阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Platform Shoe

     James was a curious young man. Everywhere he went, he liked to observe things and to ___36___ people, what they did, and what they wore. ___37___ he was making sudden ___38___ all the time. He couldn’t really help it, and it just happened.

     For example, he saw a man whose __39__was covered in tattoos（纹身）.That man was __40___ and walked with pride. James imagined him __41___ people up, sometimes with poles and sometimes with his hands, speaking __42__ words each time he opened his mouth. Many gang members with tattooed body perhaps, James thought to himself.

     Sometimes James felt guilty for __43___ others this way, but that feeling was __44__ and never really lasted.

     Then, one time, he saw a woman ___45__ alone in a bar. The woman was middle-aged, quite fat, and although she was not ___46___， James could tell she was a short lady. As usual, James glanced across at her. As his eyes reached her ___47___, he got a shock.

     There she was, on her left foot, wearing a ___48___ shoe that was at least 3 inches high. How could such a little middle-aged lady who was ___49__ be so vain as to wear such high platforms? Look ___50___? In that short moment of time, __51__ thoughts flowed through James’ mind.

     A second later, James’ eyes __52___ moved across to the lady’s right foot. And there, he got an even bigger __53___-----it was a flat shoe. She was not vain; she was just a disabled woman. If anything, she deserved __54___, certainly not blame, not even mental blame.

     James was struck with great __55___.It was a cruel lesson he had to learn about not jumping to conclusions, about not judging people, especially so quickly.

读下面短文，从短文后面各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Every summer a great many students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the    26         are in seasonal work, mainly connected with wourism and    27         

The pay is usually poor, but most people work abroad for the     28     of travel. You can pick grapes on farms in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are  29     jobs in hotels and restaurants.

   But it is not easy now to find work. “    30    you speak the language of the country well, there will be very few openings,” says Althea Ellis, an adviser in     31        for students.

“If you work with a family in Italy, you’ll have to speak Italian. When you wash dishes in a restaurant in Pairs, the owner will expect you to speak   32     . British students only have a language     33      for jobs in the USA and Australia.”

       34      enjoys the experience. Sarah James was employed to help forty American children in Europe. The two teachers with the children had never been     35      .One child lost his passport; another became seriously ill and was      36       home; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the      37       they made, and what’s worse, Sarah herself was robbed on her only    38     evening of the entire trip. “ I did visit a lot of new places,” she says,“ but it wasn’t worth it. The pay was     39      and it really was a 24-hour-a-day job. The kids never slept!”

“The troubles is, students expect to have a(n)     40     time of it.” Althea Ellis points out. “After all, they see it as a    41      .In practice,     42       ,you have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual (临时的) work. You’ll have a job when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. In the other words, you’ll work if it’s convenient for the company that     43     you. But you have      44     employment rights. As soon as the holiday season      45      ,they’ll get rid of you.”

完形填空（共15小题; 每小题1分, 满分15分）   
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Nearly twenty years has passed, I still remember my favourite professor, James Sehwartz. And almost all his students are his friends, and almost all his students know his life story.
When James was a teenager, his father   36  him to a fur (毛皮)factory where he worked . This was during the Great Depression(大萧条). The   37  was to get James a job.
He entered the factory, and immediately felt as if the walls had closed in around him. The room was dark and hot, the windows covered with dust, and the   38  were packed tightly together, running like trains. The fur hairs were flying,   39  the air thicker, and the workers, sewing the pieces of fur together, were bent over their needles   40  the boss marched up and down the rows, shouting and forcing them to go faster. James could hardly   41  . He stood next to his father, frozen with fear, hoping the boss wouldn’t   42  at him, either.
During lunch break, his father took James to the boss and pushed him in front of him,   43 if there was any work for his son. But unfortunately, the answer was “no”, because at that time no one would__44___ it up once he takes a job.
However, for James, it was a blessing(福气) . He hated the place. He made a(an)   45  that  he would never do any work that brought   46  to someone else, and that he would never allow himself to  47  money from others who would lose their jobs for him.
“What will you do?” his mother , Eva , would ask him.
“I don’t know,” he would say. He ruled out（排除）law, because he didn’t like  48  , and he ruled out medicine , because he couldn’t take the    49 of blood.
　　50__, my best professor became a teacher, he thought it was the job not to hurt anybody.
36．A．sent          B．took            C．carried        D．admitted
37．A．situation     B．condition       C．  aim           D．way
38．A．goods         B．workers         C．machines        D．vehicles
39．A．making        B．sending         C．taking          D．breaking
40．A．as            B．after           C．if             D．though
41．A．breathe       B．see             C．walk            D．hear
42．A．attack        B．laugh           C．rush            D．shout
43．A．doubting      B．questioning     C．asking          D．begging
44．A．pick          B． give           C． come          D． turn
45．A．request       B．promise         C．plan            D．arrangement
46．A．harm          B．injury          C．damage          D．convenience
47．A．pay           B．save            C．earn            D．let
48．A．police        B．lawyers         C．doctors         D．government
49．A．sight         B．feel            C．sense           D．scenery
50．A．Generally     B．Possibly        C．Eventually      D．Basically

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The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler's shop before he got enough courage to enter．He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush blood to his face as he explained he would bring in his future wife to choose a birthday present．The assistant listened carefully and told him he'd better buy a necklace. He wasn't used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending. After some discussion as to reasonable price and type（类型）, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o'clock. When, half an hour later, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away, satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.
【小题1】A good title（题目）for this passage is ________.

Every summer, hundreds of thousands of students travel to other countries looking for work and adventure. Most of the opportunities are in   1  work. The pay is usually poor, but most people work   2  for the thrill of travel. You can pick grapes in France, entertain kids on American summer camps, and, of course, there are always   3  in hotels and restaurants.

But it is not as easy as it used to be to find work. Unless you speak the language of the country well, there will be very   4  openings. For example, when you arrive to wash dishes in a restaurant in Paris, the owner will   5  you to speak French. British students only have a language   6  for jobs in the USA and Australia.

Not every one   7  the experience. Sarah James was once responsible for forty American children in Europe. During the   8 , one child lost his passport; four children were lost in Madrid for a whole day; the whole group was thrown out of one hotel because of the  9  they made. Sarah says, “It really was a 24-hour-a-day job since the kids never   10 ! And the pay was awful. It wasn’t worth it.”

The trouble is that   11  expect to have an easy time of it. After all, they see it as a  12 . In practice, though, they have to work hard. At the same time, all vacation work is casual work, and jobs are   13  only when the hotel, the restaurant, or the campsite is busy. But students have few employment   14 . As soon as the holiday season finishes, companies will get rid of them. And if their employer doesn’t like them, they’ll be   15 , too.

1.                A．seasonal        B．mental         C．professional   D．formal

2.                A．hard           B．voluntarily       C．abroad   D．continuously

3.                A．jobs           B．visitors         C．customers D．parties

4.                A．good           B．new           C．attractive D．few

5.                A．teach          B．expect         C．allow D．forbid

6.                A．program        B．lesson          C．advantage D．exam

7.                A．has            B．enjoys          C．forgets   D．remembers

8.                A．trip            B．flight           C．discussion D．ceremony

9.                A．promise        B．progress        C．complaint D．noise

10.               A．cried          B．studied         C．slept  D．helped

11.               A．children        B．students        C．employers D．parents

12.               A．job            B．lesson          C．holiday    D．shame

13.               A．countless       B．available        C．interesting D．boring

14.               A．experiences     B．rules           C．plans D．rights

15.               A．dismissed       B．charged        C．fined D．punished