—Would you mind if I turned off the air conditioner?
—______. It makes no difference to me.

What will city life be like in the future? Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They say that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will cause other problems — more crime, dirtier streets , and worse problems with traffic than we have now. How will people find enough drinking water, energy (such as gas and electricity ), and housing? Because life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more, and they may become sick. For these reasons, some say that nobody will want to live in city areas.
How can we deal with such problems as overcrowding, crime, and traffic? In some cities, thousands of people are already sleeping in the streets because there is little suitable housing — and because houses are too expensive. The crime rate isn’t going down. Instead, it is increasing so fast that many people are afraid to go out at night. Traffic is also getting worse. More and more often, traffic jams are so bad that cars don’t move at all for several streets. These problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no hope for the future of the city.
Los Angeles, California, for example, has no subway system and buses are slow. Instead, many commuters (乘、开车上班族) drive many miles from their homes to work. Many of these drivers spend several hours each day on busy freeways. New York, however, has a big transit system — buses, commuter trains, and subways. Because the public transportation is crowded and dirty, many people drive private cars, and the traffic jams are worse than that in Los Angeles. A taxi driver complains, “I was driving home, but in forty-five minutes I moved only two miles! Finally, I turned off the engine and just sat there. A lot of people left their cars where they were in the middle of the street and went into a bar for a few beers!”
On the other hand, some cities have clean, fast and pleasant public transportation systems. In Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, for example, anyone can use buses or subways to move quickly from one part of the city to another.
【小题1】What do some people think is the main problem of the future city like?

It must have been around nine o'clock when I drove back home from work because it was already dark． As I came near to the gates I turned off the head lights of the car so as to prevent the beam from swinging (摆动) through the window and waking Jack, who shared the house with me． But I needn't have done so． I noticed that his light was still on, so he was awake anyway—unless he had fallen asleep while reading． I put the car away and went up the steps．

Then I opened the door quietly and went to Jack's room． He was in bed awake, but he didn't even turn towards me．

“What's up, Jack﹖” I asked．

“For God's sake, don't make a noise,” he said．

The way he spoke reminded me of someone in pain who is afraid to talk in case he does himself serious injury．

“Take your shoes off, Neville,” Jack said．

I thought that he must be ill and that I had better give way to him to keep him happy． “There is a snake here,” he explained． “It's asleep between the sheets． I was lying on my back reading when I saw it．I knew that moving was out of the question． I could not have moved even I'd wanted to．” I realized that he was serious． “I was depending on you to call a doctor as soon as you came home,” Jack went on． “It has not bitten me yet but I dare not do anything to upset it． It might wake up． I'm sick of this,” he said．“I took it for granted that you would have come home an hour ago．”

There was no time to argue or apologize for being late．I looked at him as encouraging as I could and went to telephone the doctor．

1.When he got home, Neville found that ＿＿＿＿＿．

    A．Jack had fallen asleep while reading     B．Jack had been reading for some time

    C．Jack's light was not turned off          D．Jack was ready to answer the doctor

2.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 6 means ＿＿＿＿＿．

    A．impossible     B．no problem       C．no doubt     D．without difficulty

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage﹖

    A．Neville and Jack lived in the same house．

    B．Neville thought that Jack had fallen ill．

    C．Neville really believed that Jack was not making a joke．

    D．Neville refused to argue or to make an apology for being late．

4.The reason why Neville thought that Jack must be ill is that Jack ＿＿＿＿．

    A．asked Neville to take off his shoes

    B．made a gesture to show the presence of the snake

    C．was afraid to upset the snake sleeping between the sheets

    D．behaved strangely as if he were badly hurt

5.According to the passage, Neville should have been home at ＿＿＿＿．

    A．7 p．m．     B．8 p．m．     C．9 p．m．    D．6 p．m．

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。

Tried and exhausted, I came back home from work. I found the front door was   36  open and I felt a little scared. Did I carelessly forget to lock it after I left? I looked around  37  to see what could be   38  . Why would someone come into my home only to  39  with nothing? After searching every inch, I realized that everything was  40  I had left it. No   41  cushions, broken lamps, or   42  emptied out on the carpet. Feeling much   43  . I looked out my oversized window of my dinning room at Ms. Sullivan’s house. Jimmy, the little boy next door was visiting her. Jimmy cared a lot about Ms. Sullivan and was very concerned with her health after she became ill. She used to   44  Jimmy when he was just a baby.

Forgetting about the   45  with my front door, I decided to walk over to Ms. Sullivan’s house to see how she was   46  . With a warm hello, she invited me into her home. I noticed twelve beautiful roses delicately presented on the table next to her bed. They looked exactly like the   47  on my dinning room table in front of my oversized window. With a pleasant smile, she told me Jimmy brought them to her as a “get-well gift”. Suddenly Jimmy  48  out of his seat in an instant and said that he had to go home for a while to do some homework but he promised to be back to   49  up on Ms. Sullivan.

Talking for a while, Ms. Sullivan began to get very tired so I gave her my phone number in case she  50  needed help, and left her home. I thought about how  51  it was for little Jimmy to be so concerned for Ms. Sullivan. I got home, laughing at how  52  I was that morning about what had happened over  53  . I walked passed the dinning room and noticed my roses  54  in the vase were missing. Without a second   55  , I glanced out the window at Ms. Sullivan’s house and with a smile on my face I turned off the light in the room and went to sleep.

The next morning my door bell rang. I opened the door Jimmy was there…

1.A．easily             B．slowly           C．slightly         D．silently

2.A．tensely            B．patiently        C．eagerly          D．calmly

3.A．burning            B．losing           C．lacking          D．missing

4.A．get                B．deal             C．steal            D．leave

5.A．what               B．where            C．that             D．how

6.A．worn               B．changed          C．unwashed         D．overturned

7.A．lockers            B．kettles          C．drawers          D．coats

8.A．eased              B．angry            C．surprised        D．curious

9.A．watch              B．guard            C．follow           D．visit

10.A．accident          B．experience       C．incident         D．condition

11.A．working           B．doing            C．sleeping         D．acting

12.A．lamps             B．vases            C．roses            D．gifts

13.A．stood             B．ran              C．stepped          D．jumped

14.A．look              B．check            C．pick             D．call

15.A．ever              B．still            C．only             D．just

16.A．smart             B．sensitive        C．sweet            D．thankful

17.A．strange           B．nervous          C．careless         D．wrong

18.A．everything        B．something        C．anything         D．nothing

19.A．growing           B．sitting          C．lying            D．arranging

20.A．thought           B．intention        C．expectation      D．delay

----Would you mind if I turned off the air conditioner?

?? ----______. It makes no difference to me.

A. Never mind????????????? ????????????? ? B. Not at all????????????? ?? C. Sure, go ahead?? D. Why not?