A month after Hurricace Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car fixed. When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my Louisiana license plate. “You from New Orleans?” she asked. I said I was, “No charge.” She said, and firmly shock her head when I reached for my wallet. The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing happened.

As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house. We looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. We’d began to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when I got a very curious e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for state, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from New Orleans.

It sounded a good to her return, but I replied, thinking him for his exceptional generosity, then we          to go back. Then the University of Florida offered to let him house to me. While he want to England on his one year, paid leave. The rent was rather reasonable. I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months.

Throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers back my faith in humanity .It’s almost worth losing you wordy possessions to be reminded that people really when given had a channel.

The garage employee’s attitude toward the author was that of           

A．unconcern         B．sympathy

C．doubt             D．tolerance

What do we know about James Kemnedy?

A．He was a written of an online magazine.

B．He was a poet at the University of Florida

C．He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D．He learned about the author’s sufferings.

It can be inferred from the text that          

A．the author’s family was in financial difficulty

B．rents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster

C．houses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area

D．the mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank

The author learned from his experience that           

A．worldly possessions can be given up when necessary

B．generosity should be encouraged in some cases

C．people benefit from their sad stories

D．human beings are kind after all.

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street.What he wanted to do was to play basketball with Eric.   21    his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He had   22    set foot in a library and he wasn’t about to do so today.He would just  23   

the books in the outside return box.But there was a   24   ;it was locked.

He went into the building,only a few minutes   25    closing time.He put the books into the return box.And after a brief   26    in the toilet,he would be on his way to the playground to   27    Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in   28   —the library lights were off.The place was   29   .The doors had been shut.They   30    be opened from the inside.He was trapped(被困)—in a library!

He tried to   31    a telephone call,but was unable to   32   .What’s worse,the pay phones were on the outside of the building.  33     the sun began to set,he searched for a light and found it.

   34    he could see.David wrote on a piece of paper:“    35    !I’m TRAPPED inside!”and stuck it to the glass door.   36   ,someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant,   37   .Rows and rows of shelves held books,videos and music.He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf.He settled into a chair and started to   38   .

He knew he had to   39   ,but now,that didn’t seem to be such a   40    thing.

21.A.but                       B.because                     C.or                             D.since

22.A.ever                            B.nearly                       C.never                        D.often

23.A.pass                            B.drop                         C.carry                         D.take

24.A.problem               B.mistake                     C.case                          D.question

25.A.during                  B.after                         C.over                          D.before

26.A.rest                      B.break                        C.walk                         D.stop

27.A.visit                            B.meet                         C.catch                         D.greet

28.A.delight                 B.anger                        C.surprise                     D.eagerness

29.A.lonely                  B.empty                       C.noisy                        D.crowded

30.A.wouldn’t                     B.shouldn’t                   C.couldn’t                    D.needn’t

31.A.make                    B.fix                            C.use                           D.pick

32.A.get on                  B.get up                       C.get through                D.get in

33.A.If                         B.As                            C.Though                     D.Until

34.A.On time                                                   B.Now and then

C.By the way                                                   D.At last

35.A.Come                   B.Help                         C.Hello                        D.Sorry

36.A.Surely                  B.Thankfully                C.Truly                        D.Gradually

37.A.at most                 B.after all                            C.in short                            D.as usual

38.A.watch                   B.play                          C.read                          D.write

39.A.wait                            B.stand                         C.sleep                         D.work

40.A.bad                      B.cool                          C.strange                      D.nice

—Jack bought a new mobile phone the other day.

—_______?That’s his third one in just one month.

A.Had he                      B.Did he                      C.Does he                     D.Has he

—What does the sign over there read？

—“No person ___ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette,cigar or pipe in this area.”

A.will                                                             B.may

C.shall                                                            D.must

It is reported that two schools,____ are being built in my hometown,will open next year.

A.they both                                                     B.which both

C.both of them                                                 D.both of which

—Did you see a man in black pass by just now?

—No,sir.I ___ a newspaper.

A.read                                                             B.was reading

C.would read                                                   D.am reading

It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ___ my friend.

A.turn out                                                       B.bring out

C.call out                                                               D.pick out

完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It’s fourteen years since I left the Philippines to live with my family in the USA.A month ago,while on summer vacation back in my motherland,I learned a lesson from mosquito(蚊子) bites.Right before   36   Kennedy Airport in New York,my grandma   37   me of the behavior of the native mosquitoes around the   38   like me.She said,“There’s an old saying—the   39   you stay away from the motherland,the sweeter your blood   40   to the mosquitoes.”Not   41    it,I replied,“Grandmaaaa,that’s just an old wives’ tale!”

Well,less than a week   42   my arrival in Manila,I was already carpeted with a   43   of mosquito bites.I took many measures to keep myself from being   44   ，but they all proved useless.

Late one   45   in my cousin’s home,I couldn’t bear the   46   of the bites.Hoping to find some comfort,I   47   my cousin,who was sleeping peacefully in the bed next to mine.Unhappy for being   48   she said,“There is nothing you can do.Go back to sleep.”With a few turns,she slept again.Enviously(妒忌地)   49   her sleep,I hoped a big mosquito would

   50   on her face.However,the mosquitoes would just lightly dance around her forehead and fly away quickly,never biting her.Amazed(惊奇的),I ran to others’   51   ,only to find they were all sleeping   52   as the same thing occurred again and again.

From those bites,I came to   53   my grandma’s silly tale.From then on,I’ve always tried to keep a(n)   54   mind about those strange old wives’ tales   55   they do have some truth to them.

36.A.leaving                 B.passing               C.visiting                            D.finding

37.A.persuaded             B.reminded            C.warned                      D.informed

38.A.students                B.foreigners           C.passengers                 D.visitors

39.A.earlier                  B.longer                C.sooner                       D.later

40.A.grows                   B.goes                   C.flows                        D.remains

41.A.expecting              B.understanding     C.recognizing               D.believing

42.A.after                     B.before                C.when                        D.as

43.A.shade                   B.pile                    C.cloud                        D.blanket

44.A.touched                B.bitten                 C.defeated                    D.discovered

45.A.morning               B.afternoon           C.evening                     D.night

46.A.noise                    B.hit                            C.pain                          D.effect

47.A.woke up               B.shouted at           C.looked for                 D.dropped on

48.A.blamed                 B.interrupted         C.moved                      D.frightened

49.A.having                  B.watching            C.making                            D.helping

50.A.land                            B.fly                     C.fall                           D.wait

51.A.houses                  B.flats                   C.rooms                       D.homes

52.A.joyfully                B.anxiously           C.soundlessly                D.worriedly

53.A.tell                       B.know                 C.remember                  D.accept

54.A.open                    B.active                 C.clear                         D.honest

55.A.and                      B.so                      C.because                     D.until

----Won’t you go shopping with your mother ?

  ----____she promises to buy me a new sweater .

    A When      B If     C Unless  D Whether

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

Li Hua,who is planning to travel with his parents,is now calling Hyatt Travel Agency in Xi’an.(A:Assistant

L:Li Hua)

A:Hello,this is Hyatt Travel Agency.May I help you?

L:Yes.This is Li Hua.I’ll have a short holiday,and I’m thinking about travelling abroad with my parents.   61  

A:Of course.May I ask how long your holiday will be?

L:About a week.

A:OK.   62  

L:I’d love to go to Europe.

A:   63   We have a special offer for European tours.

L:Great!   64  

A:Sure.For family tours,we have five European cities on the list,and we’ll see the Big Ben in London,the Eiffel Tower in Paris and other places of interest.

L:   65   I’ll talk about this with my parents and call you back.Thank you.

A:You are welcome.

A.What would you like to know?

B.You are very lucky.

C.What do you have in mind?

D.Can you give me some advice?

E.That’s just what I am thinking of.

F.Can I have some extra information?

G.I hope you’ll have a good journey there.