Lots of students shop to reduce stress or just to kill time with their friends. Shopping to get rid of boredom or to escape from life’s pressures may lead to serious problems. When you start to shop out of control, you become a shopping addict.

Shopping addicts show signs that are similar to other addicts. Some students think that shopping, even as little as buying gifts for classmates, can make them feel better and forget their problems. Actually, it can make them feel worse, guilty, or even cause them to run into financial difficulties. Finding yourself in a financial struggle or deep in debt may harm your relationships with friends and parents.

Do you go shopping for just a few things and come home with your wallet empty? Do you always go shopping after an emotional trauma or when life feels tough（艱難的）? Do you regret later what you buy? Or do you buy things that you never use? Maybe your parents or friends have expressed disagreement that leads you to hide items or lie about prices.

Avoid any environment that may make you want to spend money. Never use credit cards. Form some other meaningful and beneficial hobbies. Exercise, yoga and hot baths generally may help you not want to shop. Take a drive through the country where there aren’t any stores. Have patience with yourself and your money, which can benefit you for the rest of your life.

60. According to the passage, shopping addicts ______.

are always rich people             B. get well along with friends

C. may suffer financial difficulties      D. all the above

61. The third paragraph mainly tells about ______.

ways to get rid of shopping addiction

the signs of shopping addicts

the danger of shopping addiction

why shopping addicts can’t stop shopping

62. The underlined word “trauma” probably means “______”.

hurt       B. satisfaction      C. enjoyment    D. appreciation

63. The intended readers of the passage are ______.

teachers       B. doctors       C. students     D. education

Most people seem to be passive at work. They do what they are told to do, and they don’t do what they are not told to do. In the end, one thing results: unmotivated (不積極的) people.

     We’re employed to think. In fact, no matter how many times our bosses disagree with us, it is our responsibility to think for the company. There are lots of times when I disagree with my boss, and sometimes we even end up having arguments; however, I still offer my suggestions whenever I don’t agree.

     Spending more time thinking also helps us to be more efficient (高效的) and helps to reduce our chances of frustration (挫敗). Before I do something, I usually need some time to think about it to make sure that what I’m doing makes sense. This can be as long as a few days when a project is big, or as short as only a few seconds for a simple task. After thinking about a project, it sometimes becomes clear that a simple task could achieve the same result. In those cases, not only did I save myself from possible frustration, but I also felt happy and satisfied that I saved valuable resources for my company.

     With so many people not taking time to think, it’s no wonder that many people are unmotivated. Today, I encourage you to think things over whenever you have a chance. At first, it might take a while, but once it becomes a habit, you will feel more motivated as you will be more valuable to the company.

73. It is suggested in the passage that people should _____.

 A. stop arguing with their bosses      B. seize every chance they meet

C. present views to their companies    D. avoid big projects

74. According to the passage, spending more time thinking _________.

A. is a waste of time and resources          B. can help people understand what others do

C. can help people impress their companies   D. is a good way to improve efficiency

75. The author wrote this passage to ________.

 A. persuade people to do what they are not told to do

B. encourage people to be more motivated

C. show people how to give different opinions

D. tell people how to form good thinking habits

Before falling asleep, Helen always ______ the day’s happenings.

  A. reviews    B. restarts   C. requests   D. reminds

.There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we______gave up.

      A. eventually        B. unfortunately  C. generously       D. purposefully

BP will continue to be focused on making sure that the costs ________with oil spill cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico are paid.

A. covered           B. filled               C. occupied     D. associated

But as to the fine quality of the products, our price is very _______.

A. high          B. fit                     C. reasonable     D. small

第二節(jié)： 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1. 5分，滿分30分）

　閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a typical _36__ of Chinglish.

Obviously it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a___37__ English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American___38___. I was too thrilled to believe her. Her words could not__39_ me at all. So I did a___40__ on Google. Com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages___41   “Long time no see”. This sentence has been ___42____used in emails, letters, newspapers, moves, or any other possible place. Though it is____43__informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. __44___ , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the ___45___ will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.

Nobody knows the ___46___ of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully___47___a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom___48___quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon “Long time no see” became a___49___phrase in America__50___the popularity of these movies.

    Some people___51__America to a huge melting pot. All kinds of culture are__52__ in the pot together, and they __53__ the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also__54_ some changes to be__55__in the mixed pot.

36. A. example        B. sign           C. word           D. change

37 . A. damaged        B. perfected      C. learned        D. ruined

38. A. custom         B. greeting       C. habit          D. proverb

39. A. persuade       B. encourage      C. convince       D. believe

40. A. job            B. research       C. survey         D. search

41. A. containing     B. printing       C. publishing     D. expressing

42. A. widely         B. hardly         C. seldom         D. search

43. A. lots of        B. plenty of      C. lots of        D. sort of

44. A. Unfortunately  B. Luckily        C. However        D. Suddenly

45. A. hardware       B. software       C. operator       D. speaker

46. A. use            B. origin         C. expression     D. meaning

47. A. created        B. published      C. did            D. discovered

48. A. by             B. in             C. with           D. of

49. A. ordinary       B. rare           C. modern         D. popular

50. A. because        B. as to          C. thanks to      D. but for

51. A. compare        B. add            C. join           D. owe

52. A. joined         B. mixed          C. compiled       D. done

53. A. improve        B. change         C. lower          D. promote

54. A. owing          B. putting        C. taking         D. contributing

55. A. influenced     B. mentioned      C. used           D. considered

Ⅲ.閱讀理解

        New York was very proud of its electric trolleys(無(wú)軌電車) at the turn of the century. They were the latest way to get around. But Mary Anderson, who visited New York from her native Birmingham, Alabama, 1902, did not like them at all. She thought they were not safe.

It was not that the drivers were bad. It was the windshields (擋風(fēng)玻璃). In those days, drivers rubbed their windshields with damp tobacco. This was supposed to help off rain and snow. But it did not work too well. Anderson watched as the trolley drivers struggled to see out of their windshields, and came up with an idea.

Back in Alabama, Anderson made the first windshield wiper by fixing handle （把手）to a rubber blade (片). This, in turn, was fixed to the windshield. The drivers had to turn the handle back and forth by hand to make the blade wipe off the rain. But it worked. And travel in bad weather was made a little safer for everyone.

36.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this passage?

A.How Mary Anderson visited New York?

B.How drivers cleaned their windshields?

C.How the first windshield wiper came into being?

D.How windshield wiper was made?

37.Though New Yorkers had great pride in electric trolleys, Mary disliked them because she thought ______________.

A. they were dangerous            B.they kept off rain and snow

C.their windshields were not good    D.their drivers were inexperienced

38.To stop rain and snow coming on the windshields, a trolley driver had to _______.

A. work hard              B.see out of them clearly 

C.struggle in the trolleys     D.use damp tobacco to clean them

39.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

The windshield wiper helped keep off the rain.

The windshield wiper was turned by the driver.

The rubber blade was fixed to the windshield.

The windshield wiper was made in Alabama.

根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

（注意：如果所用的答題卡沒(méi)有提供E、F、G選項(xiàng)，請(qǐng)按以下方法填涂：選E請(qǐng)涂A、B，選F請(qǐng)涂B、C，選G請(qǐng)涂C、D。）

— Good morning.      61    

— Yes. I’d like some information about English courses in your college.      62    

— Yes, there’s a beginners’ course on Monday evenings at 7:30.

— On Monday?      63    

— Yes, I’m afraid so.

— Well.      64      But do you think you’ll have a course on some other night in the future ?

— Well.     65      Perhaps we will offer one in the future.

A. I work on Mondays, so I’m afraid that’s no good for me.

B. Do you have any courses for complete beginners?

C. Is that the only course you’ve got?

D. Why not come earlier?

E. Can I help you?

F. I want to have English lessons.

G. Wait for some time, please.

I’m sorry you’ve been waiting so long, but it’ll still be some time ______ Smith gets back.

  A. before            B. since                C. till                       D. after