______ in her most beautiful skirt, the girl tried to make herself ______ at the party．

A. Dressed; noticing           B. Dressing; noticed

C. Dressed; noticed                   D. Dressing; being noticing

　　Russian President Putin named Time magazine’s“Person of the Year”

　　Russian President Vladimir Putin was named Time magazine’s“Person of the Year”on December 19th.2007 for strengthening stability（稳定）that made Russia a world power again.

　　The magazine recognized Putin’s“extraordinary feat（技艺）of leadership in taking a country that was in a mess and bringing it stability，”said Richard Stengel，Time’s managing editor.

　　The magazine noted that“Person of the Year”is not an honor or an endorsement（认可）but a recognition of leadership that shapes the world.

　　Putin，who is 56 years old，is very popular in Russia，making a great effort to cause economy to come to life on revenue（收入）from oil and natural gas.

　　Putin recently supported vice-PM Dmitry Medvedev’s presidential bid，and said he would accept Medvedev’s offer to serve as prime minister if Medvedev is elected on March 2.

　　The Kremlin said Wednesday the Time recognition was seen there as an acknowledgement of Putin’s role in helping Russia pull out of its social and economic troubles in the 1990s.

　　Others considered for“Person of the Year”included Nobel Prize-winner Al Gore and author J.K. Rowling.

　　This year’s choice was a return to the magazine’s tradition of picking an individual rather than last year’s choice of“You”，which refers to anyone creating or using content on the World Wide Web.

　　Putin is the fifth Russian（or Soviet）leader to be named Person of the Year：Gorbachev，Andropov，Khrushchev and Stalin，who was named twice.

55．How did Putin try to make Russia a world power again？

A．By performing arms race.

B．By making war.

C．By strengthening stability.

D．By getting foreign help.

56．Which of the following is Not True according to the passage？

A．Russia used to be in a mess.

B．Time always picks an individual to be the“Person of the Year”.

C．Oil and natural gas caused Russia’s economy to come to life.

D．Putin will leave office on March 2,2007.

57．What does the underlined word“acknowledgement”mean？

A．Praise. 　　　　　　　　　　　B．Support.

C．Scold. 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Recognition.

58．How many times have Russian leaders been named“Person of the Year”so far？

A．Five times. 　　　　　　　　　B．Six times.

C．Seven times. 　　　　　　　　 D．Eight times.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

  We see art everywhere around us. In public parks, city squares, shopping streets and public buildings, we find modern art objects ___36___display. ___37___ art, such as valuable paintings, precious statues and other fine arts, usually ___38___ in the collections of museums, companies or rich people.

    Both art and ___39___ have a history of ages. All forms and ways of expressing beauty have been explored. In the ___40___ of architecture, many buildings that were designed in the past have proven to be beautiful and served their purposes. Governments and companies could ___41___ millions of dollars by building or copying designs of architectures of buildings from the past. There are still many designs for buildings made by famous architects that were never realized. ___42___, some people find modern architecture ugly. So ___43___ should we pay a lot of money to architects for designing new buildings?

    The same holds for modern art, both paintings and statues. Many art objects that have been created in the past are now covered by dust in storerooms. These storerooms contain enough art to ___44___ all public buildings and other public places. There is no need to create more art, and as with modern architecture, many people find new art ___45___ to understand or appreciate.

 ___46___ these facts, why are architects and artists asked to create new art works? And why are we interested in creating new art and architecture, ___47___ using or copying what was made in the past? The answers to these questions have to ___48___ the ___49___ of art in society today.

First of all, the function of art is to decorate. ___50___ placing art works in parks and hanging paintings or drawings on the walls we make our living environment more beautiful. Our eyes moving across an empty wall and resting on a painting, it is a moment of comfort and joy.

  Another function of art is enriching real life, as art is part of everyday life. Art helps people to learn to think ___51___. In art things are not always what they seem to be. People need such creative moments. It helps them to balance their minds and make life more interesting.

     Finally, art is often seen as a way to instruct the audience. Statues of heroes from the past remind us of our ___52___. Paintings and other art objects can also help us to realize which goals we should set for ourselves and ___53___ us in our everyday work. ___54___ ideas about society change and every period of time has its own taste, there is always a need for new art. We can still ___55___ art works made in the past for their beauty, but they are often too valuable to be placed in public buildings.

36. A. for                                   B. on                         C. at                            D. in

37. A. Classical                    B. Modern                  C. Valuable            D. Beautiful

38. A. put up                       B. end up                          C. set up                D. take up

39. A. paintings                    B. statues                    C. buildings           D. architecture

40. A. case                           B. point                      C. situation            D. condition

41. A. cost                           B. spend                     C. waste                D. save

42. A. Besides                      B. Nevertheless           C. Still                  D. Therefore

43. A. When                        B. Why                      C. How                 D. What

44. A. represent                    B. equip                     C. feature                     D. decorate

45. A. easy                          B. difficult                 C. thrilling            D. superb

46. A. Given                        B. Considered             C. Due to                     D. Because

47. A. except for                  B. in addition to          C. owing to           D. instead of

48. A. match with                 B. go with                  C. deal with           D. do with 

49. A. purpose                            B. decoration              C. beauty            D. function

50. A. As for                        B. With                      C. By                    D. Through

51. A. creatively                   B. deeply                    C. joyfully             D. interestedly

52. A. life                                   B. work                      C. legends             D. history

53. A. force                         B. urge                       C. require                     D. inspire

54. A. As long as                  B. Because                  C. While               D. Although

55. A. prefer                        B. be fond of                C. enjoy                D. appreciate

　　There is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.

　　That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world，mother tongue. I just pick them up. But some of them may be misunderstood. Now，to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.

　　The 5％ mislearnt of all the words we“know”will be the least frequently used words，as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives，without knowing that we got them wrong.

　　Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game.“There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across，”they will say.“You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”

　　This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases，but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.

　　And what’s more，there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.

　　Don’t guess! Look it up!

59．It is certain that the best way to learn new words is_____.

A．to learn them by oneself

B．to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequently

C．to guess them from the context

D．to get more separate meanings of each word

60．The underlined word“them”in Paragraph 2 refers to_____.

A．the 30，000 words

B．English teachers

C．misunderstood words

D．frequently used words

61．Which of the following is most likely NOT true？

A．Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood.

B．Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones.

C．How many words the writer got wrong are not known.

D．All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.

62．It can be inferred that_____.

A．when somebody is conscious，he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart

B．we must use the words as often as possible in order to master them

C．it’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context

D．only dictionaries can help us learn language well

第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，40分)

    第一节：(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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

      The sun shone in through the dining room window，lighting up the hardwood floor We had been talking there for nearly two hours．The phone of the“Nightline”rang yet again and Morrie asked his helper．Connie，to get it She had been taking down the callers’names in Morrie’s small black appointment book It was clear 1 was not the only one interested in visiting my old professor—the“Nightline”appearance had made him something of a big figure—but I was impressed with．perhaps even a bit envious of，all the friends that Morrie seemed to have

      “You know．Mitch，now that I'm dying，I've become much more interesting to people．I’m

on the last great journey here——and people want me to tell them what to pack．”

    The phone rang again．

    “Morrie，can you talk?”Connie asked

    “I’m visiting with my old friend now，”he announced．“Let them call back．”

    I cannot tell you why he received me so warmly．I was hardly the promising student who had left him sixteen years earlier．Had it not been for“Nightline，”Morrie might have died without ever seeing me again．

      What happened to me?

      The eighties happened The nineties happened．Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened．I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck，and I never even realized I was doing it Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years，as if I'd Simply been on a long vacation

      “Have you found someone to share your heart with?” he asked

       “Are you at peace with yourself?”

      “Are you trying to be as human as you can be?”

      I felt ashamed，wanting to show I had been trying hard to work out such questions．What

happened to me? I once promised myself I would never work for money，that I would join the

Peace Corps，and that 1 would live in beautiful，inspirational places．

           Instead, I had been in Detroit for ten years，at the same workplace，using the same bank，visiting the same barber I was thirty-seven，more mature than in college，tied to computers and modems and cell phones．I was no longer young，nor did I walk around in gray sweatshirts with

unlit cigarettes in my mouth．I did not have long discussions over egg salad sandwiches about the meaning of life．

      My days were full，yet I remained，much of the time，unsatisfied  

      What happened to me?

56．When did the author graduate from Morrie’s college?

      A．In the eighties．                        B．In the nineties．

      C．When he was sixteen                    D．When he was twenty-one．

57．What do we know about the“Nightline”?

    A．Morrie started it by himself        B．It helped Morrie earn a fame．

    C．The author helped Morrie start it． D．It was only operated at night．

58．What can we infer from the passage?

       A．Both the author and Morrie liked travelling.

       B．Morrie liked helping people pack things for their journeys.

       C．The author envied Morrie’s friends the help they got from him.

       D．The author earned a lot of money at the cost of his dreams.

59．What’s the author’s feeling when he writes this passage?

       A．Regretful.     B．Enthusiastic.  C．Sympathetic.    D．Humorous.

Every profession，every art，and every science has its technical vocabulary. Its function is partly to name things or processes which can not be described in ordinary English．Such special terms are necessary in technical discussion of any kind．Being universally understood by the specialists of the particular science or art，these terms have the exactness of a mathematical formula（公式）．Besides，they save time, for it is much more convenient to name a process than to describe it． 

Different occupations，however，differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies．In trades and handicrafts，and other professions，like farming and fishery，that have occupied great numbers of men in the past，the technical vocabulary is very old．It consists largely of native words, or borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very fibre of our language．As a consequence, though highly technical in many particulars，these vocabularies are more familiar in sound；and more generally understood，than most other technicalities．

    Yet every profession still possesses a large body of technical terms that remain extremely unfamiliar, even to educated speech．And the amount has been much increased in the last fifty years．New terms are invented with the greatest freedom，and abandoned unconcernedly when they have served their turn．Most of the new inventions of words and expressions are restricted to special discussions, and seldom get into general conversation．

    Yet no profession is，nowadays，as all professions once were，a closed association．Specialists in different fields share ideas and associate freely with each other. Furthermore, what is called “popular science” familiarizes everybody with modern views and recent discoveries. Any important experiment, though made in a remote lab, is at once reported in the newspaper, and everybody is soon talking about it—as in the case of the Roentgen rays and wordless telegraph. Thus our common speech is always taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace.

67．Technical terms are created so            .

       A．specialists may communicate more easily

       B．people may enjoy varieties of occupations

       C．people may save time in everyday discussions

       D．specialists may well accept mathematical formulas

68．The writer lists wireless telegraph as an example to show special words      .

       A．should represent popular science

       B．may become part of common speech

       C．should be restricted to scientific fields

       D．may be considered great inventions of man

69．What can we infer from the passage?

       A．Nonteehnical words may be replaced.

       B．Media helps to popularize special terms.

       C．Various professionals exchange their terms.

       D．Educated people know most technical terms.

第二节：开放作文

请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

In your English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.

提示词：放大镜：magnifier

The performance will be given next week. You can go to the student union___tickets.

A．for    B．in      C．by     D．on

There are all sorts of ways that employees can be successful_________obtaining the better office environment.

A. in    B．On    C．about     D．for

 You can always judge a person by the ______ he keeps.

   A. accompany   B. company           C. companion        D. comfort