You may ______ it that Jennifer will come and help us if we are in trouble.

A. base on             B. rely on             C. carry on               D. hold on

The computer was invented in the 1940s and ________ quite a lot.

A. was changed   B. had changed  C. has been changed  D. will change

If George keeps on working so hard, he’ll ______ sooner or later.

A. break down     B. break up      C. break out            D. break off

During the talk, the foreign teacher made herself understaood ______ very simple Chinese.

A. to use        B. having used    C. using           D. used

- Do you know what Lily is doing?

   - She _____ in the office.

   A. may be interviewed              B. can be interviewed

   C. can being interviewed            D. may be being interviewed

You can make money by doing part-time jobs. _________, you can get valuable experience.

A. In addition   B. In return       C. In turn         D. In charge

When the manager came in，the workers pretended________hard on their machines.

A．to work   B．to be working   C．to have worked  D．working

Mr Smith closed all the windows while driving ____ he wouldn’t catch a cold.

A. so that     B．as if           C．because        D．though

The Monkees produced a new record in 1996, ________ they celebrated their former time as a real band

A. when      B. in which        C. that          D. with which

— It seems that John is well prepared for the examination.

— He is quite________that he will pass it.

A. familiar     B. similar        C．confident     D. sensitive

I have many friends，________three are well known for their singing popular songs.

A. of whom    B．of them       C．of who       D. of which

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The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good  26  in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I  27  to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be  28 , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was  29 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to  30  that out of millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever come across his friend. But,  31 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very  32  city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content(乐意) to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he  33  to tell me all about his friend.

His friend’s main  34  in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he  35  had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming  36 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several  37  like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He  38  that maybe there were more private courts in the country, than he  39  but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me  40  my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence (巧合)  41  his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a  42  who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had  43  the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.

“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He  44  and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my  45  to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.

26. A. brother                            B. teacher                         C. neighbour             D. friend

27. A. managed                          B. happened            C. tried                      D. wanted

28. A. expecting               B. lying                      C. joking          D. talking

29. A. funny                      B. serious                           C. careful                  D.disappointed

30. A. think                                B. find                                C. realize                  D. see

31. A. indeed                   B. actually                         C. instead                 D. exactly

32. A. famous                            B. interesting                    C. noisy            D. big

33. A. began                     B. stopped                         C. refused                 D. failed

34. A. problem                            B. interest                         C. choice                   D. work

35. A. just                                   B. ever                               C. even             D. surely

36. A. suit                                   B. habit                     C. pools            D. river

37. A. people                     B. players                          C. strangers    D. friends

38. A. advised                            B. argued                          C. admitted              D announced

39. A. recognized            B. realized                         C. visited                   D. found

40. A. how                                  B. whether                        C. when          D. where

41. A. because                           B. if                                     C. then                      D. though

42. A. doctor                   B. friend                             C. neighbour   D. player

43. A. rented                   B. visited                            C. designed              D. sold

44. A. smiled                     B. laughed                         C. cried            D. nodded

45. A. chance                             B. pleasure                        C. time                      D. turn

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the New York railway station, playing his violin. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young man.

       The next day, the young artist came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it under his hat. Then he began to play the violin. It sounded more pleasant than ever.

       Soon he was surrounded with people who were attracted by the words on that paper. It said, “Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to claim (认领) it soon.”

       After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the violinist and said, “Yes, it’s you. I knew that you were an honest man and would certainly come here.” The young violinist asked calmly, “Are you Mr. George Sang?” The man nodded. The violinist asked, “Did you lose something?” “It’s a lottery ticket (彩票) ,” said the man. The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang’s name was seen. “Is it?” he asked. George nodded and took the lottery ticket and kissed it, then danced with the violinist.

       The violinist was a student at an arts college and had planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna. Later his classmate asked the violinist, “At that time you needed money to pay the tuition （学费）and you had to play the violin in the railway station every day to make money. Why didn’t you keep the lottery ticket for yourself?”

       The violinist said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily. But if I lose honesty I won’t be happy forever.” Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much. But being honest should always be with us.

51. What did the young artist do at the railway station on Friday?

  A. He played the violin to make some money.

  B. He waited for the train to Vienna.

  C. He came to buy a train ticket to Vienna.

D. He walked around the New York railway station.

52. According to the words on the paper, which sentence below is TRUE?

  A. It asked a gentleman named George Sang to claim his hat.

B. It asked a gentleman named George Sang to claim his important thing.

  C. It was a lottery ticket and he needed to find the owner.

  D. It was a lottery ticket and the owner is unknown.

53. From this article, we can learn that ____.

  A. we should share with others if we find something valuable

  B. we should know the importance of honesty and lead a happy life

  C. keeping the lottery if you find one

  D. playing the violin could make you feel happy 

Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.

Happiness（Romance）★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people（Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy）who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other. But then they correspond by e-mail and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

I Scream（Thriller）★★

In I Scream, Paul（Colin Jacks）is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul's Heroes（Comedy）★★★

This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers（including Sammy Turblow）have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it's great fun getting there.

58. Which of the three movies is the least popular with people?

A. The 1st one.        B. The 2nd one.            C. The 3rd one.      D. The 4th one.

59. The underlined word "correspond" can be replaced by _____________.

         A. date     B. exchange         C. inform               D. communicate

60. A thriller is most probably a film which tells something _____________.

A. frightening              B. instructive     C. humorous          D. interesting

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

54. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

A. want to be as rich as their neighbors

B. want others to know or to think that they are rich

C. don’t want others to know they are rich

D. want to be happy

55. It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________.

A. live outside New York City               B. live in New York city

C. live in apartments                   D. have many neighbors

56. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.

A. an important name                  B. a popular name in the United States

C. his neighbor’s name                  D. not a good name

57. According to the writer, it is ________ to keep up with the Joneses.

   A. correct             B. interesting               C. impossible       D. good

This was no ordinary class. The students who came together were all science or engineering professors at Cornell University. They had interrupted their research to accept an invitation to take part in an unusual experiment: “an interesting week of poetry.” This class was part of a study to answer the questions: Why is science difficult for many non-science students? What can teachers learn about teaching if they take a class that is not in their field?

The students in the poetry class listened to lectures and took notes. They had reading tasks and had to write three short papers. All students noticed one thing ----- the importance of spoken words. In science and engineering classes, the instructors put tables and drawings on the blackboard. But in this poetry class, the instructors just talked. They didn’t write anything on the board.

In both subjects, students need to find layers of meaning . Some layers are simple, clean, and on the surface; other layers are deeper and more difficult. This search for different levels of meaning doesn’t happen much in undergraduate science classes, but it is important later, in graduate school. And it is always important in humanities.

Both the poetry instructors and their students learned something about teaching from this experience. One poetry instructor, for example, now sees the importance of using informative as he teaches. Most of the scientists agreed on several points. First, humanities classes might help science students to see patterns and decide which information is important. Second, the poetry class was fun. One engineer decided, “We need to change the way we teach engineering to make it an enjoyable experience for students.”

But perhaps the most important result of the experience was this: All of the professors began to think about how they teach and how they can teach better.

52. What do we know about this unusual class?

A. The teachers did lots of writing on the board

B. The teacher were invited to attend several lectures.

C. The student were professors from a university

D. The students were studying science and humanities.

53. The experiment was designed to find out              

   A. how to teach the students in the science class

B. whether poetry is difficult for science students

C. what to be taught in the humanities class

D. why many humanities students find science hard.

54. Finding levels of meaning is            .

   A. important for graduate students in humanities

B. difficult for graduate students in humanities

C. common for undergraduate students in science

D. easy for undergraduate students in science.

55. What did the science professors learn after the experiment?

   A. They should change the way they teach

B. A poem could be explained in clear definitions.

C. A poetry class could be more informative.

D. Their teaching was an enjoyable experience.

56. “The scientists and engineers noticed one similarity between science and poetry.” Which paragraph should the sentence belong to

   A.2nd        B.3rd        C. 4th         D.5th 

书面表达（满分15分）

假设你叫李华，欲与来自本校不同班级的另外4名同学组建一支乐队，但缺乏经验，请就以下情况或问题给知名音乐人卡曾斯（Cousins）先生发一封电子邮件，以寻求帮助。

   1. 成员中有三名男生和两名女生，均喜欢流行音乐与现代舞蹈；                2. 每周周末排练是否足够？初期演唱的音乐宜多元化还是一种风格？

   3. 怎样获得较多的表演机会？          

   4. 希望他能为乐队取个名字。

注意：1. 词数：100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；3. e-mail的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。

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