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English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words.

However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.

And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible (能看见的); but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

1. According to the passage ______.

A. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things

B. there should be egg in an eggplant

C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree

D. boxing rings should be round

2. Which of the following is the correct plural?

A. Beeth. B. Geese. C. Meese. D. Tooth.

3. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?

A. A wise man and a wise guy. B. Overlook and oversee.

C. Quite a lot and quite a few. D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.

4. The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “______”.

A. blow B. roll up C. get hurt D. finish

5. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______.

A. clever B. crazy C. lazy D. dull

Ⅳ、阅读(每小题2分,满分30分)

Here is a humorous story. Frank Smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock．“Oh，no!”he thought to himself．“Another day at that office；a boss who shouts at me all the time．”

As Frank went downstairs his eyes fell on a large brown envelope by the door．He was overjoyed when he opened it and read the letter inside. “Bigwoods Football Pools(足球赌博公司)would like to congratulate you．You have won half a million pounds．”

Frank suddenly came to life．The cigarette（香烟） fell from his lips as he let out a shout that could be heard halfway down the street．

At 11：30 Frank arrived at work．“Please explain why you're so late，”his boss said．“Go and jump in the lake,” replied Frank. “I've just come into a little money so this is goodbye．Find yourself someone else to shout at．”

That evening Frank was smoking a very expensive Havana cigar(雪茄)when a knock was heard on the door．He rushed to the door．Outside were two men，neatly dressed in grey suits．“Mr Smithson,” one of them said，“We're from Bigwoods Football Pools．I'm afraid there’s been a terrible mistake……”

1．What do we know about Frank?

A．He was a lazy man． B．He was a lucky person．

C．He made a lot of money． D．He didn't get on well with his boss．

2．Why did Frank dare to shout to his boss?

A. Because he found a better job.

B. Because his boss did not like him.

C. Because he thought he did not need the job.

D. Because he was not late in fact.

3. When he heard the knock at the door,Frank probably thought __.

A.someone had come to make an apology.

B.someone had come to give him the money.

C.his friends had come to ask about the football pools.

D.his friends had come to congratulate him on his luck.

4．On hearing“…there's been a terrible mistake…”Frank was most likely to be________．

A．disappointed. B．worried. C．nervous. D．curious.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Once upon a time, there were two men. One was hard-working and had a lot of 31 and perseverance (坚定不移), while the other was 32 and never did any work. One night, they decided to have a competition between them. The contest was simple: the 33 person to see daylight would be the winner, and the winner would 34 a prize. Both men agree to do it, and the competition started.

The hard-working man immediately 35 and ran towards the west after the sun, while the lazy man just sat there and 36 . The hard-working man, looking at the competitor, 37 at his foolishness and kept going at his quick pace. Running through the jungles, swimming 38 the rivers and seas, and he kept running and running, 39 that he would reach his goal sooner or later. Meanwhile, the lazy man was still sleeping.

The hard-working man had been 40 for 6 hours already, and he was surprised that he still had not 41 daylight. Thinking it would be just around the corner, he 42 on running until he finally came back to where he started, 24 hours 43 . Upon arriving, he saw the lazy man seated there, smiling and waiting for him, holding the 44 he earned.

The hard-working man was 45 how this lazy man could earn it ---he hadn't done anything at all! Then the lazy man said," You are 46 a persevering and patient man, but you were running towards the 47 , running after the sun that kept moving away from your 48 whereas I just waited for the sun to come to me. You were lucky. If I had decided to 49 you and not to tell you, you would be continuing this pursuit (追赶) till your death." The hard-working man knew in his heart that the lazy man was right.

Sometimes, perseverance can 50 you from the truth that what you are doing is wrong.

31. A. hobbies B. ideas C. patience D. money

32. A. lazy B. patient C. kind-hearted D. hard-working

33. A. last B. first C. second D. only

34. A. accept B. keep C. win D. defeat

35. A. set in B. set aside C. set up D. set out

36. A. worked B. drank C. slept D. played

37. A. laughed B. glared C. stared D. looked

38. A. across B. through C. over D. past

39. A. representing B. believing C. emphasizing D. complaining

40. A. swimming B. jumping C. resting D. running

41. A. admired B. invented C. found D. realized

42. A. commented B. carried C. figured D. depended

43. A. before B. later C. next D. further

44. A. money B. medal C. prize D. gold

45. A. believing B. recognizing C. discussing D. wondering

46. A. true B. indeed C. certain D. hardly

47. A. west B. east C. north D. south

48. A. ears B. hands C. sight D. mind

49. A. hide from B. learn from C. keep from D. come from

50. A. make B. let C. blind D. protect

Dec. 24, 1848

Dear Johnston,

Your request for eighty dollars, I do not think it best to satisfy now. At the various times when I have helped you a little, you have said to me, “We can get along very well again,” but in a very short time I find you in the same difficulty again. Now this can only happen by some fault in your behavior. What that fault is, I think I know. You are not lazy, and still you are an idler(游手好闲). I doubt whether since I saw you, you have done a good whole day’s work, in any other day. You do not very much dislike to work, and still you do not work much, merely because it does not seem to you that you could get much for it.

This habit of uselessly wasting time is the whole difficulty; it is vastly important to you, and still more so to your children, that you should break this habit. It is more important to them, because they have longer to live, and can keep out of an idle habit before they are in it, easier than they can get out after they are in.

You are now in need of some ready money; and what I suggest is, that you shall go to work hard, for somebody who will give you money for it.

Let father and your boys take charge of your things at home-prepare for a crop, and make the crop, and you go to work for the best money wages, or to pay back any debt you owe. And to secure you a fair reward for your labor, I now promise you that for every dollar you will, between this and the first of May, get for your own labor, I will then give you one other dollar. By this, if you hire yourself at ten dollars a month, from me you will get ten more, making twenty dollars a month for your work.

Now if you will do this, you will soon be out of debt, and what is better, you will have a habit that will keep you from getting in debt again. But if I should now clear you out, next year you will be just as deep in as ever. You say you would almost give your place in Heaven for $ 70 or $80. Then you value your place in Heaven cheaply, for I am sure you can with the offer I make you get the seventy or eighty dollars for four or five months’ work. You say if I furnish you the money you will deed(抵押) me the land, and if you don’t pay the money back, you will deliver possession-Nonsense! If you can’t now live with the land, how will you then live without it? You have always been kind to me, and I do not now mean to be unkind to you. On the contrary, if you will but follow my advice, you will find it worth more than eight time eighty dollars to you.

Affectionately

Your brother

A. Lincoln

1.Abraham Lincoln wrote the letter to Johnston mainly to ________.

A．show his concern for him	B．recommend him to save money
C．decline his request and motivate him	D．introduce him a new job

2.What’s the problem with Johnston, according to Lincoln?

A．He was very lazy.	B．He wasted time a lot.
C．He couldn’t get much from work.	D．He disliked working.

3.In the letter Lincoln suggested that Johnston should ________.

A．keep himself from getting into trouble	B．go to work hard for somebody
C．manage well the things at home	D．keep the children out of the idle habit

4.If Johnston got one dollar for his work, Lincoln promised to _________.

A．reward him with labor	B．pay off his debt
C．hire him at 10 dollars a month	D．give him another dollar

5.In order to get 80 dollars from Lincoln, Johnston promised to ________.

A．take away his place in Heaven	B．deed Lincoln the land
C．live without the land	D．do good work every day

John Smith was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny, When I was your age 1 was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.

“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”

“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”

In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.

“John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”

When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything.

“When you told me to earn some money, 1 decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”

Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?”

1. Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.

A. he liked listening to the radio

B. he had a big family to support

C. he spent a lot of time writing letters

D. he didn’t do the jobs well

2. Johnny put an advertisement in the newspaper about _______ months after he left school.

A. three B. six C. nine D. eleven

3. Why was Johnny fined $ 250? _______.

A. Because he was lazy

B. Because he was out of work

C. Because he deceived(欺骗)

D. Because he didn’t pay for his new suit

4. What would probably happen at last? _______.

A. Johnny would get $ 2500 from the newspaper

B. The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny

C. Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper

D. Johnny would become a newspaper reporter

5.Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the information from the passage? _______?

A. How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner

B. What’s Johnny’s secret

C. What did the policeman want Johnny to do

D. How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back

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