At that time the US was at_____war with Iraq, and Shirley worked as_____doctor in the army.

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

 --- When will you be through with your work, Jones?

   --- ____________ ? My boss usually finds something for me to do at the last minute.

    A. Who knows   B. Would you help me   C. I beg your pardon  D. Anything the matter

. Earthquakes _____ be dangerous, if you are in the wrong place.

A. need                        B. shall                        C. can                          D. would

 Because of the Russian gas limit to Europe, attempts _______ to use botanical fuel as a source of power.

A. have made           B. having made           C. are being made      D. will be making

The twins were so _______ in their TV play that neither of them heard the door ring.

  A. adapted         B occupied       C absorbed           D concentrated

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband, Roy, and I were very .

 “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   . “Please.”

I had said no so many times in the  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her , I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy

. My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch out on the table, Roy arrived on the .

That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with

. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school for so many months. Roy and the boys rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.

As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you .

Even though the kids have now grown up and from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good time to potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry     and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a .

A. old                     B. poor                     C. busy                     D. miserable

A. begged          B. asked                       C. doubted                    D. wondered

A. coming                  B. recent                      C. following                 D. later

A. doubt                    B. disappointment         C. sadness                     D. surprise

A. supplied         B. provided               C. combined                 D. filled

A. off work         B. at home                    C. at work                    D. on business

A. unhappy         B. quality                            C. quantity                   D. sad

A. spread                   B. taken                       C. made                    D. cooked

A. scene                     B. view                        C. event                 D. landscape

A. sadness                B. expectation               C. hope                     D. laughter

A. orders               B. charges                    C. activity                    D. responsibilities

A. missed                 B. took                   C. skipped                    D. left

A. praying              B. praising                    C. thanking                   D. trusting

A. family                B. children                   C. friends                 D. parents

A. lifestyle              B. time                      C. world                   D. family

A. enjoy                   B. own                      C. have                        D. love

A. left alone             B. passed away              C. ran away                  D. moved away

A. supply                 B. cook                       C. watch                       D. plant

A. ducks                  B. children                   C. family                  D. people

A. salad             B. life                       C. picnic                D. hope

Nothing is more pleasing and romantic as flowers in the bedroom. Now, a new study says that the sweet smells of flowers in the bedroom can also lead to sweet dreams.

Researchers in Germany have carried out the study and have found that sleeping with flowers in the bedroom may encourage sweet dreams, a major finding they claim could help nightmare sufferers to and extent.

They came to the conclusion after an analysis of the sleep patterns of 15 female volunteers for a period of nearly 30 nights, a leading British newspaper reported on Monday.

The researchers pumped scents of rotten eggs, roses or no scent under their noses for nearly ten seconds while the women were in the Rapid Eye Movement period of sleep when a dream occurs.

The subjects were then woken up and asked to record their dreams. The smells had an effect on the emotions of the dreams but did not become part of the dream in that the women exposed to roses did not dream about roses the study found.

There was a correlation between the negative smells and negative emotional scores the sleepers reported from their dream.

According to the researchers, it’ll be interesting to study nightmare sufferers and if positive smells can actually influence the mood of their dreams as a form of treatment in the future.

The study has been presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otoblaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting in Chicago.

46. What is the best title for the text?

A. A recent study on dreaming            B. Smells influence one’s dreams

C. Do you want to have a good dream?     D. Flowers in the bedroom lead to sweet dreams.

47. What is the right order of the events related to the experiment?

a. The female volunteers get to sleep.  b. The researchers wake up the sleeping women.

c. A particular smell is pumped under dreamers’ noses  d. The dreamers are asked to describe their dreams.

A. a, c, b, d     B. d, c, b, a    C. a, c, d, b    D, d, b, c, a

48. The underlined word “correlation” in paragraph 6 can be replaced by _______

A. combination  B. coincidence  C. connection  D. cooperation

49. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. People are very sensitive to smells at night.

B. The subjects were tested on when they dreamed

C. Pleasant smells get sleepers to dream of roses.

D. The experiment is designed to treat sleeplessness.

50. What is the future perspective（前景）of the study?

A. Sleeplessness can be cured in the near future.

B. Nightmare sufferers are likely to recover soon.

C. The finding can give hope to nightmare sufferers.

D. Roses will become more popular among patients.

 The place _______ the bridge is supposed to be built should be________ the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.  

A. which; where  B. at which; which   C. at which; where   D. which; in which

第三部分：完形填空(共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分)

    閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從46—55各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

I was going hunting along the motorway the other day when there was a sudden bang and I almost fell off my motorbike. It had a hole in the front tyre and it’s not easy to_46_ a bike without any air in the tyre.

I _47_ stop without falling off luckily, but I still had the problem of what to do with the hole. A motorbike isn’t like a car; you can’t just change a wheel and go on your way. Now, you have to take the wheel off, find the hole, cover it with a piece of rubber, and then put the wheel back together again. Usually it costs you a lot of time and you get very dirty. As I didn’t have any _48_, I set to work. It didn’t _49_ long to get the wheel off and it wasn’t hard to _50_ the tyre from the wheel. The fun really began when I had to put the wheel back on the bike. You have no_51_ how easy it is to _52_ small pieces of motorbike in the dark.

In the _ 53_ the bike was all together again but then I realized I hadn’t got a pump, so how was I going to blow up the tyre? Fortunately, a _54_ motorist saw me and pulled up. He lent me his pump and I was soon ready to start off again. Next time I am in the motorbike shop I really must remember to buy myself a small pump though I don’t know _55_ I am going to carry it on the motorbike.

46. A. drive    B. start        C. carry       D .ride

47. A. tried to B. managed to C. did         D. made an effort to

48. A. time     B. choice     C. chance           D. tool

49. A. spend   B. need       C. take        D. have

50. A. remove B. repaired     C. change           D . check

51. A. idea      B. wonder      C. fun         D. sense

52. A. look for       B. find        C. put together       D. lose

53. A .last       B. meantime   C. same time   D. end

54. A. passing B. past        C. passed     D. pass

55. A. what     B. where     C. that         D. why

. ---What has Tom been doing recently?

   ---I don’t know, ___________care.

A. nor do I        B. nor I do         C. neither am I          D. neither I am