He looks old for his age. I think he must have _____ a lot i

My grandfather was a completely different person before he had a stroke. He worked as a chief accountant, and he worked really long hours. People used to say that he was a workaholic. When he came home, he was always tired and this used to make him irritable. He didn't use to be sociable at all. He used to spend a lot of time alone working in the garden. I used to be frightened of him as a child. He used to shout at us all the time. Then, suddenly he became ill, and then the doctors told him he had to give up work. He changed almost overnight. His attitude to lots of things changed. He relaxed and spent time with his grandchildren. When he died, I think he was a really happy, relaxed man.

(1). My grandfather used to ().

A、drink a lot

B、work very hard

C、be the manager

(2). He was () when he came home.

A、 very pleasant

B、excited

C、easy to get angry

(3). When I was a child, I ().

A、 liked him very much

B、I hated him

C、was afraid of him

(4). Doctors asked him to ()after he had a stroke.

A、 stop working

B、change his attitude

C、work less

(5). When he died, he ().

A、 was feeling worried

B、was irritable

C、was a happy man

B

Computer programmer David Jones earns ￥35,000 a year designing new computer games, yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card (信用卡). Instead, he has been told to wait another two years, until he is 18. The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool, where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases (推出) two new games for the fast throwing computer market each month.

But David’s biggest headache is what to do with his money. Even though he earns a lot, he cannot drive a car, take out a mortgage (抵押贷款), or get credit cards. David got his job with the Liverpool-based company four months ago, a year after leaving school with six O-levels and working for a time in a computer shop. “I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs,” he said. David spends some of his money on records and clothes, and gives his mother 50 pounds a week. But most of his spare time is spent working.

“Unfortunately, computing was not part of our studies at school,” he said. “But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time. I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school. Most people in this business are fairly young, anyway.” David added: “I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement (退休) is a possibility. You never know when the market might disappear.”

60. In what way is David different from people of his age?

A. He often goes out with friends.B. He lives with his mother.

C. He has a handsome income. D. He graduated with six O-levels.

Richard Gray was a famous explorer ( 探险家 ) . He was also a millionaire. He had visited every country in the world. He had crossed Antarctica, flown across the Atlantic by balloon, and climbed Mount Everest. Last year he decided to walk across Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth. He walked for days over the hot desert sand. One night he found the camp where he had been the night before. Gray had walked in a circle. He was lost.

Two days later he had drunk all his water. He couldn't walk. He crawled to the top of a sand dune (沙丘) ,and there he saw a man. The man was wearing smart, clean trousers, a white shirt and a tie. Gray crawled over to him.

“Water⋯ water ⋯” he said.

“I'm terribly sorry, old boy,” replied the man, “but I haven't got any water with me.”

“Help me!” shouted Gray, “I'm a rich man…a millionaire… I'II give you anything. ”

“That's very nice of you, old boy,” said the man. “Look, I can't give you any water, but would you like to buy my tie?”

“A tie? Of course not! ” screamed Gray, and crawled away. He crawled slowly up the next sand dune. His mouth was full of sand. His lips were cracked (破裂) and dry. He I couldn't breathe.

He reached the top of the dune and there he saw a huge good hotel.

Girls were swimming in the large swimming pool. Beautiful fountains were all around the hotel.

“Is it a mirage (幻景)? ” he thought. “Am I dying?”

He stood up and staggered (蹒跚) down the dune.

A waiter in shining white uniform. came out of the door.

“Water ⋯water ⋯ a bath! Food! ” screamed Gray.

“I'm sorry, you can't come into this hotel,” said the waiter.

“Why not? I've got plenty of money. . . I'm a millionaire. ”

“Ah,” replied the waiter,“ but you aren't wearing a tie! ”

(1)The famous explorer _________.

A、had crossed Antarctica and the Atlantic by balloon

B、had traveled all over the world

C、had walked across Death Valley

D、had ever been a millionaire

(2)The man offered to sell his tie to Gray because _________.

A、he wished to get some money from Gray

B、Gray was a rich man

C、he didn't have any water with him

D、he thought a millionaire needed to wear a tie

(3)Gray saw _________ from the top of the next dune.

A、a large good hotel

B、many swimming boys

C、a lot of drinking water

D、a beautiful mirage

(4)At last Richard Gray_________

A、got some water to drink

B、was not permitted to enter the hotel

C、was very sorry for the waiter

D、was dying

(5)If Gray __________, he would have got some water to drink in the hotel.

A、had got a lot of money with him

B、had put on his tie at once

C、had said he was a famous millionaire

D、had bought the tie from the man

I think what ________ me about his painting is the colors he uses.

A applies to

B takes to

C resorts to

D appeals to

B

Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World

(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father ,David Anderson, who had dive in after him.

“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “ It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant ,he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said . Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism he was leaving the next morning .

“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same ting.”

50.why was Duret in NewYork?

A. To meet his girlfriend

B. To work as an engineer

C. To spend his holiday

D. To visit the Andersons.

Part C

Directions:

Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)

In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty. He points out that he always experienced much difficulty in expressing himself clearly and concisely, but (46) he believes that this very difficulty may have had the compensating advantage of forcing him to think long and intently about every sentence, and thus enabling him to detect errors in reasoning and in his own observations. He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley. (47) He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics. His memory, too, he described as extensive, but hazy. So poor in one sense was it that he never could remember for more than a few days a single date or a line of poetry. (48) On the other hand, he did not accept as well founded the charge made by some of his critics that, while he was a good observer, he had no power of reasoning. This, he thought, could not be true, because the “Origin of Species” is one long argument from the beginning to the end, and has convinced many able men. No one, he submits, could have written it without possessing some power of reasoning. He was willing to assert that “I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree.” (49) He adds humbly that perhaps he was “superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully.”

Writing in the last year of his life, he expressed the opinion that in two or three respects his mind had changed during the preceding twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of thirty or beyond it poetry of many kinds gave him great pleasure. Formerly, too, pictures had given him considerable, and music very great, delight. In 1881, however, he said: “Now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures or music.” (50) Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character.

(46) he believes that this very difficulty may have had the compensating advantage of forcing him to think long and intently about every sentence, and thus enabling him to detect errors in reasoning and in his own observations

Dear Linda，

I’ve got a problem and as．l don't know what to do，l think I'd write to you and ask for your advice．I have worked at a (11) factory for about two months till now．It's a part-time job，so I only work in the evening．I've recently (12) that one of my workmates is stealing． From time to time，l notice that he puts a piece of meat under his trousers just (13) he leaves the facto- ry． Now the manager has found that things are (14) ． But he says that all this (15) after I started working．What should I do? Maybe I (16) tell that workmate I knew (17) he was doing． Or possibly I should go to the manager and tell him who was (18)meat．I think I-m in a(n) (19) position. Please tell me how I can solve this problem．I'd like to have your (20) ．Best wishes，

Yours，

Carl

( )11．

A．fruit

B．metal

C．tomato

D．meat

A、Jim loves his job.

B、No, I have no idea.

C、He has a bad luck.

D、Oh, I am sorry to hear that.

Ⅴ. Daily Conversation (15 points)

Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

A. I know he won't.

B. I will if I have time.

C. I didn't know he is iii.

D. I have seen it twice.

E. That's too early.

F. I didn't see it.

G. Easier said than done.

H. I don't think you have the chance.

56. Joe: Do you think Mr. Smith will change his mind?

Pat: ______

完型填空Nowhere 21 seen a more untidy office than my friend Jame’s.Everywhere there are papers and books.Not only 22 never to be cleaned out, but also I do not think it is ever aired, for at no time have I seen any of the windows open.Often I have 23 James that he should open one, but each time he answered, “Not just now, Henry, later”.Luckily I do not have to go there very often nor do I stay there longer than I have to.Strangely enough, James is quite tidy outside his office.Only once have I seen him with a dirty 24 , for example.Nor is he careless about things like invitations.At no time 25 been known to forget a party, and no sooner does he receive an invitation 26 he answers it.Unfortunately, his office is quite differently run.Perhaps he does not like such a work.In his garden in the evenings and 27 , James is happy as soon as he gets home from the office.He begins to work in the garden.Always he seems to have some work to do there, and nowhere in his garden is there a curlier which is not tidy and well looked 28 .Seldom have I seen prettier flowers, or healthier vegetables, or smoother, greener grass than in James garden.Really.I think he ought 29 a farmer, so good is he 30 such work.

21.A.have I

B.do I

C.I have

D.I do

22.A.does it seem

B.it does seem

C.it seems

D.is it seem

23.A.hinted

B.suggested

C.asked

D.mentioned

24.A.dog

B.collar

C.caller

D.dollar

25.A.will he

B.he will

C.has he

D.he has

26.A.than

B.as

C.and

D.when

27.A.in week-ends

B.in week-end

C.by week-ends

D.at week-ends

28.A.about

B.after

C.at

D.for

29.A.work as

B.to go

C.to have been

D.become

30.A.for

B.at

C.in

D.with