根据对话内容，从对话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。（注意：61―65题涂到卡上  E=AB    F=AC    G=AD）

A: Congratulations on your big win!

B: Thank you.  61

A: How has the money changed your lives?

B:  62

C:  63  We’ve bought so many things, a new car, for example, a red Chevroled.

B: And we’ve had a young man drive it for us.  64  I was a taxi driver for twenty years. So I’ve had enough of driving.

A: And what else are you going to do with the money?

B: Well. We love the sea and the sun, but we don’t see much sun in England. So I’m going to buy a little island in the Pacific.

C:  65  But we shall pay all our unpaid bills first.

A.      Yes, it really has.

B.      Certainly, we’ve had all kinds of things.

C.      Oh, completely, I’d say.

D.     My wife’s changed a lot, too.

E.      Yes, just imagine it!

F.      It really was a big surprise.

G.     I’ve given up my job.

Rail passengers are being forced to pay thousands of pounds more in fares as a result of poor advice from the national telephone helpline and individual stations, a consumer organisation reveals today. Research by Which? found that in some cases passengers are being charged almost double the cheapest price because of errors made by staff .

Which? asked 25 questions of both station staff and the National Rail Enquiries (NRES) helpline. Only half of the 50 questions were answered correctly. If customers had followed all the advice given ,they would have been ￡1,263.60 worse off .

Bad advice was given for the cheapest fare for a single journey between London and Grantham .For a ticket bought on the day of travel, both NRES and a  King’s Cross station clerk quoted GNER’s ￡44.50 fare ,ignoring a Hull Trains service which leaves 10 minutes earlier and costs just ￡20.

Some of the most costly misinformation was given for journeys where season tickets should have been recommended .Passengers making a return journey between Swindon and Penzance twice in a week could buy a ticket from one company for ￡70 which would cover all the travel. But both NRES and station staff quoted ￡67 for each journey, making ￡134.However, the NRES website proved to be a much more reliable source of information .

Which ? also checked “the earlier you book, the cheaper the ticket” claims by five companies and found this was not always the case .On some services, prices went up and down at random .

Ithiel Mogridge,52,gave one example of poor advice :”Last Christmas I found my brother a ticket on the thetrainline.com to travel from Blackburn to Yate. While the direct route was ￡51, this one involved a change in Newport and cost just ￡21. I emailed the details to him and his partner. They went to Blackburn station ,where the clerk insisted the fare was ￡51.”

Malcolm Coles, editor of which.co.uk ,said. “Staff training needs to be improved. In the meantime ,we’ve designed a checklist, available at which.co.uk/ railadvice.”

57. According to the passage “which ?”is a    

1. national telephone helpline                   B. department under the British Rail

    C.     consumer organisation                     D. website under the National Rail Enquiries

58.When the author said that customers “would have been ￡1,263.60 worse off”, he was telling us that customers would have     

A. saved ￡1,263.60 if they had followed the advice

B. spend ￡1,263.60 more than the lowest price

C. used ￡1,263.60 for the survey of 25 questions

D. been cheated of ￡1,263.60 from the poor advice

59. The phrase at random in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “     ”

A. casually              B. purposefully             C. exactly           D. inevitably

60. The passage is mainly concerned with the phenomenon that     

1. train passengers get bad advice on fares
2. rail passengers are ill-treated by station staff
3. booking clerks and the telephone helpline offer reliable information
4. rail passengers can get cheaper tickets if they book earlier

A school is showing badly-behaved pupils the error of their ways by sending them to an arts centre where actors mimic their behavior.

The Windsor boys’ secondary school used its school founding to save its local arts centre and establish a learning support unit there.

Now expelled(被开除的) pupils and students who are likely to be expelled are studying a course at the unit in Windsor arts centre while also working with artists. One pupil was asked to show Naomi Jackson, the drama teacher at the unit, how he had acted in a fierce argument with a teacher on the rugby filed, which led to his expulsion（开除）. Then he showed her how to imitate(模仿) his attitude.

Ms. Jackson said, “He saw that the teacher had to get him out. Until then, he didn’t really understand because he didn’t have that self-awareness.”

“It gave him the chance to look at himself from the outside.”

Students also work in groups, acting as the aggressor, the victim and an observer to help them develop more awareness and understanding.

A professional theatre group, Everyday Theatre, which consists of former pupils, is at the school and works in the learning support unit.

An arts therapist(治疗专家) also helps students in the unit to express their problems and a street dancer builds up their discipline, concentration and capacity for hard work.

Jane Turner is the teacher in charge of the Starts Project, which stands for Supportive Training and Arts.

She said, “It’s about using the arts to develop social skills as well as anger management, rather than just trying to make them good at drama or arts.”

53. What is the passage mainly about?

A.      How a school keeps students good at drama and arts.

B.      Why students are interested in learning drama and arts.

C.      A new attempt making students change their bad behavior.

D.     An unusual idea to turn badly-behaved students into excellent ones.

54. The underlined word “mimic”(in Paragraph 1) probably means   .

A. correct           B. watch             C. improve                 D. imitate

55. The artists at the Windsor boys’ secondary school are working towards their goal by   .

A.      getting rid of students’ dissatisfaction 

B. developing students’ awareness of their error

C.  reducing the courses and making them easier 

D. encouraging students’ imagination in subjects.

56. All of the following people work at the arts centre EXCEPT   .

A. an arts therapist             B. actors              C. former teachers       D. a street dancer

The Teens & Self-Image survey organized by USA WEEKEND attracted an unprecedented (空前的)272,400. The majority of teens say they feel good about themselves, but many express misgivings（疑虑） about who they are, especially about their appearance.
    The results show that looks are key. Only 4 in 10 respondents consider themselves attractive. Half the girls want to lose weight. It is found that problems typically associated with girls are now becoming more visible in boys. Teen respondents believe good looks matter when it comes to personal achievement, specifically making friends, winning the respect of others, and succeeding in life.
    Teens find lots of imperfections. Almost 85 percent cite ways they’d like to improve. After losing weight and toning up（健美）, the top three are their grades, doing better in sports, and having a better relationship with their parents. Only 15 percent like themselves “the way I am.”
    Faith is central in many students’ everyday lives. When asked about the most important influence in their lives, survey respondents picked religion second only to their parents.
    Depression is common. More than half say they occasionally are “really depressed”; 1 in 5 often feel despondent（沮丧的）. And 1 in 3 have friends who have talked about or actually tried to commit suicide―the third leading cause of death among 15 to 24-year-olds. Last year, about 2,000 teens committed suicide, and the rate of adolescent suicide has greatly increased in the past 10 years, studies show.
    Teens show a healthy self-respect. Asked to choose from a list of qualities, 8 in 10 say they are kind, 3 in 4 say they are honest, and 7 in 10 say they have a good sense of humor. Slightly more than 6 in 10 say they are smart, self-confident or creative. Least admired of a dozen qualities they were asked to rank: being popular, rich or tough.

49.Which one of the following is the best title of the passage?

A.      Looks And Imperfections of American Teenagers

B.      Faiths And Depression of American teenagers

C.      Looks And Self-respect of American Teenagers

D.     Self-image of American Teenagers

50.   What has the greatest effect on American students’ daily lives according to the survey?

A. Religion.          B. Their parents.          C. Imperfections.                D. Depression.

51.   Teenagers believe that    plays an important part in making friends, winning the respect of others and succeeding in life.

   A. faith                        B. appearance              C. ability                    D. depression

52.   Which of the following is TRUE according to the survey?

A. Almost all teens are satisfied with themselves.

B. What teenagers would like to improve most is their grades.

C. The results show only 15% students are satisfied with themselves.

D. American teenagers admire being popular, rich or tough very much.

   Ah, the time in life when one has to leave home. No one seems to have as hard a time with it as Pepito. Pepito is a little bird who needs to leave the nest, but the problems is, he’s afraid of heights. This makes flying away a bit of a problem, so like most people (or birds in this case) he avoids it, when he finds himself in a new situation, someone happens to give him some advice. A fox suggests he run to where he’s going (I got nervous when he came across a fox, but fortunately the food chain doesn’t apply here), a frog tells him to hop, a gopher to burrow(地洞). After his various attempts not to fly, he makes it to his brothers’ and sister’s new tree, and realizes that what he’s done is much harder than actually trying to fly. It’s a charming story with a good message―often facing up to our fears is much easier than running from them.

       The Stray Dog   By Marc Simont, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-028933-3, $15.95

As someone who has taken in his share of stray animals, I can totally relate to the family in The Stray Dog. While picnicking one day, they befriend a dog that wanders by. Everyone immediately falls in love, but they leave him behind, figuring he belongs to someone else. But as the week goes by, none of them can get the dog, which they’ve named Willy, off their mind. So naturally the next Saturday they go back to that same place to see if Willy’s still there. They find that not only does he not have an owner, but they’ve arrived just in time to prevent a catastrophe. Kids who love animals will definitely get caught up in the action, and even those who don’t will appreciate the quick thinking children who save the day.

45.Who are these two books written for?

A. One for children and the other for parents.               B. They are both for parents.

C. They are both for children.                                     D. They are for people who have pets.

46.The underlined sentence “but fortunately the food chain doesn’t apply here” means that   .

A. the fox has enough to eat                                      B. Pepito has enough to eat

C. the fox doesn’t intend to eat Pepito                     C. I am too full to eat anything

47.The underlined expression “get caught up” most probably   .

A. get completely interested in                B. get wholly included in

C. get disappointed in                            D. get surprised in

48.Which of the following statements in NOT true according to the text?

   A. Pepito the Brave is a storybook about a bird named Pepito.

   B. Pepito turns to brothers and sisters because a gopher is trying to catch him.

C.      In The Stray Dog there are some quick thinking children.

D.     Willy is the name of the stray dog that has to wander about.

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.

He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, a crocodile was swimming toward him. His mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two. In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him. From the shore, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.

Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.

The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my Mom wouldn’t let go.”

Never judge another person’s scars, because you don’t know how they were made.

41.Which of the following will be the best title for the text?

   A. Scars of Love                          B. Women Hold up Half the Sky

C.A Terrible Experience              D. Don’t Judge by Appearances

42.Hearing Mother’s shouts, the boy   .

   A. remained in the middle at a loss     B. didn’t stop swimming forwards

C. swam back towards the shore          D. was ready to fight the crocodile

43.Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

   A.A crocodile attacked him when the boy and his mother were swimming.

B. The crocodile bit the arms of the boy when it reached him.

C. There is always an interesting story behind every scar.

D. It was the farmer who shot the crocodile.

44.By saying “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too” in paragraph 4,the boy really wants to show     .

A. how deep the scars made by the crocodile were

B. what a brave and courageous boy he was

C. how many scars and scratches he had

D. how great and beloved his mother was

As Christmas drew near, Ursula was faced with just that problem. She had come to live in an American home and learn English.  21  , she would mind the children and  22  anything she was asked.

One of her tasks was to keep track of  23  Christmas presents. Ursula did this faithfully, but she became increasingly 24 . What could she buy for her  25   with the little money she had that would compare with the gifts she was recording daily?  26  ,even without any of the  27  , her employer seems to have everything.

Ursula  28  long and hard. On Christmas Eve, she went to a 29 . She moved slowly through crowds of shoppers,  30  things in her mind. Finally she bought a baby dress. She immediately called  31 . “Excuse me, please, can you help me find a poor family with a baby?” “A poor family?” said the 32  driver. “Yes, a very poor family.” Ursula told the man of what she was trying to do. He  33  in silence, and then said, “I know a family who   34   just about everything.”

When they reached a   35  , the driver said, “They live on the third floor.” Ursula shook her head, “Would you take this dress to them and tell them it’s from someone ... someone who has everything.”

Early the next day, Ursula  36  everyone for the presents she received. Then, she began to     37  why there seemed to be none  38  her. She told about what she did the night before. When she finished, there was a long  39 . “You see,” she added, “I try to do a kindness in your  40   .And this is my Christmas present to you.”

Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree _____ they can be controlled on purpose.

   A. with which             B. to which                    C. of which         D. for which

 This year’s fall in profits was not unexpected. _____, it is very disappointing.

  A. Nevertheless           B. Besides                      C.  Personally     D. Generally

The car Tom was ____ was once ____ his uncle.

  A. in possession of; in the possession of              B. in the possession of; in possession of

  C. in possession of; in possession of                    D. in the possession of; in the possession of