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I 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was 37 jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just 38 a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39 was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40 happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of 41 . I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had 42 an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just 43 I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor. 44 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’beds. It was 45 than that. For I felt I had become a part of their 46 . Freda stayed at home with the kids, 47 I would often see her in the morning 48 Them to school. And I’d be there when they 49 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had 50 them grow up. Now I 51 still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for I left Freda’s _52 relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I 53 Them? As a matter of fact， I’m 54 an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 55 of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me. 36. A. stepping B. coming C. jumping D. moving
37. A. hanging B. making C. wearing D. changing 38. A. cleaned B. washed C. swept D. brushed 39. A. duty B. money C. work D. pay 40. A. already B. seldom C. never D. yet 41. A. regret B. surprise C. fear D. loss 42. A. started B. developed C. improved D. broken 43. A. why B. what C. that D. which 44. A. but B. and C. or D. for 45. A. less B. least C. more D. most 46. A. life B. story C. activity D. experience 47. A. as B. so C. since D. however 48. A. taking B. bringing C. meeting D. calling 49. A. left B. returned C. went D. marched 50. A. found B. noticed C. watched D. realized 51. A. possible B. great C. proper D. strange 52. A. meaning B. nature C. result D. importance 53. A. for B. to C. with D. at 54. A. hardly B. certainly C. probably D. merely 55. A. member B. person C. relative D. companion 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Have you ever dreamed of having a fashionable watch of great value? A small watchmaker in Switzerland in 1922 designed the first automatic(自动的)watch to show the day, month, and date, Only seven of these splendid watches were ever made and these watches were almost lost to history. Today, it is so hard to get an original (首批的) watch that some watch historians are even willing to offer $ 200,000 for one. These watches attracted a lot of people for their splendid color, fashionable style, and new uses in the 1920s. The owners of the watches were admired and set apart from the crowd. Because the number of the original watches is very limited, owning such a watch will make you feel very special. Today, you are offered the same kind of watch with improvement. It has a 24-jewel mechanical(机械的) movement, the kind desired by watch collectors. The watchmaker has made the movement of the watch much more modern with an automatic rotor(上弦装置) so that the watch never needs to be wound by hand. The Design on it. To get a watch in such a perfect design to know history and to wear such a watch will show your
You can get the watch either in person or by mail all an affordable price. You will also receive good service from the watch seller. If you are not satisfied with the watch after you get it, you may simply return it within 30 days. Don’t miss the chance to realize your dream. 56. The original automatic watches are valuable because . A. the watches were made many years ago B. the watches were made by a Swiss watchmaker C. only rich people can afford the watches D. only a few watches of the kind were made 57. Watch collectors want to get the improved watch, especially for its ___. A. mechanical movement B. splendid color C. fashionable style D. new uses 58. The purpose of the passage is to encourage the readers to . A. buy the watch B. return the watch C. wear the watch D. receive the service 59. The passage is probably taken from a . A. report B. magazine C. text book D. science book B Unlike modern animal scientists, dinosaur scientists cannot sit on a hillside and use telescopes to watch dinosaurs in order to know how they lived and whether they were good parents Instead, they have to search hard for information from dinosaurs’ fossils(恐龙化石) because dinosaurs died out millions of years ago. It’s very difficult for the scientists to reach an agreement because different results
