. The manager believed price will not rise by more than         four percent.

The new teacher made a good      on the students by her rich knowledge and humorous talk.

The police      Tom of stealing and the accused was afraid to meet the accuser.

Remember everybody you meet online is a stranger．So when you can’t see a person, they could be ________．

---Are you going for an autumn outing?

---______．

. After the children put up Christmas decorations, the whole room ________ a holiday appearance．

Hearing that most of the members voted against her, she _______ a smile．

I lay in the sofa, enjoying the beautiful music John had _______ out of his DVD．

A. come         B. it come        C. it coming           D. coming

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The truth in other words

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked: “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said: “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”

What he had written was : “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.             The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

The first is : Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.

The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

56. The man wrote some words on one side of the boy’s sign because       .

A. he thought that the blind boy didn’t know how to write

B. he wanted to prove that the boy was really blind

C. he thought that the boy couldn’t get any money

D. he wanted to help the poor blind boy

57. The changed sign worked better than the original one because        .

A. the original sign told people to do things, which people don’t like

B. the second sign made people see their health as a gift, which made them willing to help

C. the original sign pointed out a kind of suffering that people don’t care about at all

D. the second sign drew people’s attention to another problem the boy had

58. We can learn from the story that the man who rewrote the sign was        .

A. creative      B. patient       C. funny      D. curious

59. The story shows us that        .

A. thinking in a different way can get us out of trouble

B. learning to be thankful for what we have may help us to live happier lives

C. creative thinking may bring us better results

D. being kind and respectful will encourage blind people to help themselves

Huge global interest in “the best job in the world”—earning good money for lazing on a paradise(天堂) island for 6 months — has crashed the Australian website where it is advertised.

The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (about 100,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the successful candidate’s home country to tropical Hamilton Island on the famous Great Barrier Reef. In return, the winner will be expected to have as much fun as he or she can — soaking up the sun, swimming, snorkeling, sailing—and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.

The successful candidate—who will stay rent—free in a multi-million-dollar three-bedroom beach home—must be over 18, a “fantastic and charismatic” communicator, and able to speak and write English.

The campaign is a key element in a drive to promote the northeastern Australian state’s 18-billion-dollars-a-year tourism industry during the tough global economic climate, officials say. And they are at pains to stress that it is “a real job”.

The successful applicants will “also have to talk to media from time to time about what they’re doing so they can’t be too shy and they’ll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors,” said acting state Premier Paul Lucas. “The fact that they will be paid to explore the islands of the great Barrier Reef, swim, snorkel and generally live the Queensland lifestyle makes this undoubtedly the best job in the world.”

60. The Australian website was crashed because          .

A. some people destroyed it         B. the website was clicked very frequently

C. the website was infected by a virus  D. the government banned the website

61. To apply for the job, the person is supposed         .

A. to have a good knowledge of Australia   B. to be strong in health  

C. to be able to speak at least 3 languages   D. to talk to media from time to time

62. The purpose of the campaign is to improve         .

A. the global economy              B. the environment

C. the popularity of the website       D. the tourism industry

63. Through the passage, the writer is intended to         .

A. encourage everyone to apply for the job

B. tell us something about the most attractive job

C. encourage everyone to visit the Great Barrier Reef

D. support Australian tourism industry