-----This store has such high prices.

------I agree. Never again_______ here.

 A. I will shop     B. I do shop     C. will I shop     D. shop I do

Believe it or not,_________ you have, I’m always on your side.

    A) what great difficulty               B)how great difficulty

    C) no matter what great difficulty       D) however great difficulty 

One dark and stormy night, an elderly man and his wife entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadelphia, hoping to get shelter for the night.

The clerk, a friendly man with a beautiful smile, explained that there were three conferences in town. “All of our rooms are taken,” the clerk said, “but I can't send a nice couple like you into the rain at one o’clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my room? It’s not a suite, but it will be good enough to make you comfortable for the night.” The couple agreed.www..com

As the elderly man paid the bill the next morning, he told the clerk, “You are the kind of person who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I’Il build one for you.” The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.

Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the elderly man, asking the clerk to pay him a visit. The elderly man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of the Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a reddish stone one with watchtowers thrusting up to the sky, and told the clerk that it was the hotel he had just built for him to manage.

That wonderful building was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. And this young clerk whose names was George C. Boldt never foresaw the return of events that would lead him into the manager of one of the world's most attractive hotels.

When the elderly couple left the hotel, they ________.          .

A .took what they said as a joke

B .wanted to build the same hotel in the future

C .hoped that the clerk would replace the boss of the hotel

D. thought the clerk was talented in managing hotels

Why did the elderly man build a hotel for the clerk?

A .He was grateful to the clerk.         B.They had a bet at first.

C.He wanted to please the clerk.        D. He wanted to sell the hotel.

According to the text, the clerk         

A. helped the couple because he thought they were poor

B. hoped that the old couple could give him a large amount of money

C. didn't expect to receive things in return from the old couple.

D. became rich, thanks to his own efforts

From the text, we can infer that        .

A. anybody can be a successful manager          B. old people are always very rich

C. good luck is always waiting for lucky people    D. kindness can bring a good return

What do you think of the clerk?

A. He was willing to help.                      B. He was very attractive.

C. He tried to make money for his hotel．         D. He liked making friends.

Can you share a book with him        ？We’ll let you have a new one next Monday.

   A. at a time                           B. all the time                    C. for the time being        D. at one time

She wanted to go to the disco, _____, her parents told her not to.

 A. instead          B. but           C. however           D. while

-The ballet “Nutcracker” will be put on next week. Why not join us to the theater?

    -Well, not me.               .

        A．That is simply not my cup of tea B．I can’t wait to go

        C．I just don’t believe a single word of in!  D．That is not a point

Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact (互動) these days. The term is “networked individualism”. This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings. How can we be individuals (個體) and be networked at the same time? You need other people for networks.

Here is what Professor Wellman means. Before the invention of the Internet and e-mail, our social networks included live interactions with relatives, neighbors, and friends. Some of the interaction was by phone, but it was still voice to voice, person to person, in real time.

A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people, electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person-to- person interaction. However, a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that’s a good thing. Why?

In the past, many people were worried that the Internet isolated (孤立) us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer. But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true. The Internet connects us with more real people than expected — helpful people who can give advice on careers, medical problems, raising children, and choosing a school or college. About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions.

Thanks to the computer, we are able to be alone and together with other people — at the same time!

45. The underlined phrase “networked individualism” probably means that by using computers people ________.

   A. stick to their own ways no matter what other people say

   B. have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest

   C. do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people

   D. are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people

46. According to the Pew study, what do many people rely on to make major life decisions?

   A. Networks.    B. Friends.     C. Phones.      D. Parents.

47. It can be inferred from the Pew study that _______.

   A. people have been separated from each other by using computers

   B. the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely

   C. the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication

   D. a lot of people regard the person-to-person communication as a good thing

48. Which would be the best title for this passage?

   A. We’re Alone on the Internet.

   B. We’re Communicating on the Internet.

   C. We’re Alone Together on the Internet.

   D. We’re in the Imaginary World of the Internet.

VII. 語法填空 (共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)

The break-up of a relationship can mean sleepless nights, problems concentrating, loss of appetite, even depression. Every person reacts ????   99    the crisis differently. “One can’t expect to function normally in the first period of

   100    separation,” says German psychotherapist Doris Wolf, author of a book on how to deal with a break-up. “Even if you are someone    101    has kept your feelings under control you can experience emotions as never before,” says Wolf,    102    (point) out that men and women ????   103    (general) react differently. Men tend to suppress????（忍��；控制）   104    pain by working, or with a new relationship, or alcohol. Women, on the other hand, sometimes suffer from depression, fear of the future, or guilty feelings. In contrast to men, women,   ???? 105   , often have a good friend who ????   106    (listen), give comfort or advice. That, says Wolf, is important, because anger, ????   107    (s????ad) and frustration need to be expressed. One will feel much ????   108   (relieve) after doing so.

IV. 寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

第一節(jié)：基礎寫作（滿分15分）

[寫作內容]

請根據以下的情景說明，使用5個規(guī)范的句子描述全部所給的信息內容。

假設你是一名導游，將帶團到廣東霞山。出發(fā)前你對美國游客們簡單介紹

當天的行程和其他事項。

(1)、霞山位于廣東北部，距廣州280公里，乘車6小時；

(2)、在韶關市停留一小時，吃午飯；

(3)、下午5點到南雄，晚宿南雄賓館，第二天去游玩霞山；

(4)、路途遙遠，艱難，但沿途你會介紹美景和趣聞讓游客忘記疲勞。

[寫作要求]

(1)只能使用5個句子介紹以上全部內容；       (2)短文的開頭已為你寫好。

[評分標準］ 句子結構的準確性和復雜度；信息內容的完整性和連貫性。Ladies and gentlemen,

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The letter is from my sister, _____ is working in Beijing.

  A which        B that         C whom        D who