C

 The clock struck eleven at night. The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff(东西) they call “books”.

   I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I

didn’t answer, In fact I dared not.

   The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear! ” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!” We pupils are the most unhappy creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

   The clock struck one. I was quite desperate（绝望的） now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

64. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were ________ .

   A. asleep           B. outside       C. working in bed    D. quietly laughing at him

65. Reviewing his lessons didn’t help him because   ____  .

   A. it was too late at night                   B. he was very tired

   C. his eyes lids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open

   D. he hadn’t studied hard before the examination

66. What do you suppose happened to the author the second day?

   A. He went to a church to pray again      B. He got an A in the exam

   C. He failed in the exam                D. He was punished by his teacher

67. The best title for the passage would be _________ .

   A. The Night Before the Examination         B. Working Far into the Night

   C. A Slow Student                        D. Going Over My Lessons

：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

My aunt lives in a village far from my town.

　　Last year she came to visit us and took me a                                 76._________

little dog for my birthday present. It was a little black                                  77._________

dog with white spots on. It was so lovely that I                                        78._________

liked it at once. Every day after school I played the                                    79._________

dog and it gave me much more pleasure. I was glad                                   80._________

to have it as my companion. One day the dog went away                           81._________

and never came back again. All my families were out searching                             82._________

for it but it was nowhere to found. How I worried                                       83._________

about it all those days. A week later a letter came about                            84._________

my aunt saying that the little dog had returned                                    85._________

Living in a house on a mountain top ______ be rather cold, especially in winter.

     A. can      B. shall       C. need         D. should

The old lady had expected to see all her relatives when she was ill in hospital, but none came to see her ______ many of her neighbors offered their help．

       A．when               B．as            C．because         D．while

Mr. Li___a secretary for five years in the company, and now he is the general manager of it.

A. is             B. was             C. had been      D. has been

Exciting as its special effects are ______, there is too much violence in the film.

       A. to watch           B. to be watched          C. watching               D. being watched

Before going abroad he devoted all he could ____ his oral English.

A. to improve   B improving   C. to improving    D. improve

C

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53．Suppose you want to buy each of the four books in the bookstore, you will at least have to pay______.

       A．$115      P．$23           C．$92             D．$85      

54．Which of the four books mainly deals with the use of the language in a speech?

       A．Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speech in History．  

       B．The Lost Art of the Great Speech; How to Write One and How to Deliver it．

       C．In the Spotnight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing．

       D．10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking.           

55．Which of the authors of the books used to write speeches for presidents?

       A．Richard Dowis           B．Janet, E．Esposito   

       C．Lenny Laskowski            D．William Safire

56．The common purpose of the above books is to____． 

       A．give encouragement in making a speech

       B．tell readers how to make a forcefuLand impresive speech

       C．show readers the skills of writing a good speech         

       D．tell readers how to get over stage fright and to speak easily and confidently

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）

第一节：语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）．  

1. snatch    A.stomach      B.technical　  C.charge　   D.character

2. comb      A.doubt        B.trouble      C.club        D.lab

3. regret    A.cigarette    B.vegetable    C.message     D.passenger

4. front     A.hospital     B.comfort      C.fond        D.introduce

5.music      A.production   B.persuade     C.sugar       D.stupid

Our hiking last weekend was ______ unusual and exciting experience and the terrible storm made it ______ real adventure.

A. the; a         B. 不填; the          C. an; the        D. an; a