第一节   单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. Beginning college is exciting: many of us can be easily at a loss by _______ details of
running ______ well-balanced life.
A. /; the          B. the; a           C. /; a           D. the; /
22. The April 10, 2010 air crash, with a Russian Tu-145 plane _______ Poland’s president Lech Kaczinsky, his wife and many Polish government and military officials, shocked the whole world.
A. carried           B. being carried      C. carrying        D. to carry
23. With Shanghai World Expo drawing near, volunteers are making use of every minute to _______ their foreign language because language volunteers must pass a written test and an    interview.
A. polish up       B. take up        C. put up        D. make up
24. Class regulations require ____is the last to leave the classroom ___off all the lights.
A. who; should turn     B. whom; shall turn   C. whomever; turns    D. whoever; turn
25. How long do you think ______ the Ford company launches a new model?
A. it will be before   B. will it be until    C. will it be when    D. it will be that
26. —Haven’t I told you that I like the beef well-done?
—Yes, but I _______ it longer than I usually do.
A. was cooking    B. cooked      C. had cooked     D. will cook
27. After graduation I’d like to find a job         I can use what I have learnt at school.
A. when     B. which     C. where     D. that
28. A big earthquake hit Yushu, Qinghai province in the early morning, and if a little later, many more people _______.
    A. could survive   B. might have survived C. must have survived   D. should survive
29. _______ with the present situation, the local government could not find effective measures to reduce the risk of coal mine accidents.
A. Though unsatisfied         B. As unsatisfied
C. Though unsatisfied it was    D. As it was unsatisfied  
30. Even though Lucy and Kathy are good friends, Lucy        to lending her ID card to
Kathy to apply for a credit card.
A. stuck    B. referred    C. subscribed    D. objected
31. After the new technique was introduced the factory produced        cars in 1994 as the year before.
    A. as twice many    B. as many twice    C. twice as many      D. twice as


38. A. what            B. how          C. which      D. when
39. A. sunny           B. rainy          C. cloudy     D. snowy
40. A. took            B. brought        C. carried     D. turned
41. A. Clearly          B. Particularly     C. Luckily    D. Especially
42. A. believed         B. expressed      C. remembered   D. wondered
43. A. long          B. often           C. soon       D. much
44. A. respected        B. missed         C. praised   D. admired
45. A. better           B. worse         C. more          D. less
46. A. disappearance    B. appearance    C. misfortune       D. fortune
47. A. forgotten        B. lost           C. known          D. hurt
48. A. happy           B. enjoyable       C. frequent       D. daily
49. A. friends          B. strangers       C. tourists    D. guests
50. A. regularly         B. actually         C. hardly D. probably
51. A. common         B. pleasant       C. important       D. faithful
52. A. choice           B. knowledge     C. decision       D. sense
53. A. Because          B. If             C. Although      D. However
54. A. keeping          B. changing      C. passing        D. mentioning
55. A. unnamed         B.unforgettable   C. unbelievable    D. unreal


第三部分   阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
The iPad, a new e-tablet gadget will take online activities truly mobile. It will allow you to read the news in bed, play multiplayer game on any surface, check a recipe in a busy kitchen or view a large-scale Google map.
It will declare a new age of online media production, taking newspapers and magazines down the new stage. Online versions can now become truly interactive. The editor of Time magazine Richard Stengel said, “The iPad will transform the way journalism works. It will become a new way of storytelling”.
Perhaps most important to the masses, it is a traditional computer but so convenient to use. There are no cords(电线), and it’s totally mobile. You press a button and it comes on in seconds. To add a program, you just download it from the Internet. There is no file directory, so you won’t be confused with file locations.
Since almost everyone uses a computer in the office or at school, the need for the traditional desktop model at home is disappearing. Slate Magazine’s Farhad Manjoo calls the iPad the perfect alternative to the full home computer system.
However, opinions are summarized as a simple statement: If you are a tech-head you will hate it, if you are everyone else you will love it. It’s “laughably absurd” on one blog and a “magical revolution” on another.
This first version of the iPad lacks many basic features. Tech-heads dislike the device not because of what it offers, but because of what it doesn’t offer. It doesn’t have flash or a camera. It can’t access many of the world’s mobile applications, and it has a very restricted APPLE store. Based on purely technological grounds, the iPad is said to lack more than it gives.
But if you are not part of the technologically well-versed, and you love the iPod and iPhone, “this device is for you,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO.
But no matter how you feel about the iPad, as a tech-head or an everyman, there’s no arguing with its appeal. Love it or hate it, the iPad sold over 600,000 units on its opening weekend, surpassing(超过) the iPhone’s record sales in 2007.
It’s uncertain how long it will take to hit the tech markets here in China, but when it does, expect the iPad fashion to continue. Apple predicts it will sell over 7.1 million units in the first year. Maybe not magical, and definitely not absurd, but if the iPad follows in the footsteps of the iPhone and iPod, you could be reading this newspaper on it in the near future.
56. Which of the following is NOT the reason why people think the iPad a “magical revolution”?
   A. The iPad will make online activities truly mobile.
   B. The iPad will predict a new age of online media production.
   C. The iPad is sure to take the place of the full home computer system.
   D. The iPad can make many world’s mobile applications accessible.
57. Which of the following statements is false according to the passage?


   A. Unlike those traditional computers, the iPad can save you much trouble.
   B. The iPad set up a new record sale when it first came onto the market.
   C. The iPad will probably hold a big share in the tech market in China.
   D. The iPad depends on cords to download a program from the Internet quickly.
58. What technological problem do experts think the iPad has?
   A. The iPad is lacking in what other computers can offer.
   B. People might misunderstand its magical features.
C. Reporters and journalists don’t have to efficiently with the help of the iPad.
   D. Compared with the iPhone and iPod, iPad might confuse the users more easily
59. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Why do People Love the iPad         B. The Popularity of the iPad
C. Loving and Hating the iPad            D. A Magical Revolution
B
TODAY, Friday, November 12
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p. m. Tel: 682—1158.
SATURDAY, November 13
JAZZ Lysis at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.
MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 789—6749.
FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.
JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bull’s Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). Tel: 789—4536
SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.
FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 688—4626.
HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.
60. Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?
A. At the Bull’s Head on Sunday.    B. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.
C. At the Bull on Saturday.         D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.
61. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?
A. 789—6749.    B. 789—4536.     C. 682—1158.   D. 688—4626.
62. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?
A. Disco at The Lord Napier.                B. The sing-along at The Black Horse.
C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms.   D. Jazz at The Bull’s Head.
63. You want to spend the same day at two different places and don’t want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?
A. The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bull’s Head.
B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.
C. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.
D. Musical Hal lat The Star ＆Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.


C
“The first and best of victories is for a man to conquer himself; to be conquered by himself is, of all things, the most shameful,” says Plato. Self-control is at the root of all the advantages. Let a man give in to his impulses (冲动) and feelings, and from that moment he gives up his moral (道德上的) freedom.
A single angry word has lost many a friend. When Socrates found in himself any temper or anger, he would check it by speaking low in order to control himself. If you are conscious of being angry, keep your mouth shut so that you can hold back rising anger. Many a person has dropped dead in great anger. Fits of anger bring fits of disease. “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” “Keep cool”, says George Herbert, “for fierceness (狂怒) makes error a fault.”
To be angry with a weak man is to prove that you are not strong yourself. “Anger,” says Pythagoras, “brings with folly(愚蠢) and ends with regret.” You must measure the strength of a man by the power of the feelings he conquers, not by the power of those which conquer him.
Self-control is man’s last greatest victory.
If a man lacks self-control he seems to lack everything. Without it he can have no patience, no power to govern himself; he can have no self-confidence, for he will always be controlled by his strongest feeling. If he lacks self-control, the very backbone and nerve of character are lacking also.
64. What does the reader learn from the first paragraph?
A. The greatest victory for a man is to conquer everything except himself.
B. One’s moral freedom is based on the control of himself.
C. To control oneself is the most difficult in one’s life.
D. If a person is too stubborn, he will feel most shameful.
65. What is the correct interpretation of “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad” ?
A. If the gods want to kill you, they make you crazy first.
B. If you always lose your temper, you will soon be finished.
C. If you cannot control yourself, you will become crazy.
D. If you are mad, you will be punished by the gods.
66. If a man lacks self-control, he lacks all of the following EXCEPT _______.
A. the very backbone and nerve of character  
B. the patience and power to control himself
C. strong feelings
D. self-confidence
D
There are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways in which they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.
People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend(hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing(批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.


Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bring on themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接触) with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.
67. People who are unhappy _______.
A. always consider things differently from others
B. usually are affected by the results of certain things
C. usually misunderstand what others think or say
D. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things
68. The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means “_______”.
A. have a good taste with social life   B. make others unhappy
C. tend so scold others openly    D. enjoy the pleasure of life
69. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggests that people should _______.
A. prevent any communication with them
B. show no respect and politeness to them
C. persuade them to recognize the bad effects
D. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes
70. In this passage, the writer mainly _______.
A. describes two types of people
B. laughs at the unhappy people
C. suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappiness
D. tells people how to be happy in life