A few days ago my wife sent me out to buy something. When I came home, I handed(交给) her a paper bag and said, “Here are the apples you wanted.” She looked in the bag, and then she looked at me. “I told you,” she said slowly, “to buy some eggs.”

I felt worried about my absent-mindedness, so I went to see a doctor. He was a very kind man. “I have seen many people like you. It’s nothing to worry about,” he said. “If you know you are absent-minded, you are all right. But if you do not know you’re absent-minded, you may be really in trouble.”

“Many famous people were absent-minded,” the doctor told me. “Thomas Edison(爱迪生)was standing in line(排队) one day to pay his taxes(税). When he arrived at the window, he found that he had forgotten his own name. He had to ask the man who was behind him to tell him who he was.”

I felt much better and got up to leave. “Thank you, doctor,” I said. “How much do I have to pay you?”

“Ten dollars for the check-up(检查),” the doctor said.

“But doctor, I did not have a check-up!”

For a moment the doctor looked puzzled. Then he said, “Oh, yes, it was the patient before you who had a check-up. How absent-minded I am!”

1.It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that when the author’s wife heard what her husband told her, she was ______.

A. excited           B. surprised           C. sad                  D. proud

2.The doctor took Edison’s story for example ______.

A. to show absent-mindedness is common among people

B. because he liked telling stories

C. to make the author laugh    

D. to make fun of Edison

3.The underlined word “absent-mindedness” in the second paragraph probably means ______.

A. a feeling of anger            

B. a feeling of sadness  

C. an emotion (情绪) of excitement  

D. a trouble in which people often forget this or that

4.According to the passage, who was (were) absent-minded?

A. Only the author.                  B. The author’s wife.

C. The author and the doctor.         D. The doctor alone.

In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had? ?? and were leaving.

????? I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road, ? ?? a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I ? ?? my neck to see how successful he had been in ? ? the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost?? ? 0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the ? ?? tree in the park.? Obviously,? that was his grandson's kite!? The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread ? ? 0pen. Grandpa had only one? ? to his problem: cut the string.

???? "You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa, ?? ? wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.

???? I? ? how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the ? ? . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys ? ?? my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.

1.A. grown up?????? B. turned up????? C. picked up?????? D. taken up

2.A. carrying??????? B. grabbing? ???? C. keeping??????? D. holding

3.A. raised????????? B. spread???????? C. stretched?????? D. expanded

4.A. reaching??????? B. touching?????? C. getting??????? D. climbing

5.A. scene????????? B. sight????????? C. interest??????? D. control

6.A. thickest??????? B. strongest?????? C. tallest???????? D. largest

7.A. widely???????? B. wide????????? C. tightly???????? D. closely

8.A. method???????? B. hope????????? C. solution?????? D. result

9.A. and??????????? B. so??????????? C. or????? ????? D. but

10.A. sensed???????? B. glanced??????? C. watched?????? D. found

11.A. car??????????? B. sky?????????? C. kite?????????? D. tree

12.A. within???????? B. in??????????? C. beyond??????? D. with

C

Classified Ads（广告）

For direct classified service, call 800-0667 10 a.m.—4 p.m., Monday---Friday.

For Rent

Best on Campus

Excellent Room for girls, begins Jan. , 2, 4, or 8 months lease. Single, $ 105. $125. Double, $ 140. Call 800-1932.

Family Home, 3 bedrooms, large yard. $ 275. Call 800-4300.

For Sale

Sheepskin Coat, men’s size 42, 1year old. $ 85. After 6 p.m. call 800-5224.

Moving: Must sell. Color TV 21, $ 150; transistor radio, $ 15; recorder, $ 25. Call 800-0739.

Help Wanted

Babysitter—My home

If you could find a few hours during the day, some evenings and weekends to care for 2 school- age children, please call 800-1111.

Lost

A black bag with a pencil-box and some books left in the reading room. Will the finder please come to Class 3, Grade 1?

Found

A green jacket was left on the sports ground yesterday afternoon ( April 15th). Will the owner please ring 656-6688?

49．If you wanted to place an ad. , what number would you call?

A．800-0739      B．800-1932       C．800-5224      D．800-0667

50．“Classified Ads” may probably mean “­­­________”.

A. ads about everyone’s life

B. ads giving one some necessary information

C. ads divided into different groups according to a certain rules

D. ads for which you needn’t pay any money

51．If you want to find a part-time job, you will look at________.

A. For Rent       B. For Sale        C. Help Wanted     D. Lost

第二节书面表达(满分25分)

假设你叫李华，是一家英文杂志社的心理咨询师。某中学生小王给你写信，提到自己体型偏胖，想节食减肥，征求你的意见。请你给她回一封信，谈谈你对该问题的见解。内容要点如下：

I．健康比漂亮重要；

2．学生以学习为主，不要过于注重外貌和别人的看法；

3．可通过多锻炼身体保持健康，要改变不良的饮食习惯；

4．健康的心态也很重要。

注意：1．短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；

2．词数100左右，其中开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

3．参考词汇：state of mind心态

Dear Xiao Wang，

I have received and read your letter，in which you mentioned that you wanted to lose weight by  dieting．

......

Yours，

Li Hua

People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email. Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this.

The team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problem. They had to discuss this question: If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computers. Dr. Johnson said, “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face. When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation.”

Generally the information was not extremely personal. It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live. But some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiences.

Dr Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves. And when they do this, they become more open, especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself. This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr. Johnson. However, this style of talking is not entirely new. “In the 19th century people started to use the ‘telegraph’ to communicate. Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely.”

Dr. Johnson thinks that emailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company. “ If you don’t know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to.”

The subject discussed in this passage is _______.

       A. how people open up when emailing        B. how people do research studies

       C. how to communicate at work                  D. how to discuss and solve a problem

The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that _______.

       A. they didn’t talk about very personal things             B. they couldn’t see each other

       C. the cameras on the computers were turned on  D. they had to discuss a question

What does the underlined sentence refer to?

       A. The telegraph.          B. The computer.           C. Emailing.          D. Face-to-face talk.

In the writer’s opinion, one should ______.

       A. focus on oneself when emailing                     B. talk more freely in emails than usual

       C. discuss any subject that one wants to           D. consider how one uses email at work