第二部分：阅读理解（共两节；满分35 分）
第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面四篇短文，从每小题后的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
WASHINGTON -Tofu（豆腐）and Soyaburgers (豆饼) may be coming to American school lunch menus. What will the kids say? “Terrible,” said Greg Dudzinski, 17, of Ripon High School in Wisconsin, as he toured the US capital.
“The regular hamburgers are bad enough, so soyaburgers would be a lot worse, offered Zach Richey, 13, of Scottsboro Junior High in Alabama, another tourist. But the United States government – hoping to reduce the amount of fat that children are eating –has approved the use of soy as a meat substitute in meals for schools and day-care centers.Not all kids dislike the change. Mariel Spano, 17, of sandy Greek High School in New York, also visiting the capital, said she likes soyaburgers：“There is less fat, and they are better for you… They taste the same, and they are just as good.”
The government tried to make soy a meat substitute nearly 20 years ago, but later dropped the idea．At the time, the plan was intended as a cost-cutting move. US Agriculture Department officials say that their purpose now is only to make meals healthier.Schools are likely to increase the amount of soy that is mixed with hamburgers and other foods already on their menus, and they will also be looking for food companies to develop new soy products that children will like. “I can’t see putting tofu on a student’s plate and having a good acceptance. I can see taking a product that is familiar to the students and adding a large amount of soy to it and having it to be acceptable,” said Jill Benza, director of food services for the Mesa, Arizona schools.
36．What is the newspaper report mainly about?
A．The difficulty in using soy products for US schools.
B．Various opinions on soy products for US schools.
C．The plan that is made by the US government for school lunch.
D．Healthy foods for students in US schools.
37．Where did the interviews most probably take place?
A．In food companies. B．In schools.
C．In Washington. D．In some other states.
38．We may learn from the text that _________________________.
A．soyaburgers taste better than hamburgers.
B．hamburgers are healthier than soyaburgers.
C．soyaburgers cost less than hamburgers.
D．hamburgers cost less than soyaburgers.
39． What Jill Benza said shows that ___________________________.
A．students have not yet been used to soy products.
B．it is hardly possible to make soy products popular.
C．he does not like the change in meals for students.
D．schools are unwilling to change the lunch menus.
第三节：完形填空 （共 20 小题；每小题 1分，满分 20 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Not long ago, I had a hard week at work. __16__ just kept popping up(出现) everywhere and I was struggling to keep from __17__ my cool. I felt like I was at the __18__ point.
One day, I made a trip across town to the store. After I __19__, I realized I had left my purse with credit cards at home. __20__, I had a small amount of cash in my pocket, so I __21__ it, my coupons(优惠券) and went inside. The store was really __22__, but I just found what I needed, waiting for the cashier(收银员) to check out my __23__. I waited and waited, meanwhile my anger grew. I had a bad day and all I wanted to do was go home, but I was __24__ in the line.
Finally, I got to the front, but the cashier didn’t __25__ my coupons. I was upset because I had used __26__ coupons there before. It didn’t __27__ me. I would just pay in cash. Then the cashier said it was 10 dollars. SHOCK! I was a little __28__. Now I was mad at myself for forgetting my purse and only taking a small amount of cash. Without a credit card or anything else, I __29__ my things and started to go back out to my car, wondering to myself why everything had __30__ for me.
Just as I was headed out, an employee __31__ me and said a lady in the __32__ had paid the difference for me and left. __33__ the amount she paid was small, the act was huge. A stranger, whom I had never met, completely changed my attitude with her __34__. Maybe next time I see someone having a __35__ day, I’ll do the same as her. After all, you never know whose day you might change.
16. A. Problems B. Chances C. Stories D. Suggestions
17. A. enjoying B. gaining C. losing D. continuing
18. A. growing B. boiling C. turning D. beginning
19. A. adjusted B. practiced C. returned D. parked
20. A. Finally B. Thankfully C. Gradually D. lately
21. A. opened B. closed C. grabbed D. found
22. A. quite B. big C. clean D. busy
23. A. purses B. goods C. cards D. pockets
24. A. stuck B. served C. followed D. defeated
25. A. pay B. use C. accept D. fill
26. A. extra B. different C. ordinary D. similar
27. A. disappoint B. change C. move D. surprise
28. A. foolish B. short C. proud D. curious
29. A. made B. did C. collected D. left
30. A. ended B. failed C. passed D. disappeared
31. A. stopped B. recognized C. saw D. helped
32. A. room B. corner C. line D. company
33. A. Unless B. Once C. Although D. Since
34. A. intelligence B. humor C. smile D. generosity
35. A. tough B. lonely C. lucky D. simple
-- Could you do me a favor to carry the luggage?
-- _______________.
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A．Yes, I could |
B．It’s my pleasure |
C．With pleasure |
D．Great |
_______ a chance, we are bound to visit the 2010 Shanghai EXPO.
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A．To be given |
B．Given |
C．Giving |
D．Having given |
The doctors did all they could _______ him _______.
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A．to bring; back to life |
B．bring; back to life |
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C．bring; to life |
D．to bring; to living |
_______ my teachers’ help, I wouldn’t have succeeded.
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A．Thanks to |
B．Owing to |
C．But for |
D．As to |
