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VI. 短文填空（10%）

              Your chance to be a millionaire

    How’s your ability to manage wealth? If you are given 1

million yuan, do you have any i______on how to invest (投資)     1. ________

it to _________(掙） more money?                            2. ________

       In   3   (真實(shí)的）life we probably won’t have the chance.   3. _________

   But a board game o______us an opportunity to test our financial      4. _________

   abilities while still having some f_____(樂(lè)趣). You may have already  5. _________

   played Monopoly(地產(chǎn)大亨), _____ is set in the US and has been a   6. ________

   popular game there for many years. Now there is Monopoly Beijing Version.

   Using a map of the city, you compete to gain w______through         7. ________

   economic______ (活動(dòng)) such as the buying, renting and trading of     8. __________

   properties(財(cái)產(chǎn)). So how would you invest your money?

   Will you buy Zhongguancun, China’s “Silicon Valley”(硅谷) or do you

   prefer a  c______place? The winner of course is the one           9. ________

   who earns the _________ money.                             10. ________

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 We are living in an age           many things are done on computer.

   A. which             B. that                C. whose           D. when

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 He said, “______ my hope that we can get well along with each other.”

A. This is     B. There is      C. That is        D. It is

Seeing your picture, I couldn’t resist _____ the days _____ we spent together.

  A. to think of; when   B. to think of; which 

C. thinking of; which  D. thinking of; when

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How the iron of tomorrow (the first Self Cleaning Iron) can change your lifestyle today?

General Electric introduces the iron of tomorrow. The iron can clean itself every time you empty it. How? With a push of a magic blue button.

The magic blue button

The first thing you’ll notice that’s different about this iron is the blue button on the side. It’s marked “Self Clean”. Push this blue button, and you can wash out loose mineral deposits(沉淀物) that remain and block up inside. Push this button, and you’ve made life a lot easier.

Less chance of brown spots

Sure, the Self Cleaning Iron is going to cut down on brown spots (those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes) because a Self Cleaning Iron becomes clean quickly each time you press that magic blue button.

Steam better longer

Common sense tells you that if you’ve got an iron that blocks less often it has to stay younger for a long, period of time. In other words, it steams better longer. That’s another joy of owning General Electric’s Self Cleaning Iron.

What does it mean to you

Today you are doing so much more than just running a house and running after the kids. You’re working. You’re going to school. It’s all part of your lifestyle. The iron can change that lifestyle by giving you less trouble before you iron. If we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better homemaker, we want to. The new Self Cleaning Iron is another one of Home-Makers from General Electric. ^*

53. This passage is mainly about __________.

       A. an introduction to the General Electric

       B. an operating instruction of the Self Cleaning Iron

       C. an advertisement of the Self Cleaning Iron

       D. a description of the change of lifestyle

54. This iron can clean itself by __________.

       A. emptying itself                B. washing out mineral deposits

       C. blocking up mineral deposits           D. giving off more steam

55. According to the passage, what is most likely to attract the customers?

       A. It is made by General Electric.

       B. The iron will not produce mineral deposits.

       C. Their clothes will be cleaned at the same time.

       D. There will be fewer brown spots on pressed clothes.

56. The Self Cleaning Iron can help change your lifestyle because __________.

       A. you can run your house better         B. you don’t have to run after the kids

C. you can use it while you are working     D. we want you to be a better house maker

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第一節(jié) 語(yǔ)音知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）

從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

1. abolish           A. anger           B. ancient          C. advance        D. answer

2. support         A. chorus         B. cube            C. unique          D. union

3. examine        A. exciting       B. exchange             C. example        D. export

4. sure             A. solar           B. Asia             C. solid            D. suffering

5. chain             A. christmas          B. chemical        C. school           D. chapter

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The thought ______ he would open a Sichuan restaurant in Los Angeles surprised his wife.

   A. that                    B. what        C. whether                 D. when

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Atlanta is representative of the new South, a place _______ hope and faith have replaced fear and doubt.

  A. which                          B. where                        C. what                            D. that

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He worked day and night, and therefore he _______ buy the sports car.

  A. could                          B. was able to               C. might                       D. would

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 The next morning I’d just about given myself up for lost ______ I was spotted by a ship.

  A. while      B. as        C. after        D. when