【题目】Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand (农场工人). At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he________to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social________ with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was ________ because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his________. In his words, he________ thought of changing his job.

At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher. In the following spring I came________ into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt________. She told Dad that they must make a ________.

My mother had ________of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and ________. And she ________ that I would some day become a great leader ________ men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she ________Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and ________a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for ________ education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother's hope, Dad and I________what we have today. Dad runs a big international ________and I am a successful lawyer ________great fame in my country, ________not a leader as my mother expected.

Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn't be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. ________ he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.

1A. rode B. walked C. ran D. drove

2A. conversations B. games C. relationships D. activities

3A. cold B. crowded C. quiet D. dirty

4A. horse B. entertainment C. life D. beer

5A. often B. ever C. never D. sometimes

6A. laughing B. singing C. sleeping D. crying

7A. unimportant B. busy C. unsatisfied D. tired

8A. living B. change C. decision D. house

9A. dreamed B. heard C. thought D. spoken

10A. honesty B. money C. fame D. energy

11A. cared B. knew C. forgot D. hoped

12A. training B. ruling C. helping D. protecting

13A. warned B. wanted C. allowed D. persuaded

14A. start B. find C. design D. sell

15A. farther B. higher C. easier D. closer

16A. showed B. kept C. lost D. achieved

17A. company B. school C. farm D. café

18A. suffering B. sharing C. enjoying D. following

19A. though B. if C. and D. since

20A. So B. However C. Or D. Because

【题目】Good afternoon, and welcome to England. We hope that your visit here will be a pleasant one. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a few of our laws.

The first one is about drinking. Now, you may not buy alcohol in this country if you are under 18 years of age, nor may your friends buy it for you.

Secondly, noise, Enjoy yourselves by all means, but please don't make unnecessary noise, particularly at night. We ask you to respect other people who may wish to be quiet.

Thirdly, crossing the road. Be careful. The traffic moves on the left side of the road in this country. Use pedestrian crossings and do not take any risk when crossing the road.

My next point is about litter(throwing away wasted material in a public place). It is an offence to drop litter in the street. When you have something to throw away, please put it in your pocket and take it home, or put it in a litter bin.

Finally, as regards smoking, it is against the law to buy cigarettes or tobacco if you are under 16 years of age.

I'd like to finish by saying that if you requires any sort of help or assistance, you should get in touch with your local police station, who will be pleased to help you.

Now, are there any questions?

1The main purpose of this speech would be to ________.

A. prepare people for international travel

B. declare the laws of different countries

C. give advice to travelers to the county

D. inform people of the punishment for breaking laws

2From the speech we learn that ________.

A. in this country, if you are under 18 years of age, you may not buy alcohol, but your friend can buy it for you.

B. you may not buy cigarettes or tobacco unless you are above 16 years of age

C. because the traffic moves on the right side of the road, you must use pedestrian crossings when crossing the road.

D. you can't make noise except at night.

3Who do you think is most likely to make the speech?

A. A policeman B. A lawmaker

C. A teacher D. A lawyer

【题目】阅读理解
With around 100 students scheduled to be in that 9:00 am Monday morning lecture, it is no surprise that almost 20 people actually make it to the class and only 10 of them are still awake after the first 15 minutes; it is not even a surprise that most of them are still in their pajama’s(睡衣). Obviously, students are terrible at adjusting their sleep cycles to their daily schedule.
All human beings possess a body clock. Along with other alerting systems, this governs the sleep/wake cycle and is therefore one of the main processes which govern sleep behaviour. Typically, the preferred sleep/wake cycle is delayed in adolescents, which leads to many students not feeling sleepy until much later in the evenings. This typical sleep pattern is usually referred to as the “night owl” schedule of sleep.
This is opposed to the “early bird” schedule, and is a kind of disorder where the individual tends to stay up much past midnight. Such a person has great difficulty in waking up in the mornings. Research suggests that night owls feel most alert and function best in the evenings and at night. Research findings have shown that about 20 percent of people can be classified as “night owls” and only 10 percent can be classified as “early birds” ------ the other 70 percent are in the middle. Although this is clearly not true for all students, for the ones who are true night owls, this gives them an excellent excuse for missing their lectures which unfortunately fall before midday.
(1)What does the author stress in Paragraph 1?
A.Many students are absent from class.
B.Students are very tired on Monday mornings.
C.Students do not adjust their sleep patterns well.
D.Students are not well prepared for class on Mondays.
(2)Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?
A.Most students prefer to get up late in the morning.
B.Students don’t sleep well because of alerting systems.
C.One’s body clock governs the sleep/wake cycle independently.
D.Adolescents’ delayed sleep/wake cycle isn’t the preferred pattern.
(3)Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “classified”?
A.Criticized
B.Grouped
C.Organized
D.Named
(4)What does the text mainly talk about?
A.Functions of the body clock.
B.The “night owl” phenomenon.
C.Human beings’ sleep behaviour.
D.The school schedule of “early birds”.

【题目】Many experts say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies. He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had, known for making movies that offered sharp social comment.

Between the 1930s and the 1980s, Billy Wilder made almost fifty movies. During that time he received more than twenty nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He won six of the Oscar awards. His movies have been seen by people around the world, like “Sunset Boulevard”, “Some Like It Hot”, “The Lost Weekend”, “The Apartment”, and “The Seven Year Itch”.

Samuel Wilder was born in 1906 in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. His mother had enjoyed spending several years in the United States when she was young. So she called him Billy because she thought it sounded American. Billy Wilder started law school in Vienna, Austria. Then he decided not to become a lawyer. Instead, he began reporting for a Vienna newspaper. By the 1920s, he was writing movies in Germany.

However, the Nazis had risen to power in the nation. Wilder was Jewish, and he recognized that he had no future in Nazi Germany. In 1933, he went to Paris. There he directed a movie for the first time. It was called “The Bad Seed”. Then he received word that producers in the United States had accepted one of his scripts. Billy Wilder left Europe for America.

Billy Wilder had only eleven dollars when he arrived to settle in the United States in 1934. He decided to live in the center of American movie making, Hollywood, California. Then he formed a writing team with Charles Brackett. The two writers created many successful films together. Wilder always praised this man as a friend and teacher whose humor and expert direction greatly influenced his work.

In his love stories, Billy Wilder did not follow the Hollywood tradition of sweet boy-meets-girl situations. He had an unusual way of showing relations between men and women. Wilder died in March, 2002. A current Hollywood producer said: “Billy Wilder made movies that people will never forget.”

1Billy Wilder is known for ________.

A. making almost fifty wonderful movies

B. making movies offering insightful comments

C. wining ten of the Oscar awards

D. changing the way people see movies

2The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to ________.

A. Samuel B. Empire

C. Wilder D. Billy

3From the passage we learn that ________.

A. in 1933, he directed a movie called “The Apartment” for the first time

B. when he arrived in America in 1934, he became famous

C. Charles Brackett impressed and helped Billy Wilder a lot

D. Billy Wilder loved the Hollywood tradition of boy-meets-girl situations

4The passage is about Billy Wilder’s ________.

A. achievement B. education

C. life experience D. theory

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