President Coolidge’s statement, “The business of America is business,” still points to a very important truth today—that business organizations have more prestige in American society than any other kind of organization, including the government. Why do business institutions still possess this great prestige?

   One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the idea of competition than other organizations in society. Since competition is seen as the main source of progress and development by most Americans, competitive business organizations are respected. Competition is not only good in itself; it is the means by which other basic American values, such as individual freedom, equality of opportunity, and hard work are protected.

  Competition protects the individual freedom by making sure that there is no monopoly(壟斷) of power. Compared with one and all-powerful government, many businesses compete against each other for benefit. If one business tries to take unfair advantage of its customers, it will lose to the competing business which treats its customers more fairly. Since there are many businesses competing for the customers’ dollars, they cannot afford to treat them unfairly and the customers would lose nothing.      

   A contrast(對比) is often made between business, which is competitive, and government, which is a monopoly. Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it gives more support for freedom than government, even though government leaders are elected by the people while business leaders are not. Many Americans believe that competition is as important, or even more important, as democracy(民主) in protecting freedom.

   Competition in business is also believed to strengthen the idea of equal opportunities. Competition is seen as an open and fair race where success goes to any person regardless of his or her social class background. Competitive success is commonly seen as the American choice of the higher social position which is not based on one’s family background. Business is therefore viewed as an expression of the idea of equal opportunities.      

76. Which of the following is discussed as the main topic in the passage?

A. Competition in America’s business     B. Freedom in America’s business

C. Americans’ different values                 D. Business against government

77. Americans believe that they can realize their personal values ________.

   A. when given equal opportunities                                 

B. through doing business

C. by protecting their individual freedom      

D. by means of competition

78. The underlined word “prestige ” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

  A．reputation        B. opportunity      C. equality       D. competition 

79. Who can benefit from business competition?

A. Businessmen who compete

B. Customers of those businesses

C. People with the idea of equality and freedom

D. Both business organizations and government

80. It could be inferred from that the author believe ________.

   A. business in other countries are not as competitive as those in the USA

B. business problems are very important to the American government

C. the competition in business plays a very important role in America

D. American business is the most powerful one in the whole world

Isn’t it time you            down to            dancing? 

   A. got; practise        B. get; practising       C. got; practising           D. get; being practised

第一節(jié) 完形填空（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21 ~ 30各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C 和 D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Even after several weeks, every time I read this little story I start to cry:

My sister-in-law teaches physically and mentally handicapped children at a private school in Brooklyn. She recently   21   a Special Olympics and went to the starting line of the 100-metre dash with six   22   contestants.

As the starting whistle sounded, a boy tripped, fell and began to cry. All the other   23  stopped, turned and went back to help. Then they all   24   hands and went on to the finish line together. Needless to say, everyone in the stands   25  .

Why am I so moved? There are tears of joy   26   with tears of sadness. Tears of joy, just for the   27   friendship, selflessness and love embodied (體現(xiàn)) by these children. Tears of sadness, just for how   28   from such behavior we adults have wandered. Wouldn’t it be nice if, at least once in a while, we could pause in our race for money and power; turn around to see the   29   of those we have left behind; go back and   30   these less able ones to their feet; and then walk forward together with them, arm in arm.

21. A. witnessed    B. reported    C. interviewed       D. attended

22. A. eager   B. smart        C. breathless D. active

23. A. players        B. members   C. runners      D. cheerleaders

24. A. held     B. shook        C. took   D. clapped

25. A. shouted       B. cheered     C. cried D. yelled

26. A. filled   B. mixed       C. joined       D. associated

27. A. mature        B. unusual     C. common    D. pure

28. A. long    B. easily        C. far     D. much

29. A. suffering     B. shortcoming      C. surrounding      D. behaving

30. A. comfort      B. support      C. carry D. help

—He looks very happy. He ____have passed the exam,

   —I guess so. It's not difficult after all.

    A. should         B. could              C. must               D. might

　　How many coins nave you got in your pocket right now? Three? Two？ A bent one？

　　With a phonecard you can make up to 200 calls without any charge at all.

　�。�1） What do you do with it?

　　Go to a telephone box marked（you guessed it） “phonecard”.Put in your card, make your call and when you’ve finished, a screen tells you how much is left on your card.

　�。�2） Now appear in a shop near you.

　　Near each Cardphone place you’ll find a shop where you can buy one. They’re at bus, train and city tube stations（地鐵）, They’re also at many universities, hospitals, clubs, restaurants, gas stations on the highway, shopping centres, airports and seaports.

　　（3） No more broken payphones.

　　Most broken payphones are like that because they’ve been vandalized（故意破壞）. There are no coins in Cardphone to excite thieves’ interest in it. So you’re not probably to find a vandalized one.

　　Get a phonecard yourself and try it out ,or get a bigger wallet.

50．The passage is most probably ________ .

　　A. a warning　　B. a note　　C. an advertisement（廣告）　　D. an announcement

51．There are three sections（部分） in the passage. Which section do you think is about why phonecards are good?

　　A. Section 1．　　　B. Section 2．　  　C. Section 3．　　  　D. None.

52．Choose the right order or the steps under“How do you use a phonecard”.

　　a. Put in your phonecard.

　　b. Look at the screen to find out how many calls you can still make.

　　c. Go to a telephone box marked “Phonecard”.

d. Make your call.

A. a, b, c, d　　　   　B. c, a, d, b　      　C. a, d, c, b　　  　　 D. c, d, a, b

第三節(jié) 書面表達(dá)（滿分30分）

現(xiàn)在許多學(xué)校對學(xué)生采取封閉管理，同學(xué)們對此看法不一。假如你是李華，你的外教要求你就此話題用英文寫一篇短文。請根據(jù)下表所提供的信息完成短文,字?jǐn)?shù)100左右。

注意：1、詞數(shù)100左右； 2.、不要逐字翻譯；    3、 短文開頭已給出。

Nowadays a lot of schools keep their students in school all day long.

---It is required that you____ change the plan.

   ---Oh, no! Why____ I follow you again?

A. must,   must   B. can, need   C. need,  should    D. should,  must

– ________.

– With pleasure.

A. Excuse me for interrupting.

B. Is there anything that I can do for you?

C. Why not wear some flowers tonight?

D. Would you please look after my car for a moment?w

 Some medicine, when wrongly____,can kill a person.

A. take       B. taking       C. Taken        D. to take

.—Are you satisfied with this hotel ?

    —Not a little. We can’t have _________ .

    A. a nicer one    B. a worse one      C. such a bad one     D. so nice one