If I ruled the world, I would ______ the world ______ wars and killers.

A. get rid of; by     B. be rid of; by   C. rid: of D. get rid: of 

Something___wrong with the car,and it____not start.

  A.being;could  B.going;should  C.was;might  D.went;would

Nowadays, most people，in order to keep fit，prefer walking to driving ____necessary.

A. if     B. unless     C. in case     D. as if

On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.

If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症) as a child, and so he has braces(支架) on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches(双拐).

He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and proceeds to play.

But this time, something went wrong. Just as he finished the first few bars(小节), one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear it snap(嘣断)——it went off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that meant. There was no mistaking what he had to do.

We figured that he would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick up the crutches and limp his way off stage——to either find another violin or else find another string for this one. But he didn’t. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.

The orchestra began, and he played from where he had left off. And he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before.

When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room. And then people rose and cheered. He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said in a quiet tone, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.”

51.  By saying “getting on stage is no small achievement for him”, the author really means ______.

       A．it’s very difficult for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings

       B．it’s not easy for Itzhak Perlman to get on the stage because he is disabled

       C．it’s not easy for Itzhak Perlman to face such a large audience

       D．it’s really great achievements for Itzhak Perlman to play the violin with three strings

52.  When one of the strings broke, people thought Itzhak Perlman would __________.

       A．go on playing with the remaining three strings    B．give up playing

       C．change or repair his violin             D．get off the stage with shame

53.  Itzhak Perlman ___________ when one of the strings of the violin broke.

       A．gave up playing

       B．didn’t know what to do

       C．went on playing the same piece of music

       D．went on playing a different piece of music

54.  What did the audience feel when Itzhak Perlman finished playing?

       A．Surprised  B．Disappointed    C．Moved      D．Satisfied

55.  Itzhak Perlman can be best described as a man who is ____________.

A．clever       B．strong willed      C．humourous     D．quite skilled

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A Beautiful Dress

My neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter used to live in the countryside, her native place. Recently her parents   51   her to town to live with them. Wild and uneducated, she would use   52   words when she was angry. Sometimes she went so far as to   53   on the ground, to the   54   of all people around. Her parents tried to   55   her by beating and kicking. However, she became more   56  . Finally they became thoroughly   57   with her.

       One day their next-door   58  , a retired teacher, gave the girl a snow-white dress, which was very   59  . It immediately caught the girl’s   60   and made them shine brightly.

       The girl put on the dress and became quite a   61   person. She no longer acted rudely or hit others. She   62   seldom rolled on the floor. She knew running wild was not   63   for her in a beautiful dress. Since then, the girl had been   64  , neat, and lovely.

       The story set me   65   a lot. Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress   66   somewhere in his or her heart. Only some people are not aware of it,   67   it or take no notice of it.   68   is a powerful force or weapon — that’s something   69   by many of us. It can arouse fine qualities that humans are   70   with but have so far hidden somewhere. It has a soul-shaking influence that is indeed unmatched.

51. A. left                 B. brought               C. met                      D. taught

52. A. dirty               B. new                     C. creative                D. attractive

53. A. trap                    B. weep                        C. roll                          D. jump

54. A. surprise          B. delight                         C. mercy                     D. regret

55. A. advise              B. encourage              C. support                 D. educate

56. A. mature                B. violent                            C. changeable               D. considerate

57. A. tired                 B. pleased                  C. relaxed                 D. disappointed

58. A. office              B. stranger                  C. neighbor                 D. apartment

59. A. beautiful             B. modern                    C. shabby                     D. fragile

60. A. attention        B. ears                      C. eyes                        D. imagination

61. A. rude               B. different              C. violent                   D. unique

62. A. even              B. also                   C. still                    D. ever

63. A. bad               B. much                 C. enough               D. suitable

64. A. voluntary            B. conscious                 C. merciful                   D. gentle

65. A. imagining          B. moving                  C. thinking                  D. puzzling

66. A. ruined            B. hidden                C. disappeared            D. rediscovered

67. A. forget                 B. criticize                    C. advocate                   D. remember

68. A. Love               B. Violence              C. Beauty                         D. Honesty

69. A. cared              B. valued                   C. unlearnt                  D. unrealized

70. A. dealt                 B. born                       C. grown                     D. lived

He was good at arts, but ______, he was studying hard ______ being admitted to an engineering college.

A. strange enough; in the hope of         B. strangely enough; in the hope of

C. strange enough; in the hope that              D. strangely enough; in the hope that

 When he was in that city, he _____ go to that park once a weeek.

A. would         B. used to            C. might         D. should

第二部分 阅读理解

（共25小题；第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分，满分45分）

第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time, two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict(冲突) ． It was the first serious one in 40 years of farming peacefully side by side, in the end, they fell apart.

One morning, a man with a carpenter’s toolbox came for some work. The elder brother said, “I have a job for you. Look at the farm across the creek（河沟）. My younger brother lives there. It was he who used his bulldozer（推土机） to dig the creek last week to spite(刁难) me. So I want you to build me a fence, an, in order not to see his place any more.” The carpenter smiled and said,“I see. I’ll try to do a job thatsatisfies you.” Then the elder brother went downtown.

An sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s eyes opened wide! To his surprise, there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge  stretching from one side of the creek to the other! A fine piece of work! He saw his younger brother coming to him with the hands outstretching. The brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands. They turned to see the carpenter lift his toolbox on his shoulder.

 “No, wait! Stay a few days. I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother.

“I’d love to stay on,” the carpenter said, “but, I have so many more bridges to build.”

41．What was the life like for the two brothers before the conflict?

  A．They lived a poor life.                

  B．They lived in peace.

  C．They never spoke to each other.     

  D．They lived on the same farm.

42．It can be learned that the carpenter was ________.高

  A．unwilling to obey the farmer               

  B．fond of building bridges

  C．unable to build a fence 

  D．willing to help others

43．The best title for this passage is ________.

    A．A Fine Piece of Work                     B．A Clever Carpenter

    C．A Conflict between Two Brothers          D．Two Brothers

44．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    A．The elder brother used his bulldozer to dig a creek.

B．The elder brother helped the carpenter build the bridge.

C．The brothers were both satisfied with the carpenter’s work.

    D．The carpenter planned to build an 8-foot fence as asked to.

  第二节 根据所学课文内容填空 （每空1分，满分5分）

1. Born into ______, Joseph Banks was the son of a wealthy family.   

2. A good ad often uses words to which people _____.    

3. ______ reaching a place of safety, no one stopped to look or help.  

4.Scrooge then visits Bob Cratchit’s house, promising to care about the welfare and the working conditions of his clerk with kindness, _____.    

5. Some books are to be tasted, others ____, and some few to be chewed and digested. 

Those who are not ___ with the progress they 've made will have greater success.

proud           B. afraid               C. popular                 D. content