13、     is put in the report, the new machine will work twice as fast，thus reducing costs．

A．As       B．Which           C．That               D．What

12、The bus went on slowly,       every now and then to take people in．

A．to stop        B．stopping          C．to have stopped         D．stopped

11、Computers now allow searches of fingerprint files to match a print at a crime       

A．sign       B．stage        C．location           D．scene

10、－Can I smoke here?

－No, in no circumstances        in the library．

A．smoking permits                        B．smoking is permitted 

C．does smoking permit                  D．is smoking permitted

9、－Are you getting a new apartment this year?

一      I can’t afford to pay my bills, let alone buy a new apartment．

A．Don’t mention it．                             B．You must be joking! 

C．Are you sure?                          D．Good idea!

8、I first met her on the beach near where I live．I drive to this beach, a  1  of three or four miles, whenever I’m feeling down．At that time she was  2  something．

    Looking  3  ，she said，“Hello．”I nodded，not wanting to  4  with a small child．

    “I’m Wendy and I’m building something．”she said．

    “I see, but what is it?” I asked，not   5 ．

    “Don’t know，I just like the   6   of sand．”

    A sandpiper（磯鷂鳥）flew by．

    “That’s a   7  ．Mum says sandpipers come to bring us joy．”

    “Good-bye，joy，”I thought to myself，”Hello， 8  ．”and walked away．My life then seemed completely out of   9 ．

    “Come again，”she called．”and have another   10  day．”

But the days and weeks that followed   11  to other people：naughty boys and a  12 mother．One morning I suddenly realized I needed my  13  and headed for the beach．The breeze was cool, but I walked along，trying to recapture（捕捉）the inner peace I needed．I had almost  14  the child so I was surprised when she appeared．

    “  15  do you live?” I asked．She pointed toward a summer cottage．

Then one day，I rushed to my beach in great pain，even in no  16  to greet the girl．”If you don’t mind，”I said coldly，”I’d rather be  17  today.” She seemed unusually  18  and out of breath．

    “Why?” she asked．

    “My mother died! “

    “Did it hurt when she died?”

    “Of course it hurt!” I shouted，misunderstanding her．

When I next went to the beach, she wasn’t there. Feeling   19  , and admitting I  20   her,

I went up to the cottage. A woman answered the door. “Wendy, my daughter, died last week. She had leukemia（白血�。�. May be she didn’t tell you.”

1．A．length                   B．distance               C．space                  D．reach

2．A．observing              B．drawing               C．building               D．collecting

3．A．up                        B．out                      C．down                  D．over

4．A．work                    B．play                    C．stay                    D．talk

5．A．caring                   B．seeing                 C．wanting               D．worrying

6．A．feel                       B．sense                  C．smell                   D．comfort

7．A．sorrow                 B．joy                      C．pity                     D．lie

8．A．comfort                B．pleasure               C．kindness              D．pain

9．A．balance                 B．sight                   C．mind                   D．range

10．A．sad                     B．happy                  C．busy                   D．fine

11．A．a(chǎn)dded                  B．led                      C．belonged             D．related

12．A．kind                    B．poor                    C．lonely                  D．sick

13．A．partner                B．sandpiper             C．chance                D．holiday

14．A．searched             B．known                C．noticed                D．forgotten

15．A．How               B．What             C．Where         D．Which

16．A．mood             B．time                C．way           D．place

17．A．a(chǎn)lone              B．lonely             C．unique         D．special

18．A．happy             B．pale               C．good          D．powerful

19．A．sorry              B．excited           C．cold           D．puzzled

20．A．cheated           B．lost               C．troubled        D．missed

7、It was Molly’s job to hand her father his brown paper lunch bag each morning before he headed off to work.

       One morning in addition to his usual lunch bag, Molly handed him a second paper bag. This one was worn and held together with staples（書釘）.

       “Why two bags?” her father asked. “The other is something else,” Molly answered. “What’s in it?” “Just some stuff（東西）. Take it with you.”

       Not wanting to discuss the matter, he put both sacks into his briefcase, kissed Molly and rushed off. At midday he opened Molly’s bag and took out the contents : two hair ribbons（絲帶）, three small stones, a plastic dinosaur, a tiny sea shell, a small doll, and 13 pennies… The busy father smiled, finished eating, and swept the desk clean into the wastebasket, Molly’s stuff included.

       That evening, Molly ran up behind him as he read the paper. “Where’s my bag?” “What bag?” “The one I gave you this morning.” “I left it at the office. Why?” “I forgot to put this note in it,” she said. “And, besides, Daddy, the things in the sack are the things I really like. I thought you might like to play with them. You didn’t lose the bag, did you, Daddy?” “Oh, no.” he said, lying. “I just forgot to bring it home. I’ll bring it tomorrow.” While Molly hugged her father’s neck, he unfolded the note that read: “I love you, Daddy.” Molly had given him her treasures—all that a 7-year-old held dear.

       Love in a paper bag, and he missed it—not only missed it, but had thrown it in the wastebasket. So back he went to the office. Just ahead of the night janitor（看門人）, he picked up the bag from the wastebasket. He put the treasures inside and carried it home carefully. The bag didn’t look so good, but the stuff was all there and that’s what counted.

       After dinner, he asked Molly to tell him about the stuff in the sack. It look a long time to tell.

       Everything had a story or a memory.

       “Sometimes I think of all the great times in this sweet life.” he thought.

       We should all remember that it’s not the destination that counts in life, but the journey. That journey with the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple truth but it is so easily forgotten.

1．Why did Molly give her father a second bag?

    A．she didn’t want to keep the things in the bag.

    B．She hoped those things would bring happiness to her father.

    C．She wanted to remind her father of the stories behind the things.

    D．she enjoyed playing with her father.

2．How did Father deal with the bag after he opened it?

    A．He kept it in the drawer.                   B．He took it back home.

    C．He threw it into the waste basket.        D．He put it on his table.

3．After Father heard what his daughter said，he felt           .

       A．regretful             B．surprised              C．sad               D．satisfied

4．Which of the following is the most suitable tide of the passage?

    A．An Important Journey                   B．Two Bags  

       C．Father and Daughter                   D．Love in a Paper Bag

6、Two years ago，Wendy Hasnip，47，experienced a brain injury that left her speechless for two weeks. When she finally recovered. she found herself talking with what seemed to be a French accent.”I phoned a friend the other day. and she spent the first ten minutes laughing.”Hasnip said at the time.”While I have nothing against the French. ”

    Hasnip suffered from foreign accent syndrome（外國口音綜合癥），am condition in which people find themselves speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country. The condition usually occurs in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke（中風(fēng)）一a sudden loss of consciousness，sensation，or movement caused by a blocked or broken blood vessel（血管）in the brain.

    The condition was first identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman whose head was injured during an attack by the German military. The woman recovered but was left with a German-sounding accent. to the horror of fellow villagers who avoided her after that.

    Researchers have discovered that the combined effect of the damage to several parts of the brain makes victims lengthen certain syllable，mispronounce sounds，and change the normal pitch（音高）of their voice. Those changes in speech add up to what sounds like a foreign accent.

    Another researcher，a phonetician（語言學(xué)者），says victims of the syndrome don’t acquire at me foreign accent. Their strangely changed speech only resembles the foreign accent with which it has a few sounds in common.

    When an English woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke. she spoke with what seemed to be a Scottish accent. However. Annie’s Scottish coworkers said she didn’t sound at like a Scot.

1．According to the passage，people        may have foreign accent syndrome.

    A．whose parent has experienced a head injury

    B．who have lived in a foreign country for a long time

    C．who have lest their consciousness owing to a stroke

    D．who have learned foreign language from their coworkers

2．All of the following are the causes of seeming foreign accent EXCEPT      。

    A．a(chǎn) softer voice                         B．change in length of syllables

    C．mispronounced sounds                D．changed pitch of voice

3．If a person suffers foreign accent syndrome，         .

    A．his coworkers will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him

    B．he has more chance of suffering stroke again

    C．he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speakers

    D．his speech only has a few sounds in common with the foreign accent

4．Writing this passage，the writer’s main purpose is to        .

    A．introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information

    B．warn people not to be at the risk of experiencing a stroke

    C．make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured

    D．tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War

5、Attitudes to industrial espionage（間諜活動）

What do people think about stealing and selling industrial secrets?

A．Sarah J. . an industrial chemist

For some years now I have been engaged in highly secret chemical research. Because there is so much industrial espionage now. I have got used to a certain lack of freedom. There is an atmosphere：of suspicion almost everywhere，and I am well aware of the dangers of talking about my work，or even of telling new acquaintances where I work. I know I must keep my work secret.

B．Charles S.，an inventor

There was a time. When I was employed as a scientific adviser to a large company，where I thought there was too much secrecy in industry. I have an agent who looks after a part of my business. and she has always  insisted that I take out patents on all of my inventions，however ridiculous they may look. She also insists on my locking away all plans and technical drawings.

C．Peter, a science teacher

I teach chemistry and physics to young people up to the age of l8 to the best of my ability in the hope that they will go to university and eventually go into industry. I hate the whole business of industrial spying：I know it goes on and l warn my students about getting involved in buying or selling secrets. An old friend of mine is a mechanical engineer and although he says he has no important information，he has had his phone tapped （竊聽），and he has been approached by a representative of another large company

D．Laura B．，an advertising executive

Some follow sales executives and I were discussing the question of industrial espionage in conference recently. While the others felt it only took place in the manufacturing industries，I pointed out that it was just as prevalent in areas like sales. advertising，insurance and other service industries. It’s a fact of life: we all have our secrets that other companies would pay a lot of money to see.

1．Who points out that spying takes place even in service industries?

    A．Laura B．        B．Sarah J.           C．Peter L.           D．Charles S.

2．All the following can be inferred EXCEPT         .

    A．Charles S. may not leave his/her work lying around for anyone to see.

    B．Sarah J. seems to have accepted the need for secrecy in his /her work

    C．Laura B．used not to understand why there was so much secrecy in industry

    D．Peter L. 0ften warns his students of industrial espionage

3．Which of the following is the closest to prevalent in meaning?

    A．Common.        B．Important.       C．Different .       D．Attractive

4．You any read this article in           .

A．a(chǎn) science fiction                               B．a(chǎn) magazine

C．a(chǎn) poster                                           D．a(chǎn)n advertisement

4、Ralph and Norton can grow to be 40 feet long and live in a tank as large as a football field.  What are they? They’re the only two whale sharks at a North American aquarium （水族館）

You can see Ralph and Norton at the world’s largest aquarium, the new Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta,.

The aquarium’s giant tanks hold eight million gallons of water and will be home to about 100,000 fish!

The aquarium was designed to look like a giant ship breaking through the waves . It has 60 different habitats from the sea and five galleries （展館）, each with a different theme. About 2.4 million visitors are expected to come each year.”We want to be the world’s most engaging aquarium.” said Jeff Swingman, the aquarium’s executive director.

Ralph and Norton arrived in June, 2005 from Taiwan. They were only 15 and 13feet long, but they may grow to be more than 40 feet long! Whale sharks are the world’s largest fish. Three full-time vets will work there to make sure that Ralph, Norton, and all of the aquarium’s sea life stay healthy . Students from the University of Georgia will help run the aquarium and conduct research at the animal hospital.

The aquarium was paid for almost completely by a $ 200 million gift from Berne Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot Inc, and his wife, Billi.” It’s going to be the most unique aquarium in the world ,”said Marcus, Marcus said the aquarium was a “thank you” note to the city of Atlanta and the State of Georgia, where the Home Depot first opened for business.

1．According to this passage，Ralph and Norton are            .

    A．polar bears       B．whale sharks     C．penguins      D．dolphins

2．The world’s largest aquarium is located in         .

    A．Los Angeles      B．New York       C．Atlanta        D．Miami

3．Which of the following is TRUE?

    A．The aquarium was designed to look like a giant shark.

    B．The aquarium’s giant tanks can hold eighteen million gallons of water

    C．Ralph and Norton arrived in June，2005 from Japan.

    D．Marcus helped to build the aquarium to show his thanks to Atlanta. 

4．By saying“We want to be the world’s most engaging aquarium”Jeff Swanagan means       .

    A．the aquarium will attract large number of visitors

    B．the aquarium will be home to very special sea animals

    C．the aquarium will be rebuilt and will be made even larger

    D．the aquarium will be the largest habitat for sea life