Never in my life ____ such a thing.

 Never in my wildest dreams          these people are living in such poor condition.

A. I could imagine                             B. could I imagine

C. I couldn’t imagine                  D. couldn’t I imagine

第二部分阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）
A
It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy, where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendants.
Despite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi, a 22-year-old from Egypt, was amazed to find herself here. “I never in my life thought I’d work abroad,” said Ms. Fathi, who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf.
A decade ago, unmarried Arab women like Ms. Fathi, working outside their home countries, were rare. But just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs, more young women are doing so.
Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women, just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s. They have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way. 
For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into question. Yet this culture is changing, said Musa Shteiwi, a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman. “We’re noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days,” he said. “It’s still not exactly common, but over the last four or five years it’s become quite an observable phenomenon.”
Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers, role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community, have learned to see themselves as individuals. The experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves, though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families.
—From New York Times (December 22, 2008)
56. It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _________.
A. go to work abroad after American women’s example
B. didn’t start to work abroad until the late 20th century
C. are commonly used to living and working separately
D. expect to take the same family responsibilities as men
57. According to the passage, the Arab women flight attendants can be described as _________.
A. proud, homesick or independent                 B. honest, outstanding or optimistic  
C. mature, enthusiastic or energetic                 D. painful, desperate or conservative
58. How do the public respond to young Arab women’s new mobility?
A. The public think highly of it.            B. The public care very little about it.
C. The public show both interest and anxiety.   D. The public are strongly against it.
59. The author intends to tell the readers that __________.
A. Arab women can hardly find any work
B. flight attendants are badly needed in the gulf
C. flight attendants lead quite a different life
D. young Arab women’s values are changing

第二节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分,满分15分）

阅读下列各小题,根据括号内的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子,并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

31._____________________(掌握其它的事实和数据)，customers are better able to deal with some arguments. (arm)

32.With the development of agriculture, the people ___________________(以前我在他们村教过书的) have lived a happy life. (teach)

33. I saw him leave the room an hour ago, he_________________(不可能在工作) at this time.(work)

34.The government proposes____________________(采取措施) to get rid of air pollution. (measure)

35.____________________(既然你已经有了机会),you might as well make full use of it.

(now)

36. ____________________ (假如我以前学过法语),I would be able to translate the passage for you now.(learn)

37.All the preparations for the trip _______________________（已完成）, and we are ready to start.

   (complete)

38.You can't imagine ___________________（他们多激动）when they received these nice Christmas presents. (excite)

39.I was finally admitted to a key university. Never in my life____________________（我觉得如此高兴）!(feel)

40.You ____________________（本没必要浇这些花）, for it is going to rain.(water)

Never in my wildest dreams ______ these people are living in such poor conditions.

 A. I could imagine B. could I imagine 

C. I couldn’t imagine    D. couldn’t I imagine