The dying man is _____ the help of the doctor.

     A. outside                    B. without                       C. out of                    D. beyond

—John, how did your English exam go?

— I thought I _____ , but in fact I came in the top 10% in the class.

A. should have failed                         B. might have failed

C. couldn’t have failed                       D. mustn’t have failed

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

    Anger is good for you, as long as you control it properly, according to new psychology research. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University ___36___ anger may help you ____37___ the negative effects of stress and help you become healthier.

   “Here getting emotional is not bad for you if you look at the case of anger.” Said Jennifer Lerner of Carnegie Mellon. “The more you display anger, the lower your ____38___ responses.”

   Lerner studied 92 UCLA students by asking them to count back from 6,200. They must say out loud every 13th number. Researchers interfered with them by asking them to ___39____ faster or ask them other questions. If they made any ____40___ , they had to restart from the very beginning. Many students felt depressed about making so many mistakes or got angry ____41____ the researchers were ____42____ them.

Lerner used a ____43____ video camera and recorded all their facial _____44____ during the test. The researchers ____45____ their reactions as fear, anger and disgust. Other members recorded the students’ blood pressure, pulse and production of a high- stress hormone called cortisol.

  People whose faces showed more ____46____ during the experiment had higher blood pressure and higher levels of the hormone. Both can have lasting effects such as diabetes (糖尿病), heart disease, depression and weight gain. When people fear, negative impacts ____47____, but when they get angry, those negatives go down, according to the ____48____. “ Having that sense of anger ____49____ people to actually feel some power in what ____50____ is a maddening situation.” Lerner said.

Lerner previously studied Americans’ emotional response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks two months after the incident. He found people who reacted with ____51____ were more optimistic. These people are healthier ____52____ with those who were frightened during the event.

So in maddening ____53____, anger is not a ____54____ thing to have. It’s a ____55____ response than fear.

  Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet

Explanation of Contents  

This is the fourth edition of these pages. It is hard to believe, but once again they are new and improved. My motive in publishing these pages remains to help and stimulate others in Shakespeare studies, and especially those who might contribute their work to the Internet. The spirit of altruism (利他主義) that originally built the Internet is not quite gone, though, sadly, through the pressure of time and profit has lessened.  

A major new addition to the pages is a Shakespeare Timeline, which is an online biography mounted at this site. The problems with searching for Shakespeare resources using the available Search Engines are:  

---- It is difficult to focus most searches so that you get a manageable number of relevant hits;

---- It is impossible by simply reading an abstract to make any distinction between the output of a Junior High School student and that of a professional researcher.

Another change in these pages over previous editions is the “What’s News” page.  If you come away from these pages with the feeling that they are very useful but slightly pedantic (學(xué)究的), I will have realized my goal.

An Apology

I am continually apologizing to the many who have written me requesting revisions of the pages. We are all too busy. I simply have not had the time to dedicate to these pages that I wish. But I love the material and so have, at long last, made some time to update them.

A Reminder to Young Students  

These pages contain the best links I can find to Shakespeare on the Internet. As a reminder, I would say I very much enjoy hearing from people who view and use these pages. If you want to do Shakespeare research using the web, this page is a great starting point, and I keep it as current as I can. The web is in its infancy in bringing good, scholarly content to students. Don’t forget the best, if not quickest, resources are still in your library.  

57. The passage is written to ____.

   A. introduce the fourth edition of these pages  

   B. make an apology to readers

   C. show off these pages to readers

   D. let Shakespeare researchers buy these pages

58. Which of the following is the new addition to the pages?

   A. The writer’s apology.     

   B. Search Engines.

   C. A Shakespeare Timeline.

   D. Receiving readers’ e-mails.

59. When searching for Shakespeare resources using Search Engines, you ____.

   A. will waste some time in finding what you want

   B. can easily recognize what the abstract means

   C. will often come into the “What’s News” pages

   D. will find something special on your computers

60. Which of the following can best conclude the last paragraph?  

   A. The writer will often read letters from those who use these pages.

   B. The writer of the passage is very selfish.

   C. The web was just created four years ago

   D. Shakespeare researchers should first of all refer to these pages.  

情景對(duì)話 （共5小題，每小題1分，滿分5分）

根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Jane: Oh, that's Mr. Taylor. He is so boring.

Mother: What do you mean?

Jane:    6    And he's so quick tempered, mum.

Mother:   7   Are you sure, darling?

Jane: Yes, he gets angry very quickly.

Mother :   8 

Jane: And do you know, he spends all his time looking at his reflection in the window, admiring himself.

Mother : Really?   9  

Jane: Because he is vain, that's why! And conceited (自負(fù)的). He thinks he knows everything.

Mother: Oh, Jane. Be reasonable. I'm sure you're exaggerating (夸張), Mr. Taylor seems such a nice and kind man.

Jane:   10   He's mean (小氣的) and cruel.

Mother: Cruel? Now how can

a history teacher be cruel?

Jane: Because he only gave me two out of ten marks in my history test.

Mother: Oh, now I understand, Jane. I think you'd better get on with your homework.

A. Well, he isn't.

B. And why does he do it ?

C. His lessons send me to sleep.

D. That's doesn't sound like Mr. Taylor at all.

E. Quick tempered? Mr. Taylor ?

F. Yes, he does.

G. He doesn’t like me.

—Has he changed his mind?

—Yes. After some hours of discussion, I ____ to talk him into accepting the new plan.

A. had managed     B. would managed        C. have managed                      D. managed

Li Ming is said ______ the experiment in the lab, but I can’t find him there.

   A. to have done    B. to do         C. to be doing    D. doing  

第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題，每題2分，滿分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)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

David Beckham had a dream: to be the first English player to appear in four World Cups.

But now it appears that dream is over after a serious injury to his Achilles tendon（跟腱）which means he could be out of action for around six months. With this year's World Cup in South Africa only three months away, sadly Beckham looks set to miss out.

The injury happened while Beckham was playing for AC Milan against AC Chievo in the Italian league. After attempting to kick the ball he collapsed to the ground and hobbled off the pitch before being stretchered（被擔(dān)架抬走）away.

It is not yet known whether he has completely severed（切斷）his Achilles tendon or only torn it. The player has now flown to Finland for assessment and treatment by a knee specialist.

England manager Fabio Capello fears the worst for Beckham's World Cup chances.

"We have to wait for the results of the scan but it looks like he is out of the World Cup," he said in a statement. "I spoke with him after the game on Sunday night to offer my support.

"David is a great professional and has worked very hard to be ready for the World Cup, so missing it will be a big blow."

Beckham's former manager at American club LA Galaxy, Alexei Lalas, echoed（共鳴）Capello's words of support:

"It is a horrible situation for Beckham. I know how much it meant to him to be in the World Cup and how important he was to the England team.

David Beckham is now 34 and some are asking whether this serious injury could mean his whole career is over.

Whatever happens, as one of football's best-known and popular players, Beckham will have no shortage of encouragement from fans around the world.

Some will remember Beckham's miraculous recovery from an Achilles injury in 2006, when he was back on the pitch after only eight weeks.

If he could repeat the same feat，in time for the World Cup it really would be the stuff of fairytales.

So, perhaps all is not lost. Optimists will take heart from Alexei Lalas' words:

"You never want to write off（排除）David Beckham as he has shown us his ability to bounce back（恢復(fù)原狀）."

56．What is the best title of the passage?

      A．Beckham had a dream?

       B．Beckham—a great football player!

       C．The end for Beckham?

       D．World Cup in South Africa!

57．What does the author mean by saying “missing it will be a big blow?”

       A．Missing the World Cup will be a big success.

       B．Missing Beckham means a great failure.

       C．Missing Beckham means an important opportunity for the American club LA Galaxy.

       D．Missing the World Cup means a big disappointment for Beckham.

58．We may infer from the passage that____________

       A．Beckham will definitely not be able to play football again

       B．Beckham was cured by a great knee specialist he found

       C．Beckham has his ability to bounce back

       D．Beckham is likely to miss the World Cup

59．What do the underlined words “take heart” probably mean?

       A．get disappointed      B．get help    C．get encouraged D．get hurt

Seventeenth-century houses in colonial(殖民地的) North America were simple structures that were primarily functional, carrying over traditional designs that went back to the Middle Ages. During the first half of the eighteenth century, however, houses began to show a new fashion. As wealth increase, more and more colonies built fine houses.

Since art of constructing houses was not yet a specialized profession in the colonies, the design of buildings was left to carpenters who were responsible for interpreting handbooks relating to the design of houses imported from England. Libraries still preserve an astonishing number of these handbooks for builders, and the houses appeared during the first three-quarters of eighteenth century show their influence. Nevertheless, most of them display a wide difference of taste and freedom of using the rules in these books.

Increasing wealth and growing experience throughout the colonies resulted in houses of improved design, whether the material was wood, stone, or brick. New England still favored wood, though brick houses became common in Boston and other towns, where the danger of fire urged the use of more durable material. A few houses in New England were built of stone, but only in Pennsylvania and neighboring areas were stone widely used in accommodations. An increased use of brick in houses and outbuildings is noticeable in Virginia and Maryland, but wood remained the most popular material even in houses built by wealthy landowners. In the Carolinas, wooden houses were much more common than brick houses.

Eighteenth-century houses showed great interior improvements over what they were before. Windows were made larger and shutters were taken away. Large, clear sheet of glass replaced the small leaded glass of the seventeenth century. Doorways were larger and more decorative. Fireplaces became decorative features of rooms. Walls were made of plaster(灰泥) or wood, sometimes were decorated with square or rectangular wooden boards. White paint began to take the place of blues, yellows, greens and lead colors, which had been popular for walls in the earlier years. After about 1730, advertisements for wallpaper styles in scenic pattern began to appear in colonial newspapers.

51. What does the passage mainly about?

  A. The improvement design of eighteenth-century colonial houses.

  B. The comparison of eighteenth-century houses and modern ones.

  C. The structures of eighteenth –century colonial houses.

  D. The roles of carpenters in building eighteenth-century houses.

52. What was one of the main reasons for the change in eighteenth-century houses in North America?

  A. More designers arrived in the colonies in North America.

  B. The carpenters were smart and experienced enough.

  C. Bricks were more widely used in North America.

  D. The colonists had more money to spend on housing.

53. According to the passage, who designed houses in eighteenth-century North America?

  A. Professional designers.                             B. House owners.

  C. Businessmen.                                    D. Carpenters.

54. Where was stone commonly used to build houses?

  A. Virginia.               B. Pennsylvania.           C. Boston.             D. Charleston.

55. What does the author imply about the use of wallpaper before 1730?

  A. Wallpaper was introduced in handbooks of designing houses.

  B. Wallpaper was the same color as what the wall was painted.

  C. Patterned wallpaper was not widely used.

  D. Wallpaper was not used in stone houses.

Many football fans attached great importance to the two matches, because China needed to beat Iran to ensure ________ for the Asian Cup semi-finals.

   A. outcome          B. conservation      C. qualification    D. occupation