I was in a rush as always, but this time it was for an important date I just couldn’t be late for! I found myself at a checkout counter behind an elderly woman seemingly in no hurry as she paid for her groceries.  Being a PhD student without a lot of money, I had hurried into the store to pick up some flowers. I was in a huge rush, thinking of my upcoming evening. I did not want to be late for this date

     We were in Boston, a place not always known for small conversations between strangers. The woman stopped unloading her basket and looked up at me. She smiled. It was a nice smile—warm and reassuring(令人宽慰的)-and I returned her gift by smiling back.

     “Must be a special lady, whoever it is that will be getting those beautiful flowers,” she said.

     “Yes, she’s special,” I said, and then to my embarrassment, the words kept coming out. “It’s only our second date, but somehow I am just having the feeling she’s ‘the one,’” jokingly, I added, “The only problem is that I can’t figure out why she’d want to date a guy like me.”

     “Well, I think she’s very lucky to have a boyfriend who brings her such lovely flowers and who is obviously in love with her,” the woman said .”My husband used to bring me flowers every week—even when times were tough and we didn’t have much money. Those were incredible days; he was very romantic and—of course— I miss him since he’s passed away.”

      I paid for my flowers as she was gathering up her groceries. There was no doubt in my mind as I walked up to her. I touched her on the shoulder and said “You were right, you know. These flowers are indeed for a very special lady.” I handed the flowers and thanked her for such a nice conversation.

      It took her a moment to realize that I was giving her the flowers I had just purchased. “May you have a wonderful evening ,”I said. I left het with a big smile and my heart warmed as I saw her smelling the beautiful flowers.

      I remember being slightly late for my date that night and telling my girlfriend the above story. A couple of years later, when I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me, she told me that this story had helped to seal it for her—that was the night that I won her heart .

41．Why was the writer in a hurry that day?

A. He was to meet his girlfriend.          B. He had to go back to school soon.

C. He was delayed by an elderly lady.       D. He had to pick up some groceries.

42．What does the underlined phrase “her gift” (Paragraph 2 ) refer to?

A. Her words.             B. Her smile.      C. Her flowers.          D. Her politeness.

43．Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?

A. She told him a nice story.                 B. She allowed him to pay first.

C. She gave him encouragement.              D. She liked flowers very much.

44．What is the message conveyed in the story?

A. Flowers are important for a date.      B. Small talk is helpful.

C. Love and kindness are rewarding.        D. Elderly people deserve respecting.

VI．单句填空（共10个空格；每空格1分，满分10分）

阅读下面句子，按照句子结构的语法性和意义连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

91. I suggested the thief ________ (refer) to be put into prison.

92. You can’t imagine what great difficulty they have ________ (solve) the problem

________ (discuss) now.

93. You should understand the traffic rules by now. You’ve had them ________ (explain) to you often enough.

94. When first ________ (introduce) in the market, these products enjoyed great success.

95. We cannot be sure ________ our dreams will come true, but we can at least be hopeful ________ our efforts to improve the world will be successful.

96. To my delight, she will give ________ needs help a hand.

97. That was a time ________ there were no radios, no telephones or no TV sets.

98. What is known to all is that the old scientist, for ________ life was hard in the past, still works very hard in his eighties.

第二节  信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

请阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

       首先，请阅读下列的应用文：

A. Chapter One. …you probably have an image in your mind of what the “perfect’ or “ideal” body looks like. Try not to press yourself to look that way. Each person is born with genes that control the shape of his / her body. Everyone is different. It’s important to be comfortable with the body you have.

B. Chapter Two. …You use energy for everything you do. That energy comes from the food you eat. Too much food or too little exercise causes your body to store the extra energy in fat cells. But, if you exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet, you’ll feel healthier and stronger not to mention look great.

C. Chapter Three. … Your body runs best on foods high in carbohydrates and low in fat and sugar. Eating a healthy diet will provide your body with everything it needs to run smoothly. Your body breaks down proteins into amino acids(氨基酸), so you don’t need to take in the amino acids separately.

D. Chapter Four. …Exercise does more than just burn calories. For instance, regular exercise makes your muscles strong and flexible, and increases the amount of muscle you have. It also makes your heart stronger and lowers your blood pressure; …

E. Chapter Five. …Always warm up and stretch for 5-10 minutes before you do strength or endurance exercises. Afterwards, take 10 minutes to cool down. Your heart should beat normally when you stop. Exercising with a group may help you to exercise regularly.

F. Chapter Six. …Supplementation of a mixture of essential amino acids will increase protein synthesis (蛋白质综合体). While supplementing with either carbohydrate or amino acids may limit muscle damage and stimulate (激励) protein synthesis, there is increasing evidence that the combination can have an addictive effect.

以下是与上述章节的信息相关匹配的读者，请匹配读者和他/她需要了解的相关信息的所在章节。

56. Charity. He always breathes heavily and his heart beats irregularly when he finishes his exercise. He wonders whether there is something wrong with his body or whether he is not suited for physical exercises.

57. Wander. She likes eating meat a lot every day as she thinks that meat can provide people with energy. Besides, she does sports on weekends. However, she is not energetic enough to face the pressure.

58. Helly. She has tried many ways of keeping fit, but she still gets fat because of stress from work. She doesn’t look well.

59. Tammy. He is a Grade One college student majoring in gymnastics. He must write a passage about what a healthy body is.

60. Pandy. He is a coach, working in a gym. He will start a new course next month on how to lose weight. For the first few lessons, he is going to talk about why people have to exercise.

 You can hardly imagine Tom _____ the boy so cruelly (残暴地)

  A to treat       B to be treated       C being treated        D treating

The person who ________ advantage of the girl ________ a disadvantage didn’t gain an advantage  ________ her .

A．made; in ; over B．took; at ; on          C．took; at; over       D．made; at; over

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共35分）

第一节：短文改错（每空1分，满分10分）

请按下列情况改错。

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出并划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出该改的词。

www..com该行若无错误：在该行右边横线上画一个勾。

My dear students．I didn’t know what I should say                       76．           

to some of you who is still addicted to the Internet．                              77．           

As teacher。I’d like to remind you that you’re                                  78．           

wasting your time，energy，or even your life．                                    79．           

You can never find the losing time and youth again．                             80．           

As students，we should value the limited time to study                           81．           

hard．As you know，you’11 graduate the school in two                       82．           

months or so．After graduation，you won’t possibly                           83．           

find out so good a condition to study in．So make full use of every         84．           

minute to study hard so that you won’t feel sadly in the future．           85．            ．

His father makes a promise to him that he will buy him a computer if he          a good score for the entrance examination to college this June．

A．is getting                B．is to get                  C．will get                   D．gets

After retiring，he was recommended to        gardening as a hobby．

A．take up                   B．take on                   C．take off                  D．take away

—He didn’t devote his time to his study，did he?

—        ．As a result，he failed all the final exams．

A．Yes，he did                                               B．No，he didn’t

C．Yes，he didn’t                                           D．No，he did

_______ the best in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships ________21,000 dollars.

       A．Judged; totaling          B．To be judged; totaled    

       C．Having judged; to total        D．judging; would total