18．A jobless man applied for the position of"office boy"at Microsoft．The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test．
"You are employed，"he said．"Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the application to fill in，as well as date when you may start．"The man replied，"But I don't have a computer，neither an e-mail．"
"I'm sorry，"said the HR manager．"If you don't have an e-mail，that means you do not exist．And who doesn't exist cannot have the job．"
The man left with no hope at all．He didn't know what to do，with only ten dollars in his pocket．He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10kg tomatoes．He then sold the tomatoes from door to door．In less than two hours，he succeeded to double his capital．He repeated the operation three times，and returned home happily with 60 dollars．
The man realized that he can survive in this way，and started to go every day earlier，and return late．Thus，his money doubled or tripled every day．Shortly，he bought a cart，then a truck，and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles．Five years later，the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US．
He started to plan his family's future and decided to have a life insurance．He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan．
When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail．The man replied，"I don't have an e-mail．"
The broker answered curiously，"You don't have an e-mail，and yet have succeeded to build an empire．Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail？"The man thought for a while and replied，"Yes，I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!"
51．Why can't the man have the job at Microsoft？C
A．Because he was lazy
B．Because he didn't pass the test．
C．Because he didn't have an e-mail
D．Because he didn't have a computer．
52．The underlined word"triple"can be replaced byB．
A．become large        
B．become 3 times      
C．increase quickly   
D．decrease quickly
53．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？B
A．The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world．
B．The man didn't give up though he failed the interview．
C．He started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket．
D．Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft．
54．The man can be described asC．
A．helpful and considerate            
B．positive and generous
C．smart and hardworking               
D．stubborn and unselfish
55．Which proverb can best describe the story？A
A．Misfortune may be an actual blessing
B．Where there is a will，there is a way．
C．Accidents will happen
D．No pains，no gains．

17．What if you could fly like a bird just by thinking happy thoughts？Or you could disappear to a faraway land，never grow old and fight pirates every day？For Peter Pan and his friends，the Lost Boys，these dreams come true．
More than 100 years after this playful boy was"born"，Peter Pan and his friends are to continue their adventure in a sequel（續(xù)集）to J．M．Barrie's original novel．"Peter Pan in Scarlet"（重返夢(mèng)幻島），written by British author Geraldine McCaughrean，was published earlier this month．
The sequel brings all the original characters back．Peter Pan's friends，the Lost Boys，are now grown up and live in the real world．What's more，at the end of the first book，Peter Pan thinks he has killed his enemy，Captain Hook．But，new readers discover he is not so dead at all．
For those who are unfamiliar with the original story，Peter Pan lives in faraway Neverland with a group of orphans．But they are eager for a real mother and Peter Pan flies to London with a fairy（仙女），Tinkerbell，to find one．They visit a young girl，Wendy，who loves to read stories，and bring her and her two brothers back to Neverland to live with them．In Neverland，children never have to grow up，and there are no parents to tell them what to do．
Many teenagers dream of a world where they don't have to grow old and take responsibility．But，the author explains such a world is not the paradise（樂(lè)園）when it first appears：adventures can be scary and often dangerous，and，though we all sometimes dream of running away，we all need someone to love and look after us too．
36． The passage is written toB．
A．tell you about an unrealistic dream    
B．introduce novels about Peter Pan
C．a(chǎn)nalyze the difficulties of growing up  
D．explain why Peter Pan can't grow old
37．"Peter Pan in Scarlet"is aboutD．
A．how some children fought against the pirate-Captain Hook
B．the care-free life the children led in Neverland
C．how peter Pan looked for a real mother for the Lost Boys
D．how the Lost Boys return to Neverland for more adventures
38．The stories of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys reflect that those at their ageC．
A．a(chǎn)re ready to shoulder responsibility
B．choose adventures in faraway places
C．long for independence but also need someone to love them
D．can't wait to grow up
39． The place Peter Pan and his friend stay is named Neverland probably becauseA．
A．they never have to grow up      
B．they don't have parents
C．they never have troubles        
D．they never need to worry
40．Peter Pan flies to LondonC．
A．to find a fairy                     
B．to visit a young girl
C．to find a real mother               
D．to earn money．

16．Robert Frost was one of America's best known and most honored serious writers．But his fame came late in his life．
    He was born in San Francisco，California in 1874．He lived in California during his early childhood．He was named after the chief Southern general in America's Civil War．The general's name was Robert Edward Lee．The poet was named Robert Lee Frost，because his father wanted to honor the general．
    Someone once asked another American writer，Ernest Hemingway，how to become a writer．The best thing，he said，was to have an unhappy childhood．If this is true，Robert Frost's childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good writer．Robert Frost's father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician．He often drank too much wine and became angry．Robert was the victim of his anger．
    Robert Frost finished high school in 1891．After high school，Robert's grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College．But Robert left the school after a few months．He did not like it．He spent the next few years working at different jobs．At one time，he worked in a factory．Later，he repaired shoes．He was a teacher．He was a reporter．Always，he wrote poetry．
    Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years．After that，he returned to the many jobs he held before．For a while，F(xiàn)rost tried to take care of a farm in the state of New Hampshire．He was not a successful farmer．And he continued to write poetry．He said that until 1930，he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing．
  In 1912，he decided to try to make a new start．He took his family to Britain．The cost of living was low．In Britain，F(xiàn)rost found a publisher for his first book of poems．The book was called A Boy's Will．When it appeared in 1913，F(xiàn)rost received high praise from British readers．Praise was something he had not received in his own country．
  Ezra Pound，another American poet living in Britain，read the poems and liked them very much．He wrote a magazine article about Frost．He also helped get Frost's second book of poems published in America．That book was called North of Boston．
44．The followings are writers EXCEPTA．
A．Robert Edward Lee   
B．Robert Lee Frost
C．Ernest Hemingway    
D．Ezra Pound
45．The passage wrote about Hemingway in order to show thatD．
A．he had great influence on Frost's poetry and life
B．Frost's poetry style was the same as Hemingway's
C．Frost was unhappy because he was the victim of his father
D．Frost spent his childhood unhappily
46．What can we learn from the passage？D
A．Once Frost's first book was published he gained great praise in his country．
B．After leaving Harvard University，he began to learn to write poetry．
C．Frost was found lo have a gift in poetry while he studied in high school．
D．Robert Frost's father was angry and drank a lot because he didn't realize his dream．
47．What's the passage mainly about？D
A．Robert Frost's unhappy childhood．
B．Robert Frost's first and second book．
C．Robert Frost's family and jobs．
D．Robert Frost's life and poetry．

15．Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman，New York．，in 1852．His family were very poor farmers，and there was never enough to eat．Frank decided he did not want to be farmer．He took a short business course，and went to work as a salesman in a large city．
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people's interest，but he soon learned something more important．One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends （小商品 ） for as much as he could get．Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said FIVE CENTS EACH．People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared．
Soon afterwards，Woolworth opened his own store．，selling goods at five and ten cents．But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful．That is，if you want to make money by selling low-price goods，you have to buy them in large quantities directly form the factories．Once，for example，Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives．The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year．In this way，the price of the knives was cut down by half．
By 1919，Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada，and opened his first store in London．He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world．He always run his business according to strict rules，of which the most important was："THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT．"
46．Frank took a short business course in order toC．
A．earn more money for his family    
B．learn something from a salesman
C．get away from the farm           
D．get enough to eat．
47．Frank sold the odds and ends quickly becauseA．
A．he knew how to get people to buy his goods．
B．he cut down the price by half
C．he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way．
D．the sign he put on the table was well designed．
48．The price of the knives was cut down by half becauseB．
A．the factory workers worked 24 hours a day．
B．knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory．
C．the knives were made in Germany，where labour （勞動(dòng)力） was cheap．
D．the knives were produced in one factory．
49．Amake Woolworth a world-famous man．
A．His business skills and his wealth．
B．The low price of the goods he sold．
C．His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives．
D．His natural skill for showing things．
50．The belief that："The customer is always right"suggests thatD．
A．whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant，the customers are always right．
B．If you want to succeed，the rule is the only way．
C．stores must always follow the customer's orders if they want to make more money．
D．stores should do their best to meet the customer's needs if they want to be successful．

14．Mr Smith is an English man．He teaches English well．His English classes are very interesting．He likes us and we like him，too．Mr Smith has two children-Tom and Mary．Tom is seven and his sister，Mary，is four．Tom goes to school but Mary doesn't．Mr Smith likes wearing a T-shirt and jeans（牛仔褲）．Football is his favorite sport．After school we often have a baseball match．Sometimes Mr Smith watches and joins us．He plays baseball just for fun．
26．Mr Smith isD．
A．a(chǎn) Chinese teacher          
B．a(chǎn)n English driver
C．a(chǎn) Japanese teacher         
D．a(chǎn)n English teacher
27．How many sons does Mr Smith have？A
A．Only one
B．Two
C．Three
D．Not many．
28．Mary doesn't go to school becauseC．
A．she looks beautiful           
B．she is seven
C．she is only four              
D．she doesn't like school
29．Bis Mr Smith's favorite sport．
A．Baseball     
B．Football      
C．Running     
D．Volleyball
30．The story （故事） is aboutB．
A．Mr Smith's son   B．Mr Smith    C．Tom and Mary    D．a(chǎn) basketball．

13．I was sleeping in my room when my bed started shaking and a loud noise was heard．I woke up and my mom was screaming my name．Next moment I was running along with my younger sister，mom and dad．Before I ran out of the door，I realized my elder sister hadn't come out yet．So I screamed her name at the top of my voice．My mom said she had gone to her class．Then the four of us，along with many others，were running on the staircase．We lived on the seventh floor，so I thought we would not be able to make it and the building would fall before we managed to reach even the fourth floor．My dad's head was injured by something falling down．I did try to put my hand over his head．When we reached the sixth floor，the building split into two．We had no way to get down．
The next thing I remember is silence．There were around 30people on the staircase and none could react．Five minutes later，someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat．We all went in．We were wondering how would get down．From the balcony of the sixth-floor flat，I saw people standing on the ground floor．All eyes were stuck on us．I could see my elder sister crying．
Our first hope of surviving came when a worker climbed a rope to where we were．That was the first time we thought maybe we could get down．Half an hour passed and we were still trapped．Finally RSS people arrived with ropes．They got people down one by one．My biggest worry was how my dad would get down．Finally after two and a half hours，we all got down．
That day we saw the power of nature．It has taken more than two years to build the flats and it took just one and a half minutes to destroy the structure．

59．What is this passage mainly about？D
A．Ways to survive an earthquake．
B．Reasons why earthquakes happen．
C．The love of parents in an earthquake．
D．The writer's experience in an earthquake．
60．When the building split into two，the writer and his familyB．
A．were still sleeping
B．were trapped on the sixth floor
C．were looking for a family member
D．were running on the staircase of the seventh floor
61．The first time the writer thought they would probably survive was whenC．
A．he was encouraged by people on the ground floor
B．someone opened the door of the sixth-floor flat
C．a(chǎn) worker climbed up on a rope
D．RSS people arrived with ropes
62．The earthquake made the writer realize thatB．
A．there is always hope for people
B．the power of nature is really great
C．natural disasters can happen any time
D．human beings are strong in natural disasters．

12．Hallmark  arrived in my hometown of Calcutta，India when I was 16．On Valentine's Day（情人節(jié)），I waited in line with many other teenagers just for a chance to get into the store．I remember wishing two things．One of them is that the good-looking boy whom I could see through the store window was picking out a gift for me．Unfortunately，Valentine's Day passed and I received nothing but a lecture from my father on how Western capitalism（資本主義） was ruining your culture．
The next Valentine's Day，I still didn't have a boyfriend，but I did receive a greeting card from a secret admirer．I can't remember what it exactly said inside the card，but it hardly mattered．I know I'm not the only one who's had the blues because of being single on Valentine's Day．
It's not just on Valentine's Day that I'm reminded of these feelings．One night，my friend and I were at the subway station in New York City waiting for the local to arrive．The station was mostly full of college students，and later an older couple walked in．Just at that moment，a street musician started playing She's Only a Woman to Me．The couple began dancing around the station and lost in their own world．On the train，I found myself recalling the time when I was with a date at the subway station，and there he picked me up in his arms like I was a ballerina（芭蕾舞女演員）．
My view of romance has changed from when I was 16in Calcutta to now，23，and living in Manhattan．This year，I won't focus all my romantic expectations on one particular day．I'll spend Valentine's Day with friends in New York City．But I won't try to hide somewhere or turn off my cellphone．Instead，I'll help my coupled-up friends pack for their weekend trips to Rome．

55．The underlined word"Hallmark"in Paragraph 1probably refers to aC．
A．city       B．street
C．store      D．man
56．We can infer that in the opinion of the writer's fatherB．
A．his daughter should have received a gift
B．people in India shouldn't celebrate Valentine's Day
C．people in India should welcome Western culture
D．his daughter should know more about capitalism
57．According to Paragraph 2，if someone has the blues，he or she is probablyD．
A．lucky          B．a(chǎn)ngry
C．excited        D．sad
58．What is implied in the passage？D
A．The writer now has a boyfriend．
B．The writer now is afraid of Valentine's Day．
C．The writer will go to Rome with her coupled-up friends．
D．The writer's attitude towards Valentine's Day has changed．

11．One cold January evening in Philadelphia，Pennsylvania，America，I went with my father on an oil burner service call．My father was in his forties at that time and I was about twelve years old．He was always working hard trying to support us seven kids．I enjoyed hanging out with him whenever I could-he taught me so much．
We arrived at the call and after walking over snow and ice，we knocked on the customer's door．A senior citizen opened the door and let us into her very cold home．She was wearing an old，worn-out brown coat that went down to her knees．On her head，covering her gray hair，was an old and worn hat．The home wasn't furnished very well and was quite dark，except for a single light bulb over the dining room table．Below the light was an older man counting change from several old coffee cans．He looked up at us as we passed by to get to the kitchen where my dad would fix the oil burner．He didn't say anything．He just looked up at us．He couldn't speak English，nor could his wife．She only pointed to the kitchen and smiled at us．
After a short while，my father had the heater up and running，and it began to heat their cold home．The lady asked my dad in poor English how much she owed him for fixing the heater．My dad looked around the house and said that he had to go out to the truck and write the bill．
Once in the truck he marked the bill"no answer at home，no charge"，so they wouldn't be charged for his work．He looked over at me and said，"He was counting his change to pay me．They need their money more than I do．"
As usual，my father taught me something important that time，which was to be kind to the poor．

51．According to Paragraph 1，we know that the writer's fatherC．
A．often taught the writer how to work
B．worked several jobs at the same time
C．had a very big family to support
D．brought up his children alone
52．The description in Paragraph 2shows that the old coupleB．
A．had no job
B．led a very poor life
C．didn't know how to save money
D．were not very friendly to strangers
53．What can we infer from the passage？D
A．The old couple had no children in America．
B．The old man didn't plan to pay money．
C．The old woman felt very embarrassed all the time．
D．The old couple were not native Americans．
54．The writer's father didn't charge for his work becauseB．
A．he didn't need that money
B．he felt pity for the old couple
C．he was not satisfied with his work
D．he wanted to set a good example to others．

10．We are becoming slowly aware that our luck ____as Mother Nature hits back at Man's abuse of the environment．（　�。�

	A．	is run out		B．	is running out
	C．	is run out of		D．	has been run out

9．What one person considers a wild flower may be a weed to           ．（　�。�

A．

other

B．

another

C．

the other

D．

the others