【正文】 away, the elderly couple agreed that the helpful clerk was indeed exceptional, as finding people who are both friendly and helpful isn’t easy.Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the old man. It recalled that stormy night and enclosed a round－trip ticket to New York, asking the young man to pay them a visit.The old man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th street. He then pointed to a great new building there, a pale reddish stone, with turrets and watchtowers thrusting up to the sky. “That，” said the older man, “is the hotel I have just built for you to manage.” “You must be joking，” the young man said. “I can assure you I am not，” said the older man, a sly smile playing around his mouth.The older man’s name was William Waldorf Astor, and that magnificent structure was the original Waldorf－Astoria Hotel. The young clerk who became its first manager was George C. Boldt. This young clerk never foresaw the turn of events that would lead him to bee the manager of one of the world’s most glamorous hotels.72．The purpose of the author by writing this story is to ______.A. give people a good laughB. cover some factsC. promote the business of Waldorf－Astoria HotelD. deliver a lesson73．Which of the following statements about the story is NOT true?A. The story took place at about one a．m..B. The old couple was too poor to afford a luxurious room.C. The clerk was willing to help those in need.D. The clerk received an unexpected invitation from the old man.74．The underlined word “conventions” in Para. 3 can be replaced by “______”．A. rooms B. suitesC. meetings D. hotels75．Which of the following proverbs suits the story the best?A. Every little thing helps.B. Make hay while the sun shines.C. Man proposes。 God disposes(處理，決定)．D. One good turn deserves another.[答案]這是一篇記敘文。多年前的一個深夜，一位老人和他的妻子在雨中來到費城的一家小旅館住宿，可是旅店已經住滿了。為了不讓老人在雨中四處奔波，該旅店的一位員工將自己的房間騰出來給夫妻倆住。兩年后，這位老人將自己新建的華爾道夫飯店交給該員工打理。一個小小的善舉使該員工成了世界豪華酒店的經理。72．D?？疾閷懽髂康?。本文講述一個默默無聞的旅館小職員在雨夜將自己的房間提供給客人住宿，并由此受到客人的感激，成為了世界豪華酒店的經理的故事。由此可推知本文的寫作意圖是D。73．B?？疾橥评砼袛唷奈恼麻_頭的敘述可知，這對夫婦到達該旅館的時候是凌晨1點，而且當時鎮(zhèn)上有三個會議，再結合倒數(shù)第二段中老人將新建的豪華酒店交由該店員管理等信息可推知，夫妻倆并非無錢住豪華的房間，故B項錯誤。74．C?？疾樵~義猜測。從畫線詞的語境和選項看，該詞與鎮(zhèn)上的旅館客滿有關，因此這里表示有三個“會議”同時在該鎮(zhèn)舉行，而不是三個“房間；套間；旅館”。75．D?？疾橥评砼袛?。從故事情節(jié)的發(fā)展不難判斷選D。這個職員的熱心幫助換來了被幫助人的厚報，使他成為世界豪華酒店的經理，這正應驗了“好人有好報”。因此選D。Ⅴ.短文改錯(共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分)(2009陜西)My classmate, Joseph, is at present in hospital[答案]76．breaking→broken。非謂語動詞作定語，與所修飾詞是被動關系，用過去分詞。77．ran→run。let后常用省略to的不定式作賓語補足語。78．去掉trouble前的the。get into trouble是固定短語，意思是“陷入麻煩之中”。79．√80．patiently→patient。修飾名詞nurses，用形容詞。81．在they take him前加and。前后是并列關系，用并列連詞and。82．book→books。book前用lots of修飾，應用復數(shù)。83．study→studying。be busy(in) doing sth.“忙于做某事”。84．fast→faster。由than可知此處副詞用比較級。85．在a few前加in within。in a few weeks：過幾周。Ⅵ.書面表達(滿分25分)(2008山東)假設你是新華中學的學生張華，班里從外地轉來一名同學李明，他一時無法融入新的班集體中，感到很苦惱。請根據(jù)下列要點用英語給他寫一封信：*幫他分析原因*給他提出建議*陳述你幫助他的具體打算注意：詞數(shù)120—150Dear Li Ming，________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Best regards，Zhang Hua[參考答案]Dear Li Ming，I’m sorry to know that you feel distressed at your new class. One of the reasons, I believe, is that you might be too shy to talk confidently with your classmates. Maybe you are afraid that your classmates will make fun of your accent. Therefore it is natural for you to feel lonely occasionally.I believe, with your effort, you can manage to overe these difficulties. To start with, you may as well learn to speak Putonghua, well understood by all the Chinese. Besides, paring notes with your classmates frequently is a good way for you to make new friends.In our spare time, I’ll invite you to play basketball or go to some parties. Also, I’d like to introduce my good friends to you.I hope you can adapt to the new school life as soon as possible.Best regards，Zhang Hua