No government so far has been able to    the number of jobs available with the number of people out of work.

A. provide               B. weigh         C. multiply        D. balance

Burns will tell his board(全体委员) today that the Sports Council wants a non-voting member to _______the way the cash is spent.

   A. look over             B. watch over      C. look through     D. watch out

The high-handed(高压的)way in which Washington dropped the idea on its Western partners _______ some unfriendly reaction it has received.

   A. results from           B. brings in        C. accounts for     D. makes for

In order to do this, we have to _____ a method of understanding based on scientific principles that are universally accepted.

   A. engage               B. employ             C. express        D. experience

The following chapters provide step-by-step instructions for practical _______ of genetic (基因)engineering to agriculture.

   A. applications           B. organization         C. expression       D. approaches

The bridge isn't strong enough to allow the _______ of heavy vehicles.  

A. passage              B. transport           C. entrance        D. arrival

Companies cut jobs during November__________ weak consumer spending and high cost.

   A. in return for           B. in favor of         C. in response to    D. in terms of

The gate will close ______ two minutes before the train leaves.

   A. actually              B. approximately       C. ly      D. reliably

Ten companies have already joined the organization and will be meeting on a ______ basis.

   A. ordinary              B. usual             C. frequent         D. regular

For years people thought the picture was a(n) _____ Van Gogh, but in fact it's a fake.

   A.               B. artificial              C. genuine          D. sincere

完形填空 (共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31—50 各题后给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

While Andrew was getting ready for work one Friday morning, he announced to his wife that he had finally  31  to ask his boss for a salary raise. All day Andrew felt  32  as he thought about the upcoming showdown（摊牌）. What if Mr. Larchmont  33  his request? Andrew had  34  so hard in the last 18 months and succeeded in winning a contract which was difficult to get for Braer and Hopkins Advertising Agency.  35  , he should get a salary raise.

The thought of walking into Mr. Larchmont’s office left Andrew weak in the knees. Later in the afternoon he finally gathered the 36 to approach his boss. To his delight and  37  , the ever-frugal（一惯节省的）Harvery Larchmont agreed to give Andrew a(n)  38  !

Andrew arrived home that evening, despite  39  all city and state speed limits, to a beautiful table set with their best china, and candles lit. His wife, Tina, had prepared a delicate meal including his favorite dishes. Immediately he  40  someone from the office had told her the news.

Next to his plate Andrew found a beautiful card. It was from his wife. It  41 : “Congratulations, my love! I knew you’d get the raise! I prepared this dinner to show  42  how much I love you. I am so  43  of your accomplishments!” He read it and stopped to think how sensitive and  44  Tina was.

After dinner, Andrew was on his way to the kitchen to get dessert when he noticed that a second card had slipped out of Tina’s pocket onto the floor. He bent forward to pick it up. It said: “Don’t   45  about not getting the raise! You do  46  one! You are a wonderful provider and I prepared this dinner to show you how much I love you   47  you did not get the increase.”

Suddenly tears welled in Andrew’s eyes. Total  48  ! Tina’s support for him was not conditional upon his  49  at work.

The fear of rejection is often  50  and we can face almost any difficulty when we know someone loves us regardless of our success or failure.

31.  A. wanted          B. decided          C. required         D. demanded

32.  A. nervous            B. strange                     C. silly                D. upset

33.  A. followed           B. considered                C. refused             D. forgot

34. A. managed           B. studied                    C. worked            D. behaved

35.   A. Finally              B. Absolutely        C. Successfully     D. Effectively

36. A. thought            B. force                      C. strength            D. courage

37. A. surprise             B. embarrassment          C. sorrow                     D. disappointment

38. A. praise                B. award                    C. reward             D. raise

39.  A. breaking      B. destroying         C. obeying       D. damaging

40.  A. understood      B. proved                            C. figured            D. admitted

41.  A. wrote           B. read                        C. wore              D. signed

42.  A. even              B. almost                      C. nearly            D. just

43.  A. admirable       B. fond                         C. proud               D. cheerful

44.  A. demanding        B. caring                   C. worrying        D. interesting

45.  A. argue         B. worry             C. talk             D. concern

46.  A. deserve         B. prefer                       C. ignore               D. appreciate

47.   A. so that                   B. in case                            C. as if                  D. even though

48.  A. satisfaction       B. assistance                 C. acceptance        D. agreement

49.  A. performance     B. perfection                 C. success            D. cooperation

50.  A. widened         B. strengthened            C. lengthened     D. softened

Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silShe had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart．She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence．Outside, it was pouring so heavily．

       We all stood there just inside the door of the Wal-Mart．We waited, some patiently, others annoyed because nature messed up their hurried day．I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world．

       Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance（昏昏欲睡）we were all caught in．"Mom, let's run through the rain," she said．

       "No, honey．We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied．

       This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain．"

       " We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said．

       "No, we won't, Mom．That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tore at her Mom's arm．

       " This morning? When? Did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"

       "Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"

       The entire crowd stopped dead silent．I dare say you couldn't hear anything but the rain．We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes．Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say．

ly．Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's lifetime when innocent trust can be developed so that it will bloom into faith．"Honey, you are ly right．Let's run through the rain．If get wet, well maybe we just need washing," Mom said．Then off they ran.

       We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they rushed past the cars and they held their shopping bags over their heads just in case．They got soaked．But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars．And yes, I did．I ran．I got wet．I needed washing．

       You may lose your material possessions, your money and even your health, but no one can ever take away your precious memories．So don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories．

51. The best title for the passage might be _____．

       A．Have a wonderful experience                   B．Be a Determined Mother

       C．Wait in the Rain                                   D．Run Through the Rain

52. What do we know about the mother in the story?

       A．Her husband was cured of his cancer．

       B．She was in despair and pretended to forget what she said．

       C．She was strong-willed and considerate．

       D．Her daughter completely understood the situation her family was in．

53. Which of the following may the author agree with?

       A．The mother should not tell her child about the family misfortune．

       B．Parents should act more bravely than their children．

       C．Children should learn to show gratitude and understanding to their parents．

       D．Parents should grasp every opportunity to influence their children to grow well．

54. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word "affirmation"?

A．agreement          B．happiness          C．disapproval       D．love

It was once thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around large cities with factories and/or heavy automobile traffic. Today, we know that although these are the areas with the worst air pollution, the problem is actually worldwide. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the entire eastern half of the United States and led to health warnings even in rural areas away from any major concentration of manufacturing and automobile traffic. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be affected by air pollution. Some scientists feel that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) is creating a “greenhouse effect" - holding in heat reflected from the earth and raising the world's average temperature. If this view is correct and the world's temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be under water.

Another view, less widely held, is that increasing particulate (颗粒) matter in the atmosphere is blocking sunlight and lowering the earth's temperature ─ a result that would be equally disastrous. A drop of just a few degrees could create something close to new ice age and would make agriculture difficult or impossible in many of our top farming areas. At present we do not know for sure that either of these conditions will happen (though one recent government report prepared by experts in the field concluded that the greenhouse effect is very likely). Perhaps, if we are very lucky, the two tendencies will offset each other and the world's temperature will stay about the same as it is now.

55. As is pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution ______.

       A. affected the entire eastern half of the United States

       B. existed merely in urban and industrial areas

       C. had damaging effects on health

       D. caused widespread damage in the countryside

56. As far as the greenhouse effect is concerned, the author ______.

       A. is uncertain of its occurrence

       B. thinks that it will destroy the world soon

       C. rejects it as being ungrounded

       D. shares the same view with the scientists

57. The underlined word “offset" in Para. 2 could best be replaced by______.

       A. catch up with   B. slip into       C. set up           D. make up for       

58. This passage is mainly concerned with ______.

       A. the greenhouse effect                   B. the potential effect of air pollution

       C. the burning of fossil fuels               D. the possibility of a new ice age

One night recently, I was driving down a two-lane highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we passed each other, I caught the other driver’s eye for only a second. I wondered whether he might be thinking, as I was, how dependent we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall asleep, not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden end. Though we had never spoken a word to each other, he relied on me in just the same way.

Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world works. At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line. And sometimes it requires us to act cooperatively, with friends or even with strangers.

As technology shrinks our world, the need increases for cooperative action among nations. In 2003, doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus, which saved thousands of lives. The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring team action by police and intelligence forces across the world. We must recognize that our fates are not ours alone to control.

In my own life, I’ve put great stock in personal responsibility. But, as time has passed, I’ve also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. So, while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a dark road, what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat, but a shared moment of trust.

59. The author considers it very important ______.

A. to share trust and cooperation                  B. to drive with a company

C. to gain certain responsibility             D. to have personal independence

60. The author said that they depended on each other in the same way because ______.

A. he might be killed out of the other’s careless driving

B. they both drove their car at a terrific speed

C. the approaching car was very dangerous

D. it was dark and the road was not wide enough

61. The need for cooperation increases because ______.

A. certain viruses can spread in a quick way

B. the world has become much more dangerous

C. terrorism can happen everywhere and every day

D. peoples’ fates can’t be controlled by themselves

62. We can infer from the last paragraph that the author has ______.

A. believed in one’s own personal responsibility

B. had accomplished a change on his viewpoint of life

C. counted upon himself alone in everything

D. had no trust in others’ good faith and judgment

There is a famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge．He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door．

This was an age before telephones．Someone was delivering a message. When Colcridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration．His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door．His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment(片段)．

This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which brings us to the cell phone．

The most common complaint about cell phones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them．But more damaging may be the cell phone’s disruption of our thoughts．

We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our cell phones, and this is by and large a healthy, productive development．" I didn't hear it ring" or " I didn't realize my cell phone had shut off" are among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach．

The notion or idea of being unreachable is not a new concept-we have "Do Not Disturb" signs on the doors of hotel rooms．So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cell phones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while?

The problem is that we come from a long-established tradition of difficulty with distance communication．Until the recent mass deployment(配置) of cell phones, it was easy to communicate with someone next to us or a few feet away, but difficult with someone across town, the country or the globe．We came to take it for granted．

But cell phones make long-distance communication common, and endanger our time by ourselves. Now time alone, or conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished．Even cell phone devotees, myself usually included, can't help at times wanting to throw their cell phones away, or curse(诅咒) the day they were invented．

But we don't and won't, and there really is no need．All that's required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it．

In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt for the rings of our phones．Given the case of making and receiving cell phone calls, if we don’t talk to the caller right now, we surely will shortly later．

A cell phone call deserves no greater priority(优先权)than a random word from a person next to us．Though the call on my cell phone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg, who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie．But most likely it is not, and I'm better

off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the pizza I’ll eat for lunch．

63. What does the writer thinks about people telling "white lies" about their cell phones?

A. It is a way of signaling that you don’t like the caller．

B. It is natural to tell lies about small things．

C. We should feel guilty when we can't tell the truth．

D. It is basically a good way to protect one's privacy．

64. What's the point of the story about poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs?

A. To direct readers' attention to the main topic．

B. To show how important inspiration is to a poet．

C. To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cell phone．

D. To encourage readers to read the works of this poet．

65. According to the author, what is the most annoying problem caused by cell phones?

A. People get so bothered by the cell phone rings that they fail to notice anything else.

B. Cell phones interrupt people’s private time.

C. People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cell phones.

D. With cell phones it is no longer possible to be unreachable.

66. What does the underlined word “contempt” probably mean?

A. Habit.    B. Value.     C. Like.    D. Disrespect.

I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year - round sun．You may think people in such an attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others．If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness．

Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness．The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common．Fun is what we experience during an act．Happiness is what we experience after an act．It is a deep, long-lasting emotion．

Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh．But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends．

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun．They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness". But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they expose the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness．

Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite painful．The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement．Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features．

Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness．They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want．Couples with babies are lucky to get a whole night' s sleep．I don't know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children．

Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations we can ever come to．It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can truly increase our happiness．It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it frees us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all．

67．If one gets the real meaning of happiness, he ____．

       A．will start a business               B．won' t place too much value on money

       C．will seek for freedom             D．won't devote himself to his family

68．The author probably agrees that ____．

       A．fun creates long - lasting satisfaction

       B．fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting

       C．fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness

       D．long - standing fun may lead to happiness

69．What does the author think of marriage?

       A．It ends in pain．                 B．It leads to raising children．

       C．It affords greater fun．         D．It means commitment．

70．What is the passage mainly about?

       A． Marriage and commitment．     B．Success and satisfaction．

       C． Fun and happiness．             D．Entertainment and responsibility

完成句子（共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分）

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句

71. Festivals and celebrations of all kinds ______________（举行）everywhere since ancient times.   (hold)

72. He ______________(读书入迷) his book that he missed his train.   (lost)

73. She was eager to lose weight, but as she was so afraid of _____________（嘲笑）by her friends, she didn’t consult a doctor.   (laugh)

74. It is your action rather than the words __________ (重要).  (count)

75. The next morning, I’d just about given myself up for lost ___________（我被发现）by a ship.     (spot)

76. He is __________________（以他的小说最为闻名）set in his childhood, such as The Adventure of Tomsawyer and The Adventure of Huckberry Finn.  (known)

77. Astronomy, a scientific subject__________（由…构成）mathematics and physics, is very popular among students.    (make)

78. If Jack was not coming to eat in his restaurant as he always did, __________（可怕的事情肯定发生了）.   (something)

79. His suggestion ____________ （我们乘坐）the train from west to east across Canada sounded very exciting.     (take)

80. _______________（生活怎么样）in the future is a topic people often talk about.  (what)

短文写作(共25分)

英语社团要招聘社团会员，将进行英语面试。请根据以下信息，用英语写一篇100-120字的短文简要介绍下自己。

注意：开头已给出，不计词数。

greatest strengths:

hardworking, responsible , helpful, humorous…

How to spend spare time

do sports, sing…

How to handle failure:

none of us was born "perfect"…

I’m very glad to talk about myself.______________________________________________

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