I would like a job which pays more, but ______ I enjoy the work I’m doing at the moment.

A. in other words          B. on the other hand  C. for one thing         D. as a matter of fact

 Tigers _______ meet-eating animals ________ meats.

A. belonged to; feed on           B. belonging to; feed on  

C. were belonged to; feed on       D. belonging to; feeding on

 —I’m told that our plane will at least delay 3 hours.

   —What do you think has happened?

   —It is said to have been _______ by a terrible storm.

              A. held out            B. held in              C. held on             D. held up

 But for the fact that China _________ also affected by the global economic crisis, we _________ fewer unemployed workers now.

A. is; would have                  B. were; would have 

C. was; would have had             D. were; would have had

                         Many banks are still not lending. They worry that they will not have enough capital to cover losses, but the situation does not allow many businesses to have the money they need to operate, and further slows a struggling economy. In the United States, the government has so far provided almost 150 billion dollars to banks, mainly through buying shares. Yet this may not be enough to save some major banks. By some estimates, banks have at least one trillion dollars in losses that they have not yet reported.

    The new administration of President Barack Obama is considering ways to save banks.

    One possibility is to expand federal guarantees against losses on some troubled financial assets(資產(chǎn)). The government has already offered guarantees to Bank of America and Citigroup. But the cost of this kind of insurance could be huge.

Another possibility is to create a so-called bad bank. It would take questionable securities held by other banks. The idea would be similar to the Resolution Trust Corporation set up by the government in 1989. It was formed to sell assets from failed savings and loan banks.

But it is difficult to put a price on trouble securities. Taxpayers would lose money if the government pays too much. And if it pays too little, banks could still fail.

Some people see nationalization(國有化) as the answer. That is when a government takes ownership of a private business, often with the idea of selling it back to investors later. Existing shares become worthless.

In the early 1990s, Sweden nationalized some banks and later sold their troubled assets, recovering some costs. But a similar effort in the United States, the world’s biggest economy, could take years. And experts warn that lending and politics do not mix.

Coming up with a plan to fix the banks and the financial system is now the job for Tim Geithner. The Senate confirmed his this week to replace Henry Paulson as Treasury Secretary. Tim Geithner’s last job was head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank.

Supporters said he is the best person to deal with the financial crisis. But one-third of the Senate, mostly Republicans, voted against him.

He face rebuke for his failure to pay 34,000 dollars in taxes when he worked for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He owed it to “careless mistakes”. As Treasury Secretary he is the nation’s chief tax collector.

51. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The financial crisis in the United States.

B. Possible ways to save US banks.

C. President Barack Obama’s financial policy.

D. The problems US banks are facing now.

52. We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. all the banks in the US have stopped lending money now.

B. American banks have lost less than one trillion dollars

C. the US government has taken some measures to save the banks

D. the American economic situation is getting much better

53. Which of the following is NOT a possibility to help the banks out of trouble?

A. Expanding federal guarantees against losses on some troubled financial assets.

B. Creating a bad band to take questionable securities held by other banks.

C. Nationalizing the banks and selling them back to investors later.

D. Confirming Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary to replace Henry Paulson.

54. The underlined word “rebuke” in the last paragraph most probably means “_________”.

A. judgment          B. sympathy         C. assessment        D. blame

55. It can be concluded from the passage that _________.

A. Barack Obama’s government has taken effectively measures to save their banks.

B. Tim Geithner is the best person to deal with the financial crisis

C. each possible way mentioned in the passage has its disadvantage

D. nationalization may be the best way to save US banks

第一節(jié)  完形填空 (共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分)

   閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21 ~ 30各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

     Mary seemed to be at a loss as to what is to live. One day the Spirit of Life came to her.

“What do you call the fullness of life?” the Spirit asked. “Oh, I can't tell you, if you don't know,” she said.“Many words are   21   to define it — love and sympathy are those in commonest   22  , but I’m not even sure that they are the   23   ones, and so few people really know what they   24  .”

“You were married,” said the Spirit, “yet you didn’t find the fullness of life in your marri- age?” 

“Oh, no,” Mary replied,“my marriage was a very incomplete affair.”  

“And yet you were fond of your   25  ?” 

“You’ve hit upon the   26   word; I was fond of him, yes, just as I was fond of my grandmother and the house I was born in. Oh, I was fond of him, and we were counted a very happy   27  . But I’ve sometimes thought that a woman’s nature is like a great house full of rooms: there is the hall, through which everyone passes, going in and out; the drawing-room, where one   28   formal visits; the sitting-room, where the family members come and go; but beyond that, far beyond, are other rooms, the handles of whose doors perhaps are never    29  ; no one knows the way to them, no one knows where they lead; and in the innermost room, the soul sits   30   and waits for a footstep that never comes.” 

21. A. meant B. supposed   C. required    D. expected

22. A. favor   B. need   C. practice     D. use

23. A. right    B. wrong       C. important D. necessary

24. A. refer    B. suggest      C. mean D. believe

25. A. husband      B. life    C. family       D. friend

26. A. same    B. exact C. actual        D. accurate

27. A. family        B. home        C. couple       D. pair

28. A. receives      B. accepts      C. expects      D. enjoys

29. A. touched       B. turned       C. reached     D. locked

30. A. still     B. down        C. straight      D. alone

The road conditions there turned out to be very good, ____was more than we could expect.

A.    it    B.what    C.which     D.that

After he had played on the football field one game daily for a week, his strength seemed to have ______.

A. put out        B. got out          C. gone out           D. run out

—Why didn’t you attend his wedding ceremony?

一Well …，I        ．

      A．wasn’t invited                                         B．haven’t been invited

      C．hadn’t invited                                            D．haven’t been inviting

— Let’s go to a movie after work, OK?

 — ___________. I am free tonight.

 A. Not at all.       B. What of it?          C. Never mind.       D. Why not?