—Do you like cats ?

    —Of course . They mean           a kind of pet to their masters .

       A．better than      B．more than       C．no more than   D．not more than

“Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.” is a proverb, ______ life is beautiful and full of frustrations as well.

       A．meaning        B．to mean    C．means       D．meant

．The education of     young is always        hot and serious topic in China.

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

--Have you finished your report yet? –No, I’ll finish it in ___ ten minutes.

A. another   B.other    C. more   D. less

My bookshelves are full of dust — and with good reason．When it comes to cleaning that part of my home, I suffer from the most serious case of avoidance (回避反应症)．

The thing is this: when I do set out to clean and re-organize my books, which seldom happens, I place myself into a really bad situation．No sooner do I take a title from the shelf, blow off the dust, and wipe down the cover than I find myself sitting on the floor with legs crossed and my back against the wall．Pretty soon books get piled up on my legs as I am reunited with old friends．

    It is as if these books have voices, and each wants to say its piece．“Remember me? I was given to you when you went into the Navy, so that you would never lack for companionship,” one whispers．Another says, “I was your first book of poems, given to you before you learned to love poetry．” And a third, “I was the book that made history so attractive to you．”

   Perhaps the greatest pleasure of re-organizing my books are the surprises — or better said, reunions — that occur．During my latest book-cleaning adventure, I found one that had fallen behind the shelf: “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe．” Not an unusual title, but the words written on the first page made it very special: “With Love from Mom and Dad, Christmas 1965．” What’s this? A book on the physics of lasers（激光）．It is filled with mathematical statements, and I had bought it at a library sale when I was 12, not long after the laser had been invented．I couldn’t understand a bit of it, but I did learn what “laser” meant．

   What I end up with when I empty my bookshelves is a cross-section (横剖面) of my personal history．It’s like a road cut where one sees all the layers of rock going back through time to the beginning of the simplest life forms．The books I’ve read — and kept — are not just old friends．They are my résumé．

57．What could be said about the author?

     A．He is too busy to tidy up his bookshelves．

       B．He considers his books treasured possessions．

     C．He has made a lot of notes in his books．

     D．He is a lover of science books．

58．By saying that his books have voices, the author means ________ ．

     A．they bring back happy memories         B．they are recorded in human voice

     C．they say a lot about human history       D．they offer good topics for discussion

59．What does the author enjoy most from re-organizing his books?

     A．Finding some missing books．            

     B．Putting books in good order．

      C．Learning something new from the books．   

      D．Rediscovering interesting stories behind some books．

60．The underlined word “résumé” in the last paragraph probably means ______．

     A．personal history     B．precious notes 

       C．good companion   D．simple life forms

第二节 情景对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

A: Some of our friends are going to Britain for the summer vacation．Will you join them?

B :    6   ．But I have to go back home to stay with my father because he is badly ill in bed．

A : Oh, that’s too bad !

B :    7  

A : Yes, my uncle in Hawaii has invited me to spend my vacation with him．

B : Great ! Hawaii is a wonderful place, isn’t it?

A : Certainly, I suppose he’ll show me around some interesting places there．  8  

B : As I know．Hawaii was discovered by Captain Cook in the 1770s and he got killed there the next year he discovered it．

A : That’s right．  9  

B : Sure, you’ll certainly enjoy yourself．But don’t forget to write to me, will you?

A :    10  

A : Of course, I will．          

B : But now it’s become a world – famous scenic spot．

C : I’d like to very much．

D : Have you got a way to spend yours?

E : No, never．

F : And I’m going to read some books about its history as well．

G : And I’ll go there as soon as the vacation starts．

The whole team were wild with joy when their captain___________top in the race.

       A．came up   B．came out   C．turned up  D．went out

Tina was hesitation about the job offer as she did not know _______ the company was an established one.

       A．whether    B．what  C．until  D．although

--- Guess what! I came across my deskmate of middle school at the party last Sunday.

--- ____ I’m sure you had a wonderful time.

A. With pleasure   B. Very well       C. How nice       D. All right

Do you start now? Good ___ your trip.

A. lack of   B. luck with   C.luck to   D. lucky to