It’s common to hear the honking of horns in New York. Whoever tries every day to get more than a few minutes of sleep in the city will tell you that he could do nothing about it! Honking of horns is just one of their most widely enjoyed pastimes.

But Aaron, a Japanese website developer has had enough of it. Once, the 31-year-old man approached the open window to wait for the driver to finish honking, delivered a polite "excuse me" and then yelled " Ho-o-o-o-onk!", which suggests fierce anger in Japan. Then he threw three eggs from the window of his apartment on to a passing car honking loudly below when his patience was worn out. Instead of apologizing to him, the driver threatened to kill him angrily. So, nobly, Aaron turned to non-violence. He started writing anti-honking haiku verses, a form of Japanese poetry, and submitted them to local newspapers:

Oh .forget Enron;

The problem around here is;

All the damn honking

(Enron_: a major American company that recently caused a scandal by going bankrupt be­cause of corrupt(腐败) mismanagement)

"Then this kind of chain reaction started happening," Aaron says. "All these other haiku star­ted appearing that I haven't written." Aaron’ s community is now covered in anti - hon­king poetry, written by all walks of life, ranging from scary environmental activist types to violent revolutionaries:

Patience slowly fades;

Residents store up their eggs;

That day is coming soon.

It’s no surprise that Aaron has started a website — www. honku. org — and now people from across the country send him news of their own anti - honking activities. It seems that poetry can change the world after all. Then, just recently, anti-anti- honking haiku started to appear, taped up by locals who thought Aaron should stop worrying about honking and start wor­rying about starving children, say, or war in the  Middle East instead. Aaron has an answer for that. "Stop me if this is too tenuous(不靠谱的) ," he says," but they talk about the violence in the Middle East like it' s a force of nature, like it' s beyond our control. But actually it's kind of like the honking - the violence is man -made. If we can figure out how to stop honking on the streets, I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale. "

1.The first paragraph of the passage is intended to tell us that_______.

A. New Yorkers have formed a habit of honking while driving

B. most New Yorkers enjoy sleeping late in the morning

C. honking noise has influenced people's life in New York

D. New Yorkers enjoy listening to the honking of horns

2.What is Aaron’s final response to the frequent honking of horns?

A. Pretended to ignore it.

B. Screamed at the driver.

C. Acted in a peaceful way.

D. Complained to the government.

3.According to the passage, most New Yorkers think Aaron's response is ___.

A. pointless

B. abnormal

C. sensitive

D. acceptable

4.Faced with the criticism of his anti-honking campaign, Aaron notes that___.

A. fierce violence in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of concern

B. finding the solution to anti - honking is as meaningful as that to starvation

C. big issues are beyond our control while small ones are under our control

D. if not handled properly, honking may cause serious problems like starvation

What kind of person becomes an addict? Someone  21  , with a lot of friends; or someone who is  22 from the rest, with only a few friends, or none at all? The 23 I am trying to make is that anyone can become an addict.

The only way that I  24  this out was by becoming an addict myself. I used to be a guy who was  25  in the popular crowd. Right before high school began, I started being  26  by most of my friends. I had never lived with the  27  that I had no friends, so I did almost anything to  28  the two good friends I still had. One of the things I did was  29  drugs for the first time. This was a big  30  from the way I lived when I was younger. I was a(n) 31 , and the last thing I thought I would get into was drugs. Drugs  32 me from being the best sports player I could be.

I  33  to smoke drugs after I entered high school because that was what my new "cool" friends were  34 . The next three years were filled with many  35 , I was arrested twice, and lost my license for two years. This made me sad and  36 .

I realized I could not live this way; I must stop the  37  of using drugs.

Since then, my  38  and actions have changed and so has my direction in life. I do see a future in water skiing.   39, I haven't killed my chance in  40 . I know that I must keep a clear head first. Keep Coming Back. It works if you work it.

1.A．interesting      B．anxious        C．popular          D．eager

2.A．free             B．safe           C．absent           D．different

3.A．point            B．sense          C．subject          D．promise 

4.A．brought          B．figured        C．held             D．kept

5.A．always           B．seldom         C．almost           D．already

6.A．known            B．attracted      C．preferred        D．rejected

7.A．doubt            B．hope           C．fear             D．danger

8.A．meet             B．keep           C．leave            D．move 

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　John Blanchard was at Grand Central Station,looking for the girl whose heart he knew,but whose face he didn't,the girl with the 36 .

　　His interest in her had begun 13 months before in a Florida 37 .He was reading a book there and was attracted by the 38 on the margins left by a reader named Miss Hollis Maynell.He 39 to find her address and wrote her a letter 40 himself.The next day he was shipped overseas for 41 in the army in World War Ⅱ.

　　During the next 13 months the two grew to know each other throught the 42 .When he returned,they decided their first 43 -7 pm at Grand Gentral Station. "Youll 44 me," she wrote,"by the red rose I'll be 45 on my coat."

　　A young girl in a green suit was coming 46 Blanchard.She was so beautiful that he started fixing his eyes upon her,entirely 47 to notice that she was not wearing a rose.Just then,he saw Hollis Maynell,who was 48 just behind the girl.She was a woman well past 40,with 49 hair under a worn hat.

　　Blanchard felt 50 .But he didn't hesitate.He said to 51 ,"I'm Lieutenant(中尉) John Blanchard,and you must be Miss Maynell.I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to 52 ?"

　　"I don't 53 what this is about,son," she said,"but the young lady 54 asked me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner,I should tell you that she is 55 you in the big restaurant across the street!"

　　You can hardly imagine how happy Lieutenant John Blanchard felt at the moment!　

　　36.A.book B.hat C.rose D.letter

　　37.A.library B.restaurant C.post office D.station

　　38.A.trails B.notes C.signs D.marks

　　39.A.attempted B.stopped C.intended D.managed

　　40.A.introducing B.displaying C.acknowledging D.claiming

　　41.A.business B.work C.service D.research

　　42.A.ship B.mail C.line D.telegraphy

　　43.A.greeting B.interview C.meeting D.talk

　　44.A.memorize B.impress C.run into D.recognize

　　45.A.putting B.carrying C.fixing D.wearing

　　46.A.toward B.over C.from D.off

　　47.A.refusing B.forgetting C.stopping D.managing

　　48.A.standing B.wandering C.chasing D.hurrying

　　49.A.lighening B.darkening C.graying D.thickning

　　50.A.excited B.shy C.embarrassed D.disappointed

　　51.A.the girl B.the woman C.himself D.the passer - by

　　52.A.dinner B.my house C.the hotel D.the train

　　53.A.guess B.believe C.know D.like

　　54.A.under a worn hat B.in the green suit C.with gray hair D.standing behind

　　55.A.preparing for B.looking for C.teating D.waiting for

Buster Brown was a thief — and a good one, too, he thought. He’d never been caught by the police because he was always prepared for any unforeseen event or emergency.
Confidently, he stood outside the house of his intended victim and read the sign on the front gate of the house. “Don’t worry about the dog –be aware of the owner!” it said. Buster smiled and found his ways in.
The house looked quite normal outside, but inside it was very unusual with fascinating objects on display. As he began putting them into his bag, a dog came into the room. It stopped when it saw Buster, then wagged its tail madly and went over to him, licking his outstretched hand. “Good boy,” Buster whispered. “What a great guard dog you are –trying to lick me to death.”
Satisfied he’d made friends with the dog, Buster began to wander round the house, choosing items to put in his bag. His skilled eye picked out only the best antiques（古董）---a pair of silver candleholders, a silver tea and coffee service, etc. His new friend, the dog, sat and watched, as if wondering what was happening.
“Well, boy,” Buster whispered finally. “That might do any more and I won’t be able to carry it!” He swung the heavy bag onto his shoulders, just then the lights came on, nearly blinding him. He protected his eyes with his hand.
“You’re a very silly person,” the figure in the doorway said, his voice dry as dust. As the man came closer, Buster could see he was well dressed. His face seemed familiar, but Buster couldn’t quite sure where he had seen him before.
“______________________________ the sign outside,” the man shouted angrily. “I knew about this attempted robbery last week and I also know you will be put behind bars. Imagine trying to rob the house of the world’s greatest fortune –teller!”
76. What would the best title of the story be? （Please answer within 10 words）
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77. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one？
I was given the information about this robbery last week and I know you will be in prison.
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78. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the
sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)
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79. What do you think of the owner of the house? Give your reasons. (Please answer within 30
words)  ________________________________________________
80. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese
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完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20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。

Last year , I lost my best friend in high school . It seemed that everyone else’s life could just continue on in its  36  way, but mine couldn’t . I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to face  37  and their gossip at school . I was forced to    38   my routine on Monday morning as usual. In the evening I returned home from school   39   completely defeated . All I wanted to do was  40  into bed and wallow（沉迷于）in my own self-pity. I pulled back the covers on my bed and   41  a pile of cards left by dad . Each card included a（n）  42  that is was to be opened on a    43   night that week.

I made it through that week  44  my father . Each card  45  to say just what I needed to hear.Tuesday’s card said , “The past is painful to think about and the   46  is impossible to imagine.Don’t try.Just take it one minute at a time.”On Wednesday my mood  47  when I read. “What you are feeling now is   48  and normal.It still feels very bad , but it is part of the healing  49  .”Friday’s card contained a poem he wrote.The last lines made me smile through my tears. “Whatever special  50  you face along life’s way,may you  51  that you will find the best in every day.”I was instructed to open the last card  52  the party I went to on Saturday night . In it he wisely reminded me to   53  . “The world isn’t so bad after a good laugh.The more you laugh.the more you heal.”Each card was signed , “Love , Dad.”

My world once collapsed but I   54  the difficult breakup eventually. It owed to my dad, who made his  55  known when he couldn’t be present

1.A.pleasant            B.strange           C.funny         D.normal

2.A.everyone            B.anyone            C.someone       D.nobody

3.A.work out            B.meet with     C.deal with     D.come across

4.A.making          B.feeling           C.regarding     D.considering

5.A.crawl           B. push             C.jump          D.draw

6.A.invented            B.discovered        C.created           D.wrote

7.A.instruction     B.explanation   C.presentation      D.information

8.A.regular         B.flexible          C.particular        D.legal

9.A.in favor of     B.regardless of C.in search of      D.because of

10.A.seemed         B. happened         C.occurred      D.intended

11.A.life               B.future            C.dream         D.result

12.A.fell               B.passed            C.flew          D.lifted

13.A.false          B.honest            C.natural           D.innocent

14.A.content            B.process           C.cure          D.progress

15.A.destruction        B.competition   C.challenges        D.permission

16.A.trust          B.guess         C.predict           D.succeed

17.A.before         B.since         C.after         D.till

18.A.cry                B.scream            C.sing          D.laugh

19.A.got through        B.looked through    C.broke through D.put throngh

20.A.schedule           B.concept       C.soul          D.confidence