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Part I 单项选择 （共15小题，共15分）

1. In the spoken English of some areas in the US, the “r” rounds at the end of the words ______________.

A. are dropped B. drop C. are being dropped D. have dropped

2. ----Why does the lake smell terrible?

----Because large quantities of water _________.

A. have polluted B. is being polluted

C. has been polluted D. have been polluted

3. ---- What were you doing when I phoned you last night?

----I _______ my homework and was starting to surf the Internet.

A. have already finished B. was finishing

C. had just finished D. was going to finish

4. ----- I’m not finished with my lunch yet.

----- But our friends __________ for us.

A. will wait B. wait C. have waited D. are waiting

5. Come and see me whenever __________ .

A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient

C. it is convenient for you. D. it will be convenient to you.

6. The book has been translated into twenty languages since it _______ on the market in 1980.

A. had come B. has come C. came D. comes

7. In the past few years thousands of films _______ all over the world.

A. have produced B. have been produced

C. are producing D. are being produced

8. ----- Peter, where did you guys go for the summer vacation?

----- We ________ busy with our work for months, so we went to the beach to relax ourselves.

A. were B. have been C. had been D. will be

9. Up to now, the program ________ thousands of children who would otherwise have died.

A. would save B. saves C. had saved D. has saved

10. The last time we had great fun was _________ we were visiting the Water Park.

A. where B. how C. when D. why

11. _______ impressed the audience most was_________ the magician Liu Qian played in this year’s Spring Gala.

A. What; what B. What; that C. That; what D. That; that

12. ----- It’s difficult for college graduates to find a good job in China.

----- It depends on whether they have _______ it takes to be successful in today’s world.

A. that B. which C. what D. whether

Part II 完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，共20分）

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work-__16__ up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was __17___ jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just _18___ . A pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s __19___ was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had __20__ happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of __21___ .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had __22___ an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just __23__ I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉) dirt stuck to their wooden floor, __24__that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was __25_than that, for I felt I had become a part of their __26__ .

Freda stayed at home with the kids, __27__ I would often see her in the morning _28__

them to school. And I’d be there when they _29__ home at lunch for sandwiches and piano

practice. I had __30__ them grow up. Now I was tired, but the __31__ thing was that I

still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.

I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the __32__ of my relationship with my clients(主顾). Who am I __33__ them? As a matter of fact, I’m __34__ an employee—the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted __35__ of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

16. A. stepping B. coming C. jumping D. moving

17. A. hanging B. making C. wearing D. changing

18. A. cleaned B. washed C. swept D. brushed

19. A. duty B. money C. work D. pay

20. A. already B. seldom C. never D. yet

21. A. regret B. surprise C. fear D. loss

22. A. started B. developed C. improved D. broken

23. A. why B. what C. that D. which

24. A. but B. and C. or D. for

25. A. less B. least C. more D. most

26. A. life B. story C. activity D. experience

27. A. as B. so C. since D. however

28. A. taking B. bringing C. meeting D. calling

29. A. left B. returned C. went D. marched

30. A. found B. noticed C. watched D. realized

31. A. possible B. great C. proper D. strange

32. A. meaning B. nature C. result D. importance

33. A. for B. to C. with D. at

34. A. hardly B. certainly C. probably D. merely

35. A. member B. person C. relative D. companion

Part III 阅读理解（共四篇，每篇5题，共20小题，每题2分，共40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.

A．

Barditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.

Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms. Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.

Then Ms. Yates started to speak:

“I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be here. I haven’t seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies（悲剧）. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I haven’t appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination. ”

Ms. Yates paused and started crying a bit. Then she continued:

“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path. ”

“There is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart. ”

There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.

38. We can learn from Ms. Yates’ speech that she _____________.

A. attended her students’ college graduations??????????

B. gave her students advice on their careers

C. kept track of her students’ progress??????????????????????

D. went to her students’ wedding ceremonies

39. What was Ms. Yates’ belief in teaching teenagers?

A. Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed.

B. Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced.

C. Teachers’ knowledge is the key to students’ achievements.

D. Students’ respect is the best reward for teachers.

40. Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?__________.

A. Reliable and devoted. ? B. Strict but caring.???

C. Proud but patient. D. Tough and generous. ?

B.

In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw（撤回） from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.

Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt（收养） and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No.3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.

You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous （充满欢乐的）. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!

I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you're looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you're in the midst（在。。当中） of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won't arrive in your life on one day. It's a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams.

41. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be _____.

A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor

42. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?

A. She wanted to study by herself. B. She fell in love and got married.

C. She suffered