I would have come earlier, but I ________ that you were waiting for me.

A. didn’t know                                             B. hadn’t know 

C. would have known                                   D. haven’t known

 ---You’ve agreed to go, but why aren’t you getting ready?

---But I ________that you ________me to start at once.

A. don’t realize; want          B. don’t realize; wanted

C. didn’t realize; wanted        D. haven’t realized; want

(2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（天津卷）)C

I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant , and ancient for a sportsman, Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age. but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.

A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “ Fifty is what forty used to be . ”He had made an inspirational point, Am I over the hill ?People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that he high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now.

“ Your are not getting older, you are getting better . ” says Dr. Joyce Brothers . This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a second opinion.

And so. as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net. I am moves to share some thoughts on aging with you. I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally. Getting older. of course, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词). In fact , a poet named Robert Browning considered it the best change of all :

Grow old along with me!

The best is yet to me.

Whether or not Browning was right , most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will settle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find myself moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend ( 混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said . ”Old is always fifteen years from now. ”

44. The author seems to tell us in Paragraph I that

A time alone will tell                                       B time goes by quickly

C time will show what is right                          D time makes one forget the past

45. When the author turned fifty , people around him

A. tried to comfort him                                           B. got inspiration with him

C. were friendlier with him                              D. found him more talkative

46. The author considers his fifty years of life  

A peaceful                   B. ordinary                  C. satisfactory              D. regretful

47. We can infer from the passage that

A. the old should led a simple life                            B. the old should face the fact of aging

C. the old should take more exercise                   D. the old should fill themselves with curiosity

While I_________that he is an excellent leader,I don’t think he can do a good job in this company because he is too careless.

A. reflect     B. recommend        C. acknowledge       D. urge

第II卷 （共四节，满分55分）

第一节：单词填空（共10小题，每题1分）

根据句意和所给单词的首字母（或汉语提示）填空。

71.That hat will give p________________against the hot sun.

72. Do you have e_____________income besides your regular salary?

73. The clock is a kind of  i_____________that tells people time.

74. London is the h_____________city for the 2012 Olympic Games.

75. Only a few soldiers s_____________the battle.

76. Tom _____________ ( 假装 ) to be reading when I passed by.

77. She turned her_____________ ( 注意力 ) to newcomers.

78. I’m told that she is an_____________ ( 有吸引力的 ) girl.

79. All I get is a busy _____________ ( 信号 ) when I dial his number.

80.How many people does the company _____________ ( 雇用 )?