【正文】 als and dreams you have to be willing to pay the price. 36, Sometimes it is your time. Sometimes it is money. And sometimes it is sleep. One of the best times to get ahead and be “in the zone” is when everyone else is sleeping. Get up early or stay up late. Those are your choices. Early birds: working before others get up “I am an early bird. I often get asked when I get my writing work done. 37 I usually get up at 4 am and work until the rest of the house wakes up. I find that working first thing in the morning gets my day going. Getting a head start on the rest of the world, just feels good.” Many people use the excuse that they can’t get up early. Maybe they are night owls... Night owls: working with the moon Other people prefer to stay up long after the rest of the world has crashed out. 38 They may be more productive at midnight than they are at noon. Just make sure that if you stay up late, you are being productive.(Not watching mindless TV or endlessly surfing the Net.) 39 It doesn’t matter which productivity bird represents your work style. 40 It depends on your environment and energy levels. Do you have the drive to get up early or stay up late? While others are dreaming, make your dreams real. Ask yourself, “What do you want more than a little extra sleep?” Are you a night owl or an early bird? A. They both can work. B. They work by the moonlight. C. Have a good sleep every day. D. Work while others are sleeping E. Early birds are better than night owls. F. That sacrifice often involves giving up something. G. The simplest answer is that I do it before everyone else gets up. 第三部分 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空（共 20 小題；每小題 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給四個(gè)選 項(xiàng) (A、 B、 C 和 D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 A Tree Art Museum, Beijing As a landmark structure in the famous art village Songzhuang, a small town on the outskirts (郊區(qū) ) of Beijing, Tree Art Museum attracts visitors with a courtyard with a pool. If you look out of the French windows of the twostorey structure, the reflections of the blue sky on the pool will help you clear your minds and enjoy a moment of peace. Open hours: 10:00 am5:00 pm (closed on Mondays) M Woods Museum, Beijing M Woods Museum, located in Beijing 798 Art Zone, has gained popularity among young Chinese people over the past years. M Woods is an independent, notforprofit art museum, which opens to the public with a permanent collection based on the founders’ private collection of international art. Open hours: 10:30 am6:00 pm (closed on Mondays) Yu Qingcheng Gallery, Tianjin Yu Qingcheng is a sculpture artist from North China’s Tianjin, famous for his clay figures of people living in rural China. The Yu Qingcheng Gallery stands in mountains of Jinxian county, covering an area of 1,800 square meters. Designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tianjin University, the gallery features a distinguishing structure. From the first to the last, different shapes of the buildings form a continuous flowing and changing physical space. Open hours: 9:00 am—5:00 pm (closed on Mondays) Muxin Art Museum, Zhejiang The Muxin Art Museum with a pondside modern structure, located in East China’s ancient water town of Wuzhen, Zhejiang province， is built in memory of a late Chinese artist， writer and poet Mu Xin, one of the most popular writers among young readers nowadays. Open hours: 9:00 am5:00 pm (closed on Mondays) 21. If you are free from 5:00 pm7:00 pm on Tuesday, which museum would you visit? A. Tree Art Museum B. M woods museum C. Yu Qingcheng Gallery D. Muxin Art Museum 22. Which of the following is true according to the text? A. Tree Art Museum is in mountains of Jinxian county of 1,800 square meters. B. M Woods Museum has bee more popular with the adolescents recently. C. Yu Qingcheng Gallery helps visitors refresh their ideas and enjoy the state of peace. D. Muxin Art Museum is for the young to honor a living artist, writer and poet Mu Xin. 23. Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A. Beautiful Art Museums in China B. Exhibitions in Tree Art Museums C. The Development of Chinese Museums D. The Characteristics of Northern Museums 24. The text is probably taken from . A. a science report B. a book review C. an art magazine D. an official document B Dear God, Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away. I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers until it was too late to tell them. I am blessed with the dear mother who is still alive. I appreciate her more each day. My mother does not change, but I do. As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is. How sad that I m unable to speak these words in her presence, but they flow easily from my pen. How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for understanding a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes how wise her mother really is? How does a grown woman thank a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with advice(when asked) or remaining silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying: “I told you so”， when she could have uttered these words dozens of times? For being essentially herselfloving, thoughtful, patient, and fiving? I don’t know how， dear God， except to bless her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to