The jug ____ easily．Be careful how you handle it．

 A．will be broken    B．will break      

 C．is broken         D．breaks

.---- Would you prefer to watch a fashion show or see a movie tonight?

----________. It’s up to you to decide.

       A. I’d rather stay at home    B. Either is OK with me

       C. That’s my first choice     D. That’s not my favorite

 Though working outside, he is always ________ about his aging mother at home.

   A. satisfied            B. concerned           C. particular        D. excited

完形填空（共20小題，每小題1.5分， 滿分30分）

Last year, I was speaking at a gathering of wealthy male investors. The organizers posted the   36    of a survey showing that only a small percentage of wealthy men believed their wives spent too much.

“What?”   37    one participant, “Those guys have to be lying.”

There is no reliable   38    of who spends more among the rich: men or women. Both will say the other is the   39    spender.

A recent survey by Wilmington Trust, Campden Research and Relative Solutions proves the   40   . The companies polled 40 women (I know, that is more like a show of hands than “survey”), each with a net worth of $25 million or more.

About half the respondents（受調(diào)查者） inherited（繼承） their   41   , a quarter   42    it from their husbands and the other quarter earned it   43   . That is roughly in line with other surveys of   44    women and the source of their money. One interesting note: among the self-made women, 90% got their money from owning a business, rather than   45    a salary.

As for   46   , almost all the women (90%) described their spending habits as “below their means.” The report on the survey said that is possibly   47    they do not view their extreme wealth as defining their success.

“Women tend not to spend as much as   48    and splash（潑灑得使到處是） their names all over the place,” said one woman in the survey, describing her spending as conservative and her lifestyle as “below the radar.”

Many women also worried about wealth having   49    effects on their children and didn’t want to spend lavishly（揮霍） to   50   a bad example.

At the same time, 70% of the women said they “buy nice things when   51   .” And 93.5% of the women said they were responsible for making   52   on major purchases, which   53   that they do a lot of the big spending.

Of course, for truly major purchases a house in Aspen, Colo., a Gulfstream, a Feadship the couple probably makes the decision   54   .

But what about other   55   ? Do you think men or women do most of the high-end spending?

36. A. directions                B. reasons                    C. times                       D. consequences

37. A. cried                       B. sighed                     C. shouted                   D. laughed

38. A. data                        B. measure                   C. division                   D. news

39. A. better                             B. bigger                     C. smaller                    D. worse

40. A. affairs                     B. message                   C. point                       D. report

41. A. spirit                       B. money                     C. habit                       D. cost

42.   A. bought                    B. robbed                    C. got                          D. earned

43. A. itself                       B. herself                     C. ourselves                 D. themselves

44. A. wealthy                   B. poor                        C. ordinary                   D. honest

45. A. making                   B. earning                    C. taking                     D. spending

46. A. buying                    B. wasting                   C. spending                  D. saving

47. A. when                             B. if                            C. whether                   D. because

48. A. women                    B. youth                             C. adults                      D. men

49. A. serious                    B. good                       C. bad                         D. various

50. A. send                        B. set                          C. do                           D. give

51. A. necessary                 B. possible                   C. pleased                    D. anxious

52. A. plans                       B. decisions                 C. appointments           D. suggestions

53. A. notices                    B. stresses                    C. implies                    D. intends

54. A. away                       B. together                   C. as well                    D. out

55. A. purchases                B. effects                     C. differences               D. examples

Schedules, as the 21st century people know, simply did not exist in the 17th and 18th centuries. We are upset if a plane arrives an hour late. Our ancestors weren’t upset if an April ship didn’t show up until June. They began to worry in July and were often happy when it showed up in August. When a long-distance ship finally did get to the port, the whole city became busy and excited. Businessmen hurried down to check the goods they had ordered. The ship would probably stay in port for at least three days, often a week, to take on businessmen, give the sailors a rest, find out about the latest news, weather conditions, and so on.

Travel time could only be approximate. One never knew when the winds would be good. So even though “average sailing time” was given, time could change considerably, shortening the voyage by up to 25% or putting it off by up to 500% or more! The average run from England to Boston was about a month and a half, but there were also voyages of three months. One voyage in 1640 lasted six months!

Travel time is not the same in both directions, due to the winds and currents. This is especially true in the Caribbean, where winds are from the southeast the entire year. Ships sailing west across the Atlantic spend longer than ships sailing east, and the contrary winds can prevent a ship from actually making it to the harbor even if it gets close. One ship was held off the North Carolina coast for 17 days before being able to land!

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. No sailor was allowed to have fun when the ship reached land.

B. People in ancient times didn’t care about other people’s safety.

C. The ship would leave for a voyage when all of the preparations were made.

D. A long-distance ship would create a lot of excitement in the place where it landed.

2. According to the passage, travel time can’t be fixed due to ___________ .

A. the people at the port                   B. average sailing time

C. the changeable climate                    D. the businessmen and the sailors

3. The underlined word “currents” in the third paragraph means __________ .

A. the movement of water                   B. the movement of winds

C. direction of the traveling ship       D. travel time of ships

第II卷(共35分)

第四部分   寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分35分)

第一節(jié)　短文改錯(cuò)（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

文中共有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞作斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

      2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

Dear Brown,

    Last summer I take a part-time job in the International Camp for children. I have been told one more worker will be needed this year and I think you are fit to it. How about join us? The camp is at the foot of a small hill close a river. It is so a beautiful place! We can hear birds singing happy all around. Everybody sleeps in tents, that is very excited. We usually work only five hours a day , so we will have plenty of spare time visit the area and have a fun. I am sure it will be an unforgettable experience. If you have interest in it, reply to me soon. .

 They have been woking on this project for one month. It seems they need ________ month to finish it.

    A. more        B.other           C. another       D. the other 

.After studying chemistry for years, I can only say I have____general knowledge of this subject.

A. /         B. a little           C. a                D. some

---Ann looks hot and dry.

       ---So       you if you had a high fever.

A. do                    B. are                       C. will              D. would

. Isn't it lovely to think that I ______myself on the sunny beach tomorrow at this time？

A. will enjoy                      B. am enjoying

C. will be enjoying                 D. shall enjoy