35．—Why didn't you ask him for help?

       —______, but he was working on his computer．

       A．I had wanted                         B．I had wanted to

       C．It's hard to say                            D．Don't mention it

笫三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

       阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

A

       My parents influenced us with the concepts of family, faith and patriotism when l was  young．Even though we struggled to make ends meet, they stressed how fortunate we were to - live in a great country with limitless opporturuties．

       I got my first real job when l was ten． My dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a  cardboard - box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist． He rented space in a little mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr． Ben's Coiffure．

       The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his rent for cleaning the parking． lot three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a．m．To pick up trash,  Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower． Mom and I emptied garbage cans and picked up litterby hand．It took two to three hours to clean the lot． I'd  s1eep in the car on-the way home．I did this for two years, but the lessons I leacmed have lasted a lifetime,I acquired' disci-pline and a strong work morality, and leamed at an early age the impmtance of balancing life's competing interests-----in my case, school, homework and a job．This really'helped during my senior year of high school, when l worked 40 hours  a  week flipping hamburgers,at a fast – food  joint while taking afull load of college - prep courses．  The hard work paid off ．I attended the U．S．Milttary Academy and went on to reaceive graduate degree  in law and business from Harvard． Later,I joined a big Los Angetes law firm and was elected to the California state assembly． In these jobs and in everything else I’ve  done,I have never forgotten those nights in the parking lot．The experience taught me that there is dignitty in all work and that if people are workmg to provide for thems elves ahd their families ,that is something we should honor．

56．According to the text,  the author thinks          

       A．he is lucky to have many chances to get a job

       B．it is difficult to find a job to make ends meet

       C．his parents are full of complaint about their life

       D．it is not acceptable to live in such bad conditions

57． In order to get a discount on rent,          

       A．his father had to work as a hairstylist

       B．his father had to work in a cardboard - box factory

       C．they had to clean the-parking lot three nights a week

       D．his father had to pick up litter by hand three hours a day

58.Which of the following is NOT true of the author?

       A．He got the graduate degrees from Harvard．

       B．He took a college - prep courses at high school．

       C．He took a part - time job during his senior year．

       D．He regretted having worked in the parking lot．

59．What does the underlined sentence "The hard work paid off" mean?

       A．The author got a high pay by working hard．

       B．The author compkuned of the hard work．

       C．The effort wluch he made had no effection．

       D．The hard work was worthwhile for the author．

60．We can leam from'the text that ________   

       A．it is urrimaginable for a child to help his family

       B． it is honored to work for one's family as a member

       C． it is unnecessary to keep work rules-of behaviour

       D．the harder the work is, the more interest one shows

C

Bob, a student who does computer studies at Texas University, found his own parents with the help of Internet. The news got around soon and many of his friends came to share his happiness. Some of them even asked him to help them find jobs on the Internet.

Before he turned to Internet for help, Bob had spent one year looking for his parents who left him 26 years ago when he was a baby. Using knowledge on computer and network, Bob found out his birth information and sent a notice to Internet in hope of finding his parents. Only one day later, Bob’s dream came true.

When Bob flew to Los Angles to meet his father, Stephen, they embraced(拥抱) each other lovingly and warmly. They enjoyed the family meeting. Later on Mother’s Day, Bob met his mother Silva.

Three years ago, Stephen himself also tried hard to look for his son but his hard try ended in nothing. Bob’s try on the Internet has turned to be a happy ending.

54. Which of the following is unknown to us ?

A. Bob’s birth information               B. Where Bob’s father lives        

C. Why Bob’s parents left him                    D. What Bob does

55. Bob couldn’t find his parents a year ago because______.

A. his parents didn’t want to see him       B. he couldn’t get useful information 

C. he didn’t want to                             D. he was just a student

56. Before he found his parents, Bob had to ______.

A. made a lot of friends                  B. fly to Los Angles          

C. sent a notice to Internet every day           D. find out his own birth information

57. How long did it take Bob to find his parents after using the Internet?

A. Only one day       B. About one year         C. 3 years                     D. 26 years

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

People do not analyse every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 36  problem. They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 37 ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all of these methods 38 , the person with a problem has to start analysing. There are six 39 in analysing a problem.

40 , the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 41 that there is a problem with his bicycle.

Next the person must 42 the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 43 the parts that are wrong.

Now the person must look for 44 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 45 solutions. For example, suppose Sam 46 that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. 47 , he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at  the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.

After 48 the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 49 , his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes; buy k*s#5^unew brakes and change the old ones.

In the end, one 50 seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the 51 idea comes quite 52 because the thinker suddenly sees something in a 53 way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum stuck to a brake. He immediately hits on the solution to his problem: he must 54 the brake.

Finally the solution is 55 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short he has solved the problem. 

36. A. serious            B. usual                      . similar                          D. common

37. A. practice         B. thinking                 . understanding  D. help

38. A. fail                    B. work                       . change                         D. develop

39. A. ways          B. conditions             . stages                          D. orders

40. A. First               B. Usually                   . In general           D. Most importantly

41. A. explain           B. prove                      . show                    D. see

42. A. judge          B. find                         . describe        D. face

43. A. check          B. determine         . correct                    D. recover

44. A. answers              B. skills                    C. explanation      D. information

45. A. possible      B. exact             C. real            D. special

46. A. hopes        B. argues              C. decides             D. suggests

47. A. In other words                             B. Once in a while

C. First of all                                    D. At this time

48. A. discussing     B. settling down     C. comparing with D. studying

49. A. secondly     B. again                C. also                   D. alone

50. A. suggestion  B. conclusion           C. decision          D. discovery

51. A. next          B. clear                C. final                  D. new

52. A. unexpectedly          B. late                C. clearly             D. often

53. A. simple             B. different            C. quick             D. sudden

54. A. clean               B. separate          C. loosen             D. remove

55. A. recorded        B. completed          C. tested                       D. accepted 

The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place

    Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet…… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically（身体上）.

    Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale （秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.

    On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.

    The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients (营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.

    Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.

59. From Paragraph 1, we learn that ______.

A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential

B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products

C. diet products are misleading people

D. people are fed up with diet products

60. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to ______.

A. try out a variety of diet foods

B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods

C. pay attention to their own eating habits

D. watch their weight rather than their diet

61. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______.

A. losing weight is effortless

B. it costs a lot to lose weight

C. diet products bring no pain

D. diet products are free from calories

62. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.

A. are over-consumed

B. lack basic nutrients

C. are short of chemicals

D. provide too much energy

       Every country has its heroes. The heroes are the people the nation and especially the young people admire. If you get a list of the heroes of a nation, it will tell you the potential（潜势）of that nation.

If today in America, you ask the high school students to list their heroes, their choice would probably fall into three groups. The first group of heroes would be the rock stars —the people connected with rock music. There is no doubt that such people do have talent but one wonders if one should hold up rock stars as a model (推举…为榜样). The rock stars too often are involved with drugs and their personal life is not all that good. The rock stars are rich and wear the latest fashion styles. However, one should seek more in a hero than such things as money and good clothes.

A second type of hero for the American youth is the sports star. Again you have a person who has a great ability in one area — SPORTS. However, too often the personal life of the sports star is a bit of a mess. Too frequently drugs and drinking are a part of life of the sports star.

A third type of hero is the TV or movie star. This person may have lots of acting talent and is quite handsome. However, the personal life of too many actors is quite sad and they should not be held up as a model for young people.

Today, the rock star, the athlete and the actor all have become the models of the youth in America. Really, do you hear a young person say that his hero is a doctor, a teacher, or a scientist? These people are not rich and do not wear fashionable clothes. However, they are talented people who work hard to make the world a better place for everyone.

What is really sad is that the young try to imitate their heroes. They like to wear the same clothes and follow their styles. If the heroes of today for the American youngsters are only rock stars, athletes and actors, the future does not look too bright.

56. The hero discussed in this article means a person ______.

A. who has done something brave           B. who plays an important role in a play

C. whom people greatly admire             D. who rides the waves and moves with the tides

57. What is true of the groups mentioned in this article?

A. They are not fright but are good-looking.       B. They are rich but are strict with themselves.

C. They are talented in some area but lead an indecent life.   D. They are perfect in every way.

58. American young people will not admire ______.

A. a university professor            B. a popular singer     C. a football player     D. a film actress

59. According to the writer, people should hold up as their model those______.

A. who are rich and wear the latest fashion clothes     B. whose personal life is good

C. who can express people’s feelings             D. who work in the interests (利益) of the people

60. What is the writer’s attitude towards American youth’s admiration for their heroes?

A. He is understanding.       B. He is critical.      C. He is angry.          D. He is uninterested.

D

Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something which has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand ----he wants to teach them, and he wants them to learn from him.

    What visual artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain, because they translate their experiences into shapes and colors, not words. They seem to feel that a certain selection of shapes and colors, out of the countless billions possible, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular shapes and colors, or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.

    Most artists take their shapes and colors from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and response: their choices indicate that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is noting more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.

    If one painter chooses to paint a decaying(腐烂的) leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something—all of which means that, consciously or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.

46. It is hard to understand a painting because_____

   A. the artist wants to teach the others 

   B. a painter uses shapes and colors instead of words.

   C. the painter doesn’t express his idea well enough

   D. the painting is meaningless

47. A painter uses certain shapes and colors because he feels that they ____.

A. haven’t been used before            B. are not worth showing to the public

C. are interesting to them                   D. haven’t been noticed by the public

48 Implied but not stated_____.

A. paintings are more easily understood than music.

B. to find what the artist is saying we must look beyond the shape and color

C. painting is only the arranging of shape and color

D. all artists are trying to teach something to the public

49. Why do what painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain?

A. Because painters cannot express themselves clearly in words.

B. Because painters change their into shapes and colors, not words.

C. Because people cannot understand painters’ words.

D. Because people are not interested in what painters want to tell us.  

50. Where do most artists take their shapes and colors?

A. From nature                                        B. From human bodies in motion and response.

C. From artists’ own imagination.                  D. Both A and B

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

针对班上部分同学抄袭他人作业的现象，请你以My opinion on copying others’ homework为题写一篇不少于120词的英语作文, 谈主要原因、危害及自己的看法。注意:文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

My opinion on copying others’ homework

It is known to us all that some students copy others’ homework. _________________________

This is not an economical way to get more water; ________, it is very expensive.

A. in return                       B. on the other hand        C. in a word                        D. on the contrary