阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Dear Doctor，

　　My husband and I got married in 1995 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children．Then four years ago，our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work．

　　My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision．He emphasized all of the things l can do around the house，and said he thought I could be a great success in business．

　　After several weeks of job-hunting，l found my present job，which is working for a small public relations firm．At first，my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends，“My clever little wife can run that company she's working for．”

　　But as his joking remark was close to reality，my husband stopped talking to me about my job．I have received several promotions and pay increases，and I am now making more money than he is．I can buy my own clothes and a new car．Because of our combined incomes，my husband and I can do many things that we had always dreamed of doing，but we don't do these things because he is very unhappy．

　　We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends．For the first time in our marriage，l think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to an end．

　　I hove my husband very much，and I do not want him to feel inferior，but I also love my job．I think I can be a good wife and a working woman，but I don't know how．Can you give me some advice？Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career？

　　Please help．

“DISTRESSED”

1．What do you think shows her husband was supportive？

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A．He took up all the work she used to do．

B．He made all the decisions for her．

C．He gave her encouragement．

D．All of the above．

2．Her husband ________when she first found her present job．

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A．was very critical of her

B．felt disappointed

C．was proud of her

D．was happy but critical

3．Her husband stopped talking to her about her job when________．

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A．she received promotions

B．she earned more money

C．her husband was unhappy

D．both A and B

4．The woman has a hard choice between________．

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A．husband and children

B．children and work

C．career and money

D．job and marriage

第二节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～45各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was   36  a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her  37  each afternoon, sewing or reading.

　 　38 several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was  39  through the dirty window. I would say to myself, "I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible."

　　One bright morning I  40  to clean my house, including washing the window on the inside.

　　Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a  41  ! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly seen. Her window was clean!

　　Then I understood . I had been  42  her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

　　That was quite an important  43__ for me. How often had I looked at and criticized(批评) others through the dirty window of my heart,  through my own shortcomings (缺点)?

　　Since then, whenever I wanted to  44  someone, I asked myself first, "Am I looking at him _45__   my own dirty window?"

　　Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

36. A. ever                B. only                      C. even                     D. still

37. A. window            B. door                     C. house                    D. table

38. A. Before              B. Because                 C. While                    D. After

39. A. clean               B. unclear                  C. clear                    D. funny

40. A. wanted             B. managed               C. decided                  D. promised

41. A. surprise            B. joy                       C. trouble                D. problem

42. A. watching                 B. criticizing         C. looking                 D. observing

43. A. lesson              B. thing                     C. day                      D. story 

44. A. help                        B. trouble                         C. judge                     D. dislike

45. A. across              B. in                             C. through                 D. by

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项

    For most of the day construction worker Sidney Smith and his brother – in – law Joseph Chambers had been   1along the banks of Lake Waco with little   2. Chambers suggested they go home, but Smith 　3that there were still several hours of daylight 　4and there was one other place they might try a bit longer before 　5.

Smith drove his pickup（小货车）a couple of miles along the　6road to get to the other side of the lake. This road, in the truest sense, was a path wagging in the heavy 　7area. Even with the sun still high in the cloudless sky, the 　8of trees formed a leafy　9over the road and it suddenly seemed 　10in the evening.

“A guy could get lost and nobody would ever find him,” said Chambers.

Smith smiled, “We’re 　11there.” He said. A few seconds later, the smile was 　12from his face.

“What the hell is that?”

　　He braked to a stop. Less than twenty feet away was what appeared to be a  13.

　　For several minutes the two men sat in the pickup 　14to decide whether they had happened to 　15someone’s bad practical joke or something far more serious. Smith with his brother-in-law got out of the pickup and 　16walked towards that thing some distance before them.

It was a young man who was already dead. They had got to tell 　17. Back into the pickup, Smith backed the pickup down the road 　18he could turn around, then 　19back. With the dead young man still on his mind, Smith felt as if he was going to be sick. God, how he　20they had given up fishing and gone home early.

1.A．playing　　             B．boating　　         C．fishing　　　　  D．walking

2.A．failure　                  B．success　           C．disappointment     D．interest

3.A．quarreled　              B．argued　　          C．reasoned　          D．shouted

4.A．remaining　　         B．staying　　         C．keeping　　        D．leaving

5.A．starting off　　       B．running out　      C．sending away　   D．giving up

6.A．winding 　　          B．widening　          C．leading　　　      D．blocking

7.A．grassed 　　           B．wooded　　　    C．iced　　　　      D．snowed

8.A．trunks　　　           B．shadow　　        C．shade　　　　    D．shape

9.A．hat　　　　            B．umbrella　           C．sheet　　　        D．overcoat

10.A．foggy　　　         B．late　 　             C．early　　            D．rainy

11.A．almost 　　           B．already　　         C．only　　　         D．fairly

12.A．escaped　　         B．lost　 　　　     C．gone　　　         D．missed

13.A．body　　　　       B．trap　 　　　     C．pile　　　　       D．stream

14.A．talking 　　          B．hoping 　　       C．wanting　　        D．trying

15.A．come across　      B．turn out　　        C．bring about　      D．make up

16.A．loudly　　　         B．quietly　　　      C．quickly　　　     D．slowly

17.A．everybody　　       B．somebody　　     C．anybody　　　　D．nobody

18.A．until　　　　        B．before　　　       C．after　　　         D．when

19.A．turned 　　 　     B．ran　　　　　    C．headed　　　      D．walked

20.A．expected　　 　    B．hoped 　　 　    C．wished　　　     D．prayed

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。

(A)

　　    Millions of years ago, whales lived 1 and walked on 2 . Today whales 3 have small bones, 4 can only be seen on the inside of them. No one knows 5 whales left the land to live in the water. 6 , scientists can imagine when the whales changed their 7 conditions, their bodies underwent (经历) a change—showing a 8 fish-like appearance. This new 9 offered less resistance (抵抗) to the water. And the whales could 10 faster.

　　     Whales are not fish. 11 will die, just as a man will, if it stays under water too long. When a whale is under water it closes its 12 and holds its breath. The air in its lungs becomes very hot and its lungs are 13 water vapor. when a whale rises 14 and breathes, its hot breath produces a fountain (喷泉) of water that rises high in the air. A man produces 15 effect when he breathes warm air on a cold morning. 　　

(B)

    Men are the cleverest and most dangerous (危险的) animals on the earth. 16 come second. Men kill many beasts, they've even killed millions of men since very long ago, but rats kill 17 men. Rats carry many diseases (疾病) and these diseases have killed and are still killing thousands and thousands of men 18 in many countries. Rats are dangerous not in only one 19 . They not only carry diseases into men's homes, they also eat up men's food. They eat 33 million tons of 20 every year. Men starve because rats eat their food. Rats are 21 , too. They have good leaders to tell them the food is 22 when men put poison (毒药) in it. There are a lot of rats in our cities and 23 today. We can go to the moon, but we can not kill all these horrible animals. Is it 24 this dangerous enemy is too clever and 25 too fast, or we are not clever enough and not clean enough?

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　     If you ask some people, "How did you learn English so well?" You　　 may get a surprising answer: "In my sleep!"

　　     These are people who have taken part in one of the recent　　 experiments to test " While-Sleep" methods, which are now being tried　　 in several countries, and with several subjects, of which English is　　 only one.

　　     Specialists say that this "sleep-study" method speeds language　　 learning greatly. They say that the average person can learn two or　　 three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the　　 day and this does not affect his rest in any way. A word of warning,　　 however: sleep teaching will only strengthen in your mind what you　　 have studied already while you are awake.

　　     In an experiment, lessons were broadcast over the radio. Each　　 lesson lasted twelve hours--from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The first three　　 hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student　　 awake. At 11 p.m. a lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student　　 to sleep and for the next three hours the radio whispered the lesson　　 again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a.m. a sharp noise was sent over　　 the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes to review　　 the lesson. The soft songs sent him back to rest again while the radio　　 went on. At 5 a.m. his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson　　 again for three hours before breakfast.

(1) Compared with other methods of learning, the Learn-While-You-Sleep 　　method is _______.

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A. slower    B. quicker    C. very simple    D. very tiring

(2) By this method, one _______.

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A. starts to learn a new lesson in sleep 　　  

B. learns how to sleep better    

C. is made to remember his lessons in sleep    

D. can get more knowledge over the radio

(3) In the experiment, the first part of the lesson was given _____.

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A.  around mid-night    

B.  after lullabies were broadcast    

C.  while the student was awake    

D.  all through the twelve hours

(4) Before each lesson finishes, the student has to ____.   

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A.  get up and take breakfast    

B.  be wakened by a loud noise    

C.  listen to the lesson again in sleep    

D.  review the lesson by himself

(5) The "sleep-study" method is being tried in many countries to 　　teach ____. 　　  

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A. English 　　　　　　　　B. grammar and vocabulary    

C. a number of subjects    D. language