Our teacher,Miss Chua,is nearing retirement.However, she still commands our great  1   for being an excellent teacher. ?
She has short hair that is gradually   2 white,an indication that age is creeping on her.The wrinkles (皺紋) that line her face   3  of years of hard work and selfless devotion to her students.She wears a pair of glasses through which her kind eyes are always   4  fixed upon us with affection and consideration.She looks
splendid in her   5  clothes which she will not throw away for something more  6  ,reflecting a thrifty (節(jié)儉的) nature.Through her,we have learned to be more careful with   7  .Not only that,she has also taught us the  8  of filial duty (孝道) by setting us a good   9  of looking after her eighty-five years old mother.
All her life,she has never  10  her duty towards her family and her students.For much
of her life,she has been working hard,displaying a   11   of discipline and an attitude of industry which she is presently   12  to fix in our mind. As her parents could not afford to  13 her to university,she saved hard and managed to graduate   14  a master degree from a British university.This is an inspiration to us—that absolute   15  leads to eventual fulfillment of dreams.??
Miss Chua is totally committed to the  16  of her students.Armed with a keen insight into the teaching process,she never fails to  17  our minds and most important,her gift to us has been the development of a good  18  of English.?   The day when Miss Chua   19  school and retires,I will send her a thousand flowers with the message “You’ve  20  us well.” I will never forget her.She has made a great impact on my life and on my English.?
1. A.support                  B.attention    C.respect              D.view?
2. A.changing           B.turning?   C.appearing         D.showing?
3. A.tell                    B.speak      C.talk                   D.think?
4. A.sharply                  B.suddenly     C.generally        D.gently?
5. A.matching           B.expensive?C.dry                   D.new?
6. A.valuable           B.fashionable?C.comfortable      D.available?
7. A.friends                  B.studies      C.time                D.money?
8. A.virtue                    B.lesson?    C.method            D.technique?
9. A.goal                  B.example     C.pattern            D.standard?
10. A.performed            B.done       C.ignored             D.had?
11. A.process           B.need        C.series                D.sense?
12. A.trying                  B.willing     C.learning            D.getting?
13.A.send                     B.accompany?C.take                D.bring?
14.A.upon                    B.to          C.for                  D.with?
15. A.development        B.determination?C.decoration          D.distinction?
16. A.talent                   B.success?  C.experience          D.entertainment?
17.A.charge                  B.concentrate?C.challenge        D.change?
18.A.appreciation          B.writing?   C.command         D.skill?
19. A.leaves                  B.enters        C.quits                     D.attends?
20. A.protected             B.showed      C.guarded          D.guided?

I got my first real job when I was ten.My dad,Benjamin,injured his back when working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist.He   1  space in a little strip mall and gave his shop the fancy   2  of Mr.Ben’s Coiffure.The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a on his rent for cleaning the parking lot three  4  a week,which meant getting up at 3 am.To  5   rubbish,Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower.Mom and I 6  
garbage cans and picked up litter by hand.   7  took two to three hours to clean the lot.I’d  8
in the car on the way home.?
I did this for two years,  9 the lessons I learned there have lasted a lifetime.I  10 discipline and a strong work ethic,and learned at an early age the importance of   11  life’s competing interests —in my case,school, homework and a job.This really 12 during my senior year of high school,   13    I worked 40 hours a week flipping (翻動) burgers at a fast-?food joint while 14 a full load of college-prep courses.?
The hard work   15  off.I attended the US Military Academy and went on to  16   graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. Later,I   17  a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly.In these  18  and in everything else I’ve done,I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot.The    19  taught me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to   20  for themselves and their families,that is something we should honor. ?
1. A.bought           B.had          C.rented                         D.built?
2. A.sign               B.mark         C.name                   D.board?
3. A.discount         B.bill?        C.praise                  D.punishment?
4. A.days               B.hours         C.mornings             D.nights?
5. A.make up           B.fill up?    C.pick up                     D.take off?
6. A.emptied                 B.collected C.carried                   D.filled?
7. A.This               B.That      C.I                   D.It
8. A.cry                        B.laugh    C.complain               D.sleep?
9. A.though                  B.but       C.so                   D.then?
10. A.acquired              B.wanted        C.liked                   D.called?
11. A.gaining                B.balancing?C.avoiding            D.abandoning?
12. A.worked                B.did      C.happened                     D.helped?
13. A.then                    B.when     C.while                   D.as?
14. A.having                 B.joining    C.taking                 D.doing?
15. A.paid                    B.took      C.laid                     D.kicked?
16. A.ask                  B.seek     C.accept                    D.receive?
17. A.went                    B.joined     C.opened                D.charged?
18. A.ways                   B.jobs      C.schools               D.firms?
19. A.lessons                 B.memory?C.experience                  D.teachers?
20. A.support                B.earn      C.give                           D.provide?

He wishes the holiday season would end already. His back aches, his red suit feels like a spacesuit, his cheeks have gone tight from smiling for 12 hours — and still the kids keep coming and coming, like ants at a picnic. As Christmas becomes more commercialized (商業(yè)化) across the U. S. and Canada, so must Santas. As the holiday begins earlier each year, so must its spokesmen .
The questions from children these days are harder than ever. Now, with thousands of children expecting a father or mother serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, the questions are as heart-breaking as they are unanswerable. For example, “Can you please bring Daddy home from the war in time for Christmas morning?”
Santas also have a pretty good chance of getting sued (指控). A professional Santa Claus in Canada told a story: A Santa had a girl on his knee, and he commented, “You have nice eyes and nice hair.” The girl later said it was sexual harassment (騷擾). When a Santa feels anxious, he often shows it in the same ways ordinary people do: The Santas were always seen to hang around at the dinner table when the show ended. Many of them just sleep in bed for several days and don’t see other children again.
56．In the first paragraph, “spokesmen” refers to       .
A．businessmen                   B．political leaders
C．organisers of the activities      D．Santa Clauses
57．The passage implies that the job of Santa Claus is       .
A．well-paid        B．very hard        C．worth doing    D．dangerous
58．According to the third paragraph, Santas may sometimes be blamed for       .
A．doing something against the law       B．hanging around the dinner table
C．being lazy and sleeping in bed for days        D．not playing their roles as expected
59．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Christmas: Not a Good Festival for Santas
B．Is Santa Claus Really Alive?
C．A Christmas Story
D．What Does Santa Claus Do for Children?

My parents were in a huge argument, and 1 was really upset about it. I didn't know who I should talk with about how I was feeling. So I asked Mom to allow me to stay the night at my best friend's house. Though I knew I wouldn't tell her about my parents’ situation, I was looking forward to gelling out of the house. I was in the middle of packing up my things when suddenly the power went out in the neighborhood. Mom came to tell me that I should stay with my grandpa until the power came back on.
I was really disappointed because I felt that we did not have much to talk about. But I knew he would be frightened alone in the dark. I went to his room and told him that I'd stay with him until the power was restored. He was quite happy and said, "Great opportunity."
"What is?" I asked.
"To talk, you and I" he said. "To hold a private little meeting about what we’re going to do with your mom and dad, and what we're going to do with ourselves now that we're in the situation we are in."
"But we can't do anything about it. Grandpa," I said, surprised that here was someone with whom I could share my feelings and someone who was in the same "boat" as I was.
And that's how the most unbelievable friendship between my grandfather and me started. Sitting Acre in the dark, we talked about our feelings and fears of life — from how fast things change, to how they sometimes don't change fast enough. That night, because the power went out, I found a new friend, with whom I could safely talk about all my fears and pains, whatever they may be — suddenly, the lights all came hack on. "Well," he said, "I guess that means you'll want to go now. I really like our talk. I hope the power will go out every few nights!"
56.1 wished to get out of the house because ____
A. I was angry about my parents’ quarrel        B. I found nobody to share my feelings with
C. I wanted to escape from the dark house        D. I planned to tell my friend about my trouble
57. Grandpa was happy to see me because _____.
A. he could discuss the problem with me    B. he had not seen me for a long lime
C. he was afraid of darkness              D. he felt quite lonely
58. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The grandchild was eager to leave.     B. They would have more chats.
C. The lights would go out again.        D. It would no longer be dark.

With the rapid increase of economic rate in western countries,more and more married young couples tend to have no child or only one. At the meantime,many developing nations adopt family planning policy to get rid of poverty. All these facts result in a world with population growth rate declining.But I myself would like to grow up in a big family.?
Of course,a small family has its advantages.Firstly,the small family makes it easier for parents to bring up and educate their child.Parents could spend more time and money educating one child than several.The child could grow up in an influential environment.Secondly,the child could learn more survival skills for future success.?
However,___________ .The only child becomes the little emperor.It would make the only child ask more for himself and think less of others.
Besides,after the child grows up and gets married,the new couple has to take care of four old parents.That means the two children must work hard to support the four old parents.At present,many nations are facing the problem of becoming aged society.China will face this situation in a short time to come.?
On the contrary,a big family weighs over a small family in many aspects.Firstly,parents could educate several children with almost the same time as they spend with one.Moreover,the old brothers or sisters could also help their parents bring up little children.Secondly,if one of the children turns out to be successful,it may mean he or she is becoming a model for other children to learn from.?
Despite the fact that parents have to spend more time and money bringing up several children,it is not so difficult as people think it to be.With the help of good educational system and modern technology,it is becoming easier to afford several children.?
1. What is the writer’s attitude towards whether  it is good to grow up in a big family?(Please answer within 10 words.)?
2. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.?
3.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph? (Please answer within 10 words.)
4. Please fill in the blank with a proper sentence.(Please answer within 10 words.)?
5. What else do you think will help afford several  children besides what is mentioned in the article?(Please answer within 20 words.)?

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.
When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t    1  drive to a store and back home. He always looks    2  up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything
3  such as strange cars, loud noises,  4 windows, or people gathering on street comers.
Tim   5  to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group   6 on the third Wednesday of every month. That’s   7  .Tim gets together with ?about? ten of his neighbors to discuss community ?  8 .?Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police   9  their homes, streets, and families safe.
Tina Stedman, president of ?  10  ?neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not   11 them. Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said,“but I don’t think anyone has the   12  to steal from other people or to make them feel   13 sitting in their own homes.”
Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors  14  out for one another,“We 15  each other’s homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16    of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn’t look right, then we call the  17  .?For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for   18 ,or someone destroying property, we report to the police.”
Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups ?  19  ?a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees,“Police are good people, but they can’t do   20  .”
1.A.yet                         B.still                           C.just                           D.rather
2.A.carefully　             B.clearly                      C.nervously                  D.coldly
3.A.familiar                  B.unusual                     C.expensive                  D.interesting
4.A.curtained                B.open                         C.old                           D.broken
5.A.attends                   B.belongs                     C.goes                          D.turns
6.A.meets                     B.quarrels                     C.sings                         D.searches
7.A.where                    B.why                          C.when                        D.how
8.A.politics                   B.wealth                       C.health                       D.safety
9.A.keep                      B.hold                          C.let                                   D.protect
10.A.its                        B.his                            C.their                         D.your
11.A.round                   B.on                                   C.about                        D.to
12.A.right                    B.chance                      C.courage                     D.mind
13.A.unlucky                B.unsafe                       C.disappointed              D.discouraged
14.A.set                       B.let                                   C.hold                          D.look
15.A.care                            B.enter                         C.watch                        D.manage
16.A.group                   B.set                            C.number                            D.crowd
17.A.judges                  B.police                       C.firemen                     D.doctors
18.A.work                    B.burden                      C.service                      D.trouble
19.A.produce                B.find                          C.get                            D.help
20.A.anything               B.evening                     C.harm                        D.wrong

Last Sunday, in my return from a weekend in the country, I took a taxi from Waterloo Station to my home in North London. We hadn’t gone very far  1  we had to stop at one of the many traffic lights. Just as the light was changing to  2 a policeman pulled  3  the door of the taxi, jumped in, shouted to the driver,“   4 that blue car in front. It’s been stolen,” and he sat down on the seat beside me. Then he seemed to see me for the first time for he said quickly but5  ,“Sorry sir, but I’ve got to catch that car.”The taxi driver  6  the speed without saying anything. After a few hundred yards the blue car stopped at  7 traffic light and we drew up8  .The policeman got out, ran round to the driver’s door of the blue car, opened it and  9  the driver out. I couldn’t hear what was said, but after a few minutes the policeman  10  to me and I went up to him. He asked me to help him take the car thief to the nearest  11 .The three of us got into the  12  .We drove off  13 the taxi following. I didn’t like sitting next to the  14  ,who was a young, rather tough-looking man, but I had no  15 .  16  it wasn’t far to the police-station. When we got there the policeman took my name and address, thanked me for my  17  and said I could go. So I got back into my taxi and we drove off again. The taxi-driver said18 that that was the second time in a month he had been  19  to he1p the police, and he  20 it wouldn’t happen again.
1.A.until                      B.because                     C.after                         D.before
2.A.orange                   B.yellow                      C.red                           D.green
3.A.out                        B.up                                   C.open                         D.aside
4.A.Follow                   B.Catch                        C.Knock                      D.Watch
5.A.politely                  B.apologically               C.gently                       D.clearly
6.A.increased                B.kept                          C.slowed                      D.removed
7.A.a                           B.the                            C.another                            D.the other
8.A.off                         B.beside                       C.alongside                   D.away
9.A.brought                  B.tried                         C.pulled                       D.spat
10.A.smiled                 B.came                         C.referred                     D.signed
11.A.car-park                B.police-station       C.traffic-light                D.railway-station
12.A.blue taxi               B.stolen car                  C.passing car                D.first taxi
13.A.with                     B.by                                   C.of                             D.in
14.A.thief                     B.driver                       C.policeman                 D.man
15.A.luck                            B.choice                       C.reason                       D.way
16.A.Finally                 B.Naturally                   C.Fortunately                D.Unfortunately
17.A.deed                     B.action                       C.help                          D.words
18.A.happily                 B.angrily                      C.curiously                   D.proudly
19.A.obliged                 B.seen                          C.begged                      D.allowed
20.A.thought                B.guessed                     C.believed                    D.hoped

It was a warm April day when a big fat envelope came in the mail from the only college I had ever imagined attending. I tore open the packet. My eyes were fixed on the word “congratulations.” I don’t remember ever smiling so wide.
Then I looked at my financial（財政的）package.
The cost of Dream School’s tuition（學(xué)費）, room and board was around $ 40,000- an impossible sum! How could I afford to attend? What good reasons did I have to go there when three other fine colleges were offering me free tuition? My other choices were good, solid schools even if they weren’t as famous as my first choice.
In my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream of becoming a world-class writer. My parents understood how I felt. They told me that even though it would be a financial problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as I was always careful with money, I wasn’t sure what to do.
One of the schools that offered me a full ride had an informational dinner one night in the spring. Considering my parents’ financial difficulties, I decided to drive the 45 minutes and attend. At first, all I had planned to do was smile politely, eat free food, listen quietly. But I surprised myself.
At dinner the president of the university talked about the wonderful activities on campus （校園）including guest lectures and social gatherings. He also made it perfectly clear that free food would be offered at all future events. He continued with explanations of professors, class sizes, activities, and sporting events on campus. As he spoke, I began to realize that this school, though not as good as my first choice, might be the best one for me. It seemed small yet with many great programs. It seemed challenging yet caring.
As the president ended his speech, we clapped politely and pushed back our chairs. As I walked out that door, a feeling of comfort washed over me. Looking at the campus that night, I realized that I would be spending the next four years right there.
In all honesty, my university is not as well-known as my “dream” university. However, it turned out to be the right choice of schools for me.
59. How did the author feel when he started to read the letter?
A. He was full of joy.
B. He was lost in his dream.
C. He was worried about the money.
D. He was uncertain which school to go to.
60. We can learn from the passage that the parents were _________.
A. honest B. strict   C. supportive  D. decisive
61. In Paragraph 5, “offered me a full ride” can be replaced by “_______”.
A. would pay for transport to the school
B. would show me around the campus
C. would offer free meals at all events
D. would charge me nothing for tuition
62. What does the author mainly want to say?
A. Your second-choice college may actually by your best fit.
B. You should consider comfort in your choice of schools.
C. You should try your best to attend your dream school.
D. Your choice of schools should be based on their fame.

I fell in love with England because it was quaint （古雅）— all those little houses, looking terri­bly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good man­ners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good man­ners — people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans­port after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.
56. The writer doesn’t like London because she ______.
A. is not used to the life there now
B. has lived there for seventeen years
C. prefers to live in an old-fashioned house
D. has to be polite to everyone she meets there
57. Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
A. In a cafe.        B. In a restaurant.       C. In a nightclub. D. In a pub.
58. The underlined part “it” （in Para. 4） refers to______.
A. a taxi      B. the money        C. a bomb    D. public transport
59. The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he ______.
A. felt lonely in England              B. had never been to France
C. was from a typical French family     D. didn't like the British idea of family

Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries （推理小說）, and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the $100,000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from an bank.
The store merely broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
72．When Mary was in hospital, the couple realized that ____.
A. they had to put their plan into practice
B. health was more important than wealth
C. heart trouble was a serious illness
D. they both needed to stop working
73．After Mary got well from her illness they began _____.
A. to study industrial management  
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
74．How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.
C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.
75．According to Richard, the main purpose of running the bookstore is _____.
A. to pay for their children’s education      
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores 
D. to do what they like to do