united

A.use        B.ugly     C.upstairs   D.put

Everything comes with       price; there is no such      thing as free lunch in the world.

–Guess what, we’ve got our visas for a short-term visit to the UK this summer.

--How nice! You       a different culture then.

A. will be experiencing  B. have experienced      

C. have been experiencing     D. will have experienced

Had he          her promise, she would have made it to Yale University.

    A. looked up to            B. lived up to

    C. kept up with            D. come up with

 ______ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.

A. As             B. That              C. What            D. It

Part four: Spelling (10 items; 5 pts.)

56. Hearing the news of his victory, his friends all went to his house to offer their c______.

57. The mayor of the city took the blame for the accident and r______.

58. His a______ is to become one of the top in his field.

59. The visiting president visited the Shanghai World Expo. a______ by some officials from the government of Shanghai.

60. Asimov showed his t______ for science fiction writing at an early age.

61. In Unit three, the writer Clancy shared with us two a______ when he was a whaler.

62. His account of the accident was different from that of another w______.

63. The judge d______ that all the possessions left by the old couple shall be divided evenly among the three brothers.

64. He felt a bit a______ at his brother’s following him everywhere.

65. What the disabled need is more than our s______.

Part five: Proof Reading (10 pts.)

 Many famous writers are reported ______ long before they started reading themselves.

A. to have read to               B. to have been read to 

C. having been read to           D. being read to

 — Would you like to join us in a field trip this weekend?

   — I’d like to. But I can’t ______ the time because I have an important exam to take on Monday.

       A. kill     B. take    C. afford D. spend

. If you ask me, I would say that I won’t mind ______abroad to enrich my knowledge.

     A. taking                    B. to take              C. to be taken               D. being taken

三、閱讀理解 （4篇短文，選出正確選項，每題2分，共30分）

O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862.  As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know.When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.

1. People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because

A.they had surprise endings.

B.they were easy to understand.

C.they showed his love for the poor.

D.they were about New York City.

2. O. Henry went to prison because

A.people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.

B.he broke the law by not using his own name.

C.he wanted to write stories about prisoners.

D.people thought he had taken money that was not his.

3. What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A.He was well-educated.

B.He was not serious about his work.

C.He was devoted to the poor.

D.He was very good at learning.

4. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A.His life inside the prison.

B.The newspaper articles he wrote.

C.The city and people of New York.

D.His exciting early life as a boy.