. --- _________________

   --- Oh, what a nice house!

   --- I’m glad you like it. Let me show you around it first.

A. Let’s drive to my house.                        B. Here we are.

C. Would you like to see my house?                 D. My house is behind the trees.

 According to the regulations of our company, the first applicant ______ the interview is entitled _______ his job.

A. passing; to choose            B. passing; choosing      C. to pass; to choose    D. to pass;

. --- Bruce, could you tell me where __________ was ___________ you first met Mr. Carl?

   --- In the park where I often go.

A. it; that          B. that; which          C. it; what             D. that; it

 Miss Wang ________ as a secretary in the company since she entered it.

A. has been served    B. had been served        C. has been serving    D. had been serving

第二节  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。

Think you can’t be happy? You’ll think again after reading this story.

Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to   36   over them when someone was   37   —usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teeth were too big, too. The other kids teased her because of the way she   38   and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day. No matter what she did, she was teased for being “  39  .”

That’s   40   she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. “It was like a friend, and it   41   me that there are good things,   42   everything around me is unpleasant,” she says. She copied the list over and over,   43   new things every day.

One day, she decided to   44   her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But   45  , they made her feel stupid again. “They laughed at me,” she remembers, “I was ashamed, and I   46   doing it.” Here comes the  47  part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to   48   where she left off. “It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life,” she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they’d be interested in printing her list as a book.

She kept writing to one company   49  , because she liked the types of books it printed. “He kept saying, ‘It’s just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?’” “You’re not   50   to do anything with it. It’s   51   supposed to remind people of something they did that was really  52  .”

Finally, the publisher   53   to turn Kipfer’s list into a book, which sold more than million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even   54   it to be New York Times Best Sellers list.   55   being a best-selling author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.

36. A. jump                         B. fall                          C. turn                         D. push

37. A. nearby                       B. around                            C. watching                  D. laughing

38. A. dressed                      B. lived                        C. thought                    D. looked

39. A. foolish                      B. special                            C. different                   D. shy

40. A. what                         B. when                       C. because                    D. where

41. A. reminded                   B. told                         C. persuaded                 D. helped

42. A. because                            B. but                          C. unless                      D. even though

43. A. adding                       B. finding                     C. making                    D. giving

44. A. talk                           B. discuss                     C. share                        D. write

45. A. then                          B. naturally                  C. further                            D. instead

46. A. continued                  B. stopped                    C. enjoyed                    D. hated

47. A. cool                          B. important                 C. exciting                    D. funny

48. A. find out                            B. pick up                    C. think of                    D. give up

49. A. in general                  B. at first                      C. in particular              D. at last

50. A. made                         B. going                       C. advised                    D. supposed

51. A. often                         B. just                          C. also                         D. always

52. A. excellent                    B. successful                 C. fun                          D. true

53. A. hoped                        B. agreed                      C. refused                     D. considered

54. A. made                         B. expected                   C. hoped                      D. helped

55. A. Without                            B. Instead of                 C. While                      D. Besides

Americans are thinking about national education standards recently developed by teachers and other education experts. The National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) led the effort.

The United States, unlike other nations, has never had the same school standards across the country. What is the reason? Education is not discussed in the Constitution. That document limits the responsibilities of the federal government. Other responsibilities, like education, fall to the individual states.

Local control of education probably was a good idea two hundred years ago. People stayed in the same place and schools knew what students needed to learn. But today, people move to different cities. And some people work at jobs that did not exist even twenty years ago.

Many American educators say that getting a good education should not depend on where you live. They say that some states have lowered their standards in order to increase student scores on tests required by the No Child Left Behind Act.

Kara Schlosser is communications director for the Council of Chief State School Officers. She says the new standards clearly state what a student should be able to do to be successful in college and work.

Forty-eight states have already shown approval for the standards. Two states reject the idea. Critics(批评家) say that working toward the same standards in every state will not guarantee(保证) excellence for all. Some educators in Massachusetts say adopting the proposal will hurt their students because the state standards are even higher. Others say the change will be too costly, requiring new textbooks and different kinds of training for teachers. Still others fear federal interference or control.

Supporters say the standards are goals and do not tell states or teachers how to teach. They also say the federal government is not forcing acceptance. However, approving the standards will help states qualify(合格) for some federal grant money.

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Local Control of Education Standards out of Date

       B．American National Education Standards under Consideration

       C．Education Standards in Each State – Good or Bad

       D．Acceptance of the New Standards in the United States

2．Why is local control of education no longer a good idea today?

       A．Because local standards are limited.

       B．Because it is required by the federal government.

       C．Because people today moves among states more often than before.

       D．Because America has never has the same school standards thought the country.

3．Some people are against the national education standards because_______.

       A．the standards are higher than those of each state

       B．the are nor yet prepared for the new standards

       C．the standards may prevent some students gaining excellence

       D．they don’t want the federal government to train their teachers

4．If a state agrees to accept the motional standards, it will probably get_______.

      A．more students          B．advice on how to improve teaching

       C．better textbooks             D．money from the federal government

第二节：（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。              

When people get bad toothaches, they often have to eat soft, easily chewed food．__51__, they eat people? That’s the conclusion of a zoologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and a dentist who works on carnivores(食肉动物).

__52__．Every once in a while, however, a lion will go on a human-eating diet．The most famous such tragedy happened in 1898, when two lions killed and ate 135 railway workers in Kenya.

Examining the preserved skulls(骷髅) of the two big cats, zoologist Bruce Patterson and dentist Ellis Neiburger found that both animals had been suffering from several dental and jaw problems．__53__ and a loose, unsteady lower canine that was probably useless．Canines are pointed teeth that hunting animals use for gripping and piercing prey(刺穿猎物).

The two lions might have been so badly disabled that they couldn’t bite down forcefully, say the researchers．Consequently, the lions might have abandoned their normal, more difficult prey and turned to humans．“__54__,” said Patterson．“We’re very slow, we don’t hear very well, and we don’t see very well in the darkness.”

__55__．It was inspired partly by the work of Jim Corbett, a tiger hunter in India in the 1930s．Corbett was regularly called in to hunt tigers that had been dining on Indian villagers．Time after time, Patterson discovered that the killer tigers were suffering from some ill-healthy conditions.

A．Humans are easy preys

B．Lions don’t normally prey on people

C．When lions get bad toothaches

D．One lion had three missing teeth

E．The research calls their idea the Infirmity Theory

F．He had absolutely no experience of taking medicine

G．Talking about it in the abstract isn’t enough

．----What do you think of the teacher?

   ----She is a strict teacher , but____ all her students show respect for.

       A．that        B．the one    C．who        D．one

Chinese President Hu Jintao had had ____ brief meeting with three astronauts who were going board  ______ country’s third manned spacecraft Shenzhou VII on Sept 25．2008．

       A．the; a               B．a; a           C．a; the               D．the ; the

．It is in this very village ___________ she will bulid her first school,___________ inspires everyone to help her．

       A．Where; that          B．that; which       C．that; that            D．which; that