I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight was 41 for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat. Slowly I walked to the mulberry piano in the 42 of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played．I swallowed the golf ball-sized lump（隆起的） in my throat and sat down. 43 , I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory keys. As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more 44 of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my year of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece 45 that I could play it backwards if 46 . Although at one point I accidentally played two keys 47 the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically （自动的）. My eyes burned holes into the page in front of me. There was no 48 that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this promise to myself, I leaned 49 and focused carefully on the music. 50 1 came to the end of the page, a warning 51 inside my head: DON' T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE! Needless to say, I 52 myself with all my heart and mind．And, proud of my \（技艺） I finished the 53 of the piece without making a single mistake. After the final note died away, a celebration went into action 54 my head.1 had finished.I had mastered （征服）the 55 . 36. A.unknown

B. still

C. calm

D. quiet D. wandering

37. A. shaking 38. A. true

B. moving C. waving

B. real C. young D. old

39. A. will B. can C. could D. would

40. A. turned out B. turned up 41. A. looking 42. A. comer 43. A. Slowly

C. turned back D．turned down

D. waiting

D. passage

B. searching C. expecting B. cross

C. center

B. Happily C. Quickly B. unsure B. so hardly

D. Suddenly

D. confident D. so many times D．ordered D. in the shape of D. sense

44. A. sure 45. A. so much time 46. A. requested 47. A. in spite of 48. A. way

C. certain C. such a lot of time C. demanded

B. told B. instead of B. need

C. in the way of C. use

49. A. backward 50. A. Then

B. forward

C. upward

D. downward D. While D. went

B. Next B. had

C. When

51. A. appeared 52. A. told

C. raised

B. asked B. part B. outside

C．obeyed

D．refused

D. rest D. on

53. A. other C. left C. out of

54. A. inside

55. A. musical B. piece

C. impossible D. possible

第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 ( A )

Electric shock

Injuries caused by electric shock are fairly common. When a person has received an electric shock, no one should go near him/her until the current has been turned off. If a shock occurring at work or at home causes someone to lose consciousness（知觉）, electrical connection must be broken before anyone tries to give assistance. You should either turn off the switch at the mains or, if that is not possible, push the person away with a dry piece of wood.

Treatment of shock

Look out for signs of shock. People who have been injured or who may have lost a lot of blood, or those who have had heart attacks, may be in deep shock. The signs to look for are faintness, paleness, a moist, sticky skin, shallow, rapid breathing and a fast but weak heartbeat.

Shock can prove fatal, and it is essential to do something to prevent its developing. The best way to treat or prevent shock is to keep the patient lying down, better with the legs higher than the head; if possible, raise the lower part of the body on a rolled-up packet or similar object. Make the patient as comfortable as possible, loosening any tight clothing, and comfort him/her because fright increases the effects of shock. 56．Match the pictures with the passages.

A．Picture 2. Electric shock; Picture 3. Treatment of shock

B．Picture 1. Electric shock; Picture 4. Treatment of shock C．Picture 4. Electric shock; Picture 2. Treatment of shock D．Picture 3. Electric shock; Picture 1. Treatment of shock

57．The above passages and pictures have something to do with .

A．how to deal with difficulties C．how to face danger

B．how to do first aid

D．how to match pictures with passages

58．What would happen if you didn’t turn off the current when you had to treat an unconscious

person who had just received an electric shock?

A．He would regain his consciousness soon. B．He would die soon.

C．Electrical connection would be broken.

D．You would be in danger of getting the shock yourself.

59．Of the following adjectives chosen from above, which one has the meaning of “causing death”?

A．Fatal.

B．Sticky.

C．Essential.

D．Unconscious.

( B )

It’s the place where smart people make smart machines work even smarter. But for the people who work in it, Silicon Valley (硅谷) is more than just a high technology hothouse. It’s also in the heart of sunny California, a great place to start a family and raise kids. What could be better?

But something is happening to the children. Up until the age of two they develop normally. Their proud parents watch and smile as they take their first steps and speak their first words. But then everything seems to go backwards. The children become locked into their own small world, unable to communicate at all. They call it the “curse(祸) of Silicon Valley,” but the medical name for the condition is autism（孤独症）. It used to be thought that autism was a mental illness. Now doctors are sure that it is a disease transmitted genetically. It seems that the people leading the communications revolution are having children who cannot communicate at all.

But even the parents have trouble communicating. Asperger’s Syndrome (综合症) is connected with autism. People who have it are highly intelligent and often brilliant with numbers or systems but have no social skills, which makes Asperger’s sufferers into excellent computer professionals. Unfortunately, many of the children of two Asperger’s parents in Silicon Valley seem to be developing serious autism.

There is little anyone can do. And there is no cure in sight. Some argue that no cure should be found．“It may be that autistics are essentially (本质上) different from normal people, but that these differences make them valuable for the evolution (进化) of the human race,” says Dr Kirk Wilhelm of the University of California．“To remove the genes (基因) for autism could be terrible.”

It seems that the children of Silicon Valley are paying the price of genius. 60. A person who has autism usually _____.

A．has difficulty in speaking C．has difficulty in working

B．loses communication skills D．hates people around

61. Which of the following best explains “curse of Silicon Valley”?

A．The children are brought up in Silicon Valley. B．Autism is just a result of working in Silicon Valley.

C．The children suffer from autism due to their parents in Silicon Valley. D．Autism makes the children in Silicon Valley unable to communicate.

62. Some people think that no cure of autism should be found because ______.

A．autism cannot be cured

B．autism isn’t a disease

D．autism is necessary in some way

C．harm will be done to the children

63. What does the writer seem to feel about the children of Silicon Valley?

A．It’s a pity that they cannot have a normal life. B．They are the pride of the human race.

C．They are sure to have a bright future.

D．It’s likely that they will have a normal life.