---Please tell me what really happened.

---Oh, I _________, and I hit a parked car.

   A. wouldn’t pay attention                                          B. didn’t pay attention

   C. haven’t paid attention                                     D. wasn’t paying attention

It was in this house ______ he heard some strange sounds.

      A. that     B. where    C. which     D. who

We continue our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. Now you move on to college life once you are admitted to a school. The first thing you need to value is a place to live. Housing policies differ from school to school. Students might have to live in a dormitory, at least for the first year there.

Dorms come in all sizes. Some have suites. Six or more students may live in one suite. Other dorms have many rooms along a common hallway, usually with two students in each room . Many students say dormitories provide the best chance to get to know other students. Also, dorms generally cost less than apartments or other housing not owned by the school

Most colleges and universities offer single-sex dorms, but usually males and females live in the same building. They might live on the same floors and share the same common bathrooms. They may live in the same room only if they are married.

Edward Spencer is the associate vice president for student affairs at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He says it is important to understand the rules of the building in which you will live. He advises students to ask questions before they decide about their housing. For example, if a student requires a special diet, will the school provide it ? How much privacy can a student expect ? Will the school provide a single room if a student requests one ? And what about any other special needs that a student might have?

Virginia Tech, for example, had a ban against candles in dorms . But it changed that policy to let students light up candles for religious purposes. The university also has several dorms open all year so foreign students have a place to stay during vacation time.

60. Why do some students in the U.S. choose to live in dorms, according to the passage ?

   A. Dorms allow students in the U.S. choose to live in dorms

B. Dorms are safer for students to live in most cases

C. Dorms offer the chance to meet other people and are cheap as well

D. In most schools students are required to live in the dorms

61. The second paragraph is mainly about ______

A. what suites in American schools are like        

B. what dorms in American schools are like

C. what dorms are owned by schools         

D. when people get to know each other

62. We can infer from what Edward Spencer says that ______

A. colleges usually don’t provide a special diet 

B. housing rules differ from one building to another

C. a ban against candles in dorms is necessary 

D. the U.S. college always satisfies students’ requests

63 .What is the passage mainly about ?

A. Places to live in U.S. colleges      

B. housing polices in the U.S

C. Advantages of dormitories     

D. Rules of single-sex dorms

E

It is often difficult for visitors to understand Americans lack of desire for privacy(隐私) . They are not a nation of walled gardens and closed gates. Their yards normally run into one another without fences, they often visit one another’s homes without being invited or telephoning first, they leave their office doors open while they work.

Their lack of desire for privacy probable results from their history as a nation. America is a big country. There have never been walled cities in the United States, nor was there the need for Americans to protect themselves from neighboring states. During the early years, America had so few settlers that neighbors were very important, they were not to be shut out by doors and fences. Neighbors offered protection and helped in the hard work of settling the land. They depended upon each other.

From the nation’s early history has come the desire for openness rather than privacy. Visitors will notice this desire in a number of small ways, there may be rooms in American homes that do not have doors or that have glass walls. If you notice that people forget to close your door when they leave your room, do not think that this is rude, help them to learn that you would like it to be closed, or else become used to new ways. In either case, be patient with the differences.

72. According to the passage, visitors to America sometimes have difficultyunderstanding _____.

A .Americans’ openness                               B. American’s lack of desire for privacy

C. Americans’ way of home                      D. American’s style of life

73. During the early years, people were never shut out by doors because _________.

A. they were neighbors                               B. they were friends

C. they depended on each other             D. they got used to that

74. Visitors will notice American’s desire for openness in a way ___________.

A .they walled their houses with glass 

B. they leave the office doors open while working

C. they never have fence                          

D. they depended upon each other

75. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A .No Walled Cities.                                        B. The Early Settlers

C. Americans’ Lack of Desire for Privacy           D. be Patient with Differences

第二部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）。

第一节，语法和词汇知识（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）。

从A、B、C、D、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.

Do you think it is ____ good manners to hear others’ conversations in _____curious manner?    

A. the；a        B. /; /              C. /; a           D. the; the

The old temples possibly_________the Ming Period.

A  are dated back to            B  date from  

C  are dated from              D  date back

—I’m going to Appleby tomorrow.

     —______! I’m going up there too.

      A. What a coincidence       B. Good luck      C. Congratulations     D. Good idea

What he said just now_______me of that American professor.

A.mentioned    B.informed    C.reminded     D.memorized

—It is cloudy outside. Please take an umbrella.

 —__________

A. Yes, take it easy.             　     B. Well, it just depends.

C. Ok, just in case.              　     D. All right, you are welcome.

She got up, _______ herself in a hurry and then went downstairs for breakfast.

A. dressing            B. to dress             C. dressed       D. having dressed