22．I_____stop by sometime and thank her for all her help.

       A．must    B．would C．could    D．May

25．With so little time ______ on math, it is all too easy for children to ignore practicing mathematics, which is a kind of language．

       A．spent       B．being spent      C．to spend   D．was spent

25. Time _____, I will go there with you.

A. permits            B. permitted         C. will permit       D. Permitting

2. The manager meant ____ the workers that being 5 minutes late meant ____ the company.

A. to tell, to leave    B. telling, leaving    C. to tell, leaving     D. telling, to leave

34. English is considered as a(n) _______ language, and it is no surprise that there are so many people in the world learning it.

       A. universal           B. logical                     C. artificial            D. Regular

B

America has long been considered the land of opportunity(机遇)by those from other countries. Americans, too, believe that the United States gives almost limitless opportunities for those who want to open business on their own.

Today, Americans are still fond of trying their hand at becoming small business people, even though only one out of two survives in the first two years. Many of these people start their business for the wrong reason; to get away from the paper work of their present jobs or to exchange the responsibility(责任) of their present jobs for freer life styles. But more, not less paper work and responsibility come with the ownership of a small business.

Not all small businesses succeed. Fifty percent of the 4 550 000 that start in the United States ever fail. Still ninety-five percent of businesses in the U.S. can be regarded as small, and these businesses altogether produce forty percent of America’s total national products.

60．According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A．People from other countries and Americans think there are a lot of opportunities in the U.S.

B．Only the Americans think the U.S. can give them many opportunities.

C．Both people from other countries and Americans believe they have many opportunities in the U.S so that they can do whatever they like.

D．People from other countries and Americans all think the U.S. the place where they can realize their dreams.

61．From this passage, we know that________.

A．many people from other countries think that in the past there were many opportunities in the U.S. but not now

B．now Americans don’t believe the U.S. can give them a lot of opportunities

C．people from other countries still think they have more opportunities in the U.S. than in their own countries

D．Americans think they have more opportunities to start their own business than those from other countries

62．According to this passage, many American people like to start their own business because___.

A．they want to become rich soon

B．they not only dislike their present jobs but also want a freer life style

C．they don’t want to do paper work

D．they want to have more chances

63．From this passage, we can get the idea that________.

A．it is easy to do business successfully in the U.S

B．it is easy to start a business but hard to make it successful

C．there are more big business than small business in the U.S

D．only big business can succeed in the U.S

E

Many cities in the world are benefiting from the nocturnal (夜间活动的) activities of a group of people who call themselves guerrilla (游击队的) gardeners. Armed with trowels, spades and a van full of flowers and plants, guerrilla gardeners turn abandoned urban land into a blaze of color. In city centre locations where there was mud, weeds and empty plastic bottles, residents often wake up to find that the wasted area has been transformed overnight with brightly-colored bedding plants.

In most British cities, local governments and police turn a blind eye to the exploits (开发) of the gardeners, whose activities are always carried out under cover of nightfall. And so far, there has been nothing but praise from the astonished and delighted local residents when they find their neighborhood transformed in such a striking fashion.

Not only do the guerrilla gardeners beautify neglected places, they also return regularly to water the plants and weed the flower beds. They also make sure that at least some of the plants they bring are evergreens, which means that the area doesn’t look dismal (凄凉的) in the winter months.

The first guerrilla gardener in London was Richard Reynolds, whose day job is at an advertising agency. Mr Reynolds, a graduate of Oxford University, began his efforts two years ago when he moved to a flat in a tower block in South London. From his balcony, he could see several empty concrete pots, placed by the local governments to contain plants but never used. He went out after midnight and filled the pots with plants, and then planted more flowers in the path leading to the entrance to the block.

He then set up a website to explain his plan and called upon more gardeners to join him. Cash donations flooded in and, more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign. Within six months, there were five hundred people in London prepared to come out at very short notice to revitalize (恢复活力) neglected parts of the urban landscape. There are now unofficial but carefully-organized groups in many cities in Britain and North America and there is also a website where would-be urban gardeners can find out the location of the next expedition.

76. According to the text, guerrilla gardeners got their names ______.

   A. because of the residents’ advice                     B. from the local governments

   C. for the nature of their work                          D. based on the local cultures

77. These guerrilla gardeners do their work ______.

   A. at the request of the government                   B. nearby their house

  C. often in return for others’ help                       D. of their own free will

78. Why do the guerrilla gardeners often return to their former working places?

   A. To look after these plants.                             B. To enjoy these beautiful flowers.

   C. To help plants live through winter months.     D. To change the types of these plants.

79. Richard Reynolds decided to fill the pots with plants with the purpose of ______.

   A. making the neighborhood more beautiful       B. agreeing with his own job

   C. advertising some products in his agency       D. killing his spare time

80. It can be inferred from the text that these guerrilla gardeners ______.

   A. are mainly from the United Kingdom

   B. will later get well paid

   C. are still not accepted by the local people

   D. become more and more organized

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

21. —Would you mind giving your advice on how to improve our business management?

   —If you make _______ most of the equipment, there will be ______ rise in production.

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

John must have forgotten to return the magazine to the library yesterday, _________?

  A. mustn’t he          B. hasn’t he         C. haven’t he        D. didn’t he

--- How long ____ was this?

   --- It’s been nearly six years now.

  A. ago            B. before           C. later             D. partly