— Do you like a house with no garden?

　　　　—________ , But anyhow, it's better to have one than none.

　　A. Not really　　　　　　　　　　 B. Not especially

　　C. Not a bit　　　　　　　　　　　D. Not a little

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。
Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you  36  speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of  37 ! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of  38  things, but his promise to tell the truth 39  him.
Once a man came to a  prophet（预言家）and said, “Oh, prophet, I have many bad  40. Which one of them should  I  41  first？”The prophet said, “Give up telling  42  first and always speak the truth. ”The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out , he thought for a moment about the  43  he made with the prophet.  “44  tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, what shall I say？Shall I say that I went out  45？No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If  I tell the truth,  46  will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be  47  for stealing.”
So the man  48  not to steal that night, and  gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he  49  drinking wine. When he was about to do so, he said to himself, “What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day？I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will  50 me, because a Muslim is not  51  to drink wine.” And so he gave up the  52 of drinking wine.
In this way,  53  the man thought of doing something bad, he  54  his promise to tell the truth. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a very  55  person.
36、A、always                    B、hardly                    C、sometimes        D、never
37、A、time                  B、money                    C、trouble            D、energy
38、A、great                  B、bad                        C、strange            D、stupid
39、A、educated             B、bothered             C、tested              D、saved
40、A、habits                     B、friends                    C、purposes          D、collections
41、A、take in                B、bring back                 C、give up            D、depend on
42、A、stories                B、truths                        C、reasons            D、lies
43、A、plan                   B、secret                        C、promise           D、mistake
44、A、Because              B、Unless                    C、Since               D、If
45、A、stealing              B、drinking             C、walking           D、dancing
46、A、none                  B、someone                 C、anyone            D、everyone
47、A、controlled           B、admired                  C、punished          D、killed
48、A、refused              B、tried                  C、decided            D、agreed
49、A、talked about        B、felt like            C、adapted to(适应)  D、broke down
50、A、understand              B、like                    C、hate              D、respect
51、A、allowed             B、encouraged             C、invited             D、advised
52、A、chance                    B、disadvantage       C、adventure      D、idea
53、A、wherever            B、whenever            C、whatever          D、however
54、A、forgot                    B、doubted                  C、regretted          D、remembered
55、A、good                  B、attractive            C、practical     D、generous(慷慨的)

In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year ___36___. according to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a ___37___ one. The world will be more __38___ because the population will continue to grow. The population could be ___39__ 6 300 million, almost 2 150 million more than in 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in ___40___ countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would ___41___ have 15 million by then.

Food production will ___42___, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, __43___ most of the increase would be in countries that ___44___ produce enough food for their people. Little increase is ___45___ in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are ___46___ large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is ___47___ as cities become larger and more houses are built. ___48___ will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s ___49___ could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 ___50___. They only carried out the situation that ___51___ today. By changing the situation, by ___52___ the problems, the picture can be changed. There is ___53___ time for the nations of the world to work ___54___ a plan of action. But they warned that ___55___ too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.

阅读理解

　　When people become good at doing the things they like they find themselves.

　　Many young people are good at doing things they do not like, many other young people would like to do something at which they are not good. Also, many do not think they are good at anything, and do not know what they would like to do. None of them are happy.

　　It is impossible to decide whether one likes something until one has tried it. Trying something new is important.

　　Give each idea a fair chance. If you have decided to try out something new, also decided how long you will stick to it. Then you can make a fair decision.

　　The best thing to judge is not the final goal, but the work it takes you to reach that goal. Almost everybody would like to be highly skilled in something, but becoming highly skilled at anything calls for a great deal of time and effect.

　　Finding oneself means not only discovering what one is good at and what one likes; it also means discovering what one is not good at and does not like.

　　So trying something and failing can have its good side. It tells you that you are not fit for that particular area and should not use it as your goal.

1．None of the young people are happy because ________.

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A．they are good at doing things they are not fond of

B．they would like to do something they are not good at

C．they think they are good at nothing and do not know what they would like to do

D．of all the above

2．You can’t decide whether you like something ________.

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A．even if you have tried it

B．although you have tried it

C．before you have tried it

D．after it has been tried

3．It takes ________ to become good at something.

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A．time and money

B．a lot of time and work

C．a lot of work and rest

D．men and time

4．From this passage we know that to find oneself is ________.

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5．To find oneself one has to know ________.

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A．his strong points

B．his weak points

C．both his strong and weak points

D．what he likes and what he is good at

完形填空

　　In 1895 , Marie 1 a French physicist named pierre Curie. He was a young man 2 loved science 3 she did.

　　In 1896, Madame Curie began to 4 on radioactive elements with her husband and in a little room 5 of them worked day and night, After two years of hard work , at last , 6 December 26, 1898 , they 7 that they 8 radium. This is another kind of element which has still 9 radioactivity than uranium. The 10 of radium opened the treasure-house of the energy of atomic nucleus(原子核) .

　　In1903 , 11 their great achievements in 12 , Madame Curie and her husband 13 the Nobel prize in physics. But unfortunately, in 1906, Pierre got 14 in a traffic accident. Marie was in extremely deep 15 .However, she 16 continued her research work. In 1911, she received the Nobel Prize in 17 . She was 18 scientist 19 two Nobel awards in the world.

　　Madame Curie, one of the greatest scientists ever 20 in history, will always be remembered.

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