He never believed that true love existed.

    His parents divorced when he was young and he didn’t think that true love was able to survive in today’s world.

    He was   36   wrong.

    His grandparents were always supportive to the kids and tried to help them when their parents   37  . He knew they loved each other, he just wasn’t sure it was true love. He had   38   heard them say, “I love you” or they hadn’t shown any affection   39   hugging. They had been married for over fifty years and he thought that their true love was gone.

    But again he was wrong. His grandfather, Ralph, was struck ill in his junior year of college and he didn’t know how serious it was until he fell and hurt his hip (臀). While in the hospital, the doctors   40     a tumor (瘤) in his lungs. They told him that he had lung cancer and due to previous illnesses, they could not operate and he was too   41   for chemotherapy (化疗).

    It was around Thanksgiving and by Christmas his condition worsened. The cancer spread and in late January his sister away at college too, called him crying and said she was on her way home because the doctors told their family that their   42   had only a week to live, that by the weekend he would   43    be with them. Their family came in from around the country and stayed next to his side.

    It was not until then that he   44   that true love did exist and would survive beyond death. Every night as his grandfather grew more fragile, he would   45   sweet words to grandmother, Madge. The night before he died grandmother was walking out of his room and he said to her “I love you Madgie baby”.

    The next morning he received a phone call at work that grandfather had passed during the night. Throughout his short battle   46   cancer, he realized how much two people can love each other and he realized how much it means to be loved and give love. It is the greatest   47   on earth and it lasts beyond life because you never forget your one true love.

1.A. believed       B. proved               C. asked                D. realized

2.A. died           B. married          C. divorced         D. fought

3. A. ever          B. never                C. even             D. often

4.A. other than     B. less than            C. rather than          D. better than

5. A. took out          B. found out            C. set out              D. put out

6.A. strong         B. fat              C. short                D. weak

7.A. grandfather        B. grandmother      C. father               D. mother

8.A. no better      B. no worse         C. no less              D. no longer

9.A. realized           B. said             C. saw              D. mentioned

10.A. speak         B. shout                C. whisper          D. talk

11.A. by                B. in                   C. on               D. with

12.A. smile         B. battle               C. gift             D. surprise

It would be very exciting to be a reporter on a newspaper．As soon as a reporter's boss gives him a story to write，the reporter is on the job．He keeps his mind on what he is going to do．He does not begin writing the story until he knows what he should find out．He must know why he should write the story．

    At times a reporter must search hard to find all of the facts he needs for a story．The facts may not be right under his nose．To find the facts，he has to recognize important details．While gathering information for a story，he asks himself questions：Should I use this information? Is this an important fact?

    A reporter writes the story as fast as he can，so it can go right away into the newspaper．The story also needs a headline，which tells very quickly what the news story is about and is printed bigger and blacker than the rest of the news story．

    Every big newspaper has many reporters，because many stories are needed in the newspaper．Would you like to be one？

1.A reporter writes the story as fast as possible because        ．

    A．he wants it to go into the newspaper quickly

    B．people prefer to buy today’s newspaper

    C．he wants to have a rest

    D．he is good at writing it

2.Which statement is true according to the passage?

    A．Being a reporter is a tiring job．

    B．It is easy for a reporter to find the facts．

    C．The headline must tell the details of the news story．

    D．A reporter begins to write when knowing what he should find out．

3.Which is the writer’s opinion?

    A．A reporters boss is usually very hard to his men．

    B．The job of a newspaper reporter is exciting but not easy．

    C．Everyone can write a good news story．

    D．No one likes to be a reporter．

4.The passage is about        ．

    A．the job of a news reporter

    B．big newspapers in the world

    C．how to write the headline of all article

    D．how to gather information for a news story

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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。

Here are two types of cars may some day take place of today^’s big cars. If all the people drive such cars in the future, there will be fewer pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking cars in the cities, but the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in the space now need by one car of the usually size. The little cars will cost much less to own and drive. Drive will be safer, too, though these little cars can go only 65 kilometers per hour. But it will not be of any use for long trips.

 Today’s teens don’t see anything strange in the fact _______the computer takes up a central place in their social lives.

A. which           B. that             C. where            D. what

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21-40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。

     One student took a box of chicken to class．Another carried on a cell-phone  21  ,and still another whistled loudly every time the   22   turned his back．

     Reform school? No．College．

     More and more, professors say, they are coming across  23   students in their classrooms．Many of today’s young scholars arrive late, leave  24  , talk loud or take care of personal  25  such as paying bills during class．

     Why are the students behaving  26  _? “Because they can,” said a student of University of North Texas．“A lot of the time, the professors let them get away with it．”

     Some educators say it is time to bring politeness back to their classrooms—and even   27 taking some of the blame for bad behavior．They say that rude students are by no means the majority but that one of them can ruin an entire   28 ．

     People are   29 __when they learn that impolite behavior is becoming more and more common in   30  _ education, says Dr．Gerald Amanda, a counselor at City College of San Francisco．They   31 some high school students to misbehave, but think those who get to   32__  will behave more politely．

     Dr．Amanda believes that society in   33   has become more tolerant of rude behavior and 

34  ___ people in power, including professors, no longer  35 ___standards for  36 __．That leads to a growing imprudence（轻率行为）  37  some college students．“There’s a great   38    of bad behavior in the world around them, and young people see it and   39  _disrespect,” said Dr．Amanda,   40 ___that sometimes students “have no idea that they are being rude．”

1.A．line               B．conversation     C．message          D．picture

2.A．professor          B．student          C．president            D．classmate

3.A．hardworking        B．cheating         C．rude             D．selfish

4.A．late               B．early                C．noisily          D．quietly

5.A．felling            B．interest         C．computer         D．business

6.A．badly              B．well             C．politely         D．oneself

7.A．enjoy              B．hate             C．start                D．avoid

8.A．school         B．company          C．society          D．class

9.A．delighted          B．surprised            C．interested           D．encouraged

10.A．better                B．more             C．higher           D．younger

11.．A．expect          B．hope             C．forbid           D．wish

12.A．work              B．college          C．learning         D．knowledge

13.A．all               B．time             C．charge           D．general

14.A．why               B．how              C．whether          D．that

15.A．change            B．break                C．set              D．reach

16.A．teaching          B．politeness           C．thinking         D．progress

17.A．about             B．for              C．behind           D．among

18.A．deal              B．number           C．many             D．sum

19.A．prepare           B．grow             C．develop          D．improve

20.A．speaking          B．adding           C．warning          D．wishing