3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. “To face the music” is well known in the United States.

B. “To face the music” has a history of more than 100 years.

C. The young Americans know what “to face the music” means.

D. Only the old in the United States know the meaning of “to face the music”.

析：D. 最后一段提到“...is well known to every American, young or old.”。

　B

Julia lived in the countryside, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.

On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).(他举着一个告示，上面写着“生来双目失明，请慷慨解囊！”。)”

Julia felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl.

“Thank you.” he said.

The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar?s bowl.

“What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝啬的) today?”

Julia was very surprised at what the beggar said.

“How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said, “If you?re blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.”

“Ah,” explained the beggar,“The truth is that I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he’s on holiday.(那个经常在这儿的乞丐度假去了，我只是帮他照看一下场子。)”

“On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?”

“He goes into the countryside,”the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”

析：本文讲述了Julia出于同情给了一个自称失明的乞丐几次钱后，发现该乞丐是假装失明来骗钱的真相的故事。

2. In the third paragraph, “If...”really means “If____ ”.

A. we don't do a good job　　　　　　　 B. we get an“A” in the exam

C. the exam is easy　　　　　　　　　　 D. the exam is difficult

析：A. 从If...下文得知只有考试没考好才会有那样的结果。

1. “To face the music” means “to____ ”.

A. do something that we don't like to　　　 B. go to the theatre

C. go to the music show　　　　　　　　 D. do something that we want to

析：A. 从文章最后一段 “It really means that you have to do something...because you know you have no choice.”可以得到答案。

79. make …use of　　　 80. worth seeing

76. as if　　　 77. about to…when　　 78. have …in common　

80．这部电影值得再看一遍。

The film is __________ ___________ again.

Key :

1--- 10 CCABAAAABB　 11---20 DDAACBBDCC

21---30 CDACCBAACB　 31---40 BBCDBBCCCC

41---55 BDCAACDABCADCDB

56---65 adventurous　 cultural　 athletes　 communicating　 struggled

　　　 Record　 majority　 share　 vacation　 introduce

66 that-- -/　 67 think-thought 68. it--/　 69 whom-who　 70 for--- to

71 married to 72. closely-close 73 won-beat/defeated　 74but--/ 或Though--/　 75 telling-tell

79．我们要充分利用每一分钟努力学习。

　　 We must __________ full _________ ________ every minute to study hard.

78．虽然他们是双胞胎，但是很少有相同点。

　　 Although they are twins, they _________ nothing __________ __________.

77．我正要出去的时候电话响了。

　　 I was _______ ______ leave ________ the telephone rang.

76．天看起来好象要下雨了。

　　 It looks _______ _________ it is going to rain.