Every bit of his dignity and ____ was swept into the dust.

One of the most enjoyable jobs I've ever done was when I was a student. When you () what it was you may be a bit shocked, but () I know it sounds () I can assure you that it was in fact delightful. () it or not, I was grave-digger for a () summer. It was one of those hot, dry () which made the () as hard as rock and () needed a great deal of effort to dig the graves. Now, a grave-digger doesn't have anything to () with dead bodies. () he has to do is dig two-meter deep () and fill them in again when the coffin has been put (). As I said, it was a marvelous summer and I'm glad to say that I didn't have to work on my (). I had a workmate who had been digging graves since 1930. In spite of his depressing trade he was a () character, always laughing and () jokes. He () to tell me all about his experiences and I listened to him for hours () end. Mind you, () had to work quite hard and usually there were two or three graves to dig every day. () the time I had to go back to () I was fitter, browner and in some ways a wiser person.

1、A) hear B) know C) tell D) say

2、A) what B) because C) although D) however

3、A) strange B) good C) pleasant D) unpleasant

4、A) Take B) Hear C) Believe D) Like

5、A) long B) short C) pleasant D) whole

6、A) season B) summers C) days D) holidays

7、A) ground B) field C) grave D) work

8、A) which B) what C) it D) that

9、A) do B) deal C) fear D) carry

10、A) That B) All C) which D) where

11、A) graves B) holes C) caves D) places

12、A) down B) away C) on D) in

13、A) hand B) energy C) own D) problem

14、A) kind B) helpful C) bad D) cheerful

15、A) telling B) speaking C) hearing D) doing

16、A) was B) used C) wanted D) went

17、A) to B) with C) without D) on

18、A) he B) I C) we D) they

19、A) By B) To C) At D) From

20、A) dig B) work C) college D) employment

The main idea of this passage is______.

A. it is likely to make an enemy of your admirer

B. there are many solutions to the problems of dating

C. an admirer has feeling every bit as sensitive as our own

D. it is possible to discourage an admirer without hurting his feelings

He takes his ______ home to his wife every Friday.

A．salaries

B．wages

C．incomes

D．savings

His ______ of the aeroplane was correct in every detail and could really fly.

A．shape

B．pattern

C．design

D．model

Many people dislike him because he is ______ (jealousy)of every progress achieved by his colleague．

That student ______ his hand every time I ask a question.

A．gets up

B．rises

C．raises

D．straightens

The teacher has his students______ a composition every other week.

A．to write

B．written

C．writing

D．write

A．count on

B．count for

C．count down

D．count out

According to the passage, Pat didn't ______.

A. want to be like his uncle in every way

B. try to make the sounds of a bird singing

C. like to go to school

D. go to school across the forest

Part A

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)

Yasuhisa Shizoki, a 51-year-old MP from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), starts tapping his finger on the dismal economic chart on his coffee table. "Unless we change the decision-making process," he says bluntly, "we are not going to be able to solve this kind of problem." With the economy in such a mess, it may seem a bit of a diversion to be trying to sort out Japan's political structures as well as its economic problems.

Since co-writing a report on political reform, which was released by an LDP panel last week, Mr. Shizoki has further upset the party's old guard. Its legionaries, flanked by columns of the bureaucracy, continue to hamper most attempts to overhaul the economy. Junichiro Koizumi was supposed to change all that, by going over their heads and appealing directly to the public. Yet nearly a year after becoming prime minister, Mr. Koizumi has precious little to show for his efforts. His popularity is now flagging and his determination is increasingly in doubt.

As hopes of immediate economic reform. fade, optimists are focusing on another potential benefit of Mr. Koizumi's tenure. They hope that his highly personalized style. of leadership will pave the way for a permanent change in Japanese politics: towards more united and authoritative cabinets that are held directly accountable for their policies. As that happens, the thinking goes, real economic reforms will be able to follow. Unfortunately, damage-limitation in the face of scandal too often substitutes for real reform. More often, the scandals serve merely as distractions. What is really needed is an overhaul of the rules themselves.

A leading candidate for change is the 40-year-old system—informal but religiously followed-through which the LDP machinery vets every bill before it ever gets to parliament. Most legislation starts in the LDP's party committees, which mirror the parliamentary committee structure. Proposals then go through two higher LDP bodies, which hammer out political deals to smooth their passage. Only then does the prime minister's cabinet get fully involved in approving the policy. Most issues have been decided by the LDP mandarins long before they reach this point, let alone the floor of parliament, leaving even the prime minister limited influence, and allowing precious little room for public debate and even less for accountability.

As a result, progress will probably remain slow. Since they know that political reform. leads to economic reform, and hence poses a threat to their interests, most of the LDP will resist any real changes. But at least a handful of insiders have now brought into one of Mr. Koizumi's best slogans: "Change the LDP, change Japan."

The diversion Yasuhisa Shizoki enjoys is mentioned in the text to ______.

A．introduce the topic of economic reforms.

B．honor his unique service to the LDP.

C．highlight his ability to solve problems.

D．show how he sort out his slogans.

A．with the exception of

B．ill the light of

C．by virture of

D．regardless of