When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to  36  a small brown leather purse lying on the sidewalk. I  37  it up and opened it to see if I could   38  the owner’s name. There was nothing inside it  39  some change and an old photo — a picture of a woman and a young girl of about twelve years old, who looked  40  the woman’s daughter. I put the photo back and  41  the purse to the police station, where I  42  it to the desk sergeant (警官).  43  I left, the sergeant took down my name and address  44  the owner might want to write and thank me.

     That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They  45  a young woman  46  there would be four people  47  the table. Her face was familiar. I was   48  sure that we had not met before, but I could not remember where I had seen her. In the course of conversation,  49  , the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her purse that afternoon.  50  I realized where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photo, although she was now  51  . She was very surprised, of course,  52  I was able to describe her purse to her. Then I explained that I had  53  her from the photo I had found in the purse. My uncle  54  to the police station immediately to claim the purse. As the police sergeant handed it over, he said that it was an  55  coincidence that I had not only found the purse, but also the person who had lost it.

A. watch         B. notice           C. discover              D. find out

A. chose         B. selected        C. picked               D. took

A. find out        B. learn           C. discover              D. work out

A besides         B. except          C. except for            D. in addition to

A. to be          B. as if                 C. as                 D. like

A. took          B. brought       C. fetched                   D. sent

A. offered        B. passed        C. handed               D. returned

A. Before      B. When         C. While               D. As

A. lest           B. in case         C. for fear              D. so that

A. have also invited             B. also had invited       

C. also invited                    D. had also invited

A. so         B. that           C. so that             D. in order that

A. in         B. on            C. by                 D. at

A. completely   B. quiet          C. quite                    D. very

A. however      B. therefore        C. nevertheless         D. whereupon

A. All at once  B. At once         C. Immediately          D. All suddenly

A. more old     B. very old        C. much older           D. even older

A. when        B. as             C. since                D. for

A. known       B. realized         C. identified            D. recognized

A. insisted to goB. insisted going    C. insisted on going    D. insisted to going

A. amazed       B. amazing        C. amazingly            D. amazedly

1.Tom was d ______ to learn that he had passed the important lest．

2.Whether we will go for an outing or not tomorrow d ______ on the weather．

3.Mike tried again and again and e _____ he made it．

4.Have you ever heard of the n ______ who wrote the great novel David Copperfield?

5.Because of the f______,roads and houses were washed away and people became homeless．

6.Anyone who has done something ______ （非法的） will be punished．

7.All the representatives ______ （交换） their opinions before the conclusion was reached．

8.It is reported that a lot of presidents will be present at the opening ______ （仪式）．

9.It is necessary to learn to ______ （预测） what the passage is all about．

10.Please lake good care of the ______ （设备） when you are doing experiments in the lab．

Rome had the Forum. London has Speaker' s Comer. Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.    

 Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 2Os, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands d people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street comers. Just talk.     

Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, "Talk to Me," they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.     

    They don't collect money. They don't push religion (宗教). So what's the point?

    "To see what happens," said Liz. "We simply enjoy life with open communication(交流)."

    Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.

     "It started as a crazy idea," Liz said. "We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything."

     Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went.

     Marcia had lest her husband to a serious disease. "That was very heavy on my mind,” Marcia said. "To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good," she explained.

     To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters.

They may plan more parties or try to attract mare people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they'll consider.

56. What did Liz and Bill start doing after September 2001?      

A. Chatting with people.

B. Setting up street signs.

C. Telling stories to strangers.

D. Organizing a speaker's comer.

57. What they have been doing can be described as______. 

   A. pointless                 B. normal                C. crazy                   D. successful

58. Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?        

A. They knew Liz and Bill very well.

   B. They happened to meet the writer of the text.

   C. They organized the get-together in the city park.

   D. They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.

 59. What will Liz and Bill do in the future?     

   A. Go in for publishing.                            B. Do more television programs.

C. Continue what they am doing.                  D. Spend more time reading books.

60. How do they like the idea of writing a book?      

A. They have decided to wait a year or two.   

B. They will think about it carefully.

C. They agreed immediately.           

D. They find it hard to do that.

Employers fear they will be unable to recruit (招募) students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey ___21___.

Nearly half of the organizations told researchers they were already struggling to find ___22___ with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), ___23___ even more companies expect to experience ___24___ of employees with STEM skills in the next three years.

The Confederation of British Industry___25___694 businesses and organizations across the public and ___26___sectors , which together employ 2.4 million people.

Half are ___27___ they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to ___28___ enough employees with the right A-level skills.

　　“___29___ we move further role recovery and businesses plan ___30___ growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will ___31___.” said Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI. “Firms say it is already hard to find people with the right ___32___ or engineering skills. The new government must make it a top ___33___ to encourage more young people to study science-related ___34___.”

　　The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects (预期) ___35___ they studied business, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level. The A-levels that employers ___36___least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don’t insist on a ___37___ degree subject . A third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject.

The research ___38___ worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK ___39___. Half of the employer expressed worries about employees’ basic literacy and numeracy（计算) skills, while the biggest problem is with IT skills, ___40___ two-thirds reported concerns.

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My father was Chief engineer of a merchant ship, which was sunk in Word War II. The book Night of the U-boats told the story.
Memories
In September, 1940, my mother, sister and I went to Swansea, where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him sale.
Then I remember my mother lying lace down, sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo(鱼雷).
I can remember the arrival of the telegram(电报),Which in those days always brought had new. My grandmother opened it. It read, “Safe, Love Ted.”
My most vivid memory Is being woken and brought down to sit o my father’s knee, his arm in a bandage.
He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember, he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He said it was because of the cigarettes. Whichever, he died suddenly in his early 50s.
Ten years later I read Night of the U-bouts and was able to complete the story.
Torpedo
One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room, where the third engineer was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.
By the time he got on deck (甲板) he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free it swung against the ship, injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.
Three days later, he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.
In my room is the book and the photograph. Often, glass in hand, I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion, a sinking ship, a jump into a vast ocean rind a wait for rescue? Lest（以免）we forget, I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.
【小题1】
We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea ________.