It came the time to share my accomplishments with the person most 50 to me. One night, when I heard my son greet the nurses at the station, I 51 myself up. As he opened the door, I took a few small steps. 52 , he could only watch as I turned and started back to bed. All of the pain, the fear, and the struggle 53 as I heard the words I had longed to hear, “Mommy, you can walk!”
I am now able to walk alone, sometimes using a stick. I am able to take public transportation to shop and visit friends. My life has been blessed with many 54 of which I am proud. But none has ever brought me the satisfaction and joy 55 by those four little words of my son. 36. A. report 37. A. awakened 38. A. legs 39. A. placed 40. A. might 41. A. change 42. A. curiosity 43. A. passes 44. A. familiar 45. A. punished 46. A. falling 47. A. in 48. A. efforts 49. A. appear 50. A. useful
B. words B. hit B. parents B. caught B. should B. succeed B. surprise B. happens B. strict B. interrupted B. setting B. through B. lessons B. survive B. important
C. explanations C. asked C. activities C. stuck C. could C. adjust C. fear C. continues C. discouraged C. accepted C. holding C. at C. acts C. build C. popular C. woke C. Frightened C. backed C. achievements C. taught
D. decision D. discovered D. surroundings D. carried D. must D. recover D. puzzle D. remains D. impatient D. protected D. getting D. on D. hours D. add D. pleasant D. opened D. Shocked D. sank D. supports D. suggested
51. A. dragged B. dressed 52. A. Disappointed 53. A. faded 54. A. expectations 55. A. proved
B. Embarrassed B. spread B. challenges B. offered
第四部分 阅读理解 （共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）
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Earn Money This Summer with Sunny Libraries! Do you have too much free time this summer vacation? Do you need a summer job to earn extra money? Do you want to be involved in your community (社区)? Sunny Area Library System (SALS) has job opportunities for high school students. These are good chances to get work experience. Book Theater brings children’s book Computer Tutor (导师) helps guests to stories to life. It has shows at all Sunny deal with technology problems, involving Libraries. Applicants (申请者) should enjoy Internet searches and using the SALS performing in front of an audience and Website to find materials. Applicants working with young children. Work Hours: Practice: Fridays 4:00 pm — 6:00 pm Performance: Tuesdays 10:00 am Rate of Pay: $16/performance Bookmobile helps the driver find the Reader Desk provides service with a should have computer skills. Work Hours: Monday—Friday 9:00 am—5:00 pm Rate of Pay: $ 8/hour routes to libraries. The truck you work in smile while checking materials in and out is air-conditioned, and the driver is to guests. Friendly attitude and ability to friendly. Applicants must be able to lift work on library data system required. heavy boxes. Work Hours: Sunday and Friday 9:00 am — 4:00 pm Rate of Pay: $10/hour
56.If you are interested in acting, ________ should be your choice. A. Book Theater
B. Bookmobile
C. Computer Tutor D. Reader Desk Work Hours: Monday—Tuesday 8:00am—4:00 pm Rate of Pay: $ 7.50/hour 57.The purpose of the advertisement is to ________. A. attract students to libraries
B. raise money for libraries
C. introduce new books B
D. offer job opportunities
British potato farmers were taking to the streets to call for the expression “couch potato” to be taken from the dictionary because it harms the vegetable’s image. The British Potato Council wants the Oxford English Dictionary to replace the expression with the term \slouch\with protests planned outside parliament in London and the offices of Oxford University Press. Kathryn Race, head of marketing at the Council, which represents some 4,000 growers and processors, said the group had complained in writing to the OED but had yet to receive a response. \potatoes are bad for you,\course it is not the Oxford English Dictionary's fault but we want to use another term than “couch potato” because potatoes are naturally healthy.
The OED says \leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes.\
The Potato Council says its campaign has the backing of dieticians(饮食学家) who say the vegetable is low in fat and high in vitamin C. Supporting the campaign, celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson said the vegetable was one of Britain’s favorite foods. “Not only are they healthy, they are versatile(多样的), convenient and taste great too. Life without potato is like a sandwich without a filling,” he said.
John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, said the dictionary first included the term “couch potato” in 1993 and said \that society uses.\He said words were never taken out of the full-length dictionary, which includes some 650,000 words contained in 20 volumes. But little-used words can be removed from the smaller dictionaries to make way for newer ones. “If society stops using words, then they are taken out of the smaller dictionaries”, he added. “The first known recorded use of the expression “couch potato” was in a 1979 Log Angeles Times article,” Simpson said.
Nigel Evans, a member of parliament for the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, has made a motion in support of the campaign, highlighting the nutritional value of the British potato.
58. The British potato farmers went to demonstrate against OED because __________. A. the phrase “couch potato” has largely damaged the benefits of planting potatoes B. OED board has had prejudice(偏见) in absorbing “couch potato” into its new versions
of dictionary
C. the phrase “couch potato” has hurt people’s feelings about potatoes D. the phrase “couch potato” has ruined the positive image of potatoes 59. According to the British Potato Council, the OED __________. A. has done something wrong to the British potato farmers B. should leave out from it the phrase “couch potato” C. should replace the phrase with “couch slouch” D . should make up for what it did to the farmers
60. Antony Worrall Thompson supported the campaign started by the Potato council because ________.
A. he is a cook and potato is his favorite food B. the phrase doesn’t match what people think of C. potatoes are of rich nutrients and good taste D. potatoes are a main source for making sandwich
61. What can best describe the viewpoints held by John Simpson? A. OED will remove the phrase if it causes strong protests B. OED should collect all the words reflecting society uses C .If words are little used, they might be removed from OED D. The phrase might be removed from smaller dictionaries one day
C
Rosemary sat at her kitchen table, working a crossword puzzle. Crosswords were nice; they filled the time, and kept the mind active. She needed just one word to complete this morning’s puzzle; the clue was “a Swiss river,” and the first of its three letters was “A”. Unfortunately, Rosemary had no idea what the name of river was, and could not look it up. Her atlas was on her desk, and the desk was in the guest room, currently being occupied
by her grandson Victor.
Looking up over the tops of her glasses, Rosemary glanced at the kitchen clock: it was almost 10 a.m. Land sakes! Did the boy intend to sleep all day? She noticed the pain in her wrist again, and put down her pen. Anyhow, at 87 years of age, she was glad she could still write at all. She had decided long ago that growing old was like slowly turning to stone; you couldn’t take anything for granted. She stood up slowly, painfully, and started walking to the guest room.
The trip, though only a distance of about 25 feet, seemed to take a long while. Rosemary arrived at the door to the guest room. It stood slightly open, and she looked through the opening. Victor lay sleeping on his side, his arms bent, his expression slightly pained. Get up, lazy bones, she wanted to say. Even in childhood, Rosemary had never slept past 4 a.m.; there were too many chores to do. How different things were for Victor’s generation! Her youngest grandson behaved as if he had never done a chore in his life. Twenty-one years old, he had driven down to Florida to visit Rosemary in his shiny new car, a gift from his dear parents. Victor would finish college soon, and his future appeared bright — if he ever got out of bed, that is.
Something Victor had said last night over dinner had disturbed her. Now what was it? Oh yes; he had been talking about one of his college courses —a “gut”，he had called it. When she had asked him to explain the word, Victor had said it was a course that you took simply because it was easy to pass. Rosemary, who had not even had a high school education, found the word unpleasant. If she had been allowed to continue her studies, she would never have taken a “gut” ...
The memory flooded back then, still painful as an open wound all these years later. It was the first day of high school. She had graduated from grammar school the previous year, but her father had forbidden her to go to high school that autumn, saying she was needed on the farm. After much tearful begging, she had gotten him to promise that next year, she could start high school. She had endured a whole year of chores instead of books, with animals and rough farmhands for company instead of people of her own age. Now, at last, the glorious day was at hand. She had put on her best dress (she owned two), her heart racing hopefully. But her father was waiting for her as she came downstairs.