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　　The sun is shining brightly in through the window on her face. Mrs. Benet sat at her kitchen table, working a crossword puzzle. Crosswords were nice; they filled the time, and kept the mind active. She needed just one word to complete this morning’s puzzle; the clue was “a Swiss river,” and the first of its three letters was “A”. Unfortunately, Mrs. Benet had no idea what the name of river was, and could not look it up. Her atlas was on her desk, and the desk was in the guest room, currently being occupied by her grandson Victor.

　　Looking up over the tops of her glasses, Mrs. Benet glanced at the kitchen clock: it was almost 10 a.m. Land sakes! Did the boy intend to sleep all day? She noticed the pain in her wrist again, and put down her pen. Anyhow, at 87 years of age, she was glad she could still write at all. She had decided long ago that growing old was like slowly turning to stone; you couldn’t take anything for granted. She stood up slowly, painfully, and started walking to the guest room. The trip, though only a distance of about 25 feet, seemed to take a long while. Mrs. Benet arrived at the door to the guest room. It stood slightly open, and she looked through the opening. Victor lay sleeping on his side, his arms bent, his expression slightly pained. Get up, lazy bones, she wanted to say. Even in childhood, Mrs. Benet had never slept past 4 a.m.; there were too many chores (雜事) to do. How different things were for Victor’s generation! Her youngest grandson behaved as if he had never done a chore in his life. Twenty-one years old, he had driven down to Florida to visit Mrs. Benet in his shiny new car, a gift from his dear parents. Victor would finish college soon, and his future appeared bright — if he ever got out of bed, that is.

　　Something Victor had said last night over dinner had disturbed her. Now what was it? Oh yes; he had been talking about one of his college courses ——a “gut”，he had called it. When she had asked him to explain the word, Victor had said it was a course that you took simply because it was easy to pass. Mrs.Benet, who had not even had a high school education, found the word unpleasant. If she had been allowed to continue her studies, she would never have taken a “gut” ...

　　The memory flooded back then, still painful as an open wound all these years later. It was the first day of high school. She had graduated from grammar school the previous year, but her father had forbidden her to go to high school that autumn, saying she was needed on the farm. After much tearful begging, she had gotten him to promise that next year, she could start high school. She had put up with a whole year of chores instead of books, with animals and rough farmhands for company instead of people of her own age. Now, at last, the glorious day was at hand. She had put on her best dress (she owned two), her heart racing hopefully.

　　But her father was waiting for her as she came downstairs.

　　“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked.

　　“To high school, Papa.”

　　“No, you’re not. Take that thing off and get back to work. ”

　　“But Papa, you promised!”

　　“Do as I say!” he thundered.

　　There was no arguing with Papa when he spoke that way. Tearfully, she had to drag herself upstairs to change clothes. Mrs. Benet still wondered what her life would have been like if her father had not been waiting at the bottom of the stairs that day, or if somehow she had found the strength to disobey him...

　　Suddenly, Victor moved slightly, without waking, and whispered something unintelligible. Waken from her daydreaming, Mrs. Benet stared at Victor. She wondered if he was having a nightmare (惡夢(mèng)).

　　55. From the second paragraph we know that Mrs. Benet felt it _______ to be getting older.

　　A. enjoyable B. terrible

　　C. unbearable D. acceptable

　　56. By saying “if he ever got out of bed” (Para. 3) Mrs. Benet thought Victor was _______ .

　　A. too tired to get up B. impolite to oversleep

　　C. promising but lazy D. old enough to help with chores

　　57. Why did Mrs. Benet dislike Victor’s use of the word “gut”?

　　A. Because it reminded Mrs. Benet of her grammar school classes.

　　B. Because it showed that Victor didn’t take education seriously.

　　C. Because it indicated that college courses were too easy to pass.

　　D. Because it implied that Mrs. Benet was lacking in high school education.

　　58. The year after Mrs. Benet graduated from grammar school was _______________.

　　A. spent entirely away from her fellows

　　B. ruined by illness and hardship

　　C. filled with travel and adventure

　　D. used for reading and writing

　　59. Mrs. Benet’s memory of the day when she prepared to start high school indicates that_______.

　　A. she had already decided to take up a job

　　B. she had strongly desired to continue her education

　　C. she had done especially well in grammar school

　　D. she had hesitated over her choice of clothes

　　60. The passage as a whole is mainly about _______________ .

　　A. whether Mrs. Benet should fight for her schooling opportunity

　　B. Mrs. Benet’s struggle to keep painful memories

　　C. whether Mrs. Benet will go up to wake Victor up

　　D. Mrs. Benet’s concern for Victor’s study

　　第二節(jié)：下面文章中有5處(第61-65題)需要添加小標(biāo)題。請(qǐng)從以下選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D、E和F)中選出符合各段意思的句首，并在答題紙上將相應(yīng)選項(xiàng)的標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有一項(xiàng)是多余選項(xiàng)。

　　A. We don’t care about the things we get easily.

　　B. It takes time and effort to be an expert in any area.

　　C. We should stick to rules undoubtedly and bravely.

　　D. Sometimes we have to ignore or break the regulations.

　　E. It takes great amount of courage to take the road less traveled.

　　F. You don’t have to live your life in a way society wants you to.

Most of the time, we learn the lessons from the old and wise as they have already been where we are and have done what we do. But rarely does life teach us something in an easy way. It always takes tests and then fails for us to learn anything worthwhile. Here are five life lessons which people will learn the hard way in majority of cases.

　　61. _______________________

　　People usually get discouraged when it takes more time than they thought it will. First and foremost, keep in mind that people refer only to those who have already achieved what you want to be, which most people fail to do. They look at other unsuccessful people and apply those criteria to them even before they take action. Look at any successful person and you’ll notice one thing common in all of them. They took time to learn and mastered their craft like no one else. There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs.

　　62. _______________________

　　Decades of old beliefs, customs and practices are being performed these days and are followed blindly without being questioned. Parents sometimes force their children to select a career they don’t want because other children have selected that career. Girls are made to follow some practices in their family which makes no sense to them at all. Worst of all, people follow them without even asking. There is no harm in old customs and beliefs but when you pursue them before your interest, sooner or later you’ll realize that you should first do what you think is right.

　　63. _______________________

　　Undoubtedly, this is true in all the areas of life. Take health for example. Very few people take their health seriously. They know that if their health is lost, they won’t be happy, still they eat junk food and never exercise, keep accumulating fat and keep spending on weight loss programs. Still nothing works. Why? The real reason behind is that they have got health for free. We spend thousands on cars and take care of them nicely. Imagine what would have been the price of human body if we had to pay for it? And then imagine how well we would take care of it if we had paid a huge amount of money to get our body.

　　64. _______________________

　　More often, we are always asking ten people before taking any step. We always want to confirm that we are sure and do not make any mistake. We follow the same path that everyone suggests, do the same thing everyone does, and hang out with the same people we work with. Why? Because we are scared. But when you get bored with life, you realize that you are not meant to do what everyone does and that your destiny is different from anyone else’s out there in the world. However, it always takes a tremendous amount of guts to follow your own trail.

　　65. _______________________.

　　Rules are everywhere. We follow rules so that things are in order and no one is disturbed unnecessarily. This is true in case of traffic and other company rules but when it comes to your life, there are rules made by people who are scared to do something apart from their routine and therefore they made rules to prevent others doing so. But when time passes by and you think you are not being directed towards your goal and these so called rules are your biggest obstacles, break them down. Sometimes, we need to be bold and act courageously.

　　非選擇題部分(共40分)

　　第三部分：寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

　　第一節(jié)：短文改錯(cuò)(共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　下面短文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤。請(qǐng)?jiān)谟绣e(cuò)誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個(gè)單詞。

　　增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(∧)，并在其下面寫上該加的詞。

　　刪除：把多余的詞用斜線(﹨)劃掉。

　　修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

　　注意：1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞;

　　2. 只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計(jì)分。

　　例如：

　　It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily

　　the

　　I was completely free then, so I’ll to say “yes”. I’ll arrive in Bristol at around 8 pm

　　am

　　in Friday evening.

　　on

When I was 10, once my parents were away on business, but I had to stay at home alone for a day. I got up early in the morning, think about different activity I could do. The first idea was that I could play computer games all through the day with being blamed by my mother. Minutes later, I said to me, “Why don’t I do something meaningful?” So I planned to cook the meal for my parents. I tried to recall how my mother usually did in the kitchen and arranged everything on my own. With a whole day’s effort, I had finally made it. I felt very happy when I saw my parents eating the meal cheerful. They could help saying that their son had grown up.

　　第二節(jié)：書面表達(dá)(滿分30分)

　　現(xiàn)在，越來(lái)越多的學(xué)生選擇出國(guó)留學(xué)。請(qǐng)你就此現(xiàn)象用英語(yǔ)寫一篇100-120個(gè)詞的短文，結(jié)合實(shí)例談?wù)勀愕目捶ú⒄f(shuō)明理由。

　　注意：開頭已經(jīng)給出，不計(jì)入總次數(shù)。

　　For a brighter future, numerous students say goodbye to their family and friends in China and board a plane for education abroad.

　　參考答案

　　聽力(共20小題; 每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

　　1-5 BAABA 6-10 CAABC 11-15 ABCBB 16-20 CCABC

　　一、單項(xiàng)填空(共20小題; 每小題0.5分，滿分10分)

　　1-5 CCABD 6-10 BAADC 11-15 BDACC 16-20 ABDDB

　　二、完形填空(共20小題;每小題1分，滿分20分)

　　21-25 CBADC 26-30 BABDC 31-35 ACBAD 36-40 CBADC

　　三、閱讀理解(第一節(jié)20小題，第二節(jié)5小題; 每小題2分，滿分50分)

　　41-45 CDADB 46-49 BDCD 50-54 AACBD

　　55-60 DCBABD 61-65 BFAED

　　四、短文改錯(cuò)(共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　

　　五、書面表達(dá) (30分)

　　For a brighter future, numerous students say goodbye to their family and friends in China and board a plane for education abroad. As far as I’m concerned, the advantages of studying abroad outweigh its disadvantages if they can fit in with the life there. Xie Lei, the daughter of my neighbor, is a perfect instance.

Time flashed back 5 years ago when Xie Lei first went to study in England and came across countless difficulties. However, she soon got used to the life and was admitted to a world-class university there. Now she is doing an excellent job in Shanghai due to her international education background.

　　From what Xie Lei underwent, I can safely draw the conclusion that it’s wise to study abroad as long as they are able to cope with the difficulties.