It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”

  “To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.

 After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week.”

Which of the following is true? ____________

A .The young man went past the railway station. 

B. The young man was working in the railway station

C. The young man had just got off a train.

D. The young man was waiting for his friend there.

What do you think of the car driver?__________

A .He was a nice and clever man.  B. He liked to work very hard.

C. He was good at driving       D. He was not an honest person.

The driver felt very ____when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.

A .sad  B. sorry  C. happy  D. worried

From the passage we know that the young man__________.

A .Knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel.

B. Had been to the hotel several times.

C. didn’t want to stay in this city.

D. must be a stranger and didn’t know the city very well.


第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When Winsion Chruchill was a young man, his father concluded that Churchill was “unfit for a career in law or politics” because he did so badly in school.
When Charles Darwin was getting ready to  36  on his five-year expedition on The Beagle, his father was extremely  37  . he thought his son was falling into a life of sin and idleness.
Gorge Washington’s mother was a complaining,   38  woman by all accounts. She thought little of Washington’s achievements and didn’t   39  at either of his presidential inaugurations(就职典礼). She was always  40  that her children overlooked her and she was especially angry when her son George ran off to  41  the army for the American Revolution. She   42  believed it was his duty to stay home and take care of her.
In his youth, the  43  Leonard Bernstein, one of the most talented and successful composers in American history, was continually pressured by his father to  44  his music and do something worthwhile, like help out in his family’s beauty-supply business. After Leonard became  45  , his father was asked about that, and he answered, “Well, how was I supposed to know he was the Leonard Bernstein?”
People may criticize you or make fun of your ideas or actively try to  46  you. Often their efforts are only attempts to protect you from  47  . But obviously failure is only a possibility if you stop. If you keep  48  , a “failure” is just another learning  49  . Besides, giving up on a heartfelt goal is worse than failing. “Many people die”, said Wendell Holmes, “with their  50  still in them.” That’s true tragedy.
So listen  51  to the worries and criticisms of your friends and family, and do your best to put their minds  52  , but then carry on. Listen last to your own heart. You   53  yourself better than anyone on earth. Make sure your song is  54  .
Listen to your own heart. Don’t let your music   55  with you.
36.A.set sail         B.take charge      C.make progress  D.set examples
37.A.excited        B.pleased        C.disappointed     D.affected
38.A.self-confident   B.self-centered    C.kind-hearted     D.cold-blooded
39.A.show off      B.show up       C.pick out       D.pick up
40.A.claiming      B.expecting     C.complaining     D.declaring
41.A.fight         B.beat          C.attend          D.command
42.A.foolishly      B.secretly        C.bravely        D.honestly
43.A.late          B.latter         C.former         D.later
44.A.take up        B.give up        C.pick up        D.bring up
45.A.proud          B.diligent        C.professional     D.famous
46.A. advise        B.suggest        C.stop          D.keep
47.A.failure        B.success        C.stop          D.keep
48.A.stopping      B.starting        C.going              D.coming
49.A.method        B.experiment       C.approach      D.experience
50.A.music          B.article          C.movie          D.poem
51.A.politely       B.rudely         C.responsibly      D.actively
52.A.in order       B.at case         C.in use          D.at war
53.A.trust         B.believe        C.know         D.doubt
54.A.finished       B.completed     C.written        D.sung
55.A.live          B.die           C.sound          D.play


第二节 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,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last year in my high school child-development class, each student had to take the “ Think-It-Over” baby home for a night to get a taste of parenthood.
It was a Friday  36  when my turn came to take the 10-pound plastic doll home. The doll really did look like a  37  baby from a distance. I decided to name him Tyler.
My friends and I went out for 38 that night. As it was rather cold, I decided to  39 Tyler in a blanket and carry him in that way. When I walked into the restaurant, I noted some very   40  looks and quiet a few raised eyebrows. My friends and I decided to  41 the whole situation. I stood in the corner,  42 to rock Tyler to sleep while my friends kept looking into the  43 and said, “Oh, how lovely!” I couldn’t help but  44. And although it was funny to my friends and me, some of the people did not think it was so funny that I had a   45. Some people were giving me rude looks, because they thought I was a   46. Others just smiled at me sympathetically  47 felt sorry for me because I was only a child  48  a child.
I learned a lot through my  49 with the “Think-It-Over” baby. The doll surely strengthened my thinking that I was not ready to be a  50, and it opened my eyes to the judgments people   51 about others. People do not  52 that some things are not the way they seem. I was only carrying it around for a  53 . The people in the restaurant were so  54  to judge me because they assumed I was a teenager mom. We should all be slower to  55  others, and realize that some things are not as they seem.
36. A. noon          B. morning          C. night          D. day
37. A. lively         B. live              C. loving         D. lovely
38. A. shopping      B. supper            C. fun            D. walk
39. A. place         B. throw             C. hide           D. move
40. A. friendly       B. strange            C. frightened      D. concerned
41. A. carry on       B. join in            C. make fun of     D. make use of
42. A. trying         B. starting           C. expecting       D. pretending
43. A. blanket        B. basket            C. restaurant       D. glass
44. A. laugh         B. stop               C. cry           D. continue
45. A. friend         B. doll               C. baby          D. sister
46. A. teenage mom   B. bad student        C. strange person   D. noise maker
47. A. so            B. or                C. but            D. and 
48. A. from          B. with             C. without         D. by
49. A. experience     B. research           C. examination     D. observation
50. A. babysitter      B. parent             C. father          D. teacher
51. A. enter          B. pass              C. make           D. sit
52. A. think          B. consider           C. believe         D. realize
53. A. follower       B. funny thing         C. class project     D. company
54. A. quick         B. slow               C . difficult        D. easy
55. A. judge         B. comfort             C. know           D. hate

That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. There I was, walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater. With opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines. I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco. City life had become too much for me.

As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. I began running, both to keep warm and to keep away any possible robbers(抢劫犯). Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets.

About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me nervous, so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.

Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck(垃圾车) pull up to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” he asked, holding up a small square shape.

It was nearly 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn’t get much sleep that night, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.

1.How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work?

A.Cold and sick

B.Lucky and hopeful

C.Satisfied and cheerful

D.Disappointed and helpless

2.From the first paragraph, we learn that the writer was busy_____.

A.solving her problem at the bank

B.taking part in various city activities

C.learning acting in an evening school

D.preparing for the first night show

3.On her way home the writer_____

A.lost her wallet unknowingly

B.was stopped by a garbage truck driver

C.was robbed of her wallet by a man with a knife

D.found some homeless people following her

4.In the fifth paragraph, why did the writer say she was dreaming?

A.Someone offered to take her back home

B.A red-haired man came to see her.

C.She heard someone call her name

D.Her wallet was found in a garbage truck

5.From the text, we can infer that the writer_____

A.would stop working at night

B.would stay on in San Francisco

C.would make friends with cleaners.

D.would give up her job at the bank

 

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