55. A. controlled B. comforted reminded D. raised

C.

答案 36.C 37.C 38.A 39.C 40.B 41.C 42.B 43.D 44.D 45.A 46.A 47.D 48.B 49.C 50.A 51.B 52.D 53.C 54.B 55.D

Passage 44

(05·江苏)

On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed. It happened a few minutes past three,

36 my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it 37 over a fence. Chris was paralyzed (瘫痪) from the chest down, 38 to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of 39 with lots of unexpected challenges( 挑战). We went from the \to the “have-nots\Or so we thought. 40 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of 41 difficulties. We came to learn that something 42 could happen in a disaster . All over the world people

43 Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week

in a 44 center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of 45 had been received and sorted.

As 46 , we opened letter after letter. They gave us 47 and became a source of strength for us. We used them to 48 ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with \find advice from people in wheelchairs or 50 in bed living happily and 51 . These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so 52 we offer one of them to you.

Dear Chris, My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your 53 accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this 54 challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you 55 . Yours Sincerely, Nancy Reagan 36.A.since 37. A. walked 38. A. able 39. A. disability 40. A. So 41. A. sharing 42. A. terrible 43. A. wrote for 44. A. medical

B.before B. climbed B. unable B. possession B. For B. separating B. similar B. cared for B. postal

C. when D.while

C. pulled D. jumped C. suitable D. unsuitable C. convenience D. experience C. Or D. Yet

C. fearing D. exploiting C. wonderful D. practical C. hoped for D. sent for C. experimental D. mental

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45.A. news 46. A. patients 47. A. effect 48. A. encourage 49. A. cry 50. A. much 5l. A. bitterly 52. A. here 53. A. driving 54. A. technical 55. A. nearby B. paper B. a family B. effort B. express B. laugh B. never B. fairly B. there B. flying B. different B. close C. equipment D. mail C. nurses D. a group C. comfort D. explanation C. control D. treat C. chat D. sigh C. even D. seldom

C. weakly D. successfully C. therefore D. forward C. running D. riding

C. difficult D. valuable C. busy D. alive

答案 36.C 37.D 38.B 39.C 40.D 41.A 42.C 43.B 44.A 45.D 46.B 47.C 48.A 49.B 50.C 51.D 52.A 53.D 54.C 55.D

Passage 45

(05·浙江) It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. 21 I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed 22 . I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls 23 their souls belonged to the 24 .

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 25 in front of it. \finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. \26 \he said. He was chatting online with somebody--probably someone he didn't know--and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game--a war game. I was surprised. He was chatting online and, 27 , he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was 28 .

Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried 29 to speak to that computer geek (怪人), 30 not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反应）. I was 31 . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, \

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I ___33 , and saw nobody showed any interest.

34 , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more 35 having a relationship with the ___36 , particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to 37 the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 38 with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even 39 that the coffee was bad, ___40 Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him. 21．A．Before B．Since C．Although D．While 22．A．pain B．loneliness C．sadness D．fear 23．A．because B．when C．until D．unless

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24．A．home B．world C．Net D．Cafe 25．A．sleeping B．laughing C．sitting D．learning 26．A．busy B．thirsty C．tired D．sick 27．A．first of all B．just then C．at the same time D．by that time 28．A．surprised B．delighted C．moved D．frightened 29．A．once B．again C．first D．even 30．A．but B．so C．if D．or 31．A．excited B．respected C．afraid D．unhappy 32．A．Shut up B．Enjoy yourself C．Leave me alone

D．Help me out

33．A．walked about B．walked out C．raised my hand D．raised my head 34．A．From then on B．At that moment C．In all D．Above

all

35．A．interested in B．tired of C．careful about D．troubled by 36．A．computer B．soul C．shop D．geek 37．A．tell B．plan C．imagine D．design 38．A．other than B．instead of C．except for D．as well as 39．A．pretend B．understand C．insist D．realize 40．A．as if B．just as C．just after D．even though 答案 21.D 22.B 23.A 24.C 25.C 26.A 27.C 28.A 29.B 30.A 31.D 32.C 33.D 34.B 35.A 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.D 40.B

Passage 46

(06·福建)

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment（预约）into the outer 36 of Harvard’s president. But they were 37 by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 38 that the couple would finally become 39 and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 40 .

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a 41 face. The lady told him, “We had a son that 42 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was 43 here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to 44 a memorial（纪念物）to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t 45 . Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this 46 would look like a cemetery（墓地）,” “Oh, no,” the lady 47 quickly. “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a 48 to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and 49 at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do you have any 50 how much a building costs? We have spent over ＄7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was 51 , because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a 52 ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. 53 their offer was turned down. Mr. and Mrs.

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Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their 54 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 55 about. 36．A．lab B．library C．hall D．office 37．A．watched B．stopped C．followed D．interviewed 38．A．hoping B．finding C．realizing D．imagining 39．A．surprised B．disappointed C．worried D．troubled 40．A．hopelessly B．carefully C．unexpectedly D．unwillingly 41．A．pleasant B．funny C．cold D．sad 42．A．attended B．visited C．studied D．served 43．A．clever B．brave C．proud D．happy 44．A．set about B．set up C．take down D．take over 45．A．satisfied B．excited C．moved D．ashamed 46．A．house B．part C．garden D．place 47．A．explained B．expressed C．refused D．admitted 48．A．building B．yard C．playground D．square 49．A．laughed B．shouted C．glanced D．called 50．A．suggestion B．idea C．thought D．opinion 51．A．bored B．astonished C．interested D．pleased 52．A．department B．university C．business D．club 53．A．Once B．While C．Since D．Though 54．A．name B．character C．picture D．sign 55．A．talked B．knew C．heard D．cared 答案 36.D 37.B 38.A 39.B 40.D 41.C 42.A 43.D 44.B 45.C 46.D 47.A 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.D 52.B 53.C 54.A 55.D

Passage 47

(05·辽宁) Scott and his companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole,

they found the Norwegians（挪威人）had 36 them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After 37 the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves 38 they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly 39 and the joy and excitement about the

Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly 40 . The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had 41 to mark their way home. To make things 42 . Evans, whom they had all thought of 43 the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having 44 along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were 45 pushed on at the best speed they

could 46 . Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his 47 fact; at night his feet swelled（肿胀） so large that he could 48 put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely

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although he was in great 49 . He knew his slowness was making it less likely that 50 could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him 51 a few more miles, until it was time to put up the 52 for another night.

The following morning, 53 the other three were still in their

sleeping-bags, he said. “I am just going outside and may be 54 some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out 55 into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions. 36．A．hit B．fought C．won D．beaten 37．A．growing B．putting C．planting D．laying 38．A．after B．until C．while D．before 39．A．safe B．fast C．short D．slow 40．A．rose B．set C．appeared D．disappeared 41．A．taken up B．cut up C．set up D．picked up 42．A．easier B．better C．bitter D．worse 43．A．to B．upon C．as D．in 44．A．battled B．struggled C．speeded D．waited 45．A．left B．lost C．defeated D．saved 46．A．manage B．try C．employ D．find 47．A．ached B．frozen C．harden D．harmed 48．A．hardly B．never C．seldom D．nearly 49．A．pain B．fear C．trouble D．danger 50．A．all others B．some others C．others D．the others 51．A．away B．with C．off D．on 52．A．bed

B．tent C．blanket D．sleeping-bag 53．A．while B．since C．for D．once 54．A．missed B．separated C．passed D．gone 55．A．patiently B．lonely C．alone D．worriedly

答案 36.D 37.C 38.D 39.D 40.C 41.C 42.D 43.C 44.B 45.A 46.A 47.B

48.A 49.A 50.D 51.D 52.B 53.A 54.D 55.C

Passage 48

(05·江西)

In the summer vacation of 1997 , I was fixed with a job . I worked as a(n) 36 at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop .The fruit shop did 37 business . Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood , 38 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars . Mr Breen 39 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up , always 40 me to carry it out to their car . They were clearly long-standing customers , and I 41 they must have stayed faithful to him 42 he had promised to sell good quality 43 . He had a way with them —I had to 44 that .

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