阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

It’s every student’s dream to do well in the national college entrance examination and enter a good university. In the eyes of students and parents, a good university should have a high ranking, and the employment rate of its graduates should be high. But be careful! The employment rate they tell you might not always be true.

Recently, people created a Chinese phrase “bei jiuye”, which has become popular on the Internet almost overnight across China. The word “bei” has a grammatical use in Chinese: it has a function similar to the passive voice in English. But now people often use it to express their doubts about something. Here, the phrase “bei jiuye” has the literal meaning of “to be hired”, but people understand that it really means “to be hired without one’s knowledge” or “be hired for jobs that may not exist at all”.

The story of “bei jiuye” goes like this. Zhao Dongdong, a graduate of a university in Shanxi province, was surprised to find that he got a job from a company he never applied to, which he wasn’t even sure was a real place. On his last day of graduation ceremonies, he was surprised to come across the employment contract.

“God! At that time, I had not landed a job yet, but they gave me an employment contract! I wondered who on earth signed the contract with the company.” When Zhao made a phone call to the company to check it out, no one answered. He was not the only one in his college who was “hired” for a job that did not exist. One of his classmates signed a contract with a company called Xi’an Beilin Industrial Corporation, which could not be found on the Internet either. In the end, it turned out that the college had faked the contract to make it seem like the employment rate for new graduates was higher than that. By doing this, the college could build up a “good” reputation that could help it attract new students. “Bei jiuye” is just one of many hot “bei” words on the Internet. See some of them in “Bonus”. The use of “bei” is a satirical (讽刺的) way for the public to express its helplessness and criticize abuses of power, some people say. People also use “bei” words to bring attention to social problems, hoping they will be noticed by authorities.

 
第二部分 阅读理解（第一节20小题,第二节5小题；每小题2分,满分50分）
第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Not long ago, I faced an enjoyable yet formidable(难以对付的) challenge. I was returning to my old neighborhood in the South Bronx to speak the students of my old school, Morris High.  As we drove down streets where my friend Gene Norman and I used to race bicycles, I thought of the problems awaiting the kids living here, the drugs, the temptations, and the crime. What could I say to encourage them?
As we passed the hamburger place that I used to haunt, I remembered my growing-up years here, the joys, the sorrows, and the choices. Even then kids faced choices. There were drugs in my neighbourhood and a youngster could gain easy access to them if tempted. But in my family, the decision was simple: You just didn’t do it. We knew it was stupid and the most self-destructive thing you could do with the life God had given you.
At age of 17 I found a summer job in a local soft-drink bottling plant at 90 cents an hour. I was thrilled. On my first day of work, having joined the ranks of other newly hired teenagers, I was full of enthusiasm. The bottling machines caught my eye, but only the white boys worked there. I was hired as a porter and the foreman handed me a mop(拖把). I decided to be the best mop user there ever was. Right to left, left to right.
As our car rolled on, our driver’s voice broke my thought . “We are here, General.” I looked up at my old school; it hadn’t changed much. As I walked up its familiar stone steps I remembered racing up them to beat the bell. The setting for my talk to the student body was the gymnasium.
“I remember this place”, I told the students. “I remember it all. I remember running through Van Cortland Park with the track team, the victory I used to take each day from my home to Kelly Street to school.”
“I also remember, upon occasions, experiencing the feeling ‘you can’t make it’”, I continued. “But you can. When I was coming up, opportunities were limited. But now the opportunities are there to be anything you want to be. But wanting to be isn’t enough, dreaming about it isn’t enough. You’ve got to study for it, work for it, fight for it with all your heart energy and soul so that nothing will be denied you.
I wanted them to make the right choices, to work hard and not lose sight of a dream. And I wanted them to know that someone is always watching.
41.Why does the author say that he faced an enjoyable yet formidale challenge?Because_______
A.he was very much afraid of returning to his old neighborhood
B. his old neighborhood is problematic with drugs, temptation and crimes
C. he was going to make a speech to schoolboys and schoolgirls of Morris High
D. there are problems on the road his car was driven on and this worried him
42.The author thinks it was _________for kids to face choices when he was young.
A. very exciting     B. only natural     C. very easy      D. really a sad thing
43.According to the author, the stupid and the most self-destructive thing you could do with the life God had given you is __________.
A. to get easy access to choices           B. to hang around the hamburger place
C. to get addicted to drugs               D. to resist the temptation of drugs
44.Which statement is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author went back to his old school as a general
B. The author was the best mop user there ever was
C. The author was very excited about his first job
D.The author believed that you can become anything you want

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was 14 when Mr. Ingram knocked on our farmhouse door in Sacred Heart. Okla. The old farmer   36  about a mile away and needed an assistant to help out grass. It was the first time I had been actually   37  for work.

Mr. Ingram was   38  with the job I did and ended up hiring me to dig potatoes. I even   39  when a   40  cow was being born.

One day he found an old truck that was   41  in the   42  ， sandy soil of the melon field. Was full of melons that someone had tried to steal before their truck got stuck.

Mr. Ingram explained that the truck's owner would be returning soon, and he wanted me to   43   the truck and lean(倚靠) against it. Soon a man from a nearby village, who had a terrible   44  for fighting and stealing,   45   with his two full – grown sons. They looked   46  .

While   47   Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to buy some   48  .”

There was a long silence   49   the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you getting for them?”

“Three dollars each,”   50  said immediately. “Well, I guess that would be   51   enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man bargained.

It   52  out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an unpleasant, perhaps unfortunate incident had been   53  . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t   54   your enemies, you’re going to run out of friends.” Mr. Ingram died a few years later, but I have never forgotten him or what he taught me   55   my first job.

36．A．covered      B．went  C．lived   D．ran

37．A．charged     B．paid   C．inquired     D．blamed

38．A．strict B．disappointed      C．unsatisfied         D．content

39．A．assisted     B．disturbed   C．included     D．existed

40．A．father         B．mother       C．baby  D．brother

41．A．struck         B．dropped     C．fallen D．stuck

42．A．soft    B．hard   C．smooth      D．tough

43．A．glare at      B．watch         C．spot   D．stare at

44．A．honor          B．custom       C．reputation D．habit

45．A．took down B．showed up          C．set out       D．broke up

46．A．sad   B．angry C．happy         D．pleased

47．A．hardly         B．anxiously   C．calmly         D．noisily

48．A．truck  B．watermelons     C．tomatoes  D．grass

49．A．before        B．after  C．since  D．unless

50．A．they   B．the sons     C．I         D．the farmed

51．A．expensive  B．sure   C．friendly       D．fair

52．A．turned        B．came C．broke D．stood

53．A．caused       B．postponed C．prevented D．cancelled

54．A．hate   B．forgive        C．admire       D．abandon

55．A．under          B．below         C．off      D．on

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第II卷
第四部分  写作（共两节，满分35分）
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。短文中有10处错误，每句最多有两处。错误设计一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Welcome to our English Corner. It set up about four years before. Since then on many high school students have joined in it. The students from different schools gather round on Sunday mornings, and there are also some college students or foreigners. We talked about everything we know and show interest in. We also exchange our effective method in English learning. We think we have learned much here.
The English Corner is a really addition to our English class and popular with students. Parents and teachers appreciate them very much because they all believe it is of great help to their children. If you want to know much about it, you may talk to students here.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the time when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication. A young man  36 for a job as a Morse Code(摩尔斯电码)operator.
Having answered an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was  37 .When he arrived, he entered a large, busy   38  filled with noise and clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the background. A   39  on the wall told job applicants to fill out a form and wait until they were   40  to enter the inner office. The young man filled out his form and sat down with the seven  41 applicants in the waiting area.   42 a few minutes, the young man stood up suddenly,   43   the room to the door of the inner office, and walked right in.   44  the other applicants came alive, wondering what was   45   . They whispered among themselves that they hadn’t been told to come yet and thought that the young man made a   46   and wouldn’t be accepted.
  47 , when the employer went out of the office with the young man, he said to the other applicants , “Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming, but the   48   has just been filled .”
The other applicants began   49   and one of them   50   , “Wait a minute, I don’t understand. He was the   51  to come in, and we never even got a chance to be   52   . Yet he got the job. That’s not fair!”
The employer said, “I’m sorry, but   53   you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been  54 the following message in Morse Code: If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.  55  of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. The job is his.”
36. A. allowed               B. applied              C. cared                           D. stood
37. A. listed                     B. proved                C. named                         D. formed
38. A. market                 B. school                 C. office                            D. clinic
39. A. letter                    B. book                    C. mirror                          D. sign
40. A. persuaded             B. refused              C. forced                          D. ordered
41. A. another                B. other                  C. others                          D. else
42. A. Since                     B. Before                C. After                            D. For
43. A. tied                        B. left                      C. crossed                       D. cleaned
44. A. Surprisingly         B. Strangely           C. Regularly           D. Naturally
45. A. going on               B. going for            C. set aside                     D. set up
46. A. difference            B. mistake              C. decision                     D. point
47. A. Therefore            B. However            C. Otherwise                  D. Moreover
48. A. job                         B. room                   C. seat                              D. gap
49. A. working                B. cheering            C. complaining               D. hesitating
50. A. spoke aloud         B. carried out       C. asked for                     D. told of
51. A .first                       B. best                    C. worse                          D. last
52. A. checked                B. interviewed      C. informed                     D. invited
53. A. at times               B. all the time       C. ahead of time            D. at one time
54. A. ticking out           B. knocking out     C. pointing out               D. showing out
55. A. Some                     B. None                   C. Any                                D. Each