二、阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从16—35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（每小题1.5分，满分30分）

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I  16   that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,  17   he knew me. The man had a newspaper   18    in front of him, which he was    19    to read, but I could   20  that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought my   21_  , the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the __22   way in which the waiter and I   23    each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 24    went on and it became    25   that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the  26   . When he came out, he paid his bill and   27 _ without another glance in my direction.

I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    28    . “Well,” he said, “that man was a detective (侦探). He  29_   you here because he thought you were the man he   30    .” “What?” I said, showing my  31  . The owner continued, “He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   32   say he looked very much like you! Of course, since we know you , we told him that he had made a _33  .” “Well, it’s really   34   I came to a restaurant where I’m known,” I said. “  35   , I might have been in trouble.”

16．A．knew             B．understood         C．noticed            D．recognized

17．A．since             B．even if                  C．though                D．as if  

18．A．flat             B．open              C．cut               D．fixed  

19．A．hoping         B．thinking          C．pretending       D．continuing

20．A．see             B．find               C．guess            D．learn

21．A．menu          B．bill              C．paper            D．food

22．A．direct          B．familiar          C．strange           D．funny

23．A．chatted with     B．looked at         C．laughed at        D．talked about  

24．A．the waiter       B．time             C．I             D．the dinner  

25．A．true            B．hopeful            C．clear            D．possible

26．A．restaurant        B．washroom       C．office           D．kitchen

27．A．left              B．acted            C．sat down         D．calmed down

28．A．wanted          B．tried              C．ordered          D．wished

29．A．met               B．caught              C．followed        D．discovered

30．A．was to beat       B．was dealing with   C．was to meet      D．was looking for

31．A．care               B．surprise           C．worry            D．regret

32．A．must                B．can              C．need           D．may

33．A．discovery         B．mistake         C．decision          D．fortune

34．A．a pity            B．natural          C．a chance         D．lucky

35．A．Thus             B．However         C．Otherwise        D．Therefore

       At present, in many American cities expecially, many teachers in the public schools say they are underpaid. They point to jobs such as secretary or truck driver, which often pay more to start than that of a teacher. In many other fields, such as law, medicine, computer science, a beginning worker may make more than a teacher who has taught for several years.

       Teaching has never been a profession that attracted people interested in high salaries. It is by history a profession that has provided rewards in addition to money—the satisfaction of sharing knowledge, of influencing others, of guiding young people. But in the past several years, there are more difficulties in teaching, for many, than there are rewards.

    Unruly students, especially in big cities, large classes and a lack of support from the public in terms of money and understanding have led many public school teachers to leave the profession.

       As a result, many of the best students, who would have chosen teaching as their life career in the past, are going into other fields.

       Another reason for this change in teacher candidates is the changing status of women in the United States. Until the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the most popular choices for women was teaching. But as other professions, such as law and medicine opened up to women, women stopped pouring into teacher training programs. Thus, a major pool of excellent candidates for the teaching profession dwindled.

       Bit by bit government officials and others realized that the status of the teacher had suffered. They talked about change. But the change in a vast society like the United States is not easy. People’s attitudes have formed over many years, and sometimes change takes many years.

1．The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refers to “_________”.

       A．money             B．job           C．secretary            D．truck driver

2．What is the present situation of the teaching?

       A．Teachers work harder and get underpaid.

       B．Teahcers have no opportunities to work in other fields.

       C．Teaching can attract best students to work as a teacher.

       D．Teaching can provide rewards as well as high salaries.

3．Many public school teachers turn to other professions because_________.

       A．the government doesn’t finacially support them

       B．they have to work longer hours than a lawyer

       C．their students refuse to listen to them

       D．they are not fairly treated

4．The author believes that change in teachers’ status in the United States_________.

       A．is not great                        B．is impossible

       C．influences people’s attitude        D．needs time

第三节：书面表达（满分15分）

    根据所提供的情景，词语和句型，写一篇不少于80词的短文。

假如你是李华，请给你的英国笔友Harry写封信，告诉他中国人是怎样过春节的。

注意：1. 请以第一人称个人经历的形式，描述中国人在春节期间所做的事情。

      2. 根据表格内容完成短文。

Dear Harry,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

                                                            Li Hua

 ------These grapes look really beautiful.

  ------They _________! See the price, 3.99dollars a pound. Very expensive, aren’t they?

A. would   B. should   C. might   D. could

-- Excuse me sir, where is Room 301?

   -- Just a minute. I’ll have Bob ______ you to your room.

   A, show       B, shows        C, to show         D, showing

I did nothing wrong. Why are you always ______ me?

A. turning up      B. turning on             C. bringing up              D. bringing on

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his  36 , she shared her insights(顿悟) with the students. When the class was nearly over, she  37  and said, “I would like to  38  with all of you a thought that has  39  to do with class, but which I feel is very  40 .

“Each of us is put here on the  41  to learn, share, love and appreciate ourselves. None of us knows when this  42  will end. At any moment it can be  43 . Perhaps this is life’s way of telling us that we must make good  44  of every day.” Her eyes beginning to  45 ,she went on saying, “So I would like you all to  46  me. From now on, on your way home, find something 47 to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see- it could be  scent(香味) of fresh bread, or it could be the  48  of the wind slightly rustling(发出沙沙声) the leaves.”

“Please look for these things, and  49  them. The little things we are put here on the earth to enjoy. They are   50   observing , for at any time they can all be taken away.”

The class was totally quiet. We all picked up our books and went out of the room  51 . That afternoon, on my way home I noticed  52  things than before. Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a(n)  53  she made on all of us, I try to  54  all of those things that sometimes we all ignore. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret,  55  the things we didn’t do.

36. A. disease      B. death         C. arrival         D. appearance

37. A. paused      B. continued      C. focused       D. broke

38. A. argue       B. communicate   C. share          D. whisper

39. A. something   B. nothing        C. everything     D. anything

40. A. improper    B. important      C. attractive      D. unbelievable

41. A. earth       B. farm           C. road         D. ground

42. A. disaster     B. schedule       C. experience     D. custom

43. A. put away    B. gone out       C. handed out     D. taken away

44. A. fun        B. difference       C. sense         D. use

45. A. smile       B. shut           C. water         D. glare

46. A. permit      B. promise        C. forgive        D. respect

47. A. strange     B. beautiful        C. powerful      D. different

48. A. signal       B. sound         C. action         D. direction

49. A. support     B. receive         C. remember      D. value

50. A. easy        B. harmful         C. worth        D. puzzling

51. A. silently      B. curiously       C. slowly         D. secretly

52. A. more      B. smaller        C. fewer           D. larger

53. A. result      B. chance        C. pain            D. impression

54. A. produce    B. taste          C. appreciate       D. change

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

My family and I lived across the street from Southway Park since I was four years old. Then just last year the city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing (用推土机推平) the trees and grass to make way for a new apartment complex. When I saw the fence and bulldozers, I asked myself, “Why don't they just leave it alone?”       

Looking back, I think what sentenced the park to oblivion (被遗忘) was the drought (旱灾) we had about four years ago. Up until then, Southway Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming pool. My friends and I rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the trees, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up. The park was almost like my own yard. Then the summer I was fifteen the drought came and things changed.

There had been almost no rain at all that year. The city stopped watering the park grass. Within a few weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert. Leaves fell off the park trees, and pretty soon the trees started dying, too. Next, the park swimming pool was closed. The city cut down on the work force that kept the park, and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymore.

As the drought lasted into the fall, the park got worse every month. The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass. Soon the only people in the park were beggars and other people down on their luck. People said drugs were being sold or traded there now. The park had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there anymore.      

The drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal, that is, everything but the park. It had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that way. Then about six months ago I heard that the city was going to “redevelop” certain worn-out areas of the city. It turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on it.

The chain-link fencing and the bulldozers did their work.  Now we live across the street from six rows of apartment buildings. Each of them is three units high and stretches a block in each direction. The neighborhood has changed without the park. The streets I used to play in are jammed with cars now. Things will never be the same again. Sometimes I wonder, though, what changes another drought would make in the way things are today.

1. How did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers.'?

A．Scared.             B. Confused.         C. Upset.        D. Curious.

2. Why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother?

A．It was being rebuilt.                          B. It was dangerous.

C. It became crowded.                            D. It had turned into a desert.

3. According to the writer, what eventually brought about the disappearance of the park?

A. The drought.                                   B. The crime.

C. The beggars and the rubbish.                   D. The decisions of the city.

4. The last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came,         .

A. the situation would be much worse

B. people would have to desert their homes

C. the city would be fully prepared in advance

D. the city would have to redevelop the neighborhood

 If you plant watermelon seeds in the spring, you __ fresh watermelon in the fall.

   A. eat             B. would eat           C. have eaten          D. will be eating

____________ you may have, you should gather your courage to face the challenge.

    A. However a serious problem             B. What a serious problem

C. However serious a problem             D. What serious a problem