As is known to all, the work of a teacher, which is demanding, requires _________ care and patience.

A. considerable      B. accessible       C. available        D. acceptable

There was ____ time _____ I hated to go to school.

A. a   that      B. a   when    C. the  that      D. the   when

The young man had made so much noise that he______not have been allowed to attend the concert．

       A．should    B．must      C．could     D．need

B

“It was all his own idea, ” says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto, California high school football coach Bob Peters, 39. Bob had just drawn up a “motherhood contract” --a document stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couple’s four children, plus all household chores. Although he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident.(He thought the experience would make a nice book.)

     After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up. “I was beaten down, completely humbled（挫敗的）,”  admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press, stating, “Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”

     Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto’s Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids. Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley. “I had been around children so much,” she sighs, “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up.” She continued to run the household, however----until Bob signed the contract, therefore, she decided to relax and enjoy it. 

Although Peters had consulted(咨詢) with his school’s home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria, his meals were sometimes a disaster. “I tried to slip the butter I’d forgotten under the eggs after they were frying, ” he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot—sometimes having Macdonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.

     As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made. “I found an easier way-I shut the doors, ” he says. Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week. “I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean.”

     Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. The tentative（暫時(shí)的） title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day.

45. The couple signed the contract because _______.

    A. Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself

    B. Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest

    C. they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks

    D. Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book

46. It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract, he would have to _______.

    A. pay a certain amount of money

B.  admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood 

  C. say sorry to his wife         D. do all the housework for years

47. What can we learn about Pat Peters?

    A. She was hard-working and selfless.   B. She was pretty and kind-hearted.

    C. She was tired of the child-raising and household tasks.

    D. She did not love Bob any longer.

48. Which of the following can best end the news story?

 A. “Wait till your mother gets home!”    B. “My experience of being a mother.”

 C. “I’m proud of you all, my dear!”      D. “Motherhood: an impossible job for anyone.”

“Darwin teaches us that life _________ continually ________ to keeping up with a changing Earth.” The expert explained.

A. is; adapting      B. has; adapted       C. will; adapt     D. does; adapt

The peace-keeping Chinese officers are still serving in Haiti ______ the continuous aftershock activities.

A. in case of                 B. in spite of                 C. in charge of                D. in favor of

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21-40各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上將該選項(xiàng)標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。

   A businessman was deep in debt and could see no way out. He sat on the park chair, with 41    in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from   42   .

   Suddenly an old man appeared before him and was willing to   43   him help. He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying,“  44   me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.” Then he turned and disappeared as  45  as he had come.

   The businessman saw a check for $500,000 in his hand, which was 46   by John D. Rockefeller, one of the   47   men in the world! “I can remove my money worries 48   !” he realized. But the man decided to put the check in his safe,   49   it might give him the strength to find out a way to save his business. With a renewed   50    attitude, he thought of some new business ideas which soon led to his success in several big   51   . Within a few months, he was out of debt and making   52   once again.

   Exactly one year   53   , he returned to the park with the check. At the time they have agreed on, the old man   54   , too. But just as the man was about to hand back the check and share his   55   story, a nurse came running up and  56   the old man. She said the old man was always   57   from the rest room and telling people he was John D. Rockefeller. Then she led the old man away   58   the arm hurriedly.

   The man just stood there,   59   . Suddenly, he realized that it wasn’t the money   60   his self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

41. A. books   B. head   C. hats    D. check

42. A. opening       B. breaking     C. rising  D. closing

43. A. offer    B. demand      C. require       D. take

44. A. Visit     B. Discover    C. Meet   D. Help

45. A. loudly  B. slowly C. happily      D. quickly

46. A. signed  B. invented     C. directed      D. found

47. A. poorest B. highest       C. richest D. smartest

48. A. sooner or later  B. right away        C. in the future     D. once in a while

49. A. hoping  B. examining  C. noticing     D. remembering

50. A. interesting    B. negative     C. active  D. foolish

51. A. sales     B. discounts    C. films   D. games

52. A. trouble B. mistakes     C. sense   D. money

53. A. later     B. ago     C. before D. after

54. A. set up   B. came up     C. called up    D. gave up

55. A. failure  B. love    C. success       D. education

56. A. hanged B. saved  C. drove  D. caught

57. A. learning       B. escaping     C. hearing      D. judging

58. A. in  B. by      C. on      D. with

59. A. astonished    B. pleased       C. interested   D. terrified

60. A. while    B. and    C. so       D. but

第二部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

從A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題紙上將該選項(xiàng)標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。

Generally, _______wolves are animals of _______endangered species.

A. /; the          B. a; an          C. the; the          D. /; an

信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

下面幾個(gè)人正在選擇要看那類(lèi)電視節(jié)目。請(qǐng)閱讀下面幾段描述，然后為他們選擇最合適的電視節(jié)目。

TODAY’S TELEVISION PROGRAMME REVIEW

A. TV1 7:20pm. Find out more about Australia’s animal life. This film was made last year by one of Australia’s best-known cameramen, Dougie Bond. He spent over 200 hours filming the birds, animals and fish that inhabit this beautiful continent and for the first time brings some of these unusual animals to our TV screen.

B. TV3 9:00pm. The popular science programme is back with the latest in technology and medicine. This week, cars that run on sunlight and the story of one baby’s fight to live.

C. TV2 8:10 pm. Do you think what goes into the food most of us eat every day of the week? Tonight’s programme take a serious scientific look at the bread industry. Whether you bake your bread or just enjoy buying it, this programme will give you an interesting insight into something most of us eat every day of the week.

D. TV3 8:45 pm. If you have always wanted to cook, now’s your chance to learn. In the studio are two chefs who will take you through some simple recipes step by step This is a repeat of the popular series shown last year, and available from most good bookshops.

E. TV3 7:40 pm. The latest new music. Pete Hogg looks at the best of the current rap, raga and new jack swing plus new video releases. This is the programme that tells you all about what’s happening on the music scene and brings you interviews with tomorrow’s young artists.

F. TV9 8:30 pm. The programme is mainly designed for those foreigners who are interested in touring in China. It covers most famous places of great interest in mainland.

51. Although Rob leads a quiet life in a small village, that doesn’t stop him from wanting to find out about the latest scientific development.

52. Bella enjoys eating out but can’t afford to spend very much at the moment as she is saving for a holiday. She has never learned how to cook , so now it might be quite a good time to find out.

53. Dan is interested in taking wildlife photographs and enjoys the kind of programme which gives him a chance to see a professional photographer at work.

54. Gina is a music teacher. Although she prefers classical music, she likes to follow the kind of music that interests the teenagers she teaches.

55. Daniel is a traveler from Greece, and he wants to travel in China, but he knows little about China

 (C)

Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. In that country they celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, where the festival is called “ Harvest Festival”, people celebrate earlier in the year, in September.

A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North America, Europe, and England, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.

The first thanksgiving service in North America took place on 4 December 1610 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journey. The next year, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.

A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on the same day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named 26 November as the Day of Thanksgiving. Almost a hundred years later, President Abraham Lincoln changed the date, and said that the last Thursday in November should be Thanksgiving Day.

Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.

39. The story is about ____.

A. festivals                    B. an American festival  

C. English people in America     D. giving thanks for everything

40. The last Thursday in November in November is ____.

A. a festival in every country in the world

B. Thanksgiving Day in the United States

C. the day farmers pick fruit from the trees

D. the day the first English People came to America

41. On thanksgiving Day people ____.

A. plant their crops.                  B. celebrate a safe journey

C. thank God for a good harvest        D. harvest their fruit and crops.

42. At the first thanksgiving service in North America, the people ____.

A. shot a lot of small animals

B. thanked God for a safe journey

C. thanked God for a good harvest

D. had a big dinner outside their houses.