第二节：语法填空: 根据短文内容，在空格中填上合适的单词。（共15分，每空1.5分）

In the United States, there were 222 people    81        (report) to be billionaires in 2003. The   82      of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $41 billion, who made his money  83  starting the company Microsoft. Mr Gates was only 21 years old    84     he first helped to set up the company in 1976. He was a billionaire   85     the time he was 31.

 86     , there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even  87    (young) ages. Other young people who have struck it rich include Jackie Coogan and Shirley Temple.     88      of these child actors made over a million dollars     89     (act) in movies before they were 14. But     90    youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn and Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited a billion dollars when he turned 18.

 It rained heavily. And it was very kind of him to _____ his umbrella with me.

   A. share                         B. take                         C. bring                       D. use

Tom ought not to ________________ me your secret, but he meant no harm.

   A. have told      B. tell      C. be telling      D. having told    

While many young celebrities, especially pretty women, are unwilling to talk about their humble origins, Lu Yan is never too shy to talk about her hometown a small village in northern Jiangxi Province. Surrounded by high mountains, silver stone mining is the major source of wealth in the town where she was born in 1981. When she goes home to visit, she has to take a train from the provincial capital Nanchang for more than an hour, then change to a bus for another hour and a half.  

Lu is the eldest of three siblings. "We broke the family planning policy, because village people always want a son," she said smiling. Lu wears clothes from big-name designers now, but when she was a child she often went several years without new clothes. "I grew tall so fast that my mother thought buying new clothes was wasteful," she said. She had no choice but to wear hand-me-downs from relatives. 

Lu still remembers clearly her first "made to order" clothing. She picked cotton for a whole summer vacation and earned 90 yuan (US$11). She spent 6 yuan (US$0.70) to take a bus to the county where she asked a tailor to make a coat according to a design in a magazine. "At that time, I thought it was a very modern design," she said. It meant more to her than all the haute couture（高级时装设计）she owned later.

When she graduated from middle school, the 16-year-old Lu was 1.78 metres high. She left for Nanchang to study accounting. "My parents thought the major would help me find a job," she said. She was self-conscious of her height and began walking hunched（拱背）over. "I always bowed. As I grew up, I started to know that my posture（姿势）was not good, so I attended a figure-building class," she said. Little did she know that it would lead her to a bright future.  

64. The underlined word “humble” in Paragraph One means_______.

A. rich         B. poor         C. bright          D. modern

65. What does Lu Yan mean by referring to her first "made to order" clothing?

A. Lu Yan made her coat to her own measure by herself.

B. She thought it was a very interesting..

C. She earned the money through her own hard work.

D. It meant a lot to her and her future.

66.Which of the following about Lu Yan isn’t mentioned in the passage? 

A. Age.        B. Height.      C. Hometown.          D. Salary.

四、单词拼写（共10个单词，每词1分，共10分）

56.To be frank, everyone should respect ______________  (残疾)people,

57.She accepted the criticism with quiet ______________ (尊严)

58.I guess that the ______________(关系) between the two doctors is from bad to worse.

59.As we all know, sunshine is _____________(利益)to all plants and animals.

60.Just now, the headmaster _____________ (推荐) you to go abroad for further study.

61.The students in our school have the __________(特权) of entering the cinema before 7:00 o’clock.

62.The organization has_____________ (分发)food and blankets to the earthquake victims.

63. If you are late for cshool,you should make  _____________ (道歉) to your teacher.

64. The agreement came into effect on          (二月)5, 1998, opening up a huge telecommunications market globally,

65.In his_____________ (九十多岁), he got to know“Friendship is not to be bought at a fair.”

 Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains ______ whether they will enjoy it.

A.to see                B. to be seen         C.seeing           D.see

_______the fact that there was great prejudice against women entering men’s profession then, she succeeded as a manager of a big company.

A. While     B. In spite of     C. Despite of     D. As

 The accidents of coal mines are believed ______ hundreds of deaths in China so far.

  A. to result in    B. to have resulted in    C. resulting in     D. being resulted in

 He insisted that he______ his best and ______ rewarded.

A. had done, must be   B. did, must be     

C. do, should be         D. had done, be

 “Can I see my baby?”asked the happy new mother. The bundle(婴儿包)was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped-the baby had been born without ears. Time, however, proved that the baby’s hearing was perfect except his appearance．

One day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mother’s arms，he cried out bitterly，“A boy, a big boy…called me－a f—…freak．”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaks．

He grew up，handsome for his misfortune．A favorite with his fellow students,he might have been class president,but for that．He developed a gift for literature and music．

The boy’s father had a talk with the family doctor．Could nothing be done?“I believe we could graft(移植)on a pair of outer ears，if they could he donated(捐献)，”the doctor decided．So the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice(牺牲)for a young man．Two years went by．Then,“You’re going to the hospital，son．Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need．But it’s a secret．”said the father．

    The operation was a brilliant success．His talents blossomed into genius．School and college became a series of successes．Later he married and entered the diplomatic(外交)service．“But I must know!”he urged his father．“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him．”

“I do not believe you could,”said the father，“but the agreement was that you are not to know…not yet．”The years kept the secret,but the day did come …one of the darkest days that ever passed through a son．He stood with his father over his mother’s casket(棺材)．Slowly and tenderly，the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick，reddish-brown hair to let out the secret．

41．The story is mainly about____________．

A．hew a boy had new ears through an operation

B．what a devoted parent privately did for the child

C．how a disabled boy turned into a useful person

D．why a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy

42．From the first paragraph we know that the mother____________．

A．was determined to donate her ears to pedect her son

B．kept her husband unknown about the baby’s situation

C．felt shocked and disappointed to see her new baby

D．complained of her bad luck to have a disabled child

43．The underlined word“freak”in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to“____________”．

A．slow—acting person                            B．ugly—looking child

C．badly—behaved student                D．strangely—shaped creature

44．What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The agreement was between the donator and the family．

B．The boy was so popular that he was made class president．

C．Finally the boy came to know who the donator was．

D．The mother donated her ears to her son after she died．

45．What moral lesson can we draw from this reading? A．Real love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done known．

B．It is up to parents to help their children heart and soul．

C．True beauty lies only in the heart not in appearance．

D．It is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful．