They started __ late and miss the early bus.

A. too much   B. very too   C. a little too    D. little too

__ an old worker, so he knew exactly what to do.

A. Being    B. Having been     C.As       D.He was

--___ will you be back from your hometown.?---In two days.

A. How long   B.When   C. How often    D. How soon

---Do you think he will succeed?---Well , he’ll helped by many people, and, what's more, he works extremely hard.So he will ___ succeed.

A. perhaps   B. possibly   C. maybe    D. probably

He doesn’t visit Mr. Black___.

A. as many as he used to   B. as many as he was used to  C. as much as he used to 

D. as much as he was used to

The old idea that child prodigies (神童) “burn themselves” or “overtax their brains” in the early years, and therefore are prey to failure and (at worst) mental illness is just a myth. As a matter of fact, the outstanding thing that happens to bright children is that they are very likely to grow into bright adults.

To find this out, 1, 500 gifted persons were followed up to thirty or fifty year with these results:

On adult intelligence tests, they scored as high as they did as children. They were, as a group, in good health, physically and mentally. Eighty-four percent of their group were married and seemed content with their life.?

　　About 70 percent had graduated from colleges, though only 30 percent had graduated with honors. A few had even flunked out(退学), but nearly half of these had returned to graduate.?

　　Of the men, 80 percent were in one of the professions or in business, managers or semi-professional jobs. The women who had remained single had offices, business, or professional occupations.?

　　The group had published 90 books and 1, 500 articles in scientific, scholarly, and literary magazines and had collected more than 100 patents.?

In a material way they didn’t do badly, either. Average income was considerably higher among the gifted people, especially the men, than for the country as a whole, despite their comparative youth when last surveyed.

In fact, far from being strange, maladjusted (难以适应) people locked in an ivory tower, most of the gifted were turning their early promises into practical reality.?

55. The main idea of the passage is _____.

　　A. that gifted children were most likely to become bright grown-ups

　　B. that when the bright children grew up, they would become ordinary

　　C. that bright children were unlikely to be physically and mentally healthy?

　　D. how many gifted children turned successful when they grew up?

56. From the passage, we can conclude that _____.?

　　A. half of the gifted followed up graduated from colleges?

　　B. bright men got higher income than bright women?

　　C. most of the gifted children became white collars when they grew up

D. each of the talented published at least one article?

57. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage ?

         A. Most of the gifted appeared satisfied with their life .

         B. Most of the bright and successful women kept single

         C. The gifted could not be fit for their social positions

         D. The gifted men got full marks in intelligence tests

58. The explanation of the underlined phrase “turning their early promises into practical reality” is _____.

　　A. doing practical jobs and facing reality?

　　B. realizing what they were expected

　　C. earning their living and keeping promises

D. doing what they have promised?

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My father and I were standing at the top of a church tower. He  31  me to this place in a small Italian town not far from our home in Rome. I  32  why he did so.

“Look down, Elsa,” Father said to me. I looked down and  33  the square in the centre of the village and I saw many turning streets  34  to the square.

“ See, my dear. There is more than one  35  to the square. Life is like that. If you can’t get to the place   36   you want to go by one road,  37  another,” he said to me.

Now I  38  why I was there. My father wanted to tell me how to  39  and deal with the difficulties.

In the years that  40  I often remembered the lesson Fathere taught me. I knew where I wanted to go in  41 . I wanted to be a fashion  42 . And on the way to my first small success I found the road  43 . What could I do ? Accept the failure? Or use my imagination and wisdom to find another road to my  44 ?

I had come to Paris, the  45  of the world of fashion , with some clothes I  46 . But none of the famous fashion designers seemed  47  in them. Then one day I met a friend who was wearig a very beautiful sweater. It had a lovely and  48  stitch (针法).

“Did you knit that sweater ?” I asked her.

“No,”she answered. “ It was done by a woman here in Paris.”

“ What an interesting stitch !” I continued.

My friend had an  49 . “The woman’s name is Mrs Vidian    she learned the stitch in Armenia, her motherland.”

Suddenly a good idea  50  me. why not open my own house of fashin? Why not design, make and sell clothes? I would do it, and I would begin with a sweater.

31. A . carried          B. got      C. took    D. brought

32. A. doubted          B. guessed       C. wondered    D. knew

33. A. saw        B. realized        C. noticed         D. observed

34. A. going      B. leading         C. turning         D. directing

35. A. path       B. method        C. road     D. way

36. A. why        B. which   C. where  D. when

37. A. attempt          B. experiment C. manage        D. try

38. A. imagined        B. supposed     C. witnessed    D. understood

39. A. face        B. handle C. settle   D. solve

40. A. approached   B. caught C. followed       D. wasted

41. A. life B. class    C. work    D. heart

42. A. seller      B. worker          C. teacher        D. designer

43. A. blocked  B. approved     C. passed          D. smoothed

44. A. comfort B. intelligence C. failure  D. success

45. A. country  B. attraction    C. centre D. capital

46. A. designed        B. performed   C. recommended     D. chose

47. A. buried    B. occupied      C. absorbed     D. interested

48. A. unusual B. perfect         C. ordinary       D. rough

49. A. reason   B. explanation C. description  D. cause

50. A. thought B. entered        C. came   D. struck

―All the main tourist attractions are _______ easy reach of the hotel.

―No wonder all the rooms keep fully booked all the year round.

       A．within      B．over        C．beyond     D．under

This coat doesn’t ___ me.  A. support   B. fit   C. belong   D. dress

You needn’t worry about it.He ___ be telling the truth.

A. can’t    B. mustn’t    C. shouldn’t    D. dare not