I was listening to the radio while 1 was driving home from coaching basketball yesterday. I could tell right away that there was something  41  by the mood of the speaker. There had been a plane crash. What made the 42  even more tragic was that Bob Collins，the morning show man, was among those who had been killed. Throughout my 40-minute  43 , I listened as sincere love and affection from the audience  44 .The more I listened about how this man had influenced those around him, the more   45 I became.

That was because I wanted to know  46 we as a culture, wait until somebody has passed away before we tell them how much they  47 to us? Why do we wait until it is too late before we  48 someone up after they have died? Yes，49  memory after memory about someone's good  50 does help us cope with the sadness of losing someone special to us. But as we  51 remember this person, our words fall short of the ears that most need to hear  52 .

Just once,  53 a gathering of death，1 would like to see a celebration of life,  54 stories are told, tears fall down，laughter rings out；and as the speaker  55 his or her loving tribute(颂词), the person they are  56  rises from the chair and gives them a  57 hug! Wouldn’t that be   58 !

Life is too short to leave kind words   59 . How I wish that when the unavoidable funeral finally comes，we could say  60 with the knowledge that they knew exactly how people felt about them while they were here on earth.

1.                A．important       B．wrong          C．pleasant  D．unnoticed

2.                A．speaker        B．radio           C．station   D．story

3.                A．drive          B．silence         C．ride D．tour

4.                A．poured in       B．grew up        C．broke out D．got through

5.                A．determined     B．delighted       C．discouraged   D．devoted

6.                A．what           B．that            C．if    D．why

7.                A．impress        B．love           C．mean D．affect

8.                A．bring          B．build           C．pick D．bury

9.                A．recovering      B．showing        C．sharing   D．losing

10.               A．qualities        B．manners        C．records   D．attitudes

11.               A．barely         B．lovingly         C．suddenly  D．finally

12.               A．him           B．them          C．it D．us

13.               A．as for          B．apart from      C．except for D．instead of

14.               A．where         B．because        C．whether   D．which

15.               A．mentions       B．writes          C．pays  D．ends

16.               A．staring         B．listening        C．honoring  D．talking

17.               A．tight           B．quick          C．cold  D．necessary

18.               A．anything        B．nothing         C．everything D．something

19.               A．untouched      B．unsaid         C．unfinished D．unpacked

20.               A．hello          B．sorry          C．goodbye   D．thanks

第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分80分）
第一节：阅读理解（共35小题；每小题2分，满分70分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.
　　You might think that I don’t want to spend my summer reading, but that’s not the problem: I love reading. On the first day of my summer holidays this year, I went to the library and got “A Gathering of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper. So why do I hate summer reading for school? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting. Teachers and librarians don’t understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational. They choose books that a friend of my mother’s calls “spinach books”: good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer, I read them, hate them and get bitter about the experience.
　　This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As preparation, my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence” by American author Edith Wharton. I’m sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence” — some might even say it’s their favorite book.
　　But I don’t think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.
　　“The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldn’t imagine being in love, much less being in love in 1900. “The Age of Innocence” was totally different to my life.
　　Most of my required summer reading has been like that — books written in a style that plays up the adjectives and plays down the verbs. I guess teachers don’t think exciting plots make for “good literature”. To me, though, a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.
　　If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins, “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe, and “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have literary value but, just as important, can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun in the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.
1. The author thinks he will have a difficult August because ____________.
A. he doesn’t like reading in summer vacation
B. he is to read the books boring and not right for kids
C. he hates the English teacher assigning homework
D. he hates August
2. What can make students interested in August reading ought to be ___________.
A. romantic                                                      B. out of date
C. entertaining and educational                            D. pure
3. The author listed such books as “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” because he thinks __________.
A. they can change his opinion                            B. he can learn a lot more from them
C. they are of literary value, and enjoyable    D. he has to do as teachers tell him to
4. In the opinion of the author of this passage, a good writer should be ___________.
A. one who describes events and characters in different ways
B. one who is full of imagination         
C. one who is learned
D. one who uses a way of describing that makes the reader wish to know what to happen next
5. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?
A. Why Can’t Teachers Set Us Fun Books?
B. I Don’t Like Reading on the Vacation
C. Teachers, Don’t Set Us Any Reading Assignments
D. Teachers, Set Us Free

Last year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the   1   of a survey showing that only a small percentage of wealthy men believed their wives spent too much.

'What?'   2   one participant. 'Those guys have to be lying.'

There is no reliable   3   of who spends more among the rich: men or women. Both will say the other is the   4   spender.

A recent survey by Wilmington Trust, Campden Research and Relative Solutions proves the   5   . The companies polled 40 women (I know, that is more like a show of hands than 'survey'), each with a net worth of $25 million or more.

About half the respondents（受调查者） inherited（.继承） their   6   , a quarter   7   it from their husbands and the other quarter earned it   8   . That is roughly in line with other surveys of   9   women and the source of their money. One interesting note: among the self-made women, 90% got their money from owning a business, rather than   10   a salary.

As for   11   , almost all the women (90%) described their spending habits as 'below their means.' The report on the survey said that is 'possibly   12   they do not view their extreme wealth as defining their success.

'Women tend not to spend as much as   13   and splash（泼洒得使到处是） their names all over the place,' said one woman in the survey, describing her spending as conservative and he lifestyle as 'below the radar.'

Many women also worried about wealth having   14    effects on their children and didn't want to spend lavishly（挥霍） to   15   a bad example.

At the same time, 70% of the women said they 'buy nice things when   16   .' And 93.5% of the women said they were responsible for making   17   on major purchases, which   18   that they do a lot of the big spending.

Of course, for truly major purchases a house in Aspen, Colo., a Gulfstream, a Feadship the couple probably makes the decision   19   .

But what about other   20   ? Do you think men or women do most of the high-end spending?

(   ) 1. A. results               B. reasons             C. times               D. directions

(   ) 2. A. cried                  B. sighed              C. shouted            D. laughed

(   ) 3. A. data                   B. measure            C. division            D. news

(   ) 4. A. biggest               B. bigger              C. smaller             D. worse

(   ) 5. A. matter               B. message            C. point               D. report

(   ) 6. A. spirit                 B. money              C. habit               D. cost

(   ) 7. A. bought                      B. robbed             C. got                   D. earned

(   ) 8. A. itself                  B. herself              C. ourselves          D. themselves

(   ) 9. A. wealthy              B. poor                 C. ordinary            D. honest

(   ) 10. A. making            B. earning             C. taking              D. spending

(   ) 11. A. buying             B. wasting            C. spending           D. saving

(   ) 12. A. when                      B. if                     C. whether            D. because

(   ) 13. A. women             B. youth                      C. adults               D. men

(   ) 14. A. serious             B. good               C. bad                  D. various

(   ) 15. A. send                 B. set                   C. do                    D. give

(   ) 16. A. necessary          B. possible            C. pleased             D. anxious

(   ) 17. A. plans               B. decisions          C. appointments    D. suggestions

(   ) 18. A. notices             B. stresses             C. implies             D. intends

(   ) 19. A. away               B. together            C. as well             D. out

(   ) 20. A. purchases        B. effects              C. differences        D. Examples

Parties held by the wealthy seldom welcome poor guests.But last week China made it through the doors into a gathering of the world’s richest countries.

Jin Renqing ,Chian’s finance minister,and Zhou Xiaochuan,governor of the People’s Bank of China,joined a meeting of the Group of Seven(G7)on October1,2004.It is the fist time that China has had direct talks with the club.It was a good chance to share the world powers’thoughts about critical economic issues and promote understanding.

China’a participation is a natural part of its increasingly important role in the global economy.China is the world ‘s factory and the biggest market.

America and China made up almost half of global economic growth last year.“If Anerican consumers and Chinese producers were to reduce their activities at the same time,global growth would drop greatly,”said the Economist,a leading British economics magazine.

Up to now chinese economic stability(稳定)has been closely related to world development.“The increasingly connected global economy means that China should be a part of the meeting.”said Stephen Roach,a world famous economist.

During the meeting,China represented (代表)developing countries.It callde on the world’s developed nations to increase their  spending on aid to poorer  countries.Jin said that overall official help from developed countries is only 0.23 per cent of their Gross Domestic Product(国内生产值),much lower than the 0.7per cent UN targert.And this should be changed.

According to the passage,China particpates in the meeting of G7 because______.

        A.China has become one of the richest countries of the world           

B.China is playing a more important part in the world economy       

 C. China has more factories than any other countries in the world        

 D. developing countries want China to speak for them

Which of the following is true?

        A.China’s participation in the meeting of G7 is the first time that China has talks with the developed countries.          

 B.The stable economy of China has done a great deal to the development of the world.         C.The developed nations are trying their best to help the poorer countries at present

D.America has as large a market as China has.

From the passage we can infer that ________.

        A.Chinese producers as well as American consumers contribute a lot to the growth of the world economy

        B.the author doesn’t think it necessary for China to participate in the meeting          

C.China produces a lot but consumes a little        

D.the economist thinks that American consumers and Chinese producers will reduce their activitres at the same time

The underlined wrold “promote”in the second paragraph means_______.

 A.to make better      B. to make worse       C. to share       D.to make clear

Parties held by the wealthy seldom welcome poor guests.But last week China made it through the doors into a gathering of the world’s richest countries.
Jin Renqing ,Chian’s finance minister,and Zhou Xiaochuan,governor of the People’s Bank of China,joined a meeting of the Group of Seven(G7)on October1,2004.It is the fist time that China has had direct talks with the club.It was a good chance to share the world powers’thoughts about critical economic issues and promote understanding.
China’a participation is a natural part of its increasingly important role in the global economy.China is the world ‘s factory and the biggest market.
America and China made up almost half of global economic growth last year.“If Anerican consumers and Chinese producers were to reduce their activities at the same time,global growth would drop greatly,”said the Economist,a leading British economics magazine.
Up to now chinese economic stability(稳定)has been closely related to world development.“The increasingly connected global economy means that China should be a part of the meeting.”said Stephen Roach,a world famous economist.
During the meeting,China represented (代表)developing countries.It callde on the world’s developed nations to increase their  spending on aid to poorer  countries.Jin said that overall official help from developed countries is only 0.23 per cent of their Gross Domestic Product(国内生产值),much lower than the 0.7per cent UN targert.And this should be changed.
【小题1】According to the passage,China particpates in the meeting of G7 because______.