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Mary Buendia once spent a day in an airplane, looking for a cat.She didn"t find it that day.The plane flew around all over the world for three weeks with the cat on board. She finally found it in the cargo hold and sent it home first-class.Another time, she found two suitcases full of birds from Turkey.But her strangest experience was when she pulled a snake out of a man"s pants.
Mary Buendia is an animal health inspector at JFK Airport in New York.She takes care of all the animals that pass through the airport and checks that they are healthy.In the Animal Health Center, there are areas for dogs, cats, reptiles, birds, and fish. There is also an area for very big animals.The biggest they ever had was a black rhino."It was no problem," she says.
At the center, they receive all types of animals—monkeys, wild cats, poisonous spiders.It"s impossible for one person to know about all of these, but there are 20 people working with Mary.Between them, they understand how to take care of the animals.She recently had to feed a group of toucans, which are rare birds."Luckily," she says, "there is a supermarket nearby which is open 24 hours.I had to go at 2 a.m.to buy bananas."
Mary often works at night. "It"s quiet between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.," she says, "because we don"t have night flights. We try to give the animals a quiet night." Mary clearly loves her job. "You never know what the day will bring," she says, and goes off to feed the birds.
71.The best title of the passage will probably be ____________.
A.JKF Airport in New York. B.Airport Health Inspector.
C.Mary Buendia                 D.Animal Health Center.
72.From the first paragraph, we can know that ___________.
A.Working as an Airport Health Inspector, Mary Buendia has various experiences.
B.After the cat was found, it was sent home to New York.
C.Mary got frightened when she pulled a snake out of a man’s pants.
D.Mary was tired of dealing with animals at the airport.
73.We can infer from the passage that ______.
A.Mary often works at night during flights.
B.It took Mary a whole day to find a lost cat in an airplane
C.Only healthy animals can be permitted to go aboard the airplane.
D.Mary knows everything about the animals by working with 20 other people.
74.An Airport Health Inspector should do the following Except ___________.
A.inspect whether the animals are healthy.
B.go shopping at night
C.take care of animals
D.work with colleagues and learn from each other
75.What kind of animals is "reptile" (in Para2) _________
A.a kind of large animals          B.a kind of wild spiders
C.a kind of rare birds               D.The passage doesn"t mention
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71--75   BACBD  
解析

71.答案:B解析:纵读全文,我们不难发现文章以人(Mary)为载体,向我们介绍了Mary的职业:而答案C太笼统。AD 是文中提到的两个地点,故应选B
72.答案A 解析:A是对第一段的总结。B错在“to New York”; C项文中并没提及;D观点错误。
73.答案:C解析:从文中She takes care of all the animals that pass through the airport and checks that they are healthy. In the Animal Health 可知;其它选项与原文不符。
74.答案:B 解析:A,C,D是一个Airport Health Inspector的职责所在。而答案B则是具体事例。
75.答案:D
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My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister"s bureau(衣橱) and picked out a wonderful skirt. "Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion.” Well, I guess this is the occasion.
He took the skirt from me and put it on the bed.His hands touched the soft material for a moment, then he shut the drawer and turned to me, "Don"t ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you"re alive is a special occasion."
I"m still thinking about his words, and they"ve changed my attitude to life. I"m spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to enjoy,not suffer.I"m tryingto recognize these moment now and treasure them.
"Someday" and "one of these days" are being lost from my vocabulary.If it"s worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now. I" m not sure whatmy sister would have done if she had known she wouldn"t have tomorrow .
I think she would have called family members and a few close friends. She might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend her fences for past things. I like to think she would have gone out for a Chinese dinner, her favorite food.
If I knew that my hours were limited ,those little things left undone would make meangry. Angry because I put off seeing good friends whom I was going to get in touchwith someday.Angry and sorry because I didn"t tell my husband and daughter often enough how much I truly love them.
I"m trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter to our lives. And every morning when  I open my eyes, I tell myself that everyday, every minute, every breath truly, is... a gift from God.
56.The best title for the passage would be______.
A.Everyday is A Gift                   B.My Poor Sister
C.Value Friendship Every Day         D.Everyday is An Important Occasion
57.Jan bought the wonderful skirt but didn"t wear it because______.
A.she wanted to wear it on special occassions
B.she kept it as a special gift for someone else
C.she saved it untill she grew older
D.she waned to keep it as a sweet memory
58.Which of the following is not the wirter’s attitude to life?
A.spending more time staying with family
B.attending social activities as often as possible
C.enjoying life and valuing every day
D.trying to get along well with friends
59.Which of the following can best explain the expression underlined “mend her fences for past things” in Paragraph 5?
A.try to be friendly again with someone
B.break her word
C.give up her point of view
D.keep her promise
60.The passage is intended chiefly to ______.
A.warn people to treasure every day and find the meaning of life
B.encourage people to be hard on themselves for a bright  life
C.tell people how to get rid of being angry and sorry in life
D.persuade people to care for themselves more than others
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Jesse McCartney began entertaining and delighting audiences at a very early age in off-Broadway stage shows including Oliver, A Christmas Carol, and Annie Get Your Gun. At the age of seven, he began a national tour the stage musical show of The King and I. 1998 brought his big chance in television with the role of Adam Chandler, Jr. on All My Children. McCartney stayed with the show for the next three years and won several awards for his role of Chandler.
In 1999 he showed great interest in music, when he auditioned(试听) for and won a spot in a boy band called Dream Street. Sales of the group"s album(唱片) once reached up to 300,000 copies. Shortly after the album went platinum, they toured around the USA with Britney Spears(布兰妮) before the band broke up in 2002.His first band was called the Sugar Beats, and in 2003 McCartney partnered with their producer Sherry Kondor to launch his solo(个人专辑)career. The song Beautiful Soul became the title track for McCartney"s first solo album. Following the great success of his album, it took McCartney one and a half year to make his new one, Right here You Want Me, which, according to McCartney himself, has had more personal experiences and thoughts.
McCartney never gave up acting and appeared the films The Pirates of Central Park and The Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz. In 2004 he successfully played the role of Brandin Westerly on the TV series SummerlanD.He has also combined music and film, contributing songs to films .
Born April 9, 1987, Jesse is the oldest of three children. His parents were actors in New York City. His sister Lea Joyce was born in 1991 and brother Timmy, with whom Jesse is very close, came along in 1996.He graduated from Ardsley High School (New York) in 2005, where he was a junior baseball pitcher(投手). Jesse"s best friend is former band mate Greg Raposo.
61.Which of the following is NOT mentioned of Jesse McCartney?
A.education            B.family        
C.success in music         D.tours abroad
62.Choose the right order about Jesse McCartney’s achievements .
①launched the song Beautiful Soul   
②successfully played the role of Brandin Westerly
③a national tour of The King and I 
④launched the album, Right here You Want Me
⑤played the role of Adam Chandler, Jr. on All My Children.
A.③⑤①②④   B.③⑤①④②      C.③⑤④②①     D.④③⑤①② 
63.Which of the following is not films or TVs where McCartney acted?
A.All My Children                     B.A Christmas Carol   
C.The Pirates of Central Park       D.The Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz
64.The underlined phrase “went platinum” (Paragraph 2)probably means_____.
A.went worse and worse       B.lost reputation  
C.became very popular        D.became a failure
65.Which of the following is NOT supported by the passage?
A.The role of Adam Chandler McCartney played was very popular
B.McCartney"s solo album Right here You Want Me was a great success
C.Brandin Westerly is a leading character of the TV series Summerland
D.McCartney"s brother Timmy is nine younger than him
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阅读下面短文,并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。
Work is a very important part of life in the United States. When the early Protestant immigrants(新教徒移民) came to this country, they brought the idea that work was the way to God and heaven. This attitude, the Protestant Work Ethic(道德规范), still influences America today. Work is not only important for economic benefits, the salary, but also for social and psychological need, the feeling of doing something for the good of the society. Americans spend most of their lives working, being productive. For most Americans, their work defines them: they are what they do. What happens then, when a person can no longer work? Almost all Americans stop working at age sixty-five or seventy and retire. Because work is such an important part of life in this culture, retirement can be very difficult. Retirees often feel that they are useless and unproductive. Of course, _______________; but leaving one’s job, whatever it is, is a difficult change, even for those who look forward to retiring. Many retirees do not know how to use their time or they feel lost without their jobs.
Retirements can also bring financial problems. Many people rely on Social Security checks every month. During their working years, employees contribute a certain percentage of their salaries to the government. Each employer also gives a certain percentage to the government. When people retire, they receive this money as income. These checks do not provide enough money to live on, however, because prices are increasing very rapidly. Senior citizens, those over sixty-five, have to have savings in the bank or other retirement plans to make ends meet. The rate of inflation(通货膨胀) is forcing prices higher each year. Social Security checks alone cannot cover these growing expenses. The government offers some assistance, Medicare and welfare, but many senior citizens have to change their life styles after retirement. They have top spend carefully to be sure that they can afford to buy food, fuel and other necessities.
American society is only beginning to be concerned about the special physical and emotional needs of its senior citizens. The government is taking steps to ease the problem of limited income. They are building new housing, offering discounts in stores and museums and on buses, and providing other services such as free courses, food service, and help with housework.
76.What’s the general idea of this passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
___________________________________________________________________________
77.Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.
___________________________________________________________________________
78.Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases. (Please answer within 10 words.)
___________________________________________________________________________
79.Which sentence in the passage is the closet in meaning to the following sentence?
Retirees will have many economic difficulties after retiring.
___________________________________________________________________________
80.What other suggestions would you give to the government to take steps to ease the problems of limited income of the senior citizens? (Please answer within 30 words.)
___________________________________________________________________________
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Once there lived a rich merchant(商人) and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor,  36  the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the   37  persons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with   38  , whenever he saw the boots and shoes  39 . Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he   40   knew how much wealth(财产) he had. He was always  41   over his gold and silver coins far into the night. Even in bed his uneasiness(不安) about his riches kept him 42  . When at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an   43  riser. It continued all day and was a(n)  44  to the merchant. Day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through want of    45  . He asked a wise friend of his how he could put an   46  to the shoemaker’s song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,” answered his friend. “You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing in  47  . Simply give the money.” The merchant    48   the advice.
When the shoemaker   49  the bag that had been sent by the merchant, he was   50   to find shining coins. “I must hide this from the eyes of my neighbors. If they see it, they will think that I have stolen it,” he thought. “I will   51  it away even from my wife.” So he hid the bag of money under the floor. From then on he   52   his neighbors as much as he could. His wife who had been the best  53   to him, became troublesome. Now his mind was too much set on the money bag to   54   to his work with diligence(勤劳). He could not sing merrily now.   55  he thought of the money bag, he became uneasy and unhappy.
36.A.for    B.therefore   C.but    D.however
37.A.poorest     B.happiest    C.richest      D.shortest
38.A.smile B.sorrow      C.sadness     D.joy
39.A.being repaired  B.repair       C.to repair   D.to be repaired
40.A.always      B.completely       C.hardly      D.entirely
41.A.hiding      B.counting   C.calculating       D.figuring
42.A.awake      B.nervous    C.frightened D.asleep
43.A.early B.happy       C.noisy D.late
44.A.threat       B.matter      C.trouble     D.alarm
45.A.sympathy  B.understanding   C.sleep D.treatment
46.A.endB.notice       C.information      D.stop
47.A.trouble     B.need  C.turn   D.return
48.A.refused     B.agreed      C.asked D.followed
49.A.stole  B.opened     C.received    D.closed/carried
50.A.excited     B.amazed     C.ashamed                 D.disappointed
51.A.throw       B.keep  C.give  D.put
52.A.avoided    B.thanked    C.helped      D.attract
53.A.companion       B.fellow      C.shoemaker       D.merchant
54.A.tend        B.turn   C.attend       D.come
55.A.Wherever B.Whatever  C.Whenever D.However
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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出最佳选项(共20个小题,每小题1分,满分20分)。
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime (一角银币) left. He was hungry so he decided to    36    for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve (不知所措,慌张) when a lovely young woman opened the door.    37    a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked   38   so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I   39   you?” “You don’t owe me anything,” she replied, “Mother has taught me never to accept  40    for a kindness.” He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt   41   physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and    42    before this point. Years later the young woman became seriously ill. The  43   doctors were baffled (阻挡). They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists(专家) can be called in to study her   44   disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now   45    , was called in for the consultation (会诊). When he heard the name of the town she came __46__, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he  47  and went down through the hospital hall into her room. Dressed  48  his doctor’s gown (罩衣) he went in to see her. He recognized(辨认) her at once. He went back to the   49   room and determined to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special   50   to her case.
After a long struggle, the battle was   51  . Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval (批准). He looked at it and then    52   something on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was    53   to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill    54   her attention. She read these words…
“Paid in (已缴)full with a glass of   55  .”
(Singed) Dr. Howard Kelly Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”
36. A. search   B. beg     C. wait    D. look
37. A. Because of   B. In front of  C. In case of   D. Instead of
38. A. upset    B. thirsty C. hungry       D. sad
39. A. owe      B. cost    C. lend    D. own
40. A. offer    B. pay     C. help    D. thanks
41. A. quicker B. weaker       C. stronger     D. warmer
42. A. stop      B. continue     C. retire  D. surrender
43. A. local     B. poor   C. kind    D. cruel
44. A. common      B. ordinary     C. rare    D. scarce
45. A. old       B. famous       C. unknown    D. retired
46. A. from    B. to       C. into    D. for
47. A. stood    B. waited C. fell     D. rose
48. A. on     B. in    C. with   D. of
49. A. waiting B. treating      C. information       D. consultation
50. A. interest B. food   C. attention           D. effort
51. A. defeated       B. won    C. lost     D. completed
52. A. changed       B. left     C. crossed       D. wrote
53. A. excited B. afraid  C. nervous      D. surprised
54. A. caught  B. called  C. paid    D. caused
55. A. water   B. coffee     C. milk D. ice cream
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