18．
A．contents       B．taking       C．carefully       D．plastic      E．packaging
F．declined       G．freely        H．typical        I．contracts      J．registered
If the package looks pretty，people will buy just about anything．So says an advertising executive in New York，and he has proved his point by selling boxes of rubbish for the price of an expensive bottle of wine．
Justin Gignac，26，has sold almost 900 （41）Cpresented plastic boxes of rubbish from the street of Big Apple at between＄50and＄100each．Buyers from 19countries have paid for the souvenirs（纪念品）．The idea has been so successful that he is thinking of promoting it around the world．
It all began when Mr Gignac was at a summer workshop，"We had a discussion about the importance o（42）E，"he recalls．"Someone said packaging was unimportant．I disagreed．The only way to prove it was by selling something nobody would ever want．"
He searches the streets of Manhattan and typical（43）Ainclude broken glass，subway tickets，Starbucks cups and used（44）Dforks．"Special editions"are offered at a high price．He charged＄100for rubbish from the opening day of the New York Yankees'stadium．
Mr Gignac denies（45）Bhis customers for fools："They know what they're getting．They appreciate the fact that they're taking something nobody would want and finding beauty in it．"
Some（46）Hcustomers include people who used to live in the city and want a down-to-earth souvenir．He claims he has even sold to art collectors．
Realizing that the concept appears to be a real money-maker，Mr Gignac has（47）Ja company and is employing his girlfriend as vice president．He（48）Fto discuss his profit margins："It's actually quite a lot of effort putting them together-but yes，garbage is free．"
Mr Gignac is considering more varieties of souvenirs．He maintains that he has signed（49）Iwith people interested in similar projects from as far as Berlin and London．
17．Sally's never seen a play in the Shanghai Grand Theatre，_______？（　　）
A．hasn't sheB．has sheC．isn't sheD．is she
16．Mary went to the box office at lunch time，but all the tickets ____out．（　　）
A．would sellB．had soldC．have soldD．was selling
15．It_____ have been Tom that parked the car here，as he is the only one with a car．（　　）
A．mayB．canC．mustD．should
14．Learning strategies，towhich（the）teachers attach/have attached（老师们认为） importance，have not yet drawn enough attention of students．（attach）
13．Winning a scholarship（获得奖学金） gave Martin the chance to go to a college in one of the northern states．（win）
12．During his last lecture，the scientistfound it/found（that）it was（觉得）easier to explain the theory to those with some background knowledge．（find）
11．When I was seven my father gave me a Timex，my first watch．I loved it，wore it for years，and haven't had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago．Why？Because I don't need one．I have a mobile phone and I'm always near someone with an iPod or something like that．All these devices（装置）tell the time-which is why，if you look around，you'll see lots of empty wrists； sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007．
But while the wise have realized that they don't need them，others-apparently including some distinguished men of our time-are spending total fortunes on them．Brands such as Rolex，Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices，up to£250.000for a piece．
This is ridiculous．Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars．Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes．But these days all watches tell the time as well as all other watches．Expensive watches come with extra functions-but who needs them？How often do you dive to 300metres into the sea or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole？So why pay that much of five years'school fees for watches that allow you to do these things？
If justice were done，the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note．Instead the Swiss reinvented the watch，with the aid of millions of pounds'worth of advertising，as a message about the man wearing it．Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains； a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family； a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world．
Watches are now classified as"investments"（投资）．A 1994Philippe recently sold for nearly？£350，000，while 1960s Rolexes have gone from？15，000to？30，000plus in a year．But a watch is not an investment．It's a toy for self-satisfaction，a matter of fashion．Prices may keep going up--they've been rising for 15years．But when of fashion．Prices may keep going up-they've been rising for 15years．But when fashion moves on，the owner of that？£350，000beauty will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times．

58．The sales of watches to young people have fallen because theyA．
A．have other devices to tell the time
B．think watches too expensive
C．prefer to wear an iPod
D．hame no sense of time
59．It seems ridiculous to the writer thatD．
A．people dive 300metres into the sea
B．expensive clothes sell better than cheap ones
C．cheap cars don't run as fast as expensive ones
D．expensive watches with unnecessary functions still sell
60．What can be learnt about Swiss watch industry from the passage？A
A．It targets rich people as its potential customers．
B．It's hard for the industry to beat its competitors．
C．It wastes a huge amount of money in advertising．
D．It's easy for the industry to reinvent cheap watches．
61．Which would be the best title for the passage？C
A．Timex or Rolex？
B．My Childhood Timex
C．Watches？Mot for Me!
D．Watches-a Valuable Collection．
10．My grandfather came from Hungary and was the only one in his family who settled down in the United States．The rest of his family remained in Europe．When World War I broke out，he seemed to have become another man，downherated．Such obvious change was not born out of his welfare，but out of fear：if his only son，my uncle，had to go to war，it would be cousin fighting against cousin．
One day in 1918，my Uncle Milton received his draft notice．My grandparents were very upset．But my mother，at the age of 10，felt on top of the world about her soldier brother going off to war．Realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and all of her friends，my uncle bought them all service pins，which meant that they had a loved one in the service．All the little girls were delighted．
The moment came when my uncle and the other soldiers，without any training but all in uniforms，boarded the train．The band played and the crowd cheered．Although no one noticed，I'm sure my grandmother had a tear in her eye for the only son．The train slowly pulled out，but not about a thousand yards when it suddenly paused．Everyone stared in wonder as the train slowly returned to the station．There was a dead silence before the doors opened and the men started to step out．Someone shouted，"The war is over．"For a moment，nobody moved，but then the people heard someone bark orders at the soldiers．The men lined up in two lines，walked down the steps，and with the band playing，marched down the street，as returning heroes，to be welcomed home．My mother said it was great day，but she was just a little disappointed that it didn't last a tiny bit longer．

50．What the grandfather was most worried about was．D
A．the spread of the world war
B．the safety of his living two cousins
C．a drop in his living standards
D．his relatives killing each other
51．The underlined phrase"draft notice"means"A"
A．order for army service
B．train ticket for Europe
C．letter of rejection
D．note of warning
52．What did the"service pins"（in Para.2）stand for in the dyes of the little girls？D
A．Strength．
B．Courage．
C．Victory．
D．Honor．
53．Which of the following words can best describe the ending of the story？B
A．Disappointing．
B．Unexpected．
C．Uncertain．
D．Inspiring．
9．There was a very special teacher who made a far-reaching difference in my life
Fall，1959，the first day of class at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School was about to begin．"Who"，I asked a senior，is Mrs．McNamara，my 10thgrade English teacher？He just（31）Band said something about my begin in （32）A．Soon，Understood what he meant Mrs．McNamara had a pattern of （33）Cthat she repeated again and again，we would have a literature reading task for（34）DThe next day，when we came to class，there would were（35）Bto write an in-class essay about one of the topics，The following day，she would（36）Athd corrected and graded essays and each person would bi called （37）Bto stand in front of the class and to（38）Dhis\her essay The class were required to criticize（评论）that essay （39）Cthe grade of everyone in class would be reduced
The first time that I（40）Dher read-write criticize method I had not （41）Dto do the homework and had written something without knowing what it meant（42）Cthe extreme embarrassment I suffered，standing before my classmates （43）Dmyself No one laughed at me，no one would be（44）Benorgh，or foolish enough，to do that in Mrs．McNamara's class．The embarrassment came from （45）Aand along with it came a strong（46）Bnot to let it happen again
Mrs．McNamara kept all of our written work in files．It was easy to see the（47）Cin writing that had occurred．What was not so easy to see was the inner transformation that had taken peace，at least for me．What Mrs．McNamar（48）Ame to do was to see myself as others see me and，having done that，I could improve myself And（49）A，Thank you Mrs．McNamara

31．A．noddedB．laughedC．apologizedD．shouted
32．A．troubleB．sorrowC．dangerD．anger
33．A．behaviorB．evaluationC．activityD．thought
34．A．reviewB．performanceC．practiceD．homework
35．A．addedB．relatedC．contributedD．advised
36．A．expectedB．persuadedC．allowedD．advised
37．A．collectB．returnC．sendD．receive
38．A．on purposeB．at firstC．by chanceD．in turn
39．A．talk throughB．hand overC．read outD．show off
40．A．soB．andC．butD．or
41．A．triedB．adoptedC．examinedD．experienced
42．A．undertakenB．attemptedC．examinedD．experienced
43．A．rememberB．attemptedC．botheredD．hesitated
44．A．playing jokes onB．making a fool ofC．trying a trap for ofD．taking advantage
45．A．braveB．carelessC．proudD．selfish
46．A．aboveB．withinC．behindD．below
47．A．tendencyB．preferenceC．determinationD．sense
48．A．improvementsB．painsC．difficultiesD．advantages
49．A．didB．couldC．hadD．would
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