33.Quietness seems impossible         everyone takes their seats and begins to write.

A.until     B.after       C.for      D.once

34.---How long have you been here，Susan?

---Only about five minutes.Alisa      here with me.

A.walks    B.walked    C.has walked       D.had walked

35.I didn’t know your mobile phone number;otherwise I    you the moment I got to Canada.

A.would ring    B.would have rung  C.had rung    D.rang

第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题l.5分，共30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Wallet Back

This is a story about a learning experience that had a big effect on the way I live my life.The 36 in the story did not give me tests or even grade me on my work.I was taught by one of the most effective 37  of teaching，one that only people with lots of love can do.

“My wallet! Where is it?” were my first words 38 I found my wallet was missing.I 39 my memory for a few good seconds, then realized that I had left my precious wallet in the library’s public 40 !

Because the library was now 41, I had to wait until the next morning to look for it.When I got there the next day, all I found was a clean restroom.This was tlle first time I could remember ever 42 to see a clean restroom.As I walked out，I looked at myself in the mirror and shook my head at the 43  fool in front of me.

I politely 44 the librarian at the front desk and asked her if a wallet had been found in the restroom yesterday.“No.”That was that.I walked off with a sense of 45.

I 46  what I would do if I had found a wallet with sixty dollars，a phone card and other irreplaceable 47 things.Finally，I 48 accepted the fact that my wallet was gone.

A week later，I received a 49  in the mail.It was my wallet! And most  50  ，nothing was missing! But there was a letter folded up in one of the wallet pocket that had not been there before.I slowly unfolded the letter，which 51 something like this:

When we continue to help people around，we will live in a larger and more rewarding world.

This person didn’t even leave a retum address.So I couldn’t  52  whoever it was.But from that day on，I 53 myself that l will follow this 54 and help others and make them as  55 as I was when I opened that parcel!

36.A.1eader B.writer C.teacher     D.scholar

37.A.aids B.systems C.materials       D.methods

38.A.once B.when C.before         D.since

39.A.searched  B.improved C.developed     D.reeorded

40.A.canteen B.lounge  C.restroom D.showroom

41.A.closed B.deserted C.crowded D.occupied

42.A.hoping  B.hating  C.refusing D.preferring

43.A.grateful B.curious C.forgetful D.nervous

44.A.approached B.interviewed  C.identified D.reminded

45.A.safety B.forgiveness   C.satisfaction D.disappointment

46.A.described B.wondered    C.discovered D.expressed

47.A.personal B.strange      C.surprising D.reasonable

48.A.gladly B.naturally     C.willingly D.painfully

49.A.1etter B.note         C.package D.suitcase

50.A.sincerely B.amazingly     C.honestly D.obviously

51.A.read B.printed       C.explained D.wrote

52.A.owe B.thank        C.admire D.inspire

53.A.supported B.suggested    C.improved D.promised

54.A.plan B.course       C.regulation D.example

55.A.shocked  B.cautious   C.delighted D.optimistic

第三部分：阅读理解(共两节。40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Johnny the Explorer

Johnny was three when he ran away from home for the first time.Somebody left the garden gate open.Johnny wandered out，crossed some fields and，two hours later，arrived in the next village.He was just able to give his name and address.

By the time be was seven，Johnny used to disappear from home two to three times a year.Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot.Sometimes he got on a bus or even a train，and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket.Generally the police brought him home.“Why do you do it?”they used to ask.“I just like seeing places，”Johnny told them.

Johnny continued to “see places”although everyone tried to stop him.His parents used to watch him closely，and so did his teachers;but sooner or later Johnny managed to slip away.As he grew older，his favorite trick was to hide on a long distance truck.Sometimes he trayelled hundreds of miles before anyone discovered him.

It is hardly surprising that eventually Johnny managed to board a plane.He was twelve at the time.It was a cargo plane and a few hours later，Johnny found himself in Cairo.How did he get on board? No one knows! According to Johnny himself，it was easy：he just went into the airport，walked along some passages and got on board the nearest plane.

In spite of all this，Johnny did well at school.He enjoyed mathematics and languages and，perhaps not surprisingly，he was especially good at geography.“What do you want to be when you grow up?” his teachers asked him.“An explorer!” he answered.“But it，s difficult to become an explorer in this modern age，”they tried to tell him.But it was no use：Johnny knew what he wanted!

Just before he left school，Johnny saw a notice in a daily paper.A long journey was about to go to Brazil to travel up the Amazon River.There were jobs for three young people“willing to work hard and with a sense of adventure”.Johnny applied，and two months later，he was on his way to Brazil.

56.Johnny frequently left home because

A.he preferred to stay alone        B.he enjoyed seeing new places

C.he couldn’t do well at school     D.he didn’t get along well with his parents

57.People around Johnny

A.tried to stop him froIli slipping away   B.kept following him to get him back

C.booked tickets for him if necessary     D.were clear about how he travelled abroad

58.From the passage，we can learn that

A.Johnny worked for a daily paper

B.Johnny lacked a sense of adventure

C.Johnny went exploring along the Amazon River

D.Johnny went to Brazil two months after he finished school

B

Editor Henry Slocum，

I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books，or e-books，with great interest.You made several good points about the disadvantages of e-books.You may have overlooked，however，some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books.Yes，e-books are expensive，but they are also convenient.In addition，due to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to change our planet for the better.

E-books, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term，are about the same size and shape as regular books.They have a large screen in the middle，however.This screen shows the reader a  page of text that has been downloaded from a computer.Once the reader has finished reading the  page on the e-book screen.he or she scrolls down to see a new page.The process continues until the entire book has been read.

As you pointed out.Mr.Slocum，it's great to lie on a warm，sandy beach with a book.You can do that just as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book.In fact，because e-books are so light, you can carry them anywhere.Say，for example，that you like to read on the bus.Which would you rather carry with you-a heavy 800-page novel，or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces?

Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well.They are more environmentfriendly than traditional books.At present，thousands of trees are cut down each year to meet the publishing industry’s demand for paper.Books that don’t sell are eventually returned to the Dublisher and destroyed.This terrible waste could be avoided if everyone used e-books，which require no paper.

Sincerely，

David Eng

David Eng

59.What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books?

A.Interesting. B.Expensive.  C.Convenient   D.Environment-friendly.

60.What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2 ?

A.What an e-book is.

B.Why e-books are popular.

C.How e-books have developed.

D.Who are the readers of e-books.

61.In David’s letter, he thinks that

A.E-books will come down in price

B.E-books come in various sizes and shapes

C.E-books do little harm to the environment

D.E-books are no better than traditional books

62.The main purpose of the letter is to

A.explain how to read e-books

B.honor the person who invented e-books

C.scold publishers for wasting so much paper

D.provide evidence that e-books are a good idea

C

Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits-including making your brain sharper.

Yes，it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive functions such as memory and attention.There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning，possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance.Losing weight，therefore，may help improve these mental functions，according to a new research led by John Gunstad，assistant professor of psychology at Kent State University.

Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits(缺陷).So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function.For their study，they measured memory and attention in a group of l 50 overweight participants，some of whom had some kind of operation for weight loss and some did not.All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to assess their abilities of memory and attention at the beginning of the study，and again 12 weeks later.To begin with.about 24%of the patients showed damaged learning and 23%showed signs of poor memory when tested.At the end of the study，those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average range for cognitive functions.Scores for the volunteers who didn’t lose weight dropped even further.

The study helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function.Now that he’s seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention，he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way-eating healthier and getting more active.He expects that losing weight in this way will have a similarly positive effect on the brain.“If we can improve the condition with operations，then we can probably produce the same change with behavioral weight loss as well，’’he says.