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

A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.

The unpunctual man, on the other hand, never does what he has to do at the proper time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be regained. Time is more valuable than material things. In fact, time is life itself. The unpunctual man is for ever wasting and mismanaging his most valuable asset as well as others’. The unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters, or return calls or keep appointments promptly. But the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it. He knows that he can not get through huge amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every piece of work when it has to be attended to.

Failure to be punctual in keeping one’s appointments is a sign of disrespect towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the appointed time, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be regarded as a great disrespect to the host and all other guests present.

Unpunctuality, moreover, is very harmful when it comes to doing one’s duty, whether public or private. Imagine how it would be if those who are put in charge of important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time. A man who is known to be habitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or fellow men.  

56.What is an unpunctual person like?

A.He always does a thing when it should be done.

B.He is always very busy.

C.He always does a thing at the wrong time.

D.He always keeps the appointments.

57.Why is unpunctuality very harmful?

A.Because it makes a man lose many chances of doing important affairs.

B.Because it makes a man lose friends.

C.Because it makes a man work quickly.

D.Because it makes a man be more respected by others.

58.According to the passage, which is right?

A.The punctual person has no much work to do.

B.The unpunctual person is very rich

C.The unpunctual person is often respected by his friends.

D.The unpunctual person loses what can’t be regained again.

59.According to the passage, what are good manners when you are invited to a party?

A.Arriving at the appointed time.     B.Arriving before all other guests.

C.Arriving after all other guests.     D.Keeping all other guests waiting.

60.Why is a person always unpunctual?

A.He is too busy.              B.He has too much work to do.

C.He does care much about time.   D.He doesn’t manage his time properly.

第二节:根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白出的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

----Lovely day, isn't it?

----Mm, yes,  61  And it's supposed to get warmer.

----Yes, that's true. You know, though, I'm always a little worried to see winter go.

-----   62 

-----Well, I love skating. In fact, I used to teach skating for a living.

-----Oh? That sounds interesting.  63 

-----I work at Bank of America. How about you?

-----   64 

-----Here?

-----No, I'm from Chicago. I'm just visiting here for the wedding.

----Oh, I see.

----By the way,  65  I'm Helen Keller.

----Nice to meet you. My name is John Smith.

    A. But what do you do now?

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Section B: Vocabulary

Directions: Complete the passage by choosing the proper words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. political   B. supported       C. gossip        D. set          E. contemporary

F. literary     G. alive          H. significance    I. enterprises    J. figures

  It is impossible to imagine Paris without its cafés. The city has some 12,000 cafés varying in size, grandeur, and __41_ . The cafés are like an extension of the French living room, a place to start and end the day, to __42__ and debate.

When did the cafés in France start? The oldest café in Paris is Le Procope. It was opened in 1686 by Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli, the man who turned France into a coffee-drinking society. Le Procope attracted Paris’s political and   43   elite, and in this way played an important part among the upper class. By the end of the 18th century, all of Paris was intoxicated with(沉醉在)coffee and the city __44_   some 700 cafés. These were like all-male clubs, with many functioning as centers of __45_   life and discussion. By the 1840s the number of cafés had grown to 3,000. The men who gathered in these cafés and __46_  the theme of the times included journalists, playwrights and writers. Around the turn of the 20th century, the sidewalk cafés became the meeting halls for artists and literary __47__.

Nowadays in Paris cafés still play the role of picture windows for observing __48_  life. The artists gathered at the café may not be as great as those of the past, but faces worth watching are just the same. Linger a bit and you will see that the Parisian stereotypes are still __49_  and well. You’ll see the old men in navy berets; ultra-thin, bronzed women with hair dyed bright orange; and schoolchildren sharing an afternoon chocolate with their mothers. The café in Paris has always been a place for seeing and being seen.

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