2．Evening Classes for the Autumn Term

Advanced French Language Thurs，6：00-7：30p．m． This course is for people who have already done French for at least two years．There will be an examination at the end of the course，and a certificate for successful students．	Car Repairs Thurs，8：00-9：30p．m． This is a course for beginners．No experience necessary．Spend less money on garage bills by learning to look after your own car and doing simple repairs at home．
First Aid Tues，6：30-8：30p．m． Why not study for a certificate in First Aid？People on this course will learn to deal with accidents in the home and at work； what to do in the case of burns，cuts and other common injuries．	Learning Spanish Wed，7：00-9：00p．m． Have fun learning Spanish for your holidays!It will be simple conversational Spanish-the chief purpose of the course is enjoyment．Previous knowledge of the language is unnecessary-anyone can join this course．
Discovering Our City's History Mon，Thurs，6：30-9：00p．m． Are you curious to learn about the history which is buried beneath the streets of our city？The area has a fascinating history．This term the class will center on the first five hundred years of our city's past．	Keep Up Office Skills Tues，7：00-9：00p．m． At least an opportunity to learn to use the latest electronic office equipment．Increase your typing speed，find out about new business methods and get to know how to run a modern office．

60．Nancy wants to work as a secretary in a French company．She will attend courses onD．
A．Monday and Thursday       B．Wednesday and Thursday
C．Monday and Wednesday      D．Tuesday and Thursday
61．After reading the advertisement，one will choose the course on Car Repairs mainly becauseD．
A．it takes a short time         B．it helps grasp good skills of repairing cars
C．it needs less money           D．it can make savings on car repairs
62．What information can we get from the text？C
A．Most courses will last two hours．
B．Successful students can learn French．
C．Beginners can learn Spanish．
D．Teachers will have classes online．

1．[1]Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892in Minneapolis，Minnesota．He became a millionaire when he was only 24．His father was wealthy，but he did not help his son．Getty made his millions alone．He made his money from oil．He owned Getty Oil and over 100other companies．The Fortune magazine once called Getty"the richest man in the world．"
[2]But money  _____．He married five times and divorced five times．He had five children but spent little time with them．None of Getty's children had very happy lives．
[3]Getty loved to make money and loved to save it．In spite of his great wealth，Getty was miser．Every evening，he wrote down every cent he spent that day．He even put pay telephone in the guest's bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills．
[4]In 1973，kidnappers took his 16-year-old grandson，and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return．Getty's son asked his father for money to save his child．But Getty refused．The kidnappers were merciless and Getty's son made repeated requests for help from his father．Finally，Getty agreed to lend the money，but at 4percent interest．
[5]Getty started a museum at his home Malibu，California．He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum．When Getty died in 1976，the value of the collection in the museum was﹩1billion．He left all his money to the museum．After his death，the museum grew in size．Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States．Getty made a large fortune in his life，but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art．

52．What is the main idea of Paragraph 1？（no more than 8words）
Getty made a large fortune himself．
53．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2with proper words．（no more than 7words）
didn't make his family happy/didn't bring a happy family
54．Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph3．
Although Getty had a lot of money，he was a mean person．
55．What did the kidnappers do to Getty's family （no more than 10words）
They took Getty's grandson and demanded a lot of money
56．What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph？（no more than 10words）
He made a great contribution to the local art．．

20．
Win﹩50in the Coolest Gadget of the Week
Look at what's the coolest gadget （vote for a chance to win﹩50）．
Cryo S：A Cool Netbook Cooler
Like the other devices of NZXT，the Cryo S was designed to provide a competitive advantage at PC gaming．It has two adjustable 120mm fans that provide powerful cooling．
The full post can be found on  Trends Updates．
Starry Night Bed
Are you having trouble getting that good nights sleep that you're needing？Well，not any more．Why not take a look at the Starry Night Bed？The Starry Night Bed is a great new invention which will revolutionize the way in which you sleep．Not only is this bed fashionable and comfortable but it's also a gadget heaven．With this bed you get many added gadgets including anti-snore technology，movie projector with speakers，temperature control and many more．
The full post can be found on．
Fugoo-talking gadgets
Fugoo gets all your appliances（裝置，設(shè)備） talking to each other so your alarm clock could first wake you up and then tell the coffee machine to start working  while checking traffic conditions online to tell you how long it will take you to get to work．
The full post can be found on  Tech Styling．
Vote  What is this week's coolest gadget？
〇A Cool Netbook Cooler
〇Starry Night Bed
〇Fugoo-talking gadgets

36．Where can you find the full post of the"Cryo S"？D
A．Tech Styling．        B．Super Cool Pets．
C．Decide What to Buy．  D．Trends Updates．
37．If you buy a Starry Night Bed，you can get all the following gadgets EXCEPTC．
A．temperature control                     B．movie projector
C．a(chǎn)djustable fans                         D．a(chǎn)nti-snore technology
38．From this passage，we learn that Fugoo canA．
A．check traffic conditions               B．wake you up
C．take you to work                       D．make coffee
39．Where does this advertisement probably come from？B
A．A magazine．   B．A website．  C．A newspaper．  D．A textbook．

19．I used to be a very self-centered person，but in the past two years I have really changed．I have started to think about other people （16）BI think about myself．I am happy that I am becoming a （17）C person．
I think my （18）D started when I was at Palomar College．At first，I just wanted to get my （19）Cand be left alone．I thought I was smarter than everyone else，so I hardly ever （20）A  to anyone in my classes．By the end of my first semester，I was really（21）B．It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun．So tried a（n） （22）C．I started asking people around me how they were doing，and if they were having trouble I （23）Bto help．That was really a big （24）D for me．By the end of the year，I had several new friends，and two of （25）C  are still my best friends today．
A bigger cause of my new （26）A，however，came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home．One old lady there who had Alzheimer's disease became my （27）A．Every time I came into her room，she was so   （28）B because she thought I was her daughter．Her real daughter never （29）C her，so I took her place．She let me   （30）D．that making others feel good make me feel good，too，when she died，I was （31）B，but I was very grateful to her．
I think I am a much（32）Cperson today than I used to be，and I hope I will not （33）A these experiences．They have （34）D me to care about other people more than about myself．I （35）B who I am today，and I could not say that a few years ago．

16．A．since	B．before	C．or	D．unless
17．A．famous	B．simple	C．different	D．skilled
18．A．education	B．career	C．tour	D．change
19．A．balance	B．homework	C．degree	D．interest
20．A．talked	B．wrote	C．lied	D．reported
21．A．careful	B．lonely	C．curious	D．guilty
22．A．a(chǎn)rgument	B．game	C．experiment	D．defence
23．A．dared	B．offered	C．hesitated	D．happened
24．A．dream	B．problem	C．duty	D．step
25．A．us	B．which	C．them	D．whom
26．A．a(chǎn)ttitude	B．hobby	C．hope	D．luck
27．A．friend	B．partner	C．guide	D．guest
28．A．polite	B．happy	C．strange	D．confident
29．A．bothered	B．a(chǎn)nswered	C．visited	D．trusted
30．A．explain	B．guess	C．declare	D．see
31．A．homeless	B．heartbroken	C．bad-tempered	D．hopeless
32．A．quieter	B．busier	C．better	D．richer
33．A．forget	B．face	C．improve	D．a(chǎn)nalyze
34．A．forced	B．preferred	C．ordered	D．taught
35．A．miss	B．like	C．wonder	D．expect

18．Here are brief introductions to some popular novels．
WATCHERS 
 
Two mutants（突異變種），both changed from the animals they once were，escape and no one who encounters them will ever be the same again．A lonely widower，a ruthless assassin（刺客），a beautiful woman and a government agent are drawn together in a deadly hunt．All four are cruelly propelled（推進）towards a fight with an evil beyond human imagining．
THE MASK

She had appeared out of nowhere in front of Carol's car．She was a teenager with no past and no memory．Carol and Paul were instantly drawn to her，and they called her Jane-she was the daughter they never had．But then the questions began．Where had Jane come from？Who was the girl behind the mask？
THE FUNHOUSE  

Young Ellen ran away，joined a carnival，married a man she grew to hate and gave birth to a child so ugly that she killed it．Years later she has a new husband and two children，Amy and Joey，but the time has come for Amy and Joey to pay for her sins（罪惡）as Amy is pregnant and the carnival is back in town．
LOVE STORY  

He is Oliver BarrettⅣ，a rich jockey from a stuffy Wasp family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law．She is Jenny Cavilleri，a wisecracking working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe．They are opposites in nearly every way．But they fall in love．This is their story．

66．Which novel is about a fierce fight between justice and evil？A
A．WATCHERS．      B．THE MASK．
C．THE FUNHOUSE．  D．LOVE STORY．
67．According to the brief introduction to the novel THE FUNHOUSE，we can inferC．
A．Ellen was a kind woman
B．Ellen didn't get along well with her two husbands
C．the main plot has something to do with carnival
D．Amy and Joey hate their mother
68．If you like romantic stories，you would prefer to readD．
A．WATCHERS        B．THE MASK
C．THE FUNHOUSE    D．LOVE STORY
69．What does the author try to express in the underlined sentence？B
A．They are the same in every way．
B．They are quite different from each other in most aspects．
C．They have a lot in common．
D．They are attracted by each other．
70．THE MASK is probablyC based on the brief introduction．
A．a(chǎn) tragedy          B．a(chǎn) science fiction
C．a(chǎn) mystery story    D．a(chǎn) comedy．

17．In recent years，the world has made progress in reducing deaths among children under the age of five．A new report says an estimated 6.9million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday．That compares to about twelve million in1990．
The report says child mortality rates have fallen in all areas．It says the number of deaths is down by at least 50percent in eastern，western and southeastern Asia．The number also fell in North Africa，Latin America and the Caribbean．
Ties Boerma is head of the WHO's Department of Health Statistics and Informatics．He says most child deaths happen in just a few areas．
TIES BOERMA："Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia face the greatest challenges in child survival．More than eighty percent of child deaths in the world occur in these two regions．About half of child deaths occur in just five countries-India，which actually takes twenty-four percent of the global total； Nigeria，eleven percent； the Democratic Republic of Congo，seven percent； Pakistan，five percent and China，four percent of under-five deaths in the world．"
Ties Boerma notes that，in developed countries，one child in one hundred fifty-two dies before his or her fifth birthday．But south of the Sahara Desert，one out of nine children dies before the age of five．In Asia，the mortality rate is one in sixteen．
The report lists the top five causes of death among children under five worldwide．They are pneumonia，diarrhea，malaria and problems both before and during birth．
Tessa Wardlaw is with the U-N Children's Fund．She is pleased with the progress being made in Sub-Saharan Africa．The area has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world．But she says the rate of decline in child deaths has more than doubled in Africa．
TESSA WARDLAW："We welcome the widespread progress in child survival，but we importantly want to stress that there's a lot of work that remains to be done．There's unfinished business and the fact is that today on average，around nineteen thousand children are still dying every day from largely preventable causes．"
The World Health Organization says one way to solve these problems is to make sure health care services are available to women．In this way，medical problems can be avoided or treated when identified．

71．Since 1990，the number of the children who died before 5in the world has dropped by aboutD．
A.6，900，000     B.12，000，000   C.1，200，000    D.5，100，000
72．What does the underlined word"mortality"（ in Paragraph 2）mean？C
A．illness        B．reduction     C．death    D．problem
73．According to the passage，the readers are likely to believe thatB．
A．child mortality rates have fallen just in five areas
B．Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world
C．in developed countries，no children die before the age of five
D．the world has made little progress in reducing the rates of child mortality
74．C is the top-one cause of death among children under five worldwide．
A．Global warming    B．Malaria      C．Pneumonia     D．Diarrhea
75．What will be probably referred to in the following paragraph？B
A．Women do not want to have babies．
B．How more health care services are available to women．
C．Medical problems are completely solved．
D．The World Health Organization．

16．How much do you laugh and smile during the day？Do you take your life and your illness or injury so （36）Bthat there is no room for joy to fill you？Want a totally free，simple way to increase your （37）Band your health with no medicine needed？Then laughing and smiling is（38）A to you
So laugh your way to happiness．（39）Cit takes to put a smile on your face is what you should be doing．
Research shows that laughing can increase the immune（免疫） system，（40）Athe body to stay disease free and fight colds and the flu．
If you are facing an illness，having a positive life opinion and a （41）Bof humor will keep your body open to healing．If you are healthy，laughing will help to make sure you stay that way，and can （42）Denjoyment to your work and home life and（43）Dyour daily stress．
Certainly，it can be（44）Ato keep a positive opinion of life all the time．Simply taking the time to（45）Con the positive and treat for the good things （46）Bin your life can help  （47）A，but if you are struggling with negative emotions that you just can't seem to （48）D，there are tools that can help．
There are so many things out there to smile about and（49）Ayou have to do is find   （50）D．Practice looking for the bright （51）Aof every situation．Avoid the negative：don't（52）C yourself with your own problems-or （53）Dothers for their"shortcomings．"And don't pay no attention to the joy in everyday things．Create your own"Laugh for Health"（54）D-anything to add to your collection and to give you fresh materials that （55）Ato you．

36．A．proudly	B．seriously	C．carefully	D．freely
37．A．burdens	B．spirits	C．loads	D．values
38．A．beneficial	B．changeable	C．suitable	D．harmful
39．A．However	B．Whenever	C．Whatever	D．Whichever
40．A．helping	B．making	C．letting	D．causing
41．A．taste	B．sense	C．knowledge	D．joy
42．A．a(chǎn)djust	B．a(chǎn)dapt	C．a(chǎn)pply	D．a(chǎn)dd
43．A．improve	B．a(chǎn)rise	C．cancel	D．reduce
44．A．hard	B．a(chǎn)wful	C．energetic	D．helpful
45．A．look	B．put	C．focus	D．interview
46．A．carefully	B．thankfully	C．particularly	D．differently
47．A．remarkably	B．a(chǎn)ccidentally	C．frequently	D．purposefully
48．A．seek	B．stress	C．a(chǎn)ccept	D．overcome
49．A．what	B．that	C．how	D．why
50．A．it	B．that	C．this	D．one
51．A．side	B．plan	C．a(chǎn)spect	D．future
52．A．depend	B．a(chǎn)bandon	C．load	D．ban
53．A．praise	B．miss	C．a(chǎn)pprove	D．blame
54．A．a(chǎn)mbition	B．summary	C．message	D．collection
55．A．a(chǎn)ppeal	B．a(chǎn)pply	C．center	D．a(chǎn)ssume

15．Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a disease involving her nervous system．She was unable to walk and her movement was （36）Cin other ways as well．The doctors did not hold out much （37）Bof her ever recovering from this illness．They （38）Ashe'd spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair．They said that few，if（39）D，were able to come back to（40）Dafter getting this disease．The little girl was（41）B．There，lying in her hospital bed，she would swear to（42）Awho'd listen that she was （43）Cgoing to be walking again someday．
The doctors were overcome by her undefeatable（44）Dand tried every possible way．They taught her about imagining-about seeing herself walking．（45）Dit would do nothing else，it would at least give her hope and something（46）Bto do in the long waking hours in her bed．Angela would work as hard as possible in exercise sessions，（47）D herself moving，moving，moving!
    One day，as she was gathering all her（48）Cto imagine her legs moving again，it seemed as though a miracle（奇跡） happened：the（49）Dmoved!It began to move around the room!She screamed out，"Look what I'm doing!Look!Look!I can （50）Bit!I moved!I moved!"
    Of course，at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming，too，and running for（51）B．People were screaming，equipment was（52）Aand glass was breaking．You see，it was the San Francisco earthquake．But don't tell that to Angela．She's（53）Athat she did it．And now only a few years later，she's back in （54）B．You see，anyone who can （55）Dthe ground of San Francisco can defeat a little disease，can't they？

36．A．repeated	B．observed	C．restricted	D．permitted
37．A．support	B．hope	C．a(chǎn)greement	D．purpose
38．A．predicted	B．a(chǎn)greed	C．a(chǎn)dmitted	D．a(chǎn)pologized
39．A．so	B．possible	C．not	D．a(chǎn)ny
40．A．work	B．study	C．movement	D．normal
41．A．crazy	B．stubborn	C．powerful	D．weak
42．A．a(chǎn)nyone	B．others	C．the doctors	D．the patients
43．A．rapidly	B．hardly	C．definitely	D．luckily
44．A．promise	B．a(chǎn)ction	C．speech	D．spirit
45．A．As if	B．Ever since	C．Now that	D．Even if
46．A．comfortable	B．positive	C．unbelievable	D．skilful
47．A．remembering	B．a(chǎn)dmitting	C．a(chǎn)voiding	D．imagining
48．A．body	B．wealth	C．strength	D．courage
49．A．ceiling	B．floor	C．table	D．bed
50．A．realize	B．do	C．enjoy	D．stop
51．A．room	B．shelter	C．joy	D．success
52．A．falling	B．working	C．nodding	D．lying
53．A．convinced	B．frightened	C．confused	D．satisfied
54．A．hospital	B．school	C．life	D．hope
55．A．fight	B．break	C．control	D．shake

14．One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety．In fact，it was a bird，（40）C，a sparrow．
"What's that？"I asked when I first heard the gentle thumping（重擊聲）．"It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball，"my wife，Anita，said．She（37）Band listened more devotedly．"It's coming from the（38）C．"she said．"Maybe it's one of the little kids．"We rushed out the door．Jonathan，our youngest，was（39）Ato make trouble．"If he's making holes in the wall again…"I said as I searched there．No（40）Bat all．But there was that（41）Dagain，coming from right up there．
And that's when I（42）Bthe sparrow．It was flying（43）Djust inches below the ceiling．It was（44）Ctrying to get out，but couldn't see that the way out wasn't up，but down（45）Athe open door．So the bird continued （46）Cits wings and hitting its head against the（47）D．
"Poor thing，"Anita said．"It must be（48）D．"
"Well，maybe it's because of us，"I said as I moved toward it．I tried to show the bird how to glide（滑翔）down to get outside，but that only seemed to（49）Ait more．"Why don't we just （50）Afor a few minutes？"Anita suggested．"I'm sure he'll （51）Deventually．"So we went back into the house，where we continued to hear the ongoing（52）CThen suddenly，it was（53）D．We looked into the garage，and our uninvited guest was gone．
"See？"Anita said．"I told you he'd succeed．"
"Yeah，"I said．"But how many knocks on the head did it（54）Ahim？"
I've thought about that little sparrow through the years．Just like that sparrow，we often meet situations，we don't know how to（55）B．Born to go upward，we don't even consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping（拍打）around and just glide down a little bit．

36．A．for example	B．rather than	C．or rather	D．a(chǎn)s well
37．A．hurried	B．paused	C．ignored	D．confirmed
38．A．basement	B．kitchen	C．garage	D．hall
39．A．easy	B．happy	C．sorry	D．a(chǎn)ngry
40．A．sparrows	B．children	C．birds	D．holes
41．A．guest	B．voice	C．knock	D．sound
42．A．watched	B．found	C．realized	D．caught
43．A．carefully	B．gently	C．patiently	D．a(chǎn)nxiously
44．A．eventually	B．unwillingly	C．obviously	D．thoroughly
45．A．through	B．over	C．below	D．beyond
46．A．shaking	B．breaking	C．striking	D．injuring
47．A．wall	B．floor	C．door	D．ceiling
48．A．clumsy	B．painful	C．a(chǎn)mazed	D．terrified
49．A．frighten	B．comfort	C．confuse	D．calm
50．A．leave	B．scream	C．relax	D．escape
51．A．put it aside	B．leave it alone	C．give it up	D．figure it out
52．A．a(chǎn)ccident	B．a(chǎn)chievement	C．struggle	D．trouble
53．A．excited	B．tired	C．noisy	D．silent
54．A．cost	B．offer	C．earn	D．owe
55．A．classify	B．handle	C．debate	D．conclude

13．Once upon a time，there was a herd of forest deer．In this herd was a wise and respected （21）D，tricky in the ways of deer．He taught the tricks and strategies of （22）A to the young fawns．
One day，his younger sister brought her son to him，to be taught （23）B is so important for deer．She said，"Oh brother teacher，this is my son．Please （24）Chim the tricks and strategies of deer．"The teacher said to the fawn，"（25）B，you can come at this time tomorrow for your first lesson．"（26）A，the young deer came to the lessons as he was （27）C to．But soon，he became more interested in playing with the other young bucks（28）Ddoes（雌鹿）．He didn't（29）Ahow dangerous it （30）Bbe for a deer who learned nothing but deer games．So he started cutting classes．Soon he was playing hooky all the time．
（31）D，one day the fawn who played hooky （32）C in a snare and was trapped．Since he was missing，his mother （33）D．She went to her brother the teacher，and asked him，"My  brother，how is my son？Have you taught your （34）C the tricks and strategies of deer？"
The teacher replied，"My  sister，your son was （35）Band unteachable．Out of respect for you，I tried my best to teach him．But he did not want to learn the tricks and strategies of deer．He played hooky!How could I （36）A teach him？You are obedient and faithful，but he is not．It is useless to try to teach him．"
Later they heard the （37）C news．The naughty fawn who played hooky had been（38）D and killed by a （39）A．He skinned him and took the meat home to his family．
The moral is：（40）B can be learned from a teacher by one who misses the class．

21．A．leader	B．student	C．pupil	D．teacher
22．A．survival	B．a(chǎn)pproval	C．a(chǎn)rrival	D．travel
23．A．that	B．what	C．how	D．it
24．A．learn	B．study	C．teach	D．bring
25．A．How simple	B．Very well	C．Quite easy	D．What a pity
26．A．At first	B．For the first	C．The first time	D．Firstly
27．A．preserved	B．thought	C．supposed	D．suspected
28．A．nor	B．or	C．but	D．a(chǎn)nd
29．A．realize	B．orgnize	C．a(chǎn)dmit	D．clarify
30．A．should	B．could	C．would	D．must
31．A．Generally	B．Luckily	C．However	D．Unfortunately
32．A．banned	B．caught	C．stepped	D．broke
33．A．fainted	B．delighted	C．shocked	D．worried
34．A．uncle	B．a(chǎn)unt	C．nephew	D．niece
35．A．dishonest	B．disobedient	C．inconvenient	D．unbelievable
36．A．possibly	B．likely	C．necessarily	D．logically
37．A．rare	B．good	C．sad	D．popular
38．A．bought	B．kidnapped	C．transported	D．trapped
39．A．hunter	B．researcher	C．a(chǎn)dvocator	D．settler
40．A．Anything	B．Nothing	C．Something	D．Everything