What do Chinese college graduates have in common with ants? The recent __16__ Ant Tribes about the life of some young people __17__ flock to Beijing after leaving university，__18__ the graduates，like ants，as smart but __19__ as individuals, drawing strength from living together in communities.

The book，which is based __20__ two years of interviews with about 600 low­income college graduates in Beijing，__21__ in mid­September，about a month ahead of an announcement by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that 74% of the 6.11 million new graduates from universities and colleges had been __22__ by Sept.1.

The book's chief editor，Lian Si，tells that piece of statistic says __23__ about the real situation for many of these graduates.“I am always __24__ how many of these employed college graduates are leading a happy life”，Lian said.“I hope this book could offer a window on these graduates，whose stories are __25__ known.”

The __26__ of the book is several so­called settlement villages for college students on the outskirts(市郊) of Beijing，where a large __27__ of college graduates live.Most of these graduates work for __28__ or medium­sized businesses，__29__ less than 2，000 yuan a month.They live together because it's __30__：the rent in these communities is only around 350 yuan a month.Many of them travel several hours a day for short­term jobs or job interviews.

Tangjialing，a small __31__ 20 kilometers from Tian'anmen Square，has around 3，000 __32__ villagers，but has become a home for more than 50，000 migrants，most of whom __33__ from universities or colleges all over the country.Lian describes the students' __34__ as five­ or six­storey buildings built by local farmers with 12 rooms on each floor and two or three people crowded together in each room of about 10 square meters.Up to 70 or 80 people __35__ the same toilet and kitchen.

16．A.film  B．story  C．book  D．magazine

17．A.who  B．what  C．which  D．whose

18．A.describes  B．tells

C．shows  D．gives

19．A.necessary  B．meaningless

C．important  D．strong

20．A.in  B．on  C．at  D．for

21．A.came up  B．came on

C．came along  D．came out

22．A.fired  B．interviewed

C．employed  D．trained

23．A.much  B．little  C．some  D．more

24．A.wondering  B．realizing

C．studying  D．confusing

25．A.seldom  B．well  C．always  D．never

26．A.environment  B．setting

C．range  D．coverage

27．A.deal  B．plenty  C．amount  D．number

28．A.small  B．big  C．famous  D．unknown

29．A.earning  B．spending

C．shopping  D．paying

30．A.expensive  B．comfortable

C．cheap  D．convenient

31．A.city  B．town

C．community  D．village

32．A.original  B．young

C．rich  D．poor

33．A.suffer  B．differ  C．graduate  D．suffer

34．A.lives  B．dormitories

C．buildings  D．restaurants

35．A.share  B．borrow  C．build  D．clean

Recently my wife and I exchanged roles for a week. I was at home with my daughter over the school holiday and   16   with the housework, while she was out each day to   17   her Master’s degree. Unlike most men, I’d been looking forward to getting a(n)  18   to be a house-husband. The first few days were   19   . I did lots of cleaning, washing and cooking, much more than my wife had expected. On Thursday morning I went to the   20   , which I had been looking forward to. After I arrived, however, I felt   21   . First, even though my shopping list had been put in order   22   by my wife, I didn’t know the locations of most of the things I was   23   . It had been a long time since I’d last been here,  24   it had become foreign to me. My ten-year-old daughter knew it better than I did, and she   25   as much as she could. Secondly, the place was crowded with   26   , and all of them seemed to be walking and   27   what they wanted to buy slowly. It was a(n)  28   in patience. I had to   29   myself several times that there was no   30   , and no need to knock people down to get what I wanted. I was not sure if anyone else noticed, but I   31   lost my patience. Maybe I was really not   32   for the job, and this part of my new   33   was not my favorite. I couldn’t   34   to get home, back into my "comfort zone". It goes to show how hard it is to find a(n)  35   job. And it also shows that it’s always possible to be disappointed.
     16. A. fought          B. struggled           C. dealt                 D. played
     17. A. complete      B. arrange              C. celebrate           D. receive
     18. A. aim               B. way                 C. opportunity        D. task
     19. A. quick            B. terrible              C. personal           D. great
     20. A. supermarket        B. school        C. bank                       D. office
     21. A. satisfied       B. disappointed      C. frightened          D. excited
     22. A. hardly          B. partly               C. perfectly           D. hopefully
     23. A. asking for     B. falling for   C. answering for   D. searching for
     24. A. but                     B. so                     C. because                    D. either
     25. A. ordered         B. helped              C. educated                  D. replied
     26. A. workers              B. servants            C. shoppers                 D. children
     27. A. bringing       B. exchanging       C. matching                  D. selecting
     28. A. lesson          B. memory            C. argument                 D. pleasure
     29. A. admire         B. warn                 C. remind                    D. suggest
     30. A. truth            B. hurry         C. room         D. time
     31. A. lightly          B. firmly        C. highly        D. nearly
     32. A. famous         B. fit             C. prepared    D. responsible
     33. A. action          B. treat       C. role           D. trick
     34. A. expect          B. wait          C. leave     D. refuse
     35. A. practical      B. important    C. unique      D. perfect
    

God’s Coffee

A group of class friends, highly achieved in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor．Conversation soon    31   into complaints about stress(压力) in work and life．

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the   32  and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of   33   —porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking,    34  

expensive, some delicate—telling them to    35   themselves to the coffee．

When all the students had a cup of coffee in  36  ,the professor said：“If you noticed，all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,  37  behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is

  38  for you to choose only the best for yourselves, that is the    39  of your problems and stress．Be sure that the cup itself    40  no quality to the coffee．In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink．    41  all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went    42  the best cups．And then you began    43   each other’s cups．Now consider this：Life is the   44  ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups．They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup we have does not explain , nor   45  the quality of life we   46  . Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we  47  to enjoy the coffee God has  48   us．God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything．They just   49   the best of everything．

Live simply．Love generously．Care deeply．Speak kindly．Leave the   50   to God．

1.A．crowded          B．looked           C.burst                 D．turned

2.A．living-room       B．waiting-room    C．bedroom          D．kitchen

3.A．cups             B．pans           C．bowls               D．dishes

4.A．some             B．others         C．another             D．other

5.A．choose            B．help           C．take           D．pick

6.A．stomach          B．hand           C．mind                D．mouth

7.A．running          B．leaving        C．hiding                 D．staying

8.A．wise             B．important      C．natural                D．necessary

9.A．use              B．disagreement   C．answer           D．cause

10.A．likes           B．comes          C．adds                     D．relies

11.A．As               B．What             C．That           D．Which

12.A．for              B．into              C．by                  D．on

13.A．looking         B．guiding        C．eyeing         D．changing

14.A．tea             B．water          C．wine           D．coffee

15.A．worsen               B．beat           C．change         D．improve

16.A．dislike         B．live                 C．make           D．use

17.A．fail             B．succeed              C．wish            D．try

18.A．sold            B．gave                C．bought         D．brought

19.A．keep            B．say                 C．make           D．do

20.A．item  B．view        C．rest      D．thought

第三节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

While we were riding the old German bus in Albania, a gypsy (吉普赛人) girl got on. She was about seven years old. Most gypsy children had a  21  look in their eyes. They were hardened by the world and by  22  they had experienced. The gypsies 23  in slums (贫民窟). The children begged on the streets or did other work so that their parents could  24  to buy wine. Every time we saw these  25 , we could always see the dead look in their eyes. But not this  26 . She was cheerful and had a beautiful smile on her face. As soon as she  27 , she started talking to us. Her name was Angela and she was on her  28  to visit her grandfather in a nearby slum village. I  29  my purse for something nice to give her.  30 , all I had with me was gum. She eagerly put a  31  in her mouth, and then closed her eyes a little while because the  32  was mint-flavored (薄荷味). It seemed like she had  33  tasted it before. She  34  in a funny way and the other people on the bus were all amused by what she did. When the bus  35 , she picked up the big bag she was carrying,  36  and jumped out of the bus.

      She is out of my life, but not out of my  37 . This girl deserved so much more than her  38  surroundings, yet she didn’t let any of them get herself  39 . I pray I will  40   her again someday, so that I can give her that hug which I should have given her that day on the bus!

21. A. worried             B. happy            C. dead              D. curious

22. A. which              B. this              C. that                D. what

23. A. lived              B. played            C. worked           D. studied

24. A. manage                  B. try                C. have              D. afford

25. A. children           B. adults             C. beggars          D. passers-by

26. A. day              B. girl              C. place             D. story

27. A. sat down              B. crowded in        C. moved off            D. laid down

28. A. bus                 B. car                C. way              D. taxi

29. A. searched         B. examined          C. touched        D. found

30. A. Fortunately      B. Sadly                      C. Surprisingly   D. Clearly

31. A. little              B. block             C. piece           D. set

32. A. smell            B. sweet                   C. sugar            D. gum

33. A. ever             B. never                   C. always           D. often

34. A. laughed          B. shouted          C. cried             D. complained

35. A. pulled through  B. pulled in           C. pulled down   D. pulled back

36. A. sighed                   B. bent               C. nodded          D. waved

37. A. feeling                   B. dream           C. mind             D. eyesight

38. A. poor              B. warm               C. comfortable    D. rich

39. A. off                B. up              C. away           D. down

40. A. help               B. meet             C. invite         D. thank

I was only eight years old when the Second World War ended, but I can still remember something about the  21  celebrations in the small town where I lived on the day when the war in Europe ended. We had not  22  much from the war there, though, like most children of my age, I often saw  23  houses in the streets and the very big  24  lorries passing through. But both at home and at school I had become  25  to the phrases “before the war” and “when the war is over”. “Before the war”, obviously,  26  had been better, though I was too young to understand why,  27  there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had  28  heard of. When the war was over we would go back to London, but this meant very  29  to me. I did not remember what London was like.

  What I remember now  30  V-Day was the afternoon and the evening. Some boys and girls were collecting  31  and building an enormous bonfire. We stood and watched them for a time, and then I went home and  32  myself in with my key and waited for my parents to come back from work.

  It was May and still broad  33  when my mother arrived, and my father came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to  34  the bonfire, so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very  35 , and somehow people had collected some old clothes to  36  “Hitler” with the moustache they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames  37  soon. Everyone was cheering and shouting.

  I stood beside my father until the  38  started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing, either. He had  39  in the First World War and remembered everything he had experienced. At last he said, “Well, that’s it, son. Let’s hope that this time it really will be the  40  one”