选择题：1.need repairing 2reading 3.was；was 4neither 5ddoes she cook；she dances 6manage7.can’t have seen8.that 11so；that 12by means of 13.didn’t do 14so much as 15.known9can10.would approve完型天空三、Cloze(30 points) Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Scientists who study the brain have found out a great deal about how we learn.They have 1 that babies learn much more fro m the sights and sounds around them tha n we 2 before.You can help your bab y by taking advantage of her hunger to le arn.From the 3 beginning,babies try to imi tate the 4 they hear us make.They “re ad”the 5 on our faces and our mov ements.That is 6 it is so important to talk,sing and smile to your child.Hearing yo u talk is your b aby’s first 7 toward b ecoming a reader,because it 8 her to love language and to learn words. As your child grows older, 9 talking wi th her.Ask her about the things she does.A sk her about the events and people in the story you 10 together.Let her know yo u are carefully 11 what she says.By k eeping her in 12 and listening,you are13 encouraging your child to think as she speaks. 14 ,you are showing that you respect her knowledge and her ability to 15 learning..答案1discovered 2.thought 3very 4sounds5.looks6.why7.step8.helps 9continue 10 read11.listening to 12.talking 13.also 14.Besides .15keep四、Reading Comprehension (60 points) Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose one best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Mr.Smith was a wealthy industrialist, but he .....................savings, his advancement in a te chnological society, and things in general. 1.didn’t feel well 2body movements 3 forgot all about his business4lasting for a short time二Public goods are those commodities from whose enjoyment nobody can be effectivelyexcluded.Everybody is free to enjoy the ben efits of these commodities, and one person ’s........................and citizens for the security p rovided to them through national defense.Be cause the market does not provide the nec essary signals, economic analysis has to b e substituted for the impersonal judgement of the marketplace.1A specific group of commodities.2A taxi.3difficult procedure 4.A general concept is defined and then examples are given.三There is a popular belief among parents th at schools are no longer interested in spell ing.No school I have taught in has ever ig nored spelling or considered it unimportantas a basic skill.There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it, or h ow much priority 。

难以辨认的).”It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil’s technical abilities in writing, but it was a lso a sad reflection on the teacher who ha d omitted to read the essay, which contain ed some beautiful expressions of the child’s deep feelings.The teacher was not wrongto draw attention to the errors, but if his priorities had centred on the child’s idea, an expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given th e pupil more motivation to seek improveme nt.1.the difficulties in teaching spelling 2to avoid using words one is not sure of 3.unfair4the relationship between spelling and the content of a composition四Ann Curry is a famous news presenter of the NBC News “Today”show. When she was 15 she happened to walk into a book store in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves. The man beh ind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if sh e’d like a job. She needed to start saving f or college, so she said yes.。

At McCarley’s bookstore, A nn always sensed she was working for thecustomers, not the store. Today it’s the sa me. NBC News pays her, but she feels asif she works for the people who watch the programmes, helping them make sense of the world.1.a couple of years before college2The bo okstore.3Helping people through her work.4. Ann’s news report moved some doctors. 五It was Ann’s first experience of flying.She had always been afraid of heights and so was prepare d to be frightened.Only the fact that she w as going to meet her son who she had n ot seen for three years had given her the courage to make the flight.。

window she saw a great carpet of cloud a bove, so beautiful that she stared in wond er, hardly turning away from the window til l they touched down.1.she had a fear of being in high places2.Holding on to part of the seat.3.Because she couldn’t make the plane stop.4Greatly attracted.A.What about making it a little earlierB.I have no ideaC.Let’s go togetherD.Thank you all the sameE.Do you like basketballF.When and where shall we meetG.What are you going to doH.It doesn’t matterA:What do you plan to do this weekend? B: 56 . A:I hear there’s going to be a basketballmatch this Sunday.Tom and I are going t o watch it. 57 ? B:Of course.Basketball is my favourite.But I have no ticket for the match.What a pit y!A:You’re lucky.I have some free tickets.58 . B:Great! 59 ? A:Let’s meet at the bus stop at half pastfive. B:I think there must be a big crowd of people there. 60 ? A:OK.See you at five o’clock. B:See you.答案56.B 57.E 58.C 59.F 60.A你是刘玲(Liu Ling)，写一封给晓东(Xiao Dong)的道歉信，讲明道歉的原因、解决问题的办法，以弥补因晓东来拜访而自己不在家给他带来的沮丧。