阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I was hard at work on a museum project when the client(客户) suddenly canceled it. In January, my __   told me I was no longer needed. I had just $1,000 in savings.

    I      one interview after searching the Internet for architecture jobs, but      came of it. Finally, I took a job as a      in a restaurant. I knew I’d have to find a place to live that    less than the $500 a month I was paying.

    I went to see a bedroom for rent. The landlord(房东)      me $500 for it, but he said I could have it for $350 if he maintained control of the closet for storage, I told him later,“I don’t want the bedroom,      I’m interested in the closet” I suggested that I pay $150 a month for it. He thought I was     .

    The closet measured just 5.5 feet      14 feet. With my experience, I was      I could make it into a great living space. I     it for three days. I measured old pieces of wood that people donated. It was like putting together a     .

    In March, I moved in. It was a legal rental. The landlord      a door so I’d have access to a kitchen and bathroom, which I      with three other tenants(租客). I had a mini-fridge, a microwave, and a storage bin for dry goods. I      a loft(阁楼) for my bed, TV, and DVD player.

   On my website, I’ve posted      of my new home, and that’s      some freelance(自由职业的) design work. A few more      and I’ll be able to afford a new place. That’s definitely a(an)      thing: My girlfriend, Susan, and I are engaged, and once we’re married next March, I’m sure I’ll leave my little closet     .

    But now I know that I don’t need much to live well.

1.A. teacher      B. officer  C. doctor  D. boss

2.A. ordered     B. acquired        C. watched        D. prepared

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

4.A. worker       B. player   C. waiter   D. student

5.A. cost   B. earned C. saved    D. spent

6.A. proved       B. charged         C. named  D. called

7.A. and    B. so C. or D. but

8.A. joking         B. quarreling     C. bargaining     D. talking

9.A. to       B. for         C. by D. on

10.A. negative  B. confident      C. afraid    D. curious

11.A. mended   B. painted C. covered         D. designed

12.A. secret      B. problem        C. puzzle   D. game

13.A. cut out     B. cut off   C. cut up   D. cut in

14.A. worked    B. studied C. played  D. shared

15.A. took          B. made    C. drew     D. imagined

16.A. pictures   B. desks    C. windows        D. books

17.A. brought out      B. brought up    C. brought in     D. brought down

18.A. chances   B. jobs       C. items     D. gifts

19.A. unique     B. challenging   C. genuine         D. excellent

20.A. behind     B. forward         C. ahead   D. upside

 

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

A long time ago, in Egypt,there lived a famous person named Zun-Nun.A young man came to _36_him and asked, “I don't _37_why people like you always dress simply.” Zun-Nun smiled and _38_his ring from one of his fingers and said, “I will answer your _39_but first take this ring and go to the _40_across this street. Can you sell this for one chip of gold?”  Looking at the dirty ring,the young man became_41_, “One chip of gold? I’m not sure if it could be _42_at that price.”

The young man went to the market quickly. He _43_the ring to the vegetable ,meat and fish traders,and the others. But nobody was willing to _44_a chip of gold. He went back and reported, “Nobody was _45_enough to offer more than one chip of silver.” With a smile Zun-Nun said, “Now go to the gold shop in this street and show this to the _46_ trader. Don’t give your _47_,just see how much he will pay for it.”

The young man went to the shop _48_and returned with a(n)_49_expression on his face. He reported, “The trader offered one thousand  chips of gold for this ring,and the  50  of it was one thousand times higher than what the traders in the market offered.” Zun-Nun just smiled and _51_softly, “That was the answer to your question, my friend. A person cannot be valued only by his _52_. The gold and diamond inside someone could_53_be seen and valued if you could look at the _54_soul. It requires heart to see,and it involves（涉及） a _55_. We cannot see it from the words or attitude. Many a time what we think is brass(黄铜)is gold.”

A.beg            B.visit           C.help              D.question

A.agree          B.suppose         C.understand        D.think

A.held           B.put            C.took               D.placed

A.question        B.telephone       C.alarm             D.description

A.playground     B.company        C.stage              D.market

A.careful         B.doubtful        C.hopeful            D.helpful

A.sorted         B.checked         C.exported           D.sold

A.offered        B.added           C.provided           D.led  

A.cost           B.search          C.pay               D.buy  

A.outspoken      B.brave          C.just               D.confident

A.coal           B.steel           C.cotton             D.gold 

A.price          B.attitude         C.advice             D.explanation

A.repaired        B.mentioned      C.damaged           D.painted

A.angry          B.pitiful          C.cold              D.different  

A.color          B.weight          C.value             D.size

A.spoke          B.felt            C.touched           D.played

A.language       B.accent          C.kindness          D.dress

A.also           B.only            C.still              D.always

A.outer          B.rest             C.inner            D.lost

A.process        B.location         C.luck             D.support

Would you take my old TV in _______ for this camera?

 A. place     B. return      C. exchange      D. business

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确、完整形式，每空只写一词。

1.He made an ________（道歉）to his manager for his being late．

2.A beautiful lady opened the door and came in, _____(跟随着) by another who looked younger.

3.Much attention should be paid to _________(保护) the environment.

4.There _____________(存在) the generation gap between our parents and us today.

5.Canada has two_______________ （官方的） languages—French and English．

6.I’d like to invite you to come to my birthday next _____________（星期二）.

7.Christopher was born and brought up in France, but he speaks English _________(流利).

8.Would you like my old TV in _____________(交换) for this camera?

9.Only a few people have         (进入、有权接触) to the full facts of the case.

10.To celebrate my grandpa’s_______(百岁) birthday, all of my family got together yesterday.

 

As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.

I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.

Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激进的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.

Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.

Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn't seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren't at all interested in philosophy. I didn't stop reading, you can't avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手册) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.

My new TV is an extra circuit board (电路板) inside my computer. It's on a desk in front of a working chair and I can't see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it's nice to have it on while I'm typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.

Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I'm reading about six at the same time. I don't want to be any of the characters. I don't care if a thousand people have already read them. I don't have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they've been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.

1.The writer enjoyed reading “literature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.

A．he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so

B．he was still too young to understand other books

C．he believed all the real historical figures were his friends

D．he could imagine himself being the characters in the books

2.“Existentialism” (in paragraph 4) is probably ________.

A．a library intended for teenagers            B．a kind of books on traditions

C．a philosophy theory                     D．a kind of reading skill

3.The main reason the writer stopped reading books was that ________.

A．he found watching TV was more interesting

B．he became too busy to read any books

C．he found books were of little use to his work

D．he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents

4.Now the writer starts to read books again ________.

A．to find back his youth in books             B．for the pure pleasure of reading

C．so as to help kill his spare time             D．for only business purposes

5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．The Years with Books                     B．Books and TV Programs

C．Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover           D．Reading Makes One Excellent