C
JeawGilles was a millionaire．But Tuesday night，he was sleeping in his car．
Jean-Gilles was the owner of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacrnel，Haiti, a three-story，30-room building in a quiet tropical valley on Haiti’s southern coast，25 miles from the noises of the capital，Port-au-Prince. Jean-Gilles and his wife，Marie，lived in an apartment on the property，close enough to watch carefully over the guest rooms，conference rooms and restaurant，close enough that they know the first name of every guest．
After the 7．0-earthquake hit at 4：57 pm on Jan．12，2010，they slept in their aging Isuzu，parked in the hotel driveway．
Jean-Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck．He was working in a ground-floor conference room and first heard，then felt the quake．He asked his electrician．Rob-elTle St．Louis, who was working nearby，what was happening．
“Get out．Now．Get out．Now．”St．Louis said．
Jean-Gilles cleared the falling structure by a mere second，he estimated．His wife，who was working in the couple’s apartment on the second floor，wasn’t able to get clear．People nearby heard her screams after the shaking stopped and removed the building blocks around her by hand．She was shaken and scratched, but walked away from the ruins．
“I am alive．God is good．”she repeated over and over on Saturday．
The Peacc of Mind Hotel was a dream which had come true for Jean-Gilles,57,and Marie,59. Born in Port–au-Prince, they moved to the United States shortly after meeting 34 years ago. Together, they owned a beauty supply store in Jersey City, New Jersey, and invested in real estate. In 2003, they cashed out their US investments, returned to Haiti and began building the peace of Mind Hotel, looking to make a future for themselves and the people of their homeland.
59. Which of the following statements about Jean-Gilles is TRUE?
A. He lived far from the Peace of Mind Hotel. B. He helped St. Louis to manage a hotel.
C. He was born in Haiti in 1976. D. He once owned a store in the US.
60. According to the passage, the peace of Mind Hotel_________.
A. offered guests different services B. was located in the capital city of Haiti
C. was a building with 30 guest rooms D. was owned by Marie and St. Louis
61. When the earthquake hit, Marie was_________.
A. sleeping in the car B. working in the conference room
C. working on the second floor D. cooking in the restaurant
62. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. Haiti is the 51st state of the US
B. the earthquake happened quickly and unexpectedly
C. nobody in the hotel died in the earthquake
D. Marie was not sad about losing her property in the earthquake
B
He was an old man who fished alone in a boat in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boys parents had told him that the old man was now definitely salao and he finally would be so. The boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff(鱼钩) and harpoon(鱼叉) and the sail that as rolled around the mast(桅杆). The sail was patched with flour bags and, rolled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.
The old man was very thin with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches(斑点) of the skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handing heavy fish on the cords. But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert. Everything about him was old expect his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.
“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from where the boat was pulled up. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.” The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.
“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?
“Yes,” the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrance and then we’ll take the stuff home.”
“Why not?” said the old man, “between fisherman.”
55. The underlined word “salao” in the first paragraph probably means ________.
A. lonely B. unlucky C. selfish D. stubborn
56. The boy left the old man and went in another boat to fish because _______.
A. the old man preferred to fish alone B. the old man was poor
C. the boy’s parents ordered him to D. the old man’s sail suggested a permanent defeat
57. After reading this passage, we may safely conclude that ________.
A. the old man was insistent and not afraid of failure
B. the boy’s papa had confidence in everything
C. the old man caught big fishes because he had some doubts about the old man
D. the boy obeyed his father because he had some doubts about the old man
58. What might happen after the last paragraph?
A. The old man and the boy might go to fish with other fishermen.
B. The old man might go to have a drink with the boy.
C. The old man and the old might go to enjoy beer at the old man’s home.
D. The old man might go to tell the boy’s papa about the secrets between fishermen.
第二节: 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、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。
One day I went into a shop for a specific sort of metal polish(擦光剂). While I was in the shop, I saw an older woman looking around at things, and thought I would begin a 31 to light things up. We 32 well and showed some of the beautiful items to each other. She said she was in the shop to purchase a wedding gift for a nephew, whose wedding she wouldn’t be able to attend.
We wandered off 33 and met together again at the cash register. I 34 on the beautiful bowl she had chosen, and how 35 so many of the items were. She asked what I was 36 , and I showed her my polish tube. I said I might buy more items when my kids had all 37 and gone, but they weren’t in my 38 right now. I just like to 39 , as I would do in an art museum.
She asked me what some of my 40 were, and I said I liked the salt and pepper shakers(搅拌器). She asked me to 41 her where the shakers were, so we walked over. She 42 my favorites and took them to the clerk.
I thought she was 43 with my taste, and was going to add them to her nephew’s 44 . No. They were purchased for me. They were worth ninety dollars. I couldn’t 45 it. She laughed and hugged me, and said her husband would 46 know, but she really enjoyed being able to do that 47 me. I never saw her again after that day, 48 I think of her each time I put those beautiful objects on my table.
Remembering that 49 helps me to stay aware and find opportunities to 50 to others, though not in quite such a grand way!
31. A. competition B. research C. secret D. conversation
32. A. looked around B. got on C. gave up D. watched out
33. A. helplessly B. luckily C. separately D. silently
34. A. depended B. carried C. passed D. commented
35. A. lovely B. strange C. expensive D. terrible
36. A. expressing B. thinking C. purchasing D. discussing
37. A. grown up B. left C. cried D. returned
38. A. situation B. budget C. favor D. control
39. A. look B. complain C. explain D. challenge
40. A. favorites B. duties C. suggestions D. habits
41. A. remind B. prove C. show D. write
42. A. turned down B. picked up C. laughed at D. pointed out
43. A. pleased B. busy C. careful D. bored
44. A. taste B. gift C. choice D. basket
45. A. refuse B. change C. believe D. solve
46. A. just B. never C. even D. still
47. A. with B. like C. except D. for
48. A. when B. but C. because D. unless
49. A. experience B. advice C. mistake D. danger
50. A. apply B. refer C. apologize D. give
---- Did you find the film interesting?
----________, I nearly fall asleep half way through it.
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A．However |
B．On the other hand |
C．At the same time |
D．On the contrary |
By taking this interesting quiz below you will find out if you indeed ________ magic powers.
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A．practice |
B．perform |
C．possess |
D．preserve |
----Why? A different figure ________ each time I add them, you see.
----Something must be wrong with the calculator.
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A．comes out |
B．wipes out |
C．turns out |
D．works out |
