【正文】 __ sentences is: There is no smoke without fire（得分： 1 分） A) favorite B)faithful C)favorable D) famous I punished him he ____ by bursting into tears （得分： 1 分） A) reacted B) did C) acted D) made appeared at the front door____ her finest jewel（得分： 1 分） A) wearing B) putting C) dressing D) having meeting ____ at midnight and we all went home late（得分： 1 分） A) broke up B) broke off C) broke out D) broke down 4 usually _____ themselves by listening to light music（得分： 1 分） A) relax B) release C) relate D) rely only________ now is how to earn enough money to support his family（得分： 1 分） A) concern B) task C) business D)care has launched a number of________satellites since the 1970s（得分： 1 分） A) Communications B) information C) message D)TV I got up this morning, I felt the temperature had__________（得分： 1 分） A) dropped B)sunk C)lowed D)fallen was ill and had to_________in bed for six days（得分： 1 分） A) stay B) keep C) sleep D) lay and Susan met at the restaurant and they liked each other _______（得分： 1 分） A) at first sight B) in sight C) out of sight D)within sight manager will visit your parents ________ person（得分： 1 分） A) in B) for C) by D) of answer my question with your own ________ information（得分： 1 分） A) personal B) perfect C) probable D) pleasant Part III: Reading Comprehension (40%) Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each question, there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the best answer. Then click on the corresponding button. Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. Passage 1 Two businessmen were invited to dinner at the home of a college professor. One of the men did not have much education and was worried that he might make a fool of himself, but his friend said, “Don’t worry, just do what I do, and don’t talk anything that you don’t really understand. ” The first man managed to get through the dinner successfully, but by the end of the evening he had had a lot to drink, and began to get careless. A guest asked him whether he liked Shakespeare, and he answered confidently, “ It’ s very pleasant, but I prefer SCOTCH 蘇格蘭威士忌酒 .” There was an unfortable silence in the room, and soon people began to leave. When the two friends were out of the house, the second man said to his friend, “ You certainly made a fool of yourself making that silly remark about scotch. ” “ What do you mean? ” asked his friend, “What was wrong with it? ” “Everybody knows that Shakespeare isn’t a drink, ” the second man replied. “ It’s a kind of cheese.” 51. Why was one of the businessmen worried? （得分： 2 分） A) Because he talked only about business. B) Because he was afraid of making a fool of himself. C) Because he did not do as his friend did. D) Because he was not familiar with the host and the guests. 52. How did the first man answer the guest’ s question? （得分： 2 分） A) He answered the question pleasantly. B) He didn’t like Shakespeare, a drink. C) He answered the question successfully. 5 D) He didn’t like Shakespeare, the great writer. 53. Why did the guests leave? （得分： 2 分） A) Because the two businessmen would leave. B) Because the first man was making fool of himself. C) Because the host was not warmhearted. D) Because the guests were not interested in the drinks. was the second businessman’ s opinion on the subject? （得分： 2 分） A) Shakespeare was not famous. B) Shakespeare was a kind of cheese. C) Shakespeare was a great writer. D) Shakespeare was not his favorite. 55. Which of the following is true according to the passage? （得分： 2 分） A) The first businessman is more foolish than the second one. B) The guests know for sure who Shakespeare was. C) The guests do not know who Shakespeare was. D) The second businessman is more foolish than the first one. Passage 2 Some people like to live in houses of the past. They may choose to live in a wooden house. They say these kinds of houses are easy to build and warm in winter. Others like to live in houses of the future. They may live in a house which gets its energy from the sun. A few other people like to live in houses that have characteristics 特征 of both the past and future. These people may live in a house under the ground. Many people think underground houses are cold and dark, but that is not true. These houses have special windows in the roof or large windows on one side. These windows give the houses a lot of light. The idea of underground houses is very old. People in the past lived in underground houses and underground cities in China, Japan and Canada. Some countries also build underground factories and storehouses(倉庫 )to hold things. In the United States, more people are beginning to build underground houses since they save open land for parks, gardens and sport fields. Underground houses also save energy. They use only a little energy to stay warm or cool. Owners of these houses like them. John Bonard is an architect (建筑師 ) who built an underground house in New York. His wife, Barbara, is an outdoor person, but she likes her underground home. “ It’ s perfect. I love it,” she says. 56. One example of houses of the past is ____________ houses. （得分： 2 分） A) sunny B) wooden C) warm D) cold 57. Underground houses are _____________. （得分： 2 分） A) houses of the past B) neither cold nor dark C) not real houses