．In the USA, one needs to make a(n) _________before seeing a doctor．

       A．choice      B．appointment     C．impression       D．excuse

_____ is it about the case _____ FBI is so interested in?

A. What, that   B. What, where  C. As, that  D. As, where

第四节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入

对应空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in  26  for 17 years, I had no  27  about my ability to hold their attention and to  28  on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue.

I was shocked when the monitor shouted, “  29  !”

The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat  30  about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness was over, I quickly  31  my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respect --- perhaps  32  their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a sense of achievement.

   My students  33  diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually  34  by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, “Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today.  35  her next lecture will be better.” Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a  36  theme. “Didn’t I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework of Western thought and laid the historical  37  for all the works we will study in class,” I complained. “How  38  they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

It was a long term, and it  39  became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as  40  of my students. I thought a teacher’s job was to raise     41  questions and provide enough background so that students could  42  their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide  43  information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

 44  , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a  45  American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

26. A. the UK              B. the US             C. China                  D. Australia

27. A. worry               B. idea                     C. doubt              D. experience

28. A. impress              B. put               C. leave              D. fix

29. A. Attention            B. Look out          C. At ease                D. Stand up

30. A. puzzled              B. sure                     C. depressed          D. worried

31. A. found         B. returned         C. regained               D. followed

32. A. more                 B. even                C. yet                  D. still

33. A. passed        B. borrowed         C. kept                 D. read

34. A. replaced             B. taken               C. caught           D. moved

35. A. Naturally           B. Perhaps           C. Fortunately        D. Reasonably

36. A. different            B. strong              C. similar         D. usual

37. A. happenings   B. characters         C. development      D. background

38. A. should        B. need               C. will             D. must

39. A. immediately  B. certainly          C. simply                  D. gradually

40. A. that            B. what                C. those                   D. ones

41. A. difficult      B. interesting        C. ordinary           D. unusual

42. A. draw         B. get                      C. decide            D. give

43. A. strange        B. standard           C. exact             D. serious

44. A. Therefore           B. However          C. But                  D. Though

45. A. normal              B. happy              C. good             D. better

       Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．

       Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （损伤） , such as in autism ( 孤独症，自闭症) or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．

       One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

       Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

       In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．

       Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．

72．What does the passage mainly talk about?

       A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

       B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

       C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

       D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

73．Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

       A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

       B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

       C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

       D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

64．What can you infer from the passage?

       A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

       B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

       C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

       D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

75．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

— Whenever you are short of money, just come to me.

—_____________

A. Do you really mean it?        B.I can’t believe it.

C. That’s something.            D. What’s up?

 People pay ______as to the content of your speech.

   A. so much attention to your voice                       B. as much attention to your voice

   C. much attention to your voice                    D. attention to your voice much

Do you consider it any good _____ psychology?

       A. to learn             B. to have learned         C. learning                   D. having learned

第三部分阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

    Once there was an old man in a town.He always forgot a lot of things.So his wife always had to say to him, “Don’t forget this!”

    One day he went on a long trip alone.Before he left home,his wife said, “Now you have all these things.They are what you need for your trip.Take care of your things during the trip.”He went to the station,bought a ticket and got on the train with it.

    About half an hour later,the conductor began to check the tickets.He came to the old man and said, “Will you please show me your ticket?”The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets,but he could not find it.He was very worried. “I can’t find my ticket.Ireally bought a ticket before I got on the train.”said the old man.

    “I believe you bought a ticket.All right,you don’t have to buy another one.”said the conductor kindly. “But how can I know where I’m going?----I can’t remember my station!”the old man said sadly.

51.The old man in the story was very__________.

A. kind          B.poor            C.forgetful           D.sad

52.Where is the ticket?           

A.The old man forgot to buy it.

B.The old man could not remember where it was.

C.The old man showed it to the conductor.

D.The old man’s wife took the ticket away.

53.The old man bought the ticke__________he got on the train.

A.before           B.after            C.as           D. when

54.The conductor__________the old man.

A.didn’t believe           B.laughed at            C.believed           D.felt soory for

55.The old man was sad because_____________.

A.he sad to buy another ticket            B.he lost all the things his wife gave him

C.he did not know where he was          D.he did not know where he should get off

Walking down any of Shanghai’s main shopping streets this week, newcomers might think the locals have been celebrating Christmas for centuries. Christmas may not be a customary holiday in China, but businessmen in Shanghai know it will bring something more valuable than tradition: people are willing to spend money. Most Chinese may feel little connection with the Christmas celebration, but with most shops offering discount (折扣), the message couldn’t be clearer-- it is the season to part with one’s hard-earned cash.

Much of that marketing drive is directed towards thousands of foreigners and foreign companies that call Shanghai home. But for Shanghai’s 13 million locals, regardless of personal interest, there seems no avoiding the season’s commercial greetings. Along some major roads, nearly every shop window displays some symbols to the holiday: a man-made fir tree(杉树) with lights, or a snowman.

With an increasing number of westerners arriving in the city for work, young Shanghainese, eager to keep pace with the latest western fashions, have begun to show their interest in Christmas. But some people still don’t think Christmas is an important festival in China. At least it is less important than the New Year and China’s Spring Festival.

72．. Why are people willing to spend money during Christmas?

A. They have earned a lot of money.

B. Goods are much cheaper during this period of time.

C. It is time for shops to sell goods.

D. Businessmen like Christmas.

73．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Christmas is the season people will hold their hard-earned money tightly.

B. Most Chinese people think they have something to do with Christmas.

C. Christmas is the season for common people to earn money.

D. Few Chinese people feel they are connected with Christmas celebrations.

74． Why do some young Shanghainese show great interest in Christmas?

A. They think themselves connected with Christmas celebrations.

B. They think Christmas is more important than New Year’s Day.

C. They want to follow the up-to-date western fashions.

D. They want to part with their hard-earned cash during Christmas.

75．From the first paragraph we know that _______.

A. It is difficult for most people to earn money.

B. It is easy for most people to earn money.

C. Only foreigners in Shanghai celebrate Christmas.

D. Christmas will be as important as China’s Spring Festival.

Please do remember that if you fail, make ______failure a stepping stone to ______success.

A. a : /               B. the : a            C. / ; the            D. / : /