42. What do you think of the writer?

　 A. Stupid. 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Honest.　　　　　　　　　　 C. Conservative.　　　　　　　　　 D. Polite.

41. Why did the student continue to ask the question about the writer’s being a teacher?

　 A. Because he thought her answer was unbelievable.

　 B. Because the writer was insincere.

　 C. Because the student was naughty.

　 D. Because the answer was difficult to understand.

3．带着忧虑的表情______________________________________________________________

1. 大规模地_________________________　 2. 等同于做某事___________________________

28. A. gracefully 　　　B. emotionally 　　C. academically 　D. financially 　29. A. free from　　 　B. isolated from 　　C. related to 　　　D. close to 　30. A. providing 　　　B. making 　　　　　C. taking 　　　　D. losing

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Carrying Faggots to Put Out a Fire In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei ____31_____ a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land. In 273 B.B., the Qin army launched another attack upon the State of Wei. The king of the State of Wei summoned ____32_____officials,and asked with a ____33_____ (worry) look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army. Most of the officials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land. However, Su Dai, a counsellor, did not agree. "Once there was a man ____34_____ house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. ____35_____, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire ____36_____ (fierce). That was ____37_____ he didn't know that,instead of putting out the fire, faggots could only make it burning more vigorously. Isn't it equal to ____38_____ (carry) faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?"Though Su Dai's argument was very convincing, the king accepted the ____39_____ (suggest) of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. ____40_____ might be expected, the Qin army attacked the State of Wei on a large scale in 225 B.C. The State of Wei was finally destroyed by the State of Qin.

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55. We can draw a conclusion from the passage that　　　　　 .

　　　 A. Marian knew what would happen before she married Kincaid.

　　　 B. Kincaid thought his absence would be a problem when he married Marian.

　　　 C. It turned out that Marian could not stand Kincaid’s absence and left him.

　　　 D. After Marian left him, they still kept in touch with each other.

54. What can you know about Marian?

　　　 A. She died after five years of marriage.

　　　 B. She was older than Kincaid.

　　　 C. She could sing very well and earned big money.

　　　 D. She was not a professional pop singer.

53. Why did Kincaid stop to take photos while driving?

　　　 A. To write “memory snapshots”

　　　 B. To remind himself of places he might want to visit again.

　　　 C. To avoid forgetting the way back.

　　　 D. To shoot beautiful scenery along the road.

52. Which statement is true according to the passage?

　　　 A. Kincaid’s parents were dead and he only kept in touch with some distant relatives.

　　　 B. Kincaid would have had a dog if he hadn’t been away from home too much.

　　　 C. Kincaid used to have a golden retriever.

　　　 D. Kincaid needed a dog in doing his hard fieldwork.