.—Did you visit the museum? —No, we ____ it, but we spent too much time shopping.

  A. could have visited    B. must have visited

  C. can’t have visited    D. shouldn’t have visited

A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. "You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior , "said a middle-aged man.

"Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company," said a second passenger. "That's right," another lady said, "I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor. "

Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said , "Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised..."

Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted, "I know his name. I call him Dad."

56. One passenger suggested writing a letter to the com??pany to ______    .

A. make a demand for more buses         B. thank the conductor for his good service

C. criticize the conductor for his rude behavior

D. invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

57. What was the gentleman?

A. A teacher.                 B. A newspaper reporter.

C. Not known from the story.    D. The conductor's friend from his company.

58. The word "him" in the last paragraph refers to _______.

A. the gentleman    B. the conductor     C. the middle-aged man     D. the three-year-old child

59. It is clear from the story that the conductor _______.

A. has changed his attitude towards his work     B. has now been kind and polite to all passengers

C. has not changed his rude behavior to passen??gers

D. has now been kind and polite to women with children

Tell a story and tell it well, and you may open wide the eyes of a child, open up lines of communication in a business, or even open people’s mind to another culture or race.

People in many places are digging up the old folk stories and the messages in them. For example, most American storytellers get their tales from a wide variety of sources, cultures, and times. They regard storytelling not only as a useful tool in child education, but also as a meaningful activity that helps adults understand themselves as well as those whose culture may be very different from their own.

“Most local stories are based on a larger theme,” American storyteller Opalanga Pugh says, “Cinderella (灰姑娘), or the central idea of a good child protected by her goodness, appears in various forms in almost every culture of the world.”

Working with students in schools, Pugh helps them understand their own cultures and the general messages of the stories. She works with prisoners too, helping them knowing who they are by telling stories that her listeners can write, direct, and act in their own lives. If they don’t like the story they are living, they can rewrite the story. Pugh also works to help open up lines of communication between managers and workers. “For every advance in business,” she says, “there is a greater need for communication.” Storytelling can have a great effect on either side of the manager-worker relationship, she says.

Pugh spent several years in Nigeria, where she learned how closely storytelling was linked to the everyday life of the people there. The benefits of storytelling are found everywhere, she says.

“I learned how people used stories to spread their culture,” she says, “What I do is to focus on the value of the stories that people can translate into their own daily world of affairs. We are all storytellers. We all have a story to tell. We tell everybody’s story.”

49. What do we learn about American storyteller from Paragraph 2?

A. They share the same way of storytelling.

B. They prefer to tell the stories from other cultures.

C. They learn their stories from the American natives.

D. They find storytelling useful for both children and adults.

50. The underlined sentence (Paragraph 4) suggests that prisoners can _____.

A. start a new life                                        B. settle down in another place

C. direct films                                      D. become good actors

51. Pugh has practised storytelling with _____ groups of people.

A. 2                      B. 3                      C. 4                      D. 5

52. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Storytelling can influence the way people think.

B. Storytelling is necessary to the growth of business.

C. Storytelling is the best way to educate children in school.

D. Storytelling helps people understand themselves and others. 

第四节 书面表达（满分30分）

假如你是李华，在你班学习的英国交换生Jane和你是好朋友。两周前她去上海治病。你现在给她写一封80字左右的英文信询问病情，转达师生对她的问候，希望她安心养病，不要担心功课。告诉她你暑假去上海看她，希望你们能一起去参观世博会的中国馆和英国馆。

注意： 不要逐句翻译，内容可适当增加。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。参考词汇 中国馆 China Pavilion   英国馆 UK Pavilion 世博会 the Expo

Dear Jane,

With best wishes.                        

                                                 Yours ever,

                                                  Li Hua

—— ____ he start at once or wait for a while?

—— Let him start at once.

A．Will                        B．Would                    C．Can                        D．Shall

Come early, _____ you’ll miss the film.

  A. or else   B. else   C. however  D. and otherwise

. This room is fifteen feet long ____________ twelve feet wide.

  A. to   B. of   C. by   D. in

. It’s up to you to decide whether to _____ physics or chemistry.

  A. take off   B. take on   C. tale in   D. take up

Not everyone likes everyone else, ___________?

  A. does one  B. does everyone C. do they  D. don’t they

_________ whenever you like;you are always welcome.

A.Drop out            B.Call at    C.Drop in  D.Call on