Actually, ___works hard can be__they want to be, whether it is a pilot, an engineer or a manager.

  A. whoever; whatever               B. no matter who; whoever

  C. whoever; no matter what         D. anyone; whoever

Give them a hand this time and I am sure they will offer theirs ______ in the future.

       A. by turns           B. in turn          C. at turn               D. in return

Shall we _______ our discussion and have some tea or coffee?

       A. break down              B. break off   C. break into        D. break out

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

        Hsieh．a never--say--die young man，has mastered the technique of painting hy holding

   the paintbrush in his mouth．When he was sixteen，Hsieh had a terrible electrical accident．

   Both of his arms and the lower part of his right leg were cut off．He also lost sight in his

   rigllt eye．But Hsieh didn’t lose heart．He decided to learn art，and took the first difficult

    step toward changing his life．

        “At first．I tried to hoht a pen in my mouth．But I couldn’t control it，”Hsieh said，“Fi—nally，after trying over and over again，I learned tO write my OWn name．”

Learning to paint was even more difficuh．At first，every brushstroke he made caused

deep cuts in his mouth．It was ext remely painful．But Hsieh didn’t let the pain discourage

    him．“lnstead，I held the painlbrusb even tighter，”Hsieh explained in a firm voice．“l   

knew if I gave up．it would not only be the end of my painting，hut also the end of my

struggle for a better life．”No matter what the obstacle(障碍)is，Hsieh always manages to

find the bright side of the situation．

  Hsieh works hard tO inspire others．He is a tireless lecturer，giving about four hundred

formal speeches a year!“If a person like me can lead a happy life，”Hsieh explained，“why

would regular people feel unhappy?It doesn’t always take tWO arms tO achieve your dreams．

A11 it lakes is a warm heart．”

56．What happened tO Hsieh when he was young?

    A．He was struck by electricity．

    B．His left leg was hurt．

    C．He lost heart because of failure．

    D．He was ill for two months．

57．Which of the following is his character?

  A．Realistic thought．    B．Impressive works．

  C．Unexpected news．    D．Belief in SUCCESS．

58．Which is right?

    A．Hsieh once got the help from the government．

    B．Only such a person like Hsieh can succeed．

    C．He touched himself before he began to paint．

    D．It doesn’t always take tWO arms to realize one’S dream．

59．Which is the best title of the passage?

  A．How to learn painting．    B．A painter without hands．

  C．A man who was hurt．     D．How to make oneself well—known．

Sheep, like turkeys and ostriches, are not considered the cleverest animals. British scientists said last Wednesday human may have underestimated(低估) the woolly creatures. They could be much smarter than we think.

Researchers at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, southern. England, have shown that animals have a good memory system and are extremely good at recognizing faces--which they think is a sure sign of intelligence.

Behavioral scientist Keith Kendrick and his friends trained 20 sheep to recognize and distinguish(区别) 25 pairs of sheep faces and used electrodes(电极) to measure their brain activity, which showed they could remember 50 faces for up to two years.

"If they can do that with faces, the fact is that they have to have reasonable intelligence, otherwise, what is the point of having a system for remembering anything else," Kendrick said in an interview.

So hours of seemingly mindless eating grass may not be so mindless after all.

Kendrick believes sheep got their reputation as dumb animals because they live in large groups and do not appear to have much individuality and are frightened of just about everything.

"All animals, including humans, once they are frightened don't tend to show signs of intelligent action," he explained.

In research reported in the science journal Nature, Kendrick and his team showed that sheep, like humans, have a specialized system in the brain, which allows them to distinguish between many different faces that look extremely similar.

"The most important findings of the study is that they are able, both from a behavioral point of view and from looking at the way the brain is organized, to remember a large number of faces of individuals for a very long time," said Kendrick. "It is a very strange system. They are showing similar abilities in many ways to humans. "

68. From the first paragraph we can find that ______.

   A. people used to think sheep are smarter than the other animals

   B. people used to raise sheep in a wrong way

   C. people don't consider sheep as clever animals

   D. people have done a lot of research on sheep

69. From what Kendrick said in the interview we learn that ________.

   A. scientists have learned a lot about sheep's intelligence

   B. scientists have learned little about sheep's intelligence

   C. scientists can't do anything more about sheep's memory

   D. scientists don't have to research animals' memory

70. As is shown in the passage _________.

   A. sheep are among the weak animals

   B. it is not right for people to raise sheep in groups

   C. when sheep eat grass in the fields their minds may be active

   D. if people feel frightened, they may become more brave

71. When scientists found that sheep show similar abilities in many ways to humans they may think it _____.

   A. worrying          B. moving           C. frightening           D. interesting

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，请代表全班同学给老师写一封信。内容要点如下：

1、课堂上您的微笑，给了我们信心(confidence)。

2、若您的课再生动、有趣些，我们会更喜欢您。

3、我们都很优秀，希望得到您更多的表扬。

4、请多给我们一些建议，少一些命令。

5、因为您工作一向很努力，所以，要学会休息，注意保重自己的身体。

注意：1、以第一人称写；2、词数：100左右；3、开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear teacher,

As your student, I would like to give you some suggestions on behalf of all my classmates._______

Best wishes to you!

Yours,

                                                           Li Hua

— I don’t know ______ Mr. Green will come to see us.

   — He will help us with our English.

   A. why        B. when        C. how        D. where

Emergency line operators(接线员) must always _____ calm and make sure that they can get all

   the information they need to send help.

A. grow                       B. remain                          C. appear               D. look

He is my father and I know he will forgive me for _______ I have done.    

   A. whatever              B. no matter what     C. no matter how             D. whichever  

Honestly speaking, it is my teacher’s _____ that made me finally take up my present career

as a biology researcher.

A. advantage      B. influence     C. taste      D. guard