2、Isabella Stewart was born in New York City in 1 840．Her father made a great deal of money in the trade．During school，her parents took her to Italy to explore the country’s many cultural treasures．   

One of the private art collections Isabella visited in Milan had a deep influence on her．She wrote to her friends about her dream of owning a house one day with an art collection like the one she had seen in Italy．

In Paris，Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates，Julia Gardner，whose family was from Boston．Julia would later introduce Isabella to her brother，Jack．In 1 860，Isabella Stewart married Jack Gardner．

The couple had too much art to fit inside their home．So they decided to start planning a museum．Mrs. Gardner didn’t like the cold and empty．spaces of many museums during her time．She wanted a warm museum filled with light．She once said that she decided years ago that the greatest need in her country was art．America was a young country developing quickly in other areas．But the country needed more chances for people to See beautiful examples of art．

After her husband’s death in 1 898．Isabella knew she had no time to lose in building her museum．She bought land，hired a building designer，and supervised(監(jiān)督)every detail of her museum’s construction．

Mrs．Gardner opened her museum on January 1，1 903，which was then called Fenway  Court．She invited her friends that night for a special musical performance．The next month，she opened the museum to the public．At first，visits were limited to twenty days out of the  year．Visitors paid one dollar to enter．

Isabella Stewart Gardner died in 1 924 in Boston.In her will，she left the museum a million dollars and a series of requirements about how it should be managed, one that the permanent collection cannot be changed．

  56．The text is mainly about            ．

    A．how Isabella Gardner realized her dream of being an artist

    B．how Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．Gardner added to their collections of art

    C．how Isabella’s museum was opened

    D．Isabella Stewart Gardner and her museum

 57．By saying“the greatest need in her country was art”in Paragraph 4．Mrs．Gardner  meant that               ．

    A．America was still a young developing country

    B．there were no museums in America at that time

    C．a(chǎn)rt fell far behind other fields of the American society

    D．Americans had no chance to enjoy the beautiful art

 58．In order to achieve her dream of owning an arts museum，Mrs Gardner             

    A．raised money from her friends and relatives

    B．sold out all her land and houses

    C．held special musical performances for money

    D．watched over the process of building the museum

 59．Which statement is NOT true according to the text?      

    A．Isabella-and Jack were classmates when studying in Paris．

    B．The museums at that time was not comfortable.

    C．Isabella opened the museum about five years after Jack’s death．

    D．Great as the museum was，visitors had to wait and pay to enter．

60．From the passage，we can learn that the museum               ．

    A．helps earn much money for its collections of art

    B．is called Fenway Court by the visitors

    C．was opened to the public on January 1st，1903

    D．is still affected by Isabella Gardner in management now

1、I had the privilege to visit the Bridge of Forgiveness in Palawan during the time when I was on the summer’s team．

After the long and exciting week，we had a chance to  36  the place where we were  assigned(指定)．We  37 the narrow hanging bridge made of two bamboos and a long  rope which you can hold  38  for your life as you cross it．1 was SO afraid of  39 ，  especially here, and I think most of US were not  40  to crossing SO high a bridge． 41 ，our  team leader told US that we must cross this bridge in order to see the splendid falls that lie out on the other  42

“As you cross this bridge，think about  43  difficult，but it is possible．”

Many times in our lives we face  44  that we don’t expect―broken relationships，betrayal(背叛)of a friend，etc．，and all we do is  45 . But I noticed that life must go on，and all the burdens must be  46  through forgiveness―forgiveness of yourself and others．    

I didn’t  understand my cousin 47  she told me I should 48  all those unfriendly guys with  49 ．But as I grow older，I realize that lying in the past  50  and guilt will not serve me well．

Once I forgave serious  51 ，I noticed that I couldn't forget them but every time I remembered them，I  52．There are no more pains brought just by the thought of them．

After all，life is good． 53  all the hardships, pains and difficulties, life teaches me to be  54  in facing any adversity(逆境)while at the same time it makes me  55 to those who suffer．If somebody does something terrible to me，I have to think back the bridge of forgiveness ―difficult but possible．

24、----What time do you start work?

---- _____________.

  A. It’s none of your business.        B. It varies.

  C. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.                 D. It doesn’t make any difference

23、Jack’s room always has the dusty smell of an apartment whose windows are　opened.

A．rarely                   B．generally             C．a(chǎn)pparently           D．frequently

22、--May I sit in the chair near the window?

-- __ . The paint on it is wet.

A. By no means    B. Help yourself     C. It depends        D. Never mind

21、The fire which happened in the CCTV's new building has raised __ about the safety of using fireworks in cities.

A. attention         B. expectation       C. concern           D. standard

20、 Life is too short to waste and too __ to give up.

A. expensive        B. ordinary          C. fragile            D. precious

19、This house is big enough for us two __, but we'll have to move if we have a baby.

A. for a moment     B. in a moment     C. for the moment   D. on the moment

18、I don't think he could have done so much homework last night, __ ?

A. do I             B. did he           C. has he            D. could he

17、The judge made the final decision after listening to the opinions of each party __

A. involved         B. to be involved    C. involving         D. having involved