---I have seen so little of Mike______. Is he away on business?

---Oh, no. He just leaves for his office and returns very ______.

A. later; lately        B. later; late                  C. late; lately         D. lately; late

John had tried to find a job in the sales department, but he had no__________.

       A．chance      B．time                C．quality                   D．luck

 –I am trying to have an ice cream. I am dying of thirst.

  --_______. Let’s go and get one.

A. My pleasure.         B. Take it easy        C. So am I         D. So I am

Mathilde and her husband turned the whole room upside down ________ the lost necklace.

     A．in favor of           B．in want of           C．in charge of    D．in search of  

Before Sally left home, her mother kept telling her to ________ her manners at the party.

     A．notice     B．care       C．mind      D．observe

Unwilling to wake up her sound sleeping husband, she ______ a note, telling him that she would come back very late, and put it under his pillow.

A. made         B. played            C. struck                 D. scratched

—Miss Broun is very busy, isn’t she?

         —So she is．She has       greater responsibilities since she was promoted．

         A．taken off         B．taken after             C．taken in              D．taken on

       SHANGHAI-Famed Chinese scientist Qian Weichang died here on Friday morning, saddening millions of his countrymen.

       He was 98.

       Qian, a pioneer in mechanics and applied mathematics in modern China, was one of the three famous "Qians" in China's science and technology field. He was well known alongside Qian Xuesen, the father of China's space program, and Qian Sanqiang, a nuclear physicist who oversaw the development of China's nuclear program.

       Wu Shuqing, former president of Peking University, said Qian was an internationally well-known scholar whose modesty and conduct has set a good example for following generations.

       After learning about Qian's death, millions of Chinese people offered their condolences (吊唁) online.

       Many students from Shanghai University, where Qian was a former president, burst into tears after hearing the news, saying it was a great loss to the university and to China.

       For those off campus for the summer vocation, many visited their university website, which had been turned gray. Some said they planned to return to the campus to mourn him.

       Many of those still on campus voluntarily joined preparations for a mourning (哀悼) service that will begin at the university on Saturday.

       The university has set up two mourning halls at two of its campuses and publicized the mourning time and phone numbers at the two sites.

       Qian was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, in 1912. Although he was initially not good at science, he chose to study physics at Tsinghua University because he believed science and technology were the keys to strengthening China in the 1930s.

       He graduated from Tsinghua in 1935, and earned his PhD in applied mathematics from the University of Toronto in Canada in 1942.

       He returned to China in 1946 and became a mechanics professor and later vice-president at Tsinghua University.

       Qian made great contributions to the engineering applications of sciences, such as the fluttering of airplanes, armor penetration, the design of instruments and pipe systems.

       He is an academician (院士) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

36. Qian Weichang used to work at ______.

       A. Tsinghua University and Peking University

       B. Shanghai University and Toronto University

       C. Peking University and Shanghai University

       D. Tsinghua University and Shanghai University

37. According to the passage, the students expressed their sadness to Qian's death in the following ways EXCEPT that they ______.

       A. held mourning meetings in the university

       B. could not stop crying for losing him

       C. went to the university to mourn him themselves

       D. offered their help to the mourning service

38. The passage tells us that ______ made Qian Weichang aim at science in his university time.

       A. his talents at study

       B. his failures at science

       C. the family's expectation

       D. his love to the country

39. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

       A. Qian Weichang graduated from Tsinghua University.

       B. Qian Weichang used to work side by side with Qian Xuesen and Qian Sanqiang.

       C. Qian Weichang spent at least four years studying and living abroad.

       D. Qian Weichang was not good at science before he went to university.

40. What is the best title of this passage?

       A. Respected Scientist Passes on at 98

       B. The Great Life of the Scientist-Qian Weichang

       C. The Whole Nation Mourn Qian Weichang

       D. A 98-year Old Man Passed in Shanghai

Ⅱ    閱讀(共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)

第一節(jié)：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do，and home has become much less of a workshop. Clothes can be bought ready made; washing can go to the laundry; food can be bought; cooked，canned or preserved; bread is baked and delivered by the baker; milk arrives on the doorstep; meats can be had at the restaurant，the work’s canteen，and the school dining-room.

It is unusual now for father to pursue his trade or other employment at home，and his children rarely，if ever，see him at his place of work. Boys are therefore seldom trained to follow their father’s occupation，and in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money，and soon acquires a feeling of economic independence. In textile areas it has long been customary for mothers to go out to work，but this practice has become so widespread that the working mother is now a not unusual factor in a child’s home life，the number of married women in employment having more than doubled in the last twenty-five years. With mother earning and his older children drawing substantial wages father is seldom the dominant figure that he still was at the beginning of the century. When mother works, economic advantages accrue，but children lose something of great value if mother’s employment prevents her from being home to greet them when they return from school.

26. The writer mentions home as workshop because______.

A. fathers often pursue employment at home

B. parents had to make food and necessity themselves for their daily-life

C. many families produce goods at home for sale

D. both fathers and mothers and mothers in most families are workers

27. The writer says that home has become much less of a workshop. He means______.

A. in the past, home was more like a workshop

B. home is much more of a workshop now

C. home-workshops are becoming fewer and fewer

D. home was less like a workshop in the past

28. The word“accrue”in the sentence“When mother...accrue，”is closest in meaning to

__________________.

A. change                            B. dwindle                    C. double                     D. increase

29. The chief reason that boys are seldom trained to follow their father’s occupation is ___________________.

A. that children nowadays rarely see their fathers at their place of work

B. that fathers do not like to pursue employment at home any more

C. that there is a wide choice of employment for children

D. that children also like to have jobs outside

30. What makes father no longer the only dominant person in a family?

A. With their earning，mother and children do not need to depend on father for their life.

B. There are many choice of employment for mothers and children.

C. Father does much less for his children today than he used to.

D. The number of married women in employment has increased greatly now.

It is difficult for any of us to eat better, exercise more and sleep enough _________ we know we should.

A. despite       B. even though     C. as if   D. unless