Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house.She__36__John very much. In her__37__he couldn't do anything_38__.Every morning she would give him breakfast_39__bed and bring him the papers to__40__.It isn't really true that he was too__41__to work---in fact he had tried a few__42__.First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to_43__at least six windows. Then he_44__a bus conductor and on his second_45__a passenger stole his bag with all the fares(车费)collected.He_46__lost his job as a postman_47__he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to people's houses. It seemed that there was_48__suitable work for him. So he_49__to join the army. Mrs. Fant was so__50__about this that she told the__51__to all her neighbours. "My John is good to be a soldier," she said. "He is going to be the best soldier there__52__was,I can tell you!"
Then the great day came_53__he was to march past the palace in the parade(接受检阅的队伍).His_54__mother traveled to the city early in the morning to be sure of getting a good__55__in the crowd.  The parade was full of sound and colour. But when John and his fellow soldiers came in sight some of the people watching couldn’t help laughing at the one who couldn't keep pace with the other as they marched along.
But Ella Fant, who was filled with happiness shouted at the top of her voice: "Look at them! They're all out of step except my John! Isn't he the best!"
【小题1】.

A.depended onB.waited onC.trustedD.loved
【小题2】.
A.hopeB.eyesC.headD.beliefs
【小题3】.
A.wrongB.greatC.goodD.strange
【小题4】.
A.toB.atC.inD.by
【小题5】.
A.checkB.readC.keepD.sign
【小题6】.
A.lazyB.youngC.weakD.shy
【小题7】.
A.onesB.yearsC.tasksD.jobs
【小题8】.
A.eraseB.dropC.breakD.clean
【小题9】.A. followed   B  met        C. became      D. found
【小题10】.
A.dayB.tryC.routeD.chance
【小题11】.
A.thusB.evenC.onceD.only
【小题12】.
A.even ifB.so thatC.becauseD.though
【小题13】.
A.someB.suchC.lessD.no
【小题14】.
A.beganB.promisedC.managedD.decided
【小题15】.
A.excitedB.worriedC.anxiousD.curious
【小题16】.
A.incidentB.changeC.newsD.matter
【小题17】.
A.yetB.everC.neverD.just
【小题18】.
A.whereB.sinceC.whenD.till
【小题19】.
A.proudB.kindC.strictD.lucky
【小题20】.
A.timeB.viewC.experienceD.impression


三、阅读(共两节, 满分40分)
第一节阅读理解(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A、B、C和D选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When John Milton , writer of “Paradise Lost” ,entered Cambridge University, in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Paul’s School, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar schools ,he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it smoothly and correctly .His pronunciation of Latin was English ,however ,and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.
Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They kept in mind the rules to make learning by heart easier. They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English .As they increased their skill ,they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original .The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them. All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in.
After several years of study ,the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read. And as they began to read Latin poems ,they began to write poems in Latin .Because Milton was already a poet at ten ,his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys. During the seven years Milton spent at university ,he made regular use of his command of Latin. He wrote some excellent Latin poems ,which he published among his works in 1645.
56.What does the passage mainly tell about?
A.How John Milton wrote “Paradise Lost”.B.How John Milton studied Latin.
C.How John Milton became famous.  D.How John Milton became a poet.
57.Which of the following is true of John Milton’s pronunciation of Latin?
A. It has a strong Italian accent.         B. It has an uncommon accent.  
C. It was natural and easy to understand. D. It was bad and difficult to understand.
58.It can be inferred from the passage that        .
A.Milton’s training in Latin was similar to that of the other boys
B.Milton hadn’t learned any foreign language except Latin before going to college
C.Milton’s Italian friends helped him with Latin when talking
D.Milton’s classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton.
59.Which of the following is suggested in the passage?
A.The schoolmaster mainly helped those who were bad at Latin.
B.The schoolmaster usually stood beside the schoolboys with a stick in his hand.
C.The schoolboys could repeat Latin grammar rules from memory.
D.Some of the schoolboys were quick at writing compositions in Latin.
60.What is the meaning of the underlined part “Latin should be beaten in” (Para.2)?
A.Schoolboys should be punished if they were lazy to learn Latin.
B.Schoolboys should be encouraged if they had difficulty in learning Latin.
C.Schoolboys were expected to master Latin in a short time.
D.Schoolboys had to study Latin in a hard way.

John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Luckily he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son,you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others,including his mother. “You have to earn success,” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15,to Chicago.
Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words — as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged (使气馁) him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind: “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”
Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America — worth $150 million.
【小题1】John’s father died in ________.

A.1922B.1933 C.1924D.1923
【小题2】John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _______.
A.his father died when John was very young
B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown
C.there were no schools for black people in their hometown
D.John needed more education badly
【小题3】John’s mother ________.
A.didn’t believe in or depend on others
B.thought no one could succeed without working hard
C.believed one would succeed without working hard
D.thought one could be whatever one wanted to be
【小题4】The story mainly tells us ________ .
A.about the spiritual support John’s mother gave him
B.how John H. Johnson became successful
C.about the importance of a good education
D.about the key to success for blacks

Why not an island get-away?
Newfoundland
Price
From £1080 per person in June 2005
We went with:
Frontier Canada frontier-travel. Co. uk/Canada
About this trip
John Cabot had set sail looking for a new trade route for Asia, when he landed in Cape Bonavista. Clearly he felt this barren desolate landscape could provide this, so he claimed it for its potential and so began the rise of the British Empire.
Newfoundland is the most easterly point in North America and was Britain’s first overseas colony until 1949, when it became part of Canada. It’s roughly the size of England and Craig’s journey by camper van or RV (recreational vehicle) took in just a small part of the island called the Bonavista Peninsula.
First stop was the tiny fishing port of Keels to stock up for the journey ahead. There’s a long standing love affair between Newfoundlanders and cod. The seas off the Newfoundland coast were once the richest cod fishing grounds in the world, attracting fishermen from all over Europe. Many settled, establishing these coastal villages known locally as outports.
An hour’s drive down the coast is the town of Bonavista, where Craig met up with retired fisherman, Wilson Hayward. He told Craig how the landscape used to lie, and described the peculiarities of the language and accents in the area. There’s a different language in every bay.
【小题1】The title “Why not an island get-away?” _________.

A.invites people to take a holiday trip to Newfoundland
B.informs people that the island is moving away from where it used to be
C.tells people that they can buy the island at the price of £1080.
D.asks people to visit the website frontier-travel. co.uk/Canada
【小题2】From the context we can conclude that “Frontier Canada” is the name of _________.
A.a tourist guide
B.a kind of fish found around the island
C.a tourist agency
D.someone who has already booked the trip
【小题3】When John Cabot first discovered Cape Bonavista he was actually on a voyage to find ____.
A.North AmericaB.Asia
C.South AmericaD.the British Empire
【小题4】According to the passage Newfoundland is now part of _________.
A.UKB.CanadaC.EuropeD.Bonavista
【小题5】In the past the Newfoundlanders mainly lived by _________.
A.teaching languagesB.making camper vans
C.looking after retired fishermenD.fishing cod

短文改错(共10题,每小题1分,满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断:如无错误,在该行右边横线上划一个勾(√);如有错误(每行只有一个错误),则按下列情况改正:

  该行多一个词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉,在该行右边横线上写出该词,并也用斜线划掉。

  该行缺一个词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^),在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

  该行错一个词:在错的词下划一横线,在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

  注意:原行没有错的不要改。

Every morning John goes to work by trains. He always                      1.________

buys a newspaper, it helps to make the time pass more quickly.        2.________

One Thursday morning, he turned on the sports page. He wanted             3.________

to see the report about an important football match the night            4.________

before. The repot was such interesting that he forgot to get off         5.________

at his station. He didn’t know it when he saw the sea. He got           6.________

off at the next station, and have to wait a long time for a train to     7.________

go back. Of course, he arrived very late at the office.                      8.________

His boss were very angry when John told him why he was late.        9.________

“Work is very more important than football!”                                10.________

 

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