2、The closest friend I ever have is Jack Benny. He is gentle, kind, beautiful… I love him. But Jack is one of those people whom little things bother . Big things never faze him .One day he was having lunch at our club ,and that very day he had just signed a $ 3 million contract, I knew about it . I knew about it . so I walked over to congratulate him , But he looked very depressed.

I said, “Jack, is anything wrong?” “Yeah, my coffee isn’t hot,” he answered. “Is that why you’re upset?” “How can they serve lukewarm coffee?” he exclaimed. “Jack, you just signed a $ 3 million dollars contract.” He glared at me and said, “That doesn’t make the coffee any hotter!”

That was Tuesday. On Thursday the television ratings came out, and Jack’s show had dropped six points. Now you all know what the ratings mean in our business. If you drop one point, you want to kill yourself. There was Jack have lunch again. I was his friend so I should console him. I went up to him, but instead of being depressed, he had a big smile on his face … I think you can guess why ?

56. What may be Benny’s career ?

A. A coffee fan              B. A coffee salesman

C. A television host        D. A club member

57. What does the underlined word mean ?

A. Comfort            B. Please        C. Touch        D. Laugh

58. We can infer          makes Benny smile at the end of the story.

A. the $ 3 million contract                    B. the rising TV rating

C. my appearance                               D. the hot coffee

59. Which of the following statements will I agree to ?

A. Hot coffee can make people have a good mood

B. Friends can make people smile

C. Without little things, people will be happy

D. People shouldn’t be fazed by little things

1、He has been called the “missing link ”. Half-man , half-beast. He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world Mount Everest.

He is known as the Abominable Snowman. The __36__ of the Snowman has been around for___37__. Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest. The native people said they __38__ this creature and called it the “Yeti”, and they said that they had ___39___ caught Yetis on two occasions ___40___ none has ever been produced as evidence (证据).

Over the years, the story of the Yetis has __41__. In 1951, Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest. Shipton believed that they were not __42___ the tracks of a monkey or bear and ___43__that the Abominable Snowman might really ___44___.

Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis. But the only things people have ever found were ___45___ footprints. Most believe the footprints are nothing more than __46___ animal tracks, which had been made ___47___ as the melted(融化) and refroze in the snow. ___48___, in 1964, a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was ___49__ and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans. But, ___50__, no evidence has ever ___51__been produced.

These days, only a few people continue to take the story of Abominable Snowman _52__, But if they ever ___53___catching one, they may face a real __54__. Would they put it in a ___55__ or give it a room in a hotel?

34、His studies on literature are very varied, ________ from Chinese literature to westurn literature.

A．ranges                        B．containing          C．ranging                D．covering

33、The person who ________ advantage of the girl ________ a disadvantage didn’t gain an advantage  ________ her .

A．made; in ; over             B．took; at ; on        C．took; at; over      D．made; at; over

32、On a ________ morning the little girl was found  ________ at the corner of the street.

A．freezing, freezing         B．freezing, frozen  C．frozen, frozen        D．frozen, freezing

31、―You like the Lenovo Computer. Why not buy one?

―Well. I can’t afford ________ computer.

A．that expensive a   B．a that expensive  C．that an expensive  D．an expensive that

30、―Shall we go and visit the History Museum next Sunday?

―________

A．Here you are               B．Sorry, I can’t                C．Yes, please           D．Let me try

29、

It’s your own fault. You ________ take your baby with you.

A．must                          B．would                 C．need                    D．shall

28、Talk to me about ________ is troubling you.

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

27、These new discoveries may _______ light on the origin of the universe.

A. put              B. gave         C. threw           D. brought