It`s 2035. You have a job, a family and you`re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.

Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “ Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you`re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You`re not even middle-aged!

As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl , you hear, “To lose weight , you shouldn`t eat that.” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code (电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.

“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space – and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each , you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots(防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain special vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.

It`s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot.” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.

55. What changed the color of your shirt?

                A. The mirror

B. The shirt itself

C. The counter

D. The medicine

56. How do the shoes know that you shouldn`t eat the breakfast cereal?

 A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl               

B. By listening to the doctor`s advice

C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen           

D. By checking the nutrition details of the food

57. The strawberries the children eat serve as________.

A. breakfast                        B.lunch

C. vaccines                   D. nutrition

58. How is the text organised?

A. in order of time

B. in order of frequency  

C. in order of preference

D. in order of importance

Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5:30. and at 6:30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club. At last,the traffic was moving. She swung quickly racing to her house. As she opened the door,she nearly tripped over Sheba.

    “Hey,Sheba,”she said,“I've got no time for you now,but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club. ”Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking Obviously,she could hardly breathe. Immediately. Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet(兽医) . When she got there,the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba,Dr. Sterne brought her quickly into his office.

    “Listen,doctor,I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting, can I leave her with you,and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up,and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me, Is that OK?”

    “Sure. ”said the doctor

    Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes. As she was once more entering the hallway,the phone by the door began to ring.

    “This is Dr. Sterne,”said an anxious voice. “I want you to get out of that house immediately,”said the doctor's voice. “I'm coming round right away,and the police will be there any time now. Wait outside!”

    At that moment,a police car screeched to a stop outside the house. Two policemen got out and ran into the house. Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened. Then the doctor arrived.

    “Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?” shouted Joanne.

    “She’s fine,Joanne. I took out the thing which was choking her,and she’s OK now. ”

    Just then,the two policemen reappeared from the house,half-carrying a white—faced man,who could hardly walk. There was blood all over him.

    “My God,”said Joanne,“how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

    “I think he must be a burglar. ”said the doctor. “I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat:it turned out to be three human fingers”

What was Joanne supposed to do at 6:30?

    A. To walk her dog.

    B. To see her doctor.

    C. To attend a club meeting.

    D. To play tennis with her friends.

Joanne wanted to get back to her home again            .

      A. to dress up for the meeting

      B. to phone the police station

      C. to catch the badly hurt burglar

      D. to wait for her dog to be cured  

From the passage,we can infer that          .

      A. Sheba fought against the burglar

      B. the police found the burglar had broken in

      C. Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting

      D. the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

In this passage,the writer intends to tell us that the dog is            .

      A. clever            B. friendly                 C. frightening              D. devoted

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36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

John had been on the road visiting customers for more than three weeks. It was coming up on Mother’s Day. He said to himself, “I’ll _36_Mom some roses.”

He went into the small shop and saw a boy talking to the clerk. “How many roses can I get for six dollars, ma’am?” the boy asked. The clerk _37_to explain that roses were_38_. Maybe the young man would be happy with carnations(康乃馨).

  “No, I have to have roses,” he said, “My mom was sick so much last year and I didn’t spend much time with her. I want to get something _39_. It has to be red roses, because that’s her _40_.”

   The clerk looked up at John and was just shaking her head. Something inside John was _41_by the boy’s voice. He looked at the clerk and _42_said that he would pay for the boy’s roses.

   The clerk looked at the young man and said, “Okay, I will give you a dozen red roses for your six dollars.” The young man _43_ jumped into the air. He took the flowers and ran from the store.

   John _44_his own flowers and had the clerk be sure that delivery(快递) would_45_ a note telling his mother how much he _46_her. As he drove away from the shop, he saw the young man walking down the sidewalk. He _47_ him cross the street and enter a cemetery(墓地). The young man _48_by a small monument and went on his knees. He carefully _49_ the roses on the grave and _50_ to sob. John heard the young man speak, “Mommy, why didn’t I tell you how much I love you? Jesus, please, _51_ my mommy. Tell my mommy I love her .”

   John _52_, tears in his eyes, and walked back to his car. He _53_ quickly to the ___54__and told her he would take the flowers to his mother _55_.

A. lend         B. send         C. bring          D. take

A. offered       B. tried         C. decided        D. tended

A. cheap        B. ugly         C. reasonable      D. expensive

A. special       B. meaningful    C. great          D. nice

A. feeling       B. hobby        C. favorite        D. interest

A. beaten       B. knocked       C. hit            D. touched

A. straightly     B. sorrowfully    C. silently        D. naturally

A. just         B. almost         C. hardly        D. seldom

A. ordered      B. bargained      C. packed        D. accepted

A. contain      B. include        C. conclude       D. hold

A. missed      B. loved          C. treasured      D. valued

A. watched     B. noticed        C. heard          D. felt

A. hurried      B. went          C. passed         D. stopped

A. dropped     B. put           C. delivered       D. cast

A. pretended    B. began         C. attempted       D. volunteered

A. find         B. congratulate    C. apologize      D. promise

A. disappeared  B. moved         C. turned         D. shook

A. drove       B. walked         C. ran            D. rushed

A. home       B. shop           C. market         D. company

A. quickly      B. naturally       C. personally      D. responsibly

Once I went to a railway station near New York. I  36  to take the night train there.  37  of people were pushing into the  38  train. I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car,  39  he said sharply, “No, you can’t. The train is full. Don’t  40  me any more.”
I was very  41  indeed. I said to the friend who was with me, “ he talked to me like this  42 he doesn’t know that I am a famous writer. If he knew…But before I could 43 my sentence my friend said, “Don’t be  44 . How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no  45  seats on the train.” I was  46  he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain. But all he said, “I told you not to trouble me any more.”
Just then I  47  a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me, He whispered something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very  48 , “ Can I help you, sir?” “ I  49 do.” I answered.
The porter took out boxes and we got on to the train. When the porter saw we were comfortably  50  in our places, he said, “Now. Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you  51 .”
After the porter had gone, my friend looked 52  . He said. “I am  53  sorry I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said. “ Oh. Sir, I  54  you immediately”. “Really?” I said happily, “of course”, he said. “I recognized you the  55  I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr Smith, the mayor of New York City.”

【小题1】
A.managedB.failedC.usedD.happened
【小题2】
A.Some B.Most C.CrowdsD.Many
【小题3】
A.nightB.busyC.fullD.leaving
【小题4】
A.but B.andC.thoughD.where
【小题5】
A.ask B.troubleC.followD.strike
【小题6】
A.nervousB.uneasyC.hurtD.busy
【小题7】
A.as ifB.sinceC.supposeD.because
【小题8】
A.completeB.continueC.makeD.speak
【小题9】
A.upsetB.sadC.foolishD.discouraged
【小题10】
A.moreB.enoughC.ourD.empty
【小题11】
A.wonderingB.sureC.toldD.thinking
【小题12】
A.metB.noticedC.rememberedD.knew
【小题13】
A.loudlyB.calmlyC.politelyD.slowly
【小题14】
A.can B.shallC.certainlyD.must
【小题15】
A.seatingB.settledC.sleepingD.drinking
【小题16】
A.takeB.bringC.likeD.buy
【小题17】
A.surprisedB.ashamedC.sorrowfulD.anxious
【小题18】
A.awfullyB.muchC.moreD.too much
【小题19】
A.admiredB.realizedC.recognizedD.respected
【小题20】
A.momentsB.whileC.minuteD.soon

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