【正文】 to improve production a great deal, but he doesn’t spend much on technology. I am afraid he won’t realize his dream. You kn ow ________. A. you can’t eat your cake and have it B. empty vessels make the greatest sound C. enough is as good as a feast D. two heads are better than one 第二節(jié)：完形填空（共 20小題；每小題 1分，共 20分） 閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，從每題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 I recently traveled to San Francisco for some meetings and found myself with a half day to 36 . My 37 : The 49ers’ first game of the season, against the Green Bay Packers. The America’s Cup sailing races. Or I could get 38 . After a terribly long line at the car rental center, I was 39 . So I disappeared into the fog and clouds shrouding the Pacific Coast Highway and headed south with absolutely no 40 in mind. I drove through tunnels 41 out of the mountains and stopped at a few state beaches。 at one, I watched a wedding out on the cliffs among the crashing 42 . Back in the car, I drove toward San Gregorio, a town that you can easily 43 . I know because I drove right through it and 44 up on a narrow pine tree– bordered asphalt(柏油 ) road that felt like it would go on 45 . A few people just moved around outside the San Gregorio General Store, talking about the motorcycles they39。ve owned over the years. Inside, I found a bar with regular customers, two people playing guitar together, and, of course, a fullon store. I 46 a song, took a seat quickly, and watched the guitarists play and dance. Then I congratulated them, 47 a couple of wrinkled dollars in their bucket, and walked back out into the world. It was pouring outside. We all waited, some patiently, others 48 , because nature messed up their hurried day. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens 49 away the dirt and dust of the world. “Mom, let’s run through the 50 .” said a girl. “When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, if God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!” “Honey, you are 51 right.” Mom said. Then off they ran. And yes, I di d. I ran. The day could have been so 52 : being 53 into a stadium or bar halfwatching sports. 54 this was much more rewarding. Hours prior, I was on a flight with the masses, going through the motions. Then I was out on my own, having an unexpected and unrepeatable experience. I learned something on September 8: Don’t be 55 to get lost— on purpose or otherwise— and have zero expectations. It will be good for you. I promise. 36. A. waste B. kill C. devote D. spend 37. A. series B. privileges C. options D. priorities 38. A. started B. injured C. lost D. stuck 39. A. free B. occupied C. suspicious D. absorbed 40. A. freedom B. fright C. conscience D. destination 41. A. carved B. released C. standing D. running 42. A. waves B. crowds C. vehicles D. hills 43. A. identify B. miss C. survive D. recognize 44. A. picked B. brought C. ended D. took 45. A. steadily B. smoothly C. firmly D. forever 46. A. recorded B. released C. ordered D. posed 47. A. broke B. carried C. withdrew D. threw 48. A. delighted B. annoyed C. calmed D. inspired 49. A. turning B. washing C. giving D. melting 50. A. danger B. dust C. rain D. store 51. A. somewhat B. especially C. somehow D. absolutely 52. A. impressive B. independent C. adventurous D. different 53. A. pushed B. persuaded C. talked D. tricked 54. A. But B. Therefore C. Besides D. Also 55. A. keen B. afraid C. curious D. thoughtful 第三部分 閱讀理解 (共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30 分 ) 請認真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 A A classic joke goes like this: A nurse rushes into an exam room and says, “Doctor, doctor, there’s an invisible man in the waiting room.” The doctor says, “Tell him I can’t see him.” Pretty simple, right? Here’s how I tell it: “A nurse — her name is Joyce— feels a presence in the waiting room. She looks around but sees nothing. She jumps up from her desk, carefully replaces her chair, and runs down the lavenderhued hallway to the doctor’s office. She knocks on the door. No response. He’s not there. Where can he be? She continues down the hall, admiring a lithograph of an 18thcentury Mississippi paddleboat along the way.” By this time, my audience has left, but I soldier on. “She bursts into the exam room and says, ‘Doctor, doctor!’ The doctor, I should mention, is a urologist with a degree from Ohio State, which is where my nephew ?” You get the idea. I’m an embellisher. I can’t leave a simple gag alone. I’m not the only joke challenged member of the family. My sister’s worse than I am. Her problem: She can’t remember them. “‘A nurse rushes into an exam room and says?’Uh, let me start all over again. ‘A nurse rushes into a waiting?’No, it’s not the waiti ng room. She just came from the waiting room. Let me start all over again. ‘A doctor rushes into?’ No, wait?” My uncle’s different. He’s guilty of taking a perfectly fine joke and selling it as the second ing of Oscar Wilde,“Okay, this is a good one. Ready? No, really, ready? Okay, fasten your seat belts. Ready?‘A nurse?’Got it? A nurse? Okay, ready?‘A nurse rushes into an exam room and says, “Doctor, doctor, there’s an invisible man in the waiting room.”’ Now, this is where it gets funny. Ready?” No one is ever ready, so they leave before he gets to the punch line. My father’s on Wall Street, so he hears all the jokes before they hit the Web. And he lets you know he knows them all by telling you all of them. He also knows that most people don’t li ke jokes. So he slips them in under the radar: “I was chatting with Ben Bernanke the other day. You know Ben, don’t you? The Fed chief? Anyway, we were reviewing the Fed’s policy on long term interest rates, and he told me it had evolved into its curren