Once an Arab was traveling in the desert . When the sun went down in the west , he stopped and put up his tent , made a fire and had a   36   meal . When night fell , he  37  down to sleep .

He had   38  fallen  asleep  when he felt a soft  39  on his elbow(肘) . He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent . The camel said , “Would you please let me keep my head in the tent to get warm ? It’s so cold outside . I won’t take up much room . ”

The Arab was a  40  man . “All right ,do as you please , ”he said . Then he turned on his side and went back to sleep .

It wasn’t long  41  he felt a push on his shoulder . It was the camel again . “Dear master ,”the camel said , “my head is quite warm now , but my neck is still cold . Do you mind  42  I keep it inside the tent ,too ? ”

“No , not at all , ”the man said . But this time he felt a bit  43  , as the camel had such a long neck .

Hardly had he shut his eyes when he got a harder push in his side . This time the camel said , “Will you please  44  me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little ?”

The Arab moved over to one side of the tent .He made  45  as small as he could . It wasn’t a bit comfortable , and sleep was now  46  .

 After a while, the camel gave him a rough push and said , “The tent is too small for the two of us .Besides , my two hind legs are still left in the cold.  47  is only reasonable that you should leave the whole tent to me .”

A. simple                   B. rich                         C. excellent                  D. ordinary

A. laid                       B. lay                           C. lied                          D. went

A. seldom                  B. not                          C. almost                   D. hardly

A. touch                    B. beat                         C. kick                         D. bite

A. hard-hearted       B. kind-hearted             C. cruel                D. careless

A. after                   B. before                   C. since                        D. then

A. whether                 B. as                            C. that                          D. if

A. crowded             B. comfortable                  C. warmer                    D. narrower

A. let                      B. allow              C. make                 D. have

A. the tent                  B. himself                    C. room                       D. ground

A. impossibly             B. impossible             C. quite possible            D. possibility

A. It                          B. That                         C. What                       D. This

The next morning Alex was waiting in the FMA president’s suite when Jerome Patterton arrived. Alex filled him in quickly on the Jax report. Then he said, “I want you to give an order to the trust department to sell every share of Supranational we’re holding.”
“I won’t!” Patterton’s voice rose. “Who do you think you are, giving orders-----“ “I’ll tell you who I am, Jerome. I’m the guy who warned the board against in-depth involvement with SuNatCo. I fought against heavy trust department buying of the stock, but no one-----including you -----would listen. Now Supranational is caving in.” Alex leaned across the desk and slammed a fist down hard. “Don’t you understand? Supranational can bring this bank down with it.”
Patterton was shaken. “But is SuNatCo in real trouble? Are you sure?”
“If I weren’t, do you think I’d be here? I’m giving you a chance to salvage something at least.” He pointed to his wristwatch. “It’s an hour since the New York  stock market opened. Jerome, get on the phone and give that order!”
Muscles around the bank president’s mouth twitched nervously. Never decisive, strong influence often swayed him. He hesitated, then picked up the telephone.
“Get me Mitchell in the trust department… Mitch? This is Jerome. Listen carefully. I want you to give a sell order immediately on all the Supranational stock we hold… Yes, sell every share.” Patterton listened, then said impatiently, “Yes, I know what it’ll do to the market. And I know it’s irregular.” His eyes sought Alex’s for reassurance. The hand holding the telephone trembled as he said, “There’s no time to hold meetings. So do it! Yes, I accept responsibility.”
He hung up and reached for a glass of water. “The stock is already down. Our selling will depress it more. We’ll be taking a big beating.”
“It’s our clients-----people who trusted us-----who will take the beating. And they’d have taken a bigger one still, if we’d waited. Even now we’re not out of the woods. A week from now the SEC may disallow those sales. They may rule we had inside knowledge that Supranational was about to be bankrupt, which we should have reported and which would have halted trading in the stock.
【小题1】 Alex filled him in quickly on the Jax report. The sentence means:

A.He filled his name on the Jax report quickly.
B.Alex signed his name to the Jax report quickly.
C.He offered the FMA president the Jax report smartly.
D.He prepared the Jax report for Patterton to sign smartly.
【小题2】 From the context we can infer that ________.
A.SuNatCo would bring the stock market down if it sold all the Supranational stock they held.
B.The president was stubborn and would never listen to others.
C.Alex will take the place of Patterton in the future.
D.the clients would take a bigger beating than the bank
【小题3】 The New York stock market is the place where_____.
A.the old stock can be bought and sold
B.shares can be bought and sold
C.paper stock can be bought and sold
D.some of the stock can be taken without being paid for
【小题4】 In the sentence “Even now we’re not out the woods.” The phrase “out of the woods”       means     _____.
A.free from dangerB.short of wood
C.running out of woodD.set free
【小题5】In the writer’s opinion, the president is _____.
A.good leader of the U.S.AB.a good manager of a company
C.headmasterD.banker, an indecisive sort of person

Ten years ago I used to be very fit. I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing.
Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like that any more.
There’s a lot of stress in my job. Perhaps that’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.
Two months ago I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! My job takes everything out of me!
Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something as I used to. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
【小题1】Compared with ten years ago, what is worse for the author now?

A.His job.B.His pay.
C.His means of transport. D.His health.
【小题2】According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true?
A.He got higher pay.B.His working hours weren’t long.
C.He found it very stressful. D.He had little free time at weekends.
【小题3】After the author had a heart attack, the doctor advised him ____________.
A.not to work any longer
B.to take a long vacation abroad
C.to stop smoking and take exercise
D.not to eat out any more
【小题4】What can we learn about the author?
A.The author is not sure what he should do now.
B.The author has taken the doctor’s advice already.
C.The author has got another new job.
D.The author feels much better now.

读写任务(共1小题,满分25分)
“Everyone will have a new start, so do not let your past defeat your present and future. In the university, I know what I shall do. Now I have applied for a student loan, and I will work a part-time job, which I think, can cover the expense myself. I won’t add any pressure to my family.” Jia Zuosheng, 27, a security guard at the library of Beijing-based Tsinghua University before he was admitted to Shandong University, told the reporter about himself calmly.
“I am lucky. I cherished the job very much because it provided me with a good chance to read books. I took night shifts so I had plenty of time to study in the daytime. When I had problems I couldn`t work out, I plucked up my courage to consult teachers or students at Tsinghua, who were all friendly to me, and helped me a lot. ”
“My dream is to be a college teacher, to educate students with my knowledge and love and help them enjoy true, kind and beautiful things. That’s also the reason why I took the national entrance examination again. Although, however, I’m old enough to get married, I hope my parents would understand what I want to do.”
【写作内容】
1. 以约30个词概括文章的内容。
2. 以约120个词就“心中有梦想”发表你的看法,包括如下要点:
(1) 你赞成主人公边打工边学习吗?
(2) 你心中的梦想是什么?
(3) 如何实现自己的梦想?
【写作要求】
1. 在作文中可以使用亲身的经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。

 On a Friday night ,a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance of the subway station .The music was so great that people      down to listen and put some money into his hat .

The next day ,the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat ,there was a piece of paper with some      on it .It said ,“A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by       .Welcome to claim (认领) it .”Soon the people were all attracted by the words and         what it could be .After a while a man rushed through the crowd, took the violinist’s shoulders and said ,“I knew you would         come here.” The violinist asked, “Did you     something ?“Lottery(彩票).” The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Sang ’ name on it .Sang took it and danced happily.

Sang was an office worker. He bought the lottery and        a prize of $ 500,000. But when he gave $ 50 to the violinist for his wonderful music , the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student . That morning ,he was going to      to Vienna for higher education. However, when he found the ticket ,he cancelled the flight and           to the entrance.

Later someone asked the violinist why he didn’t take the lottery ticket to pay tuition(学费). He said,“Although I don’t have much money ,I live happily .If I lose       , I won’t be happy forever.

1.A. went          B. slowed         C. turned      D .fell

2.A. music         B. money         C. words       D. tickets

3.A. chance        B. hand           C. choice      D. mistake

4.A. asked         B. felt            C. wondered    D. knew

5.A. certainly      B. never          C. always      D. exactly

6.A. get           B. lose            C. want        D. buy

7.A. held          B. kept           C. lost          D. won

8.A .walk          B. fly            C. ride          D. run

9.A. returned       B. reached        C. pointed       D. jumped

10.A. name         B. lottery         C. honesty       D. money

 

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