第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题, 第二节5小题；每小题2分, 满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
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Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job. His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.” Nate left the building filled with despair. By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression. When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job. I am a complete, utter failure.” A tense silence followed. Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face. “What great news!” she responded.
“Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”
“But I have no job and no prospect of a job,” YC he objected, completely without hope. “If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?” Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen. Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash. “Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped. “To whom does it belong?”
“It’s ours!” Sophia replied. “I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance. From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance. Now there is enough to last us a whole year.”
What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece. The book is The Scarlet Letter. Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master.   
41．Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A．Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news  
B．Nate was too sad to speak any more
C．Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate  
D．Neither husband nor wife had any idea what to do
42．Sophia saved money because ______.
A．she knew her husband would lose his job one day  
B．she knew their life would be in difficulty
C．she was very careful with money  
D．she was trying to help her husband in every possible way
43．From the passage we can know that Sophia was ______.
A．kind and brave                                    B．careful and encouraging
C．friendly and warm-hearted                    D．honest and determined
44．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Sophia’s Achievement.                        B．A great writer’s struggle to success.
C．Great encouragement in hard times.      D．Failure is the mother of success.

Translation (13%)

1. 我们很骄傲2008年成功举办了奥运会。(feel proud to)

2. 如果那位心理学家提早出现了，那该怎么办？( What if )

3. 教师的工作需要布置作业，批改试卷，会见家长。( involve )

4. 根据记载，许多美味的小吃都和中国的传统节日有关。（connect）

5. 他后悔昨天没有及时回复电子邮件，不得不推迟约会。(respond…; choice )                              

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误,对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上画一个(√);如果有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此句多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此句缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此句错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

Several years before, Mrs. Green was a famous musician who taught       

1.         

the music at a college, and many of her students succeeded in their            2.         

business. Live with her husband at home now, Mrs. Green, in common         

3.         

as some old people, finds her memory is failing. Sometimes she forgets        4.        

what she has done or will do, that often gets her in trouble. Mr. Green          5.        

noticed it and persuaded her into see a famous doctor who lives               6.         

in the capital. He bought two tickets to London and then                     7.         

asked her to put it into her handbag while she was playing                     8.        

piano. When they reached the airport the next morning, the old                 9.        

woman said,“ If only I have brought my piano. I’ve left the tickets on it.”        10.