Mark felt that it was time for him, to take part in his community, so he went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area' s city councilwoman(女議員) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing. The neighborhood faced many problems.

    Mark looked at the charts taped to the walls. There are charts for parking problems, crime, and for problems in vacant buildings. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman.

It was too much for Mark. "The problems are too big," he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said, "I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here."

    Mark thought some more on his way to the bus stop. "People should just take care of themselves, "he decided. "That' s enough to do. I can' t take on all the problems of the world."

    As he neared the bus stop, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and a baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn't have a free hand. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and the groceries started to fall out. Mark ran to take the boy's arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. "Thanks! "she said. "You've got great timing!"

    "Just being neighborly," Mark said. As he rode home, he glanced at the walls of the bus.  On one of them was "Small acts of kindness add up.  "Mark smiled and thought, "Maybe that's a good place to start."

60. In Mark's opinion, _________.

    A. nobody was so able as to solve the problems

    B. he was not in the position to solve such problems

    C. many people were too selfish to think about others

    D. he already had more than enough work to do

61. The underlined word "darted" in paragraph 5 can be best replaced by ________ .

    A. walked        B. marched          C. wandered         D. rushed

62. What is the implication of the Words on the bus wall?

    A. You should be kind to your neighbors and they will treat you the same way.

    B. Everyone can play his own part to make things better.

    C. All small acts will add up to kindness.

    D. It's a small act to help a person in need.

63. The passage is mainly about ________.

    A. how individuals can help make a difference

    B. running a neighborhood meeting to solve its problems

    C. citizens' reactions to the problems they face

    D. solving problems through group action

    Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good while the second all bad ones who lead us to wrong ways.

    My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below――he has no bad likings, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality(節(jié)儉). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and shares feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. With his help I am free from all difficulties.

    Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word "failure".

56. This passage tells us ________.

    A. how to make friends with others

    B. how the writer's friend helps him

    C. what kind of person the writer's friend is

D what kind of person we should make friends with

57. An ideal friend means ________.

    A. a polite friend                      B. a false friend

    C. a likable friend                     D. an old friend

58. From the passage we can learn that ________.

    A. the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other

    B. the writer has a lot to learn from his ideal friend

    C. the writers ideal friend has a lot to learn from him

    D. the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend

59. From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that ________.

    A. nothing cannot be done with friend

    B. only the first sentence is reasonable

    C. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend

    D. good friends should always help each other

    I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid,   36   I dreamed of becoming a doctor.

My mother was a   37   . Through her work, she observed that   38   people spent a lot more time  39   than they did watch television. She  40   that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and   41    written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important   42  . Years later we realized her marks were only a   43   My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be   44    

When I entered high school I was an A-student,   45   not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A―student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't   46  . I was cool.

    One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I   47   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and   48   bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very   49   with that arrangement but   50   I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a  51   over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also   52   that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success   53   intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A―student   54  , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a   55__.

Once lost, ________.

    A. it is hard to get such a chance again

    B. to get such a chance will be difficult

    C. one can never get such a chance again

    D. such a chance might never come again

The computer, ________ help we human beings have stepped into the information age, should be regarded as one of the most important inventions in the 20th century.

    A. which         B. whose           C. with its           D. with whose

-- Are you going to Jane's party tonight?

-- ________ I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

    A. Why?         B. No problem!      C. Why not?         D. What for?

________ it comes to traffic rules, I often come across such cases ________ the local drivers obviously know them but won’t follow them.

    A. If; Why        B. As; Which        C. Once; as         D. When; where

-- Did Alan enjoy seeing his old friends yesterday?

-- Yes, he did. He ________ his old friends for a long time.

    A. didn't see      B. wouldn't see       C. hasn't seen        D. hadn't seen

Excuse me for breaking in, ________ I have some news for you.

    A. so            B. and              C. but              D. yet

-- I have got a headache.

-- No wonder. You ________ in front of that computer too long.

A. work          B. are working       C. have been working              D. worked