第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。

　　In this small town there was not a single man of importance who would dare to have house keeper younger than sixty, for fear of what people might say 36 , however. When I needed a housekeeper I 37 a girl called Bridie Casey, a lovely little girl of seventeen from a village up the coast. But I 38 my choice carefully. I drove out there one day when she was at home, and I had a look at the cottage and a 39 with her mother and a couple of tea, and after that I did not need anyone to say that she was 40 . I knew if there was anything Bridie did not do 41 her mother would not 42 long to correct her. After that there was only one 43 to raise.

　　“Have you a 44 , Bridie?” said I.

　　“No, doctor, I have not,” said she with a simple expression that did not 45 me a bit. As a doctor you soon get used to innocent(无邪的） 46 .

　　“Well, you’ d better 47 and get one.” said I,“ 48 I’ m not going to take you.” 49 this she laughed. 50 she started working at my house. She proved to be very 51 and efficient(高效率的）. Of course she was so good-looking that people who came to my house used to pass 52 about us. But that didn’ t matter. They did not dare to hire a pretty girl themselves for 53 of what people would say. But I knew as long as a girl had a man of 54 to look after she would give me 55 .

　　36.A.an inclusion B. a conclusion

　　C. an exception D. a succession

　　37.A.chose B. married

　　C. fired D. met

　　38.A.made B. offered

　　C. regretted D. settled

　　39.A.deal B. talk

　　C. quarrel D. journey

　　40.A.pretty B. clever

　　C. fit D. busy

　　41.A.quickly B. normally

　　C. secretly D. proper

　　42.A.expense B. pay

　　C. cost D. take

　　43.A.report B. test

　　C. question D. statement

　　44.A.girlfriend B. boyfriend

　　C. wife D. husband

　　45.A.interest B. cheat

　　C. encourage D. notice

　　46.A.feelings B. looks

　　C. sounds D. voices

　　47.A.hurry up B. turn up

　　C. take your time D. take it easy

　　48.A.or B. but

　　C. and D. so

　　49.A.At B. On

　　C. To D. For

　　50.A.The day B. The next day

　　C. In the day D. To this day

　　51.A.young B. strong

　　C. able D. gentle

　　52.A.a letter B. an examination

　　C. an information D. a remark

　　53.A.fear B. horror

　　C. reason D. cause

　　54.A.herself B. her own

　　C. himself D. the world

　　55.A.service B. everything

　　C. no trouble D. no notice

　　第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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 interview has been going on for about 20 minutes and everything seems to be going well. Then, suddenly, the interviewer asks an unexpected question, “Which is more important, law or love?”

　　Job applicants in the West increasingly find themselves asked strange question like this. And the signs are that this is beginning to happen in China.

　　Employers want people are skilled, enthusiastic(热情的） and devoted. So these are the qualities that any reasonably intelligent job applicants will try to show no matter what his or her actual feelings are. In response, employers are increasingly using questions which try and show the applicant’ s true personality.

　　The question in the first paragraph comes from a test called Kiersey Personality Sorter. It is an attempt to discover how people solve problems, rather than what they know. This is often called aptitude(ability) testing.

　　According to Mark Baldwin of Alliance many job applicants in China are finding this type of questions difficult. When a Chinese person fills out an aptitude test he or she will think there is a right answer and they may well fail because they try to guess what the examiner wants to see.

　　This is sometimes called the prisoner’ s dilemma(窘境）. Applicants are trying to act cleverly in their own interest. But they fail because they don’ t understand what the interviewer is looking for. Remember that in an aptitude test, the correct answer is always the honest answer.

　　56.The writer wrote the passage to.()

　　A. give you a piece of advice on a job interview

　　B. tell you how to meet a job interviewer

　　C. describe an aptitude test

　　D. advice you how to find a job

　　57.According to the writer, in an aptitude testing, Chinese job applicants should.()

　　A. not tell the truth

　　B. learn to tell what they really think

　　C. be more enthusiastic

　　D. try to find out what the examiner really wants to know

　　58.From the passage we know that .()

　　A. job applicants are always asked such questions

　　B. more Chinese applicants fail to find a job

　　C. applicants should not act as reasonably as a prisoner

　　D. aptitude testing is becoming popular the world wide

　　B

　　Glynis Davis:

　　I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year…but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds. I put them on. I’d lost willpower and tried to believe that the old bag of fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.

　　Roz Juma:

　　To be honest, I never weigh myself any more I’ve leant to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a supper-thin body. This is obviously the size I’m meant to be and, most of all. I’m happy with it.

　　Lesley Codwin:

　　I was very happy about winning Young Silmmer of the Year. I’d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem——perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you .I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.

　　Ros Langfod:

　　Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet …I’m really good on a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating happily chocolate——my weakness. I’d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home. I might take more exercise when my kids are older.

　　59.What do you think the four women were all talking about?()

　　A. Their own slimming matter.

　　B. Their life after marriage.

　　C. Their work as a housewife.

　　D. Different diets they prefer.

　　60.Where are these short passage most likely to be taken from?()

　　A. Talks on the air.

　　B. Advertisements on the well.

　　C. Book in a library.

　　D. Magazines for children.

　　61.What does the underlined word “scales”possibly mean?()

　　A. The coach（教练）in the slimming club.

　　B. Some tool to measure weight.

　　C. Glynis Davis’ dear husband.

　　D. The salesperson in a food shop.

　　62.Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s attitudes towards slimming?()

　　1.Glynis Davisa I put on weight soon after got married

　　2.Ros Jums b. Fame（名声）doesn’t necessarily mean success

　　3.Leslcy Gowin c. Facts speak much louder than words

　　4.Ros landford d. I like myself as I am, and to be what you are

　　A.1-c;2-d;3-b;4-a

　　B.1-c;2-b;3-d;4-a

　　C.1-d;2-a;3-b;4-c

　　D.1-a;2-b;3-c;4-d