Mr Smith was a strict headmaster, but ______ all the teachers and students in our school showed respect for.

A. that                    B. the one              C. one                 D. who

Language belongs to each one of us，to the flower-seller    to the professor．

A．a(chǎn)s much as    B．a(chǎn)s well as    C．a(chǎn)s far as   D．a(chǎn)s long as

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．---Did you enjoy the movie?

   ---Sure, it is___________a beautiful country town with a variety of cultures.

       A．put on      B．set in C．taken on   D．got in

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The last few years__________many disasters in and out of China, from earthquake to drought.

       A．see         B．a(chǎn)re seeing           C．have seen      D．saw

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第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面的短文，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。

One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents’ old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter’s wedding. We had to   36   a great climbing plant that had grown  37   a roof beam(房梁),so that we could repair the roof and  38   the walls.

When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the  39   of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then  40   something  41  among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his  42  ,saw glittering gold. It was a child’s bracelet(手鐲).He ran into the house to  43   me.

“You won’t believe that the  44   blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we  45  to feed on,”he said,“but they also want their children to  46   in a cradle of gold!”

When my daughter came over on the eve of the  47  ,we told her about this 48  occurrence.

“Don’t you remember, Mother?”she said with a loud  49  .“When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I  50   a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!”

As the bracelet no longer  51   its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.

In December of the following year, the young couple’s baby son was baptized(受洗禮).Among the  52  the newborn baby received, I placed his mother’s bracelet, now shining like?  53  .I hope that if my grandson  54  loses it, one of the  55   that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.

36.A.remove                 B.cover                        C.grow                  D.water

37.A.beyond                 B.over                          C.across                D.through

38.A.build                    B.paint                         C.rescue                D.print

39.A.nest                   B.baby                         C.body                  D.egg

40.A.moved                  B.got                           C.picked             D.noticed

41.A.nice                         B.colorful                     C.shiny                 D.special

42.A.horror                  B.surprise                     C.delight            D.disappointment

43.A.ask                    B.tell                           C.show                  D.give

44.A.working            B.cheating                    C.dreaming            D.thieving

45.A.buy                   B.plant                         C.store                  D.collect

46.A.lie                        B.sing                          C.listen                 D.wait

47.A.party                    B.Christmas                  C.birthday             D.wedding

48.A.important             B.strange                   C.terrible            D.funny

49.A.cry                       B.sigh                          C.laugh                 D.sound

50.A.hid                    B.threw                        C.lost                    D.broke

51.A.fitted                    B.satisfied                    C.matched             D.interested

52.A.jewels                  B.toys                          C.clothes            D.presents

53.A.attractive                  B. new                         C .modern             D. golden

54.A.almost                  B just                           C. even                 D. ever

55.A.blackbirds             B. grandchildren           C. neighbors          D. mice

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Experts believe that there are about 40,000 different types of jobs in the world. Choosing the right one is a difficult job in itself.

“Finding a job” is not the same as “choosing a job”. Many young people end up in a job that they are not suited to. “Chance” may play a more important part than “decision”. So here are a few steps to help you think about jobs, which you might enjoy doing after school or university.

First, it is important to recognize what kind of person you are and which special qualities make you different from everyone else.

To examine your skills and abilities even further, ask yourself this question: in the following three areas — skills with people, skills with information or skills with things — which are your best skills?

You may have noticed something while you were doing this task. The point is that there is a difference between an interest and a skill. If you like are and enjoy looking at pictures, it is an interest. But if you can draw a horse that looks like a horse and not a big dog, that looks like a horse and not a big dog, that looks like a horse and not a big dog, that is a skill. The best job is one that uses your skills n something that you are interested in. in addition to this, it is an advantage if you believe that a particular job is worth doing in the world.

After that, the next step is research. To find out as much as possible about different kinds of work, go to the library and read books, magazines and newspapers. Ask your friends about the work they do. If you are interested in banking, it is better to talk to a bank clerk who is twenty –four, rather than a bank manager who is sixty –four. Do not rely on your parents’ friends for information. A younger person will be able to describe a normal day at work and tell you about the interesting or boring things when you first start working.

Finally, trust your own ideas and your own thinking! It is your own life, so find something that you enjoy doing.

61. The difference between “finding a job” and “choosing a job” lies in _______.

A. finding a job is a decision while choosing a job is a chance

B. finding a job is more important than choosing a job.

C. A job that you find is one who is more suitable for you than one that you choose

D. A job that you choose is based on your decision and suits you while one that you find often isn’t.

62. What is the first step to find a job that suits you well?

A. The first step is to recognize what kind of person you are and which special qualities make you different from everyone else.

B. The first step is to find out as much as possible about different kinds of work.

C. The first step is to ask your friends about the work they do.

D. The first step is to consider your parents’ advice.

63. All the things are ways of research about different kinds of work except______.

A. Go to library and refer to books.

B. Turn to your friends to help.

C. Turn to your parents’ friends for advice.

D. Talk to a younger person for information

64. If you are interested in banking, you should talk to a bank clerk who is twenty –four instead of a bank manager who is sixty –four because_________.

A. they will be able to describe a special day at work.

B. they are full-time workers and can tell you about the interesting or boring things at work.

C. it is easier to find a bank clerk than to find a bank manager. 

D. they are easier to get along with

65. Where does the passage probably appear?

A .A textbook    B. A newspaper   C. A TV programme   D. A magazine

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In spite of ill health and a physical incapacity（傷殘）that threatened her career, Carson McCullers completed a novel in the summer of 1961 that made the best-seller list before its official publication; date by virtue of（由于）prepublication sales.

In an interview at her home, the noted novelist looked back on some of her problems of recent years and spoke without emotion of her latest book, Clock without Hands, her first in fifteen years, "For many years I had been thinking of the novel and finally wrote it this passed year. ""The tall, frail novelist, forty-three years old in 1961, suffered a series of strokes in her twenties that left her partially incapacitated, and she also admitted that a mental block kept her away from writing for many years after the strokes.

Mrs McCullers once wrote that "writing is a wandering, dreaming occupation. " But beyond the admission that she works" very hard" at her writing, she is shy about discussing her work. She is remote from literary fashions, and she has never learned to intellectualize her art, but she reads her critics and takes them seriously.

Clock Without Hands depicts （敘述） Mrs McCullers' native South and the slow passing of the old way of life through the lives of a dying pharmacist （藥劑師）, a white judge and former congressman, his rebellious grandson, and two Negroes. Among her earlier noted works are Member of the Wedding, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and Ballad of Sad Cafe.

71. The novel made the best-seller list ______.

A. one month after publication             B. immediately upon publication

C. before publication                     D. before completion

72. Mrs McCullers' comments about Clock without Hands were______.

A. enthusiastic                      B. defensive

C. shy and self-conscious              D. unemotional

73. Clock without Hands was the product of ______.

A. many years of work B. one year of work C. many years of thought D. both B and C

74. Mrs McCullers did not write for many years because ______.

A. strokes left her partially incapacitated      B. she had a mental block

C. she had no ideas        D. both A and B

75. According to the selection, Mrs McCullers_____.

A. follows literary fashions   B. intellectualizes her art

C. discusses her work avidly（熱心的）     D. takes her critics seriously

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Mr. Smith owns ______ collection of coins than anyone else I have ever met.

A. larger       B. a larger     C. the larger       D. a large

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__________ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research.

   A. So curious were the couple             B. So curious the couple were

   C. How curious the couple were           D. The couple were such curious

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 With a ______ expression on her face, she is _______ about what to do next.

       A. puzzled; puzzling      B. puzzling; puzzled      C. puzzled; puzzled          D. puzzling; puzzling