Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised, “Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience．” How right they were!

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm．” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson．It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough．It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” When others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted．Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments．Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping．

We are all born with wide-eye, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age．At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing Bach．As the music flowed through his fingers, his stooped (弯曲的)shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes．As author and poet Samuel Ulman once wrote, “Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul．”

Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or title or power．Patricia Mcllrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm．She replied, “My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, ‘I never made a dime until I stopped working for money．’”

If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby．Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville, Kan was 68 before she began to draw．This activity ended periods of depression that had troubled her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, “I am tempted to call Layton a genius．”

We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”．We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”．We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses – finding pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, the beauty of a rainbow．

1．The author holds the view that ______．

       A．enthusiastic people will never get old           

B．enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life

       C．enthusiasm is more important than experience      

D．enthusiasm can give people more success and fame

2．Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?

       A．Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times．

       B．If you don’t have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing．

       C．Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame．

       D．Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor．

3．The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ______．

       A．music can arouse people’s enthusiasm

       B．enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed

       C．enthusiasm can make people feel young

       D．enthusiasm can keep people healthy

4．How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?

       A．Two．                    B．Three．                  C．Four．                   D．Five．

试卷二

第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

                                  Sept. 7th, Tuesday  Cloudy

     I watch TV until 12 o'clock last night, so I had no                  76.           

time to go over my lessons. I got up very late this morning        77.          

that I had to hurry school without breakfast, yet I was late                78.          

of the first class. When I entered the classroom, the maths                79.           

teacher had to stop explaining a problem, and all my classmates    80.          

fixed their eye on me. My face turned red. Something                         81.          

more worse happened to me in the English class. The teacher      82.          

asked me to recite the text, but I could speak nothing but           83.          

sorry, for I did not spend any time prepare my lessons. The               84.          

teacher looked at me with his coldly eyes. What a terrible           85.          

day I had! I Will never do anything like that again.

 He is looking forward to taking  part in the peace conference ------ in a neutral country next month .

A . holding    B . held   C . to be held   D .being held

Father       goes to the gym with us although he dislikes going there.

A. hardly          B. seldom         C. sometimes      D. never 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Man Named Lawrence

This is an act of kindness that happened to me one Sunday morning.

It was at two o’clock in the morning. We just came out of a club and were trying to find our   36   back to our city. As we were trying to   37   the bus stop, a man came to us and said he would show us   38   it was. Although we were a little   39  , we had no choice but follow him. He told us he was a homeless man and that his name was Lawrence.

When we passed some city workers   40  the streets, they sprayed (喷溅) the homeless man. Lawrence told us that they always sprayed the   41   if they were "in the way". I didn’t know why they would do that. They were human beings,   42  , not cattle or objects.

This man had just gotten   43  in the middle of a cold night, but  44  shouting at the workers, he asked them, "How would you   45  if your father or grandfather were treated like this?" He then told us, "It’s   46  use shouting at them, because they just get angry. You’re better off saying something from the   47  ."

It is   48  ! The world could be so different if only we put our anger  49  , lowered our voices and tried to speak from our hearts.

He took us safely to the stop and on the way talked about everything. We   50  him and told him that we   51  have never found the place on our own. He said, "I have a son of your age, and I hope that if he were   52  , someone would help him."

Not only did Lawrence clear out all the fear and distrust in our hearts, he helped us find our way, in more than one ways.   53  , this man taught us kindness. There was   54  we could really do to repay him. The only thing I hope to do is to   55  other people out.

A．way       B．car    C．friend       D．road

A．get to     B．find   C．search for D．arrive

A．how       B．what  C．which       D．where

A．interested      B．annoyed    C．worried    D．disappointed

A．wondering on       B．washing    C．painting for      D．decorating

A．blacks    B．whites      C．strangers   D．homeless

A．above all       B．in all C．after all    D．not at all

A．wet       B．angry       C．sad    D．cold

A．except for     B．shortly after     C．instead of  D．owing to

A．think    B．feel   C．tell    D．say

A．no use  B．no point    C．no need    D．no fun

A．corners B．eyes  C．bottom     D．heart

A．good    B．beautiful   C．true   D．funny

A．aside    B．off    C．down D．up

A．left      B．thanked    C．paid  D．brought

A．should  B．could C．must  D．need

A．waited for   B．taken in    C．lost   D．missed

A．On the contrary   B．On the other hand    C．What’s up D．What’s more

A．something   B．anything   C．everything       D．nothing

A．help     B．work C．pay   D．check

For several days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed very busy with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal.

During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me, because I had nothing to do with the cause of them.

One evening, several days later, I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. He was sitting in his armchair, and looked not quite so severe, and much less gloomy. There was a smile on his lips, and his eyes were bright, probably with wine. As I was looking at him, he suddenly turned, and asked me, “Do you think I am handsome, Miss Eyre?”

The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: “No，sir.” “Ah，you really are unusual! You are a quiet, serious little person, but you can be almost rude.” “Sir, I'm sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn't matter, or something like that.” “No, you shouldn't! I see, you criticize my appearance, and then you stab (刺) me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance your few good points.”

I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind, and said quickly, “Yes, you're right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one, and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you, and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man, take my word for it, but I have done wrong. It wasn't my character, but circumstances which were to blame. Why do I tell you all this? Because you're the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to, because you're sympathetic and give them hope.”

It seemed he had quite a lot to talk to me. He didn't seem to like to finish the talk quickly, as was the case for the first time.

“Don't be afraid of me, Miss. Eyre,” he continued. “You don't relax or laugh very much, perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me, and laugh, and speak freely. You're like a bird in a cage. When you get out of the cage, you'll fly very high. Good night.”

51. At the beginning, Miss Eyre's impressions of Mr. Rochester was all except __________.

A. busy          B. sociable             C. dull           D. changeable

52. The underlined sentence means __________.

A. Only by meeting him around the house sometimes did I know a little about him.

B. Only by coming to the house could I know about him.

C. I occasionally met him but my knowledge about him was poor.

D. What I knew about him was limited in the house.

53. From what Mr. Rochester told Miss Eyre, we can conclude that he wanted to __________.

A. tell her all his troubles        

B. tell her his life experience

C. blame her for misunderstanding him 

D. change his circumstances

54. At the end of the passage, Mr. Rochester sounded __________.

A. rude          B. cold           C. polite         D. encouraging

55. According to the passage, which of the following statements is WRONG? 

A. Miss Eyre was at Lowood School before she came to Mr. Rochester’s house.

B. Miss Eyre didn’t see Mr. Rochester often.

C. Miss Eyre was honest, brave and confident.

D. Miss Eyre was brave, polite and warm-hearted.

第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

       Experts believe that young people are drinking more alcohol than ever. They say it's not just the __21__ that teenagers consume that's worrying them but also what they do when they're drunk.

       A recent survey found that 40% of British teens drank at least once every month and that younger teens were often __22__ to take their first drink by older friends.

       As one teen said, "When you're with all your friends and having a good time, if someone gets out some alcohol you just __23__ it and drink."

       The government believes part of the problem is the availability of __24__ alcohol and has introduced a law to ban such drinks. Others oppose the law because they say it __25__ targets poorer drinkers.

       One young drinker interviewed thinks price is __26__ and that teens, determined to get drunk, will find a way. But alcohol expert Professor Martin Plant says the evidence supporting the new law is __27__. He said, "The science is absolutely clear. Putting in a minimum price will __28__ alcohol consumption by young drinkers. This is the first real development that offers the __29__ of cutting the size of the alcohol problem, and luckily the government has __30__ the opportunity."

21. A. time                  B. types                C. products           D. amount

22. A. promised            B. encouraged       C. forced              D. charged

23. A. go along with      B. come into         C. turn to              D. get away with

24. A. sweet                 B. strong              C. cheap                      D. expensive

25. A. intentionally       B. unfairly            C. rightly              D. completely

26. A. irrelevant           B. unreasonable     C. inexpensive       D. unknown

27. A. weak                 B. existing            C. convincing        D. approving

28. A. prevent              B. reduce              C. balance             D. delay

29. A. issue                  B. choice              C. time                 D. promise

30. A. missed                      B. given                      C. taken                D. used

—I finished all my work today．

       —If____, you can help others with their work．

       A．so         B．not       C．possible  D．ever

SECTION C

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

       语言学习研究结果表明：成功的语言学习者都有着一些共性，如：独立、主动、目的性等。请你从这三个方面简单论述如何成为成功的语言学习者。字数：120左右。

How to Be a Successful Language Learner?

— Let’s discuss the question raised last night, shall we?

   — There is no hurry for that. I___for a conference.

A. headed                    B. was heading             C. am heading      D. have headed