Attending a university is an important part of a person’s life. Today, many people go to a university to study and train for a future job in subjects like law, medicine, or education. But the university is not a modern invention. It has a history that is over a thousand years old.
The world’s oldest university, Al-Azhar, is in Cairo, Egypt. It was first built as a mosque in A.D. 972. A few years later, learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque in “tutoring circles”. They read and talked about the subject of law. Around 988, leaders in the city of Cairo decided to create a school for higher learning and the University of Al-Azhar was founded.
At Al-Azhar, there were many university ‘firsts.’ Courses were created. The earliest ones taught at Al-Azhar were in law and religion. In a course, students read and studied with the teacher, but there was also free discussion. Often, students and teachers talked about a topic, and there was no ‘right’ answer. Finally, scholars from around the world came to Al-Azhar to teach and do research. At the university, people studied the past, but it was also a place for sharing new ideas.
Over a thousand years later, Al-Azhar is still an important university in the world. Its library contains more than 250,000 of the world’s oldest and most valuable books. Today, many of the world’s most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at Al-Azhar.
【小题1】What’s this passage mainly about?

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　John Blanchard was at Grand Central Station,looking for the girl whose heart he knew,but whose face he didn't,the girl with the 36 .
　　His interest in her had begun 13 months before in a Florida 37 .He was reading a book there and was attracted by the 38 on the margins left by a reader named Miss Hollis Maynell.He 39 to find her address and wrote her a letter 40 himself.The next day he was shipped overseas for 41 in the army in World War Ⅱ.
　　During the next 13 months the two grew to know each other throught the 42 .When he returned,they decided their first 43 -7 pm at Grand Gentral Station. "Youll 44 me," she wrote,"by the red rose I'll be 45 on my coat."
　　A young girl in a green suit was coming 46 Blanchard.She was so beautiful that he started fixing his eyes upon her,entirely 47 to notice that she was not wearing a rose.Just then,he saw Hollis Maynell,who was 48 just behind the girl.She was a woman well past 40,with 49 hair under a worn hat.
　　Blanchard felt 50 .But he didn't hesitate.He said to 51 ,"I'm Lieutenant(中尉) John Blanchard,and you must be Miss Maynell.I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to 52 ?"
　　"I don't 53 what this is about,son," she said,"but the young lady 54 asked me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner,I should tell you that she is 55 you in the big restaurant across the street!"
　　You can hardly imagine how happy Lieutenant John Blanchard felt at the moment!　
　　36.A.book B.hat C.rose D.letter
　　37.A.library B.restaurant C.post office D.station
　　38.A.trails B.notes C.signs D.marks
　　39.A.attempted B.stopped C.intended D.managed
　　40.A.introducing B.displaying C.acknowledging D.claiming
　　41.A.business B.work C.service D.research
　　42.A.ship B.mail C.line D.telegraphy
　　43.A.greeting B.interview C.meeting D.talk
　　44.A.memorize B.impress C.run into D.recognize
　　45.A.putting B.carrying C.fixing D.wearing
　　46.A.toward B.over C.from D.off
　　47.A.refusing B.forgetting C.stopping D.managing
　　48.A.standing B.wandering C.chasing D.hurrying
　　49.A.lighening B.darkening C.graying D.thickning
　　50.A.excited B.shy C.embarrassed D.disappointed
　　51.A.the girl B.the woman C.himself D.the passer - by
　　52.A.dinner B.my house C.the hotel D.the train
　　53.A.guess B.believe C.know D.like
　　54.A.under a worn hat B.in the green suit C.with gray hair D.standing behind
　　55.A.preparing for B.looking for C.teating D.waiting for

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　John Blanchard was at Grand Central Station,looking for the girl whose heart he knew,but whose face he didn't,the girl with the 36 .

　　His interest in her had begun 13 months before in a Florida 37 .He was reading a book there and was attracted by the 38 on the margins left by a reader named Miss Hollis Maynell.He 39 to find her address and wrote her a letter 40 himself.The next day he was shipped overseas for 41 in the army in World War Ⅱ.

　　During the next 13 months the two grew to know each other throught the 42 .When he returned,they decided their first 43 -7 pm at Grand Gentral Station. "Youll 44 me," she wrote,"by the red rose I'll be 45 on my coat."

　　A young girl in a green suit was coming 46 Blanchard.She was so beautiful that he started fixing his eyes upon her,entirely 47 to notice that she was not wearing a rose.Just then,he saw Hollis Maynell,who was 48 just behind the girl.She was a woman well past 40,with 49 hair under a worn hat.

　　Blanchard felt 50 .But he didn't hesitate.He said to 51 ,"I'm Lieutenant(中尉) John Blanchard,and you must be Miss Maynell.I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to 52 ?"

　　"I don't 53 what this is about,son," she said,"but the young lady 54 asked me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner,I should tell you that she is 55 you in the big restaurant across the street!"

　　You can hardly imagine how happy Lieutenant John Blanchard felt at the moment!　

　　36.A.book B.hat C.rose D.letter

　　37.A.library B.restaurant C.post office D.station

　　38.A.trails B.notes C.signs D.marks

　　39.A.attempted B.stopped C.intended D.managed

　　40.A.introducing B.displaying C.acknowledging D.claiming

　　41.A.business B.work C.service D.research

　　42.A.ship B.mail C.line D.telegraphy

　　43.A.greeting B.interview C.meeting D.talk

　　44.A.memorize B.impress C.run into D.recognize

　　45.A.putting B.carrying C.fixing D.wearing

　　46.A.toward B.over C.from D.off

　　47.A.refusing B.forgetting C.stopping D.managing

　　48.A.standing B.wandering C.chasing D.hurrying

　　49.A.lighening B.darkening C.graying D.thickning

　　50.A.excited B.shy C.embarrassed D.disappointed

　　51.A.the girl B.the woman C.himself D.the passer - by

　　52.A.dinner B.my house C.the hotel D.the train

　　53.A.guess B.believe C.know D.like

　　54.A.under a worn hat B.in the green suit C.with gray hair D.standing behind

　　55.A.preparing for B.looking for C.teating D.waiting for

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Hilton English Language Center
Information for New Students
CLASS TIME: 8:30a.m.—10:00a.m., 10:30a.m.—12:00a.m., 1:30p.m.—3:00p.m..
The Language Center is open Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.
SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p.m. to 5:00p.m. for all full-time students.
You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing（文字处理）. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.
ATTENDANCE（出勤）：All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates（证书）when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.
BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.
If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).
60. When do classes begin and end on a full day?
A. 8:30a.m.—1:30p.m..                      B. 8:30a.m.—3:00p.m..
C. 8:30a.m.—3:15p.m..                      D. 3:15p.m.—5:00p.m..
61. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. No teachers are in the language lab.
B. 90% attendance is required for the students.
C. Books can’t be taken out of the center.
D. Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes.
62. Timetable can be seen in _____.
A. the lecture hall       B. Room 3520      C. the classroom      D. Room 1110
63. The books which the students wish to buy are in the _____.
A. library                            B. bookshop in the college     C. street   D. classroom

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For much of our life, my mother and I hated each other. I spent most of my childhood   36   with her – or trying to avoid her, as well as her bitterness, unhappiness and endless smoking. I learned how to defend myself with   37   designed to hurt her. In turn, she vowed I would have a    38   who would feel the way about me that I felt about her.
Many years later when my husband and I decided to have a child, I was   39   to have a girl. I couldn’t   40   the though of a daughter who might not love me – or who would want to   41   me. As soon as I became pregnant, I was convinced I was having a boy. In the delivery room, on my doctor putting my baby into my arms, I couldn’t wait to tell my mother I had a   42  , while “he” was a girl. At that moment, I couldn’t imagine wanting anyone but her.
43  I couldn’t forget my mother’s teasing vow, even after she died and I saw her in a more   44   light. As my daughter got older, whenever we argued, I worried we were   45   the same awful path that my mother and I had gone down.
Last summer, my daughter   46   18, the same age when my mother threw me out of her apartment for   47  . However, I was with her, planning for her first year at college. When my husband and I dropped her off at her school in New York, I finally   48   to her my biggest fear that we would end up like me and my mother. “That will never happen.” she   49  me, kissing me goodbye. Six weeks later, my husband and I returned to the campus. I   50   myself arguing with my daughter about her messy room, not  using the library and her mistake of choosing the room near the bathroom. I couldn’t stop myself. And then   51   came: “You’re just like your mother,” my daughter screamed. “I hate you.” And then she   52  .
I finally heard the words I had always dreaded. But maybe that was because I   53   them. I had always worried the bond I shared with my daughter would   54  . later that evening, we picked my daughter up to a restaurant. We ate   55  . But when we separated, I hugged her. The next morning, she called telling she loved me. There wasn’t anything to be afraid of anymore. There was just a relationship we should work on with each other.
36．A．sharing       B．playing       C．communicating D．fighting
37．A．actions       B．activities    C．words         D．weapons
38．A．husband     B．friend          C．child   D．daughter
39．A．afraid          B．unlucky       C．uncertain   D．willing
40．A．have  B．bear   C．hold   D．afford
41．A．love    B．escape from       C．obey  D．keep from
42．A．daughter   B．son     C．baby  D．life
43．A．Furthermore      B．But     C．And    D．Or
44．A．bright         B．annoying    C．understanding   D．unfriendly
45．A．on       B．in        C．at       D．along
46．A．  became    B．grew  C．went  D．turned
47．A．good  B．nothing      C．my good     D．all
48．A．presented B．told    C．admitted   D．informed
49．A．promised   B．pardoned   C．referred     D．reflected
50．A．wanted      B．asked          C．forced         D．found
51．A．it         B．she     C．they   D．that
52．A．walked away      B．looked away       C．gave away D．stormed away
53．A．deserved   B．demanded C．equaled      D．appreciated
54．A．tear   B．break C．crash D．last
55．A．in vain         B．in general  C．in silence   D．in brief