– What are you reading, Tom?

-- I’m not really reading, just ___ the pages.

A. turning off                 B. turning around      

C. turning over                D. turning up

____on May 12,2008, Wenchuan county has taken on dynamic new look gradually two years since then.

         A．Although it destroyed        B．Although destroyed

         C．Although was destroyed   D．Although destroying

Part one: First Major Novels

    If Dickens had remained the author of Pickwick, Oliver Twist, and The Old Curiosity Shop, he might have gained lasting fame only as an author of cheerful comedy．But Dombey and Son, published in 1846 and continued till 1848, is a realistic novel of human life in a society which had taken more or less its modern form．The novel is a study of the influence of the values of a business society on the members of the Dombey family．

Part two: ___________

In 1851 Dickens was struck by the death of his father and one of his daughters within 2 weeks．Partly in response to these losses, he created a series of works which have come to be called his “dark” novels and which rank among the greatest success of the art of fiction．

Part three: Later Works

In 1859 Dickens published A Tale of Two Cities, a historical novel of the French Revolution, which is read today most often as a school text．It is a fine picture of the historical period and a moving tale of a surprisingly modern hero．Besides publishing this novel in the lately founded All the Year Round, Dickens also published 17 articles, which appeared as a book later．

Dickens’s next novel, Great Expectations (1860～1861), tells the story of a young man’s moral(道德的) development in the course of his life-from childhood in the provinces to gentleman’s role in London．Not based on his own life like David Copperfield, Great Expectations belongs to the type of fiction called, in German, Bildungsroman (the novel of a man’s education or formation by experience)．

56．Which of the following Dickens’ novel shows a clear change of style?

A．David Copperfield          B．Pickwick                       C．Dombey and Son            D．Oliver Twist

57．The best title for Part two might be _______．

A．Unexpected deaths          B．Dark novels     C．Great losses      D．The art of fiction

58．According to the passage, A Tale of Two Cities _______．

A．is about the Industry Revolution     B．can be found in most of the textbooks

C．is better than his “dark” novels       D．is probably published in a new magazine

59．In Great Expectation, Dickens writes about _______．

A．the growth of a man                            B．how to become a gentleman

C．his own life experience                  D．a man’s school education

D

Holidays

73. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

   A. Choose the holiday in Devon.           B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre.

   C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008.      D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii.

74. In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

   A. It provides chances of family gatherings.

   B. It provides customers with good food.

   C. It offers a sports lesson.

   D. It offers comfortable rooms.

75. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

   A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

   B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

   C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

   D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

25. I’m afraid he can’t _____ the idea of having a woman as his boss.

A. fit for          B. adapt to       C. adapt              D. suit

13. Don't ____ him to do anything. He's just a talker.

A. devote to     B. according to   C. rely on    D. hope

四、阅读理解（共20小题。每小题2分；满分40分）

第一节  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。

 (A)

In the course of working my ways through school , I took many jobs I would rather forget . But none of these jobs was as dreadful （可怕的）as my job in an apple plant. The work was hard ; the pay was poor ; and, most of all , the working conditions were terrible.

First of all , the job made huge demands on my strength . For ten hours a night , I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck . Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice. I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night .

I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor. I was paid the lowest wage of that time — two dollars an hour. Because of the low pay , I felt eager to get as much as possible . I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home more than $ 100 a week.

But even more than the low pay , what made me unhappy was the working conditions . During work I was limited to two ten—minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch .Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures. The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone. And after the production line shut down at night and most people left , I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor.

I stayed on the job for five months , all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money , and the conditions under which I worked . By the time I left , I was determined never to go back there again.

56. Why did the writer have to take many jobs at that time ?

A. To pay for his schooling     B. To save for his future   

C. To support his family        D. To gain some experience

57. The following facts describe the terrible working conditions of the plant EXCEPT_____.

A. loading boxes in the freezing cold       B. having limited time for breaks

C. working and studying at the same time   D. getting no pay for lunch time

58.What is the subject discussed in the text?

A. The writer’s unhappy school life.       

B. The writer’s eagerness to earn money.

C. The writer’s experience as a full-time worker. 

D. The writer’s hard work in an apple plant.

59. How is the text organized?

A. Topic — Argument — Explanation

B. Opinion— Discussion — Description

C. Main idea — Comparison —Supporting examples

D. Introduction— Supporting examples — Conclusion

E

Wouldn’t it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away? Well, you can. The forecast is written in clouds. If you can read that writing, you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice, you can become a pretty good weather forecaster. Who knows, you might even do as well as meteorologists.

　　Meteorologists use much more information than just the appearance of the clouds to make their forecasts. They collect data from all over the world. Then they put it into powerful,  high-speed computers.

This does give meteorologists an advantage, because they can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country.

But you have an advantage, too. You can look at the sky and get your data directly. A meteorologist uses a computer forecast that takes several hours to make a local forecast.

What are you seeing when you look at a cloud? “A picture of what moisture is doing in the atmosphere,” says meteorologist Peter Leavitt. There’s moisture throughout the atmosphere. Most of the time you don’t see it ,because it’s in the form of an unseen gas called water vapor.

Sometimes, the temperature of the air gets cold enough to cause the water vapor to change into liquid water. That’s called condensation, and we see it happen all the time(for example, when damp air hits the cold glass of a mirror). When enough water vapor condenses, tiny drops form in the air. These drops spread light. A cloud is seen. Watching clouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a single cloud about the weather to come. Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere.

You should begin to notice patterns. Certain clouds, following each other in order, can signal a coming storm. But don’t take our word for it; see for yourself.

57．This passage mainly tells us about how to_______.

A．become a meteorologist                B．keep an eye on the weather

C．be an assistant to a meteorologist         D．change water vapor into liquid water

58．According to the passage, ordinary people might do as well as meteorologists in weather forecast________.

A．with the help of the high-speed computers

B．through a complex process of calculation

C．with simple practice looking up at the sky

D．asking for information from weather station

59．Your advantage in weather forecasts is that______.

A．you have more powerful computers at home

B．your brain works as well as a high-speed computer

C．you observe the sky and obtain your data directly

D．meteorologists give their data to you as soon as they get them

60．What causes vapor to change into water?

A．A lot of moisture.       B．Thick clouds. 

C．Warm atmosphere.        D．Cold air temperature.

6．Oh, it’s so cold in here. Somebody _______ the window, please.

A．closes          B．shall close      C．will close       D．Close

29.Everyone wants to live in a beautiful, comfortable and “livable ” place, but not ________ know where it is. 

A. some      B. either      C. all       D. Both