15．The manager decided to give the job to ____ he believed had a strong sense of responsibility．（　�。�

A．

whomever

B．

whoever

C．

who

D．

those

14．With all the books he needed _____，he left the library，feeling satisfied．（　�。�

A．

borrowed

B．

borrowing

C．

borrow

D．

to borrow

13．You can't imagine a well-dressed lady ______ be so rude to the old woman．（　�。�

A．

might

B．

need

C．

should

D．

would

12．---Who's that at the door？---_____ is the courier．（快遞員）（　�。�

A．

He

B．

That

C．

This

D．

It

11．---Did you scold her for her carelessness in her job？
---Yes，but _____ it．Her father was badly ill．（　�。�

	A．	I would rather not do		B．	I'd rather not have done
	C．	I shouldn't do		D．	I'd better not do

10．When Glen Kruger picked a small cat from an animal shelter，he did not expect much．Yet right from the start，eight years ago，there was an uncommon connection between him and the small black cat．He （36）named  her Inky．
"I grew up on a hundred-acre farm and had only cats（37）as  playmatcs，"Kruger，
     The sevevty-year-old man，says．"My hearing was damaged by the（38）noiseof farm epuipment，so I learned to connect with（39）animals．They react to what they see and what you do．"
     Inky was a gentle cat，（40）sharingthe house with five other cats．But on a January night in 2009，Inky did（41）something  that would set her apart from（42）ordinarycats forever．
     Kruger had gone down to the basemeng to （43）shutoff the wood stove for the night．When he was finished，he （44）climbed to the top of the stairs and reached to  turn off the lights．In doing so，he slipped and （45）hit his back against an old shelf．The heavy shelf came crashing down and sent Kruger down the stairs．
（46）Lyingin a pool of blood on the basement floor，Kruger felt （47）himselfgoing into shock（休克）．He shouted for help，（48）but  his wife，Brenda，was asleep in their bedroom at   the opposite end of the house．（49）Then  Kruger noticed Inky watching from the top of the stairs．"Go get Brenda，"Krugger said to Inky．
Inky（50）ran  to the bedroom door and scratched （51）madlyuntil Brenda opened it．Then Inky led her to  the （52）basementBrenda found her husband（53）atthebottomofthe stairs and called 911．Kruger was rushed to the hospital．"I spent six months（54）recovering  therd，"
    Says kruger．"Although I became lame，I was blessed．"Since the accident，Inky has （55）never
     Left Krhger's side．

36．A．gave	B．chose	C．named	D．remembered
37．A．like	B．a(chǎn)s	C．except	D．a(chǎn)mong
38．A．sound	B．a(chǎn)larm	C．noise	D．voice
39．A．a(chǎn)nimals	B．friends	C．farmers	D．neghbors
40．A．sharing	B．visiting	C．dividing	D．discovering
41．A．a(chǎn)nything	B．nothing	C．something	D．everything
42．A．familiar	B．lovely	C．ordinary	D．outstanding
43．A．shut out	B．shut off	C．shut down	D．shut up
44．A．marched	B．flew	C．struggled	D．climbed
45．A．bent	B．hit	C．shook	D．pulled
46．A．Falling	B．Lying	C．Appearing	D．Thinking
47．A．it	B．itself	C．him	D．himself
48．A．a(chǎn)nd	B．but	C．or	D．so
49．A．Thus	B．Otherwise	C．Then	D．Rather
50．A．walked	B．ran	C．returned	D．withdrew
51．A．rapidly	B．ruddenly	C．madly	D．urgently
52．A．bedroom	B．basement	C yard	D．house
53．A．a(chǎn)t the bottom of	B．in the middle of	C．a(chǎn)t the top of	D．in the front of
54．A．regretting	B．resting	C．relaxing	D．recovering
55．A．never	B．ever	C．still	D．a(chǎn)lready．

9．閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意．然后從36-55各題所給的四個選項中（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑．
"Mum，can I invite my classmate Brett over to stay tomorrow night，please？It's Friday，and we don't have any（36）homeworkCan I，please？"Mum was sitting at the kitchen table．Dad was（37）asleepnext  to her，resting his head on his arms．Mum could （38）seethat James wanted so badly to have his friend over．
"I'm so sorry，James，"she said．
"I'm never allowed to have friends come to the house？Why，Mum？"James asked sadly，almost in （39）tears．
"I know it's（40）hard for you，"Mum said softly．"But I'm just worried other people might think we're a little…strange．And then they would make fun of you．"
"No，they wouldn't，Mum，"James protested．"We're not（41）strangeat all．We're just ordinary people．"
Mum sighed heavily．"To tell you the truth，James，my neck has been so painful that it's given me a heavy （42）headache．And your poor father-he doesn't feel （43）well．He really needs a rest．"
"I can help，Mum!"James said．"（44）If I can make you and Dad feel better，can Brett come over？Please？"
"Well…"Mum began．
"Great!Thanks，Mum!"James almost shouted．"Just sit there，don't move．"He rushed over to the kitchen drawer and（45）found what he needed-two．com spanners．"Hang on，Mum，"he said．"This won't take a second．"After some   （46）repairs，James was finished．With a smile of （47）satisfaction on his face he said，"There!How does that feel？""Oh，James，"Mum said．"That's a much better!How did you do it？"
"Easy，"James said （48）proudly．"Dad had tightened your neck bolts （螺栓） too much!I just（49）adjusted  them slightly!I learned that in robotic science at school．"
"What  about  your  father？Can you（50）help him？"asked Mum．
"I'll try，"James replied．He（51）lifted up Dad's hair at the back of his neck．a(chǎn)nd plugged the electric wire into Dad's head．Then he turned the（52）poweron．Dad opened his eyes and （53）satup immediately．"He just let his （54）batteryrun too low，that's all，"James said，"Shall I tell Brett to come over straight after school tomorrow？"
"I guess so，"replied Mum．"Your friends will just have to（55）acceptthat we are a very unusual family．Thanks，son!"

36．A．chance	B．message	C．homework	D．difficulty
37．A．a(chǎn) sleep	B．reading	C．a(chǎn)lone	D．standing
38．A．explain	B．see	C．a(chǎn)gree	D．doubt
39．A．terror	B．tears	C．surprise	D．silence
40．A．fair	B．easy	C．good	D．hard
41．A．strange	B．normal	C．popular	D．a(chǎn)nxious
42．A．headache	B．loss	C．task	D．day
43．A．ill	B．funny	C．sorry	D．well
44．A．As	B．If	C．Since	D．Before
45．A．kept	B．controlled	C．found	D．returned
46．A．requests	B．thoughts	C．repairs	D．instructions
47．A．sympathy	B．satisfaction	C bitterness	D．politeness
48．A．embarrassedly	B．gratefully	C．impatiently	D．proudly
49．A．a(chǎn)djusted	B．collected	C．produced	D．covered
50．A．greet	B．a(chǎn)ccompany	C．help	D．a(chǎn)sk
51．A．lifted	B．caught	C．gave	D．filled
52．A．television	B．power	C．light	D．gas
53．A．grew up	B．lay down	C．broke down	D．sat up
54．A．food	B．temperature	C．battery	D．blood
55．A．prove	B．expect	C．suspect	D．a(chǎn)ccept．

8．"Just sign here，sir，"the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package．
The package consisted of a long，narrow box （21）carefully wrapped in brown paper．（22）opening the box，Oscar saw an umbrella inside--a very old one with a beautifully carved handle．（23）AlthoughHe had not seen it in more than 20years，he recognized it （24）immediately．
Oscar was 16when he first saw the （25）typical umbrella．He had gone to a concert with his grandparents．As they were leaving，he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat．Impressed by its （26）beauty，Oscar felt a strong desire to find its （27）owner．
Oscar （28）convinced the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales．Just as he thought，a name matched the seat （29）where Oscar had found the umbrella．The name was Mrs．Katie O'brien．
Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs O'brien's （30）house on their way home．He rang the bell，the door opened，and an elderly woman appeared．"May I （31）help you？"she asked．
"I'd like to return it if its yours，"Oscar said，（32）holdingout the umbrella as if presenting a （33）gift that had long been wished for．
"Why，yes!it's mine，"replied Mrs．Brien with a （34）wide smile and shining eyes．"It was given to by my father years ago．Thank you so much for returning it．May I offer you a reward for your （35）kindness？"
"No，ma'am，"he said"my grandmother says a good deed is its own reward．"
"Well，that's （36）exactly my father used to say．What is your name，Young man？"
Years later，Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remember Mrs．O'Brien．It was in perfect condition，considering how（37）old it was．Why had it arrived here today？
As if （38）inanswer，a note fell from the paper．It read：Mrs O'brien wanted you to （39）accept this umbrella as a present for a kind，（40）unselfishgesture long ago．

21．A．strictly	B．carefully	C．roughly	D．casually
22．A．opening	B．seizing	C．observing	D．searching
23．A．After	B．When	C．Since	D．Although
24．A．clearly	B．fully	C．immediately	D．suddenly
25．A．a(chǎn)verage	B．unusual	C．plain	D．typical
26．A．beauty	B．shape	C．origin	D．history
27．A．designer	B．seller	C．user	D．owner
28．A．convinced	B．forced	C．encouraged	D．a(chǎn)dvised
29．A．until	B．before	C．which	D．where
30．A．family	B．theater	C．house	D．neighborhood
31．A．invite	B．help	C．bother	D．know
32．A．putting up	B．turning out	C．picking up	D．holding out
33．A．chance	B．fact	C．gift	D．result
34．A．wide	B．confident	C．proud	D．shy
35．A．patience	B．kindness	C．courage	D．determination
36．A．obviously	B．naturally	C．exactly	D．probably
37．A．old	B．rare	C．precious	D．nice
38．A．in contrast	B．in return	C．in exchange	D．in answer
39．A．possess	B．a(chǎn)ccept	C．carry	D．value
40．A．a(chǎn)ttractive	B．significant	C．unselfish	D．sympathetic．

7．F．Scott Fitzgerald，born on September 24，1896，an American novelist，was once a student of St．Paul Academy，the Newman School and attended Princeton．University for a short while．In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama，where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre．Then he had to make some money to impress her．
  His life with her was full of great happiness，as he wrote in his diary："My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary．"
  This side of paradise，his first novel，was published in 1920．Encouraged by its success，F(xiàn)itzgerald began to devote more time to his writing．Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned （1922），a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age （1922），and a play The Vegetable （1923）．But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby，published in 1925，which quick brought him praise from the literary world．Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security．Then，in 1926，he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men．
  However，F(xiàn)itzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing．During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life，but failed．By 1930，his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic．During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940．while his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol．Sheila Graham，his dear friend，helped him fight his alcoholism．

36．How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage？A
 A.5            B.6            C.7             D.8
37．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the pas sage？D
a．He became addicted to drinking．
b．He studied at St．Paul Academy．
c．He published his first novel This Side of Paradise．
d．The Great Gatsby won high praise．
e．He failed to reorder his life．
f．He joined the army and met Zelda．
A．f-c-e-a-b-d       B．b-e-a-f-c-d        C．f-d-e-c-b-a      D．b-f-c-d-e-a
38．We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald．C
A．had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama．
B．was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C．would have completed more works if his wife hadn't broken down
D．helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
39．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about．D
A．Zelda's personal life
B．Zelda's illness and treatment
C．Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham
D．Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world．

6．Last year，my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation．Some of my friends who had been there before said （16）it was a wonderful holiday destination．Before we went，we had planned for months．When the day came，we were ready．
After our plane landed，we went to the hotel．We had made our reservation six months（17）earlier （early），but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake．We （18）were told（tell）that our rooms hadn't been reserved for that week，（19）but for the week after．I didn't understand （20）why this would happen and my credit card had already been charged（21）for the reservation．What's worse，the hotel had been fully booked．When we were wondering what to do，the manager came out．She was （22）surprisingly（surprise）helpful．She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on （23）the top floor．We had never stayed in such an amazing room，and we weren't charged extra．
The next day，my brother and I went to the beach （24）where we watched some people play volleyball．We got a little （25）sunburned/sunburnt（sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn't mind．