He picked up an envelope ____50 dollars in it.

A. containing       B. contained  

C. which contains   D. which was contained

_____in the queue for half an hour, the old man suddenly realized he had left the purse in the office.

        A. Having waited   B.Waiting   C.to wait    D. To have waited

 Between the two roads_________ a TV tower called“Skyscraper Tower”.

A. stands    B. standing     C. which stands    D. stand

第三部分:  阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

  In the United States, it is not usual to telephone someone early in the morning. If you telephone early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. So it is with the telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think that it’s a matter of life and death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

In social life, time plays a very important part. In the USA guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party reaches them only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of time is not the same in different cultures that treat time differently; being on time is valued highly in American life, for example. If people are not on time, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the USA no one would think of keeping a business friend for an hour; it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to make a shout apology. If he is less than 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.

56. A call at midnight would mean_________.

A. the matter is less important   B. the matter is too difficult to handle

C. the matter requires immediate attention   D. it is a matter of life and death

57. According to the passage, time plays a very important part in_______.

A. everyday life       B. private life   C. getting along with others       D. business

58. In the passage, the author suggests that invitation cards should be sent________.

A. three or four days before the party date in all cultures

B. three or four days before the party date in some cultures

C. three or four days before the party date in the USA

D. at your chosen time

Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks' time. Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive if the rain is spread throughout the year, If it falls, within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry, those plants may die and a desert may form.   

     Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down. Sand dunes (沙丘) are formed as winds move the sand across the desert. Bit by bit, the dunes grow over the years, always moving with the winds and changing the shape. Most of them are only a few feet tall, but they can grow to be several hundred feet high.

There is, however, much more to a desert than sand. In the deserts of the southwestern United States, cliffs (悬崖) and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago. Over the centuries, the water dried up. Wind, sand, rain, heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks. The faces of the desert mountains are always changing –-very, very slowly ---as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock.

     Most deserts have a surprising variety of life. There are plants, animals and insects that :have adapted to life in the desert. During the heat of the day' a visitor may see very few signs of living things, but as the air begins to cool in the evening, the desert comes to life. As the sun begins to rise again in the sky, the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely.

68. Many plants may survive in deserts when__________________.

A. the rain is spread out in a year      B. the rain falls only in a few weeks

C. there is little rain in a year         D. it is dry all the year round

69. Sand dunes are formed when___________________.

A. sand piles up gradually             B. there is plenty of rain in a year

C. the sea has dried up over the years    D. pieces of rock get smaller

70. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means that in a desert there is____________.

 A. too much sand              B. more sand than before

 C. nothing except sand          D. something else besides sand

71. It can be learned from the text that in a desert____________.

A. there is no rainfall throughout the year                B. life exists in rough conditions

C. all sand dunes are a few feet high               D. rocks are worn away only by wind and heat

第二节：书面表达（共1小题，满分25分）

最近几年越来越多的大学生加入打工的队伍，请你结合下表，就这一现象写一篇短文。

现象

1．根据最近调查，约25％的大学生打零工。

2．在暑假，这一数字将增至72％。

3．大学生常做的零活有：家教、服务员、售货员等。

原因

4．想赚钱支付一部分日益增长的学费。

5．想经济上独立，买一些自己想买的东西。

意义

(内容由考生自己拟定)

注意：1．词数：120左右。文章的开头已为你写好。

2．参考词汇：调查survey；家庭教师tutor；学费tuition；经济地economically；视野outlook

According to a recent survey，                                              

Mr Brown is____that all of the students respect her.

A.such good a teacher  B.such good teacher  C.a so good teacher  D.so good a teacher

 I was so familiar with him that I recognized his voice _____ I picked up the phone.

   A. as     B. after     C. the instant     D. while

 — He won’t get well until tomorrow.

—_________.

  A. You can say that again                              B. That’s something

C. I can’t agree more                                        D. I fear so

The most important words in this sentence have been _____, so it doesn’t make any sense．

   A. left out           B. held out            C. set out          D. made out