1．He is interested in farming and is ________ to know everything about the farm.
A．eager B．anxious
C．worried D．busy
答案与解析：A 句意：他对农业感兴趣，渴望知道有关农场的一切。be eager to do sth.“渴望做某事”，为固定搭配。anxious“焦急的；担心的”；worried“担忧的；担心的”；busy“忙碌的”。
2．The manager says he needs an assistant to ________ to deal with the problems that may occur in his absence.
A．depend in B．count on
C．count with D．turn up
答案与解析：B 句意：经理说他需要一个助手来解决他不在时可能会出现的问题。count on相当于depend on，意为“依靠；依赖”。turn up“出现”。
3．The police ________ Tom of stealing and the accused was afraid to meet the accuser.
A．accused B．charged
C．robbed D．informed
答案与解析：A 句意：警察指控汤姆偷窃，被告害怕见到原告。accuse常与of连用，符合题意。charge与介词with连用；rob常用于rob sb. of sth.结构；inform常用于inform sb. of sth.结构。
4．The modeling business is by no means easy to get into, while the good model will always be in ________.
A．demand B．need
C．trouble D．lack
答案与解析：A 句意：进入模特界绝不是容易的事，然而好的模特总是供不应求。由while引导的表示对比关系的从句可知in demand与题干前部分的by no means easy to get into相比较的。in demand“需求”。
5．The description was pretty ________， so the police could figure out the portrait of the criminal.
A．vague B．accurate
C．particular D．vain
答案与解析：B 由“could figure out...”可知描述是相当“准确的”，故B项正确。vague“模糊的”；particular“特别的”；vain“徒劳的”。
6．I'm glad that my parents have ________ of my buying a new car.
A．agreed B．promised
C．allowed D．approved
答案与解析：D approve of one's doing sth.“赞成/同意某人做某事”。agree“同意”，不与of搭配；promise“许诺”；allow“同意；允许”是及物动词。
7．Lucy has ________ all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new challenges at university.
A．acquired B．finished
C．concluded D．achieved
答案与解析：D 句意：露西完成了她为自己设定的高中阶段的所有目标，并且为迎接大学新的挑战做好了准备。achieve one's goal意为“达到某人的目标”。
8．The government is devoting resources to establish public health systems. ________， the physical conditions of children have improved greatly.
A．Therefore B．However
C．Otherwise D．Meanwhile
答案与解析：D 考查副词辨析。句意：政府正在投入资源建设公共卫生体系，期间，儿童的健康状况得到显著改善。therefore“因此，为此”；however“然而”；otherwise“否则”；meanwhile“期间”。
9．I can think of many cases ________ students obviously knew a lot of English words and expressions but couldn't write a good essay.
A．why B．which
C．as D．where
答案与解析：D 句意：我能想出很多实例，在这些实例中学生们显然了解许多英语单词和表达，但就是不能写出好文章来。考查关系副词where引导定语从句。先行词是cases，用where引导定语从句，作地点状语，相当于in the cases。和case用法相类似的词还有situation, point等。
10．He is so good a student ________ be praised frequently in class.
A．as to B．to
C．in order to D．as
答案与解析：A 句意：他是一个如此好的学生，经常在课堂上受到表扬。so... as to...“如此……以至于”。
11．The train ________ arrive at 1?30, but it was an hour late.
A．was about to B．was likely to
C．was certain to D．was supposed to
答案与解析：D 句意：这趟火车1点半就该来了，但它晚点一个小时。be supposed to“应该”。
12．A terrible example of earthquake which happened in Wenchuan, Sichuan ________ thousands of millions of people die.
A．led B．resulted
C．saw D．produced
答案与解析：C 句意：发生在四川汶川的地震导致了数以万计的人丧生。用动词see更形象。
13．Letterboxes are much more ________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.
A．common B．normal
C．ordinary D．unusual
答案与解析：A 句意：信箱在英国比在美国更普遍，在美国大多数人都有电子信箱。common“普遍的，普通的”；normal“正常的”；ordinary“一般的”；unusual“异乎寻常的”。
14．They sent someone to ________ the value of the house, and they wanted to buy it.
A．assist B．update
C．inform D．assess
答案与解析：D 句意：他们派人去估算那座房子的价值，准备买下来。assist“帮助，促进”；update“更新，使现代化”；inform“告诉，通知”；assess“估价，估计”。只有D项符合语境。
15．We regret to ________ you that our library will be closed next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for the sports meeting.
A．say B．speak
C．inform D．notice
答案与解析：C 句意：我们很遗憾地通知你：因为开运动会，图书馆将于下周三、周四及周五暂停开放。say涉及“说”的内容；speak“讲(语言)”；inform“通知，告知”；notice“注意”。只有C项符合语境。
Ⅱ.理解
A
Once upon a time there was one storyteller. After getting tired of telling old fabricated stories, he left his house in search of a real life story.
He reached a village and took a cottage for rent. After wandering in the village throughout the month, in search of true stories, the storyteller couldn't find one. Disappointed, he decided to stop his search.
The next day, while sitting in the cottage, he suddenly heard a voice?a woman was yelling(吼叫)at someone. The voice was coming from the big wall behind his cottage.
He tried to hear the conversation; it sounded like the woman was abusing(辱骂)her daughterinlaw. The storyteller didn't like it but he was happy to finally get his story.
Listening to the conversations each day he added them to his story. Though he couldn't see the characters of his story, he started hating the motherinlaw, as she seemed to be a villain(坏人)．
Now it was time to finalize the end of the story. But before he did, the storyteller wanted to see the characters once, so he climbed up the wall.
There he saw the motherinlaw sitting in a wheelchair. It seemed she was disabled and that the daughterinlaw was resting nearby.
He saw the old lady trying to get some food lying on the table near her chair. But because of her condition, she couldn't reach it and it looked like the daughterinlaw was enjoying the old lady's helplessness. Suddenly the old lady fell from the chair and started abusing her daughterinlaw.
The storyteller went back and quickly changed the ending of the story. He was surprised how different it was compared to what he originally thought it would be.
Truly he had found both a real life story and a real life lesson.
16. What's the meaning of the underlined word“fabricated” in Paragraph 1?
A. Funny. B. Imaginary.
C. Amazing. D. Romantic.
17. Why did the storyteller climb up the wall?
A. He thought he was strong enough to do it.
B. He expected to find out what was happening.
C. He would like to find a good ending for his story.
D. He wanted to have a look at the woman and her
daughterinlaw.
18. Why did the old woman start abusing her daughterinlaw?
A. Her daughterinlaw didn't take care of her.
B. Her daughterinlaw was too busy to help her.
C. Her daughterinlaw pushed her out of her wheelchair.
D. Her daughterinlaw didn't allow her to get food.
19. What lesson can we learn from the text?
A. No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
B. A good listener is not someone with nothing to say.
C. Don't just listen to one's words. Watch what one does.
D. Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.
答案与解析：
16．B 根据第一段“he left his house in search of a real life story”可知，他平常讲的故事都不是真实的，而是虚构的。fabricated“编造的，虚构的”，与imaginary意义相同。
17．D 根据第六段的内容可知，说书人爬墙是为了看一眼故事中的主人公。
18．A 根据第八段可知，那位老太太由于残疾坐在轮椅中，她够不到食物，而儿媳似乎很高兴看到她的无助。当老人跌倒时，她开始骂儿媳了。
19．C 讲故事的人在看到婆媳二人的实际情况后，才发现婆婆骂儿媳的真正原因，而之前他仅凭在墙外听得出了错误的结论。可见本文的寓意为“耳听为虚，眼见为实”，与C项的陈述相符。
B
My students often tell me that they do not have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork.
My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president”. I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty four hours in the day for everyone, and suggest that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.
Once in graduate school, I tried to justify (证明……有理) myself to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was，“That's irrelevant. What's important is the quality of your work.” Since then I have had time to reflect on the “hard worker” dodge(妙计), and I have come to some conclusions, all relevant to the issue of how much time we have.
If you look at the matter analytically, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, of course, the matter of “time”， which we can think of as fixed. Then there is the issue of “work” during that time, which can vary in intensity. But, as my professor suggested, it's not the diligence of the work but the quality of the product that's important.
That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone's office: “Don't work harder. Work smarter.” There's a lot of sense in that idea.
If you can't get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means devising(想出) ways of getting more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homework”， the expression “work habits” should be read as “study habits”．
Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off across the board in all your studies.
20. From the passage, we know that the author is most probably________.
A. a poet B. an educator
C. a novelist D. an engineer
21. We can infer from the second paragraph that students still________.
A. have enough time
B. can meet the president
C. can get something done well
D. should accept the teacher's suggestion
22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. My students often make full use of their time to do all their homework.
B. I once tried to show myself to my professor by saying that I was wrong.
C. Many of us can get more time to improve the quality of the work.
D. Improving reading and writing skills will benefit students a lot.
23. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Not an Acceptable Explanation
B. Don't Work Harder. Work Smarter
C. An Analysis of Our Work Habits
D. Read Better And Write Better
答案与解析：
20．B 根据第一段首句中的关键信息My students和第三段中的关键信息Once in graduate school说明“我”研究生毕业后从事的是教育行业，故an educator符合作者身份。
21．A “我”对自己的学生说“你的时间和总统的一样多”，并指出，把“时间不够”作为没有完成某事的理由是不可接受的。由此可得出结论：学生仍是有充足的时间的。
22．D A项错在与文章第一句不吻合；B项错在与第三段第一句不吻合；C项错在与第六段第一句不吻合；D项与最后一段的内容吻合。
23．B 文章主要向我们阐述：我们每个人的时间都是一样的，要想提高学习质量，只有在改善学习方法上下工夫，即不要苦干，要巧干，故B项最能概括文章主旨。
Ⅲ.书面表达
假设你是张林，你的老板Mr. Whitehead要求你于周六上午去参加一个产品介绍会。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Mr. Whitehead请假。
内容要点：
*表示歉意。
*理由：要去火车站接一个朋友。
*询问：是否可以准备好材料让李东代为参加。
注意：1. 词数：100?120；
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
范文：
Dear Mr. Whitehead，
I'm writing to tell you that maybe it will be impossible for me to attend the meeting on Saturday you asked me to. I'm terribly sorry. I know it is important because we are supposed to introduce our products then, but one of my friends will come at that time and as it will be the first time for him to come to the city, I have to go to the railway station to meet him. Is it possible that I get all the materials needed ready and ask Li Dong to do the job instead of me? I would appreciate it if you would agree.
Looking forward to your reply.
With best wishes.
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