The man had expected to see all his relatives when in hospital, but _______ came to see him while many of his friends offered him their help.

A. none                 B. no one                            C. someone            D. anyone

 — Have you finished your essay?   

— Half       when you come back. 

A．has been done   B．will have been done   C．had been done   D．is done

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION

  Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

    Building after building under water．Refugees in shelters．Thousands of others unsure where to go．Bodies in streets．This is what one of America's historic cities was reduced to this week by a powerful storm, Katrina．The mayor of New Orleans says thousands may be dead．Hurricane Katrina also caused death and destruction in parts of Mississippi and Alabama along the Gulf of Mexico．

    New Orleans is famous for its wild Mardi Gras celebrations．New Orleans is also a major port for foreign oil and other shipping trade．Yet the city of nearly five hundred thousand people was built below sea level．New Orleans has depended on levees to control floods from the Mississippi River．Katrina struck on Monday．New Orleans avoided a direct hit．But two of the levees failed the next day．Most of the city was flooded．Helicopters dropped huge sandbags to fill the breaks．But the water had no place to go．Pumping stations had no power．

    America faces one of the worst natural events in its history．President Bush says the recovery will take years．People were told to leave the path of the storm．But some would not or could not．Many of those worst affected by Katrina are poor and black．African-American leaders and others were angry that government aid did not arrive faster．President Bush visited some of the damaged areas on Friday．He said the way officials reacted to the crisis was unacceptable．

56．Which is true of the following details about New Orleans?

       A．New Orleans is a newly-built city of America

       B．There were no black people in New Orleans．

       C．This is the first time that hurricane has stricken it．

       D．It’s  a port for foreign oil and other shipping trade．

57．What does the underlined word “levees” (in the second paragraph) mean?

       A．dams                    B． trees                    C．ports                     D．ships

58．Which is right about the Hurricane Katrina?

       A．It also caused the destruction in parts of Mississippi．

       B．A lot of people died in this disaster．

       C．It cut off the electricity supply of the city．

       D．All of the above is right．

59．What can we learn from the text?

       A．President Bush was not concerned about this disaster．

       B．The recovery of the city will take a few days．

       C． In this city there were no pump stations．

       D． In this disaster the government aid didn’t  arrive in time．

60. What kind of attitude does the author have toward the government ?

    A. appreciative           B. optimistic               C. depreciative            D. humorous

PART FOUR  WRITING

Section A

Directions: Read the following passage and complete the diagram by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each numbered blank.

Frederic Chopin is one of the most romantic figures in musical biography. He was dreamy and tender(温柔的). Chopin was born at a village near Warsaw, in Poland, on the 22^nd of February 1810.

In his early years Chopin showed himself very interested in music. He was only nine when he made his first public appearance. Chopin had been studying with Elsner, the director of Warsaw Conservatoire, for some time when his father thought it would be good for him to have a little tour before settling down to the practice of his profession. Thus a tour was arranged, Berlin was the first place visited where he heard a lot of music. And then came an important visit to “the beautiful musical Vienna.” There he was surrounded with requests to play in public. After Vienna, he visited Prague and Dresden, where he met more musical celebrities.

It was Paris where he decided to perfect his technique that Chopin finally settled in. The performance came off in 1832, and though the audience was small the artistic success was great. Prince Radziwill took him to a party at the Rothsehilds. He was asked to play, and he played so beautifully that he was drowned with praise. Thus was the young Pole（波兰人）launched on his career of popularity in Paris.

Pauter says truly that Chopin never in his life wrote a bar of music that contained an inferior idea. And there was nothing vulgar (粗俗的) about himself. Nobody knew him better than George Sand. She says, “Gentle, sensitive, and very lovely, he united the charm of adolescence with sincerity of a more mature age.”

 I support any move to get young people into theatre, and especially _____ that aims to do it all over England, not just in London.

   A. one                       B. the one                 C. that                      D. those

The Curies were ___________ the Nobel Prize for their great contributions to science.

   A. awarded       B. rewarded        C. sent      D. provided

 ------I’m worrying about my coming examination.

   ------Well, you will succeed in the end _______ you work with a strong will.

A．unless       B．as long as       C．as if         D．even if

II. 完型填空（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各题所给的四个选中，选出最佳选项。

 Sussie and I have been friends since primary school, for more than twenty years. Our friendship has   36   constant（不变的）. We have seen each other through all the times when we really need a friend. In   37   of our friendship, Sussie and I took our first   38   trip together.

The first day of our trip ended in New Jersey.   39   with the long drive, we decided to go to the restaurant for dinner. We sat down and   40   our meal. As we talked, I noticed a(n)   41   couple sitting a short distance away from us. The look of   adoration on the woman’s face  42    me. She stared into the face of the man as he talked,   43   me of a teenager in love!

I called Sussie’s  44  to the couple. As we watched, the man reached   45  to place a gentle kiss on the woman’s cheek. She   46  . “Now that’s what I call real love! I imagine they’ve been married for a long time.” I said. “  47   maybe,” remarked Sussie, “They haven’t been together long.” “Well, whatever the case, it’s   48  they care much for each other,” I said.

Sussie and I watched and listened  49  to their conversation. She smiled and  50   whatever he said. We were touched by the warm scene we were witnessing. Then the  51   changed. The woman’s wrinkled but beautiful face was suddenly covered with a   52   look. She asked the man in a sweet voice, “Do I know you? What is this place?” “You know me. I’m Ralph, your husband. We’re in New Jersey, ” the man said. “Oh, I   53   to have forgotten. I’m not sure,” she said. “That’s okay, sweetheart. You’ll be all right,” he   54   her, kissing her cheek again. Tears coursed down our cheeks as Sussie and I looked at each other. “We were right,” she said   55  . “It is the real thing. That is love.”

36. A. become                 B. grown                      C. remained                  D. developed

37. A. congratulation           B. terms                       C. favor                 D. celebration

38. A. air                           B. car                        C. boat                         D. train

39. A. Bored                      B. Suffered                   C. Tired                    D. Excited

40. A. cooked                    B. ordered                    C. prepared                   D. finished

41. A. young                      B. elderly                            C. friendly                    D. rich

42. A. scared                      B. astonished                C. attracted                   D. bothered

43. A. showing                       B. reminding                C. telling                   D. introducing

44. A. attention                  B. intention                  C. time                         D. idea

45. A. away                       B. off                           C. around                         D. over

46. A. smiled                     B. disagreed                  C. angered                    D. moved

47. A. Or                          B. Though                    C. Therefore                 D. Otherwise

48. A. natural                     B. obvious                    C. important                 D. moving

49. A. madly                      B. silently                  C. unashamedly             D. carefully

50. A. picked up                 B. stuck to                    C. agreed with                  D. questioned on

51. A. place                      B. scene                       C. topic                        D. sense

52. A. discouraged              B. surprised                  C. disappointed            D. confused

53. A. need                        B. feel                          C. seem                        D. use

54. A. told                         B. answered                  C. comforted                D. encouraged

55. A. quickly                    B. eagerly                     C. cheerfully                 D. thoughtfully

Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further pollution by industry. If the rapid increase of world population in countries continues at the present rate, there may be much greater harm to human beings. Some scientists speak of the increase in numbers of people as “population pollution.”

About 2,000 years ago, the world population was probably about 250 million. It reached a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now three and a half billion. It is expected to double by the year 2,000. If the population continues to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion in the world a hundred years from now.

Man has been using the earth’s resources more and more rapidly over the past years. Some of them are almost used up. Now many people believe that man’s greatest problem is how to control the growth of the population. The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to support the human population in time to come, if the present rate of increase continues. Already there is overcrowding in many cities and starvation in some countries. Should man’s population keep on growing so rapidly as before? Many people believe that human survival in the future depends on the answer to this question.

The rapid increase in population is considered to be __________.

A. the increase of resources   B. population pollution

C. the development of mankind    D. the present rate

If the present rate of increase continue, ________________.

A. the world is going to end

B. the earth won’t be able to support the growing population in the future

C. pollution has nothing to do with the rapidly increasing population

D. there would be four billion in the world a hundred years from now

Which of the following is Wrong according to the passage?

A. In 1850 the world population reached a billion.

B. Man must fight a battle against population pollution.

C. The world’s population is increasing with years.

D. All of the earth’s resources are gone now.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

In so many ways, cyberspace (网络空间) mirrors the real world. Some people ask for information, play games, and share hobby tips.  71  Still others look for friendship, or even love.

Unlike the real world, however, your knowledge about a person is limited to words on a computer screen. Identity (身份) and appearance mean very little in cyberspace.  72  So even the shyest person can become a chat-room star.

Usually, this “faceless” communication doesn’t create problems. Identity doesn’t really matter when you’re in a chat room discussing politics or hobbies. In fact, this emphasis on the ideas themselves makes the Internet a great place for exciting conversation (对话).  73

But some Internet users want more than just someone to chat with.  74  Is cyberspace a good place to find love? That answer depends on whom you ask.

 75  Others fail miserably.

A. Instead, a person’s thoughts or at least the thoughts they type are what really matters.

B. Others buy and sell products.

C. They’re looking for serious love relationships.

D. But cyberspace is different from the real world in some aspects (方面).

E. Some of these relationships actually succeed.

F. Where else can so many people come together to chat?

G. Chatting online isn’t always reliable (可靠的).