—I’m worried about the coming test!   —______, you can do it!

A. Don’t mention it    B. come on     C. Well done            D. Not likely

Julia:Hi,Cathy,how did you find yesterday’s speech competition?

Cathy:Well,to be honest,it was quite  1  （disappoint）.

Julia:You didn’t like the speeches?

Cathy:Yes,I did.In fact,I  2  （enjoy）listening to most of the speeches.But I just couldn’t accept the result,you know.

Julia:Hmm,you mean the judges?

Cathy:I mean,most of the listeners  3  （include）me didn’t understand  4  the judges didn’t like Samantha.It was such a shock when they announced the  5  （win）was Jim.We all thought Samantha’s  6  （pronounce）was the best.

Julia:You’re probably right.But don’t you think the speech  7  （it）is more important?As I see it,Jim’s speech was more  8  （mean）.I was deeply moved by the story he told us.

Cathy:I know now.In my opinion,we also learned something very important  9  Samantha’s speech.

Julia:That’s right.Samantha and Jim were indeed very close.I guess it was difficult for the judges.

Cathy:Well,I wish I could agree with you.  10  I do think Samantha was the best.

 Football is now widely played, _________a very popular game.  

A. make it        B. to make it    C. making         D. making it

In China, chain restaurants – especially the big multinational ones – are cool. Going to Starbucks, for example, is a status symbol. It not only says, “I’m rich enough to buy this overpriced coffee,” but also, “I’m cosmopolitan (见多识广的) enough to be part of globalization.”
    Where I come from in the UK, however, chains are neither fashionable nor gourmet(美食的). Chains are where you go on New Year’s Day when nowhere else is open, or when you are 5 years old and your parents can’t stand hearing, “I’m huuuuuungry!” any longer. In my own case (with regards to McDonald’s), a chain is where you are taken on your first “date”. Even at the age of 13, I knew to give the guy the “let’s just be friends” phone call the next day.
    In the UK, independent cafes and restaurants are making a comeback on the fashion scene. Nowadays, a Londoner who says “let’s meet for a coffee at Monmouth” (an independent cafe) is much cooler than one who says “let’s go to Starbucks”. Even if Monmouth’s coffee is a little more expensive, there’s a satisfaction in knowing your pounds aren’t going straight to the big corporations.
    Of course, there are chain stores all over the UK; you can’t go five minutes without spotting a Costa Coffee. But numbers do not add up to good taste.
    I do, however, have a confession (坦白). After moving to China I had moments when all the rice and Kung Pao Chicken became too much. I, too, have retreated to McDonald’s.

24. Many Chinese people like to go to multinational chain restaurants because ______.
   A. the restaurants give customers a taste of foreign culture
   B. the restaurants offer different food and drinks from other restaurants
   C. they believe that eating there will show their wealth and social status
   D. these restaurants are perfect places for a romantic date

25. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
  A. The author has grown tired of Chinese food.
  B. Branches of Monmouth’s cafe can be found all over the UK.
  C. Most independent stores are closed on New Year’s Day in the UK.
  D. It is cool in the UK to take your first date to a chain restaurant.

26. We can infer from the article that ______.
  A. the author doesn’t like food from Pizza Hut
  B. the author doesn’t like to follow fashion trends
  C. many Britons think that numbers mean poor quality
  D. many Britons don’t like big corporations

27. What does the underlined word (in the last paragraph) mean?

  A. adapted               B. contributed       C. subscribed      D. switched

Dear Alcohol,

You've been around forever. I can remember all the pain you've caused for me.

Do you remember the night you almost took my father's life? I do. He loves you. Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me. He's addicted to you, to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of them. You just sat back and laughed as his car went spinning through the street, crashing into two other cars. He wasn't the only one hurt by you that night.

Do you remember the night of my first high school party? You were there. My friends were intrigued by you. They treated you as if they were never going to see you again, drinking all of you that they could. I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen completely. "I'm so embarrassed," they said as I held their hair back so that they could vomit (呕吐). "I'm sorry," they said when I called taxies for them, walking them out and paying the driver in advance. "This won't happen again," they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped. Two 15-year-old girls slept in hospital beds that night thanks to you.

Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn't realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it's all your fault.

I wish you'd walk out of my life forever. I don't want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you've caused. Sure, you've made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you've caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring (引诱) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.

Sincerely,

Anonymous

28. What is author's purpose in writing to alcohol?

   A. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers

   B. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.

   C. To show how much alcohol can hurt people.

   D. To show the great fun that alcohol can bring to people's life.

29. What did alcohol do to the author's father?

   A. It made him crash into two other cars and took his life.

   B. It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.

   C. It made him kill two other people when driving.

   D. It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.

30. The underlined phrase "were intrigued by" is closest in meaning to ______.

   A. were familiar with                       B. were interested in

   C. were disappointed with                 D. were satisfied with

31. What is the tone of the article?

   A. Critical.          B. Doubtful.           C. Unconcerned.          D. Humorous.

Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was born in Kingfish, Oklahoma on March 29, 1918. He was raised in Missouri where he worked in his father’s store while attending school. This was his first retailing (零售业) experience and he really enjoyed it. After graduation, he began his own career as a retail merchant.

He soon opened his first Wal-Mart store in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at low prices and Sam Walton was surprised at the success. Soon a chain of Wal-Mart stores sprang up across rural America.

Walton’s management style was popular with employees and he founded some of the basic concepts of management that are still in use today.

After taking the company public in 1970, Walton introduced his “profit sharing plan”. The profit sharing plan was a plan for Wal-Mart employees to improve their income dependent on the profits of the store. Sam Walton believed that “individuals don’t win, teams do”. Employees at Wal-Mart stores were offered stock options (认股权) and store discounts. These benefits are commonplace today, but Walton was among the first to implement (实现) them. Walton believed that a happy employee meant happy customers and more sales. He also believed that by giving employees a part of the company and making their success dependent on the company’s success, they would care about the company.

By the 1980s, Wal-Mart had sales of over one billion dollars and over three hundred stores across North America. Wal-Mart’s unique decentralized (分散的) distribution system, also Walton’s idea, created the edge needed to further encourage growth in the 1980s during growing complaints that the “superstore” was stopping smaller and traditional stores from developing. By 1991, Wal-Mart was the largest US retailer with 1,700 stores. Walton remained active in managing the company, as president and CEO until 1988 and chairman until his death. He was awarded the Medal of Freedom shortly before his death.

61. What does the underlined word “it” in Para. 1 refer to?  (No more than 5 words)

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62. How did Walton’s first Wal-mart store achieve success?  (No more than 10 words)

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63. What’s the purpose of Walton’s carrying out “profit sharing plan”?  (No more than 15 words)

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64 Why were employees at Wal-mart stores offered stock options?  (No more than 10 words)

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65. Are you in favor of Walton’s management style? And Why?  (No more than 20 words)

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    Blue is the most attractive eye colour according to a new research.

    Blue eyes like those belonging to sexy star Angelina Jolie are the most appealing colour according to a pool of 3,000 18－24­year­olds by Fresh Look One Day Colour. Angelina，her partner Brad Pitt and his ex­wife Jennifer Aniston all have blue eyes and all been named in a top twenty of the world's most desirable eyes.

    The survey found that young folk with blue eyes is generally seen as being more flirtatious，sexy and kind.

    And when asked if they would change the colour of their eyes if they could，only one in ten blue­eyed people wanted to，significantly less than people with other colour eyes.

    One in three people who didn't have blue eyes wanted a change.

    One quarter of respondents have considered wearing coloured contact lenses to change their eye colour temporarily—and blue is the most wanted colour.

    Green was the second most popular colour for those wanting a new look，with respondents saying green­eyed people were usually mysterious and creative.

    People with brown or hazel eyes were perceived to be more trustworthy than people with other eye colours.

    People with grey eyes were generally thought to be more intelligent than other people，and they were also described as usually being shy.

    Blue was the most common eye colour among respondents，with 41 percent of those who answered the survey having baby blue peepers and 39 percent having brown or hazel eyes.

    The survey also found that 18 percent of people don't know what colour eyes their partner has.

36. According to the new research，when considering changing their eye colour，the number of the people who will choose ________ ranks the second.

A．brown            B．green             C．grey             D．hazel

37. According to the study result，if you were a manager and you wanted to find a most reliable person，you'd better hire one who has ________ eyes.

A．green             B．blue              C．brown           D．grey

38. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Who have the most charming eyes in the world?               B．Blue—the most attractive eye colour.

C．A survey result on eye colours.                             D．Different eye colours in the world.

Mary will never forget the first time she saw him. He suddenly appeared in class one day, __61__ (wear) sun glasses. He walked in as if he had bought the school. And the word quickly got around __62___he was from New York City.

For some reason he sat beside Mary. Mary felt __63__ (please), because there were many empty seats in the room. But she quickly realized that it wasn’t her, it was probably __64__ fact that she sat in the last row.

Although he thought he could escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. It might__65__ (make) it a little __66__ (difficult) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didn’t stop the kids in the class. Of course whenever they turned to look at him, they had to look at Mary, __67__ made her feel like a star.

“Do you need those glasses for  __68__(medicine) reasons?” the teacher asked. The new boy shook his head.” “Then I’d appreciate __69__ if you didn’t wear them in class. I like to look at your eyes when I’m speaking to you.” The new boy looked at the teacher for a few seconds and all the other students wondered whether    the boy would do. Then he took them __70__, gave a big smile and said “That is cool”.

 —Was she badly hurt?

—Yes, each time she moved her leg, she 　　　 a cry. 

A. broke out        B. took out     C. let out          D. kept out

My father was poor in expressing his feelings. I knew that my dad loved me, but showed me love in other ways. There was one particular time in my life when this became real to me.

I always believed that my parents had a good marriage, but gradually the strain (拉紧）on my mom and dad's relationship was quite evident. However, I was not prepared for the day when Dad had decided to leave. All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced family. I kept telling myself that it wasn't going to happen. The night before he left, I stayed up in my room for a long time. I prayed and I cried and I wrote a long letter to my dad. I told him how much I loved him and that I would always and forever be his Krissie...his Noodles. As I folded my note, I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had always heard: "Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a daddy." Early the next morning, as my dad left our house, I slipped my letter into one of his bags.

Two weeks later, my mother told me that they decided that there were things that the both of them could and would change and that their marriage was worth saving. "Well, Dad said that when he read your letter, it made him cry. It meant a lot to him and I have hardly ever seen your dad cry. After he read your letter, he called to ask if he could come over to talk. Whatever you said really made a difference to your dad."

A few days later my dad was back. We never talked about the letter. I guessed that it became a secret between us.

56. Why did the author's father decide to leave?

A. Because he was poor in showing his feelings.

B. Because his wife was always giving orders.

C. Because serious problems occurred in their marriage.

D. Because the strain on father-daughter relationship was evident.

57. How did the author feel when her father decided to leave?

A. Excited.   B. Annoyed.  C. Doubtful.  D. Upset.

58. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means _______  .

A. a man may have to give up a lot to be a real father

B. a man may have to give in to his wife to be a daddy

C. a man who raises special children can become a real father

D. a man who develops some special talents can be a real father

59. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. How the author's parents enjoyed a happy marriage.

B. How a letter saved the author's parents' marriage.

C. The divorce had a great influence on the author.

A Leap（跳跃）to Honor

    Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木）is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.

    To perfect her skills, Lola   41   for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

    That’s especially impressive,    42   she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t   43   how far away things are.

    When she was little, her mom   44   that even though she couldn’t see   45  , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the   46__   right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

    Though learning gymnastics has been more   47   for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her   48   stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

    She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest   49   is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to   50   your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.“ says Lola.

    To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most   51   for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall   52   the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10 — her highest score yet.

    Lola doesn’t want to be   53   differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision   54  . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her   55   attitude.

    Lola never thinks about   56  . She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her   57   is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids   58   she grew up.

    Lola is   59   of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her   60   for others is “just believe yourself”.

41. A. trains       B. teaches          C. runs             D. dances

42. A. unless       B. since            C. after            D. though

43. A. guess        B. tell             C. assume           D. predict

44. A. suspected    B. remembered        C. noticed         D. imagined

45. A. deeply       B. closely          C. ahead            D. well

46. A. task         B. show             C. event            D. sport

47. A. difficult    B. enjoyable        C. boring           D. unsatisfactory

48. A. talent       B. quality          C. nature           D. condition

49. A. doubt        B. advantage        C. challenge        D. program

50. A. examine      B. trust            C. open             D. express

51. A. unfair       B. harmful          C. fearful          D. inconvenient

52. A. off          B. on               C. to               D. against

53. A. greeted      B. paid             C. served           D. treated

54. A. pains        B. problems         C. injuries         D. stresses

55. A. flexible     B. friendly         C. positive         D. caution

56. A. quitting     B. defending        C. winning          D. bargaining

57. A. goal         B. range            C. view             D. standard

58. A. until        B. as               C. when             D. before

59. A. tired        B. proud            C. ashamed          D. confident

60. A. plan         B. responsibility       C. reward       D. advice

 The doctor expressed his love for the city          would last for ever during his stay there         he experienced a variety of stories.

  A. what; where       B. where; when       C. that; what         D. that; when

 The “The Angry Birds Movie” ______ the North American box office over the weekend, pushing “Captain America” into second place.

A. reached        B. ranked               C. topped              D. targeted

People say going to college will change your life and that everyone should have the chance to challenge themselves with a college experience. But my parents never had that opportunity. __36__

All during high school I wondered if I would go to college and if I would have what my parents never had. I would think about my future, about college and what I wanted to do when I grew up. But then there were thoughts of not going, of believing what others said about college and thinking I had no chance to go.

As I reached the end of junior year, I knew I needed to make a decision. __37__ I felt somewhat sad. One day I was having a conversation with my volleyball coach. We talk all the time, but that day college was the topic. __38__ However, what she told me was encouraging. Thoughts flew through my mind about what I wanted to become and what colleges I might be interested in. She mentioned things I had no idea about, like scholarships and financial aid that can help you pay for college. All this information inspired me to continue. She told me about her college experience and all the fun times she'd had. __39__

This conversation changed me. __40__ If I hadn't talked with her, I wouldn't know where I would be today. I now want to make something of myself. I want to become somebody that I wasn't before. I want to go to college.

A. She made the decision that she should continue her education.

B. She told me not to miss out on it because I would regret it.

C. It made me feel comfortable with myself and helped me believe in myself.

D. She knew my family could not easily afford my college expenses.

E. They didn't have the money or family to help or motivate them.

F. I didn't have money and knew my parents didn't either.

G. Both my parents are very grateful to her for the advice she gave.

 –What was the party like? --- Wonderful. It’s years _____ I enjoyed myself so much.

A. after           B. before                         C. since                         D. when

   As it is known to us, fewer and fewer students do sports regularly, what makes them weak and easily tired. There are many reasons about this. First of all, some of the students complained that they have too many homework, resulting in less time to take exercise. Beside, some of them think that it is very difficulty for them to keep doing exercise, because it is a very hard thing.

Because lack of physical activities, many students are in poor health. I suggest that our school must take measures to encourage more students to take part in sports. For us students, no matter what busy we are, it is necessary to spare some time to do exercise.

Just as I began a new job in New York, I had another important job: father. I was a businessman. At the office I had three new  61  (project) and at home I had a young son who was growing fast and  62  (need)me. I was puzzled and didn’t know how to deal with the relationship between job and family until one day, during my business trip in Chicago, I came  63  an old family friend Dan,  64  was once a patient of my father. He told me something about my father.   65   was my father that helped him go through the cancer. When Dan knew he got cancer, he was very upset and wanted  66  (give) up, but my father, his doctor, encouraged him to go on  67   (fight) against the cancer. My father said to him, “You have   68  wonderful life and three fine children. Take some time with them. It is family that we live for----not just ourselves. Think of that   69  you will know life’s worth the fight.” His words touched me, and I 70  (sudden) realized that family is the most important in the world. I should spend more time staying with them.