To my （), we could finish the work on time.

ng years my husband spent his every waking moment telling me just what was wrong with me. When I finally asked for a divorce, he answered by telling me that I would never find anyone to love me because I was just so unattractive. This went on for about two years. One night one of my friends convinced me to go out with her. We went to a nightclub and that's when I met him.

Clint was playing a game with a girl. I sat in the corner watching him. I didn't feel that I had whatever it took to get up and mix with others because of my self-esteem problem. Finally I got up the courage to order a drink for him. When he got it, he gave me the most dazzling smile. We spent the rest of the evening talking until I realized that it was almost morning. I figured that he was simply being nice to me because I had bought him a drink, but the very next day he called and told me that he could not stop thinking about me and that he wanted to meet my kids too.

(81) About 3 months later, my divorce was final and Clint sat my boys down and asked them if it was all right with them if he asked me to marry him because he could not imagine life without the three of us anymore. I was so touched that he went to my boys and asked for their approval because they were the "men of the house" at the ripe old ages of 2 and 4. They said yes and we have all been together ever since. Clint gave me and my boys a second chance at a wonderful life. (82) Not a day goes by that he doesn't tell we are the best thing that ever has happened to him and that he loves us.

The writer's first marriage was unsuccessful because______ .

A．her husband often woke her up at midnight

B．her husband kept criticizing her

C．she was unattractive

D．she had a self-esteem problem

On our first day's driving on the Scottish island of Mull, my husband and I came to a stretch of water that we had to cross on a small ferry boat. The ferryman asked if we would【C1】______ waiting ten minutes while he transported a family of cows【C2】______ the water to their summer pasture. This【C3】______ with the cows stuck in my mind as a【C4】______ of Mull, a place far removed from the hurried confusion of city life.

For travelers in【C5】______ of a quiet, peaceful place, there can be few better ends. We【C6】______ the island to be a charming mix of mountains, castles and sandy beaches. One of the best days of our trip

was【C7】______ we joined a nature tour of the island, and had the【C8】______ fortune to see a【C9】______ of rare creatures, including red deer and golden eagles.

But no visit to Mull is【C10】______ without a trip to the small island of lona. lona has great historical【C11】______. because it is the place where early Scottish kings were【C12】______. Our first attempt to get to lona had to be【C13】______ owing to the heavy rain which is【C14】______ characteristic of the island. It was another three days before we could get to lona, but in the end it was well【C15】______ the wait and was the highlight of our trip.

【C1】

A．bother

B．care

C．object

D．mind

Section A (30 points, 2 points each)

Directions: This part is to test your reading ability.There are 3 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.

Last night after dinner I told my family the bad news. 1 had this class assignment to monitor our use of energy at home for a week. Our family got an F.

Tuesday night my brother watched the same two hour movie on his TV set that we were watching in the living room. Thursday Mom ran an entire dishwashing cycle for 3cupa, 2plates, a knife and 3 little spoons. That's lot of electricity and hot water down the drain.

Dad drives 28 miles back and forth to work alone. Two men he works with live right nearly, and they could carpool(合伙使用汽车) and save about a thousand gallons of gas a year. And me, I'm guilty too. I went out and left the radio blaring in my room all Saturday morning.

So last night at the dinner table we all agreed to do everything we could to conserve energy. Faster showers. Lower thermostats(温度调节器) . Fuller care (51) It's a fact that this country's using up energy faster than we produce it. I read that we may run out of oil-forever-in thirty years. So terrible. (52) Unless every person in every house on every block does his part, the future looks pretty dim.

I'm getting more and more concerned about the future. Because that's where I'm going to be.

The people in this family______.

A．wasted energy unconsciously

B．had the radio on when they went out

C．watched TV programs separately

D．liked to use hot water while washing dishes

on. Very soon you'll be able to record your entire life (1)_____—anything a microphone or a camera can sense you' Il be able to (2)_____. In particular, the number of images a person captures in a lifetime is set to rise exponentially. The thousand (3)_____ a year I take of my children on a digital camera are all precious to me. (4)_____ a generation's time, my children's children will have total image documentation of their entire lives—a (5)_____ log of tremendous personal value.

By then we'll be wrestling with another question: how we control all the electronic (6)_____ connected to the internet: trillions of PCs, laptops, cell phones and other gadgets. In Cambridge, we're already working (7)_____ millimetre-square computing and sensing devices that can be linked to the internet through the radio network. This sort of (8)_____ will expand dramatically (9)_____ microscopic communications devices become dirt-cheap and multiply. Just imagine (10)_____ the paint on the wall could do if it had this sort of communications dust in it: change colour, play music, show movies or even speak to you.

(11)_____ costs raise other possibilities too. (12)_____ launching space vehicles is about to become very much cheaper, the number of satellites is likely to go up exponentially. There's lots of (13)_____ up there so we could have millions of them. And if you have millions of loworbit satellites, you can establish a (14)_____ communications network that completely does away with towers and masts. If the satellites worked on the cellular principle so you got spatial reuse of frequencies, system (15)_____ would be amazing. Speech is so (16)_____ that I expect voice communication to become almost free eventually: you' 11 pay just a monthly fixed (17)_____ and be able to make as many calls as you want. By then people will also have fixed links with business (18)_____, friends and relatives. One day I (19)_____ being able to keep in touch with my family in Poland on a fibreoptic audio-video (20)_____; we'll be able to have a little ceremony at supper-time, open the curtains and sit down "together" to eat.

A．electrically

B．electronically

C．automatically

D．technically

r the people who cross it frequently one crossing of the Atlantic is very much like another, and they do not make the voyage for the【1】of its interest. Most of us are quite happy when we feel【2】to go to bed and pleased when the journey【3】On the first night this time I felt especially lazy and went to bed【4】earlier than usual. When I【5】my cabin, I was surprised【6】that I was to have a companion during my trip, which made me feel a little unhappy. I had expected【7】but there was a suitcase【8】mine in the opposite corner. I wondered who he could be and what he would be like. Soon afterwards he came in. He was the sort of man you might meet【9】，except that he was wearing【10】good clothes that I made up my mind that we would not【11】whoever he was and did not say【12】.As I had expected, he did not talk to me either but went to bed immediately.

I suppose I slept for several hours because when I woke up it was already the middle of the night. I felt cold but covered【13】as well as I could and tries to go back to sleep. Then I realized that a【14】was coming from the window opposite. I thought perhaps I had forgotten【15】the door, so I got up【16】the door but found it already locked from the inside. The cold air was coming from the window opposite. I crossed the room and【17】the moon shone through it on to the other bed.【18】there. It took me a minute or two to【19】the door myself. I realized that my companion【20】through the window into the sea.

(1)

A．reason

B．motive

C．cause

D．sake

t in dreams. To begin with, I like the idea of dreaming, of going to bed and lying still and then, by some queer magic, wandering into another kind of existence. I could never understand why grown-ups took dreaming so calmly when they could make such a fuss about any holiday. This still puzzles me. I am mystified by people who say they never dream and appear to have no interest in the subject. It is much more astonishing than if they said they never went out for a walk. Most people—or at least most Western Europeans—do not seem to accept dreaming as part of their lives. They appear to see it as an annoying little habit, like sneezing or yawning.

I have never understood this. My dream life does not seem as important as my waking life only because there is far less of it, but to me it is important. As if there were at least two extra continents added to the world, and lightning excursions running to them at any moment between midnight and breakfast. Then again, the dream life, though queer and confusing and unsatisfactory in many respects, has its own advantages. The dead are there, smiling and talking. The past is there, some-times all broken and confused but occasionally as fresh as a daisy. And perhaps, the future is there too, waving at us. This dream life is often overshadowed by huge mysterious anxieties, with luggage that cannot be packed and trains that refuse to be caught; and both persons and scenes there are not as dependable and solid as they are in waking life, so that Brown and Smith merge into one person while Robinson splits into two, and there are thick woods outside the bathroom door and the dining-room is somehow part of a theater balcony; and there are moments of sorrow or terror in the dream world that are worse than anything else we have known under the sun. Yet this other life has its interests, its enjoyments, its satisfactions, and, at certain rare intervals, a peaceful glow or a sudden excitement, like glimpses of another form. of existence altogether, that we cannot match with open eyes.

As for dreams, we can conclude that

A．when the author has wonderful dreams, he will be happy for the whole day.

B．if the author had too much terrible dreams, he would feel annoyed.

C．the author wishes that he could make no fuss about any holiday.

D．the author wishes that he could have more strange dreams.

（非英语类学生必做）

Summers with father were always enjoyable. Swimming, hiking, boating, fishing the days were not long enough to contain all of our activities. There never seemed to be enough time to go to church, which disturbed some friends and relations. Accused of neglecting this part of our education, my father instituted a summer school for my brother and me. However, his summer course included ancient history, which Papa felt our schools neglected, and navigation, in which we first had a formal examination in the dining room, part of which consisted of tying several knots in a given time limit. Then we were each separately sent on what was grandly referred to as a cruise in my father's 18 foot knockabout, spending the night on board, and loaded down, according to my mother, with enough food for a week. I remember that on my cruise I was required to formally plot our course, using the tide table, even though our goal was an island I could see quite clearly across the water in the distance.

What was the original reason for holding the summer school？

A．The father wanted the children to learn more about religion.

B．The children got poor grades in their regular school.

C．The regular school teachers neglected the children.

D．Friends and relatives thought the children should learn religion.

eems to get beyond ties, handkerchiefs, or pairs of socks. But, strangely enough, it did not take me long to decide on Tom's birthday present. For the first time in my life I had a good idea——I would buy him a bottle of champagne. Before the party began, Tom suggested that I should open the bottle. I put it between my knees and began to pull, but it remained firmly corked. Soon a crowd gathered round to watch the fight between me and the bottle. I could hear all sorts of" helpful" suggestions from the guests like "Break the top off", "Use your teeth!" etc. But I was losing the bottle. We were struggling on the floor together, when all of a sudden there was a loud" pop!" and the cork shot up into the air, while the angry bottle showered everybody with champagne!

What is NOT mentioned as a birthday present according to the author？

A．Ties.

B．Books.

C．Handkerchiefs.

D．Pairs of socks.

er twenty years ago. During the war, I was at school in the north of England. As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to【22】me as a pupil. I used to go with him but he had such a【23】time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near we lived, but the more my father argued, the more【24】it became. In the end, we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for【25】an hour. While we were waiting, I【26】around at the school building, which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster's secretary finally【27】us into his office. Mr. Andrews spoke to me first. "Why do you want to come here？" he asked. I had been thinking of saying something about studying but I couldn't【28】remembering the boys outside. "I don't know anyone in London," I said. "I like to play with the other boys. I like to read a lot of books too." I【29】. "All right," Mr. Andrews said. "We have one place【30】, in fact."

My two years at that school were the happiest of my life.

(56)

A．if

B．despite

C．although

D．since

ng of faith and the strong will to survive. It took Hurricane Ike for me to fully【C1】______the beauty of our strength and a humans motivation to【C2】______Morn had a two-week【C3】______at the end of the summer. While in Southeast Texas enjoying our holiday, we didnt【C4】______the fact that Ike would cause months and likely years of "labor" . By September 7th, the "eyes of Texas" were watching Hurricane Ike more【C5】______, making the typical mad rush for last minute hurricane【C6】______. Two days later, as Ike crossed the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, both oil and ice were in high demand. In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to【C7】______the storm in their homes,【C8】______others were making final preparations to evacuate(撤离). At first, we decided to【C9】______. But that afternoon, the Houston/Galveston area would be on the more【C10】______side of the storm. Morn and I【C11】______some of our most prized【C12】______in the car and headed towards the East Texas town of Lufkin. As Ike pushed farther in land, we lost【C13】______in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next door neighbor told us【C14】______cell phone that our house had【C15】______well. Our hopes could not have been【C16】______, but a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had【C17】______, and was sitting in our living room, leaving a hole in the roof between two skylights(天窗). We wouldnt be allowed to return home until September 17th. I carefully climbed【C18】______to the view Id always loved. I looked towards the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky. Without【C19】______, I shouted, "Wow! A third skylight!" My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes instead of crying, but【C20】______is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.

【C1】

A．observe

B．appreciate

C．understand

D．improve

ugh we were brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental arithmetic.

Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystalclear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.

I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil while reading about other people's observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers, and books, which some might honour with the title of scientific research.

But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one the outstanding and essential qualities required is se]f-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only self-discipline but hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.

The first paragraph tells us the author ______. ()

A．was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood

B．lost his hearing when he was a child

C．didn't like his brothers and sisters

D．was born to a naturalist's family