．— According to my grandma, it is a good idea to eat chicken soup when you have a cold．

   —________, scientists agree with her．

     A．Sooner or later    B． Once in a while      C．To be exact    D．Believe it or not

You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:

“I can't believe it ——a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome. ”

They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.

Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.

Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation----consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads.

So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive(骗人的), but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing. ”

However, one might ask what exactly is “real” about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertising executives would say it's no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don' t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.

56. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could ________.

A. get the sweater at a lower price        B. be heard by people around

C. be admired by other shoppers        D. decide on buying the sweater

57. Lorenzo Bertolla is __________.

A. a very popular male singer             B. an advertising agency

C. a clothing company in Rome          D. the brand name of a sweater

58. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage? 

A. The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company.

B. The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads.

C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it's too direct.

D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.

59. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Two Attractive Shoppers                B. Lorenzo Bertolla Sweaters

 C. Ways of Advertising                        D. Undercover Marketing

Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness and even death. And if that weren't bad enough, he had no health insurance.

After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.

    Jason Swencki’s son, Kody, was diagnosed with diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children's forums(论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. "They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone."

Kody is anything but alone, Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.

    These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity（慈善机构）, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.

    Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar's original members. "But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now."

51. Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas?

A. He needs to go to the doctor every day.      B. He studies the leading cause of diabetes

C. has a positive attitude to this disease.        D. He encourages diabetics by writing articles.

52. Diabeitcrockstar.com was created for _________.

 A. diabetics to communicate                 B. volunteers to find jobs

 C. children to amuse themselves              D. rock stars to share resources.

53. According to the text, Kody ______.

 A. feel lonely because of his illness            B. benefits from diabeticrockstar.com

C. helps create the online kid’s forums          D. writes children’s stories online

54. What can we learn about Fight It?

A. It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties.

B. It organizes parties for volunteer once a year.

C. It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.

D. It owns a well-known medical website.

55. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ______.

A. works full-time in a diabetes charity         B. employs 22 people for his website

C. helps diabetics in his own way              D. tries to find a cure for diabetes

单句填空：根据括号中中文、首字母提示或句子结构的语法性, ,补充完成句子,每空只填一词。

She entered the lab without ______________(许可).

The article is _____________ (限制) to 800 words.

She told us an ________________(难以置信) story .

It’s important to know your own strengths and w__________.

After taking the medicine, Tom is s___________________ better today.

After waiting for a long time, we grew a little ___________(不耐心)

The p_________________ look on his face suggested that he didn’t understand the maths problem.

The store gives a 10% d__________________ for its VIP customers.

When I try to understand __________ prevents children from getting fat, it seems to me that there are two reasons.

Meeting my uncle after all these years was an unforgettable moment, __________that I will always treasure.

She’d like to offer money to ________ needs it to continue his or her study.

Evidence came up        specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.

He has made ________ (persist) efforts to realize his dream.

It is said that they have got the first place in the competition but they will be ________ (official) informed next Monday.

His work is ________ (impress) and we all admire him very much.

--- What was the Shanghai World Expo’s opening day like?

--- Wonderful. It’s years ______ I enjoyed myself so much.

A. that           B. since         C. before          D. when 

课文填空（满分5分）

New Zealand is an island that lies 86  the eastern coast of Australia . It is made up of two large islands: North Island and South Island. New Zealand is 87 by the Pacific Ocean to the north and east, and the Tasman Sea… It is about the same88   as Japan. Wellington, the capital city,  89on the North Island . Other important cities are… and Queenstown, 90 to the south.

There______ a number of natural mysteries in the world that even make scientists ______.

   A. exists; confusing                     B. are existed; confused

   C. exist; confused                       D. exist; confusing

Mother _____ us stories when we were young.

A. was used to tell     B. is used to telling     C. used to tell        D. used to telling

．You didn’t perform as well as the other competitors;       , you failed.

       A．in all B．in other words  C．in brief     D．on the other hand

第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

       阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31-40的相应位置。

Jean is a 17-year-old high school student. On Saturday mornings, Jean and her friends take part in the program    31       (call) SAVE THE KIDS. They travel to a poor area of Washington D.C.  They help younger students learn    32     to read and to solve mathematics problems. Many American teenagers join in programs    33        serve their communities. On weekends Jean sometimes works at an ice-cream store. When she is not working, she gets together with her girlfriends. They might go to a movie, to a shopping mall or to an eating place. Or they might attend    34      sports event of their high school. They also often stay at one girl’s house for the night.

   35    teenagers in most parts of the country, Jean began driving a car when she was 16 years old. She does not have her car, however. She must    36     the family car with her parents. About 70 percent of American teenagers have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day. Jean does not smoke cigarettes   37     drink alcohol.   38     do her friends. But many teenagers at her school do. Drinking alcohol is a major problem there. Every weekend teenagers have parties, where they drink alcohol. Then they drive to other parties. People under the age of 21   39         (not allow) to drink alcohol in the United States. And it is    40          (danger) to drink and drive a car. Yet this does not stop some teenagers.