I wouldn’t think it         to ask him to         the club － he’ll only refuse.

A. worthwhile; join       B. worthwhile; join in    C. worth; join        D. worth; join in

第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分40分)?

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking.?

Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.?

We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.?

For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.?

We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.?

Over dinner; we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained.?

“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”?

The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.

56.Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?

Friends of the Road               B. The Silent Woman on the Bus

   C. Going to Work by Bus              D. Different Kinds of Friendship

57.All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.

   A. poor         B. warm hearted          C. silent         D. cold

58. The underlined word “establish” in the fourth passage probably has the same meaning as ______.

   A. keep         B. discover        C. set up         D. accept

59. Why did the woman usually keep silence while taking the bus?

   A. She was worried about her disabled son.

   B. She was sad to see the happy Mexican couple us a single mother.

   C. She had difficulty in expressing herself.   D. She was only interested in the bus driver.

60. The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.

   A. they both disabled people   B. they both had some difficulty in expressing

   C. they both liked bus travel   D. they both brought interest to the passengers

Do people in your country hug in the street? In some countries, it is common for people to show affection(親密) in public places. In the United States, for example, we often see couples hold hands, hug and kiss on the street, in the park, in the restaurant and even on trains and buses. But in some other countries, people never show affection in public places because their customs don’t permit this, for example, in Korea and China. So, when Korean and Chinese people visit the United States, they sometimes feel very surprised when they see Americans hug and kiss on the street.

In some countries, friends show physical affection to each other. In some South American countries, female friends walk arm in arm when they walk along the street together. In Italy and Russia, male friends often kiss each other on both cheeks when they greet. In most countries, men don’t kiss or hug when they greet each other. They usually shake hands or pat each other on the back. People around the world are different in the amount, manner and situation in which they touch each other.

67. The main idea of this passage is ____.

A. the custom in Korea and China are exactly the same.

B. Koreans and Americans can never understand each other.

C. South Americans are more friendly than North Americans

D. Different countries permit different amounts of touching in public

68. Chinese and Korean feel surprised to see Americans hug and kiss on the street because ____.

A. they never hug or kiss

B. they themselves are polite

C. their own customs don’t permit such conduct

D. kissing each other is not allowed on the street

69. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Chinese people often kiss on the street. 

B. In all countries public affection is permitted.

C. In many countries, men shake hands when they greet each other.

D. The Americans are not as polite as people in other countries.

70. From the passage we can guess____.

A. Korean people often kiss and hug on American streets

B. People all over the world like to kiss their friends

C. Americans like to kiss and hug Korean people on the street

D. It may be strange to Americans to see two men kiss on both cheeks.

第二節(jié)．書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿(mǎn)分25分）

假設(shè)你是王曉明，請(qǐng)根據(jù)你校美化校園的規(guī)劃，用英語(yǔ)給你在美國(guó)的筆友Peter寫(xiě)一封短信，介紹該規(guī)劃。短信的主要內(nèi)容如下：

注意：1．短信的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫(xiě)好，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

2．詞數(shù)：100左右。

3．參考詞匯：雕塑—statue (n.)   植物園—botanical garden (n.)

Dear Peter,                                                      

 I would like to tell you that our school has worked out a new program.       

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

23. Where to get the materials and how to get them ________ at the meeting.

A. have not discussed                                        B. have not been discussed

C. has not discussed                                          D. has not been discussed

It depends on _______ he has enough money.

A. if            B. weather     C. if or not      D. whether

—What does this sentence mean ?

  --- It seems to me that it ________.

A. doesn’t make sense B. doesn’t have sense  C. doesn’t make meaning D. doesn’t be meaningful

Nowhere else in the world _____ more friendly people than in China.

A. you will find                                          B. you can find

C. can you find         D. you may have found

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分40分）

第一節(jié)：閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Once a neighbour stole one of Washington’s horses. Washington went with a police officer to the neighbour’s farm to get the horse, but the neighbour refused to give the horse up; he claimed (聲稱(chēng)) that it was his horse.

Washington placed both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbour, “If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eyes he is blind.”

“In the right eye,” the neighbour said.

Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind in the right eye.

“Oh, I have made a mistake,” said the neighbor. “He is blind in the left eye.”

Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the left eye, either.

“I have made another mistake,” said the neighbor.

“Yes,” said the police officer, “and you have also proved that the horse does not belong to you. You must return it to Mr. Washington.”

56. Why did Mr. Washington go to the neighbor’s farm with a police officer?

A. Because the neighbor was the police officer’s friend.

B. Because he wanted to make the neighbor return the horse.

C. Because the police officer was Washington’s friend.

D. Because they were invited to the neighbor’s farm.

57. When Washington and the police officer reached the neighbor’s farm, the neighbor _____.

A. immediately admitted that he had stolen the horse

B. received them warmly

C. said he had lost a horse, too

D. didn’t want to give the horse back to Washington

58. When Washington asked the neighbor to tell them in which eye the horse was blind, the neighbor _____.

A. didn’t say anything   B. knew the horse wasn’t blind at all

C. thought the horse was really blind                  D. said he had stolen the horse

59. From the passage, we know _____.

A. Washington was a wise man

B. Washington’s neighbor was cleverer than Washington

C. the police officer was the cleverest of the three

D. all the three men were not very clever

No one wants to look silly or do the wrong thing at a new job. It is important to make the right impression(印象) from the very first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place. It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job:

1. First impressions can last forever. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code (rules about what you can wear to work). If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.

2. Get to work on time. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.

3. Pay attention to introductions. One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you.  They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.

4. Ask plenty of questions. Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.

5. Never be the first one to leave. Observe what your co-workers do around quitting time (下班時(shí)間). It does not look good for you to be eager to leave.

68. Before you arrive at work, you should __________.

    A. dress in a right way       B. introduce yourself

    C. know your duties         D. know your co-workers well

69. According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?

    A. You should be the first one to arrive at work. 

    B. You should ask your co-workers for your duties.

    C. You should not be eager to go back home.

    D. You are required to arrive 15 minutes earlier.

70. According to the passage, your supervisor is most likely your ____.

   A. visitor   B. teacher    C. workmate    D. leader

71. The writer thinks that a new job is  ________ to people.

A. a duty  B. a challenge  C. an offer    D. fun