She never took a taxi, even though she could _________ to.

听力原文：M: Do yon think Alien took your earrings？

W: Yes, but I think it was a mistake. She'd never have taken them on purpose. She's just absentminded.

Q: What does the woman think of Allen？

(13)

A．She thinks Allen is a thief.

B．She thinks Allen is clever.

C．She thinks Allen took her earrings by mistake.

D．She thinks Allen is a suspect.

ry told her he would be back in a few minutes. She had to sit down and wait for a few minutes in the outer office. “I’ll never get this job,” she told herself. For a moment she wanted to run out of the building. Just then, Wilson came through the door and hurried into his office. A few minutes later his secretary took Linda in and introduced her. Linda apologized for being late. Wilson didn’t seem to mind. They chatted casually for a few seconds and then got down to business. He took out her letter of application. “You’ve never worked in radio or television before, have you？” he said. Now she was even more sure that she would not get the job. Wilson asked her a few more questions. To her surprise he seemed impressed with her other qualifications. She was even more surprised when he asked her if she could start soon. “I wonder if you’d mind starting next month？” he asked with a smile.

1.Linda was a few minutes late, so she had to wait for a few minutes in the office. ()

2.Linda thought she would never get this job at first. ()

3.Linda has never worked in radio or television before.()

4. Wilson’s secretary seened impressed with her other qualifi cations.()

5.Wilson asked Linda to start to work the following month.()

y and later took a job as a typist. Although she was enthusiastic and did her best, she made many mistakes and was poorly paid. She didn't want to be a typist, anyway, she dreamed of becoming a pilot!

Amy moved to London, borrowed some money, and learned to fly. Nobody, however, wanted to hire a female pilot. She decided to fly alone to Australia to prove that she could fly as well as any man. Her parents lent her money to buy an airplane.

Amy set off on May 5, 1930. Her route took her over Vienna, Constantinople, and Baghdad. She was caught in a sandstorm and had to make an emergency landing in the desert. But she landed in India six days later. She had broken the record to India by two days. After experiencing some more hardship, she finally reached Australia. Amy had proven that she could fly and that a woman could do most anything she really put her mind to.

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A．She didn't want to be a typist.

B．She was not enthusiastic about typing.

C．She was not energetic enough to do the job.

D．She never went to a university.

听力原文： Mrs. Brown was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast and boasted of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of' driving, been punished for a driving offence.

Then one day she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policeman in it saw her pass a red light without stopping.

When Mrs. Brown came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped at the red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was saying, Mrs. Brown opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she chose a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.

When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, "Now it is your turn. I suppose you drive a car, trod that you have no doubt about your own eyesight."

The judge took the needle and tried to thread it.. After half a dozen attempts, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs. Brown was dismissed and her record remained unbroken.

(33)

A．She broke her record.

B．She didn't stop at a red light.

C．She saw an accident.

D．She stopped at a red light.

tell you the truth, she took lessons for years, and practiced every day, but in spite of all this, her voice didn't improve. Honestly, it didn't get better; it just got louder.

Her teacher finally gave up and stopped the lessons, but Alice refused to give in, and one day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to attend.

The teacher was very worried about what to say after the concert. She knew it would be terrible and it was. She didn't want to tell a lie, but she didn't want to hurt Alice' feeling either. Finally, she got an idea and went backstage to greet her pupil.

"Well," said Alice," What did you think of my singing？"

"My dear," said the teacher," You will never be better than you were tonight."

Alice wanted to be a singer because she ______.

A．was good at singing

B．could do nothing but sing

C．had a good teacher

D．was most interested in music

听力原文： Jenny never wanted to be a national public figure. All she wanted to be was a mother and a homemaker. But her life was turned upside down when a motorist distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The impact killed her two-year-old daughter. Four months later, Jenny reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving. She wanted to save other children from what happened to her daughter. In her first speech, Jenny got off to a shaky start. She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain. But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place. She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice. For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears, and to action. In subsequent presentations, Jenny gained reputation as a highly effective speaker. Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times transmitting her message to over 14,000,000 people. Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use.

What was the significant change in Jenny's life？

A．She became a public figure.

B．She made a successful speech.

C．She had a terrible lesson.

D．She was hurt in the accident.

D

Dolphins are interesting animals. Working with them is fun, because you never know what they will come up with to surprise you.

Remember when your mom used to cut up your food？ Circe, a show dolphin, won' t eat fish unless someone cuts the fins(鱼鳍) off. Diana Reiss, a scientist who worked with Circe, knew that. But one day she forgot.

Reiss was training Circe to " stay at station" in front of her. Every time the dolphin swam off, Reiss gave her a time-out by backing away from the side of the pool and standing at a distance. When Circe stayed, Reiss fed her a piece of fish. But then she gave her a piece with fins by mis-take.

Circe looked at Reiss, spat(吐) out the fish, and swam across the pool. She took an upright position in the water and simply " stood" there. Circe was communicating(交流) loud and clear. "I felt as if I had gotten the time-out ! " says Reiss.

Another dolphin, Pete, enjoyed his meals of fish served up by his trainer. But a wild bird star- ted to show up at every feeding to steal some of the dolphin' s supper. Pete was definitely not hap-py about that.

One day when Pete' s trainer gave him frozen fish, Pete let them sink to the bottom of his pool. Between shows he dived down and pushed eight fish up to the surface, and managed to keep all of them afloat. For five minutes, the bird watched anxiously. Finally, the bird took the bait. When it did, Pete caught the bird' s feet and pulled it underwaterl Then took care of that little thief.

69. Reiss would feed Circe a fish _________.

[ A] before Circe gave a performance

[ B ] when Circe followed the instruction

[C] the moment Circe swam close to Reiss

[D] each time Reiss left the side of the pool

完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Linda was a few minutes late. Wilson __16__ the office when she got there. His secretary told her he __17__ back in a few minutes. She __18__ sit down and wait for a few minutes in outer office.

“I’ll never get this job,” she __19__ herself. For a moment she wanted to __20__ the building. Just then, Wilson came __21__ the door and hurried into his office. A few minutes __22__ his secretary took Linda in and introduced her,

Linda apologized 23. Wilson didn’t seem to __21__. They chatted casually (随便地) for a few seconds and then 25. He __26__ her letter of application.

“You’ve never worked in radio or television before, 27？ “he said. Now she was __28__ that she would not get the job. Wilson asked her __29__ questions.

__30__ he seemed impressed with her other qualifications (资格).She was __31__ when he asked her if she could start soon. “I wonder if you’d mind __32__ next month？” he asked __33__. __34__ seemed she had got the job __35__.

第16题：

[A] had left

[B] has left

[C] was left

[D] would be leaving

ey will come up with to surprise you.

Remember when your mom used to cut up your food？ Circe, a show dolphin, won't eat fish unless someone cuts the fins (鱼鳍) off. Diana Reiss, a scientist who worked with Circe, knew that. But one day she forgot.

Reiss was training Circe to "stay at station" in front of her. Every time the dolphin swam off, Reiss gave her a time-out by backing away from the side of the pool and standing at a distance. When Circe stayed, Reiss fed her a piece of fish. But then she gave her a piece with fins by mistake.

Circe looked at Reiss, spat(吐) out the fish, and swam across the pool. She took an upright position in the water and simple "stood" there. Circe was communicating (交流) loud and clear. "I felt as if I had gotten the time-out! " says Reiss.

Another dolphin, Pete, enjoyed his meals of fish served up by his trainer. But a wild bird started to show up at every feeding to steal some of the dolphin's supper. Pete was definitely not happy about that.

One day when Pete's trainer gave him frozen fish, Pete let them sink to the bottom of his pool. Between shows he dived down and pushed eight fish up to the surface, and managed to keep all of them afloat. For five minutes, the bird watched anxiously. Finally, the bird took the bait. When it did, Pete caught the bird's feet and pulled it underwater! Then took care of that little thief.

Reiss would feed Circe a fish ______.

A．before Circe gave a performance

B．when Circe followed the instruction

C．the moment Circe swam close to Reiss

D．each time Reiss left the side of the pool

taste. But the circumstances were【C2】______but sweet. It was World War H . I【C3】______with my family in the Lithuanian town of Taurage【C4】______the Russian army swept west toward Nazi Germany. Many people in our village【C5】______away in terror. In the confusion, I stood with my 12-year-old sister, and my three-year-old brother, near the railway【C6】______, where a train for Germany waited.【C7】______families were allowed to board the train. Just before leaving, a woman traveling【C8】______approached us. "Ill take care of him," she told my sister, and【C9】______me onto the train as it left the station. The entire trip I【C10】______my mother. We arrived in Hamburg. Now that the woman had【C11】______Taurage she had no more use for me. I lived on the【C12】______like thousands of other children in that wartorn city. I survived 【C13】______stealing food. Then the American occupation troops arrived. One afternoon as I hid【C14】______in a mess tent in search of food, a huge hand lifted me up by the collar—an American soldier. I was【C15】______and I could see it upset him. "Its okay, kid," he said. He reached into his jacket and handed me a chocolate bar. I【C16】______it and took a small bite. I thought Id gone to heaven. The soldier took me and some other【C17】______children to an orphanage run by Red Cross. Fours years later I was transferred to an orphanage in America. 【C18】______a family who lived in Pennsylvania adopted me. Later I joined the Army, then attended college after the army and【C19】______a masters degree in clinical social work. I never did learn the soldier God sent to save my life, but I will remember his【C20】______forever.

【C1】

A．poor

B．bad

C．terrible

D．delicious