29. He was busy preparing a speech , only _______ once in a while to rise from the table for a tea .

A. stopping         B. to stop        C. to have stopped       D. having stopped

32．He was very busy, and________he didn’t go to the party that night.

       A．however   B.otherwise    C.therefore      D．Anyhow

35. Locked in his own study, Tony was annoyed for _____ the change earlier.

   A. having not informed                                    B. not having informed of 

  C. not being informed                                           D. not having been informed of

B

Dior was born in Normandy in 1905, and his family’s original plans for him included a career in the diplomatic service, but by the time he was twenty-three, with his parents’ money, he opened a small art gallery in Paris. By 1931, the money had been used up. Dior’s friends in the art gallery asked him to draw and he took his first step at designing and drawing. His first job was with Lucien Lelong from whom Dior learned his craft（手艺）.

In February, 1947, Dior started the New Look in his first major Paris collection. He was backed by a famous textile producer, Boussac, who looked after the dollars, while Dior looked after the fashions. Dior knew nothing about cutting and sewing, but he was good at fashion design.

The New Look started an entirely different look to costume, with a tiny waist, a rounded shoulder and a shapely bust（胸围）, usually with a low-cut neckline and a long full skirt. To women who had lived through the war years, the femaleness of the New Look was a great success, for people were tired of the extremely plain, wartime restrictive fashions.

It is said that dresses by Dior were “constructed like buildings”, but young people were attracted to his design, and all over the western world, manufacturers plunged into（投入）the production of his new style. Dior’s revolutionary designs lighted up a whole cycle of fashion - rounded, gentle, feminine - a delight in elegance. A New kook House of Dior opened in 1948, followed by one in London. Considered as King of Couture （Women’s clothing） for years, the Dior Empire grew until it covered every country in the western world, and included furs, jewelry, perfumes, men’s wear and so on. Over 1,000 people worked at the Paris headquarters then.

His sudden death in 1957 when he was 52 years old did not stop the growth of the House of Dior. Even now, so many years after his death, his name is closely connected with fashion throughout the world, and indeed is one of the most recognized names in the world. His first great New Look, with its long skirts, was an expression of freedom in the late 1940s.

60. Which of the following designs is close to Dior’s?

61. According to the passage, in Dior’s life, he did not _________.

    A. make creative fashion designs

    B. work in a diplomatic service

    C. learn craft as his first job

    D. open a New Look House

62. We can infer from the passage that ________.

    A. Dior and his supporter had different interests in business

    B. Dior’s New Look had little influence on people then

    C. Dior is only a brand of women’s fashion

    D. Dior’s fashion was not accepted at first

63. What is probably the best title for the passage?

    A. The History of the New Look

    B. The Growth of the Dior Empire

    C. An Expression of Freedom - Dior

    D. The Founder of the New Look - Dior

E

    Erica David lives in Pinedale,Wyoming，USA，where winter can bring temperatures of below 35 degrees Fahrenheit，howling winds，and a lot of snow．So it was just natural that she chose to study snow for her school science fair in the sixth grade．

    Now a junior in high school，Erica is in her sixth year of snow experiments，and is well on her way to becoming a snow expert．She started with a basic question：Could snow fences be built to work better?

    Snow fences are used to keep snowdrifts（雪堆）from covering areas like roads of train tracks，or to help build up snow where it can help with water shortages in spring when it melts（融化）．“Also，I wanted to protect my animals better from blowing snow，”says Erica，who raises goats，sheep，and pigs．

    Before she could test fence designs，Erica had to figure out what would act like real snow in her experiments. “I tested flour, sugar, and salt before I settled on dishwasher powder , ”she explains.

Science fairs offer students the chance to test theories, present findings to judges, and meet other researchers. Erica’s many achievements include competing at the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge for middle school students and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, where students from around the world present their science research.

But perhaps the best reward is that her research is already being put to good use. She has come up with an improved snow fence design, and this year she’s helping think out how to provide water supply to native plants, which have been killed off by drilling at nearby natural gasfields.

“Science fairs are an amazing experience,”says Erica. “Just pick your true feeling and go for it. ”

72. What does the passage suggest to us?

A. Science fairs are held for high school students in America.

    B. Erica is the youngest show expert well known in America.

    C. The environment brought much convenience for Erica to study snow.

    D. The hope to contribute to her hometown made Erica experiment on snow.

73. In Erica’s hometown, snow fences may play a part in ________.

    a. reducing the harm blowing snow does to animals

    b. supplying water resource to the nearby gas fields

    c. making up for the lack of water resource.

    d. keeping the traffic smooth

    A. a,b,c          B. a,b,d             C. b,c,d            D. a,c,d

74. Science fairs are attractive to students because they ________.

    A. can have their research put into practical use

    B. can have their scientific ideas tested out

    C. are allowed to help protect the local wildlife

    D. can learn about the most advanced technology

75. Which of the following material can best replace snowing in Erica’s experiment?

    A. Flour.         B. Sugar.            C. Salt.             D. Dishwasher powder.

第二部分  英语知识运用（共两节。满分45分）

第一节  单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

    从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。

21．—Michael was late for Mr．smith’s spoken-Chinese class this morning．

—___________?As far as I know，he never came late to class．

A．How long     B．So what         C．Oh，really       D．What for

15．I didn’t see your sister at the meeting. If she _______, she would have met my brother.

       A．has come        B．did come C．came       D．had come

Please remember _____ wins you respect is not your background but your knowledge and virtues.

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

33. With April 18’s railway speedup, highway and air transport will have to compete with __________ service for passengers.

A. good               B. better               C. best            D. the best

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

Growing up on a remote Michigan farm, Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming. Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would   36   him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it  37  . But Henry proved a   38  . He hated farm work and did everything he could to   39   it. It was not that he was lazy.   40   from it! Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending a gate to sharpening tools,  41   he would set to work eagerly. It was the daily life of the farm, with its dull tasks,  42  upset him.

Henry was excited by the development in technology that could __43  farmers like his father from wasteful and   44  labor. But these developments, in Henry’s boyhood, had touched farming   45  at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done. So Henry   46   his attention elsewhere. When he was twelve, he became 47   in clocks and watches. Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom.

In 1876, Henry suffered a serious   48 . His mother died in childbirth.   49   was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he 50   to get away as soon as he could. Three years later, he took a job as a mechanic in Detroit.   51 this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henry’s fascination. Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteen.

A chance meeting with an old co-worker    52   a job for Henry as an engineer at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company. When he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to control his life.

Henry learned   53   a slow, painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand. Every piece of every part had to be made individually, checked and rechecked, and tested.   54   the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop. Even so, it was two years  55   they succeeded in building a working car. Henry called it “Quadricycle.”(四轮驱动脚踏车)

36. A. learn   B. find    C. Work        D. join

37. A. away    B. down  C. Over        D. off

38. A. success B. discouragement  C. Surprise     D. disappointment

39. A. do      B. avoid  C. Work        D. make

40. A. Apart    B. Far     C. Free         D. Aside

41. A. and   B. or       C. Otherwise    D. so

42. A. that     B. which C. what         D. where

43. A. prevent B. free    C. Take         D. bring

44. A. boring  B. exciting      C. Funny        D. inspiring

45. A. almost  B. sometimes  C. Hardly        D. always

46. A. drew    B. caught C. turned        D. attracted

47. A. worried       B. interested   C. Upset        D. bored

48. A. disease  B. blow        C. Beat          D. defeat

49. A. It  B. There  C. This          D. That

50. A. decided B. avoided      C. Stuck         D. took

51. A. At B. After   C. In            D. By

52. A.attended to    B. related to    C. turned to       D. led to

53. A. how     B. what            C. why           D. where

54. A. To reduce    B.To bear      C. To carry        D. To place

55. A. when    B. before C. After           D. unless