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  These days, experiences, like many other things, are becoming increasingly expensive. One has to pay a lot for them, even an ordinary one.

  Not long ago, I wanted to invite my friend to lunch. What we really reed was a good and quiet place so that we could talk, not a big meal. So I selected one club. I belong to that club, too. What could be nicer? “Let's go to the club. ” I told my friend.

  When I ordered a day in advance, I was asked whether I would have a 20 yuan or 30 yuan lunch. I said, “30 yuan . ”I didn't realize until I was asked to pay after lunch, that 30 yuan was for each person.

  There were five people that day, and all of us were surprised by the quality of the 30 yuan meal (for all, we thought). The bill came at last. It was 216.40 yuan (150 for the five of us plus the money for drinks, fruits and air-conditioning), I paid the bill without a word.

  What could I say? It was not the club's fault. It was my own ignorance(无知)that made me pay the largest bill in my life. On the whole, it was not so bad, we had a good lunch at a quiet place. Besides, this experience will help in other years.

  To support my idea, I have developed my own calculation 30 yuan for the lunch and 186.40 for the experience. The experience has made me ten times wiser.

1.Now many things are becoming ________ .

[  ]

A.less experiential

B.are not so experiential

C.as expensive as before

D.more expensive

2.What we really wanted to have was ________.

[  ]

A.a good meal

B.a good and quiet place to talk

C.a club

D.an experience

3.I thought that I had ordered a meld that cast ________.

[  ]

A.me 20 yuan

B.me 30 yuan

C.us 20 yuan each

D.us 30 yuan each

4.What do you think makes me pay the largest bill in my life?

[  ]

A.My fault.

B.My mistake.

C.The club's trick.

D.The club's mistake.

5.“The experience has made me ten times wiser. ”expresses ________.

[  ]

A.my thanks to the club

B.my pleasure to be ten times wiser

C.my honesty

D.my anger

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案.

  Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

  When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't 1 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 2 up and down the streets of his

  neighborhood. He looks for anything 3 such as strange cars, loud noises, 4 windows, or people gathering on street comers.

  Tim 5 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group 6 on the third Wednesday of every month, That's 7 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 8 . Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 9 their homes, streets, and families safe.

  Tina Stedman, president of 10 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime(犯罪)happens to other people but not 11 them. Well, it's never happened to me,” she said, “but I don't think anyone has the 12 to steal from other people or to make them feel 13 sitting in their own homes.”

  Alex, a member of the group, says that all the neighbors 14 out for one another. “We 15 each other's homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the 17 .For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 18 , or someone destroying property(财产), we report to the police.”

  Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 19 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can't do 20 .”

(1)

[  ]

A. yet
B. still
C. just
D. rather

(2)

[  ]

A. carefully
B. clearly
C. nervously
D. coldly

(3)

[  ]

A. familiar
B. unusual
C. expensive
D. interesting

(4)

[  ]

A. curtained
B. open
C. old
D. broken

(5)

[  ]

A. attends
B. belongs
C. goes
D. turns

(6)

[  ]

A. meets
B. quarrels
C. sings
D. searches

(7)

[  ]

A. where
B. why
C. when
D. how

(8)

[  ]

A. politics
B. wealth
C. health
D. safety

(9)

[  ]

A. keep
B. hold
C. let
D. protect

(10)

[  ]

A. its
B. his
C. their
D. your

(11)

[  ]

A. round
B. on
C. about
D. to

(12)

[  ]

A. right
B. chance
C. courage
D. mind

(13)

[  ]

A. unlucky
B. unsafe
C. disappointed
D. discouraged

(14)

[  ]

A. set
B. let
C. hold
D. look

(15)

[  ]

A. care
B. enter
C. watch
D. manage

(16)

[  ]

A. group
B. set
C. number
D. crowd

(17)

[  ]

A. judges
B. police
C. firemen
D. doctors

(18)

[  ]

A. work
B. burden
C. service
D. trouble

[  ]

(19)

[  ]

A. produce
B. find
C. get
D. help

(20)

[  ]

A. anything
B. everything
C. harm
D. wrong

Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble free area.

When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't __36__drive to a store and back home. He always looks__37__ 37 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything___38  such as strange cars, loud noises, __39  windows, or people gathering on street corners.

Tim__40 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA. The neighborhood watch group__41 on the third Wednesday of every month. That's__42  Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community__43. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police__44_their homes, streets, and families safe.

Tina Stedman, president of__45   neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim. “People seem to think that crime(犯罪) happens to other people but not__46  them. Well, it's never happened to me,” she said,“but I don't think anyone has the__47  to steal from other people or to make them feel__48  sitting in their own homes.”

Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors__49_our for one another.“We__50 each other's homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a __51 _ of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the__52 . For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for__53 , or someone destroying property(财产), we report to the police.”

Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups__54  a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can't do __55  .”

36.  A. yet           B. still        C. just           D. rather 

37.  A. carefully     B. clearly      C. nervously      D. coldly 

38.  A. familiar      B. unusual      C. expensive      D. interesting 

39.  A. curtained     B. open         C. old            D. broken 

40.  A. attends       B. belongs      C. goes           D .turns 

41.  A. meets         B. quarrels     C. sings          D. searches 

42.  A. where         B. why          C. when           D. how 

43.  A. politics      B. wealth       C. health         D. safety 

44.  A. keep          B. hold         C. let            D. protect  

45.  A. its           B. his          C. their          D. your 

46.  A. round         B. on           C. about          D. to 

47.  A. right         B. chance       C. courage        D. mind 

48.  A. unlucky       B. unsafe       C. disappointed   D. discouraged 

49.  A. set           B. let          C. hold           D. look 

50.  A. care          B. enter        C. watch          D. manage 

51.  A. group         B. set          C. number         D. crowd 

52.  A. judges        B. police       C. firemen        D. doctors 

53.  A. work          B. burden       C. service        D. trouble 

54.  A. produce       B. find         C. get            D. help 

55.  A. anything      B. everything   C. harm           D. wrong 


第二部分:语言知识及应用(共两节,满分35分)
第一节:完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的A, B, C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a    21    over our head, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always    22  . Not knowing we were poor, my kids just thought I was strict. I’ve always been glad about that.
It was Christmas time, and although there wasn’t money for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big   23   for the kids was the fun of Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for    24   to share by all five of us.
The big    25   arrived. I gave each kid a twenty – dollar bill and    26    them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered. We had two hours to shop; then we would meet back at the “Santa’s Workshop”.
Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, except my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually    27   . She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies - fifty – cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn’t say anything until we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed as the door, ready to be angry again. This is what she told me.
“ I was looking around    28   of what to buy, and I stopped to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees’. One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she wanted for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and    29   the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn’t have anything.”
I never felt so   30   as I did that day.
21.    A. roof                  B. hat                    C. sky                   D. star
22.    A. little                  B. less                   C. enough              D. more
23.    A. improvement     B. problem            C. surprise             D. excitement
24.    A. toys                  B. clothes              C. presents             D. bills
25.   A. day                   B. chance               C. cheque              D. tree
26.    A. forced               B. reminded           C. invited              D. begged
27.    A. quiet                 B. excited              C. happy                D. ashamed
28.   A. learning             B. thinking            C. knowing            D. telling
29.    A. made                 B. searched            C. bought              D. fetched
30.    A. angry                B. rich                   C. patient               D. Bitter

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