When I was at University I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time playing than working in the library.

Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But on that night he looked perfectly calm. Thenhe told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll just toss（掷）the coin to decide the answers. That way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.”

The next day, Fred came happily into the exam room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us.

The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor. “Oh, good,” he said to the teacher, “Have you got the result of the test?” The teacher reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.

“I’m terribly sorry, Fred,” he said, “You failed!”

1.This story mainly wants to tell us          .

A．chemistry is really hard to learn

B．there are many questions for students to prepare.

C．good exam results really need studying hard

D．tossing a coin can not always decide the result

2.Fred Baines was one of those who          .

A．did just enough to pass an exam

B．didn’t work hard enough for their studies

C．had more important work to do than study

D．were quite good at passing exams

3.Fred came happily into the exam room because          .

A．he had got ready for the exam

B．he knew the answers already

C．one excellent student would help him

D．he had his special way to finish the exam

4.Which of the following about the chemistry exam is TRUE?

A．The chemisty exam was not very difficult at all.

B．It in fact took an hour to finish the chemisty exam

C．The chemisty exam had more than one hundred questions.

D．The chemisty exam needed to be done by tossing a coin.

5.The professor tossed a coin to tell Baines that          .

A．he was satisfied with Baines’ way for the exam

B．he wanted to make friends with Baines

C．Baines’ way for the exam would never work

D．the exam result depended on the coin

It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee. ___21___ I was waiting for my drink, I realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed ___22 ___. I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls ___23___ their souls belonged to the ___24___.

I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man ___25___ in front of it. “I’m Steve”, he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m ___26___”, he said. He was chatting online with somebody — probably someone he didn’t know—and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was surprised. He was chatting online and, ___27___, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was ___28___.

Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried ___29___ to speak to that computer geek (怪人), ___30___ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction（反应）. I was ___31___. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “___32___!”

I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I ___33___, and saw nobody showed any interest.

___34___, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more ___35___ having a relationship with the ___36___, particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to ___37___ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines ___38___ with people.

I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even ___39___ that the coffee was bad, ___40___ Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.

21. A. Before  B. Since  C. Although    D. While

22. A. pain     B. loneliness   C. sadness       D. fear

23. A. because       B. when  C. until   D. unless

24. A. home   B. world  C. Net     D. Cafe

25. A. sleeping       B. laughing     C. sitting D. learning

26. A. busy     B. thirsty C. tired   D. sick

27. A. first of all    B. just then     C. at the same time D. by that time

28. A. surprised     B. delighted    C. moved       D. frightened

29. A. once     B. again  C. first    D. even

30. A. but       B. so       C. if D. or

31. A. excited B. respected    C. afraid  D. unhappy

32. A. Shut up       B. Enjoy yourself   C. Leave me alone  D. Help me out

33. A. walked about      B. walked out        C. raised my hand  D. raised my head

34. A. From then on      B. At that moment        C. In all  D. Above all

35. A. interested in B. tired of      C. careful about     D. troubled by

36. A. computer     B. soul    C. shop   D. geek

37. A. tell       B. plan    C. imagine      D. design

38. A. other than    B. instead of   C. except for   D. as well as

39. A. pretend B. understand  C. insist   D. realize

40. A. as if     B. just as C. just after    D. even though

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题, 满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第36至第55小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项       

It was raining. I went into a cafe and asked for a coffee.   36 I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed 37  . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls  38   their souls belonged to the  39  .

    I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man 40  in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m 41,”he said. He was chatting online and, 42, he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was   43.

   Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried 44  to speak to that computer geek(怪人),   45      not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was 46  . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “   47!”

   I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the cafe were looking at me. I  48  , and saw nobody showed any interest.

    49  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more 50   having a relationship with the  51  , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to 52  the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines 53  with people.

   I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even  54  that the coffee was bad,   55   Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.

36. A. Before          B.While                C. Although                    D. Since   

37. A. pain                           B. fear               C. sadness                          D. loneliness   

38. A. until                             B. when                          C. because                          D. unless

39. A. Net                               B. world                                 C. home                      D. Café

40. A. sleeping                       B. laughing                    C. sitting                              D. learning

41. A. tired                      B. thirsty                             C.     busy                             D. sick

42. A. at the same time  B. just then                         C. first of all               D. by that time

43. A. delighted                 B. surprised                        C. moved                    D. frightened

44. A. again                        B. once                                 C. first                                  D. even

45. A. but                                B. so                                     C. if                                       D. or

46. A. excited                B. respected                       C. unhappy    D afraid           .

47. A. Shut up              B. Enjoy yourself                  C. Help me out         D. Leave me alone

48. A. walked about            B. raised my head   C. raised my hand   D. walked out        

49. A. From then on             B. Above all                  C. In all                       D. At that moment

50. A. interested in      B. tired of                          C. careful about                 D. troubled by

51. A. computer                B. soul                                C. shop                                 D. geek

52.A. tell                              B. plan                               C. design                    D. imagine

53.A. other than                B. instead of                     C. except for                       D. as well as

54. A. pretend                    B. understand                  C. insist                                D. realize

55. A. as if                           B. just as                           C. just after                        D. even though

When I was at university,  I studied very hard. But a lot of my friends did very little work. Some did just enough to pass exams. Others didn’t do quite enough. Fred Baines was one of them. He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library. Once, at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry. The test had a hundred questions. Beside each question we had to write “True” or “False”. While I was studying in my room the night before the test, Fred was watching television. Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test. But that night he looked perfectly calm. Then he told me of his plan. “It’s very simple. There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test. I’ll take a coin into the examination room. I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months, so I’ll just toss the coin. In that way, I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right.” The next day, Fred came cheerfully into the examination room. As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers. Then he left half an hour before the rest of us. The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor.
“Oh good,” he said, “Have you got the results of the test?”
The professor looked at him and smiled.
“Ah, it’s you, Baines, just a minute.”
Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin. He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it.
“I’m terribly sorry, Baines,” he said, “You failed!”
【小题1】 Fred often went to the Students’ Union where he ________ .

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
It was raining. I went into a café and asked for a coffee.   21   I was waiting for my drink, I realized there were other people in the place, but I sensed   22  . I saw their bodies, but I couldn’t feel their souls   23   their souls belonged to the   24  .
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man   25   in front of it. “I’m Steve,” he finally answered after I asked him a couple of times what his name was. “I can’t talk with you. I’m   26  ,”he said. He was chatting online and,   27  , he was playing a computer game—a war game. I was   28  .
Why didn’t Steve want to talk with me? I tried   29   to speak to that computer geek(怪人),   30   not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction(反应). I was   31  . I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, “   32  !”
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the café were looking at me. I   33  , and saw nobody showed any interest.
34  , I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more   35   having a relationship with the   36  , particularly Steve. I wouldn’t want to   37   the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines   38   with people.
I was worried and sank in my thoughts. I didn’t even   39   that the coffee was bad,   40   Steve didn’t notice there was a person next to him.
21. A. Before                   B. Since                       C. Although                  D. While
22. A. pain                          B. loneliness                 C. sadness                     D. fear
23. A. because                  B. when                       C. until                        D. unless
24. A. home                         B. world                   C. Net                          D. Café
25. A. sleeping                        B. laughing                   C. sitting                  D. learning
26. A. busy                          B. thirsty                  C. tired                        D. sick
27. A. first of all                  B. just then                   C. at the same time     D. by that time
28. A. surprised                    B. delighted                  C. moved                        D. frightened
29. A. once                          B. again                       C. first                         D. even
30. A. but                               B. so                            C. if                        D. or
31. A. excited                  B. respected                  C. afraid                       D. unhappy
32. A. Shut up                        B. Enjoy yourself      C. Leave me alone     D. Help me out
33. A. walked about              B. walked out           C. raised my hand       D. raised my head
34. A. From then on             B. At that moment     C. In all                       D. Above all
35. A. interested in           B. tired of                    C. careful about            D. troubled by
36. A. computer                   B. soul                         C. shop                        D. geek
37. A. tell                               B. plan                         C. imagine                    D. design
38. A. other than                  B. instead of                 C. except for                 D. as well as
39. A. pretend                  B. understand            C. insist                        D. realize
40. A. as if                          B. just as                  C. just after                  D. even though