___________ number of foreign guests were invited to the meeting, but         of 20 foreign guests didn’t turn up.

A. A , totally    B. The, in total      C. A , a total    D. A, in all

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，满分40分）

第一节：阅读下列三篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小题，满分30分）

Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York., in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.

Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store., selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”

51. Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.

   A. earn more money for his family    B. learn something from a salesman

   C. get away from the farm           D. get enough to eat.

52. Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because _____________.

   A. he knew how to get people to buy his goods.     B. he cut down the price by half

   C. he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way.

   D. the sign he put on the table was well designed.

53. The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______________.

   A. the factory workers worked 24 hours a day.

   B. knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.

   C. the knives were made in Germany, where labour (劳动力) was cheap.

   D. the knives were produced in one factory.

54. _____________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.

   A. His business skills and his wealth.     B. The low price of the goods he sold.

   C. His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.   

D. His natural skill for showing things.

55. The belief that : “ The customer is always right” suggests that _______________.

   A. whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.

   B. If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way.

   C. stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money.

   D. stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful.

 It's really time I should go home, but I'm enjoying myself, so I ______ here a bit longer.

   A. am staying          B. have stayed        C. stayed               D. stay

 ---Do you think Peter is free today?

---I don’t think so. Recently he has been ______ the most of his time to prepare for the final examinations.

A. making           B. planning                 C. using             D. getting    

 _____ from the past performance, he is not likely to do very well in his exam.

A. Judging            B. Judged              C. To judge            D. Having judged

三、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

    Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself: “I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive old age.

    She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic(家庭的) service until, at twenty-seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.

    Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery(刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff(硬的) to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at a local market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted. Three of the pictures exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals(描绘) of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of colour and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.

36. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to___________

   A. make herself beautiful               B. keep active

   C. earn more money                   D. become famous

37. The underlined word “survived” means___________.

   A. graduated from college               B. examined the condition of the house

   C. lived longer than the other children      D. gave up themselves to the police

38. From Grandma Moses’ description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that she was______________.

   A. independent     B. pretty     C. rich     D. nervous

39. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures.    B. The Children of Grandma Moses.

   C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition.    D. Grandma Moses and Other Older Artists.

In Egypt, smoke-filled offices are common along with taxi drivers who light one cigarette after another while stuck in Cairo’s heavy traffic. Non-smoking sections in restaurants are unheard of and water pipes which fill cafes often overflow onto sidewalks, leaving the sweet smell of fruit-flavored tobacco lingeringon the streets.

    But some doctors and lawmakers here want to change this culture of Egypt’s. The country’s parliament recently passed laws banning smoking in some public places including government buildings, schools and hospitals. It also calls for health warnings to be put on cigarette packs and allows the government to increase the price of tobacco, according to parliament member Hamdiel-Sayyed, who proposed the new laws. If individuals break the law, they could be fined up to $17. Tobacco factories can be forced to pay about $3,500, if they don’t follow the law and advertise their products.

    Egypt’s laws are modest compared to other countries including Britain and some American cities where smoking in all indoor public places is banned. But they are a start, especially for a country where 80 billion cigarettes are smoked a year. “Part of the objective is to keep children and young people from becoming smoking addicts,” said el-Sayyed.

    But in a country burdened by poverty and high unemployment, will the laws be able to force people not to smoke?

    Mustafa Ahmed, 25, said laws to ban smoking are a good idea in principle but are not realistic. “Smoking is popular in Egypt. There is a lot of pressure on people here, especially because the economy is bad. People smoke because they think it will relax them.”

    Sherif Omar, a parliament member, also has his doubts about the new laws. “Laws by themselves don’t work well unless you have education in schools and in the media,” he said.

59. What does the underlined part “this culture” in the second paragraph refer to?

A. Heavy traffic — a big headache for drivers.    B. No non-smoking areas in buildings.

C. The wide-spread smoking habit in Egypt. 

D. No effective measures taken to stop smoking.

60. Which of the following is NOT a part of the new laws passed by the parliament?

A. Not allowing tobacco advertising.      B. Warning people of the danger of smoking.

C. Allowing the government to increase the price of tobacco.

D. People who break the law will be fined up to $3,500.

61. Compared with Britain, Egypt’s laws _______.

A. will be more effective in reducing smoking     B. set stricter limits on smoking

C. do not set very strict limits on smoking        D. will not be effective

62. According to Sherif Omar, the new laws are hard to carry out because _______.

A. Egyptians face high work pressure     B. Egyptians are addicted to smoking

C. many people are strongly against these laws 

D. people don’t receive anti-smoking education

63. What would be the best title of the passage?

A. Egypt starts to ban smoking everywhere.

B. Egypt attempts to control smoking in public places.

C. Egypt’s laws increase people’s sense of health.

D. Egypt’s laws aren’t supported by the common people.

---I will not come here tomorrow.

   --- _____________to me, because I don’t care.

A. It doesn’t make any difference   B. It makes much difference

C. It doesn’t make no difference    D. It makes a difference

 The teacher_____ all the students before him, telling them to get ready for the exam.

  A. collected       B. gathered       C. selected        D. elected

There are _______ approaches to English teaching. But not all of them are equally efficient for our Chinese students.

A. variety             B. accurate         C. original             D. diverse