第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

1. — Can you finish the novel in _____ hour or two?

— You must be joking; it’s out of _____ question.

A. an; the

B. /; /

C. an; a

D. an; /



2. —What is the man over there????

—I don’t know for sure. But I think he can be ____ but a teacher.

A. anybody

B. anything?

C. nobody?

D. nothing



3. —Not getting that interview opportunity was a big letdown.

—It’s no big deal. Something better will _____.

A. take on

B. come along

C. go by

D. fall in



4. —Why! I couldn’t get you on the phone yesterday afternoon?

—We _____ kites in the yard when you phoned.

A. could be flying

B. might have flied



 C. must have been flying

D. should be flying



5. _____ abroad for a tour can be a great honor for an ordinary person like him.

A. Taking

B. Taken



 C. Being taken

D. Having been taken



6. _____ realize Linda was interested in luxury cars until I heard that she owned a

Porsche and a Ferrari.

A. Much I did

B. Little I did

C. Much did I

D. Little did I



7. John enjoys football but he knows the fact _____ he doesn’t have _____ it takes to be a professional.

A. that; that

B. which; what

C. what; that

D. that; what



8. — What’s up?

— There are so many problems _____.

A. remained to be solved

B. remaining to solve



 C. remained solving

D. remaining to be solved



9. Peter was much depressed as he didn’t sell half as many computers as he thought he _____.

A. will

B. did

C. was

D. would



10. — Did you make it at last?

— Yes. But for your help,it _____ a serious loss.

A. had caused

B. must have caused



 C. would have caused

D. may cause



11. Please remain quiet in this area while the board meeting is _____.

A. in progress

B. in public

C. in sight

D. in advance



12. —I hear your brother likes computer games, music, beer and fine food.

—Oh, yeah, and music may have been ____ of his tastes.

A. rather more respectable

B. the most respectable



 C. far the most respectable

D. more respectable one



13. There are many smokers in China, _____ the number of students who pick up this habit _____ increased a lot.

A. where; has

B. which; has

C. where; have

D. as; have





第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

One night，at 11:30 p.m.，an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to bear a lashing 16 . Her car had broken 17 and she desperately needed a ride. Completely wet，she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her—generally 18 of in those conflict-filled 1960s.The man took her to 19 ，helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry，but wrote down his 20 ，thanked him.

Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. 21 his surprise，a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It 22 ，“Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched (湿透) not only my clothes 23 my spirits. Then you appeared. Because of you，I was able to make it to my 24 husband’s bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly 25 others.”

16. A. flood

B. earthquake

C. rainstorm

D. thunder



17. A. up

B. down

C. off

D. in



18. A. unseen

B. unknown

C. unaccepted

D. unheard



19. A. safety

B. home

C. danger

D. station



20. A. story

B. message

C. number

D. address



21. A. For

B. To

C. In

D. From



22. A. wrote

B. praised

C. read

D. printed



23. A. and

B. so

C. but

D. except



24. A. dying

B. sleepy

C. ill

D. crying



25. A. serving

B. loving

C. driving

D. waiting



B

As is known to all, money can’t buy happiness. Is it true? Studies have been 26 out on people with sudden wealth, such as lottery winners. In most cases, after the beginning 27 had worn off, people weren’t left with a sense of lasting happiness. Actually, they 28 to return to the way of life before they were rich. Those who were miserable before 29 back into misery.

If 30 wealth doesn’t bring happiness, then what does? Perhaps happiness has something to do with where you live. The World Database on Happiness have studied 31 of happiness in different countries. 32 people in America, and Canada are very happy; people living in India and Russia, not surprisingly, aren’t happy. And other studies point to the importance of relationships. 33 relationships in particular seem to be the key to long-term happiness, such as falling in love and having children.

Nowadays people look on 34 as a substitute of satisfaction. People increasingly spend more time alone watching TV or surfing the Internet rather than spending time with family. Can it truly make people happy? You know the 35 .

26. A. taken

B. sent

C. carried

D. held



27. A. luck

B. gift

C. joy

D. envy



28. A. stopped

B. forced

C. tended

D. regretted



29. A. sink

B. look

C. date

D. break



30. A. material

B. spiritual

C. mental

D. physical



31. A. definitions

B. standards

C. senses

D. levels



32. A. Strangely

B. Apparently

C. Hopefully

D. Curiously



33. A. Family

B. Partner

C. Relative

D. Society



34. A. environment

B. civilization

C. technology

D. situation



35. A. word

B. answer

C. reaction

D. reflection





第二部分：阅读理解（每题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从各题A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。

A

I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated(主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.” When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse? There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense——there is a reason for everything that happens.??? The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.36. What is true about the two deceased elderly women??? A.?They died from accidents.???????

B. They both died of old age.?????? C.?They died due to lack of care by family members.

D. They weren’t accustomed to the change in life.37. People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because______.?? A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow?? B. they don’t know that natural course of events

C. they believe that it is their fault???? D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

B

The cash machine is 47 years old, but where was the birthplace of this world-beating invention? New York? Tokyo? No. The first ever cash machine was born in Enfield Town, north London. It was a Scottish inventor, John shepherd Barron, who realized the concept of a self-service machine that could be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to withdraw cash from one’s own bank account. It struck the inventor while he was in the bath. He hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, replacing chocolate with cash.

On September 2 in 1969, America’s first automatic teller machine (ATM) appeared in public, giving out cash to customers at Chemical Bank, New York. It was only able to give out cash, but in 1971, an ATM that could handle many functions, including depositing(存款) money, was introduced. Today there are over one million ATMs around the world, with a new one added every five minutes. It is reported that Americans over the age of 18 use their ATM card six to eight times a mouth. Not surprisingly, ATMs get their busiest workouts on Fridays. In the 1990s, banks began charging fees to use ATMs, a profitable move for them and an annoying one for consumers.

Consumers were also faced with an increase in ATM crimes. Robbers preyed(抢夺) on people using money machines in poorly lit or otherwise unsafe locations, and criminals also thought up ways to steal customers’ PINs (personal identification numbers), even setting up fake money machines to capture the information. In response, city and state governments passed laws such as New York’s ATM Safety Act in 1996, which required banks to install such things as surveillance cameras (监控摄像头), reflective mirrors and locked entryways for their ATMs.

40. What does the underlined word, “It”, in the first paragraph, probably refer to?

A. The opening time of the bank.

B. The concept of an ATM.

C. Ordinary banking service.

D. The act of withdrawing cash.

41. Which of the following is true about ATM?

A. It appeared earlier than the chocolate bar dispenser.

B. It was invented by a Scottish man in 1971.

C. It was at first free of charge for its consumers.

D. It was originally designed to deposit money.

C

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