After    seemed an endless wait．it was his turn to have the interview．

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

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A very little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him a plastic pail(桶) and a shiny, red plastic shovel(铲). In the   36   of creating roads and tunnels in the sand, he   37   a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.

The boy dug around the rock,   38   to move it off the dirt. At first, he wanted to carry it out of the sandbox with his hands; however, it was too heavy. Later, with much   39  , he pushed the rock across the sandbox by   40   his hands. When the boy got the rock to the   41   of the sandbox, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and   42   the little wall.   43  , the little boy pushed, but every time he thought he had made some   44  , the rock tipped(翻滚) and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy pushed and pushed, but his only   45   was to have the rock roll back.

Finally he   46   tears. All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window   47   the drama was unfolded. The moment the tears fell, a large   48   appeared across the sandbox. It was the boy’s father. Gently but   49   , he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had?”

Defeated, the boy   50   back, “I did! I did！I used all the strength that I had!” O%

“No, you didn’t. You didn’t ask me for help.” The father   51   down, picked up the rock and dropped it off the sandbox.

Do you have “rocks” in your life that need to be   52  ? Are you discovering that you don’t have   53   it takes to lift them? There is someone who is willing to give us the   54   we need. Maybe, it’s sometimes a good idea to ask others for   55   when we meet difficulties we can’t overcome.

36. A. method                    B. step                                 C. practice                          D. process

37. A. created                    B. set                                    C. discovered                     D. brought

38. A. trying                        B. managing                       C. deciding                          D. competing

39. A. thought                    B. struggle                          C. movement                     D. worry

40. A. touching                  B. shaking                           C. using                                D. controlling

41. A. bottom                     B. center                             C. edge                                D. front

42. A. over                          B. down                               C. through                           D. into

43. A. Doubted                  B. Surprised                        C. Pleased                           D. Determined

44. A. attempt                            B. progress                         C. effort                               D. decision

45. A. hope                         B. reward                                     C. point                                D. purpose

46. A. made out                 B. broke out                        C. burst into                       D. rushed into

47. A. so                              B. as                                     C. until                                 D. before

48. A. rock                           B. picture                                      C. figure                               D. shade

49. A. surprisingly             B. doubtfully                       C. kindly                               D. firmly

50. A. shouted                   B. smiled                             C. called                               D. asked

51. A. reached                   B. looked                             C. fell                                    D. put

52. A. pushed                     B. dropped                          C. carried                                      D. removed

53. A. who                           B. what                                C. which                               D. where

54. A. minds                       B. spirits                              C. force                                D. strength

55. A. help                           B. tips                                   C. advice                              D. ideas

Some people look at a hole and see empty space. Others see opportunity. That’s what Sheri Schmelzer spotted a few years ago when everyone—including her three children—started wearing Crocs, the colorful shoes dotted with holes.

“My kids and I were clowning around, and my eldest daughter, Lexie, got the sewing kit out. I brought one of the Crocs, pulled some buttons, rhinestones, and fabric out of the kit, and stuck them in the holes. Lexie said, ‘Mom, I love that!’”

Sheri and Lexie, then seven, spent the rest of the day filling holes in the family’s 12 pairs of Crocs. Every look-alike shoe was suddenly unique. When her husband, Rich, experienced in setting up businesses, came home later that day, says Sheri, “I could see the light bulb go on over his head,” Crocs had sold millions of pairs of shoes; the couple figured they could create a business simply by riding the wave. Rich refused to let a decorated Croc leave their Boulder, Colorado, house until he’d filed a patent.

But first they needed a name. “Rich and I had seen a movie where Meg Ryan says to Tom Hanks, ‘I’m such a flibbertigibbet!’ That became my nickname, so I called the business Jibbitz.” While Sheri designed, Rich strategized. They decided to sell the charms through a website, Jibbitz.com<http://www/jibbitz.com.>

Six months later, in February 2006, Sheri was doing so well that Rich left his business to work with her full-time. She was making hundreds of Jibbitz to order, by hand, by herself, in their basement. And filling those holes wasn’t as easy as it looked. The bigger the shoe, the bigger the holes; it took six models before Sheri figured out how to make her charms one-size-fits-all. Later Rich found a way to get plastic Jibbitz manufactured in China.

Someone at Crocs was sure going to notice the charms—after all, the company was headquartered (总部设在) just ten miles down the road. Duke Hanson, one of Crocs’ founders, spotted Lexie and her Jibbitz at the local pool, handed her his business card, and said, “Have your mom call me.”

Sheri and Rich met with Crocs executives, but no one suggested buying the company. Sheri was actually relieved because she wanted to see if she, not Crocs, could make it big. And she did. In December 2006, Crocs bought Jibbitz for $20 million, with the Schmelzers staying on board.

64. The passage is mainly about ____.

         A. how the Schmelzers found opportunities out of nothing.

         B. how the Schmelzers found opportunities and developed their business

         C. how creativity matters to a successful business

         D. how the business of Crocs became successful.

65. When Sheri said, “I could see the light bulb go on over his head”, she meant that ____.

         A. Rich was really excited                 B. Rich liked their shoe charms

         C. saw this as a business opportunity    

D. Rich wasn’t satisfied with the decorations

66. From Paragraph 5, we can learn that ____.

         A. the Schmelzers kept improving to make their business successful

         B. Sheri does not trust others when it comes to designing Jibbitz

         C. making the products unique is key to business success

         D. Rich made a lot of sacrifices for their family business

67. Which of the following is arranged in the right order according to the text?

         a. the Schmelzers applied for a patent   b. Crocs’ shoes sold well

         c. the Schmelzers set up their website

         d. by making their products in China, the Schmelzers spread their business.

         A. acdb                       B.bacd                        C. bcad                       D. adcb

When ___basketball, you should be careful not to hurt yourself.

A. play    B. playing   C. to play   D. played

Nothing ______ stop us from ______ this plan.

   A.will; carrying along                                 B.is to; carrying away

   C.is going to; carrying up                                   D.shall; carrying out

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The writer of passage 1 criticizes (批评) the Viper because______.

 A. he/she dislikes the colour    B. it is too small for most families

 C. it uses too much petrol and pollutes the air.

 D. it is very fast and will break the speed limit

The main purpose of Passage 2 is to______.

try to sell a second-hand car   B.explain why this car has four seats

   C.  give interesting information  D. describe a new car planned for the future

In Passage 3, the writer’s main purpose is to ______.

warn readers about a dangerous development

try to sell a new commercial vehicle

inform readers about future transport ideas   D.tell a silly story

Which of the following would be the best title for Passage 3?

The Dangers of Tired Drivers        B. Lorries which won’t need Drivers

C. Lorries which can Fly                D. The Lorry of the Future

It was raining heavily. Little Mary felt cold, so she stood _______ to her mother.

A. close     B. closely    C. closed    D. closing

What’s the purpose of the advertisement?

A. To introduce some wild animals to visitors.

B. To invite visitors to walk in the wildlife park.

C. To attract visitors to get close to the sea animals.

D. To provide seafood for visitors to feed the sea animals.

If a parent who is the member of the Aquarium is going to have the Trainer Tour with her child of ten, how much does she have to pay?

A. $ 175       B. $ 140      C. $ 35      D. $ 31

Which of the following is true according to the advertisement?

A. The programs are changeable.

B. There is no danger to a small child.

C. You can phone 604—659—FISH to book the programs.

D. Bigger groups of visitors are encouraged to save money.

We already know the fastest, least expensive way to slow climate change: Use less energy. With a little effort, and not much money, most of us could reduce our energy diets by 25 percent or more—doing the Earth a favor while also helping our wallets. 

 Not long ago, My wife, PJ, and I tried a new diet—not to lose a little weight but to answer an annoying question about climate change. Scientists have reported recently that the world is bending up even faster than predicted only a few years ago, and that the consequences could be severe if we don’t keep reducing emissions（排放）of carbon dioxide（CO2）and other greenhouse gases that are trapping heat in our atmosphere. 

We decided to try an experiment. For one month we recorded our personal emissions of CO2. . We wanted to see how much we could cut back, so we went on a strict diet. The average US household（家庭）produces about 150 pounds of CO2 a day by doing common-place things like turning on air-conditioning or driving cars. That’s more than twice the European average and almost five times the global average, mostly because Americans drive more and have bigger houses. But how much should we try to reduce?

For an answer, I checked with Tim Flannery, author of The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In his book, he had challenged readers to make deep cuts in personal emissions to keep the world from reaching extremely important tipping points, such as the melting（融化）of the ice sheets in Greenland or West Antarctica. “To stay below that point, we need to reduce CO2 emissions by 80 percent,” he said. 

Good advice, I thought. I’d opened our bedroom windows to let in the wind. We’d gotten so used to keeping our air-conditioning going around the clock. I’d almost forgotten the windows even opened. We should not let this happen again. It’s time for us to change our habits if necessary. 

 67. Why did the author and his wife try a new diet?

   A. To take special kinds of food          B. To respond to climate change. 

 C. To lose weight                            D. To improve their health

 68. The underlined words “tipping points” most probably refer to________.

   A. freezing points    B. burning points    C. melting points   D. boiling points

 69. It can be inferred from the passage that_________

 A. it is necessary to keep the air-conditioning on all the time

 B. it seems possible for every household to cut emissions of CO2

 C. the average US household produces about 3,000 pounds of CO2 a month

 D. the average European household produces about 1,000 pounds of CO2 a month

70. Which of the following would be the title for this passage?

 A. Saving Energy Starts at Home          

B. Changing Our Habits Begins at Work

  C. Changing Climate Sounds Reasonable  

D. Reducing Emission of CO2 proves Difficult

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