Dear Daddy，

You’ve been gone for six years and I’ve had time to think.Now I’m ready to write this letter to you.

For a long time after Mom died，I thought I liked her more because I didn’t like your tough guy attitude and I thought that her softer side was more desirable.In my 15­year­old’s mind，I thought you could have stopped my mother from drinking herself to death.Instead，you were off playing tennis and working.Later，I realized that no one could make someone stop drinking.Support is important，but at the end of the day，it is a choice.You were just doing your best.

What I have learned is that I am much like you.You taught me self­confidence.I know if I am prepared to work hard enough for something，I will be successful.This is no small thing.What I’ve realized since you died is that you were always there for me.You fought to ensure that I got my place on the Quebec badminton team that I had earned.When I got divorced，you came up to see if I had what I needed to take care of the boys and you paid off my car.

You taught me not to spend money I don’t have.I’ve always kept to that rule.It has served me well.We always had a good home to live in，nice vacations，and everything we needed and most of what we wanted.

You were not a perfect parent and neither am I．My children are much more thankful than I ever was.I am thankful that I had you as my dad.I am still Daddy’s girl and I am proud of it.

54．We can know the writer’s father________ .

A．a(chǎn)lways put his family in first place

B．didn’t understand his daughter

C．didn’t treat his daughter well

D．died six years ago

55．Which of the following things did the writer’s father teach her?

a．self­confidence  b．to love doing sports

c．not to hate anybody    d．to spend money properly

A．a(chǎn)bc                                                B．bd  

C．cd                                                  D．a(chǎn)d

56．What can we infer from the letter?

A．The writer’s father cared about her very much.

B．The writer didn’ t have a good childhood.

C．The writer’s children don’t love her.

D．The writer now lives alone.

57．From the last paragraph we know the writer________.

A．thinks she is a much better parent than her dad

B．is thankful for everything she has

C．considers her father to be perfect

D．is proud to have such a father

People often say that money talks.They mean that a person with a lot of money can say how he or she wants things done.But it is not easy to earn enough money to gain this kind of power.Anyone in a business will tell you that it is a jungle (叢林) out there.This expression is probably used because the jungle is filled with wild animals and unknown dangers.Sometimes people in business feel competing businesses are as dangerous as wild animals.

People in business have to be careful if they are to survive the jungle out there.They must not be led into making bogus investments (投資)．The word bogus began to appear in American newspapers in the 1800s.A newspaper in Boston，Massachusetts said the word came from a criminal (罪犯) whose name was Borghese.Borghese wrote checks to people although he did not have enough money in the bank.After writing the checks，he would flee from the town.So，people who were paid with his checks received nothing.The newspaper said Americans shortened and changed his  name Borghese to bogus.

People trying to earn money also must be aware of being ripped off.A person who is ripped off has had something stolen，or at least has been treated very unfairly.A writer for the magazine American Speech said he first saw the expression used on a sign that a student carried in a university.The message on the sign was that the student felt ripped off，or cheated.Perhaps the best way to prevent getting ripped off in business is not to try to get rich quickly.

 50.This passage is mainly written to________.

A．explain several expressions related to money

B．tell us some skills of learning English words

C．tell us the secret of how to do business

D．tell us the power of money

51．If we say something is bogus，we probably mean it is not________.

A．real                                                 B．beautiful 

C．good                                              D．new

52．According to Paragraph 2，where did the word “bogus” come from?

A．The name of a very successful businessman.

B．The name of a criminal who cheated others.

C．The name of a famous newspaper in Boston.

D．The name of a check written by a criminal.

53．If you have been ripped off，it probably means________.

A．you have been treated well

B．you have earned much money

C．you have had something stolen

D．you have left something somewhere 

Many people often lose their friends and they don’t know how to keep a long friendship.So how can you keep a long friendship? The following passage explains very well about this matter.

The first thing you need to do is to become a good listener.In this way，you show your friends that you are interested in their lives.You want to know more about them and you want to help them solve their problems.They will cherish the friendship more if they know you care about them.

The next thing is that you should respect other people’s privacy (隱私)．People usually don’t like others to know about their private life，so you should show respect toward their privacy.Sometimes，they need some suggestions from others，but this does not mean that others can know about their entire life.So respect for privacy is a must for keeping a long friendship.

The third important thing is that you need to be able to forgive.You must remember that nobody is perfect in this world.It is important to forgive others and not to blame them for the mistakes they have already made.You are not perfect either.Thus you need to apologize to others for the mistakes you may have made.

Pay attention to the three things above，and you will be able to have long friendships.

46．This passage is written to tell us________.

A．why a long friendship is important

B．what we can do for our friends

C．how to make friends with others

D．how to keep a long friendship

47．According to the passage，what is the first thing that we need to do?

A．To know more about our friends.

B．To share our happiness and sadness.

C．To be good at listening to our friends.

D．To help our friends solve their problems.

48．What does the writer suggest you do if your friend makes a mistake?

A．Blame him.                                    B．Forgive him.

C．Tell him why it is so.                      D．Leave him immediately.

49．The writer most probably thinks that________.

A．everyone makes mistakes

B．some people are perfect

C．people often make stupid mistakes

D．we shouldn’t apologize fpr every mistake

A king once went to a master (大師)．He wanted to become more powerful than other__26__kings.He sat in front of the master and__27__telling him the purpose of his__28__.The master listened__29__to the king.

He then told the king to go to the__30__where a rose plant and a cypress (柏樹(shù)) plant were growing side by side.He told the king，“They are your__31__.They can teach you what you want to__32__.”

The king went into the garden，and__33__the two plants but could not__34__what he could learn from them.He went back to the master and asked，“What do you__35__，master? I am not able to understand what and how these plants will teach me.”

The master took the king to the plants and__36__，“This cypress plant has been next to the rose plant for so many years.Never once has it wanted to become a rose plant.__37__，the rose plant has never wanted to become a cypress plant.If man had been the cypress plant，he would have__38__himself with the rose and felt jealous (忌妒的) at the__39__that the beautiful rose plant was getting from all the people.__40__，if man were the rose plant，he would have__41__the cypress plant enviously  (羨慕地)  thinking how__42__ the plant was without the__43__ of being disturbed by people all day！Both of the plants grew very well because they__44__all their energy for their own__45__instead of using it to compete with the other.”

26．A.rich　　 　                                  B．handsome　 　

C．western　 　                                    D．neighboring

27．A.forgot                                         B．continued 

C．started                                            D．suggested

28．A.transport                                    B．visit    

C．study                                               D．test

29．A.patiently                                      B．a(chǎn)ngrily     

C．happily                                            D．worriedly

30．A.valley                                          B．bank    

C．garden                                        D．forest

31．A.enemies                                      B．families

C．friends                                             D．teachers

32．A.design                                         B．learn   

C．build                                                D．notice

33．A.saw                                            B．watched 

C．noticed                                            D．heard

34．A.provide                                       B．show 

C．understand                                      D．remember

35．A.hear                                           B．find 

C．say                                                  D．mean

36．A.ordered                                       B．explained 

C．a(chǎn)sked                                              D．requested

37．A.Similarly                                      B．Frequently 

C．Finally                                             D．Luckily

38．A.covered                                      B．compared 

C．marked                                           D．dressed

39．A.pack                                           B．pay 

C．a(chǎn)ttention                                          D．message

40．A.Besides                                       B．However    

C．Therefore                                        D．Or

41．A.looked at                                    B．waited for

C．called on                                         D．listened to

42．A.heavy                                          B．useful  

C．peaceful                                        D．poor

43．A.duty                                           B．mistake 

C．interest                                            D．trouble

44．A.lost                                             B．used 

C．lent                                                 D．received

45．A.growth                                       B．opinion 

C．fun  D．victory

—Shall we go to the art exhibition right away?

—________.

A．It’s your opinion                               B．Never mind

C．It’s up to you                                  D．That’s your decision

—Hi，Tracy，you look tired.

—I________the living room for three hours.

A．paint                                             B．had painted

C．was painting                                    D．have been painting

His________to the bad news was beyond what all of us had expected.

A．reaction                                           B．impression

C．manner                                          D．understanding

________of the project________finished，which made the manager relaxed.

A．Four fifth；is                                   B．Four fifths；was

C．Four fifth；were                              D．Four fifths；are

I won’t attend his lectures again.This one couldn’t have been________，in fact.

A．so bad                                            B．so good

C．a(chǎn)ny better                                        D．a(chǎn)ny worse

The professor________at 8 o’clock，but he has not shown up yet，which worries all of us.

A．was supposed to arrive                      B．must have arrived

C．might have arrived                            D．was supposed arriving