—I’d like to buy ________ book recommended by our English teacher.

—But I don’t think it ________ good one.

As an old saying goes, friendship is like money: easier made than ______.

A. kept              B. to be kept             C. keeping            D. having kept

 Professor Smith, along with his assistants, __ on the project day and night to meet the deadline.

   A. work      B. working   C. is working   D. are working

. The _______ boy was last seen _______ near the East Lake.

A. missing; playing   B. missing; play   C. missed; played     D. missed; to play

第二节  语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为36~45的相应位置。

    As soon as I returned from the USA, I called ___31______ Lily, one of my neighbors. I dialed several times, but I still could not get ___32_____ it. "Is it her telephone out of ___33______ or ___34______ she changed the number?" I thought. "She used to help me greatly when I was in need of her. She is a kind lady, ___35______ is thought highly of by others. Anyway, I must go to see her this time." The next morning, ___36______ wind was blowing hard.  ___37______ (Regard) of the bad weather, I went to the shop, buying some presents. Then I took a taxi and drove to her home. I arrived ten minutes later. I knocked at the door. Out came an old lady. "Is Lily's home here?" I asked her. "Oh, you are Tony!" The lady cried ___38______ amazement. "I myself am Lily!" "Is she Lily? She is much ___39______ than Lily!" It was my turn to be shocked this time. I stared at her for several minutes. "My God! She is Lily. ___40______ can one person change so much?"

—what do you think of Bill?

   —He is a hard-working student and he always ____himself in study.

A.   spends   B. takes   C .buries        D.  costs

Blue Collar

Graduates from China's " blue-collar " vocational schools have an employment rate of 95. 6 percent, but many lose their jobs because of unrealistic expectations, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Education(MOE).

MOE figures show a total of 3. 64 million students graduated from vocational schools last year, of whom 3. 48 million found jobs. The employment rate for these students was 95. 6 percent.

"The employment rate for blue-collar workers has stayed high since 1999 and above 90 percent since 2002," Wang Jiping, the MOE's deputy head of vocational education section, said on Wednesday. "However, the figure is not the cause for optimism because it only indicates that people get employed. "

He said many students find jobs, but are unable to stay in the posts for reasons such as overly high expectations for salaries or poor performance.

Wang said vocational school graduates needed more guidance to find jobs that could use their skills and meet "rational" demands for wages (工资), so that they can stay in the posts.

"The government is to set up a national information platform to better show market demand for blue collar talents", he said.

MOE figures show 73. 23 percent of the 3. 64 million graduates from vocational middle schools found jobs in companies and factories, 10 percent started their own businesses, and 16. 37 percent went on to further study.

Wang said the demand for highly skilled workers boosted the development of vocational education. _____________ , the MOE called for vocational schools to set up more market-oriented training courses with which students could easily find jobs.

55. Many vocational school graduates lose their jobs for the following reasons EXCEPT _________according to the text.

A. their high expectations for salaries           B. their poor performance

C. their lack of working experience                  D. their unrealistic expectations

56. The underlined word boosted in the last paragraph can be replaced by _______.

A. improved          B. prevented              C. ended         D. started

57. Among the vocational school graduates last year about ________took up their own business.

A.540,000             B360,000                          C.150,000             D.70,000

58. Which of the following is the best sentence to be put into the blank of the last paragraph?

A. To develop vocational education                   B. To build up graduates' own business

C. To offer graduates more jobs                         D. To meet the demand

Alone in the wilderness. Nothing but jungle. A world of shadow with the rays of light falling like blonde hair from the crowns of the giant trees. Jungle in the midday sun. Everything motionless. Not a sound from sky or earth. Complete silence. Only some coconuts falling, at long intervals, very far away. The world reduced to the soft touch of cool grass along my naked back, and a sweet smell of rich soil and vegetation. Stretched out with closed eyes beside my heavy burden of fruit and firewood, I enjoyed the feeling of fresh blood streaming through every part of my body and fresh jungle air filling every corner of my lungs.

     Resting motionless, I could see the sun through my closed eyelids, alone in the sky, as lonely as I, and as motionless and silent as everything else. The earth had surely stopped turning and somewhere on this planet there was supposed to be roaring traffic in busy streets. What a crazy, unbelievable thought!

         Another coconut fell, to make the world come to a complete standstill. I had to roll over onto my stomach to feel that at least I could move and make noises. Then I found company. A little brown ant was struggling to find its way with a bit of dry straw through the jungle of leaves and grass below my nose. I wondered if I could give the little fellow a lift with its burden, but it showed not the slightest sign of tiredness and struggled on with all six legs, head first or head last, waving its feelers energetically as if the trip had just started. Who ever saw a tired ant? Tiredness, disagreeable tiredness, is restricted to hunted animals, slaves and modern man. It is as great an effort for an office clerk to walk five blocks with a loaded brief-case as it is for a jungle-dweller to cross a valley with a goat on his back. It is as hard to get up and climb or run when you have been seated for years as it is to get up and walk when you have been in bed for months. The body is strange. Spare it, and you get really tired for almost nothing; use it, and almost nothing makes you really tired.

         I rose to my feet. I had heard a horse neighing down in the valley. Above me, on the open highland plains, there were wild horses. But down in the valley there was never a horse unless there was a man on it. Somebody was making his way up the valley and my wife was alone.

71．The author mentions coconuts’ falling to          .

         A．show his loneliness                                                           B．add beauty to the jungle

         C．express his love of nature                                               D．stress the absolute silence

72.   What’s the right order of the following events?

         ① I heard a horse neighing down in the valley.

         ② I went to the jungle.

         ③ I found an ant carrying a bit of dry straw.

         ④ I lay on the ground to have a break.

         ⑤ I picked fruits and chopped firewood.

A. ②③⑤①④                 B. ⑤③②④①                          C. ②⑤④③①                 D. ⑤④③②①

73．How does the author feel about the ant?

         A．He admired its attitude toward work.

         B．He was amazed at its tireless efforts.

         C．He showed sympathy for the little ant.

         D．He was content to have it as a companion.

74．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author would probably          .

         A．work harder than before                                                 B．talk to the man on the horse

         C．make his way home                                                          D．stay in the valley

75．We can learn from the passage that the author          .

         A．enjoyed being alone                                                          B．experienced a world of quietness

         C．missed his busy life in the city                                        D．had an unforgettable adventure

   — Will you go to the World Expo in Shanghai by bullet train after the Examination?

—_______  I may go by air.

A. Why not?                B. Not really.                C. How come?               D. Oh, great.

To keep the town clean, the truck ____ garbage is prevented ____ entering the town.

A. loaded with; /  B. loading with; from   C. loaded of; from  D. loading of; /