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14．The girl ______ in America for years． After graduation，she returned home，quite at a loss during her hunt for a job．（　　）

	A．	was studied		B．	has been studied
	C．	studied		D．	was studying

13．______ is a best-known secret in success that get ready in much of our life and you may make the most of the opportunity．（　　）

12．As many successful businessmen believe，courage is as ______ to pioneering work as the intelligence，even more so．（　　）

11．It's supposed that ______ chain of Super Hotel in Yichun is the result of five companies'investment of 2million yuan ______ share．（　　）

10．---It's a pity that you didn't talk much with Andy．
---Yes，the train ______ when I rushed to the station to see him off．（　　）

9．The Truth Can Set You Free
I recently got pulled over for speeding not far from my new home in Virginia．I hadn't been paying attention，and I had driven a few miles an hour over the speed limit．
"Can I see your license and registration？"the police officer asked me．I pulled both out for him，and he saw my Pittsburgh address on my Pennsylvania driver's license．
"What are you doing here？"he asked．"Are you with the army？"
"No，I'm not．"I answered．I explained that I had just moved to Virginia，and I hadn't had time to re-register yet．
"So what brings you here？"
He had asked a direct question．Without thinking very hard，I gave him a direct answer．"Well，officer，"I said，"since you've asked，I have cancer．I have just months to live．We've moved down here to be close to my wife's family．"
"So you've got cancer，"he said flatly．He was trying to figure me out．Was I really dying？Was I lying？He took a long look at me．"You know，for a guy who has only a few months to live，you sure look good．"
He was obviously thinking："Either this guy is pulling one big fat line on me，or he's telling the truth．"He was trying to question my honesty without directly calling me a liar．And so he had forced me to prove that I was being honest．
"Well，officer，I know that I look pretty healthy．I look great on the outside，but the tumors（肿瘤）are on the inside．"And then，I don't know what possessed me，but I just did it．I pulled up my shirt，showing the operational scars．
He looked at my scars．He looked in my eyes．He now knew he was talking to a dying man．Well，he wasn't taking this any further．He handed me back my license．"Do me a favor．"he said，"Slow down from now on．"
The awful truth had set me free．As he went back to his police car，I had a realization．I had been one of those gorgeous blondes （金发美女） who could bat her eyelashes and get out of tickets．I drove home under the speed limit，and I was smiling like a beauty queen．
59．The author was stopped by the police officer becauseD
A．he didn't have a license      B．he forgot to re-register
C．he was seriously ill      D．he drove too fast
60．The author moved to Virginia probably becauseD．
A．he was homesick
B．he served in the army there
C．Virginia had better hospitals
D．his family could be better cared for
61．On hearing about the author's cancer，the police officerB
A．said it was an excuse       B．doubted his honesty
C．showed sympathy for him     D．asked him to show his scars
62．It can be inferred from the passage that the author wasA
A．optimistic B．adventurous C．dishonest   D．romantic．

8．A month after Hurricane Katrina，I returned home in New Orleans．There lay my house，reduced to waist-high rains，smelly and dirty．
Before the trip，I'd had my car fixed．When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill，she noticed my Louisiana license plate．"You from New Orleans？"she asked．I said I was，"No charge．"She said，and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet．The next day I went for a haircut，and the same thing happened．
As my wife was studying in Florida，we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage （抵押贷款） on our ruined house．We looked at many places，but none was satisfactory．We'd begun to accept that we'd have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while，when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kennedy in California．He'd read some pieces I'd written about our sufferings for Slate，the online magazine and wanted to give us （"no conditions attached"） a new house across the lake from New Orleans．
It sounded too good to be true，but I replied，thanking him for his exceptional generosity，that we had no places to go back．Then a poet at the University of Florida offered to rent his house to me while he went to England on his one-year-paid leave．The rent was rather reasonable．I mentioned the poet's offer to James Kennedy，and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months．
Throughout this painful experience，the kindness of strangers has done much to bring back my faith in humanity．It's almost worth losing your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given half a chance．

36．The garage employee's attitude toward the author was that ofB．
A．unconcern B．sympathy C．doubt D．tolerance
37．What do we know about James Kennedy？D
A．He was a writer of an online magazine．
B．He was a poet at the University of Florida．
C．He learned about the author's sufferings via e-mail．
D．He offered the author a new house free of charge．
38．It can be inferred from the text thatA．
A．the author's family was in financial difficulty
B．rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster
C．houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area
D．the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank
39．From Paragraph 4，we can know that the author's new houseC．
A．was located in the University of Florida
B．was offered by a poet and the rent was expensive
C．was sponsored by James Kennedy with its 8-month rent
D．was well-equipped but the rent was low
40．The author learned from his experience thatD．
A．worldly possessions can be given up when necessary
B．generosity should be encouraged in some cases
C．people benefit from their sad stories
D．human beings are kind after all．

7．Though the number of Japanese army was _____ that of our Eighth Route Army，they lost the battle in that mountainous village．（　　）

	A．	as large twice as		B．	twice as large as
	C．	large as twice as		D．	as twice large as

6．In 1943，when I was 4，my parents moved from Coeur d'Alene，Idaho，to Fairbanks，Alaska，where adventure was never very far away．
We arrived in the summer，just in time to enjoy the midnight sun．All that sunlight was fantastic for Mom's vegetable garden．Working in the garden at midnight tended to throw her timing off，so she didn't care much about my bedtime．
Dad was a Railway Express agent and Mom was his clerk．That left me in a mess．I usually managed to find some trouble to get into．Once I had a little fire going in the dirt basement of a hotel．I had tried to light a barrel（桶）of paint but couldn't really get a good fire going．The smoke got pretty bad，though，and when I made my exit，a crowd and the police were there to greet me．The policemen took my matches and drove me home．
Mom and Dad were occupied in the garden and Dad told the police to keep me，and they did!I had a tour of the prison before Mom rescued me．I hadn't turned 5yet．
As I entered kindergarten，the serious cold began to set in．Would it surprise you to know that I soon left part of my tongue on a metal handrail（扶手）at school？
As for Leonhard Seppala，famous as a dog sledder （驾雪橇者），I think I knew him well because I was taken for a ride with his white dog team one Sunday．At the time I didn't realize what a superstar he was，but I do remember the ride well．I was wrapped （包裹） heavily and well sheltered from the freezing and blowing weather．
In 1950，we moved back to Coeur d'Alene，but we got one more Alaskan adventure when Leonhard invited us eight years later by paying a visit to Idaho to attend a gathering of former neighbors of Alaska．

46．What can be inferred about the author's family？C
A．His father was a cruel man．
B．His parents didn't love him．
C．His parents used to be very busy．
D．His mother didn't have any jobs．
47．What happened when the author was four？A
A．He nearly caused a fire accident．
B．He was arrested by the police．
C．He was locked in a basement．
D．He learned to smoke．
48．When the author entered kindergarten，heC．
A．liked to surprise people
B．got a terrible cold
C．had an accident
D．lost his tongue
49．Which of the following is true？A
A．Leonhard was good at driving dog sleds．
B．The author spent his whole childhood in Alaska．
C．Leonhard often visited the author's family after 1950．
D．The author suffered a lot while taking the dog sled in Alaska．
50．What is the author's purpose of writing the text？A
A．To look back on his childhood with adventures．
B．To describe the extreme weather of Alaska．
C．To express how much he misses Leonhard．
D．To show off his pride in making trouble．

5．It was Mother's Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son，Tenyson．As we were leaving，we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete．Her husband was with her，but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock．
Walking towards the scene，Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple．He said to me，"Mum，it's not much fun falling over in front of everyone．"
At the front of the supermarket a charity group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds．Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower．"It will make her feel better，"he said．I was amazed that he'd come up with such a sweet idea．So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up．"Just take it，"she replied．"I can't take your money for such a wonderful gesture．"
By now paramedics（救援人员）had arrived，and were attending the injured woman．As we walked up to her，my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment．He said he was just too scared to go up to her．
Instead I gave the flower to the woman's husband and told him，"My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better．"
At that，the old man started crying and said，"Thank you so much，you have a wonderful son．Happy Mother's Day to you．"
The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower，telling her who it was from．Though badly hurt and shaken，the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile．

41．The elderly woman hit her head whenA．
A．the writer was shopping with her son
B．the writer was leaving with her son
C．it was Mother's Day night last year
D．the elderly woman was leaving
42．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？B
A．The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson．
B．Tenyson's idea of buying a flower gained his mother's support．
C．Tenyson's care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller．
D．The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson's gesture．
43．The underlined word"intimidated"in the fourth paragraph probably means"C"．
A．astonished
B．struck
C．frightened
D．excited
44．What does the author intend to tell us？D
A．One can never be too careful．
B．Actions speak louder than words．
C．Love begins with a little smile．
D．A small act of kindness brings a great joy．
45．What would be the best title for the passage？A
A．Flower Power
B．Mother's Day
C．An Accidental Injury
D．An Embarrassing Moment．

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