Some experts demanded that children _______ time to sleep and play.

   A．give       B．should      C．would be given      D．be given

A growing number of people are beginning to believe that learning new skills and knowledge _____ more promotion opportunities.

A. contributes to          B. refers to                   C. devotes to               D. appeals to

It is reported that the police will soon ____ the case of two missing children.

A. look upon    B. look after    C. look into      D. look out

________ he had not hurt his leg, John wound have won the race.

A．If                B．Since               C．Though          D．When

The twin sisters look so much alike that it’s ________ impossible to tell one from the other.

   A. even                                   B. almost                             C. slightly                            D. hardly

Let us go together to the western end of Mediterranean Sea.Here two continents almost meet.The lands of Africa and Europe are on both sides of the sea.There is only a small water-way for ships to come in and go out.

On the northern shore,a big rock comes straight up from the ground.It is called the Rock of Gibraltar.It has been standing there for a very long time.Armies have fought battles to take it.Storms at sea never washed it away.The rock of Gibraltar has not changed.But its name has changed.

The Greeks took the rock a long time ago.They called it Calpe.By A.D.711 Spain had the rock for herself.Spain used it to guard the entrance to her country.

Next came the Arabs with an army of 12 000 soldiers.Their leader was Tarik Ibn Zaid.He took his army across North Africa to the rock.There his soldiers fought for three days and nights.At last they won the battle and took Calpe for themselves.

Tarik and his men were very happy.Tarik ordered a castle(城堡)to be built at the top of the rock.It was completed in the year 742.From there he could see the beautiful land and water below.His soldiers guarded the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.

The rock was almost as high as a mountain.So the Arabian soldiers decided to call it the Mountain Tarik.They wanted to honour their brave leader.Now the Arabic work for a mountain is Jabal.So the place was called Jabal Tarik.

In Arabic it is called by this name,but it has been changed in many other languages.The English name is now Gibralter.If you say both Arabic and English words you will hear some of the same sounds.

Many nations and armies have taken Gibraltar since Tarik.But its name today till honours that great Arab leader,Tarik Ibn Zaid.

56.This story is about _________.

A.the Mediterranean Sea                  B.the Rock of Gibraltar

C.how the Arabs got the rock               D.a brave man called Tarik Ibn Zaid

57.Tarik Ibn Zaid was _________.

A.the king of Spain                     B.the commander of the Arabian army

C.a Greek general                       D.a brave Arabian soldier

58.How did Arabian army get to the rock?

A.They went across North Africa.          B.They got there through Europe.

C.They climbed the Alps.                 D.They sailed the Mediterranean Sea.

59.Tarik took the rock _________.

A.from the Spaniards                          B.from the Arabs

C.from the Greeks                             D.from the Englishmen

C

Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain’s most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect. And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe－the business tribe.

You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands. It showed you were serious. It showed you were a professional. It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one. It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn’t wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.

This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world. They are part of the uniform of business.

“Ties offer a point of indifference,” says John Milne, head of the British Guide of Tie Makers, “They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”

So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie, there is a good chance that he is the office joker. There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.

Is there a future for ties? The signs are not promising. Tie wearing seems to be rare among the new bread of entrepreneurs(创业者) in the Internet and new technology industries. Many political leaders, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now go without ties. This shows they are men of the people－but not the people wearing ties.

Up until around 1960, it was common for men across the western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform. That changed with the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. Kennedy never wore a hat－in fact his nickname was “hatless Jack”. Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to, either. Hats simply vanished across the Western world. Perhaps “tieless Tony” (former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as “hatless Jack”.

66．In Britain, ties were first used as a sign to show a person’s __________.

       A．personality       B．social position  C．wearing style    D．favorite hobby

67．In the business world, wearing a tie was necessary because _________.

       A．it showed you used your brain       B．it showed you got a good salary

       C．it showed you were an employer    D．it showed you were well-equipped

68．The underlined word “vanished” in this passage may mean _________.

       A．sold  B．washed     C．appeared   D．disappeared

69．The writer may hold the opinion that _____________.

       A．Blair is the best leader in the world

       B．Kennedy is the best leader in the world

       C．millions of people will go to work without a tie

       D．people will wear hats instead of ties

70．Which of the following statements is TURE according to the passage?

       A．If you are a professional, you can’t wear a tie in Britain

       B．The tie will become more fashionable and popular in the future

       C．It was the election of John F．Kennedy to the presidency of the United States that changed the fact that wearing hats as part of their business uniform

       D．Men across the western world didn’t wear hats as part of their business uniform until around 1960

第二节：短文改错（共10小题，每题1.5分，满分15分）

    此题要求改正所给段文中的错误。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出一个勾（√ ）;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。

    该行缺一个词;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。

    该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

My classmates and I worked as volunteer in Beijing                 76．________

Paralympics in September 13 . Early in the morning at 7:20 ,             77．________

we gathered at the National Stadium , namely the Bird’s Nest.        78．_______      

As soon as we got into it ten minutes late ,we started to do           79．________            

some cleaning . From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm , we tried our best help          80．________      

the disabled athletes to get ready for their competitions , leading the   81．________   

audience to their seats and keep order .It was until 12:00 that we      82．________ 

had lunch and took a rest ,which last about an hour . We stopped            83．________ 

working at 4:00 .Though it was a tired job , We felt                 84.________   

that it an honor to serve the disabled friends from all over the world．  85．________

9．  --I rang you yesterday afternoon. A man answered, but I didn’t recognize the voice.

   --Oh，it____ my uncle. He was in my room then.

     A． should have been   B． should be      C． must have bee       D． must be

14．Panda Mei Lan returned to China yesterday. She_____in US since she was born.

       A．had been living                                          B．is living

       C．will have been living                                   D．has been living