On any weekend throughout the year one can spend hours browsing through neighborhood flea (跳蚤) markets. These are very popular for those who are in search of bargains and who have a keen eye for picking through what others have discarded. They hunt and search for something they can reuse. Americans love secondhand merchandise (商品) which can be bought cheaply and restored to its original use. In many cases the condition and the quality are still good, though the style might be outdated.

For some people searching through flea markets is a hobby which reaps rewards. They look for possible antiques among the items for sale or for old furniture which can be restored with a little care and used again. Many wise collectors often find rare items worth much more than their bargained price. Since prices are usually not fixed, if one is persistent a bargain can easily be struck. The owner may be selling a rare collectable and may not even be aware of its value. One of the great pleasures of shopping at such markets is the chance to bargain with the shop owner and settle for a price which one can afford and is willing to pay.

Perhaps even more enjoyable than flea markets are the weekend outdoor garage sales which have now become very much a part of American culture. These are held usually in the spring and fall when the weather is still good. Usually a homeowner, having decided that he would like to clear his residence of accumulated items which are no longer useful to him, advertises in a local paper that he is holding a garage sale. More than likely the goods on display are in good condition and great buys can be found if one has the time and patience to search carefully. The home owner places items for sale on display along the driveway leading to his garage or on his front lawn and waits for people to look at what he has to sell. Old magazines, books, paintings, bicycles, ice-skates, items of clothing and electrical appliances of every sort appear on a regular basis. If the owner is in a position where he must sell his home or plans to move soon, then he may be forced to practically give things away at a price far below their true worth.

67. What do you usually do before holding a garage sale?

   A. Put on an advertisement in a local newspaper.   B. Display your goods in front of the garage.

   C. Find rare items and fix their prices.           D. Clear your garage and front lawn.

68. The underlined word “discarded” in Paragraph 1 probably means ____.

   A. distributed                        B. rejected                      C. discovered           D. stored

69. When people shop at a flea market, how can they settle on a price? _O%

   A. They can bargain on a price acceptable to both. B. They can question their value.

   C. They can expect a 50% discount.              D. They can compare with the other sellers.

70. What do we know about the garage sale?

 A. It is only held in the spring of the year.

B. The goods on display are totally useless.

 C. Garage sales are popular with Americans.  

D. All the goods are selling far below their real value.

三、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

 With the introduction of family planning policies in the 1970s, most Chinese teenagers have no brothers or sisters．They get to be the beloved（心爱的）__51__child．But they may not realize that they will have to “__52__” the love as their__53__ones grow old．They will have to__54__lots of old people—their parents, grandparents, their_   55  _parents and grandparents．China is becoming__56_  country．

According to the United Nations, an aging society refers to one    57   10 percent or more of the population is over 60, or 7 percent or more is over 65. According to   58   from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, by 2008, Chinese over 60 years old made up 12 percent of the nation’s total population. The    59    for those aged 65 or older was 8.3 percent.

In China, people have a belief that “parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they get old”．But this__60__is under stress as the market economy puts millions of young Chinese on the road__61__better paying jobs．They are leaving their parents__62_．Now many families are looking more to the government than to their__63__for support when they’re old．China has increased its basic social security（基本社会保险）plan which is__64__protecting those__65__, including the old, the disabled and others．These programs are now broad, __66_they are still not highly developed．O

As more people grow__67__, China will have fewer working people, __68__will slow down economic growth．According to a November 26 report in the Economic Information Daily, an expert said China should __69__its people to have more than one child in the future__70_China should keep its labor population and total population size stable（稳定的）．

51．A．only                    B．lonely         C.friendly          D．heartily

52．A．take up              B．take back      C．pay back       D．pay for

53．A．hated                  B．loved           C．tired             D．hearted

54．A．care for                B．bring up       C．look for          D．pay attention to

55．A．daughter’s or son’s      B．niece’s or nephew’s

      C．wife’s or husband’s        D．aunt’s or uncle’s

56．A．an old                  B．an aging       C．a developing       D．a developed

57．A．where                   B．when          C．which              D．that

58．A．an article              B．an email       C．a magazine         D．a report

59．A．conclusion              B．character        C．figure             D．survey

60．A．tradition               B．opinion      C. saying           D．way

61．A．in favor of              B．in search of    C．in the way of       D．in the face of

62．A．out                   B．off           C ．ahead           D．behind

63．A．friends                 B．relatives        C．parents            D．children

64．A．an act                  B．a case           C．a program          D．a plan

65．A．in danger               B．in need         C．in desperate         D．in disaster

66．A．but                    B．or             C．and              D．so

67．A．strong                  B．realistic       C．rich              D．old

68．A．as                    B．which           C．what             D．that

69．A．forbid                  B．promise        C. encourage        D．order

70．A．so that                  B．though          C．even if            D．because

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not tell them about it till I’d got one.
I had seen an agency (中介机构) advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the  1  in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as  2  as if I were going on the stage. Finding the  3  quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”
The simple atmosphere of the office   4  me. The woman looked carefully at me  5  through her glasses, and then  6  me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather  7  . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of  8  . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   9  to get a job without  10  . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   11 the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say: “  12 , I’ve got someone in the  13  at this very moment who might  14 .” She wrote down a  15 , and held it out to me, saying: “ Ring up this lady. She wants a   16  immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people.”
“ Oh yes,” said I —  17  having cooked for more than four in my life. I  18  her again and again, and rushed out to the   19  telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. I spent the next few hours   20  cook books.
【小题1】A. bed         B house      C. agency              D. office

   A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below l6℃．Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate．Without the forest cover，these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere，warming the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns，potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world．

   In the past hundred years，humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources(资源)：land for crops，wood for paper and other products，land for raising farm animals．This action affects the environment as a whole．For example，a lot of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳)in the air comes from burning the rainforests．People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.

   There are two main  reasons for this．Firstly，when people cut down trees，generally they can only use the land for a year or two．Secondly，cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now，but in the long run it actually reduces the world’s wood supply．

    Rainforests are often called the world’s drug store．More than 25％ of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests．However，fewer than l％of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value．It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world’s shrinking rainforests．

72．Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they                ．

  A．reflect more heat into the atmosphere

  B．bring about high rainfall throughout the world

  C．rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than l6℃

  D．reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth

73．What does the word“this”underlined in the third paragraph refer to?

  A．We will lose much more than we can gain．

  B．Humans have begun destroying rainforests．

  C．People have a strong desire for resources．

  D．Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests．

74．It can be inferred from the text that   

  A．we can get enough resources without rainforests

  B．there is great medicine potential in rainforests

  C．we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land

  D．the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns

75．What might be the best title for the text?

  A．How to Save Rainforests

  B．How to Protect Nature

  C．Rainforests and the Environment

  D．Rainforests and Medical Development

He got to the station early,____________ missing his train.         

  A. in case of   B. instead of       C. for fear of         D. in search of