31. How to solve the problem __________ in the meeting right now

A. was being discussed   B. are being discussed

C. is being discussed    D . is going to discuss

34. ___________ the project as planned, we will have to work two more hours a day.

A. Completing        B. Complete    C. Completed    D. To complete

完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has   36   economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works   37   a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can   38   support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at   39   and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)   40   for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.

Alice became friends with Jane and would   41   talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids   42   her. 

On her birthday last month, she   43   her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be   44   so much that she   45   on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any   46   clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a   47   from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I   48   a skirt from you?”

Alice was happy that her friend would be   49   to come and hurried home to ask her Mum   50   she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very   51   and angrily said to her Mum, “  52   I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well   53  . 

Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s   54  .  Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her   55   with her. 

So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.

36. A. personal                         B. extra                            C. limited                   D. adequate[

37. A. for                                     B. with                                C. like                              D. as 

38. A. hopefully                           B. obviously                        C. hardly                     D. temporarily

39. A. music                                B. drawing                          C. maths                             D. biology

40. A. bonus                      B. allowance            C. donation                         D. pension

41. A. secretly                            B. happily                            C. quietly                    D. eagerly

42. A. pointing at             B. shouting at                   C. laughing at           D. glaring at

43. A. took                                  B. invited                    C. accompanied           D. sent

44. A. happy                                 B. independent                  C. confident        D. present

45. A. depended                        B. insisted                           C. focused                           D. agreed

46. A. casual                                B. comfortable                   C. nice                                  D. tight

47. A. shirt                                  B. jeans                                C. handbag                         D. necklace[

48. A. get                                   B. copy                              C. order                    D. borrow

49. A. free                                  B. able                            C. glad                      D. willing

50. A. how                                 B. when                             C. why                                 D. whether

51. A. stubborn                        B. upset                            C. firm                             D. enthusiastic 

52. A. If                               B. When                            C. Unless                          D. Though

53. A. treated                            B. controlled                    C. educated            D. behaved

54. A. cleverness            B. character                     C. circumstances    D. competences

55. A. study                  B. friendship            C. sympathy                     D. performance 

The year was 1985. Ronald Reagan was president. Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the USSR. Back to the Future was boffo at the box office. “Born in the USA” was climbing the charts. Philanthropy(慈善业) and pop culture combined with LiveAid and “We Are the World.” And “.com”, which few people outside of the military or universities knew, came into this world.

   Looking back, few could have predicted “.com” would become one of the biggest cultural touchstones of the century. In March 1985, the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California assigned the first .com domain address to symbolics.com. That seemingly nominal（象征性的） event set into motion forces that would change our world forever.

   .com wasn’t the birth of the Internet, but it was the budding computer network’s coming-out party. It made it pretty and inviting. It did away with the need to have complex “maps” that were the equivalent of writing a phone number on your hand, and opened it up for a mainstream audience.

   After 1985, all it takes is a simple .com name to get into business. “.com” became part of our daily lexicon and drove its own economic boom and depression. It helped create a whole new family of industries, facilitated global commerce and connected people around the world in ways never before possible.

   It’s now 2010. Barack Obama is president, thanks in part to his smart use of the Internet. There is no USSR. A computer-generated Avatar has set new box office records. “TiK ToK” tops the charts. We’re sending robots to find water on Mars. And that once-obscure computer communications system is one of our civilization’s most prominent features.

61. This passage was written to mark _____.

  A. the change of American presidency

  B. the development of entertainment

  C. the 25th anniversary of .com

  D. the anniversary of the internet

62. What does the underlined word “boffo” probably mean?

  A. Successful.     B. Changeable.     C. Tough.       D. Novel.

63. Which of the following can be the main contribution of “.com”?

  A. It gave birth to the Internet.

  B. It combined politics, entertainment and space science.

  C. It made the Internet accessible to ordinary people.

  D. It helped produce more domain addresses.

64. We can infer that before 1985, getting on-line was _____.

  A. impossible     B. complex     C. expensive     D. popular

65. The first and last paragraphs were intended to _______.

  A. make comparison             B. provide details

  C. list arguments                D. stimulate readers’ interest

So serious ________ that even the best doctors failed to save his life.

   A. the man was injured                                B. was the man injured   

   C. the man is injured                                  D. is the man injured

— Many people are worried that so many college graduates each year can’t find a job.

— There is no need to worry about it as the government is now making every _______ to provide more jobs.

A. effort                      B. effect                            C. measure                    D. action

I wouldn’t eat potatoes unless I’m really starving, in _______ case you eat almost anything.

A. whose         B. one         C. what       D. which

(1)Paul Smith's College

The College of Nature

Experience a different kind of classroom: 14,200 acres of forests, lakes and streams, a hotel and a restaurant, 99% placement upon graduation. Two-and-four-year degree programs.

PO. Box 265

Paul Smiths, NY12970

1-800-421-2605

www.paulsmiths.edu

(2) SIMMONS

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND MODERN STUDIES

Simmons educates women to achieve their work and life goals. More than 40 majors.

Lie in the heart of Boston. U.S .News & World Report ranks Simmons among the top state universities in the North and among the best values.

617-521-2051

www.simmons.edu

(3)  ST.MARYS UNTVERSITY

Personal Attention Powerful Programs

Experience the technology of today at our co-educational university

One Camino Santa Maria

Utah 78228-8503

800-FOR-SIMU

www.stmarytx.edu

(4) Northern University

A famous private university

with 3,200 students in Colleges of Arts & Sciences

●Business and Engineering

●Medicine and Law

Among the top ten by U.S. News and World Report

Old Union 232

CA 94305-3005

650-723-2091

If a man is tired of working indoors and wouldn't like to be too far away from his girl friend who studies at Simmons, which college will be choose?

A. Simmons.           B. ST. Mary's             C. Paul Smith's      D. Northern.

If a girl wanted to learn modern science and she prefers to stay by the ocean or in the northeast, which college will like best?

A．Simmons.           B. ST. Mary's.            C. Paul Smith's.      D. Northern.

If a man wishes to study business and in a non-state-run university, which of the following is her favorite?

A. Simmons.      B. ST. Mary's.    C. Paul Smith's      D. Northern.

D

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term is also connected with academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism(精英主义).

The term became official, especially in sports terminology, after the formation of the NCAA Division I athletic conference in 1954, when much of the nation polarized around favorite college teams. “IV” was used because originally the league consisted only of four members. The use of the phrase is no longer limited to athletics, and now represents an educational philosophy inherent to the nation's oldest schools. In addition, Ivy League schools are often viewed by the public as some of the most prestigious universities worldwide and are often ranked amongst the best universities in the United States and worldwide. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

All of the Ivy League's institutions place near the top in the U.S. News & World Report college and university rankings and rank within the top one percent of the world's academic institutions in terms of financial endowment(捐助). Seven of the eight schools were founded during America's colonial period; the exception is Cornell, which was founded in 1865. Ivy League institutions, therefore, account for seven of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The Ivies are all in the Northeast geographic region of the United States. All eight schools receive millions of dollars in research grants and other subsidies from federal and state government.

Undergraduate enrollments among the Ivy League schools range from about 4,000 to 14,000, making them larger than those of a typical private liberal arts college and smaller than a typical public state university. Ivy League university financial endowments range from Brown's $2.01 billion to Harvard's $26 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world.

71. From the passage, we know the word “Ivy” in “the Ivy League” was first chosen to refer to _______.

   A. a plant       B. a number      C. a sport      D. a spirit

72. What is special about Cornell University in the League?

   A. It is the oldest one.             B. It was founded by colonists.

   C. It has the smallest endowment.   D. It is the youngest one.

73. Which meaning can the term “the Ivy League” convey today?

   A. The largest enrollment.         B. The strongest government support.

   C. The most expensive schools.       D. First-class education.

74. Which of the following statements is true?

   A. There is no longer sports competition in the Ivy League.

   B. Seven colleges were set up before the USA was founded.

   C. Brown University has the smallest number of students.

   D. Typical public state universities are larger than the Ivies.

75. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

   A. The ABC of “The Ivy League”

   B. Best Universities in the USA

   C. The Financial Income of American Universities

   D. How to Apply to an Ivy League University

第二节 写作（满分30分）

假设你的名字叫李华，今年18岁，想利用暑假打工，你在报纸上看到了某咖啡厅的招聘广告。请根据报纸内容写一封120—150字的求职信。

注意：1. 图下框内为李华个人的相关信息;

2. 信的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear sir,

I would like to apply for the position

_______________________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully,

                                                              Li Hua