         78.          

this. I was riding in the street with Mike when                          79.         

I felt down and lay on my back. I thought it a                          .80         

great joke at the first. But when I tried to stand up,                   81.         

I felt a pain on my back and could hardly move.                       82.         

  Don’t worry about me. Mike and his family is               83.         

so kind to me. I will better soon and there is no need                    85.         

for you to come there. I will write to you again soon.               85.         

Which class are you going to ____ after school?

A. play              B. play with           C. win          D. match

In China, shaking hands with each other is a common________ when people meet for the first time.

   A. sense          B. practice       C. scene            D. rule

The big snow caused great ________ to the people living in the south of China, ________ some of them homeless.

A. destroy; left   B. damage; leaving C. ruin; having left      D. wound; leaving

The volunteers try to convince people _____ the fact that some species are in danger of _____.

A. for; dying away                       B. about; dying down          

C. of; dying out                                D. on; dying off