He expects to       the business when his father retires.

  A. take down             B. take over                  C. take up                     D. take out

Recent research has       the cause of the disease.

  A. thrown off            B. thrown open             C. thrown out D. thrown light on

第二節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，共30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. Just  36  into one of the city’s 22,000 distinctive (有特色的)shaped cars and tell the driver your  37 . No matter how small and obscure (模糊的) the street is,  38  will be able to get you there without any  39 .

The reason London taxi drivers are so  40  is that they have all gone through a very rough training period known as “the knowledge” to get the special license （許可證） 41  to drive taxis. During this period,  42  can take from two to four years, the would-be taxi driver  43  learn the most  44  route to every single road and to every important building in London. To  45  this, most learners go around the city  46  small motorbikes, practicing how to move to and from different points of the city.

Going around London on a small motorbike can have its problems, particularly during the winter. Collin Sinclair, 40, who has been a taxi driver for 15 years, described his  47  period as a time of  48 , sweat and tears. “There was thick snow everywhere and I had to  49  my mother’s tights (緊身褲) because I was so cold,” he said.

Learner taxi drivers  50  several times during their training period  51  government officers. Sinclair thought his exams were a nerve-racking (傷腦筋的) experience. “The officers  52  you, ‘How do you get from Buckingham Palace to the Tower of London?’ and you have to take them there in a very direct line. When you get to the Tower, they  53  say, ‘Well done.’ They will quickly  54  the next question. After five or six questions, they’ll just say, ‘See you in two months time,’ and  55  you know the exam is over.”

36.A. jump      B. take      C. insert            D. sit

37.A. name        B. address     C. destination        D. place

38.A. a driver       B. the driver C. and the driver   D. drivers

39.A. question      B. hesitation  C. puzzle          D. trouble

40.A. kind           B. efficient          C. gentle           D. sensitive

41.A. made          B. taken        C. needed          D. suited

42.A. it                B. which       C. that          D. what

43.A. has to                B. wants to    C. must             D. need

44.A. easy            B. fast      C. good            D. direct

45.A. achieve       B. admit       C. know            D. find

46.A. ride             B. by         C. take          D. on

47.A. driving       B. training    C. parking         D. working

48.A. hope        B. convenienceC. flood           D. blood

49.A. dress           B. put on      C. wear             D. dress in

50.A. are taught    B. are tested         C. are fed up        D. are tired

51.A. with           B. as         C. for            D. by

52.A. ask             B. tell        C. order            D. teach

53.A. will            B. used to     C. won’t           D. would

54.A. move on to B. rely on     C. stand by        D. fill out

55.A. when          B. what         C. then                 D. that

In Vietnam(越南), Tet-trung-Thu, or Mid- autumn Festival, is one of the most popular holidays. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month in lunar calendar

Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. In a Vietnamese story, parents were working so hard to prepare for the harvest that they left the childen playing by themselves.  To make up for the lost time, parents would use the Aid-Autumn Festival as a chance to show their love and than for their children.

      As a result, the Mid- autumn Festival is also called the Children’s Festival.  In the USA, this tradition continues in many Vietnamese- American families.  Tet-trung-Thu, activities are often centered on Children and education.  Parents buy lanterns for their children so that they can take part in a lantern parade at dawn.  Lanterns mean brightness, while the parade means success in school.  Vietnamese markets sell different kinds of lanterns, but the most popular children’s lantern is the star lantern. Other children’s activities includes arts and crafts(手工藝) in which children make face mas and lanterns.  Children also perform traditional Vietnamese dances for grown-ups and take part in contests for prizes and scholarships. Unicorn(麒麟) dancers are also very popular at Tet-trung-Thu festivities.

      Like the Chinese, Vietnamese parents tell their children folk stories and serve moon-cakes and other special treats under the bright moon. A favorite folk story is about a carp(鯉魚) that wanted to bee a dragon.  The carp worked hard and finally changed itself into a dragon. Parents use this story to encourage their children to work hard so that they can bee whatever they want to be.

1. The Tet-trung-Thu Festival is held ________.

A. in China and other Asian countries.           B. in Vietnamese-American families.

C. all over the world, except Vietnam.            D. Across the United States.

2.In Both Vietnam and China, on Mid-autumn Festival people would ___________.

A. eat moon-cakes       B. buy lanterns for children.

C. take part in contests.   D. buy a carp

3.What is the center of the Mid-Autumn festival in Vietnam?

  A. Family get-together.                           B. Children on education.

  C. Relaxation and fun in the middle of the year.

  D. parents having more time with their children.

4.According to the passage, parents tell their children folk stories, because __________.

A. children like listening to folk stories in the evening.

B. parents want to show their love for their children.

C. parents want to teach the children to work hard.

D. parents want to make up for the lost time.

Ⅵ．閱讀表達(dá)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

    閱讀下面短文，并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題。

We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded. and missed the other car’s back end by just inches! The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head angrily and started yelling bad words at us. 

My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to hospital!” And this was what my taxi driver told me, which I call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”.

Many people are like garbage trucks and they run around full of garbage, full of frustration , full of anger, and full of disappointment. And their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump（傾倒）it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. You just simile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You’ll be happy you did.

So this was it: “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. I started thinking: how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at home , on the streets? It was that day I said, “I’m not going to do that any more.”

I began to see garbage trucks. I see the burden they are carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my taxi driver, I don’t                            . I just simile, wave, and move on.

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. What about you? The mark of a successful person is how quickly they can get back their focus on what’s important.  

81．What’s the purpose of the author to write this passage?（Please answer within 20 words.）

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82．Which sentence of the passage can be replaced by the following one?

    A lot of people act as garbage trucks and are working, studying or living in a very bad mood.

_______________________________________________________________________________

83．Please fill in the blank in the last but one paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（Please answer within 10 words.）

_______________________________________________________________________________

84．How did the author first think his taxi driver should react to what had happened?（Please answer within 20 words.）

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85．Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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Over time,__________custom of kissing developed as_______way for adults to express their love for each other.

       A．a(chǎn); the       B．a(chǎn); a   C．the; the     D．the; a

Your composition is _________to your brother’s.

A. the same        B. identical          C. different     D. equal

B

After the coming of Europeans to the Americas, Indians were forced to change their way of life.Yet the influence of native American culture is still felt throughout the United States.

   Many of the foods commonly eaten in the United States today were first grown by American Indians. Among these foods are corn, wheat and sweet potatoes, peanuts, pumpkins, tomatoes, and certain beans and berries. Native Americans also discovered ways to use herbs and other plants as medicines.

   Native American inventions, such as canoes, ponchos and parkas(風(fēng)雪衣), hammocks (吊床) and snowshoes are still in use today. Other marks of Indian culture were left in American place names. The state of Alaska, for example, takes its name from a native American word meaning “great land”.

   Today nearly 1.5 million native Americans live in the United States. Some still preserve the ways of their ancestors, speaking Indian languages and keeping alive their legends,art forms, and customs. Other native Americans keep few of the old ways, but remain proud of their  people’s contributions to American history.Americans have come to appreciate the beauty of Indian crafts(工藝). Many artists find inspiration in traditional Indian designs. Many Indian values, too, have become widely held.Americans today believe that the land, air and water are precious resources (資源) that must be carefully protected. As one government official wrote recently:

   We have slowly come back to some of the truths that the Indians knew from the beginning. People need to learn from nature, to keep an ear to the earth, and to refill their spirits in frequent contact with animals and wild land.

60. What does “native Americans” refer to in the passage?

   A. Europeans settling in the Americas.              B. People born and living in America.

   C. American Indians.                            D. Ancestors of Americans.

61. What influences Americans most according to the passage?

     A. Agriculture of native Americans.                     B. Ancient Indian medicines.

     C. Native American inventions.                 D. Indian languages.

62.The underlined word “inspiration” (in Paragraph 5) means_______.

A. confidence    B. creative ideas     C. power      D. good advice

63.Which of the following best shows the Indian values?

   A. Americans should preserve the ways of Indian ancestors.

   B. Native Americans are still making contributions to American history.

C. The resources offered by nature should be carefully protected.

D. Native Americans knew the truths long before Americans do today.

E

  Cities alarmed by deaths and injuries of pedestrians(行人) are taking efforts to make crosswalks safer for people on foot , especially seniors and children who need more time to cross streets .

   A pedestrian is killed in a traffic accident in the USA every 110 minutes；one is injured every nine minutes, according to official data. Crosswalks can be especially dangerous for the elderly. Among people 70 and older, 36% of pedestrian deaths in 2006 occurred in crosswalks, compared with 21% of those younger than 70 , according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

   The Federal Highway Administration（FHWA）advises that next year states increase by nearly 15% the amount of time traffic lights provided for pedestrians to cross the street after the flashing orange hand appears .

   FHWA spokesman Doug Hecox says reasons for the change include an aging population that needs more time to cross, health-conscious Americans walking more , children encouraged to walk to prevent getting overweight and high gas prices pushing people to walk instead of drive.

   Pedestrian deaths went down by 12% from 5,449 in 1996 to 4,784 in 2006. But among those in 2006, 471 were killed in crosswalks, down slightly from 488 ten years earlier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says .

72. Which of the following is true according to the text ?

   A. Among 100 pedestrian deaths there were 21 people younger than 70.

   B. Old people are more likely to meet with accidents in crosswalks.

   C. Traffic accidents killed more old people than young people.

   D. About seven traffic accidents happened per hour.

73. What is FHWA’s suggestion to states?

   A. Fixing more traffic lights.

   B. Providing more crosswalks.

   C. Giving pedestrians more time to cross streets.

   D. Increasing the time before the orange lights appear.

74. What’s the cause of the crosswalk safety problem according to the text?

   A. There’re many cars and buses on the road.

   B. Pedestrians are careless.

   C. Crosswalks are crowded.

   D. Drivers don’t give way.

75. The report from NHTSA suggests that              .

   A. fewer people were injured in crosswalks

   B. crosswalk safety has been greatly improved

   C. much has been done to reduce traffic accidents

   D. pedestrian deaths in crosswalk remain a serious problem

單項(xiàng)填空 (共15小題, 滿分15分)

——May I take your order now?

   ——        .

   —— OK, I’ll come back in a few minutes.

A.No, we need more time.              B. Could you bring us the bill?

C.Yes, here it is. Thank you.            D. Sure, we’d love to.