18. My brother got fired a month ago, but he landed on his feet and found another job that paid ____ money. 

A. twice as much    B. as much twice    C. twice much as    D. as twice much

第三部分　閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿(mǎn)分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

A

　　Learners report two main difficulties in reading, which may be linked. There are too many unknown words and as a result reading is simply not a pleasure. For some students, even reading in their own language is a chore.

　　Having a wide vocabulary is essential to making sense of written language. Of course, this is a circular argument, because the more you read the more vocabulary you learn and the more words you know the more easily you can read. Don’t make the mistake of reading with your dictionary beside you, looking up every single new or doubtful word. This is laborious and prevents you from practicing the skill of prediction.

　　Sometimes in reading you find a word you know but the sense doesn’t seem to fit in. This is not surprising because words have so many meanings and degrees of meaning. What is more, part of their meaning is shaped by the words around them. Keep looking at the surrounding words and asking yourself “what sort of meaning would make sense here?”

　　The more that people study the reading process, the better they can pass on to language learners a range of advice to choose from. People have learned to read in all kinds of ways. Here is some information that could help you plan to be a better reader in the foreign language you are studying.

　　1）Work out the general meaning first

　　When people read in a new language they often feel they must take a detailed approach, focusing in every word, particularly those they don’t know. They read as if they were using a microscope, looking carefully at each of the small pieces（the individual words）, but not necessarily seeing the whole picture at first. This is called the “bottom-up” approach. Other readers try to look first at the big picture（the “top-down” approach）, attending to individual bricks only as necessary, a process that involves some intelligent guesswork. Generally this second approach is recommended by successful learners.

　　2）Interactive reading

　　Another way of thinking about reading is to describe it as an interactive process, where the text brings something to you and you bring something to the text. Readers bring together all their knowledge of the world with what they see on the page in front of them. That is why, when reading in our own language, we don’t need to read every word. We add meaning which is not actually stated.

　　3）From supported reading to independent reading

　　Language learners start by needing considerable support as they read. Textbooks supply this support in the form of introductions that summaries the contents, glossaries, pictures, explanations of new grammar points. In your reading you need to move gradually from this support to reading more the text itself.

51．According to the author, ________.

A．looking up the dictionary is of great help for the understanding

B．reading more promotes the gaining of vocabulary

C．the more you read，the clearer the meaning is

D．the amount of vocabulary is the key to reading

52．Successful learners recommend ________.

A．trying to look first at the big picture

B．looking carefully at each of the small pieces

C．focusing on every word

D．“bottom-up”approach

53．The word “chore” in the first paragraph maybe means ________.

A．a(chǎn)n important aspect

B．a(chǎn) difficult and tiring thing

C．a(chǎn)n easy question

D．something special

54．You come across a new or doubtful word when you are reading, you can ________.

A．just miss it and let it be

B．keep looking at the surrounding words

C．look it up in the dictionary each time

D．make sense of it with the help of dictionary

第二節(jié)  完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿(mǎn)分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

All the World Asks

On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat,  21  enough to be a father to most of the students in the room,   22   unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a  23  who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully    24  what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but  25  of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in    26   , just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared   27  myself'? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious    28   about my ability to make it   29   college. Not until late that night did my thinking   30    .It was a long-distance  31   from my daughter, my fellow college freshman, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was   32 . She was certain that she'd never   33  at college. How   34   her worries sounded! In my most confident parental   35   , I said, “Doing your best is all the world   36  .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a   37   for the class, nobody, including me,    38   to answer. When I looked around al the   39   and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew   40  what I had to do: my best. That's all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.

21. A. big                       B. tall                    C. old                     D. strong

22. A. and                 B. so                 C. or              D. yet

23. A. professor                   B. teacher                 C lecturer            D. instructor

24. A. showed                    B. explained               C. designed         D. offered

25. A. think                      B. speak                      C. talk                D. hear

26. A. school                     B. office                 C. classroom        D. college

27. A. father                      B. parent                  C. child            D. son

28. A. fears                  B. doubts                   C. opinions          D. ideas

29. A. over                      B. on                     C. with                    D. through

30. A. stop                       B. turn                   C. change                  D. continue

31. A. call                        B. talk                    C. report                D. discussion

32. A. obtaining                  B. gaining                 C. experiencing   D. feeling

33. A. fail                       B. succeed                 C. win             D. pass

34. A. common                   B. ordinary                C. regular                  D. familiar

35. A. sound                      B. whisper                 C. word            D. voice

36. A. hopes                      B. asks                   C. wants                D. expects

37. A. request                     B. problem                C. question           D. demand

38. A. dared                      B. preferred                C. tried                    D. prepared

39. A. sorrow                    B. joy                    C. fear             D. anger

40. A. exactly                     B. roughly                C. gradually                D. Certainly

1.It is______world of wonders, _________world where anything can happen.

A. a; the             B. a; a                    C. the; a                  D. /; /

There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.

People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation (模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.

Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.

63. People who are unhappy _______.

A. always consider things differently from others

B. usually are affected by the results of certain things

C. usually misunderstand what others think or say

D. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things

64. We can conclude from the passage that _______.

A. we should pity all such unhappy people

B. such unhappy people are dangerous to social life

C. people can get rid of the habit of unhappiness

D. unhappy people can not understand happy persons

65. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should _______.

A. prevent any communication with them

B. show no respect and politeness to them

C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects

D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes

66. In this passage, the writer mainly _______.

A. describes two types of people

B. laughs at the unhappy people

C. suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness

D. tells people how to be happy in life

V．短文改錯(cuò)

Dear editor,

Some years ago, my hometown was used to be a beautiful place.                  66.                

Thick trees and grass can be seen all over the hills.                                      67.                

As time going by, people destroyed almost the whole                              68.                

forests grow more crops. To make matters worse, people let their                    69.                

cattles eat up the grass. So, you can only see wasteland                                   70.                

instead green forests now. As a result, when it rains, the                              71.                

soil is washed down the hills and in the rivers. Strong winds also                    72.                

blow away the valuable soil lie on the top of the fields.                                  73.                

I do hope all the people will take good care of the forests                        74.                

and plant more trees to improve our living conditions better.                        75.                

8. The doctor insisted she____in bed. But her smiling face suggested there____nothing serious.

  A. stay; was            B. stayed; was       C. would stay; be        D. stay; be

31．—So you know Della?

    —Yes, it was last week__________I surfed the Internet.

       A．that                       B．when                      C．why                       D．Whom

13. John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work _________, he gladly accepted it.

A. finished       B. finishing        C. having finished           D. was finished

第二節(jié) 完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿(mǎn)分30分）

請(qǐng)閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36~55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將選項(xiàng)的標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。

There once was a little boy who often lost his temper and ended up quarreling with his friends. In order to help the son, his Father gave him a bag of  36  and told him that every time he lost his temper and got mad at  37  , he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the little boy had  38  thirty nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks,   39  he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually became  40  .Three months later, the little boy discovered it was easier to  41  his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence.   42  the day came when the little boy did not lose his temper  43  .

He told his father about it and the father  44  that the little boy now pull out one nail  45  each day when he was able to control his temper. The day passed and the little boy was  46  able to tell his father that all the nails were  47  .

    The father  48  his little boy by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the  49  in the fence. The fence will never be the  50  . When you say things in anger, they  51  a scar just like this one on the person to whom you lose your temper. You   52  put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t   53  how many times you say I’m sorry,   54  the wound is still there. A wound caused by words is as bad as a   55  one. the hurt and pain caused by the tongue are deeper than those caused by the hand.”

36．A．books       B．tools  C．nails  D．suggestions

37．A．somebody B．a(chǎn)nybody   C．everybody D．nobody

38．A．discovered       B．driven      C．pushed      D．pulled

39．A．till    B．unless       C．a(chǎn)s      D．a(chǎn)lthough

40．A．smaller     B．larger       C．easier       D．shorter

41．A．catch B．hold  C．break D．lose

42．A．And then  B．As with    C．Up to       D．From then on

43．A．a(chǎn)fter all    B．a(chǎn)t all C．in all D．a(chǎn)t once

44．A．desired     B．requested  C．intended   D．suggested

45．A．for    B．with  C．of     D．a(chǎn)t

46．A． eagerly    B．fortunately       C．finally      D．hardly

47．A．lost   B．returned    C．gone  D．spared

48．A．seized       B．showed     C．touched    D．took

49．A．nails  B．cuts   C．holes D．surface

50．A．one   B．best   C．same D．fence

51．A．run   B．leave C．lead   D．remain

52．A．can   B．will   C．should      D．need

53．A．change     B．matter      C．survive     D．disappear

54．A．but    B．or     C．so     D．for

55．A．physical    B．violent      C．terrible     D．Serious