【2011·上海市普陀区第二次质量调研】

   To learn English well you must learn about yourself. You must discover what your own special needs are in English. You should pick out what makes English different from your own language and concentrate on those parts. And above all, you should pick out your own personal weaknesses in English, pick out your own special problems, find out what mistakes you most often make and make a list of them.    

   It will be best if, in your preparation, you can practise doing the various sorts of work you will be asked to do in examination. You should then make a careful note of any mistakes you make more than once. Count up how many times you make each mistake, and the mistake you make most often should be at the top of your list, the next most common in second place, and so on.

   For example, if your own language is Japanese, you may find the problem of articles comes at the top of your list. If you speak German, you may find using some of the conjunctions is your biggest problem. If your mother tongue is French, you find you are always having trouble with some of prepositions. And if Italian is your language, you may constantly forget to use a suitable pronoun when you should.

    But these are only examples of mistakes typical of certain languages. They may or may not be your particular personal mistakes. As I say, these personal ones are the most important of all to discover.

65. To learn English well the most important thing is to _____.

 A. learn about yourself as much as possible

 B. discover your own special needs in the language

 C. find out the difference between your own language and English

 D. pick out your own personal weaknesses in English

66. The writer advises the readers to _____.　

 A. spend as much time on English as possible

 B. take examinations of various sorts

 C. find out their own problems in doing selected exercises

 D. keep a notebook with the important languages points in it

67. The first item on the list should be the mistake you make _____.

 A. more than once                     B. many times               C. most often                D. very often

Reading Comprehension

Read the following passages, and choose the best answer that can answer the question.

　　Sally arrived early. As she walked around the old house, she couldn't help feeling sad because of what was about to happen. It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety－two. The family had very much wanted to keep all her things. Unfortunately, the family business had failed and left them with heavy debts. The bank now forced them to have an auction(拍卖) sale to repay their debts. The auction was to be held today.

　　In the yard, all her grandma's things were neatly arranged, including dishes, old furniture, and this like. She found the quilt, which had been in her family for over one hundred years, lying on her grandma's bed as she always remembered it. If the quilt could talk, she thought, the stories it would surely tell! Her entire family history was contained within it.

　　As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally the time came to bid(出价) on the quilt. Sally held her purse tightly and listened. The first bid was 6 50. She was shocked. It was so high! Quickly. other people bid and soon the bidding reached to $ 85. It was now or never. Taking a deep breath, Sally shouted out “$ 100!”. For a moment, there was silence. Hope filled her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how pleased her grandma would have been with her at this moment.

　　Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$ 125.” In a moment, Sally's eyes filled with tears. She had lost her chance. She couldn't understand why so many people would be interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt. The quilt was finally sold for $ 500 to a complete stranger. For the rest of the auction, with an empty feeling inside her, Sally just bid for a few small things that reminded her of her childhood.

　　After the sale, she went to the counter to pay for these few things that were now hers. The woman at the cash register handed her a rather large box. When Sally opened it, there was the quilt. “There must be a mistake. Someone else got this,” she said. At this moment she noticed a handwritten note attached to the quilt with a safety pin, which read:

　　Dear Madam,

　　Before the auction, I noticed you admiring the quilt. Clearly, this object was very precious to you. Your sadness at losing the bid was so clear that it broke my heart. Though you don't know me, please accept this quilt as my gift. 1 don't expect repayment from you. I only ask that you do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who happens to cross your path.

Yours,

A Sentimental Stranger

1．What made sally sad is the fact that ________.

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A．her grandma had died

B．her family were in heavy debts

C．she had to move out of the house

D．her family had to sell her grandma's belongings

2．Sally wanted to own the quilt very much because ________.

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A．it was probably the oldest object in her family

B．she had used it for about a hundred years

C．it was so old that it seemed to contain the history of the family

D．she thought it was most beautiful quilt

3．Which of the following best describes Sally's feeling during the bidding for the quilt?

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A．As soon as she heard the bid, she was sure that she could get the quilt,

B．From the start of the bidding she was sure her bid would be the highest.

C．She was too anxious to know what other people said.

D．Before she bid, she thought her bid would be successful.

4．The underlined word “this” in the fifth paragraph of the passage refers to ________.

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5．The handwritten note in the box asked Sally ________.

[　　]

A．to repay the money some day

B．to do a favor for another person

C．to pay for the quilt with the stranger's money

D．to sell the quilt in another auction