阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 　31 .She got up very early and arrived at the 　32　 at twenty to eight. She 　33　 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the 　34　 to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was surprised to 　35　 a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh. She 　36　 the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy 　37　 joyfully. She then looked round for a 　38　 to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 　39　 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.

    The day passed very 　40　 and Nancy did everything with great interest and 　41　 .For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she 　42　 herself in her work.

    Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(an) 　43　 bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.

    The same thing happened again the next Monday, Nancy felt it 　44　 and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 　45　 .

    On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 　46　 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk 　47　  his directives .She happened to see on the desk a big note book 　48　 “Records of managers' meetings”, and glanced at the 　49　 pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words: “In order to keep the secretaries 　50　 ,the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”

    Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist.

1.A. depressed                 B. encouraged                  C. excited                   D. surprised

2.A. office                          B. workshop                      C. Classroom           D. bookshop

3.A. forced                         B. pushed                           C. Turned                  D. knocked

4.A. last                    B. second                           C. Third                     D. first

5. A. uncover                     B. smell                              C. Find                       D. pick

6.A. picked up                   B. threw away                  C. stared at              D. took up

7.A. cried                           B. Laughed                        C. wept                     D. replied

8. A. jar                     B. Box                                 C. bottle                             D. vase

9. A. happy                        B. very                                C. funny           D. quite

10.A. slowly                       B. normally                        C. quickly                  D. hardly

11.A. wisdom                    B. bravery                          C. passion                 D. enthusiasm

12. A. buried                     B. dressed                         C. Devoted               D. seated

13.A. old                             B. Red                                 C. blue                       D. new

14. A. special                    B. angry                              C. strange               D. difficult

15.A. sender                     B. receiver                         C. manager              D. waiter

16. A. send for                  B. hand out                        C. try out                  D. hand in

17.A. asking for            B. waiting for           C. looking for         D. searching for

18.A. marked                    B. written                          C. printed                 D. signed

19.A. closed                      B. damaged                       C. pinned                  D. half-opened

20.A. at home                   B. on time                          C. in high spirits      D. in low spirits

 

阅读理解

    From 4^th June 1996, Asian spreads its wings from Beijing to Pusan, Korea's second largest city. Asian is one of Asia's fastest growing airlines, with an ever expanding network, which is why more and more passengers around the world are warming to our service. Service that's based on 5,000 years of traditional Korean hospitality（好客）.No wonder we're bringing so many people from so many places closer together.

Schedule

*Asian also flies non-stop between Seoul and Beijing/Shanghai

（1）The word“wing”in the first line means ________ .

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（2）More and more passengers are warming to our service because ________ .

[　　]

A. our planes are larger than before

B. the fares are cheaper than others

C. we have an expanding network and fast-growing airlines

D. our service is based on 5,000 years of traditional Korean hospitality

（3）According to the schedule you cannot fly from Beijing to Pusan on ________ .

[　　]

（4）Passengers can reach _________ from Seoul with a non-stop flight.

[　　]

（5）We can infer ________ .

[　　]

A. more and more people are taking Asian's planes

B. Beijing and Shanghai are busy cities

C. Asian is opening more lines

D. China and Korea will have a closer tie if the airline is safe

JINTAN,JTANGSU:The 20 students 18 boys and 2 girls — had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung(阶梯) out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest (竞赛)Tuesday evening.

　　The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14.

　　‘Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable! ‘said a teacher from Guangdong province.

　　Named after China’ s most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986, one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission (国家)as the country’s biggest and best contest of its kind.

1. This news story is mainly about .

　　A. when the contest started

　　B. how the contest got its name

　　C. the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest

　　D. the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest

2. This news story most probably appeared in a news paper in .

　　A.1995　　B. 1987　　C. 1986　　D. 1997

3 Ii can be inferred from the text that the teacher from Guangdong province .

　　A. felt proud of the gold medal winners

　　B. wondered if the students were honest

　　C. thought that the problems were too difficult for the 　students

　　D. believed that the twenty winners could go to study at university

4 The underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means .

　　A .guess　　B. add up　　C. work out　　D. study

　　Nancy had just got a secretary's job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very ?　36　?.She got up very early and arrived at the ?　37　? at twenty to eight. She ?　38　? the door open and found nobody there. “I am the ?　39　? to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk. She was ?surprised to ?　40　? a large bunch of flowers on it. They were fresh.She ?　41　? the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh,how lovely!” Nancy ?　42　? joyfully. She then looked round for a ?　43　? to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the ?　44　? first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.?

The day passed very ?　45　? and Nancy did everything with great interest and ?　46　?.For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she ?　47　? herself in her work.?

Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk she was overjoyed to see a(an) ?　48　? bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones.?

The same thing happened again the next Monday, Nancy felt it ?　49　? and this time she began to think of ways to find out the ?　50　?.?

On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to ?　51　? a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk waiting for his ?　52　?.She happened to see on the desk a big note book ?　53　?“Records of managers' meetings”, and glanced at the ?　54　? pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words:“In order to keep the secretaries ?　55　?,the company has decided that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”?

Later, she was told that their general manager was a business management psychologist.?

36. A. depressed     B. encouraged C. excited       D. surprised?

37. A. office   B. workshop   C. Classroom  D. bookshop?

38. A. forced  B. pushed       C. Turned       D. knocked?

39. A. last      B. second              C. Third  D. first?

40. A. uncover              B. smell  C. Find   D. pick?

41. A. picked up    B. threw away        C. stared at     D. took up?

42. A. cried    B. Laughed     C. wept   D. replied?

43. A. jar       B. Box    C. bottle  D. vase?

44. A. happy   B. very    C. funny  D. quite?

45. A. slowly  B. normally    C. quickly      D. hardly?

46. A. wisdom       B. bravery      C. passion       D. enthusiasm?

47. A. buried  B. dressed       C. Devoted     D. seated?

48. A. old              B. Red    C. blue    D. new?

49. A. special  B. angry  C. strange       D. difficult?

50. A. sender  B. receiver      C. manager     D. waiter?

51. A. send for              B. hand out     C. try out       D. hand in?

52.A. orders   B. directives   C. gifts    D. receipts?

53. A. marked B. written       C. printed              D. signed?

54. A. closed  B. damaged    C. pinned              D. half-opened?

55. A. at home       B. on time      C. in high spirits    D. in low spirits??

Nancy had just got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 　35    . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She   36　 the door open and found nobody there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk   37   she was surprised to find a large bunch of flowers on it. They were   38  . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried joyfully. She then   39   for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the   40   first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.

The day passed very   41　 and Nancy did everything   42   great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 43　 herself in her work.

Then came another Monday. When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, replacing the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 　44　.

On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to   45　 a plan to the general manager's office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary's desk   46   his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 　47   with “Records of managers' meetings”, and   48   the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company       49    that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary's desk.”

Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.

1.A. depressed   B. excited    C. encouraged   D. surprised

2.A. pushed        B. forced    C. turned       D. knocked

3.A. that          B. which      C. there     D. where

4.A. old           B. fresh   C. good        D. sweet

5.A. looked up  B. looked at  C. looked around  D. looked down

6.A. happy  B. very C. funny                 D. quite

7.A. slowly   B. normally    C. quickly                D. hardly

8.A. at            B. in               C. for                     D. with

9.A. devoted       B. focused          C. buried                  D. made

10.A. sender  B. receiver         C. manager                D. waiter

11.A. send for      B. hand out  C. try out    D. hand in

12.A. asking for    B. waiting for   C. looking for  D. searching for

13.A. marked       B. given             C. used                D. signed

14.A. glanced at   B. stared at         C. glared at           D. looked at

15.A. has ordered   B. has said    C. has decided    D. has demanded