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Because he wrote his name so that it could be read easily, John Hancock has a place in the dictionary.
John Hancock was a wealthy man who helped the patriots in the American Revolution. He was president of the Continental Congress. He was also governor of Massachusetts and one of the first men of sign the Declaration of Independence. Yet he is remembered best for his large signature.
The story is told that when Hancock sat down to sign the Declaration of Independence, he said that he would write his signature large enough for John Bull to read without his glasses. Hancock’s signature on the Declaration is four the three-quarter inches long—an inch longer than his usual signature.
Today John Hancock can be used to mean any person’s signature.
1. The passage is mainly about______________.
A. the American Revolution
B. John Hancock’s handwriting
C. how an American expression began
D. signing the Declaration of Independence
2. Hancock is remembered best because he________.
A. was governor of Massachusetts
B. helped the patriots in the Revolution
C. signed his name in large letters
D. was president of the Continental Congress
3. According to the dictionary, a John Hancock is a________.
A. governor B. man who sign petitions
C. strong patriot D. person’s signature

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小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D

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In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream sundae?” “Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied a number of coins in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he required. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient. “Thirty-five cents,” she said rudely. The little boy again counted the coins. “I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the bill and departed. When the waitress came back, she began wiping down the table and then swallowed hard at what she saw. There, placed nearly beside the empty dish, were two five-cent coins and five one-cent coins---her tip.
1. In the days , an ice cream is ______________.
A. dearer than usual                B. as dear as usual
C. much cheaper than usual          D. as cheap as usual
2.How much money did the boy probably have in his pocket?
A. thirty-five cents.      B. More than fifty cents.
C. only fifty cents.       D. Less than fifty cents.
3.Why did the little boy have only a dish of plain ice cream?
A．The plain ice cream cost him much less.
B．He enjoyed the cheaper ice cream better.
C．The coins were not enough for an ice cream sundae.
D. He wanted to save some coins to tip the waitress.
4.We can infer that the waitress might have felt _____ when she got the tip.
A. very surprised.                B. a bit of shame
C. quite pleased                  D. a little worried

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第二节完形填空（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。
One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got a little early so I 36    the car by the roadside, and 37 for her.
As I looked 38 the car window to my right, I saw a little boy around two years old in a small park, 39 freely on the grass as his _40___ watched him from a short distance. The boy had a __41___ smile on his face. He would then fall to the grass, get up , and without__42___ or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a big smile on his face, as if __43___ had happened.
With 44 especially at an early age, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, __45___ instead, they treat it as a learning experience. They try and try again _46____ they succeed.
The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “__47__” yet. Thus they don’t know __48__ to feel the state which accompanies failure. They probably think that it is perfectly okey to fall down, and that it’s not _49___ to do so. In other words, they give themselves permission (许可) to _50___ mistakes subconsciously（潜意识地）. Thus they always remain encouraged.
I was _51___ by the boy’s persistence(坚持) and the manner in which he ran. With each _52___, he looked so confident. No _53__ of fear, or of being discouraged ----- as if he didn’t _54___ the world around him. His only aim was to run _55___ and to do it as effectively as he could. I learned a lot from that observation and experience.
36．A．packed     B．parked      C．refueled    D．cleaned
37．A．called       B．looked      C．waited      D．searched
38．A．inside       B．outside     C．around      D．for
39．A．walking    B．running    C．jumping    D．playing
40．A．teacher     B．friend       C．father          D．mother
41．A．sad       B．little     C．big       D．weak
42．A．doubt       B．hesitation C．mercy       D．effect
43．A．nothing    B．something C．everything       D．anything
44．A．kids     B．girls     C．adults       D．parents
45．A．and      B．if         C．but       D．so
46．A． unless      B．after     C．until     D．before

2,4,6

47．A．pain     B．failure      C．state     D．mistake48．A．how     B．what     C．why     D．where
49．A．good     B．interesting C．right     D．wrong
50．A．avoid          B．correct      C．make     D．admit
51．A．bothered   B．touched C．confused    D．frightened
52．A．cry       B．success     C．try       D．smile
53．A．scenes      B．marks       C．signals      D．signs
54．A．care about B．ignore      C．adjust to   D．expect
55．A．safely       B．unsteadily C．regularly   D．freely

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第二节. 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, and I at once apologized to him. We were
both very       31    , the stranger and I. Then we went       32   our way after saying good-bye.
But at home a    33   story is told. Later that day, when I    34   supper in the kitchen, my daughter suddenly stood behind me very35    . When I turned back, I               36   knocked her down. “Don’t be in my   37    !” I shouted angrily. She walked away with her little heart             38    . On the kitchen floor later, I found some flowers by the door.
That night, while I lay          39   in bed, a voice in my deep heart said, “While    40   with a stranger, you are so polite, but with the children you love, you are so easily       41    . Why are there some flowers by the door? Those are the flowers she brought for you. She          42   them herself, pink, yellow and your favorite blue. She stood quietly in order to give you a 43    , and you never saw the         44   in her eyes.”
By this time, I felt very               45   and now my tears began to fall. I quietly went and knelt (跪下) by her 46    , “Wake up, little girl, wake up,” I said, “Are these the flowers you picked for me?” She smiled, “Yes, because I knew you’d like them, especially the               47    .” I said, “Daughter, I’m sorry for the way I acted today; I               48   have shouted at you that way.”
She said, “Oh, Mom, that’s okay. I love you       49    .” I hugged her and said, “Daughter, I love you too, and I do like the flowers.”
Through this50    , I realize what FAMILY means:
FAMILY="(F)ATHER" (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU
36. A. rude            B. polite                   C. educated        D. happy
37. A. in              B. to                          C. on                   D. for
38. A. different       B. funny                 C. moving            D. terrible
39. A. had              B. ate                     C. prepared          D. took
40. A. quickly       B. quietly             C. noisily              D. seriously
41. A. nearly        B. hardly             C. already            D. even
42. A. kitchen      B. room             C. place           D. way
43. A. beaten       B. missing               C. broken              D. hit
44. A. alive             B. asleep                 C. awake               D. afraid
45. A. talking          B. dealing           C. working           D. meeting
46. A. worried               B. nervous          C. excited             D. disappointed
47. A. grew            B. picked                C. bought              D. planted
48. A. gift              B. flower                C. kiss                      D. surprise
49. A. expression   B. tears                          C. happiness          D. joy
50. A. small            B. proud                C. weak            D. hurt
51. A. table             B. desk                      C. bed                      D. knees
52. A. pink             B. blue                          C. yellow              D. green
53. A. couldn’t               B. mustn’t               C. shouldn’t                 D. needn’t
54. A. however       B. truly                      C. though             D. anyway
55. A. accident               B. experience          C. question            D. problem

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The world’s population continues to grow. There are about five billion of us on earth now. It could reach six billion in 10 years’ time, and eleven billion in another 75 years. Experts have long been concerned about such growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people?
A major new study shows that situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world’s birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. This is happening in both developing and industrial nations. Scientists said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from their home instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth.
China is one of the nations that have made great progress in reducing its population growth by about one half since 1970. China now urges each family to have no more than one child. And it hopes to reach zero population growth before long, that is, the number of birth equaling the number of death.
Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future.
1. In the sentence “Experts have long been concerned about such growth”, the phrase “concerned about” is similar in meaning to_____.
A. worried about      B. related to       C. busy working on     D. made a study of
2. “Family planning programs” means______.
A. economic policy in a country         B. economic policy in a family
C. TV programs for a family            D. birth control in a country
3. The world’s birth rate has dropped because_____.
A. people marry at a much later time
B. women would rather go to study or work than have children
C. some countries are carrying out the family planning programs
D. all the above
4. We hope that soon the number of birth and the number of death in China will_____.
A. be greatly different          B. be equal to each other
C. drop in great deal            D. become much larger

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Ⅲ.完形填空（每小题1分，共20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D、）中，选出最佳选项。
We all know something about Thomas Edison. He was a great American 21 .He was in school for only a sh

ort time. 22 , he had to leave the school and   23 himself at home and learned a lot. When Edison grew up, he had his own lab. He worked hard and hardly   24   to have a rest.
One day a friend of his brought a young man into his lab. He   25 the young man to Edison. He said the young man had studied in a famous university in Germany and had a lot of   26   of physics and maths. Edison was glad to work with a man like him and   27   him as a helper. A few weeks later, the young   28   about Edison’s past. He began to look down on him. Edison   29   about it, but he said   30   .
Once the young man came into the lab while Edison   31   an important experiment. He stood near the table   32   he didn’t help him. Edison stopped   33   out a bottle and said, “Go to calculate (计算)its volume(容积)and tell me the   34   in two hours.”
At first the young man thought it easy to do it. Soon he   35   it difficult. Two hours later Edison went into his office and saw a lot of paper and books on his desk. Of course he couldn’t compute the volume in the time   36   .
“Why not pour some   37   into the bottle?” said Edison. “Then you’ll   38   calculate its volume!” Having heard this, the young man’s   39   turned red, and he knew Edison was really
40 than him!
21.A. doctor          B. player               C. writer               D. inventor
22.A. Soon            B. After                C. Later on            D. Soon after
23.A. teach            B. play with           C. study                D. enjoy
24.A. forgot          B. remembered      C. wanted             D. hoped
25.A. showed         B. pushed              C. introduced         D. threw
26.A. news            B. books                C. knowledge         D. dictionaries
27.A. employed     B. asked                C. made                D. watched
28.A. beard           B. learned              C. read                  D. told
29.A. told              B. was told            C. said                  D. was said
30.A. something     B. everything         C. nothing             D. all
31.A. did               B. had                   C. was doing          D. was having
32.A. but              B. and                   C. as                    D. while
33.A. bringing              B. to bring             C. taking               D. to take
34.A. result           B. way                 C. idea                  D. opinion
35.A. knew            B. saw                   C. learned              D. found
36.A. given           B. followed           C. said                  D. taken
37.A. oil               B. salt                   C. water                D. food
38.A. carefully       B. slowly               C. easily                D. quietly
39.A.head              B. face                  C. eyes                  D. ears
40.A. more polite   B. stricter                     C. more kind-hearted     D. cleverer

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