He called every woman “madam” for a start , 45 those who clearly were not,

but when he 46 it , it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded 47 in an old-fashioned way . He was a great chatter 48 . If he did not know them , he would greet them with a few 49 about the weather , 50 he did , he would ask about their families or make 51 , always cutting his cloth 52 his customers . Whatever their bills came to , be 53 gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite . He never 54 anything away . He was always looking for 55 for nothing . 36．A．operator B．assistant C．waiter D．seretary 37．A．good B．poor C．big D．usual 38．A．so B．when C．therefore D．but 39．A．sold B．knew C．gave D．sent 40．A．making B．letting C．getting D．keeping 41．A．wish B．insist C．declare D．suppose 42．A．when B．if C．because D．though 43．A．food B．fruit C．vegetables D．drink 44．A．admit B．expect C．announce D．promise 45．A．yet B．only C．just D．even 46．A．told B．said C．spoke D．talked 47．A．serious B．strange C．polite D．familiar 48．A．as well B．as usual C．either D．also 49．A．sayings B．questions C．words D．speeches 50．A．and then B．and so C．even if D．but if 51．A．preparations B．jokes C．repairs D．friends 52．A．according to B．due to C．instead of D．up to 53．A．never B．ever C．seldom D．always 54．A．took B．moved C．threw D．turned . 55．A．something B．anything C．somebody D．anybody 答案 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.B 40.C 41.D 42.C 43.B 44.A 45.D 46.B 47.C 48.A 49.C 50.D 51.B 52.A 53.D 54.C 55.A

Passage 49

(05·湖南)

When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 36 the move, my father 37 us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 38 that the universe would suddenly change its course. \

The words, so small, didn't seem 40 enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the 41_ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 42 mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 43 into own new home.

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44 my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I 45 explored(探索) our

new surroundings.

One afternoon, I was out exploring 46 and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. \ I turned around to see an old woman

\entire state.

\name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the 49 ? It must be quite a _50 after living in Boston.\

How could I explain how I 51 the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.

\vastness,\she offered. “That vastness 52 you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert -- you can 53 how little you are in comparison with the world. _54 , you feel that the possibilities are limitless.” That was it. That was the feeling I'd bad ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 55 would change with just a few simple words.

\plant you should and shouldn't touch.\

36. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before 37. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted 38. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing

39. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying 40. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper 41 A. picture B. ground C. sense D. area

42. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained

43. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped 44. A. If B. After C. once D. While 45. A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D. eagerly

46 A as well B. as usual C. fight away D. on time

47. A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch 48. A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least 49. A. desert B. city C. state D. country

50. A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger 51. A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached 52. A. why B. when C. how D. where

53. A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect 54. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile 55. A. idea B. life C. home D. family

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

Passage 50

(05·安徽)

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 36 and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be 37 but a failure.”

After five years of 38 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat 39 that could have happened to me. I 40 ! wanted-to do something positive (积极地) with my life because I wanted to prove to 41 that what people said about me was 42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s 43 it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 44 and went to college. My first novel (小说) 45 while I was at college.

After college I taught during the 46 in high schools and attended evening classes at London University, where I got a 47 in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 48 that job to write full time 49 I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself — 50 was a working-.class boy who’d 51 school early, now teaching at the university

My writing career (职业) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and 52 , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 53 what does it mean? I 54 wish all the people that have put me down had 55 : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

36. A. bright B. useless C. simple D. hopeful 37. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing 38. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful

39 A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing 40. A. admitted B. decided C. planned D. told 41. A. me B. them C. her D. it

42. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. faulty 43. A. see B. know C. understand D. face 44. A. experiment B. practice C. writing D. composition 45. A. came on B. came in C. came out D. came back 46. A. day B. night C. month D. year 47. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success 48. A. giving in B. giving back C. giving out D. giving up 49. A. while B. if C. when D. or 50. A. there B. here C. it D. that 51. A. left B. attended C. changed D. graduated 52. A. tired B. calm C. nervous D. famous 53. A. And B. But C. However D. Well 54. A. just B. exactly C. so D. very

55. A. praised B. said C. answered D. advised

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

(05·湖北)

You are near the front line of a battle .Around you shells are exploding ;people are shooting from a house behind you .What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier .You aren’t 36 carrying a gun .You’re standing in front of a 37 and you’re telling the TV 38 what is happening.

It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter ,and it can be very 39 .In the first two years of the 40 in former Yugoslavia（前南斯拉夫）,28 reporters and photographers were killed .Hundreds more were 41 .What kind of people put themselves in danger to 42 pictures to our TV screens and 43 to our newspapers? Why do they do it ?

“I think it’s every young journalist’s 44 to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s 45 you find the excitement .So when the first opportunity comes ,you take it 46 it is a war.”

But there are moments of 47 . Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes ,when you’re lying on the ground and bullets （子弹）are flying 48 your ears ,you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling 49 after a while and when the next war starts , you’ll be 50 .” “None of us believes that we’re going to 51 ,” adds Michael .But he always 52 a lucky charm（护身符）with him .It was given to him by his wife for his first war .It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, 53 ,and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this ,I 54 I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God 55 ,because you know he doesn’t believe you .” 36．A．simply B．really C．merely D．even 37．A．crowd B．house C．battlefield D．camera 38．A．producers B．viewers C．directors D．actors 39．A．dangerous B．exciting C．normal D．disappointing 40．A．stay B．fight C．war D．life 41．A．injured B．buried C．defeated D．saved 42．A．bring B．show C．take D．make 43．A．scenes B．passages C．stories D．contents 44．A．belief B．dream C．duty D．faith 45．A．why B．what C．how D．where 46．A．even so B．ever since C．as if D．even if 47．A．fear B．surprise C．shame D．sadness 48．A．into B．around C．past D．through 49．A．returns B．goes C．continues D．occurs 50．A．there B．away C．out D．home 51．A．leave B．escape C．die D．remain 52．A．hangs B．wears C．holds D．carries

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53．A．never 54．A．consider 55．A．whispering B．many times B．accept B．laughing C．some time C．promise C．screaming D．seldom D．guess D．crying

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

(05·北京) Dear Laura,

I just heard you tell an old story of gift giving and unselfish love in your program. You doubted that such unselfish love would happen in today’s world. Well, I’m here to give you 36 .

I wanted to do something very 37 for my fifteen – year – old son, who has always been the perfect child. He 38 all summer to earn enough money to buy a used motorcycle. Then, he spent hours and hours on it 39 it looked almost new. I was so 40 of him that I bought him the shiniest helmet and a riding outfit.

I could 41 wait for him to open up his gift. In fact, I barely slept the night before. Upon awakening. I went to the kitchen to 42 the coffee, tea, and morning goodies. In the living room was a beautiful keyboard with a 43 : “To my wonderful mother, all my love, your son.”

I was so 44 . It had been a long – standing joke in our family that I wanted a piano so that I could 45 lessons. “L earn to play the piano, and I’ll get you one” was my husband’s 46 .

I stood there shocked, crying a river, asking myself how my son could 47 this expensive gift.

Of course, the 48 awoke, and my son was thrilled（激动的）with my reaction. Many kisses were 49 , and I immediately wanted him to 50 my gift.

As he saw the helmet and outfit, the look on his face was not 51 what I was expecting. Then I 52 that he had sold the motorcycle to get me the keyboard.

Of course I was the proudest mother 53 on that day, and my feet never hit the ground for a month.

So I wanted you to know, that kind of love still 54 and lives even in the ever–changing world of me, me, me!

I thought you’d love to 55 this story.

Yours, Hilary P.S. The next day, my husband and I bought him a new “used” already shiny motorcycle.

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