第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）
第一節(jié) （共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該選項涂黑。
A
A businessman walks into a bank in San Francisco and asks for the loan officer. He says he is going to Europe on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000．The bank officer says  the bank will need some kind of security for such a loan. So the businessman hands over the keys to a Rolls Royce parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checks out, and the bank agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. An employee drives the Rolls into the bank’s underground garage and parks it there.
Two weeks later, the businessman returns, and repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, “We are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction(業(yè)務(wù)) has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is that why would you bother to borrow $5,000?”
Laughing, the businessman replies, “Where else in San Francisco can I park my car for two weeks for $15?”
46．The businessman walks into the bank with the true purpose of _________.
A．borrowing $5,000                     B．meeting the loan officer
C．finding a place to park his car        D．showing how rich he is
47．The loan officer is puzzled because _________.
A．he never thought he could meet a multimillionaire in his bank   
B．he thinks the businessman is crazy to leave his car in the bank
C．he never thought the businessman could drive a Rolls Royce  
D．he thinks $5,000 is so small a sum of money to the businessman
48．The underlined word “collateral” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “_________”.
A．security           B．payment       C．reward      D．deal
49．Which of the following words can best describe the businessman according to the story?
A．Honest.          B．Clever.           C．Rich.             D．Kind.

B
I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up.I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓約) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life,not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(空閑), it is work.Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this:  Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy.And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
50．The best title of this passage probably is        
A．Love your friends               B．Live a real life
C．Don't waste time                         D．Be a good mother and wife
51．How did the author form her view of life?       
A．Through working and social experience.      
B．By learning from her friends.
C．Through an unfortunate experience.
D．From her children and husband
52.By the underlined sentence "It is so easy to exist instead of to live" in the fifth paragraph, the
author really means that people tend to_____.
A．make a living rather than live a real life  
B．work rather than enjoy life 
C．waste a lot in life
D．forget the most important lessons in life          
53．What's the author's attitude toward work?       
A．Do it well to serve others.
B．To earn enough money to make life better.
C．Try your best to get higher position and pay.
D．Don't let it affect your real life.

D
This is a time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.
Littleton Children’d Home
We DON’T want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes IN GOOD CONDITION would be very welcome.
Also,we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much —will you share it?
Phone Sister Thomas on 55671.
Children’s Hospice
We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts or money to pay for more nursting staff(職員). We also need story books and toys suitable for quiet games.
Please contact :The Seeretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newly Road.
Street Food
In the winter weather, it’s not fun being homeless. It’s even worse if you’re hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It’s hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you find a little money? We used a very old kitchen, and we need some new saucepans. Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.
Contact Stree Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way. Littleton Phone 55823.
Littleton Youth Club
Have you got an unwanted chair?record player? a pot of paint?
Because we use them!
We want to get to work on our meeting room!
Please phone 55231and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us!
Thank you !
The Night Shelter
We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street. Although it is not expensive,we never seem to have enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds ? Any amount, however small, will be such help.
Send it to us 15, Greet St, Littleton. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.
58．Reading the passage, you might like to help these organizations while working for       .
A．homeless and sick children        
B．less fortunate members of our society
C．hungry people who have no beds to sleep in     
D．friendly members of our society to help others
59．We can infer        .
A．there are too many social problems in this country
B．people are very poor during the time for giving
C．warm-hearted people like to give away money
D．this passage is taken from a local newspaper
60．If your children have grown up, you my take the children’s things to     .
A．Children’s Home and Children’s Hospice     
B．Youth Club and Children’s Home
C．Children’s Hospice and Night Shelter
D．Youth Club and Night Shelter

任務(wù)型閱讀。（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
讀下面一段文章，按要求完成86----90題
Mr King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak highly of him.
Mr. Baker, one of his friends, works a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man will be sent away unless he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn’t enough money. He decides to buy an old one. He went to the flea market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial drive, the seller agreed. He called Mr. King and asked him to help him.
Mr. King examined the car at first and then drove it away. It was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing, the lights turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
“Didn’t you hear me?” the policeman asked angrily.
“Yes, I did, sir,” said Mr. King , “ since it doesn’t listen to me, can it obey you?
86. Mr. King is paid more because he __________­­­­_________________________________（用英語答）
87. Mr. Baker went to the flea market to _________________________________________（用英語答）
88.The word underlined “have a trial drive” means _________________________________（用漢語答）
89. 翻譯句子：And when he reached a crossing, the lights turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
90. Why did Mr. King fail to stop the car? (用英語答)
_________________________________________________________________________

完形填空:
It was the golden season . I could see the yellow leaves  1  on the cool  2 . In such a season, I liked walking alone in the leaves, listening to the sound of them.
Autumn is a  3  season and life is uninteresting. The free days always get me  4  . But one day, the sound of a violin  5  into my ears like a stream flowing in the mountains. I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was. A young girl, standing in the wind, was  6  in playing her violin.
I had  7   seen her before. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly. Lost in the music, I didn’t realize that I had been  8  there for so long but my  9   did not seem to disturb her.
Leaves were still falling. Every day she played the violin in the corner of the building  10   I went downstairs to watch her performance. I was the only audience. The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became  11 .  12  we didn’t know each other, I thought we were already good friends. I believed she also liked me .
Autumn was nearly over. One day, when I was listening devotedly, the sound suddenly stopped. To my  13  ,the girl came over to me.
“You must like violin, ” she said.
“Yes . And you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a  14   expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual.
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave. I once played very badly. It was your listening every day that  15   me. ” she said.
“In fact, it was your playing  16  gave me a meaningful autumn. ” I answered. “Let us be friends. ”
The girl smiled and I smiled.
I never heard her play again in my life. I no longer went downstairs to listen like before. Only thick leaves were left behind. But I will always remember the fine figure of the girl. She is like a
17  ; so short, so bright, like a shooting star giving off so much light that it makes the autumn beautiful.
There are many kinds of friends. Some are always  18   you, but don’t understand you. Some say only a few words to you, but are close to you. Many people will step in your life, but only  19  friends leave footprints.
I shall always recall the autumn and the girl with the  20  . She will always bring back the friendship between us. I know she will always be my best friend.
1.        A. shaking                 B. hanging                 C. falling                   D. floating
2.        A. wind                     B. snow                     C. air                        D. rain
3.        A. lively                    B. lovely                   C. harvest                  D. lonely
4.        A. up                         B. off                        C. down                    D. over
5.        A. flowed                  B. grew                     C. entered                  D. ran
6.        A. lost                       B. active                    C. busy                      D. interested
7.        A. ever                      B. never                    C. often                     D. usually
8.        A. waiting                  B. stopping                C. standing                D. hearing
9.        A. existence               B. thought                 C. steps                     D. breath
10.      A. where                    B. so                         C. when                     D. but
11.      A. interesting             B. moving                 C. encouraging           D. exciting
12.      A. But                       B. However               C. Even                     D. Though
13.      A. astonishment          B. delight                  C. pride                     D. satisfaction
14.      A. happy                    B. sad                       C. strange                  D. surprised
15.      A. surprised               B. excited                  C. encouraged            D. interested
16.      A. that                       B. which                   C. it                          D. who
17.      A. song                      B. dream                   C. fire                       D. wind
18.      A. with                      B. for                        C. against                  D. to
19.      A. good                     B. true                      C. new                      D. old
20.      A. sound                    B. song                     C. play                      D. violin

B
Beverley had been feeling dull, bored and a bit out of it. He mentioned his mood (state of mind) when going to Andrew for a sports massage. He wondered whether he should take up Tai Chi. But Andrew didn’t think so.
“Tai Chi is great for people who want to feel grounded, but that isn’t your problem,” he said. “What you need is something more exciting, like dancing.”
In future, therapists(理療專家) may well suggest that you fight your sadness with a course in kickboxing, and family doctors might suggest that you take a rest in the mountains instead.
We’ve long been aware that exercise has benefits beyond the physical ones; that activity can relax you, and help psychological well-being by reducing stress, anxiety and sadness.
Now some trainers and sports psychologists are going further and examining how to identify the correct exercise for a client’s(當(dāng)事人) specific state of mind and personality.
Professor Stuart Biddle, an exercise and sports psychologist based at Loughborough University, England, has researched the effects of exercise on moods.
One of his findings was that, if your problem is low self-esteem, weight training should be your bag. “Working with weights builds strength,” he says, “and creates a stronger body image.”
Anger management, meanwhile, demands bursts of explosive(爆發(fā)性的) activity, from sports such as boxing or tennis.
This is because anger makes the body release（釋放）adrenaline(腎上腺素), which causes heart rate and blood pressure to rise and muscles to become tighter —— the physiological changes required if you are to defend yourself.
Research shows that the “punch-bag(用拳頭擊打沙袋)” method of releasing disappointment and anger through hitting a boxing opponent(對手) or tennis ball, can help with fighting issues.
They have also found that teamwork is good for self-esteem and that those who are brought together to work in a social setting become more lively.
Which type of exercise will best help is, of course, down to the individual. Clearly, before you can find the best physical activity for yourself, you have to know your needs.
Ask yourself a few questions such as: What do I need in my life? Which issues are difficult for me? Am I sad or troubled? Only then can you decide whether you need taking up, or taking down.
5.Why did Andrew think Beverley shouldn’t take up Tai Chi?
A. Because Beverley was too weak.
B. Because Beverley was too foolish.
C. Because Beverley’s mind was out of control.
D. Because Beverley lacked activity.
6. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Psychologists haven’t realized the relationship between exercise and health.
B. People have already realized the relationship between exercise and spirits.
C. Boxing and tennis are the best ways to increase one’s self-esteem.
D. Trainers and psychologists don’t agree with each other on exercise.
7. Professor Stuart Biddle thinks that ____ .
A. anger should be examined by doctors
B. anger should be taken away by medicine
C. anger should be given off by activities
D. anger should be held back by oneself
8. The main idea of this passage may be ____ .
A. sports build up your body
B. sports are helpful to your mind
C. heart trouble is due to anger
D. anxiety and sadness are harmful to you

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pen, and white paper, I decided that the act of ___21___ must be the most ___22___ thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother ___23__ different things for my sister and brother. “But the ___24___”, she said, “is for Elizabeth”.
I never saw her angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she ___25___ me, she showed it in action. But ___26___ a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks ___27___ mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf(深淵) opened between us. I was “too emotional”. ___28___ she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed and I graduated from college, I loved my mother and I wrote to her in ___29__ words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did ___30___ me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. ___31___ came. My hope turned to ___32___, then little interest, finally, peace --- it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the ___33___ had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could ___34___ trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the ___35___ of her desk told me, as she’d ___36___ been able to, that she was ___37___ that writing was my chosen work. I ___38___ the desk carefully and found some papers ___39___---- a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.
“Give me an answer”, my letter asks, “in any way you chose”. Mother, you always chose the ___40___ that speaks louder than words.
21. A．Speaking         B．writing                   C．looking                  D．listening
22. A．Wonderful       B．tiring                     C．funny                    D. Productive
23. A. bought               B. gave                        C. designed                  D. kept
24. A. pen                    B. paper                       C. chair                       D. desk
25. A. loved                 B. disliked                   C. appreciated              D. sympathized
26. A. like                   B. as                        C. be                        D. unlike
27. A. with                  B. among                     C. beside                     D. between
28. A. So                     B. And                         C. But                     D. Or
29. A. careful               B. active                      C. thankful                  D. serious
30. A. ignore                B. accept                      C. forgive                    D. dislike
31. A. No one              B. None                    C. Something               D. Neither
32. A. surprise           B. joy                       C. disappointment         D. happiness
33. A. ides                   B. information              C. news                       D. letter
34. A. stand                 B. stop                         C. continue                D. practice
35. A. present               B. appearance               C. shape                      D. sight
36. A. always               B. ever                        C. never                      D. often
37. A. sorry                 B. encouraged              C. regretful                  D. pleased
38. A. moved               B. cleaned                 C. fixed                       D. emptied
39. A. inside                B. outside                    C. below                      D. above
40. A. gesture               B. method                    C. action                   D. way

D
His first fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa. Then, as the first black president he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS.
On March 19 the 82-year-old, former president, hosted his second AIDS-awareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease.
Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted (收養(yǎng)) by the chief of his tribe (部族) and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life.
But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination ( 種族歧視). He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa. Before 1990, under the country’s Racial Segregation Law (種族隔離法), colored and white people lived separately. Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus. Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board.
For his opposition (反對) to the system Mandela was arrested (被捕) and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and become the president of the country after the first elections were held in which everyone could vote.
Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches. He was also a trained boxer (拳擊手) and fought in the ring when he was young.
“ Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat (撤退),” he wrote in his autobiography.
As a skillful fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS. He hopes to win another victory against AIDS.
52．Nelson Mandela succeeded in doing the following except _____.
A. winning the equal rights for the black people in South Africa
B. uniting South Africa
C. organizing a government in South Africa
D. controlling the spread of AIDS
53．If Nelson Mandela hadn’t fought against racial discrimination, he _____.
A. could easily have been the president of South Africa
B. could still have lived a happy life
C. could have been in a difficult situation
D. would have been an excellent boxer
54．It can be inferred that Nelson Mandela _____.
A. continues to help the black people with the political struggle
B. is taking a position in a music group
C. is taking on the world’s greatest fight against AIDS
D. is preparing for the next election of president
55．Which statement can best describe the life of Nelson Mandela?
A. Struggle is his life.          B. Sports make his fame.
C. Fight for equal rights.        D. Great fighter against government.

第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
_____56___. The time and money that doctors spend on their medical education are probably one reason for this problem. A visit to a doctor’s office costs from fifteen to fifty dollars. It is impossible to pay for the medical care they need. _____57_____. Most doctors, however, disagree. They say that they were required to study medicine for a long time. Tuition（學(xué)費） for many years of medical education costs a lot of money. Doctors say that it is necessary for most medical students to borrow money from a bank to pay their tuition.­­­­­­­­ _____58_____, young doctors need a lot of money for their work. _____59_____. Therefore it is possible that the high cost of medical care in American is unnecessary. Because high tuition is one cause of high costs, _____60_____.

A．It is possible for the poor people to see the doctor in America.

B．Many people in the United States think that doctors are overpaid

C．One way to lower costs would be to have medical schools that are free or have low tuition

D．They are not willing to pay high tuition for the doctors

E．The cost of medical care in the United States is very high
F．Because this money must be repaid to the bank
G．So, they charge people high prices for medical care

第二節(jié)：完形填空（．共20小題每小題1分，滿分20分）   
閱讀下下面短文，從后各題所給的，四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最隹選項。
I was walking downa．darkly lit street late one,evening when I heard ambiguous screams coming from behind bushes．Alarmed,I  36  to listen, and panicked  37  I realized that what l WaS hearing were the,definite sounds．of  a  38  ：heavy noise, and tearing of cloth．
A woman was beingattacked． Should I get  39   ?1 was frightened for my own   40 , and blamed myself for having  41  decided to take a new route home that night．Shouldn't I justrunto the nearest phone and call the  42  ?
Although it seemed an etemity（漫長）,the deliberations in my head had  43  only sec-onds, but already the girl's cries were growing   44  I knew I had to act fast． How  45  I  walk away from this? No,Ifmally determined,  I  could not tum my back on the  46  of  this Unknown woman, even if it meant  47   my ownlife．
I am not a brave man, nor amI athletic．I don't know where I found the moral  48     and physical strength- but once I had finally determined to help the girl,I became strangely    49  I ran behind the bushes and pulled．the attacker  50   the woman． Grasping, wefell to the ground, where we wrestled for a few mrnutes until the manjumped up and escaped．
Breathing hard,I stood upright and   51  the  girl, who stayed down behind a tree, sob-bing．In the darkness,I could barely see her outline, but I could certainly  52  her trem-bling shock．Not wanting to frighten her further,I  53  spoke to her from a distance． "The man ran away． You're safe now．’’There was a long pause and then I heard the words, said in  wonder, in  54 ．"Dad, is that you?" And then, from behind the tree, out  55  my  youngest daughter, Katherine．
36．A．broke down   B．slowed down   C．calmed down  D．tumed down
37．A．when        B．until        C．before         D．though
38．A．quarrel        B．conversation  C．struggle        D．dispute
39．A．involved      B．informed     C．conquered    D．deserted
40．A．property      B．safety          C．a(chǎn)ppearance    D．presence
41．A．quickly        B．bravely        C．suddenly      D．cleverly
42．A．friend          B．neighbour    C．folk         D．police
43．A．a(chǎn)bandoned          B．covered       C．held        D．taken
44．A．louder         B．clearer         C．weaker        D．heavier
45．A．should         B．could       C．would          D．must
46．A．fate         B．face         C．moment       D．spot
47．A．saving         B．risking         C．losing          D．devoting
48．A．lesson          B．spirit       C．story       D．courage
49．A．behaved       B．performed    C．transformed   D．Expressed
50．A．off          B．down         C．from       D．over
51．A．a(chǎn)ttended      B．a(chǎn)ppreciated  C．negotiated     D．a(chǎn)pproached
52．A．sense       B．feel         C．observe        D．hear
53．A．a(chǎn)fter all       B．a(chǎn)t first         C．a(chǎn)s well         D．a(chǎn)sa result
54．A．surprise       B．disappointment C．sorrbw         D．a(chǎn)mazement
55．A．cried       B．looked         C．stepped        D．showed