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D. since30. — Do you know sound travels very fast? — Yes. But light travels sound. A. as fast as B. a little faster than C. much faster than D. slower thanIV. 完形填空(共10分,每小題1分)先閱讀短文,然后從文中每小題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)可以填入短文中相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be (31) but a failure(失敗者).After five years of poor jobs, I fell (32) with a very nice girl. But her mother said to me, “You’ve (33) in everything you’ve ever done. You can’t give any happiness to my daughter!” It was the frustrating thing that could have changed me later. I decided to do something (34) about my life, because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was (35) .So I tried hard with my writing and went to college. My first book came out while I was at college. After college (36) during the day in high schools and went to evening classes at college. Later, I gave up that job to write full time. At the same time, I was offered a parttime job at Leeds University. I began to feel (38) of myself –here was once a poor boy who’d left school early, now teaching at the university. My writing career(生涯) (39 when I discovered my own style.Now I’m rich and (40) , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have put me down had said: “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”31. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing32. A. work B. love C. help D. study33. A. failed B. won C. beaten D. succeeded34. A. difficult B. easy C. negative D. positive35. A. terrible B. excellent C. wrong D. right36. A. stayed B. laught C. lived D. studied37. A. boss B. scientist C. teacher D. student38. A. proud B. sad C. tired D. happy39. A. set off B. went off C. broke off D. took off40. A. cool B. famous C. clever D. helpfulV. 閱讀理解(共30分,每小題2分)先閱讀短文,然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容從文后每小題的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出一個(gè)能完成所能句子或回答所提問題的正確答案。(A)Shopping Guide in Central MallFloorsArticles6Restaurant /Coffee shop/ Tea house5Children’s pleasure ground/ Game center4Electrical equipment, clocks and watches/ Writing materials and office supplies3Men’s clothing /Bedding2Women’s clothing/ Children’s clothing1Fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, drinks, cooked food, etc. /Kitchen wareBushiness hoursWeekdays:8:30am—6:30pmWeekends:9:00am—9:00pm41. If you want to have a cup of coffee, you should go to the floor. A. first B. fourth C. fifth D. sixth42. If you want to buy some apples and beef, you should go to the 42. If you want to buy some apples and beef, you should go to the floor. A. first B. second C. third D. fourth43. If Mr. Green wants to buy a shirt, he should go to the floor. A. second B. fourth C. third D. fifth44. If Mrs. Green’s children want to play, they should go to the floor. A. first B. fourth C. fifth D. sixth45. If you want to do some shopping in Central Mall in the evening, you may go there on . A. Wednesday B. Friday C. Saturday D. Monday(B)The designer of the Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, was not quite successful in his early years. He was not among the best students at school, and from time to time he got into trouble with either his schoolmates or his teachers. But he was full of new ideas, which few people saw the value of. Things remained the same when he went up to college and he dropped out halfway.Steve Jobs worked first as a video game designer at Atari. He worked there for only a few months and then