阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour 1 . When it became lighter, I decided to get my car, which was 2 at my office three streets away.

My friends argued that I shouldn’t go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant then. I assured them that I’d be very 3 .

I walked out of the 4 and started making my way to the car. At the traffic junction, a van stopped and the passenger got off with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he’d escort(护送) me to my 5 . I was very embarrassed and declined(辞谢), but he was very 6 .

During our 7 , he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was 8 . When we got to the car park, I 9 him and we parted ways. I did not get his 10 and may not even recognise him now. Did he 11 stop for me? I’ll never know.

So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I 12 two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction 13 near my estate, which was a long walk in. I went out and passed them an umbrella. I told them they should take the umbrella and 14 it. They were very grateful and like me, probably wondered why a 15 was offering such kindness.

1. A. hardly B. slightly C. heavily D. slowly

2. A. parked B. locked C. broken D. repaired

3. A. successful B. careful C. joyful D. stressful

4. A. storm B. garage C. office D. hotel

5. A. destination B. home C. office D. company

6. A. cautious B. diligent C. persistent D. reluctant

7. A. talk B. trip C. walk D. work

8. A. rough B. wet C. messy D. dirty

9. A. thanked B. left C. waved D. greeted

10. A. umbrella B. appearance C. address D. name

11. A. obviously B. accidently C. really D. purposely

12. A. watched B. noticed C. searched D. heard

13. A. equipment B. stage C. object D. site

14. A. keep B. carry C. have D. return

15. A. passer-by B. stranger C. man D. woman

第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中的语法的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

Ma Wendi is used to curious glances 16 she walks six dogs at the same time. They are not all hers. 17 25-year-old veterinary graduate is a full-time dog walker.

“I have to take care of twelve dogs at most,” said Ma. She charges 500 yuan a month per dog, and most customers leave their dogs at her house for a week. The 18 (busy) time is around Spring Festival, because many people go back to their hometowns for family reunions 19 go traveling.

“ 20 (compare) with people who have to be in their offices during the day, I don’t have to get up early 21 (squeeze) into the subway carriages in rush hour, and I still make a decent salary, ” she said.

“But it’s a tiring job. I have to work whenever there are dogs at home, and no time to enjoy 22 . Sometimes I want to go out for a meal or shopping, but I can’t do so 23 I worry about them, ” she said.

Ma knows 24 the dogs’ names, and when she calls one’s name, the dog instantly knows she 25 (refer) to it.

II．阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesn’t always come home with them. Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.

The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They don’t keep them, since they’re not in the warehouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.

So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.

Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.

The store’s own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.

The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（获得物） have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, and a medieval suit of armor.

Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.

26. Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because______.

A. they are forgetful B. the owners of some luggage can’t be identified

C. they are in a hurry D. there is no lost and found office in many airports

27. The reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is that ______.

A. they have to find the owners B. they have to keep the bags as long as possible

C. some bags are expensive D. they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose

28. The Unclaimed Baggage Center is very popular because______.

A. visitors may purchase something undervalued. B. all the things there are very cheap.

C. there's a large variety of goods. D. visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there.

29. What can we infer from the passage?

A. A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage.

B. The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use.

C. The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small.

D. People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store.

30. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce an attractive place to tourists.

B. To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage.

C. To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage.

D. To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America.

B

When you’re an employee of a company, no matter the size, it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move around—by creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasn’t actively looking for a different job.

In 2007, I was hired at the Transamerica Life Insurance Company, as a customer service representative in the distributions services department. I processed requests for distributions from our annuity(养老金)policy holders around the country. Someone might have forgotten to sign a form, for example, or might have omitted security information. To solve the problem, I’d mail the person a letter.

The company had been through several combinations, so in our department alone we had a collection of about 140 templates(模板) for letters related to distributions. The longer I worked with the letters, the more I saw how they could be improved. Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasn’t standard across all the versions.

When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. She said I should stop what I’d been doing and start the new work. In a relatively short time, I was able to make numerous improvements and reduce the number of letters to 70. It was an informal job change until a managers’ meeting several months later.

At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that the division’s entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed. My manager told her that she knew the perfect person for the job—me. The position was still considered temporary when I took on the extra tasks, but I was able to show that the work had value, and I was officially promoted and given a raise in November 2009.

31. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true?

A .The author admired those who got a promotion in his company.

B. It is no surprise to see people around us change their positions.

C. The author tried his best to get a promotion in his company

D. The author was eager to seek another job.

32. Which of the following problems with the letters is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Some information was overlooked. B. Some information needed to be united.

C. Some had grammatical mistakes. D. Industry terminology didn’t meet the standard.

33. The underlined word “revamping” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .

A. repeating B. rebuilding C. improving D. strengthening

34.The author started to review the letters when .

A. he was hired by the company B. he was promoted

C. he was recommended at a managers’ meeting D. his department supervisor agreed his idea

35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Where there is will, there is a way. B. Creating a position, and earning a promotion.

C. Don’t let the chance go, when it comes. D. Ways to get a promotion.

C

LEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.

"The hate we hold within us is a cancer, " Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

More than 70 people have become members in Hart's first 20-week workshop in London—a cours