A well-dressed man came into a famous jeweler shop．He explained that he wished to buy a pearl （珍珠） for his wife's birthday and that the price didn't matter since business had been very good for him that year．After examining a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that cost $ 5,000．He paid for the pearl, shook hands with the jeweler and left．

       A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it．It had to be exactly the same size and quality（质地） as she wanted a pair of earrings （耳环） made．"Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?" said the man．The jeweler replied,   "I would say it's nearly impossible to find an exact one like that pearl．”

       The rich man asked the jeweler to advertise（登广告） in the newspapers, and offered $25,000 for the  matching pearl．Many people answered the ad（广告）, but nobody had a pearl that was just right．Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came in．To his surprise, she pulled the wonderful pearl from her handbag．"I don't like to sell it," she said sadly．"I inherited（继承） it from my mother, and my mother inherited from hers．But now I really need the money．"

       The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind．Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news．The rich man, however, was nowhere to be found．

1.From the first paragraph we can guess that the jeweler considered the well-dressed man as_____________．

       A．an honest jeweler to make friends with 

       B．a clever cheat （骗子） with a 1ol

       C．a rich businessman and good husband  

       D．a poor gentleman who spent mc

2.He paid$ 5,000 for the pearl without bargaining（讨价还价）______________．

       A．because he loved his wife very much

       B．in order to get it as quickly as possible

       C．since his business had been successful

       D．so as to make the jeweler believe him

3.Which of the following is true?

       A．The people who answered the ad wanted to sell their pearls at a high price．

       B．The woman was the well-dressed man's wife．

       C．The jeweler was lucky enough to buy the little old lady's pearl．

       D．The rich man didn't know the little old lady．

4.The jeweler could not find the rich man anywhere because he__________．

       A．had moved to another hotel                B．was busy doing business with others

       C．had escaped with $ 20,000                D．had told the wrong telephone number

       New York Times-The already crazed competition for admission to the nation’s most famous universities and colleges became even more intense （激烈的） this year, with many recording the lowest acceptance rates．

       Harvard College, for example, offered admission to only 7．1 percent of the 27,462 high school seniors who applied — or, put another way, it rejected 93 of every 100 applicants, many with extraordinary achievements, like a perfect score on one of the SAT exams．Yale College accepted 8．3 percent of its 22,813 applicants．Both rates were records．

       Columbia College admitted 8．7 percent of its applicants, Brown University and Dartmouth College about 13 percent, and Bowdoin College and Georgetown University 18 percent — also records．

       “We love the people we admitted, but we also love a very large number of the people who we were not able to admit,” said William R．Fitzsimmons, dean （主任） of admissions and financial aid at Harvard College．

       Some colleges said they placed more students on their waiting lists than in recent years, in part because of uncertainty over how many admitted students would decide to enroll （登记入学）．Harvard and Princeton stopped accepting students through early admission this academic year; that meant that more than 1,500 students who would have been admitted in December were likely to have applied to many famous schools in the regular round．

       Many factors contributed to the tightening of the competition at the most selective colleges, admissions deans said．The number of high school graduates in the nation has grown each year over the last decade and a half, experts estimate that the figure will reach the highest point this year or next, which might reduce the competition a little．

       Other factors were the ease of online applications, expanded financial aid packages, an ambitious students’ applying to ever more colleges．

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

       A．Harvard has the lowest admission rate this year．

       B．Many factors have led to the intense competition．

       C．Famous universities prefer to have more students on their waiting lists．

       D．Admission to famous universities became even more difficult this year．

2.Which of the following has the highest acceptance rate this year?

       A．Yale College．                                     B．Georgetown University．

       C．Columbia College．                       D．Dartmouth College．

3.How many of the 20,000 applicants would be rejected by Columbia College this year?

       A．18,260                B．1,740                  C．18,350                D．1,950

       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。选项中有两项为多于选项。（请把答案填在答案卷的横线上）

       Without plants, people couldn’t live．We eat plants．_____1.____．And we need plants for another reason: We need them because they are beautiful．

       _____2._____．Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colours and their lovely shapes．Imagine, when the wind blows, we are not able to hear the leaves of the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side．

       _____3._____．That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers．That is why people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden．

       Do you talk to your plants?  _____4.____Perter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called The Secret of Plants, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were plants in different places．While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas．_____5.____Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem and more leaves．

       A．Plants get energy from the sun．

       B．Do you give them love and take good care of them?

       C．After six months, the deserted plant faded away．

       D．After six months, the beloved plant was bigger．

       E．We take in oxygen that plants make．

       F．Everywhere people need beautiful plants．

       G．Imagine a world with no plants．

       文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

       增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。

       删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

       修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。

       注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

       2．只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

    Nowadays many graduate are looking forward to get employment in big cities, not willing to work in the countryside．Unfortunately, there are enough chances to satisfy most of the job hunter in big cities, while in the countryside talented people are bad needed but a lot of posts are waiting for you．You can put your abilities to good use and you will able to make greater contributions of building a modern countryside．Therefore, I believe in you can have as bright a future in the countryside as we will have in the cities．

       如何交朋友（How to Make Friends）

       人人都需要朋友。你认为怎么才能交到真正的朋友？

 The children were surprised by the sudden _____ of their teacher．           

     A．enter              B．entrance           C．entry                D．come

 Soon , Mary _____ the shock and became calm again.

     A．recovered          B．recovered from   C．affected            D．covered from

 _____at what he said, she asked him why he said so to her.

     A．Amazing           B．Amazed            C．Having amazed    D．Surprised

 --Could you do me a favor?

    ---It depends on _____it is.

     A．which            B．whichever         C．what               D．whatever

 Seeing the picture ,she could resist _____．

     A．laughing           B．to laugh            C．laughed            D．being laughed