His play was popular and every time       about it, he owed his success to the support of his friends.

A. talking                 B. talked        C. to talk      D. when talking

BEIJING——China will further open its financial sector in “an active and safe” way, the country’s central bank vowed on Friday.

“China will gradually broaden the chance for the participation of foreign capital in the domestic financial market,” said the People’s Bank of China in a report. “We will strengthen the connections between China’s financial market and international ones by attracting more foreign capital in Renminbi-denominated financial products,” the report said.

Meanwhile, channels will also be expanded to allow Chinese investment in foreign financial markets.

The bank said it would ease restrictions on enterprises and individuals possessing and using foreign currencies and increase the number of qualified foreign institutional investors and the value of their investment quotas(份額). “We will make use of the financial market to achieve balanced international payments,” said the bank.

Last year, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) raised the annual quota for individuals buying foreign currency from US $ 20,000 to US $ 50,000.

“China will work hard for a more efficient and vigorous financial market that can better serve international needs,” the bank said.

The country will adjust its financial market rules so they are accepted around the world, encourage reforms and promote more flexible, diversified ways of trading, according to the bank.

China fully opened its financial market to foreign capital on December 11 last year, ending a five-year transitional (過(guò)渡的) period after entering WTO.

The passage is    

A. a piece of news    B. an advertisement    C. a poster             D. an explanation

China is working hard to    

A. reduce the interest rate of foreign currencies  B. increase the interest rate of foreign currencies

C. bring in more foreign investment by promising to further open its financial sector

D. adjust its financial markets to resist the invasion of foreign investment

To further open financial sector, China has taken many measures EXCEPT

A. Giving more chances to the participation of foreign capital

B. Strengthening the connections between China and other countries by the leaders’ paying visits to each other’s countries

C. Broadening the quotas of enterprises and individuals possessing and using foreign currencies

D. Opening its domestic financial market step by step

We can draw a conclusion that    

A. China’s financial market will be conquered by foreign one

B. China will create a more active and various way of trading and its market will become stronger

C. China will end the transitional period of opening financial sector in five years

D. China will be blind to the foreign investment

Johnson is an honest businessman. Our company and his have had a lot of ______ in the past few years.

       A. agreements        B. sales                C. deals                 D. bargains

It ___ to me that she didn’t know I had moved into the new house.

  A. appeared     B. occurred      C. happened     D. broke

單詞拼寫(xiě) ( 10 分)

____________( 不幸地) , Jim didn’t escape from the big fire that day.

The ___________( 解釋 ) he gave about being late for the meeting is unbelieving.

We can’t ___________( 容忍 ) the heat of the desert there.

On the top of the mountain we can see a wide ________( 多樣 ) of flowers here and there.

Jim tried his best to ________( 使相信 ) him of his honesty.

His family had a _________( 爭(zhēng)議 ) over money last week.

As we know, __________( 失敗 ) is the mother of success.

The scientists are trying to make the ________( 污染的 ) river clean at present.

That salesman was _________( 控告) of killing a little girl 2 years ago.

Although he was seriously ill, he had a _________( 積極的；肯定的 ) attitude toward it.

I wonder whether there is a web ______ people can find a lot of information about the study of English.

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

Now that she is out of a job, Lucy ____ going back to school, but she hasn’t decided yet.

A. had considered           B. has been considering   

C. considered                   D. is going to consider

Tom eagerly finished up      was left of the chicken pie.

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

Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the Grand Hotel? I thought it was on this corner, but I seem to      a mistake. 

A. make         B. be making       C. having made       D. have made

完形填空（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從下列各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

“Where is the bus? Why is it always late?” I asked myself. I was going to be late ___36___ the manager wasn’t going to be pleased. “Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on. Ten minutes later I was walking into the ___37___ where I work. “Twenty-five past nine. I ___38___ the manager doesn’t notice.” But I was not ___39___.

“Smith!” shouted the manager. “Late again. What’s your ___40___ this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr. Brown.” “___41___ up earlier tomorrow! Anyway, go to your place at the counter. We’ll be opening in a few minutes.”

My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress. ___42___ her was a young man of about 25. He seemed very ___43___, and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance. The girl drew some money and ___44___ about opening an account. I gave her necessary ___45___ and she went out. ___46___, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something ___47___ with brown paper. Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat. The next moment a loud noise ___48___ my ears. Everything went black. I was falling… It seemed to be a long time ___49___ I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed! ___50___ shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house. ___51___, the bus wasn’t on time, and I got to the bank at 9:25.

“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder. “___52___ of your excuses! Start work at once!” To my ___53___, the first customer was a girl ___54___ a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper. The ___55___! Sometimes life is full of coincidences (巧合)!

A. as              B. but              C. and              D. or

A. hotel          B. shop             C. bank             D. restaurant

A. believe        B. think            C. guess            D. hope

A. lucky   B. happy       C. sorry            D. angry

A. excuse          B. idea             C. cause    D. answer

A. Hurry      B. Set              C. Catch    D. Get

A. Before         B. Behind           C. Beyond           D. Against

A. nervous         B. shy              C. calm             D. angry

A. cared          B. talked           C. asked            D. worried

A. information     B. offer            C. introduction    D. support

A. Again          B. Then        C. Thus             D. However

A. hidden         B. filled           C. decorated       D. covered

A. took           B. closed           C. filled          D. came

A. before          B. after    C. when             D. that

A. Even           B. Still            C. Just             D. Ever

A. As usual       B. For one thing    C. In fact              D. In general

A. Less       B. Plenty           C. More             D. None

A. pleasure       B. surprise         C. joy              D. regret

A. of             B. with             C. on               D. in

A. dream          B. story            C. affair          D. incident