From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing and sometimes medicine for man. We may not depend as much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day. Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats. When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce.  
     An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.
     Wildcat also has been used as a name for money in the 1800s. At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. Some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat banknote. The banks who offered this money were called wildcat banks. A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.
     Wildcat then was also used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. Dishonest developers would buy such property. Then they would sell it and leave town with the money. The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. Today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.

35．What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Wildcats and their stories.       B. Wildcats and their characters.

C. Varieties of animal species.       D. Relationship between animals and humans.

36． The underlined words "a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat" in Paragraph 1 may refer to "__________".

A. gasoline companies    B. automobile manufacturers

C. brands of automobile                D. names of wildcats

37．Which of the following would people like to have or trust according to the passage?

A. Wildcat congressmen.      B. Wildcat oil wells.

C. Wildcat banks.          D. Wildcat cars.

38．It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money__________.

A. people couldn't buy anything with the money

B. people complained and suffered a lot

C. the rich invested too much on oil wells

D. people didn't know how to save money

Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Not only was there the incident of tragedy involving murders of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, as the losers disagreed with the final decisions. They believed that one of their goals should have been allowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said: “This isn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension(停賽) of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable(有爭議的) end to their contest. The game had ended in disorder. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the US had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury (評審委員會) debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (愛國主義).

31．According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ____.

A. created goodwill between the nations

B. hardly showed any international friendship

C. caused only false national pride

D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

32．What did the manager mean by saying, “...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?

A. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.

B. His team would no longer take part in international games.

C. Hockey and the Federation are ruined by the unfair decisions.

D. The Federation should be ended.

33． The basketball example implied that        .

A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incident

B. the announcement to make the match last longer was wrong

C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision

D. The American team was right in receiving the silver medals

34．Which statement best summarizes this passage?

A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

B. Different teams often have disputes when fighting for the first place.

C. Any team that has disrespectful behavior should be suspended.

D. Athletes should compete as individuals.

Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in jail after     thirty-year-old Keith Smith over the head       his walking stick. McKay's wife, Laurence told us that while McKay is usually a       person, he had been       to this act of violence by getting wet just once too often.

Smith lives above the McKays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a       collector. Unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the McKay's, or too often, on the McKays      .

“For the last fortnight, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our      ,” said Laurence. She added that it wasn't so much the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plant       bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. “We'd be       there happily reading our newspapers, when       so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we'd       with our clothes on! Neither could we get rid of the       of fish!”

And on Saturday evening it was just too      . “It was James's birthday,” explained Laurence, “and I'd made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out.”      , Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet      . Rarely had Laurence seen McKay move so fast. “I couldn't       him. He was up there in a flash. It was the fastest I'd seen him move since 1964.”

Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his       from now on. And what of James McKay?       he left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him, “Happy Birthday”. “      the most exciting birthday      !” said the cheerful old man. “The best since my adolescence I'd say!”                 

11．A. hitting B. tapping       C. pushing      D. touching

12．A. by      B. via      C. through      D. with

13．A. quiet   B. peaceful     C. sensitive     D. stubborn

14．A. accustomed       B. taken   C. driven D. attracted

15．A. fish     B. seed    C. plant   D. newspaper

16．A. himself       B. itself   C. themselves D. herself

17．A. bathroom   B. kitchen       C. bedroom    D. balcony

18．A. which B. what   C. that     D. whether

19．A. sitting B. exercising   C. sleeping      D. eating

20．A. regularly     B. unconsciously   C. precisely    D. suddenly

21．A. swum B. showered   C. watered      D. drowned

22．A. taste   B. sense  C. feeling D. smell

23．A. little    B. soon   C. late     D. much

24．A. Beside B. Instead       C. Otherwise  D. Consequently

25．A. over    B. across C. through      D. down

26．A. stop    B. blame  C. ignore D. stand

27．A. views  B. attitude       C. ways  D. mind

28．A. While  B. Since  C. Until   D. As

29．A. Sincerely    B. Impossibly  C. Definitely   D. Previously

30．A. before B. ever    C. already       D. since

Written in a hurry, ________________.

A. they find many mistakes in the report

B. Sam made many mistakes in the report

C. there are lots of mistakes in the report

D. the report is full of spelling mistakes

The 8.8 quake in central Chile caused widespread damage, destroying lots of buildings and hundreds of thousands of people_______ .

A.to affect　        B.affecting         C.affect          D.affected

After the Six­Party Talk in Beijing, an agreement was reached _____that North Korea would abandon（放棄）_____ nuclear weapons.

A. stating(聲明); to develop                 B. stating; developing

C. to state; to develop                      D. states; developing

________ his lessons , he failed in the exam.

A. Not reviewing  B. Having not reviewed  C. Not reviewed  D. Not having reviewed

Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else _______ a more beautiful palace.

A.can you find    B.you could find   C.you can find    D.could you find

They’re ______ choosing a cautious policy in order to avoid a risk in such an important event.

A. thoroughly   B. deliberately C. carelessly   D. naturally

After a heated discussion, the employees presented many ______ suggestions which might help improve the quality of the company’s product.

A. accurate       B. optimistic   C. positive      D. temporary