Ⅰ.单项填空

1．________protect the teenagers from the bad influences of bad websites on the mobile phone, the government is considering ________strict and effective measures to monitor them.

A. In order to；taking 　 B. So as to；taking

C. So as to；to take D. In order to；to take

2．—What a mess! You need to clean your bedroom ______ __after school.

—But the final exam is approaching.

A. constantly B. mildly

C. thoroughly D. previously

3．Jackson's doctor was arrested by policemen and________of murdering.

A. accustomed B. accused

C. adjusted D. charged

4．—You________part in the party in time.

—Sorry，I was delayed by the accident.

A. are supposed to take

B. have supposed to take

C. are supposed to have taken

D. supposed to take

5．He failed the mid-term examination and only then________ how much time he had wasted.

A. he realized B. did he realize

C. he had realized D. had he realized

6.The chief editor demanded that the article________immediately.

A. must be submitted B. would be submitted

C. submits D. be submitted

7．Once we have________some knowledge, things do not become more difficult, but comprehensible.

A. required B. acquired

C. inquired D. inspired

8．My father earns around ￥500 every month, which can hardly________the basic needs of our family.

A. support B. cover

C. present D. arrange

9．—Have you finished your book report?

—Not yet. I couldn't________on it with so loud music next door last night.

A. draw B. devote

C. direct D. concentrate

10．—Will you go to see the table tennis of the Guangdong Asian Games?

—________.

A. No way B. It depends

C. Don't mention it D. By no means

11．On National Day，up________into the air. Then the crowd cheered up.

A. go the balloons B. did the balloons go

C. went the balloons D. the balloons went

12．So suddenly ________that the animals in the zoo looked very frightened during the total solar eclipse (日全食)．

A. did the sky turn dark B. the sky did turn dark

C. turned the sky dark D. was the sky turned dark

13．The wild grass looked like a soft green blanket________the field.

A. covering B. covered

C. cover D. to cover

14．Today，we'll discuss a number of cases________parents have much difficulty in communicating with their children.

A. which B. as

C. why D. where

15．—Did Linda see the traffic accident?

—No，no sooner ________than it happened.

A. had she gone B. she had gone

C. has she gone D. she has gone

Ⅱ.完形填空(每小题1分，共20分)

It was Lin Tao's first visit to England. He was looking__16__to his first journey on London's Underground Railway. Against__17__of his friends he decided to go alone.

He__18__the station shortly after five o'clock in the afternoon. This is a__19__time to travel in London because too many people go home__20__work at this hour. He had to join a long line of people__21__were waiting for tickets. When__22__his turn came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the man__23__tickets. However, he got the right__24__in the end and by asking people the__25__he also found the right platform. It was crowded with people. He did not manage to get on the first train，__26__he was able to move nearer the edge of the platform so as to be in a better position to__27__the next one.

When this train came in, Lin Tao was swept forward on to the train by the rush of people from behind. The doors__28__and the train moved off. He was__29__to see the names of the stations__30__the train stopped, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth stop along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Lin Tao got off，__31__glad that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly__32__that he had come to a station he__33__！ He explained his difficulty to a man standing on the platform. With a smile__34__his face, the man told Lin Tao that he__35__a train going in the opposite direction. The train had come to a small town, the name of which sounded very strange.

16．A. forward B. toward

C. upward D. downward

17．A. an advice B. the advice

C. advice D. advise

18．A. arrived B. got

C. hurried D. entered

19．A. short B. well

C. good D. bad

20．A. for B. at

C. from D. before

21．A. who B. whom

C. whose D. which

22．A. at first B. at last

C. at least D. at most

23．A. sell B. to sell

C. selling D. sold

24．A. platform B. station

C. ticket D. taxi

25．A. road B. way

C. path D. means

26．A. and B. or

C. but D. so

27．A. get on B. get off

C. get up D. get down

28．A. open B. opened

C. close D. closed

29．A. able B. unable

C. sure D. possible

30．A. which B. that

C. before D. where

31．A. feeling B. felt

C. fell D. fallen

32．A. recognized B. understood

C. realized D. felt

33．A. have never listened to B. had never heard of

C. had never listened D. has never heard

34．A. in B. on

C. of D. to

35．A. had bought B. had sat

C. had driven D. had caught

Ⅲ.阅读理解(每小题2分，共40分)

A

The best reporters I know are bright, persistent, honest, curious and courageous. If you asked them to explain their success, this is what they might say：

Helen: A good reporter is a generalist, able to deal with a number of topics and talk with a variety of people. He or she can see the unusual, the ironic(讽刺的)in the everyday. She can think through all the possibilities and organize a large amount of information to find the important parts.

Jack: A good reporter is quick. Once he is assigned a story, he goes after it. He makes the calls and keeps trying if he doesn't make contact. Besides, a good reporter is curious. He or she takes pleasure in the new, and in the old, in the history or previous examples that got us where we are. He enjoys reading and appreciates the details.

Susan: A good reporter is pleasant. She adopts a friendly nature with those she meets. She is a grateful guest, with a belief in the basic goodness of people. She conveys to those she meets that she is tolerant of them and their ideas, even though she doesn't like them or what they stand for.

Tom: A good reporter is honest. He seeks the truth and acts independently. He does what he says he's going to do, and doesn't do something he promised to avoid. He returns his calls, and he's willing to say no. He's obsessed with accuracy and double checks his facts with call-backs. He sees both sides to every issue.

Richard: As Jon Franklin, reporter, author and teacher, said, “Back when I first started, I thought intelligence was the most important attribute a reporter could have. I have since changed my mind. You do have to be intelligent, but the big thing is courage. Courage to open your mind and let the whole damned confusing world in. Courage to always be the ignorant one, on somebody else's turf. Courage to stand corrected. Courage to take criticism. Courage to grow with your experiences. Courage to accept what you don't understand. Most of all, courage to see what is there and not what you want to think is there.”

36．What would be the best title of the text?

A. How a Reporter Makes Good News

B. What a Reporter Does

C. Newspaper

D. How to Be a Good Reporter

37．Who thinks a good reporter should find unusual news from daily life?

A. Helen. B. Jack.

C. Susan. D. Tom.

38．According to Susan, what should you do if you can't agree with him?

A. Saying no. B. Being pleasant.

C. Getting angry. D. Walking away.

39．In the eyes of Tom, a good reporter should not________.

A. seek the truth

B. check the facts

C. see every issue from different angles

D. be unwilling to say no to others

40．As for Richard, which of the following is the most important to a good reporter?

A. Honesty. B. Quickness.

C. Courage. D. Curiosity.

B

USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was set up by Alten“AL”Neuharth in 1982 with the goal of providing a national newspapers in the US market, where generally only a single local newspaper was available. The paper has the widest circulation(发行量)of any newspaper in the US, averaging over 2.5 million copies every weekday. It was the first color newspaper in the US.

The newspaper was also among the first newspapers to use satellites to send the final edition of the newspaper to different locations across the country for printing and final distribution in those regional markets. This allowed the paper to include the most recent news and sports scores in each edition.

Each edition of the newspaper consists of four sections: News, Money, Sports and Life. On Fridays, two Life sections are included: the regular life for movies subtitled Weekend, which features television, films and trends, and a travel supplement called Destinations & Diversions. Each section is denoted(表示) by a certain color to different sections, which is seen in a box the top-left-corner of the first page, with News being blue(section A), Money with green(section B), red for Sports(section C) and purple for life(section D)．

USA Today prints each complete story on the front page of the respective(各自的) section with exception to the cover story. The cover story is a longer story that requires a jump (readers must turn to another page in the paper to complete the story, usually the very next page, page 2 of that section)．

Starting in February, 2008, the newspaper added a magazine supplement(增刊)called “Open Air”， appearing several times a year.

41．Why did Alten “AL，” Neuharth found USA Today in 1982?

A. To advertise his products.

B. To voice people's views.

C. To provide a national newspaper to Americans.

D. To compete with other newspapers.

42. From the first paragraph we can learn that________.

A. USA Today is not published on weekend

B. USA Today is the first color newspaper in the world

C. USA Today is an international newspaper

D. USA Today developed from an American local newspaper

43.