三 、完型填空(15分)

阅读下列短文，从文后所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future.   36   knows why this is so, but there are many stories about people. The people make their dreams   37  . One of these people was a man   38   John Chapman, who lived in Swaffham in England many years ago.

John Chapman dreamt that he   39   on London Bridge and a man told him how to become rich. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed   40  , so the next day he decided to leave for London.   41   was 100 miles from Swaffham to London. He walked for two days and at last he   42   London Bridge. There were many people on the bridge, but they weren’t   43   in John Chapman. No one   44   him. After three days, John Chapman decided to go home,   45   before he could do this, a shopkeeper came up to him.

“I am watching you these days,” he said. “Are you   46   someone?”

“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man here. He would help me to get much money.”

“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. “You shouldn’t believe in dreams.   47   I believe in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man called John Chapman from Swaffham. He had   48   in his garden, near an old apple tree.”

John Chapman was   49   by what the shopkeeper said. At once he went home and dug near an old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so happy that he   50   some of the gold to his poor neighbours. What a kind man he was! For the rest of his life, he was a rich man.

36.  A. Nobody       B. Anybody       C. Somebody       D. Everybody

37.  A. come out      B. come up        C. come true       D. come to

38.  A. call          B. to call          C. calling          D. called

39.  A. is standing     B. stood           C. will stand       D. stands

40.  A. dream        B. future          C. money         D. apple

41.  A. This          B. It              C. That           D. Its

42.  A. reached        B. arrived         C. got           D. went

43.  A. interest        B. interests        C. interesting      D. interested

44.  A. listened to      B. talked to        C. said to        D. needed to

45.  A. as            B. and            C. but          D. or

46.  A. waiting for     B. asking for       C. caring for     D. looking after

47.  A. When         B. Where          C. If           D. How

48.  A. money        B. apple           C. tree          D. gold

49.  A. angry         B. surprised        C. happy        D. sad

50.  A. borrowed        B. gave           C. brought         D. got

四、阅读理解(30分)

阅读下列短文，从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

A

Leeds Castle

One of the most popular places of interest in Britain

Opening times

Open all year round except 7th and 8th November and Christmas Day(25th December)2009.

1 April to 30 September 2009

Open：10:30 am—5:30 pm

Gates close at 6pm

1 October 2009 to 31 March 2010

Open：10:30 am—4 pm

Gates close at 5pm

Prices

Adults：￡16.50

Students：￡9.50

Children under 4：free

51.Leeds Castle is closed on _________.

A.7th January     B.8th August     C.25th December     D.1st April

52.John and Mary will take their three-year old son to Leeds Castle.How much should they pay?

A.￡33.    B.￡16.50.   C.￡26.    D.￡9.50.

53.What time does Leeds Castle close on 29th October?

A.6 pm.   B.6:30 pm.   C.5:30 pm.    D.5 pm.

B

Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed greatly for him as he grew much taller.

Michael Jordan became famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina. Michael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket again. He played so well that people called him “Air Jordan”.

After college, Michael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player. He was named “Rookie” (新秀) of the year in 1985 and “Most Valuable (价值的) Player” in 1987. He once set a record (创纪录) by getting 63 points in one game.

54. He began to become famous in _____________.

A. the university basketball team           B. the NBA

C. his high school at first                 D. the Chicago Bulls

55. He is often called“__________”.

A. Rookie　　　　B. the NBA　　　 C. Air Jordan　　 D. Most Valuable Player

56. The NBA was very surprised at the superstar when _________.

A. he was young                     B. he joined the basketball team in his high school

C. he joined the university basketball team     D. he joined the Chicago Bulls

C

Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir”, said the poor man, “I am a failure (失败者). I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I'll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “Tonight your dream will come true. I'll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.

A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man's room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I'm up there, in that big hotel. It's a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn't get any sleep at all.”

57. The poor man lived in ________ before he met the rich man.

A. the hotel        B. his home        C. the park      D. the car

58. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and __________.

A. waited for the rich man                B. looked at the rich man's hotel

C. looked at the rich man's car             D. enjoyed the clean air

59. Every night the poor man dreamed of _____________.

A. sleeping in that hotel         B. becoming rich

C. owning that hotel            D. being the rich man's friend

60. The poor man moved out of the hotel because __________.

A. he didn't want to live in such a fine room   B. he didn't like the rich man

C. he couldn't pay for the room             D. he couldn't get any sleep at all there