8．The train we ________ for so long was crowded，so we decided to catch a later one．（　�。�

	A．	have been waiting		B．	were waiting
	C．	had been waiting		D．	have waited

7．My grandparents were married for over half a century，and played their own special game the time they had met each other．The goal of their game was to write the word"shmily"in a surprise place for the other to find．They took turns leaving"shmily"around the house，and as soon as one of them discovered it，it was their turn to hide it once more．They dragged"shmily"with their fingers through the sugar and flour containers to await whoever was preparing the next meal．"Shmily"was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower，where it would reappear bath after bath．There was no end to the places where"shmily"would pop up．Little notes with"shmily"were found on car seats，or taped to steering wheels．The notes were put inside shoes and left under pillows．"Shmily"was written in the dust upon the mantel（壁爐架）and traced in the ashes of the fireplace．This mysterious word was as much a part of my grandparents'house as the furniture．
It took me a long time before I was able to fully appreciate my grandparents'game．Skepticism has kept me from believing in true love-one that is pure and lasting．However，I never doubted my grandparents'relationship．It was based on passionate（熱情的）affection which not everyone is lucky enough to experience．
But there was a dark cloud in my grandparents'life：my grandmother had breast cancer．The disease had first appeared ten years earlier．As always，Grandpa was with her every step of the way．He comforted her in their yellow room，painted that way so that she could always be surrounded by sunshine，even when she was too sick to go outside．But my grandmother grew steadily weaker until，finally，she could not leave the house anymore．Then one day，what we all feared finally happened．Grandma was gone．
"Shmily．"It was written in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother's funeral bouquet（花束）．As the crowd thinned and the last mourners turned to leave，Grandpa stepped up to my grandmother's coffin and，taking a shaky breath，he began to sing to her．Through his tears and grief，the song came；S-h-m-i-l-y：See How Much I Love You．
56．Where may the word"shmily"be found？A
a．in the flour containers          b．on the mirror
c．on the sheet of toilet paper     d．on pillows
e．on the furniture
A．a(chǎn)，b         B．b，c         C．a(chǎn)，d         D．b，e
57．The author tells us in the first paragraphB
A．what the word"shmily"means
B．how the special game was played
C．how the author felt about her grandparents'game
D．how her grandparents cared for each other
58．The underlined phrase"pop up"in Paragraph 1 meansA
A．a(chǎn)ppear           B．change           C．survive      D．work
59．It can be seen from the passage that the authorC．
A．thought the game was meaningless
B．believes everyone can experience true love
C．doubted the existence of true love at first
D．sometimes left"shmily"around the house
60．Grandpa tried to make Grandma comfortable byC．
A．singing songs to her every day
B．painting the room yellow
C．encouraging her to go outside
D．helping her take a hot shower every day．

6．Patti Page，the top-selling female artist of the 1950s with more than 100 million records sold，died on January 2nd，2013，when she was 85．She was one of the most beloved singers of the post-war era．Take her Tennessee Waltz for example； it sold more than 10 milllion copies and was her biggest hit．
Born in Claremore，Oklahoma，a small town near Tulsa，Page originally dreamed of a career in commercial art．Her first job in the art department at a local radio station soon led to performing on her own 15-minute program．
At age 20，Page was discovered by big-band leader Jack Rael，who quit his job to become her manager．In 1948，she signed her first recording contract with Mercury Records and two years later enjoyed her first hit record．She stayed with Mercury for the next 14 years and recorded hit after hit including："With My Eyes Wide Open，I'm Dreaming"，and"Old Cape cod"．
Her last hit was"Hush…Hush，Sweet Charlotte"，recorded for the Bette Davis movie of the same name．And then，there was"Doggie In The Window"．The creative tune was a huge hit，but with its repeated barking sounds and silly lyrics（歌詞），the song has been used by many people as an example of all that was wrong with pop music in the early 1950s．
Throughout the 1950s，Patti Page made regular appearances on television variety shows and in 1957 she was chosen to host the musical program，"The Big Record"．The following year，Page appeared in her own CBS television series，"The Patti Page Show"．She continued to record and perform into the 21st century，most recently releasing an album of songs for children，a Christmas record，and a new"best of"collection．
Besides music，Patti Page did a bit of acting．She co-starred with the Oscar-winning Burt Lancaster in"Elmer Gantry"，and also starred on stage in the musical play"Annie Get Your Gun"．
51．From the passage，we can know that Patti PageC
A．wanted to be an actress when young
B．was a success in commercial art
C．was born in 1927 in the US
D．started his work as a TV program hostess
52．Which of her following recorded songs was criticized？C
A．"Old Cape Cod"．
B．"Hush…Hush，Sweet Charlotte"．
C．"Doggie In the Window"．
D．"With My Eyes Wide Open，I'm Dreaming"．
53．The"Tennessee Waltz"is mentioned in the passage in order to prove thatAA．she was a beloved singer
B．her songs and acting were successful
C．she was the top-selling female artist
D．she was good at acting
54．Patti PageB
A．got to know Jack Rael in 1945
B．left Mercury Records at the age of 35
C．a(chǎn)ppeared in"The Patti Page Show"in 1957
D．began to act in the 21st century
55．We can draw a conclusion thatA
A．Patti Page was a successful singer as well as a successful actress
B．Patti Page gave up singing in public when she was old
C．Patti Page's gift in art began to be shown in her teens
D．Patti Page's great success resulted from others'help．

5．I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head．Now I am thirty-two．I can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is．It would be wonderful to see again，but a calamity（災(zāi)難）can do strange things to people．It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind．I believe in life now．I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply，otherwise．I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes．I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left．
Life，I believe，asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality．The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments，the more meaningful his own private world becomes．The adjustment is never easy．I was totally confused and afraid．But I was lucky．My parents and my teachers saw something in me-a potential to live，you might call it-which I didn't see，and they made me want to fight it out with blindness．
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself．That was basic．If I hadn't been able to do that，I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life．When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone．That is part of it．But I mean something bigger than that：an assurance that I am，despite imperfections，a real，positive person； that somewhere in the sweeping，intricate（錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit．
It took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance．It had to start with the simplest things．Once a man gave me an indoor baseball．I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt．"I can't use this．"I said．"Take it with you，"he urged me，"and roll it around．"The words stuck in my head．"Roll it around!"By rolling the ball I could hear where it went．This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible：playing baseball．At Philadelphia's Overbrook School for the blind I invented a successful variation of baseball．We called it ground ball．
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them，one at a time．I had to learn my limitations．It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure．I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress．
41．What can we learn from the first paragraph？C
A．The author lost his sight because of a car crash．
B．The author wouldn't love life if the disaster hadn't happened．
C．The disaster made the author appreciate what he had．
D．The disaster strengthened the author's desire to see．
42．What's the author's biggest difficulty？B
A．How to adjust himself to reality．
B．Building up assurance that he can fit in life．
C．Learning to manage his life alone．
D．How to invent a successful variation of baseball．
43．The underlined words"a chair rocker on the front porch"in Paragraph 3 means that the authorC．
A．would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his life
B．would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chair
C．would lose his will to struggle against difficulties
D．would sit in a chair and stay at home
44．As can be seen from the passage，the baseball and encouragement offered by the manD．
A．hurt the author's feeling
B．gave the author a deep impression
C．directly led to the invention of ground ball
D．inspired the author
45．Which can be the best title for the passage？C
A．A Miserable Life                
B．Struggle Against Difficulties
C．A Disaster Makes a Strong Person
D．An Unforgettable Experience．

4．The time and effort he has devoted during the past few years________ trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great value．（　　）

A．

to plant

B．

to planting

C．

plant

D．

planting

3．The airport is far from here，and       there on time，you'd better take a taxi．（　�。�

A．

get

B．

to get

C．

getting

D．

got

2．Air quality today is much worse than _____ in the 1980s because of too much air pollution．（　�。�

A．

that

B．

those

C．

one

D．

what

1．My daughter stopped screaming immediately and looked up at me with tears _____ down her cheeks．（　�。�

A．

having rolled

B．

to roll

C．

rolled

D．

rolling

13．Easter is a happy holiday _______ children enjoy hunting for Easter eggs．（　�。�

A．

which

B．

where

C．

what

D．

when

12．-Where is Jack？I haven't seen him recently．
-He  ______  his holiday in（　�。�

A．

is spending

B．

spent

C．

has spent

D．

will spend