My sister cleans the house from _____ to bottom when she is expecting visitors.

   A. roof                   B. ground                     C. floor                        D. top

He _____ the cooking yesterday.

   A. did                     B. made                       C. took                         D. had

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 About 71% of the earth’s surface ______ covered with water, but 20% of the world population ______ have access to safe drinking water.

   A. is; doesn’t                 B. are; don’t         C. are; doesn’t              D. is; don’t

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Service was included in the bill, so you _______ the waiter. It was a waste of money.

  A. will not tip     B. may not tip     C. needn't have tipped   D. mustn't have tipped

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Nowhere else, as his mother told us, __________ except the cabin in the backyard.

       A．did he go  B．he did go  C．went he    D．he went

Back in the fifteenth century, in a village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Despite the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and his elder brother Albert Durer, had a dream. They both wanted to become artists. After many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss (投擲) a coin. The loser would go down to the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended the academy (大學(xué)). Then, when that brother completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other at the academy.

Tossing a coin, Albrecht won and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went down to the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose work at the academy was excellent. By the time Albrecht graduated, he had earned a lot of money for his works of art.

When the young artist returned to his village, Albrecht thanked his brother for the years of support that enabled him to realize his dream. “ And now, Albert, it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to go for your dream, and I will take care of you.”

Tears running down his face, Albert said,” No, brother. I cannot go to Nuernberg. It is too late for me. Look…what four years in the mines has done to my hands! I have been suffering from arthritis (關(guān)節(jié)炎) so badly that I cannot even hold a wine glass. No, brother ... for me it is too late !”

Later, Albrecht Durer drew his brother’s hands. He called his drawing simply Hands, and later it was renamed The Praying Hands.

More than 500 years have passed. Among the works of Albrecht Durer, The Praying Hands, is probably the most familiar to people. Reproductions of it hang in people’s homes or offices.

Next time you see a copy of that touching painting, take a second look. Let it be your reminder — if you still need one — no one ever makes it alone!

Why did the two brothers work out the agreement?

   A. They were curious about the result.

   B. Their family couldn’t afford their attending the academy.

   C. They had to support the other sisters and brothers in the family.

   D. Neither of them wanted to study in the academy.

Why couldn’t Albert go to the academy after four years?

   A. Albrecht changed his mind and refused to support Albert.

   B. Albrecht was not able to earn enough money to support Albert.

   C. Albert didn’t have a great love for painting any more.

   D. Albert couldn’t hold a pen or brush to paint.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. It proved that Albrecht was not good at painting.

B. Albrecht couldn’t earn any money while he was studying at the academy.

   C. Years of hard work in the mines brought great suffering to Albert.

   D. In the painting “The Praying Hands”, the hands were Albrecht’s.

What does the underlined sentence imply (暗示)?

   A. You can achieve success all on your own.

   B. Cooperation is important if you want to succeed.

   C. There is other people’s sacrifice (犧牲) behind your success.

   D. No one will succeed without working hard.

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The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.

    As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries(畫廊) and into public places, some of the country’s most gifted artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of modern art in corridors(走道), waiting areas and treatment rooms.

   These recent initiatives(new plans) owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester Hospital in Northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.

   A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art and paintings, in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduations.

   The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyard.

   The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expense when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.

67. What does the author mean by using the phrase “to soften the hard edge of modern buildings” in the second paragraph?

   A. To hold exhibitions of art and paintings in hospitals.

   B. To tear down the old hospital and build a new one.

   C. To decorate hospitals with art collection.

   D. To paint the walls of hospitals in soft colors.

68 What is true about Peter Senior?

   A. A famous doctor in Manchester Hospital and a gifted artist.

   B. Britain’s first hospital artist and a patient in Manchester Royal Hospital.

   C. One of the six young art school graduations.

   D. A gifted artist and a pioneer introducing art into hospitals.

69. According to Peter Senior, we can infer that________.

   A. modern hospitals have a lot of patients

   B. art is not appreciated by a large number of people in modern society

   C. patients should be encouraged to learn painting

   D. artists can not find their positions in modern society

70. What does the last paragraph suggest?

   A. The improvement of hospital environment may help the patients recover from illness.

   B. The improvement of hospital environment may cost the patients more than before.

   C. The patients needed no painkillers when they had a view of a painting.

   D. The patients had no pain at all after the improvement of hospital environment.

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       It is sometimes said that strange flying objects have been seen high up in the sky. People call these strange objects Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). These UFOs caused a lot of interest. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe. Some have been explained in scientific ways. Others have never been explained. Here is an account of UFOs from a report.

       Dennis Burdens, who wrote an article, tells us that he once saw a UFO himself. He was having dinner one night with a friend near Tripoli, Libya, and after dinner the two men walked across a yard to his room to look at some papers. Burdens noticed that the moon looked strange that night.

       “It wasn’t the moon,” was the reply.

       They watched the light and saw that it was moving. It seemed to be an object rather like a big plate. In some ways it looked like smoke with a light on it, but it wasn’t smoke because it didn’t change its shape. It was moving in a regular way. That is to say, it didn’t go suddenly faster or more slowly, and it didn’t go higher or lower. So the two men decided that there must be men in it.

       After that, Burdens said that he felt eyes looking at him. He was being watched in the darkness.

       When it was nearer, they noticed that the bottom parts were brighter than the top. The bottom was yellow and the top red. Then the object suddenly turned away and left Libya, moving very fast.

       On a later day Burdents talked to other people about it, and he found some who had seen it. They all described it in the same way. Could they all be mistaken?

64．UFOs are_________.

       A．flying high up in the sky                             B．very interested

       C．difficult to believe                                      D．strange flying objects

65．A UFO was seen one night_________.

       A．while they were looking at the light

       B．when they were walking across a yard to Burdens room

       C．when Burdens noticed the moon appearing strange

       D．while they were having dinner

66．The UFO looked like_________.

       A．a(chǎn) large plate            B．smoke                    C．light            D．a(chǎn) jumping object

67．The UFO was seen_________.

       A．by Burdens and his friend

       B．brighter in the darkness

       C．to have a yellow bottom and a red top in the same way

       D．by several people

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第二部分、短文改錯(cuò)（共1題；每空1分，滿分10分）

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行做出判斷：

無(wú)錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個(gè)勾（√）；

如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線(__)，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

注意：原行沒有錯(cuò)的不要改！

I am very excited to have accepted an e-mail from        81. __________

you. I’m glad you have made such a great progress        82. __________

that you can write your e-mail good Chinese. I read       83. __________

your e-mail to my parents and show them the photo you    84. __________

sent it to me. How time flies ! Our friendship has lasted    85. __________

for several months. We have got to know but learned a     86. __________

lot from each other. Yes, it is clearly that your life in       87. __________

your country is quite different from me. Thanks again      88. __________

for writing to me. I’m looking forward to hear from        89. __________

you soon. Best wishes to you and your family.            90. ___________

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The exciting performance attracted the passers-by’s___________.

   A. attention      B. notice         C. patience       D. taste