【正文】 n countries all over the world, it’ s a time to say goodbye to the old year, and to wele the new. 36． A. familiar B. same C. important D. normal 37． A. If B. Since C. While D. Before 38． A. es B. turns C. looks D. counts 39． A. loudly B. quietly C. sadly D. safely 40． A. walk B. secret C. job D. treatment 41． A. put on B. write down C. take away D. look after 42． A. quickly B. hard C. harder D. hardly 43． A. its B. his C. her D. their 44． A. follow B. make C. do D. give 45． A. by B. for C. with D. from 四 、 閱讀理解 （本大題共 20 分，每小題 2分） A． 閱讀下列短文，每小題四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出一個(gè)正確答案 （ A） House For Sale Red Rose Garden， Pudong 3storey（層） home， 509 sqm（平方米） total land area， sqm builtin, sqm garden. Asking RMB13 million ( million). MP: 13761973547 Tel: 021— 58609228 Fax: 021— 58609728 Job Wanted Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and Putonghua. Now I am working at an international trade (國(guó)際貿(mào)易 ) pany in Guangzhou. I am kindhearted, hardworking and healthy, and would like parttime weekend work offering putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please me at . Beijing Snow World Ski Park Price: 18 yuan (ticket), 50 yuan／ hour on weekdays and 70 yuan／ hour at weekends, 120 yuan／ four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan／ four hours at weekends. Tel: 010— 69191617 46. How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale? A. 509 sqm B. sqm C. sqm D. sqm 47. Where is Cherry working now? A. Shanghai B. Guangzhou C. Beijing D. Pudong Nick goes skiing in Beijing Snow World Ski Park， he has to pay more money on ___________ than on Tuesday. A. Sunday B. Friday C. Wednesday D. Monday （ B） Before Christmas Mr Smith broke his right leg and had to stay in hospital. When he was there, he always asked his doctor when he could go home. He didn’t like to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, Mr Smith didn’t get better. So on Christmas Day he was still in hospital. He spent a bad day in bed thinking that he missed a lot of fun on such a happy day. The next day the doctor told him that he might be well enough to leave hospital in time for the New Year. Mr Smith was very happy to think that he would spend New Year’s Day outside hospital. Soon Mr Smith left hospital and on New Year’s Eve he went to a party. He enjoyed himself there. But he drank too much. On his way home that night, he had a fall and broke his left leg. What an unlucky man he was！ 49. Mr. Smith felt ____ on Christmas Day. A. happy B. sad C. better D. well 50. Because ______, he drank so much on New Year’s Eve. A. he was too happy B. both of his two legs got well C. he had a fall D. he was in hospital 51. Mr Smith would have to spend New Year’s Day ______. A. at home B. at a party C. in hospital hospital （ C） When we talk about red packets, the most important question is “What are you going to do with it?” One thing you could do is to put your money in the bank. Maybe you don’t know, some students in Hubei began to use the Xiaogui Dangjia bank card this year. This is a card for children. It is from China Minsheng Bank in Wuhan. Wang Ming is a 14yearold junior student in Wuhan. He said “All my pocket money has a place to go now. I can pay my own school fees (學(xué)費(fèi) ).” Zhu Yu, a manager (經(jīng)理 ) of Minsheng Bank, said that they knew lots of students who didn’t know how to use their money. So they wanted them to know how to use it carefully. Parents worry that children don’t know how to take care of the money by themselves. Shen qiangqiang’s mother like the card very much. Shen was asking his mother for a puter for a long time, but his mother didn’t buy it for him. She said, “We want him to use his card to save money for the puter. If we buy everything he asks for, he will think money es too easily, and he won’t work hard for it.” Today, there are many different kinds of bank cards. They are from different banks. People put their money in them. Then they can use their money at any time. People can do many things with bank cards. They can wash cars, go shopping, eat delicious food and travel to other places with the money in their bank cards. The m