Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced, had three kids under age 7, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress, "There were times when I would lie in bed and think, I don't know how I'm going to pay that bill," Mangano says．

But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious． She knew firsthand how hard it was to mop the floor． "I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing out a mop," Mangano says． "So, I said, 'There's gotta be a better way．"'

How about a "self-wringing" mop? She designed a distinctive tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry． She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets．

Then Mangano met with the media． But would couch potatoes（泡在电视机前的人） buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain． They gave it a try, and it failed． Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera demonstration． "Brave little me． I said, 'Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item．"'

So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her． "I got onstage and the phones went crazy． We sold every mop in minutes．"

Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network． Talking about her household inventions is "as natural for me as it is for a parent to talk about their child," Mangano says．

Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers． The thin, space-saving implements are the most successful goods ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the US A．Of course, you couldn't possibly sell hangers on TV．

56． The two items that Mangano designed and produced are　　　　 .

　　　 A． welcomed by housewives B． bought by multinational con）orations

　　　 C． seen at flea markets D． found by the media

57． Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　　 A． Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family．

　　　 B． Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience．

　　 C． The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop．

　　　 D． QVC is a business organization that sells goods on TV．

58． From the passage we can know that Mangano now　　　　　　 .

　　　 A． sells her goods mostly at markets

　　　 B． has become famous and got rich

　　　 C． has stopped household inventions

　　　 D． has sold her two-bedroom home

59． Huggable Hanger is the thing that people can use　　　　 .

　　　 A． to clean the floor

B． to take pictures like a camera

　　　 C． to make phone calls like a cellphone

D． to put their clothes on it to keep their shape

第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have   36   these traditional publications try to  37  the modern world. After 216 years, The Times has halved its   38   to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has  39  its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid（小型报纸）.
In Britain the newspaper market is  40  between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms  41  the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear  42  in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph are  43  papers. They  44  a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also  45  long and use quite formal language.
Tabloids have  46  more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more  47  language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain's  48  newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked page on page three every day.
By  49  to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the  50  of a less famous broadsheet paper, the Independent. It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase  51 . Although both papers have   52   to the smaller size, the content of the papers has  53  the same. They are both still serious papers.
The two papers  54  that people find the smaller size easier to  55  when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. The times says its new size is "compact", not tabloid.
36. A. found                   B. known                C. seen                   D. proved
37. A. match                    B. suit                     C. change                D. fit
38. A. length                       B. thickness             C. width                         D. size
39. A. printed                 B. cut                        C. added                       D. enlarged
40. A. divided                  B. separated                  C. arranged                D. marked
41. A. turn into                 B. think about               C. refer to                    D. connect with
42. A. meaning                  B. difference             C. mark                        D. sign
43. A. useful                        B. easy                    C. serious                  D. long
44. A. sell                       B. include                    C. take                      D. cover 
45. A. certainly             B. reasonably                      C. probably                D. necessarily
46. A. a few                        B. little                        C. far                           D. any
47. A. difficult                        B. simple                 C. easy                        D. good
48. A. best-selling                B. good-looking            C. slow-moving            D. ugly-looking
49. A. going                    B. getting                   C. coming                    D. changing
50. A. footsteps                       B. way                    C. direction                  D. method
51. A. slowly                    B. usually                    C. little                    D. greatly
52. A. halved                    B. made                   C. changed                 D. cut
53. A. become                   B. remained              C. left                   D. found
54. A. agree                     B. hope                    C. expect                 D. insist
55. A. handle                       B. look                         C. see                           D. buy

阅读理解 （共20小题; 每小题2分,满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I felt encouraged by his words and began to swim more calmly.But my clothes stuck to me like a heavy weight.I could hardly stay above the surface.

Counsel saw this.“Shall I cut them?”he asked.

With a knife he cut my clothes from top to bottom and took them of quickly while I swam for both of us.

Then I did the same for Counsel,and we continued to swim near each other.

 But we were in serious trouble.The crew（船员）might not have noticed our disappearance.

And if they had,they could not return because the rudder（舵）had broken.Counsel thought of all this,and calmly made his plans.We decided to wait for the ship as long as possible,because we had no other hope of safety.I suggested that we save our strength so that both of us would not be tired out at the same time.This was how we did it:While one of us lay on his back,quite still,with arms crossed and legs stretched out（伸直）,the other would swim and push him along.We changed every ten minutes or so.In this way we could swim for hours,perhaps till daylight.The crash（破裂声）of the ship and the whale（鲸）had appeared at about eleven o’clock.We had about eight hours to swim before daylight.This seemed possible,if the sea remained calm.

What happened to the man who told the story?

A.He and his companion got into the water to test their strength.

B.He jumped into the water to save the broken rudder.

C.He was knocked into the water by his enemy.

D.He was thrown into the sea when the ship struck a whale.

Why did the two men cut their clothes?

A.Because no people helped them to take off their clothes.

B.Because they couldn’t take off their clothes on the sea.

C.Because they wanted to get rid of their clothes quickly.

D.Because they wanted to lifebuoys（救生圈）with their clothes.

What does the word “still” in the last paragraph mean?

A.not moving                    B.even                        C.yet                          D.however

n order to save their strength,______.

A.one of them pushed the other while swimming and then they changed

B.they both swam calmly

C.they crossed their arms and stretched their legs on the water

D.they lay on their backs instead of swimming

Which one of the following is true?

A.Neither of the two men was good swimmers.

B.The sea was calm before eleven o’clock that night.

C.The story took place at night.

D.The two men had to swim eight hours to catch up with the ship.

Recent studies show that only one out of three people have strong and healthy self-confidence. That  36 two out of every three people simply don’t know the 37 they already have to be successful when it’s  38  there in their hands!  39 if you want others to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first. Remember: “No one can make you feel inferior (差的) unless you  40 them.” A successful businessman says, “You can’t push anyone up a ladder  41 he knows he can climb himself.”
Many of us have an image  42 , the image（形象）we have of ourselves.  43 one guy put it: “You can’t win a horse race if you think you look  44 on a horse.” To succeed, the first person you have to  45 is yourself! So stop believing your own lies about yourself. Just  46 your mind and you’ll change your life.
One of the most harmful weapons that can kill your success in life is the two little words: “47 ”. You know that people used to   48 that if human beings traveled faster than 30 miles an hour it would  49  our circulation（循环）of blood and kill us? Thank goodness a few people didn’t believe that  50 thinking, or we wouldn’t be riding in cars, buses, and flying in airplanes today. You’ll never know until you  51  .
Roger Bannister was the first human being to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. But  52 he did it, most people in the world didn’t think it was even   53  Yet only weeks after Bannister did it, suddenly  54 all over the world began running a mile in less than 4 minutes! If we believe something can be done, we’ll  55  do it.

This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience．It happened about three years ago and it has had a 26 effect on me．I would like to show respect here for the two men I do not know 27 but whose actions gave a new 28 to the words — kind and generous．
I was walking down a busy street on a cold, windy day in early 29 , A homeless man, probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes, was 30 for change on a street corner．
A BMW car 31 on the other side of the street and an executive（主管）who was perfectly dressed stepped out of the car．He was probably about 32 years old．He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie．He walked33across the street and over to the homeless man．Without saying anything, he first gave him a lot of 34 and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves（手套）, beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks．Then he 35 them to the homeless man．The homeless man took them and stared with a/an 36 mouth．
As he drove off, I couldn’t 37 thinking that it was probably the first time he had 38 the pedal（ 踏板）of that top-brand BMW car with a 39 foot! I stood there and the looks of 40 appeared on my face and the homeless man’s．
Two men of about the same age 41 very different lives had met and the one who was42 in materials had offered 43 than his shoes．He had left this BMW car and 44 down from his high position．He lifted up the other man when he offered respect, 45 and real generosity．