The experiment turned out to be very successful，         was more than we could expect．

    A．what      B．that      C．which      D．this

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have   36   how difficult it is to write a   37   children's book.  Either the author has aimed too   38. , so that the children can't follow what is in his (or more often, her) story,   39   the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children's books are   40   very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the 41   who hears the story and the adult who   42    it. Unfortunately, there are in fact   43   books like this,  44   the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not   45   to solve.

This may be why many of books regarded as   46   of children's literature were in fact written for   47 . “Alice's Adventure in Wonderland” is perhaps the most   48   of this.

Children, left for themselves, often  49  the worst possible interest in literature. Just  leave a child in bookshop or  50  and he will more  willingly choose the books 51  in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics (連環(huán)畫), full of the stories and jokes to which both teachers and right-thinking parents  52  .

Perhaps we parents should stop trying to persuade children into   53   our taste in literature. After all children and adults are so   54  that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the  55  books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise（妥協(xié)） over that bedtime story.

36.A.hoped     B. realized      C. told    D. said

37.A.short      B. long    C. bad     D. good

38.A. easy      B. short   C. high    D. difficult

39.A. and       B   . but           C. or           D. so

40.A. both      B. neither       C. either                D. very

41.A. child     B. father  C. mother              D. teacher

42.A. hears     B. buys   C. understands              D. reads

43.A. few       B. many  C. little          D. much

44.A. but B. however     C. so                           D. because

45.A.hard       B. easy    C. enough              D. fast

46.A.articles   B. work        C. arts              D. works

47.A. adults    B. girls    C. boys          D. children

48.A. difficult B. hidden       C. obvious             D. easy

49.A. are B. show   C. find           D. add

50.A. library   B. school       C. home         D. office

51.A. read      B. designed     C. printed              D. written

52.A. favor    B. interest       C. object        D. read

53.A.receiving       B. accepting    C. having              D. refusing

54.A.same      B. friendly      C. different            D. common

55.A.common B. average      C. different            D. same  

Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised,  “Barbara, be enthusiastic（熱情的）! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.” How right they were!

“Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste（漿糊） that helps you hang in there when the things get tough. It is the inner voice that tells you, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments.

We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is the childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing the cello（大提琴）. As the music flowed through his fingers, his shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As writer and poet Samuel Ullman once worte, “Years wrinkle(起皺紋) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, not considering money or title or power. Patricia Mellratl, a retired director of the Missouri Rpertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father, long ago, told me, ‘I never made any money until I stopped working for it.’”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-been”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”. We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses finding pleasure in the sweet of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow.

What is the passage mainly talking about?

Enthusiasm is more important than experience.

Enthusiasm can give people more success and fame

Enthusiastic people will never get old

Enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life.

We can infer that enthusiasm is more important for a person especially when __________.

A. he is in trouble          B. he is getting old

C. he can do what he love   D. he has succeeded

73. The author mentions Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ______.

   A. enthusiasm can make people feel young

   B. music can arouse people’s enthusiasm

   C. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed

   D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy

74. How many examples are referred in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?

   A. Three      B. Four      C. Five      D. Six

75. Which proverb(諺語) may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?

   A. A good beginning makes a good ending

   B. Don’t cry over the spoiled milk

   C. Love me, love my dog

   D. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

第二節(jié) 書面表達（滿分25分）

一個女孩在公共汽車上拒絕為一位老人讓座,這種行為被一個乘客用手機拍了下來，并且把照片傳到了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上.這引起了人們的廣泛爭議，結(jié)合下而后 圖畫，談談你的看法。詞數(shù)120—150。

 I would like Tom to go with us, but Tom insisted       at home.

   A. that he stay         B. that he says               C. staying                     D. to stay

--- We’ve heard Jack was punished yesterday.

  --- Well, he was caught __________ in the toilet by his class teacher.

  A. smoking    B. smoke    C. to smoke    D. smoked

. If you can’t settle the dispute by yourselves, I’ll call the police and they’ll ______.

A. take up             B. take in            C. take on            D. take over

---Do you have        trouble finishing the work?

    ---The work is not so difficult as you think．We have finished it already．

       A．much       B．a(chǎn)ny   C．some D．no

第二節(jié)  完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項A、B、C、D中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑

The Pecan Thief

When I was six years old, I was visiting my grandfather’s

farm in Kansas. Grandpa had sent me into the  36  to gather

pecans for us to enjoy later.

Pecan picking was really  37  work and my little basket

was only half full. I wasn’t about to  38  Grandpa down. Just

then something caught my  39  . A large brown squirrel was

a few feet away. I watched as he picked up a pecan, hurried to a tree and   40  in a large hole in the trunk. A moment later the squirrel  41  out and climbed down to the ground to pick up another nut. Once again, he took the pecan back to his hiding place.

Not so  42  anymore, I thought. I dashed over to the tree and looked into the hole. It was   43  with pecans! Golden pecans were right there for taking. This was my  44  . Handful by handful, I scooped all of those pecans into my basket. Now it was full! I was so  45  of myself. I couldn’t wait to show Grandpa all the pecans.   46  , I ran back and shouted, “Look at all the pecans!” He looked into the basket and said, “Well, well, how did you find so many?” I told him how I’d   47  the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place.

Grandpa congratulated me on how smart I’d been in observing the squirrel and his habits. Then he did something that  48  me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently  49  my shoulders.

 “That squirrel worked very hard to gather his winter  50  of food,” he said. “Now that all of his pecans are gone, don’t you think that little squirrel will  51  the cold winter? ”

“I didn’t think about that, ” I said.

“I know,” Grandpa said. “But a good man should never take  52  of someone else’s hard work.”

Suddenly I felt a bit  53  . The image of the starving squirrel wouldn’t   54  my mind. There was only one thing I could do. I carried the basket back to the tree and poured all the nuts into the hole.

I didn’t eat any pecans that night, but I had something much more filling—the  55  of knowing I had done just the right thing.

36．A．rooms      B．woods      C．holes D．roads

37．A．hard  B．dirty  C．light  D．easy

38．A．let     B．settle C．have  D．keep

39．A．sweater     B．basket       C．eye    D．hand

40．A．joined      B．lived C．discovered       D．disappeared

41．A．jumped     B．held  C．stood D．found

42．A．strange     B．secret       C．a(chǎn)nxious     D．patient

43．A．covered    B．filled C．rebuilt      D．decorated

44．A．turn  B．choice      C．chance      D．a(chǎn)chievement

45．A．a(chǎn)fraid       B．a(chǎn)shamed   C．careful      D．proud

46．A．Otherwise B．However   C．Besides     D．Therefore

47．A．driven      B．followed   C．protected  D．caught

48．A．a(chǎn)nnoyed   B．satisfied    C．surprised   D．delighted

49．A．off    B．beside       C．over  D．a(chǎn)round

50．A．supply      B．cost   C．support     D．preparation

51．A．escape      B．spend       C．survive     D．fled

52．A．place B．notice       C．a(chǎn)dvantage D．charge

53．A．guilty       B．unconfident      C．embarrassed     D．nervous

54．A．open B．leave C．cross D．occupy

55．A．inspiration       B．expectation      C．impression       D．satisfaction

Living in a foreign culture there are many times when I realize that my perspective (觀點) on life is drastically different from those Koreans I interact (相互影響) with on a daily basis. This past week I have been greatly challenged to change my perspective and here is why.

   My dream in life is to become a doctor, one who changes the world. But last week I opened an email from UBC that contained the words “regrets”, no interview. I didn’t get an interview to medical school, thus will not be entering school for September 2009. My immediate reaction was one of extreme disappointment and anger—mostly directed at myself for not working hard enough, for not seeking out the opportunities necessary to have a good application, for simply not being good enough. My mind was full of hopelessness and despair that left me with no desire to further seek for the dream that I’ve held for quite a time now.

    During the past week two things happened. At church our pastor mentioned perspective in a section of his sermon (說教). He stated that when we take our eyes off ourselves and realize God’s greatness, our circumstances will be seen through a new perspective.

    The second thing that reminded me to look at perspective was reading a book. The Mitford Series is so good if you are looking for books to read. So last night I was reading and one of the main characters (who is a priest) is trying to figure out what to say at church. His sermon ended up saying “In everything we give thanks.” It is easy to give thanks when we feel successful in life. It is easy to give thanks when we receive a blessing. But seriously, who in their right mind says thanks for the financial problems I have?

64. Where does the author probably live now?

A. In the USA.          B. In Britain.            C. In China.              D. In Korea.

65. How did she feel when the author received the email from UBC?

A. Surprised.             B. Disappointed.        C. Excited.                  D. Pleased.

66. In the first pastor’s view, when we face disappointment or despair, we should _________.

A. turn to God for help                                  B. say thanks to it

C. see it in another way                                  D. praise others for it

67. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author can’t really free from the disappointment.

B. The author thinks the second sermon is wiser.

C. The author still wants to be a doctor.

D. The author thanks God for not being admitted by the university.