. The current economic situation requires that we _______ strengthen our confidence and make every effort to promote growth and balanced development.

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

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a famous concert. After they were seated, the mother  36    a friend and walked over to greet her. Seizing the  37  to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy got up and explored his way 38   a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE（禁止进入）”. When the lights became less bright and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her  39    and discovered that the child was missing.

Suddenly, the curtains  40  and the lights focused on the stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard,   41  Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

At that moment, the great piano master, Paderewski,  42  on the stage, quickly went to the piano and  43  in the boy’s ear, “Don’t  44  . Keep playing.”

Then, leaning(倾斜) over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began  45  in a bass (低音的) part. Soon his right arm reached  46  to the other side of the child and he added a beautiful piece of music.  47  , the old master and the boy  48   a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative  49 

That’s the way it is in life.  50  we can complete on our own is  51  noteworthy(值得注目的). We try our best, but the 52  aren’t exactly graceful or flowing music.  53  when we put our trust in the hands of greater power, our life can be truly beautiful.

The next time you set  54  to create great performances, listen carefully. You can hear the  55  of the master whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”

36. A. made               B. saw               C. looked D. called

37. A. chance   B. performance   C. piano    D. lesson

38. A. over                 B. above  C. across D. through

39. A. stage               B. seat               C. room    D. table

40. A. parted             B. drew      C. pulled       D. pushed

41. A. singing   B. knocking       C. playing          D. creating

42. A. stood               B. appeared     C. sat     D. fell

43. A. shouted B. cried    C. whispered（低声说）      D. looked

44. A. perform B. stop               C. leave    D. run

45. A. filling               B. getting         C. breaking       D. taking

46. A. forwards        B. down   C. up       D. around

47. A. Separately  B. Together       C. Luckily D. Hurriedly

48. A. made               B. became        C. changed       D. grew

49. A. experience   B. play    C. concert         D. film

50. A. What               B. That     C. Which  D. When

51. A. hard                 B. hardly  C. always D. usually

52. A. failures  B. successes    C. causes        D. results

53. A. So            B. And      C. But     D. Though

54. A. down               B. about   C. away D. out

55. A. sound              B. noise    C. voice  D. song

What Is a Boy?

Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the adult males pack them off to bed at night.

Boys are found everywhere – on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to this and that! Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face，BEAUTY with a cut on its finger, WISDOM with chocolate in its hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket.

When you are busy, a boy is a trouble – maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.

A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs on each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-foot rope, six cents and some unknown things.

A boy is a magical creature – he is your headache but when you come home at night with only shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”

46. The whole passage is in a tone(调子) of _________.

A. humor and love        B. respect and harmony

C. ambition and expectation  D. confidence and imagination

47. What does the underlined sentence in Para 4 probably mean?

A. He has altogether five fingers.  B. He is slow, foolish and clumsy.

C. He becomes clever and smart.   D. He cuts his hand with a knife.

48. According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following EXCEPT _________.

A. ice cream          B. comic books     

       C. Saturday mornings    D. Sunday schools

49. What does the writer feel about boyhood?

A. Curious.     B. Tiring.       C. Delightful. D. Unsafe

50. The writer is probably __________________________.

A. a cheerful young bachelor              B. a keenly observant father     

C. an appreciative fond mother            D. a spoiled naughty kid

—How does the Internet ____us?

         —By sharing information free of charge．

         A．educate  B．improve      C．limit            D．benefit

. ---Here you go. There are______ such cards here.

   --- I only need ______ these cards in the box.

  A. five dozens; one dozen                       B. five dozens of; one dozen of

  C. five dozen ; one dozen                       D. dozens of ;  one dozen of

I came to India a year ago to find a village in which I could live and write but it was many months before I settled down happily in this Himalayan community.

    I wasted a lot of time looking for the “typical” village. Yet no such thing exists. Conditions are quite different from village to village. But the villages I stayed in had much in common---poor, dirty and backward. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled and doubtful. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three—quarters of the world population live, and what effect their future might have on ours, I felt that I first had to try and share their way of life.

   In the end I chose a mountain village because it was little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a rocky road. Then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river. After this I began the climb into the hills. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath, there was a beautiful scene. After several hours’ walk the village came into sight.

1. After the writer had arrived in India,________.

A.he spent a year writing about the place he lived in

B.he spent quite some time looking for a suitable place to live in

C.he stayed in an Indian village working for the poor

D.he lived in a Himalayan community for many months.

2.While looking for a typical village, the writer found__________.

A.he was searching for the impossible

B.all the villages were exactly the same

C.he was doing something enjoyable

D.the villagers were curious about him

3.Before coming to India, the writer________.

A.had been a successful politician

B.had made a decision to work for India

C.had studied India culture for some months

D.had worked for newspapers and magazines

4.The write decided to change his way of life because__________.

A.he no longer found his work interesting

B.he hoped to live a peaceful life in the countryside

C.he wanted to find out more about the Third World

D.he wanted to try his luck in a foreign country

5. The village the writer finally chose to live in_________.

A.lay at the end of a rocky road

B.had a beautiful sight of the river

C.was a short walk from the river

D.had better weather than those in the plains.

 Guangzhou（Xinhua）——12 people were killed and 20 injured early yesterday morning when they jumped from a burning train car into the path of an oncoming goods train in Southern China. When No. 247 Wuchang——Guangzhou passenger train was passing the Dayaoshan Tunnel in Guangdong Province， South China at 00 ：17 hours yesterday， a fire caused by passengers' smoking broke out on No. 17 car. They wanted to extinguish fire. As the train stopped some frightened passengers jumped from windows.

12 people were crushed to death and 20 others injured by a northward passing goods train（No. 1766）。

1. In which direction did the passenger train travel？

A. Northward.         B. Southward.       C. Eastward.      D. Westward.

2. For what did the passenger train stop？

A. To put out the fire.            B. To let the passengers jump out.

C. To let the other train pass.    D. To pick up some other passengers.

75. What was the cause of the fire？

A. A heavy rain.    B. High temperature.     C. Carelessness.     D. Fear.

I failed in the fimal examination last term and only then      the importance of studies.

A.I realized           B.I had realized      C.had I realized       D.did I realized

 On her father’s death, she took the____ of a large house, but unfortunately she lost all her_____ including the house in the fire yesterday.

A. possession;  possession        B. possessions;  possession 

C. possessions; possessions       D. possession;  possessions

第三部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，满分30分)

第一节：阅读下列短文，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。

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window.

I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak, elderly voice.

After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.

I took the suitcase to the car, and then returned to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked slowly toward the car.

She kept thanking me for my kindness. "It's nothing," I told her. "I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated."

"Oh, you're such a good man." She said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through downtown?"

"It's not the shortest way," I answered quickly.

"Oh, I'm in no hurry," she said. "I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long."

I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).

For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.

Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a particular building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.

At dawn, she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let's go now."

We drove in silence to the address she had given me.

"How much shall I pay?" she asked.

"Nothing." I said.

"You have to make a living," she answered. "Oh, there are other passengers," I answered.

Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a hug. She held onto earth tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, "You gave an old woman a little moment of joy."

1. The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

A. show she was familiar with the city

B. see some places for the last time

C. let the driver earn more money

D. reach the destination on time

2. The taxi driver did not charge (向……要价) the old woman because he ______.

A. wanted to do her a favor

B. shut off the meter by mistake

C. had received her payment in advance

D. was in a hurry to take other passengers

3. What can we learn from the story?

A. Giving is always a pleasure.

B. People should respect each other.

C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy.

D. People should learn to appreciate others' concern（关心）.