Joy Mangano was 33 and divorced（离婚）, had three kids under age 7, and was hardly keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra weekend hours as a waitress.

　　“Sometimes I would lie in bed and think. I don’t know how I’m going to pay the bills,” Mangano said.

　　But she had a gift for seeing the obvious. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water and wringing（拧）out a mop.” Mangano says. “So, I thought: There’s going to be a better way.”

　　How about a “self wringing” mop? She designed a special tool that could be twisted（转动）in two directions while not making hands wet and dirty. She set out to sell it, first only a few at flea markets（跳蚤市场）.

　　Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes（泡在电视机前的人）buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed. Mangano was sure it would sell if they’d let her do the on-camera demonstration.

　　QVC took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”

　　Today she’s the president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of the Home Shopping Network. Talking about her household inventions is “as natural for me as it is for parents to talk about their children”.

　　Today one of her favorite products is Huggable Hangers. The thin, space-saving inventions are the most successful gadget（器具）ever sold on HSN, with 100 million hanging out there in closets across the country. Of course, you couldn’t possibly sell hangers on TV.

(1)What would be the best title for the passage?

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A．There is going to be a better way

B．A woman invented the self-wringing mop

C．An ordinary woman sells her invention on TV

D．Women can all achieve remarkable success

(2)What does the underlined sentence “the phones went crazy” (in Paragraph 6) mean?

[　　]

A．Many people made calls to say they were mad.

B．There were lots of calls to order the new mop.

C．Many people were mad to see me on TV.

D．The telephone broke down at my home.

(3)Which is the correct order of the following events?

a．Mangano invented the most popular Huggable Hangers.

b．Mangano was tired of mopping the floor.

c．Mangano designed a self-wringing mop.

d．Mangano was ever worried about how to pay the bills.

e．Mangano did an on-camera demonstration to sell her mops.

[　　]

(4)What conclusion can be made from the story?

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A．Women can invent household tools because they often do housework.

B．Mangano treated her household inventions as she treated her children.

C．Mangano used to lie in bed and think of how to invent household tools.

D．One can make life better through work though it is sometimes hard.

My mother asked me to go to several garage sales  (宅前旧货出售) with her one cool morning.

We finally__26__at a pleasant house in the woods.The elderly__27__told me that he and his wife were retired (退休的) teachers.As we were searching，I heard the gentleman’s wife say her__28__to someone，and I immediately__29__who she was.She looked at me and said，“You’re Lisa Miller.” I looked at her__30__，for it had been nearly thirty__31__since I had been in her class.

My mother immediately said sorry to her for any__32__I might have made.She did that again after learning that I wasn’t the sweet little child.She thought that if this woman__33__me after so many years，I must have done something__34__.My teacher looked at my mother and__35__said，“Oh，no，she was very good.”

My teacher__36__that during the last week of school，I__37__her a plant from my mother’s garden.It was a lamb’s  ear.She took us to her garden where she planted the lamb’s ear.Over the years it__38__.As I looked down her driveway  (车道) with lamb’s ears on both sides，she said，“Every day when I leave my house and drive up the driveway，I think of you.And when I come home they__39__me，I think of you.”  Tears__40__my eyes.There at her home was a piece of my  life that she had raised.

At that moment，she taught me more about__41__than I  could imagine.We give pieces of ourselves every day__42__thought.We seldom imagine the effects (影响) that we have  on others’ lives.That piece may grow and spread，becoming  a(n)__43__part of a life.In the end it isn’t the big things that  matter，__44__the small things that make all the__45__in the  world.

26．A.started　　　                                B．searched　　　 

C．stopped　　　                                   D．left

  27.A.worker                                        B．owner   

C．buyer                                              D．player

  28.A.price                                         B．address   

C．name                                              D．age

  29.A.realized                                       B．forgot    

C．learned                                              D．guessed

  30.A.surprised                                      B．worried   

C．bored                                              D．tired

  31.A.months                                       B．years     

C．days                                               D．weeks

   32.A.future                                       B．fight      

C．excuse                                             D．trouble

   33.A.considered                                 B．saw 

C．remembered                                      D．found

   34.A.terrible                                       B．lucky   

C．friendly                                              D．special

   35.A.loudly                                       B．reported 

C．warned                                              D．ignored

   37.A.stole                                             B．bought    

C．chose                                                D．brought

   38.A.disappeared                                B．died 

C．fell                                                     D．spread

   39.A.accept                                        B．send   

C．greet                                                 D．help

   40.A.gave up                                      B．came into 

C．turned to                                            D．took away

   41.A.life                                             B．garden  

C．plants                                                D．lessons

   42.A.with                                           B．by  

C．without                                             D．through

   43.A.necessary                                   B．unimportant 

C．large                                                  D．whole

   44.A.though                                       B．but   

C．because                                             D．so

   45.A.effort                                          B．way   

C．decision                                           D．difference 

五、写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ ），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

Dear Li Ming，

I have received your letter just now. Don't worry about me.　　　 　　 　  76．______

I'm getting on well with my research works in the lab. But,　　　 　　　　  77．______

to my surprise, you say you will give up learn English.　   　　　　　　　 78．______

The reason is that you have not done well in it recent　 　　　　　        79．______

and you have lost interesting, I'm afraid I can't agree with　　　　　　　  　80．______

you. I know it is not easy to learn English, and English　　　　　　　　　　81．______

is widely used in the world today and it will be important　　　　　　　　　82．______

tool in your future work.Except, it is becoming more　　　　　　　　  　83．______

and more important in our daily life. If you study hard, and　　　　　   　84．______

you will succeed. Do remember that where there is a will, there　　　　 　 85．______

is a way, I'm looking forward to hearing good news from you.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yours  LiuDong