If you ever get the feeling that you’re on your own, then spare a thought for Don Sammons.

　 The hamlet（小镇） of Buford in Wyoming is not even a sparsely-populated area. It’s a single-populated（人口稀薄的）area, as the 60-year-old is the only man, woman or child living there.

　 But even though the ‘population one’ hamlet is 8,000ft up a cold mountain, he denies feeling lonely and runs an isolated petrol station and convenience shop.

　 Mr. Sammons left Los Angeles with his wife and bought the tiny town with six buildings to escape their busy lifestyle.

　 When the couple moved，there were seven people living in Buford working for a railroad that passes nearby, but they all moved away to bigger towns by the mid-1990s.

　 Then his wife died 15 years ago and his son, now aged 26, moved to Colorado three years ago. So that left Mr. Sammons in Buford on his own.

　 He gets about 1,000 visitors a day to the village during the summer, which has a billboard proclaiming（宣布） his small empire（帝国）, but this drops to around 100 during the winter，in which the winds often blow at 70mph.

　 Mr Sammons turned a school house, which operated between 1905 and 1962, into his office and made another old store built in 1895 into a four-car garage.

　 He lives in a three-bedroom log cabin and enjoys a commute（通勤来往） of 200 yards to his workplace. ‘I'm the king of the castle here,’ he said.

　 Buford was formed in 1866 as military outpost (军事警哨)‘Fort Sanders’, to protect workers building a railroad. It was once home to 2,000 people - most of them foreign migrant（移民） rail workers – a post office was built in 1880. The town was named Buford after Civil War general John Buford following the opening.

　 The town was sold to a private buyer by the railroad company in 1970 and Mr. Sammons arrived with his wife ten years later after working in the moving business in California.

56. The text is mainly about _______.

A. Don Sammons’ daily life　　　 B. the history of a small town

C. the cultural custom of a town　 D. an old town and its only resident

57. When did Mr. Sammons buy the town Buford?

A. In 1970 B. In 1980. C. In 1990. D. In 2000

58. Mr. Sammons bought the town with the main purpose of ______.

A. making money by doing business B. opening up the tourism industry

C. leading a peaceful and quiet life　　 D. avoid being bothered by other people

59. Which one is the right order of the following events about the town of Buford?

a. A post office was built there

b. All rail workers left the town.

c. Many foreign migrant rail workers worked here.

d. A school house was operated here.

e. A store was built here.

　 A. c-a-e-b-d. B. c-e-a-d-b.　　 C. c-a-d-e-b　 D. c-a-e-d-b.

60. According to the text, Dom Sammons _________.

　 A. lives alone but feels satisfied with his life in the town

　 B. sometimes feels lonely because his son is away

　 C. has many friends who come to see him every summer

　 D. is used to the warm weather in winter in the town

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项是多余项。

一Hi，Bob! We’ve been working hard at our lessons for a fortnight． 1.__

一Okay! What do you suggest?

一 2. I hear Hamlet is on at the National Theater． 

—Is that so? Why not?   

一(Scanning a newspaper．)Oh，dear me! There’s no performance at the National Theater this weekend．So we have to go to the cinema instead．   

一3.   

一Let me see…Um．Gone With the Wind．It is on at six cinemas on Saturday night．

---That sounds interesting．Which is the nearest?

一Ah, The Royal，I think．   

——What time does the film start?   

—Why don’t we go to the 18：30 show? 4.  

—But we won’t have enough time for dinner．   

一Do you want to go to the earlier or the later show?   

——Ah．．． 5.  

一Then．there’s the 20：30 show．   

一That’s okay．I think．   

E．I want to go to the earlier show．   

F．It is convenient for us, I think．   ．

G．I fancy going to the later one

Word came that the government must control the spread of this disease.

“Our job，”said the　26　officer，“is to spray the wall of every house in every town and village in the malaria parts of Mexico.You may be　27　to learn that there are about ninety-nine thousand　28　villages and towns.Some are big places like the capital city，　29　are single houses deep in the forest or upon the mountaintops.The men working with our program say that most of these people　30　within districts which are　31　enough for the mala ria-carrying mosquitoes to live in and spread the disease.That　32　that we must plan to spray the bricks of　33　three million houses once or twice a year for five years.”

“We have　34　everything very carefully，”said the officer　35　.“Our advance guards have drawn　36　of some forty thousand parts of the country for　37　by the spray teams.Each house in the malaria districts has been given a special　38　so that we can work in order.The United States has given us cars and trucks to carry the spray teams and their　39　.”

“The malaria program has been　40　with the people in this country.Everyone wants to　41　.The Defense Department is helping us plan the　42　of men and supplies.The Education Department has printed sheets in Spanish to explain　43　malaria is spread.Resistance is a problem.It was in the neighboring country—the United States that such resistance to spray was first　44　.Take the　45　of the housefly and D.D.T. At fist D.D.T. killed them off.Now it won’t hurt a fly.”

“What worries people is the danger that the mosquitoes may become resistant，”said the officer at last.

26.A.education              B.wealth                       C.health                       D.medicine

27.A.surprised                     B.excited                      C.doubtful                    D.happy

28.A.united                  B.developing                C.similar                      D.separate

29.A.other                    B.some                         C.the others                  D.the few

30.A.sleep                    B.live                           C.stand                         D.sit

31.A.cold                            B.hot                           C.bright                       D.warm

32.A.saves                    B.expresses                   C.means                       D.is

33.A.nearly                  B.mostly                      C.finally                       D.only

34.A.read                            B.learnt                        C.written                      D.studied

35.A.mentioned            B.remembered                     C.started                       D.continued

36.A.pictures                B.places                       C.maps                         D.bus-lines

37.A.store                    B.use                           C.share                         D.show

38.A.name                    B.sign                          C.number                            D.attention

39.A.tools                    B.clothes                      C.families                     D.guns

40.A.familiar                B.friendly                     C.strict                         D.popular

41.A.work                    B.run                           C.stop                          D.help

42.A.movement            B.program                    C.action                       D.equipment

43.A.why                            B.how                          C.what                         D.that

44.A.proved                 B.killed                        C.thought                            D.discussed

45.A.event                    B.matter                       C.fact                           D.case