--- My office is untidy.

--- You should spare some time to _________ the documents.

--- John failed his final exam.

--- I’m not surprised at the news at all. _______, he is never seen busy with his lessons.

--- I don’t care what people think.

--- Well, you __________. People’s idea is of great value to you.

--- The snowstorm caused great damage to this area.

--- Exactly, the economic _______ it caused reached 20 billion.

When _________ for a certain job, you have to go through all the newspapers to look for information.

---- Can I borrow your car?

---- Sorry. My car __________ at the garage.

is being repaired  B. is repaired                      C. will be repaired      D. has been repaired  

 Make sure that your speech is _________ and to the point, so that the audience will not get bored just because they have to listen to you talking for a long time.

--- Hi, Tom. Any idea where Jane is?

--- She ______ be in the classroom. I saw her there just now and she said she wouldn’t go anywhere.

完型填空 (每小题1分，共20分)

My parents made me know the ideas of family, faith and patriotism (爱国主义) when I was young.  26  we lived a hard life, they  27 great importance to making us realize how  28  we were to live in a great country with  29   chances.

I got my first real  30  when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be  31  so that he could take up a new job as a hairstylist. When he hadn’t got enough money to rent a shop, the owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n)  32  . But he should clean the parking lot (停车场) three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up waste, Dad used a little  33  that looked like a lawn mower (割草机). Mom and I emptied garbage cans and  34  waste by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I’d  35   in the car on the way home because of tiredness.

I did this for two years, but the  36  I learned have lasted a lifetime. I  37  discipline (纪律) and a strong work ethic (道德准则), and learned at a(n)  38  age the importance of  39  interests in life -– school, homework and a job. This really __40  during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking school  41  and preparing for my college examination.

The hard work was   42 . As a result, I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in  43  and business from Harvard. __44  , I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (会议). In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those  45  in the parking lot.

26. A. Now that                       B. As if                                      C. Even                               D. Even though

27. A. attached                B. announced                       C. suggested                 D. admitted

28. A. important                        B. surprising                     C. fortunate                  D. satisfying

29. A. several                            B. limitless                       C. few                         D. energetic

30. A. incident                          B. dream                         C. success                          D. job

31. A. retrained                         B. regarded                      C. considered                D. respected

32. A. increase                            B. order                          C. discount                   D. explanation

33. A. bag                                B. machine                       C. knife                        D. stick

34. A. brought up                      B. turned up                      C. made up                   D. picked up

35. A. sleep                         B. talk                                  C. study                             D. sing

36. A. knowledge                      B. information                     C. lessons                     D. skills

37. A. required                         B. acquired                      C. remind                 D. forgot

38. A. common                         B. legal                                 C. old                                D. early

39. A. balancing                        B. expressing                         C. supporting                D. increasing

40. A. turned                            B. changed                             C. helped                      D. improved

41. A. measures                          B. courses                        C. messages                  D. tours

42. A. encouraging                      B. disappointing                      C. discouraging                 D. rewarding

43. A. law                                B. medicine                     C. science                          D. arts

44. A. However                         B. Indeed                            C. Later                             D. Before

45. A. people                            B. nights                         C. cars                               D. opportunities

Going home for Christmas is a tradition of the holiday season. No matter where you may be the rest of the years, being at “home” with your family and friends for Christmas is a “must”. The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are the busiest times of the year at airports, train stations and bus stations. It seems that all America is on the move and Americans are on their way to spend the holidays with their loved ones.

This means that the house will be full of cousins, aunts and uncles that might not see each other during the year. Everyone joins in to help in the preparation of the festival. Some family members get to choose a Christmas tree to buy and bring home. Others decorate the house or wrap presents. And of course, each household needs to make lots of food!

At Christmas Eve gatherings adults have eggnog, which is made of cream, milk, sugar, eggs and brandy. Plenty of  eggnog  or hot cocoa is on hand in colder climates for carolers, or people who go from house to house sing Christmas carols to their neighbors.

Long ago, each child hung a stocking, or sock, over the fireplace. Santa entered down the chimney and left candy and presents inside the socks for the children. Today the tradition is carried on, but the socks are now large red sock-shaped fabric bags still called stockings. Each child can’t wait to open his or her eyes to see what Santa has left in the stocking.

Giving gifts is a Christmas tradition. However, in recent years, more and more people have complained that Christmas is too commercialized(商业化) especially in large cities. Store owners begin advertising and decorating very early in hopes of selling more goods. Some people believe that the origin of Christmas has been lost.

46．It is a traditional custom for Americans ____________.

A．to buy Christmas trees and bring them to churches for Christmas

B．to drink beer on Christmas Eve

C．to go home for Christmas with their family and relatives

D．to hung stockings on the chimney

47．The underlined word “eggnog” in the third paragraph is a kind ____________.

A．drink                  B．food                   C．egg                     D．present

48．Each child hung a stocking over the fireplace in order to____________.

A．get some eggnog                                  B．have a look at Santa

C．get some candy and presents                 D．get some money from his/ her parents

49．The last paragraph wants to tell us that  ____________.

A．giving gifts is a Christmas tradition     B．giving gifts is getting more and more commercialized

C．store owners hope to get more presents  D．people think there will be no Christmas in the future