Please do me a favor — ______ my friend Mr. Smith to Youth Theater at 7:30 tonight.

A. to invite    B. inviting      C. invite  D. invited

.The Chinese language differs from many Western languages___________it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words.

A. unless       B. until     C. now that     D. in that

30．Frank’s marriage to the billionaire’s daughter got him through his hardest time, ________ years later he wondered what he could have done differently 。

       A．therefore        B．a(chǎn)nd      C．however   D．but

We welcome rain, but a（an）_______ large amount of rainfall will cause floods.

     A．eventually B．extremely C．gradually  D．constantly

       The findings of a new survey have American professors talking about the good old days—when A's were a lot tougher to earn．

       Sites like RateMyProfessors．com make it easy for students to find a class taught by a professor who is known as an "easy grader"．A recent survey by Kaplan Test Prep found that 46 percent of the more than 1,200 students polled admitted to using the site for just such a purpose．

       "Our research shows that many of today's college students are looking at multiple factors when picking out courses: overall teacher quality that will result in a good learning experience, but also instructors who don't like to award a lot of C's and D's," said Jeff Olson, vice president of research at Kaplan Test Prep．

       "While it makes sense that students would choose kinder graders, it also helps explain the recent popularity of grade inflation（膨脹）．"

       Grade inflation is seen by many professors as poisoning the learning environment．Some, like former Duke University professor Stuart Rojstaczer, are righting it head-on．

       On his website, Gradelnflation．com, he releases an annual list of schools where grade inflation is the worst．

       This year, he decided to name the schools where grades were inflated the least．He praised, for example, Princeton University, as well as Purdue University, where the average GPA has remained around 2．8 for over 30 years．

       "Purdue doesn't even seem to know that grade inflation exists in the US," Rojstaczer says．"Ignorance is bliss（極大的幸福）．"

68．From the passage we may know that Kaplan Test Prep is most probably _____

       A．a(chǎn)n institute              B．a(chǎn) professor 

       C．a(chǎn) vice president         D．a(chǎn) course

69．Grade inflation is spreading because _____．

       A．it's poisoning the learning environment

       B．instructors intend to improve their overall teaching quality

       C．many instructors adapt to the students' expectations

       D．students get easy access to sites like RateMyProfessors．com

70．The passage suggests that _____．

       A．universities will employ hard graders

       B．if we want to be happy, we should be ignorant

       C．A's are becoming easy to earn at most US universities

       D．professors and instructors should give students higher grades

71．The writer tends to _____．

       A．favor easy graders                 B．see grade inflation as unavoidable

       C．oppose Kaplan Test Prep           D．miss the days when A's were hard to earn

It is generally considered unwise to give a child        he or she wants.

       A．however   B．whatever   C．whichever D．whenever

---Could you explain to me what an adventure is, Mr. Smith?

  ---An adventure doesn’t necessarily mean doing something rough and dangerous. It may be _____ that you have never experienced before.

   A. everything            B. something       C. anything          D. nothing

They suspected that the secret had been________ by one of their colleagues．

   A. given up                B. given in                     C. given out                   D. given away

第二節(jié)  完形填空 (共20小題, 每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從第36至第55小題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

Many years ago, when I was a man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a piano company．

We   36   our pianos all over the state by advertising in small town   37  ．Every time we advertised ,we   38   receive a reply on a postcard ,which said , “ Please bring me a new piano for my little   39   ．It must be mahogany ( 紅木 )．I can pay $10 a month with my egg money．” Of course ,we could not sell a new piano   40    $10 a month .   41   her cards kept on coming．

A couple of years   42   , I owned my own piano company, and when I   43   in that area, the postcards started coming to me．For months, I ignored   44   ．What else could I do?

But then, one day I   45   to be in the area and have a mahogany piano on my little truck．I decided to look the old lady up. Though I knew that I was about to make a    46   business decision, I took the new piano in the house and placed it   47   I thought the roof would be least likely to let in rain on it．I told the old lady and the little barefoot girl to try to   48    the chickens off it, and I left sure I had just   49   a new piano!

But the   50   came in, all 52 of them as agreed, sometimes with coins．It was incredible! One day years later, I was in Memphis on other   51   ．As I was sitting at a bar having a drink, I heard the most beautiful piano music．I looked around, and there was a lovely young woman playing a very nice grand piano．She   52   at me , and when she took a   53   , she sat down at my table．

“Aren’t you the man who sold my grandma a piano a long time ago?”

My Lord, it was her! It was the little barefoot girl! I   54   remembered．I did have to go as soon as possible because men don't like to be seen   55   in public．

36. A. made        B. sold        C. fixed         D. delivered

37. A. books       B. villages      C. shops            D. newspapers

38. A. would       B. may        C. must           D. can

39. A. son           B. child       C. granddaughter    D. baby

40. A. with         B. for          C. to                   D. on

41. A. And          B. So          C. Therefore       D. But

42. A. ago          B. later        C. before         D. past

43. A. worked     B. went       C. advertised      D. succeeded

44. A. it          B. them       C. this             D. that

45. A. happened     B. decided      C. started         D. wanted

46. A. great        B. wise        C. good           D. terrible

47. A. when        B. there        C. where         D. that

48. A. feed         B. keep       C. leave           D. drive

49. A. given away  B. put off           C. sold            D. thrown away

50. A. payments     B. money           C. possessions       D. postcards

51. A. time         B. chance           C. business         D. matter

52. A. looked      B. stared      C. laughed          D. smiled

53. A. break             B. bread      C. drink         D. list

54. A. slowly     B. suddenly    C. carefully        D. excitedly

55. A. exciting           B. talking           C. crying         D. speaking

If eighteen-year-old Karki doesn't turn out to be the next Edison, I'll chop off my locks This kid invented a solar pane (嵌板) which uses human hair as a conductor and could provide the world with cheap, green electricity, solving the energy crisis.

Karki, a Nepal teenager, who lives in a village in Rural Nepal, used human hair to replace silicon, which is a common but expensive component of solar panels.

By using hair as a replacement, Karki says solar panels can be produced for around 23 pounds. But if they were mass-produced, Karki says they could be sold for less than half that price, which could make them a quarter of the price of those already on the market.

The solar panel works because melanin, the substance giving hair its color, is light sensitive and can act as an electrical conductor. Karki was inspired to follow this route by a Stephen Hawking book, which explained how to create energy from hair.

The device (設(shè)備) Karki has shown is able to produce 9V or 18W of energy -- plenty to charge a mobile phone. Half a kilo of hair can be bought for only 16p in Nepal and lasts a few months, where as a pack of batteries would cost 50p and last a few nights," according to Karki.

Karki has now sent out several devices to other districts near his village for testing. "First I wanted to provide electricity for my home, then my village. Now I am thinking for the world," he said.

Karki says the idea is more important than ever because of the urgent need for renewable energies in the face of limited power sources and global warming. Slowly, natural resources are decreasing. One day we will be in a great crisis. This is an easy solution for the crisis we are having today.

64. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Introduction of Solar Panels            B. Functions of a New Solar Panel

C. Special Solar panel Materials                       D. Karki Invented a New Solar Panel

65. Why did Karki want to invent a solar panel with hair?

A. Because hair is not very expensive.

B. Because silicon is hard to find.

C. Because he wanted to provide electricity for his home.

D. Because the energy crisis is very serious in his home town.

66. From the last paragraph we can know ________.

A, Karki s invention is of great importance       

B. Karki can predict what will happen in the future

C. the energy crisis will disappear in the future 

D. Karki's invention will make him wealthy

67. The purpose of this passage is to ________.

A. Karki for his great invention          B. introduce a new solar panel

C. promote the sales of solar panels        D. warn people of the energy crisis