Joanne was stuck in a traffic jam in central Birmingham at 5：30．a(chǎn)nd at 6：30 she was expected to be chairing a meeting of the tennis club．At last，the traffic was moving．She swung quickly racing to her house As she opened the door，she nearly tripped over Sheba．

    “Hey，Sheba，”she said，“I've got no time for you now，but I'll take you out as soon as I get back from tennis club．”Then she noticed Sheba seemed to be coughing or choking Obviously，she could hardly breathe．Immediately．Joanne realized she would have to take her to the vet.(獸醫(yī)) When she got there，the vet was just about to close for the day. Seeing the state of Sheba，Dr．Sterne brought her quickly into his office．

    “Listen，doctor，I'm really in a rush to get to a meeting . Can I leave her with you，and go and get changed? I'll be back in ten minutes to pick her up，and then I'll take her on to the meeting with me. Is that OK?”

    “Sure．”said the doctor

    Joanne made the quick trip back to her house in a couple of minutes．As she was once more entering the hallway，the phone by the door began to ring．

    “This is Dr．Sterne，”said an anxious voice．“I want you to get out of that house immediately，”said the doctor's voice．“I'm coming round right away，and the police will be there any time now．Wait outside!”

    At that moment，a police car screeched to a stop outside the house．Two policemen got out and ran into the house．Joanne was by now completely confused and very frightened．Then the doctor arrived．

    “Where’s Sheba? Is she OK?”shouted Joanne．

    “She’s fine，Joanne．I took out the thing which was choking her，and she’s OK now．”

    Just then，the two policemen reappeared from the house，half-carrying a white—faced man，who could hardly walk．There was blood all over him．

    “My God，”said Joanne，“how did he get in there? And how did you know he was there?”

    “I think he must be a burglar．”said the doctor．“I knew he was there because when I finally removed what was stuck in Sheba’s throat：it turned out to be three human fingers”

56．What was Joanne supposed to do at 6：30？

    A．To walk her dog．

    B．To see her doctor．

    C．To attend a club meeting．

    D．To play tennis with her friends．

57．Joanne wanted to get back to her home again            ．

      A．to dress up for the meeting

      B．to phone the police station

      C．to catch the badly hurt burglar

      D．to wait for her dog to be cured  

58．From the passage，we can infer that          ．

      A．Sheba fought against the burglar

      B．the police themselves found the burglar had broken in

      C．Joanne had planned to take her dog to the meeting

      D．the doctor performed a difficult operation on the dog

59．In this passage，the writer intends to tell us that the dog is            ．

      A．clever                  B．friendly               C．frightening             D．devoted

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Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.  

A.　Goods for auction (拍賣) sales  

　　B.　Definition of bidding

　　C.　Way to sell more goods by auction  

　　D.　Auction sales in history

　　E.　Brief introduction to auctions

　　F.　Making a larger profit as an auctioneer

61. ______

Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands.  

62. ______

The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increasing”. The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth centuries, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.

63. ______

Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art.

64. ______

An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “l(fā)ot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers: he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.

65. ______  

The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.

It’s reported that a bus went out of ____ control on a highway ____ east of the city and crashed into a river.

A. the; the                B. /; /          C. the; /                   D. /; the

In choosing ____ career, you should first consider ____ type of work which will suit your interest.

A. a, the        B. /, a                C. the, a                             D. a, /

– Can we get the computer before Wednesday?

   – _____. If it is 30 kilometers, we can make it, but if farther away, it will be on Thursday.

   A. I don't know for sure             B. Well, that all depends 

   C. It's up to you, sir                D. There's no need to rush

Some researchers claim that people??s personalities can be classified by their blood types.If you have blood type O, you are a leader. When you see something you want, you strive to achieve your goal. You are passionate, loyal, and self-confident, and you are often a trendsetter. Your enthusiasm for projects and goals spreads to others who happily follow your lead. When you want something, you may be ruthless about getting it or blind to how your actions affect others. Another blood type, A, is a social, “people” person. You like people and work well with them. You are sensitive, patient, compassionate, and affectionate. You are a good peacekeeper because you want everybody to be happy. In a team situation, you resolve conflicts and keep things on a smooth course. Sometimes type As are stubborn and find it different to relax. They may also find it uncomfortable to do things alone.?

People with type B blood are usually individualists who like to do things on their own. You may be creative and adaptable, and you usually say exactly what you mean. Also you can adapt to situations, you may not choose to do so because of your strong independent streak. You may prefer working on your own to being part of a team. The final blood type is type AB. If you have AB blood, you are a natural entertainer. You draw people to your because of your charm and easygoing nature. ABs are usually calm and controlled, tactful and fair. On the downside, though, they may take too long to make decisions. And they may procrastinate, putting off tasks until the last minute.

60．People with type O will do the following things except_____________.

       A．manage businesses   B．self-oriented

       C．be considerate         D．set the fashion

61．Which of the following is not the feature of type A?

       A．Stubborn. B．Sensitive.  C．Reserved.  D．Patient.

62．What is Not true to type B?

       A．He finds it comfortable to do things alone.

       B．He doesn’t think much before he speaks.

       C．He has many original ideas.

       D．He cannot fit in with the environment.

63．The best profession for a type AB is ____________.

      A．a(chǎn)thlete      B．peacekeeper     C．a(chǎn)ctor D．country leader

第二節(jié) 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請在答題卡上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)選項字母涂黑。

首先請閱讀下列語言培訓(xùn)課程的基本信息:

A.

With 15-level courses covering the practice of listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary and other aspects of English language skills, Classic English Training Courses provide not only rich interactive learning content, but English-speaking foreign teachers organizing the English class and language activities to ensure that the trainees can really apply the skills they learned to improve their English. Each class consists of about 20 trainees. 

B.

For those unable to attend the training center, they can choose our online English training courses for adults. The course provides nearly 2,000 hours, covering 15 levels of interactive English language teaching content, but also for students with special mobile portable learning tools, such as translation tools, online notebooks. Another feature of online courses is that the student still have the opportunity to chat with online teacher so that we can have 24-hour online speaking courses. 

C.

If you learn English aiming at professional development, our Business English Course will be your core course content. The teaching materials integrate the classic cases from Harvard Business School, which help trainees achieve career success by learning key English language skills. The course covers a wide range of popular business topics，including conference calls, business meetings, business speeches and business negotiations. The maximum number of the trainees in a class is 5. 

D.

If you want to learn some professional terms and phrases to promote your own career, you would be interested in learning English in our English Courses for Professions. No matter you’re working in a bank, a logistic department or a travel agency, we’ll ensure you will master the key language skills leading to success. The class size is no more than 20 trainees.

E.

Based on the business English curriculum, our Private English Course will maximize your learning progress. These courses are specially designed for those trainees who have specific targets or additional learning need. The instructor and the trainee will have the class face to face, one to one. The schedule of the course depends on both of your instructor and you yourself. 

F.

If your are worrying about TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS, we carefully prepare for you a variety or rich learning materials and test samples. Our outstanding team will provide you with the appropriate test service, and we have already helped your peer successfully improve test scores by 40%. Just leave your own contact information, and we’ll immediately call you and answer your all questions about the exams.

下面是一些學(xué)員的學(xué)習(xí)需要。請把適合他們的課程與他們的名字匹配起來。

56. Now Xiao Yu is a department head working in a trade company. She often faces the challenges to argue with other companies or discuss about work with her foreign bosses. She looks forward to being promoted and earning more money. 

57. Cai Liangliang has his own business. He finds he’s poor at communicating with his foreign customers. But he often flies from place to place, all around the country. For the sake of his business, he has his computer with him everywhere.

58. Wang Xin has been a secretary in the present company for 2 years, but she realizes that her professional knowledge is not enough. According to this, she plans to study abroad, and she’s now working hard on the entrance exams.

59. Li Ting likes traveling and she works as a part-time tourist guide in vocations. It’s difficult for her to introduce historical relics to her foreign customers. She prefers a class where she can have many peers to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

60. Wu Peng is a well-known cartoon maker. He has accepted an invitation to work abroad. To make himself more convenient at work, he needs to make up his poor English. He expects to have the courses designed just for himself.

 --- Bob isn’t feeling very well. He has caught a cold.

   ---Everybody seems to have ________ because of the sudden change of the weather.

   A. one              B. it                C. that             D. another

 Tom doesn’t _______ Ted’s plan for the party.

  A. think bad about       B. think good over     C. think highly of    D. think better over 

In modern civilization, mankind is destroying the planet, all __________ progress.

A. as a result of             B. in the name of          C. in a state of       D. by the side of