I’m Monty Don. Though I’m a host and writer now, I had an unhappy study experience actually. I changed   21  many times.
I first went to school at five. None of my teachers or classmates liked me, because I always gave them a lot of   22 . I once put a worm in a girl's pocket. When I was seven, I was asked to      23   the school. Then I was sent off to a boarding school. I missed my   24  very much at first; I didn't want to leave once I returned home. Later I met a very   25  teacher, who cared for me and helped me with study. He was also the   26  person to encourage me to act and write. At 13, I moved to Malvern College, but I was kicked out at 15 for   27  school rules. Then I went to another school where I failed my English A level. In fact, I didn't like studying.
I finally   28  that life shouldn't be like this. So I retook the  29  and got an A grade. And more   30 , I made a decision: to go to college, so I began to   31  for the entrance exam. I   32  passed the exam and went to Cambridge to read English. I met my wife there and I was   33  I made that decision, otherwise I wouldn't have had a happy family. Looking back on what I've   34 , I come to know that if you devote yourself to it, nothing is   35 .

【小题1】
A.schoolsB.majorsC.jobsD.directions
【小题2】
A.attentionB.respectC.troubleD.help
【小题3】
A.leave B.joinC.visitD.describe
【小题4】
A.friendB.childhoodC.teacherD.family
【小题5】
A.rudeB.goodC.terribleD.new
【小题6】
A.first B.youngestC.lastD.right
【小题7】
A.followingB.changingC.misusingD.breaking
【小题8】
A.guessedB.doubtedC.rememberedD.realised
【小题9】
A.lessonB.exam C.photoD.position
【小题10】
A.difficultlyB.effectivelyC.importantlyD.likely
【小题11】
A.prepare B.callC.waitD.hope
【小题12】
A.suddenlyB.unluckilyC.accidentallyD.finally
【小题13】
A.sorryB.proudC.glad D.afraid
【小题14】
A.writtenB.experiencedC.seenD.concerned
【小题15】
A.strangeB.perfectC.impossible D.false

Across the United States, there are several places where two independent towns grew together to become one city — but kept both their names.

Winston?Salem is one of them. It’s a mid?sized city in what’s called the plateau(high land), between the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. The Winston part is a relatively new place, founded early this century. It’s home to the nation’s biggest open?air tobacco market.?
The giant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s headquarters is in Winston?Salem, and Winston is the name of one of Reynolds’best?known cigarette brands. Fast?growing Winston soon surrounded the much older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.?
From a historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it’s called today, is the interesting and unusual part of town.?
Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians greatly valued women’s work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation’s oldest boarding schools for young women— the Moravians’Salem Academy founded in 1772 — is still in operation. ?
Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character. That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group began to rehabilitate the historic area. These days Old Salem is what’s called a living history museum, with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th-century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem.?
The historic community is booming again. Just as R. J. Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about S| 15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.?
61. From the passage we can know that____________.?
A. Winston-Salem is the name of a city?
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market?
C. the city Winston-alem has two names?
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand
62. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that__________.?
A. the two cities benefited each other?
B. Salem developed faster than Winston?
C. R.J. Reynolds Company has moved into Salem?
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people
63. The city Salem is special for its__________.?
A. boarding school                          B. lifestyle and tradition?
C. respect for brainpower                     D. religious belief
64. The underlined word “rehabilitate” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “_________”.?A. reconstruct            B. evaluate         C. enlarge         D. decorate?
65. What will probably be talked about in the following part? ?
A. Some other attractions in Winston-Salem. ?
B. How Winston makes profits from tourism. ?
C. Other examples of cities combined by two parts.?
D. Something about the boarding school for women.

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校). ____ being sent away, this boy was the ____ student in his class. He was at the top in every ____ always with high marks.

         But the boy changed after ____ home and attending the boarding school. His grades started ___. He hated being in a ____. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he ____ committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt ____ and no one loved him.

         His parents started ___about the boy. But they even did not know what was __50with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and ____ him.

         They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and ____. After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

         The boy answered back, “To ___- my grades?”

         “No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most ___ person for me. I want to see you ____. I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

         These words ____ the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He ____ his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

         Now the boy had ____ he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He ___ the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him ____!

1.A. After              B. Before             C. When                     D. While

2.A. hardest             B. naughtiest              C. brightest               D. dullest

3.A. exam             B. activity             C. game                       D. class

4.A. coming              B. returning      C. leaving         D. reaching

5.A. rising             B. increasing             C. reducing               D. dropping

6.A. group                      B. term                      C. company        D. party

7.A. led to                      B. felt like            C. thought back     D. looked for

8.A. worthless    B. careless           C. concerned             D. annoyed

9.A. caring                B. turning              C. worrying       D. speaking

10.A. crazy                     B. true              C. possible       D. wrong

11.A. talk with      B. listen to           C. tell to                      D. care about

12.A. family              B. friends               C. study                     D. grades

13.A. realize            B. analyze              C. check                      D. test

14.A. outstanding    B. important        C. famous         D. familiar

15.A. happy              B. excellent      C. interested            D. satisfied

16.A. caused            B. wanted              C. encouraged           D. forced

17.A. answered      B. ignored               C. hated                      D. hugged

18.A. nothing          B. something              C. everything            D. anything

19.A. showed          B. meant                C. intended       D. expressed

20.A. sad                      B. angry                C. pleasant        D. joyful

 

 

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题3分,满分60分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sarah Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school:

Wentworth Girls’ school

Beachside

July 20th

Dearest Mom and Dad,

I’ m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking in bed. This breaks the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away.

Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire.

There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning.

The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I’m very sorry about this.

Much love,

Sarah

P. S.  None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad the things could have been!

56.Sarah wrote home to        .

         A.tell her parents about the fire               B.ask for a lot of money

         C.tell her parents she had failed her exams               D.tell her parents she had to leave school

57.Why did Sarah tell her parents the story about the fire?

         A.She wanted to worry them.

         B.She wanted to make them laugh.

         C.She wanted to make them less angry at the real news.

         D.She wanted to warn them about what the principal was going to do.

58.The letter before the P. S. was ________.

         A.mostly true                B.partly true                           C.all true               D.completely untrue

59.Sarah said the principal was angry because ________.

         A.she had failed her exams                               B.it was her fault that had caused the fire

         C.she had not made the phone call in time           D.she had been caught smoking in bed

 

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