第二节 完型填空 （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36——55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

Editors of newspapers have responsible jobs because they have to make sure that their newspaper gets  36  on time ,sells well,and everything that goes into it ,including  37 ,is acceptable.Some newspapers  38   local or national affairs ,some  39  international and economic matters while others are  40   serious and aim to enterain with more human interest  stories.

   Sometimes particular stories “sell” newspapers. In America and Europe ,ordinary people seem to  41  by the lives of pop stars ,film stars and the remaining  42  families .These people really have two lives ,a public life and a private life.So the reporters can be too interesed in getting a good story and try to   43  famous people in their private lives which can then get their newspaper into trouble  44  they get printed.

   There was a recent  45  when a reporter climbed a tree and took a photograph of   46  in a swimming pool without her knowledge .She didn’t  47  being photographed on public 48  but she objected to being photographed while she was spending private time with her personal friends ----and  49  in a swimming pool.

The photograph was in the newspaper  50  ---“The Alganian Princess having a good time in the embassy pool with her friends”----and all hell broke loose .The editor of The BEACON(the newspaper that had printed the photograph)immediately received a strongly worded letter of  51  from the Royal Palace press office  52   that the reporter had been “interfering in her private life” and that “something would be done about this.” Of course the damage had already been done but the newspaper must have sold a lot of   53  copies because of the photograph. All the editor could do was to print   54  on the front page to the Alganian Princess and hope that   55  would be accepted and that he wouldn’t lose his job.

36. A.to print    B.printing       C.  print          D.printed

37. A.charts     B.photographs    C.subtitles         D.advertisements

38. A. focus on   B.come out      C.draw attention to  D.look into

39. A. of        B. for           C.with            D.on  

40. A. more      B.less          C.most            D.least 

41. A be favorite  B.appeal to      C.be fascinated     D.be adapted

42.A.good       B.happy        C.rich            D.royal

43.A.keep an eye on              B.take photographs of

  C.benefit from                 D.write fictions about

44.   A. if        B.even if        C. since          D. although

45. A. report     B.article        C.case            D.story

46. A.a friend    B.a flim star     C.a princess       D.an officer

47. A.like       B.know         C.want           D.mind

48. A.occasions  B.surroundings   C.atmosphere      D.places

49. A. eventually B.actually        C.especially       D.angrily

50. A.one day    B.the other day   C. the next day     D.to this day

51. A. comment   B.complaint     C.attack          D.disagreement

52. A.explained   B. added        C. to stress        D.saying

53. A.latest       B.interesting     C.attracting       D.extra

54.A.an apology   B. a response    C.another picture   D.a letter

55.A.she         B.he           C.it              D.there

 In January, 2004, the United States successfully launched “Spirit”, a Mars Exploration Rover, _____ a new milestone in the history of mankind.

A. it marked    B. marking   C. marked      D. to mark

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

       阅读下列短文，从每题材所给的四个选项A、B、C、D、中，选出最佳选项

              A few weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf coast, the Texas school where I teach collected furniture and other household items for a family from Louisiana that had lost everything. I thought of how sad it would be to lose all of the things that held so many priceless memories. Nothing could ever really replace a memory. I prayed I would be able to help the family in some ways , and at least give them practical things they could use.

       I had a couple of old chairs in the house, and went into the spare bedroom to dig them out. Then I saw the wooden rocking chair(摇椅) in the corner. Deep brown , with a unique pattern of fruits and leaves edged in gold on the back. I’d never seen another like it. I used to rock my son to sleep in it when he was a baby. Talking about memories, I could never bear to part with that rocker.  http://wx.jtyjy.com/

       But a feeling suddenly swept over me. Give it away. “Do you really want to do this?” my husband asked. I said firmly, “Yes!” He helped me load the rocking chair into my car. “Doesn’t it hold sentimental(情感的)value for you?” I couldn’t explain it. I took the rocker to the school the next day. The woman in charge of the donations(捐赠品)for the Louisiana family loaded it into the back of her truck.

       The very next day at school, the woman in charge came rushing into my classroom. “Angie, I have to tell you a story about that rocking chair!” she said.

       The family was grateful for every single item we’d donated, they told her. Then they saw the rocker. Everyone stopped and stared. Then the granddaughter cried out, “Grandma, look! It’s your rocking chair!”  http://wx.jtyjy.com/

       My rocking chair was exactly like the one they had lost in the hurricane, the one that held their sweetest memories.

56. Why did the author feel sympathy for the family that had lost everything?

       A. They met Hurricane Katrina.

B. They had no furniture and other items to use.

C. They lost the things holding memories.

D. They had to rebuild their house.

57. When thinking of having used the rocking chair the author      .

       A. decided to give it away                          B. asked her husband for advice

C. liked it more than before                        D. hated to part with it

58. We can infer from the passage that the author’s husband       .

       A. didn’t support the author’s social work    B. didn’t agree to donate the chair

C. thought the rocking chair valuable          D. could understand what she thought then

59. What’s the best title for this passage?

       A. A good deed for a homeless family                B. Comfort a family with a gift of memories

C. A piece of furniture donated to a family          D. We all need the rocking chair

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。注意：E涂 AB, F涂 AC, G涂 AD