13. --May I put my luggage on the seat beside you, sir?

--__________.

A. Sure, with pleasure                            B. Oh, please yourself

C. Well, never mind                              D. It’s my pleasure.

第二節(jié) 完型填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

       閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中選出一個最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

       In Glasgow, Scotland, a young lady, like a lot of  teens today, got tired of home. The daughter objected to her family’s    36     lifestyle and said , “I don’t want your God . I am leaving !”

       She left home .Before long , she was disappointed and unable to find a job , so she took to the streets to do everything she could to   37   money. Many years passed by , her father died , her mother grew    38   , and the daughter became more and more entrenched (固執(zhí)) in her way of life .

       No contact was made between mother and daughter during these years . The mother , having    39     her daughter’s whereabouts , went to the poor part of the city in   40    of her daughter . She stopped at each of the rescue missions with a simple    41     . “Would you allow me to    42     this picture ?” It was a picture of the smiling , gray-haired mother with a handwritten    43     at the bottom : “I love you still…come home !”

       One day the daughter wandered into a rescue mission for a hot meal . She sat    44     listening to the service , all the while letting her    45     wander over to the bulletin board . There she saw the picture and thought , could that be my mother ?

       She couldn’t    46     until the service was over . She stood and went to look .It was her mother , and there were those words , “I love you still…come home !”   47     she stood in front of the picture , she wept . It was too     48    to be true .

       It was night , but she was so     49    by the message that she started walking home .   50     the time she arrived it was early in the morning . She was afraid and    51     her way timidly . As she knocked , the door    52     open on its own . She thought someone must have broken into the house . Concerned for her mother’s    53     , the young woman ran to the bedroom and shook her mother awake and said, “It’s me ! It’s me ! I’m home!”

       The mother couldn’t believe her eyes . They fell into each other’s arms . The daughter said , “I was so worried and    54     someone had broken in.” The mother replied gently , “No, dear . From the day you left , that door has never been    55     .”

36．A．shabby                   B．religious                 C．a(chǎn)wful                            D．simple

37．A．earn                       B．win                        C．offer                      D．a(chǎn)pproach

38．A．lonelier                   B．slower                   C．elder                       D．older

39．A．told about               B．heard of                 C．learned from           D．informed of

40．A．sight                      B．charge                   C．search                   D．want

41．A．request                  B．remark                   C．question                  D．speech

42．A．bring up                 B．lay off                    C．drop out                 D．put up

43．A．record                   B．a(chǎn)dvice                     C．message                 D．notice

44．A．constantly               B．a(chǎn)bsent-mindedly       C．frequently               D．carefully

45．A．eyes                       B．hands                     C．thoughts                 D．imaginations

46．A．help                        B．evaluate                  C．wait                       D．consult

47．A．After                      B．Since                      C．Until                       D．As

48．A．lucky                      B．good                       C．skeptical                 D．coincidence

49．A．a(chǎn)stonished               B．touched                  C．blamed                   D．a(chǎn)shamed

50．A．By                          B．At                          C．During                    D．Before

51．A．walked                   B．led                          C．made                      D．held

52．A．seemed                   B．blew                       C．proved                    D．flew

53．A．safety                     B．a(chǎn)nxiety                    C．danger                    D．relief

54．A．observed                 B．realized                   C．found                     D．thought

55．A．a(chǎn)dopted                  B．opened                    C．locked                    D．Fixed

B

     Instead of hitting the beach, fourteen high school students traded swimming suits for lab coats last summer and turned their attention to scientific experiments.

     The High School Research Program offers high school students guidance with researchers in Texas A&M's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Jennifer Funkhouser, academic adviser for the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, directs this four-week summer program designed to increase understanding of research and its career potential(潛能).

     Several considerations go into selecting students, including grades, school involvement and interest in science and agriculture. And many students come from poorer school districts, Funkhouser says. "This is their chance to learn techniques and do experiments they never would have a chance to do in high school".

     Warner Ervin of Houston is interested in animal science and learned how to tell male from female mosquitoes (蚊子). His adviser, Craig Coates, studies the genes of mosquitoes that allow them to fight against malaria and yellow fever. Coates thought this experience would be fun and helpful to the high school students.

     The agricultural research at A&M differs from stereotypes. It's “molecular (分子) science on the cutting edge”, Fnnkhouser says. The program broadened students' knowledge. Victor Garcia of Rio Grande City hopes to become a biology teacher and says he learned a lot about chemistry from the program.

     At the end of the program, the students presented papers on their research. They're also paid $600 for their work---another way this program differs from others, which often charge a fee.

     Fourteen students got paid to learn that science is fun, that agricuhure is a lot more than milking and plowing and that research can open many doors.

41. The research program is chiefly designed for ________

  A. high school advisers from Houston

  B. college students majoring in agriculture

  C. high school students from different places

  D. researchers at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

42. It can be inferred from the text that the students in poorer areas ___________.

  A. had little chance to go to college

  B. could often take part in the program

  C. found the program useful to their future

  D. showed much interest in their high school experiments

43. When the program was over, the students ____________.

  A. entered that college                B. wrote research reports

  C. paid for their research              D. found a way to make money

44. The underlined expression " on the cutting edge" in Paregraph 5 means" on the most ________ position".

  A. important      B. favourable    C. astonishing       D. advanced

45. What would be the best title for the text?

  A. A Program for Agricultural Science Students  B. A Program for Animal Science Students

  C. A Program for Medical Science Lovers      D. A Program for Future Science Lovers

E

    Some recent reports on the death penalty have brought some interesting responses from

readers all over the country. Although I really don’t like to make fun of people who oppose the

death penalty because they are so sincere, I wish they would come up with some new arguments to

replace the worn-out ones.

For example, many said something like this : “Wouldn’t it be better to keep the killers alive so

psychiatrists（精神科醫(yī)生）can study them in order to find out what makes them the way they are?”

It takes the average psychiatrist about five years to figure why a guy wants to stop for two drinks after work and won’t quit smoking. So how long do you think it will take him to determine why somebody with an IQ of 92 decided to murder the little old lady who lives next door? Besides, we have a huge number of killers in our prisons—more than enough to keep all the nation’s psychiatrists busy for the next 20 years.

Another standard is: “The purpose of the law should be to protect society, not to give cruel punishment, such as the death penalty.”

In that case ,we should tear down all the prisons and let all the criminals go because most people would consider a long period in prison to be cruel punishment--especially those who are locked up. Even 30 days in the Cook County Prison is no picnic.

And: “What gives society the right to take a life if an individual can’t?” The individuals who make up society give it that right. Societies perform many functions that individuals can’t. We can’t carry guns and shoot people, but we give that right to police.

Words can not explain the suffering the families of murder victim are left to live with. The families suffer a terrible loss, and they live with terrible memories. The knowledge that the killers are alive and will probably remain alive and cared for you by society is extremely painful. Probably, people who oppose the death penalty should try explaining to these people how cruel it is to kill someone.

72．What’s the writer’s attitude towards death penalty?

       A．Death penalty is a must.

       B．Death penalty doesn’t solve all the problems.

       C．Death penalty should be practiced more carefully.

       D．Death penalty should only be used on murderers.

73．How many arguments against death penalty are discussed in the passage?

       A．Two  B．Three       C．Four  D．Five

74．What does the last sentence of the text suggest?

       A．It’s cruel to use death penalty to kill someone.

       B．Murder victims need more comfort from the society.

       C．Opponents of death penalty should offer explanations.

       D．Murderers should be put to death as the punishment.

75．The author develops the passage by         .

       A．providing typical examples of death penalty

       B．following the natural time order

       C．presenting and analyzing ideas

       D．comparing opinions from different fields

21．Have you heard_____report? People with______good knowledge of engineering are in great need in the job market.

       A．a(chǎn); a B．the; a C．a(chǎn); /    D．the;/

24. —— How about camping, just for a change?

—— OK, ______ you want.

   A. whichever                  B. whoever       C. whatever              D. No matter what

27. _____ some of the juice — perhaps you'll like it. 

A. Trying                  B. Have tried       C. To try                    D. Try

D

　Stonehenge（巨石陣）may have been a prehistoric health center rather than a site for observing stars or a temple in honor of the dead, scientists said yesterday. New evidence unearthed at the World Heritage Site in more than 40 years suggests that the monument was a place where the diseased and injured went in groups, seeking cures.

After a two-week dig, scientists have concluded that Stonehenge was “the ancient healthcare centre of southern England” because of the existence of “bluestones”---the smaller columns of dolerite（輝綠巖）that formed an earlier stone structure.

By dating pieces of remains to around 7330BC, Tim Darvill, of Bournemouth University, and Goff Wainwright, of the Society of Amtiquaries have found that hunter-gatherers were at the site on Salisbury Plain 4,000 years earlier than thought. The first stage of Stonehenge, a round earthwork structure, was built around 3000BC. Professor Wainwright added: “I did not expect the degree of complexity we discovered. We’re able to say so much more about when Stonehenge was built and why---all of which changes our previous understanding of the monument.”

The research reveals the importance of the henge’s famous bluestones. Hundreds of bluestone chips gathered at the site have led the team to conclude that the bluestones were valued for their curing effects---the key reason that about 80 of them, each weighing up to 4 tons and a half, were dragged more than 150 miles from the Preseli Hills to Wiltshire. After years of research, Professors Darvill and Wainwright have concluded that, for thousands of years, the Preseli mountain range was home to magical health centers and holy wells.

Even today there are those who believe in the curing powers of the springs for coughs and heart disease, and people who use crystals and bluestones for self-curing. Radiocarbon tests have also revealed that the construction of the original bluestone circle took place around 2300BC, three centuries later than originally thought. Interestingly, on the same day died the “Amesbury Archer”---a sick traveler from the Swiss or German Alps who had an infected knee---whose remains were discovered about five miles from Stonehenge. The professors believe that he was a devoted religious person who was hoping to benefit from the curing powers of the monument.

63．Stonehenge is recently believed to be a place for people           .

    A．to recover from poor health    B．to observe star movements

    C．to hold religious ceremonies   D．to gather huge bluestones

64．What can be inferred about Stonehenge from the passage?

       A．The springs could cure coughs and heart disease best.

       B．The new discovery was the same as what had been expected.

       C．Some huge bluestones were not produced at Stonehenge.

       D．The original bluestone circle was thought to be constructed around 2000BC.

65．The sick traveler in the passage is supposed to be           .

       A．a(chǎn) devoted religious person from Stonehenge

       B．one of the earliest discoverers of Stonehenge

       C．the first explorer to test the magical power of bluestones

       D．a(chǎn) patient trying to cure his infection at Stonehenge

66．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

       A．Stonehenge: A New Place of Interest     B．Stonehenge: Still Making News

       C．Stonehenge: Heaven for Adventurers     D．Stonehenge: Still Curing Patients

A businesswoman, a mother of four, an international fashion icon（偶像） , a woman committed to making the world a better place for women and children—Queen Rania of Jordan is truly changing the world．

Rania was bom in Kuwait, in 1970．Shortly after Iraq invaded that country in 1990, her family fled and settled in Jordan．After graduating from a business school, Rania became successful in the business world．

When she was just 22, she went to a dinner party that changed her life forever．It was there that she met Jordan' s Prince Abdullah．Six months later, Rania and Abdullah had a royal wedding and started a family．

After the death of her father – in – law, King Hussein, in 1999, Prince Abdullah was crowned King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Rania became the world' s youngest living queen．

In her role as Queen, Rania has become well known around the world for her charity work and her efforts to improve educational opportunities for girls．She is an outspoken advocate of women' s rights, education reform, and child abuse．She is also well - known for her efforts to remove Western stereotypes （舊觀念） about the Muslim world．

Rania explains that there is a direct relationship between increasing education and eliminating poverty．" You can change the course of a nation through education," she says．" One of the most important things you can do for a girl is empower her with her education．Once she has the education she can then have control over her income, she can change her life, she can have choices．"

In the future, Rania says, she hopes for a more open and secure world．"We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think,' Well, that' s their problem．' But it' s not," she says．" When you solve somebody else' s problem, you are solving a problem for yourself, because our world today is so interconnected．"

Rania and her family moved to Jordan because ____．

A．she was engaged to Jordan' s Prince Abdullah

B．she wanted to attend a business school there

C．Jordan was a more developed country than Kuwait

D．the war broke out between Kuwait and Iraq

Rania became the world' s youngest living queen when she was ____．

A．a(chǎn) girl of 22              B．a(chǎn)t the age of 23      

C．in her thirties            D．29 years old

In her role as Queen, Rania is more devoted to ____．

A．her business work   B．girls' education      

C．fashion shows           D．her family

Rania thinks that ____．

A．women have brought about great changes to the world

B．education can help a girl find a wealthy husband

C．in the world today, all countries depend on each other

D．the Muslim world needs more help from the western countries

The text mainly describes Rania as ____．

A．a(chǎn) caring mother           B．a(chǎn) fashion model

C．a(chǎn) social activist           D．a(chǎn) smart businesswoman

It’s no use ______ with him ______ this matter.

A. arguing; for                       B. arguing; over

C. to argue; over                     D. to argue; about