A. The pressures of modern work and life are heavy B. They don’t like children

C. Many men become parents after long preparation 12. What can we learn from the conversation ？

A．People in American want to have more children than before . B. Few old people agree to have no children . C. Many men become parents after long preparation. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the man’s problem?

A. He has some friends in his room B. He can’t walk in the rain C. He is looking for a place to study 14. Why can’t the man use the classroom?

A. A club is having a meeting there B. It is closed for repairs C. It is not quiet there

15. Where will the man probably go? A. To the woman’s house C. To the reading room

16. What do we know about the school reading room? A. It will hold a club meeting this weekend B. It is opened this weekend C. It is closed for repairs

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What will the students graduating from West Point become ?

A. Police officers B. Army officers C. Government officials 18. Who pays the educational cost for the American students at West Point ? A. The state government B. The students’ parents C. The US government 19. How many foreign students are studying at West Point at the moment ? A. 67 B. 3,000 C. 3,067 20. What can we learn about West Point ?

A. It is very hard for students to finish their education there

B. Its yearly educational cost for each American student is up to $50,000 C. Some Chinese students are learning there this year 二、单项选择(每小题1分，共计15分)

21. Sam has been appointed _______ manager of the engineering department to take ____ place of George. A. /,/

B. the,/

C the; the

D./, the

22. we cannot leave this tough job to a person_____. A. who nobody has confidence B. in whom nobody has confidence C. for whom nobody has confidence D. who everyone has confidence of

23. When ____for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding. A. asking

B. asked

C. having asked D. to be asked

24. The new law states that people _ drive after drinking alcohol.

B. To the city library

A. wouldn't B. needn't C. won't D. mustn't

25. Everyone in the village is very friendly. It doesn’t matter ___ you have lived there for a short or a long time. A. why

B. how

C. whether

D. When

D.for the benefit of

26. China has been pushing the reform of public hospitals ______ all its citizens. A.in charge of

B.for the purpose of C.in honor of

27. When changing lanes, a driver should use his turning signal to let other drivers know _________ . A. he is entering which lane C. is he entering which lane

B. which lane he is entering D. which lane is he entering

28.---Obama took oath (宣誓)of office in the White House。 ---When was _____?

---____was on January 23,2013. A. that, It

B. it, It

C. this, It C. set aside

D. it, That D. give out

29. You had better _____ some time every day for sports so that you can keep yourself energetic. A. put away

B. take up

30. ---Have you paid ? What’s my share of the bill? ---____.It wasn’t very much.

A. Don’t worry about it. B. It’s my share. C. None of your bisiness. D. It’s up to you. 31. I thought her nice and honest _________ I met her. A. first time place to live in.

A. to have played B. to play

C. to be played D. to be playing

33. –Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency? -- Well, you know, English is my _______. So it is my best choice. A. strength A. permitting A. become

B. talent B. to permit B. became

C. ability C. permitted

D. skill D. Permit

34. The party will be held in the garden, weather_____.

35. Wouldn’t you rather your child____ successful with his study and on the scholarship?

C. would become D. becomes

三、完型填空（每小题1.5分，共计30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其段落大意，然后从36至55各题所给的四个选项A.B.C和D，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

After years of experience, Brenda was faced with a challenge in Sunday School. However, she just didn’t know how to 36 it in a good way. She had never been asked to teach a child quite like Cindy!

Cindy, you see, was 37 . She came from a broken home. And although she was really

38 , she thought she was so bad that she could not be successful. 39 , Cindy needed care, and most of all, Cindy needed love! There just had to be a way of 40 her. Day after day, Brenda would pray for Cindy, yet Sunday would come and go and she saw 41 , if any, change.

Then one day Brenda asked Cindy if she could 42 a role in a Christmas programme the children were 43 to do. Cindy’s answer was, “Don’t you think you can find someone better than me?” “Better than you?” came Brenda’s 44 . “What makes you think there is 45 better than you?” “Well, I’ve 46 been asked to do anything before because I’m not good. I won’t get the part 47

B. for the first time C. the first time

D. by the first time

32. She will tell us why she feels so strongly that each of us has a role _____ in making the earth a better

and then everyone will be mad at me for messing up（弄糟）their 48 ,” came Cindy’s answer.

“Oh, Cindy,” said Brenda in a 49 voice. “I am so 50 that you think that, but you are so wrong. Don’t you realize how 51 you are?”

“No,” 52 a reply in a low voice because Cindy was now in 53 . “But Cindy, in my eyes, you are special and you can also do somethin g well like others,” Brenda said. “Really? Do you think so really? Thank you, Miss Brenda! Nobody has believed in me like you. 54 I’ll have a try,” said Cindy as she 55 a hug from her teacher for the first time! 36. A. share with 37. A. average 38. A. clever

B. deal with B. naughty B. foolish B. In turn

B. keeping B. little B. like B. noise B. anyone B. often B. bad

C. do with C. different C. lovely C. In all C. helping C. some C. replace C. sound C. always C. right C. loud C. proud C. received

C. As

D. go with D. ordinary D. friendly D. In fact D. knowing D. few D. play D. problem D. everyone D. never D. poor D. clear D. sorry D. beautiful D. went

D. tears D. Because D. separated

39. A. In return 40. A. stopping 41. A. much 42. A. study

43. A. asking 44. A. reply 45. A. no one 46. A. ever 47. A. good 49. A. gentle 50. A. glad 51. A. happy 52. A. said 53. A. silence 54. A. Then

B. beginning C. planning D. learning

C. none

48. A. environment B. programme C. invention D. homework

B. high B. lucky B. sad

B. came

B. troubles B. But

C. valuable

C. public

55. A. refused B. expected C. received

四、阅读理解（每小题2分，共计40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Compassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are out main customers, and it’s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash (现金), had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.

I couldn’t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn’t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.

Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable.

“Change it to me, ” was all he said.

What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.

56. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits_________ .

A．hoped to have the food first and pay later B．promised to obey the store rules C．forgot to take any money with him D．could not afford anything more expensive

57. Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?

A．kind and lucky C．poor and lonely

B．friendly and helpful D．hurt and disappointed

58. The writer acted upon the store rules because_________ .

A．he felt no pity for the old gentleman B．he considered the old man dishonest C．he expected someone else to pay for the old man D．he wanted to keep his present job

59. What does the writer learn from his experience?

A．Wealth is more important than anything else B．Experience is better gained through practice C．Obeying the rules means more than compassion. D．Helping others is easier said than done

B Blameless

I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin.

In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened. “Who did this? ”my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen.

“This is all your fault, atharine, ”my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke. From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other. We set a place for blame at the dinner table.

But the Whites didn’t worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died.

In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York. The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud of having a new driver’s license（驾照），Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed off her license to everyone she met.

The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah’s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached less crowded areas, they let Amy take over. Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the