You can go to the newspaper library and _____ any information you need for your new story.

     A. look for                 B. look up   C. look at          D. look into

—　What made her so sad？

 —　_____ she failed in the examination.

A. That         B. Because      C. As        D. Since

I wouldn’t think it         to ask him to         the club － he’ll only refuse.

A. worthwhile; join       B. worthwhile; join in    C. worth; join        D. worth; join in

第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分)?

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。

My wife and I used to feel that it was impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name we didn’t know. How wrong we were! Years of Sunday-morning bus trips through the city with the same group of “nameless” people have changed our thinking.?

Before the bus takes off, we all join in a conversation: where’s the silent woman who sits up front and never responds to our cheery greetings? Here she comes. Her worn clothing suggests she doesn’t have much money to spare, but she always takes an extra cup of coffee for the driver.?

We get smiles from a Mexican couple as they get on the bus hand in hand. When they get off, they’re still holding hands. The woman was pregnant late last year, and one day her change of shape confirmed that she’d delivered the child. We even felt a little pride at the thought of our extended family.?

For many months, our only sadness lay in our inability to establish the same friendship with the silent woman at the front of the bus. Then, one evening, we went to a fish restaurant. We were shown to a table alongside someone sitting alone. It was the woman from the bus.?

We greeted her with friendly familiarity we’d shown all year, but this time her face softened, then a shy smile. When she spoke, the words escaped awkwardly from her lips. All at once we realized why she hadn’t spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her.?

Over dinner; we learned the stay of a single mother with a disabled son who was receiving special care away from home. She missed him desperately, she explained.?

“I love him… and he loves me, even though he doesn’t express it very well,” she murmured. “Lots of us have that problem, don’t we? We don’t say what we want to say, what we should be saying. And that’s not good enough.”?

The candles flared on our tables. Our fish had never tasted better. But the atmosphere grew pleasant, and when we parted as friends—we shared names.

56.Which of the following might be the best title of this passage?

Friends of the Road               B. The Silent Woman on the Bus

   C. Going to Work by Bus              D. Different Kinds of Friendship

57.All the following statements can describe the woman except ______.

   A. poor         B. warm hearted          C. silent         D. cold

58. The underlined word “establish” in the fourth passage probably has the same meaning as ______.

   A. keep         B. discover        C. set up         D. accept

59. Why did the woman usually keep silence while taking the bus?

   A. She was worried about her disabled son.

   B. She was sad to see the happy Mexican couple us a single mother.

   C. She had difficulty in expressing herself.   D. She was only interested in the bus driver.

60. The woman had the same problem with her son in the way that ______.

   A. they both disabled people   B. they both had some difficulty in expressing

   C. they both liked bus travel   D. they both brought interest to the passengers

What's the furthest you have ever cycled? Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling on your own from the UK to China, by bike?

For the British cyclist Pete Jones, camping in the wild and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are his second nature. An experienced explorer through places such as the Tianshan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau, Mr. Jones is currently taking a great journey across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.

 Having lived on and off(斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地) in Xinjiang for three years, and having visited the country many times since 1992, Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his strong love for cycling, asking why he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car. Indeed, while there are about 400 million bicycles in China, where it has long been the preferred means of transport, rapid economic growth has caused an rapid development in car ownership.

Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his goals was to "tell people cycling is a safe, sustainable and environmentally friendly means of getting about."

In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some estimates(估計) saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years.

Politicians also see cycling as a way to prove that they are concerned about the environment, with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson often riding to work by himself. But we may have to wait some time before we see him emulating(效仿) Pete Jones in attempting to cycle all the way to China.

68. From this passage we can know the following EXCEPT that _____.

       A. Pete Jones has travelled through the Tianshan Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau

       B. in the past few years more UK people have changed their means of transport to work

       C. most Chinese people can understand why Pete Jones is so crazy about cycling

       D. Edward Genochio is a cyclist from Britain who has been to China by riding a bike

69. We can infer from the passage that _____.

A. Pete Jones’s desire for cycling led to his staying in China for three years

       B. now the number of Chinese people owning cars is larger than those owning bikes

       C. London mayor Boris Johnson will emulate Pete Jones to cycle to China in the future

      D. Both British common people and politicians see riding bikes as a good means of transport

70. The underlined phrase “inhospitable terrain” in the second paragraph most probably means

______.

A. places where you can find modern cities  B. places that are unsuitable for people to live in

C. places where there are many people         D. places that are far away from modern cities

71. Which of the following statements is true?

       A. Pete Jones has come to China many times by riding the bicycle.

       B. More Chinese people own private cars as a result of economic growth.

       C. More British people prefer bicycles as they can’t afford to drive now.

       D. Before long, more people will ride bicycles to China following Pete and Edward.   

第二節(jié)  書面表達(滿分25分)

假如你是某報的小記者，近來就大學生的就業(yè)觀點(opinions on job choosing)及專家的看法進行了采訪。請根據(jù)下列要點為報社寫一篇報道。

一:學生觀點

1、大部分想找一份薪金豐厚的工作。2.部分人持觀望態(tài)度，等待良機。3.少數(shù)想自己創(chuàng)業(yè)。

二:專家觀點

不應該坐等，要盡快找一份工作，理由是：

1.積累經(jīng)驗。2.賺錢養(yǎng)活自己 。3.明年找工作將會更難。

注意：1.適當添加細節(jié)使行文流暢。2.詞數(shù)100左右。3.開頭已寫好。

Recently I’ve had an interview with___________________________________________

I like the colour of the cap ______ I dislike its design.     

A. while                          B. if                          C. despite                         D. as    

Some researchers believed that there is no doubt     a cure for AIDS will be found.

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

Maybe you have been to many famous restaurants, but nowhere else        on such nice ducks.

   A. you can feast       B. can you taste      C. you can taste      D. can you feast

Defeated by many failures, the young man finally ______.

   A. gave out        B. gave away        C. gave in        D. gave off