C.

Early on e morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.

Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.

Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.

To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when y ou are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.

28.According to the passage, Elias Howe was________.

A. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep

B. much more hard-working than other inventors

C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked

D. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams

29The problem Howe was trying to solve was________.

A. what kind of thread to use     B. how to design a needle which would not break

C. where to put the needle       D. how to prevent the thread from getting caught  around the needle

30.Thomas Edison is spoken of because________.

A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine    B. he got some of his ideas from dreams

C. he was one of Howe’s best friends         D. he also had difficulty in falling asleep

31.Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because ________.

A. strange images are used to communicate ideas B. images which have no meaning are used

C. we can never understand the real meaning    D. only specially trained people can understand them

D.

People can be addicted to(沉溺于) different things — e.g. alcohol, drug, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive(强迫的):they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit(以赊欠方式), charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.

There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets(预算), but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.

It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business. They consider people’s needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, an d so on in their advertising and sales methods.

Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy(疗法)” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.

32. According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ___.

A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys B. in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life

C. just to meet his or her strong psychological need D. and feels he or she is cheated

33. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

A. People spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things.

B. Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of people’s spending habits to increase sales.

C. Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do.

D. Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.

34. What is the text mainly about?

A. The psychology of money-spending habits. B. The habits of compulsive spenders.

C. A special psychology of bargain hunting. D. The use of the psychology of spending habits in business.

35. From the text we may safely conclude that compulsive

spenders or compulsive bargain hunters _____.

A. are really unreasonable     B. need special treatment

C. are really beyond drugs     D. can never get any help to solve their problems with money

第二节(共5小题;每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Cell Phones: Hang Up or Keep Talking

Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one.     36      They find that the phones are more than a means of communication – having mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.

The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity(负面报道)of such ideas. __ ___37____________

On the other hand, signs of change in the issues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss.      38      This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years.

39       The answer is radiation(辐射). High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about.

As the discussion about the safety continues, it appears that it’s best to use mobile phones less often.

______40       Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. In the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it’s wise not to use your mobile phone too often.

A. They will possibly affect their benefits.

B. In many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people.

C. What do the doctors worry about?

D. What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?

E. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.

F. He couldn’t remember even simple tasks.

G. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.

第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

This always began after breakfast: “Go ahead, everyone. I’ll   41   the dishes!” For the next hour Dad did the dishes, singing songs like I Had a Hat When I Came In.

I suppose it was   42   for a boy’s father to wear an apron – but I never thought much of it  43  the day that Dad broke with tradition.

“Tommy,” he said  44  . “There comes a time in every boy’s life when he must take on  45  . Starting today, I want you to do the dishes on Sunday morning so that your mother and I can work the word   46  in the paper together.”

“You want me to do the dishes?”

“  47   wrong with taking over the dishes, Son?”

I didn’t taste a bit of   48   that day. Dad seemed in a merry mood as he described an excellent game.

Everything grew quiet. My sister began to   49   the table. My brother was scraping(刮除) the last of the egg from his plate. My father  50  : “Let’s go to read the paper, Hon.”

“Aren’t you doing the dishes?” my mother asked.

“Your oldest son has  51   offered,” replied my father.