( )62. A. a great deal B. little ( )63. A. enjoy B. discuss ( )64. A. taking B. finding ( )65. A. high B. low 得分 评卷人 复核人 C. enough D. much
C. quarrel D. struggle C. losing D. suffering C. reasonable D. real
五、句型转换题（本大题共5小题，每小题2分，共10分） 根据要求变换句型。
66. My uncle stayed in Beijing for a week last month. (对划线部分提问)
67. They had little orange juice last night. (改为反意疑问句) They had little orange juice last night, ____ ____ ?
68. Her answer isn’t right. I think. (合并成一个句子)
69. Tom has already received a letter from Mary. (改为否定句)
70. We’ll build a new factory next year. (改为被动语态) 得分 评卷人 复核人 六、阅读理解题（本大题共20小题，每小题2分，共40分）
阅读下列4篇短文，从每题所给的4个选项A、B、C和D中选出最佳选项。 ( A )
E-mail is a new way of communication for professionals in every area all over the world. It is a means of “meeting” people with similar research interests or problems. E-mailers “write” letters on their computers, then send them through their telephone line to an on-line terminal far away. E-mail addresses, either names or numbers, automatically(自动地) send mails to the right locations(地点). E-mails is not a live conversation but, unlike the U.S. “snail(蜗牛) mail”, as American e-mailers call their postal service, reply can be back at once or within hours, depending on how often the receiver checks in his computer.
E-mail can also create friendship and draw families closer. E-mailers sit in comfortable chairs and “chat” with the unseen friends or relatives in other parts of the country or of the world in front of the screen, feeling like meeting pals(好朋友) over a cup of coffee. Linda, a first-year student at Oxford University in Britain, drops a few lines to her mother in New York whenever she is near a terminal. “It’s funny,” says her mother, “We talk more now than when Linda lived upstairs.”
Sending e-mails is far cheaper than making long-distance calls and it may revive(再兴起) the almost lost art of letter writing. At the time when telephone service is becoming convenient and highly effective, people make calls instead of writing letters. Now e-mail has brought people back to their grammar, vocabulary, coherence and
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even spelling when their fingers are dancing over the keyboard. E-mail brings people together and makes the world even smaller. ( ) 71. What is e-mail? A. A live conversation with a friend. B. A means of communication. C. A long-distance call service. D. A mail delivery system.
( ) 72. Which group of people, according to the speaker, are most likely to use e-mail?
A. Experts on computer all over the world. B. University professors and students
C. Those who have similar interests or problems
D. Those families whose members live far apart from one another. ( ) 73.Which is NOT true about e-mail? A. It is sent through the telephone line.
B. It is received by means of an on-line terminal.
C. Names or numbers are used to send it to the right place. D. It is sent through radio signals.
( ) 74. What do American e-mailers say about the mail service of the country? A. It’s good and fast. B. It’s quite reliable.
C. It’s very slow. D. It’s slow but reliable. ( ) 75.What is mainly discussed in the passage? A. The development of e-mail in the world. B. The advantages of e-mail.
C. The popularity of e-mail in people’s life.
D. A comparison between e-mail and long-distance calls. ( B )
April 1st is a day on which, in some countries, people try to play tricks on others. If one succeeds in tricking somebody, he laughs and says, “April fool!” And then the person who has been tricked usually laughs too.
One April 1st, a country bus was going along a winding road when it slowed down and stopped. The driver anxiously turned switches and pressed buttons, but nothing happened. Then he turned to the passengers with a worried look on his face and said, “This poor bus is getting old. It isn’t going as well as it used to. There’s only one thing to do if we want to get home today. I shall count three, I want you all to lean forward suddenly as hard as you can. That should get the bus started again, but if it doesn’t, I am afraid there is nothing else I can do. Now, all of you lean back as far as you can in your seats and get ready.”
The passengers all obediently(顺从地) pressed back against their seats and waited anxiously.
Then the driver turned to the bus front and asked, “Are you ready?”
“One! Two! Three!” counted the driver. The passengers all swung forward suddenly and the bus started up at a great rate.
The passengers breathed more easily and began to smile with relief. But their smiles
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turned to a surprised and then a delighted laughter when the driver merrily cried, “April fool!”
( ) 76. In some countries, April 1st is the Fool’s Day on which people _____． A. laugh at others B. laugh at fools
C. play tricks on others D. say “April fool” to everyone ( ) 77. The country bus stopped just because _____. A. the petrol had run out B. there was something wrong with it C. it was getting old
D. the driver wanted to play a trick on the passengers
( ) 78. The passengers tried their best to help the driver start the bus because _____.
A. they didn’t realize the driver wanted to fool them
B. they knew what he meant, but they wanted to be fooled C. they were anxious to laugh D. the driver was really in trouble
( ) 79. “A country bus was going along a winding road”. Here “a winding road” means _____. A. the road was wide B. the road was straight
C. there was a lot of wind in the road D. there was lots of turns in the road
( ) 80. “That should get the bus started again” means the driver thought _____.
A. the bus should start again if the passengers did what he asked them to do
B. the bus would not start again unless he got the bus repaired C. he could do nothing because the bus was old
D. the passengers could make the bus start again if they leaned back （C）
Tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time. In Tokyo there are always too many people in the places where I want to be. Of course there are too many cars. The Japanese drive very fast, but in Tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams(堵塞). Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York in that. It is different when one wants to walk.
At certain times of the day there are a lot of people on foot in London’s Oxford Street. But the streets near the Ginze in Tokyo always have a lot of people on foot, and sometimes it is really difficult to walk. People are very polite; there are just too many of them.
The worst time to be in the street is at 11:30 at night. That is when the night-clubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. There are 35,000 night-clubs in Tokyo, and you do not often see one that is empty.
During the day, most people travel to and from work by train. Tokyo people buy six
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million train tickets every day. At most stations, trains arrive every two or three minutes, but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. Although they are usually crowded, Japanese trains are very good. They always leave and arrive on time. On a London train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. In Tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep, whether his journey is long or short.
In Tokyo, I stood outside the station for five minutes. Three fire-engines(消防车) race past on the way to one of the many fires that Tokyo has every day. Tokyo has so many surprises that none of them can really surprise me now. ( ) 81. Tokyo is different from London in that ____. A. it has a larger population B. there are more traffic jams
C. it is more difficult to go somewhere on foot D. night-clubs are sometimes empty ( ) 82. Japanese trains ____.
A. often leave and arrive on time B. are often crowded
C. are the main means(手段、方法) people use to travel and from work D. all of the above
( ) 83.Where can you find everybody reading a newspaper? A. At most London train stations. B. At most Tokyo train stations. C. On a Tokyo train. D. On a London train.
( ) 84. Fires break out ____ in Tokyo according to the writer. A. quite frequently B. only several times a day C. not very often D. very seldom
( ) 85.Which of the following is NOT true about Tokyo? A. The streets become more crowded at 11:30 at night. B. There are more trains than cars.
C. Fire-engines are very busy in the city. D. Tokyo people are friendly.
( D )
Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship(崇拜). At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people. A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame.
Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage(电压) transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can be used by ordinary people.
The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero experience life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would- be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? If
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