第二节：完型填空 (共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

A Fool’s Day falls on 1st of April. People _31_forget the significance (意义) of the day.

In March 1980, I was 32 at Durham University with seven other Chinese students. I had 33  to go to another university after graduation and had 34          application (申请)  forms to several 35  . Every morning I arrived at the porter’s office (传达室) and waited my fate. But no 36  came.

On April 1st, as I was eating my 37 , Huang came in , with a toothbrush(牙刷)  38  in his hand.  39 fearing that he might forget the important news , he passed me the 40 . “Morning , Wu,” he said , “I saw Mr. G this morning. He told me that a letter had arrived in his office for you from Manchester University, and asked you to go and get it 41 possible.” I jumped with 42 .

I even didn’t 43 my breakfast and rushed to Mr. G’s office but he wasn’t   44  . I then went to the secretary’s room and  45 everything to her. She opened Mr. G’s room. I looked at everything. There didn’t seem to be a letter for me. “If he had asked you to pick it up from here,” said the secretary , “ he would have put it in  46 or simply left it to me.”

Greatly 47 , I walked out of the room and 48 the secretary lock it. 49 the secretary’s eyes 50  . “Sorry,” she said. “It’s April Fool’s Day!”

31. A sometimes  B. never   C. always  D. seldom

32. A. staying  B. working  C. visiting  D. studying

33. A. continued  B. planned  C. went   D. remembered

34. A. returned  B. taken   C. brought  D. sent

35. A. people  B. colleges  C. cities   D. offices

36. A. application B. report  C. reply   D. chance

37. A. dinner   B. lunch   C. supper  D. breakfast

38. A. still   B. even   C. yet   D. already

39. A. Because of B .As if   C. After   D. While

40. A. message  B. sign   C. letter   D. notice

41. A. if    B. as soon as  C. when   D. as fast as

42. A. the news  B. the letter  C. joy   D. luck

43. A. take   B. finish   C. eat   D. have

44. A. anywhere  B. in   C. at   D. away

45. A. asked   B. tells   C. explained  D. answered

46. A. the office  B. his desk  C. the room  D. an obvious(明显的) place

47. A. disappoint  B. disappointed  C. disappointing  D. disappointment

48. A. watched  B. noticed   C. saw    D. got

49. A. Quickly  B. Strangely   C. Finally   D. Suddenly

50. A. closed   B. opened   C. brightened  D. darkened

第三部分：阅读理解(共14小题，每题2分，满分28分)

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

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Part-time Waitress

Busy café needs honest and good-looking waitress for weekends. Must enjoy working with a team and dealing with customers. Call Li Ling at 0732-8536724 after 6 pm.

Delivery (投递) Person

Young, healthy person able to deliver heavy boxes of books. Must have a driver’s license and can carry heavy boxes. We’re looking for a person for this position. Call Liu Fang at 0732-7887766 at any time.

Nanny Wanted

Kind, hard-working nanny wanted to look after three friendly children. Must be experienced and have childcare quail fications(资格). Please call Chen Yiping at 0732-6774538 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m

51. These are _______ in the newspaper.

A. notices    B. ads    C. stories    D. news

52. If you can get the job in the café, you must be a _______.

A. pretty young woman     B. good-looking boy

C. cool young man      D. hard-working student

53. Who can do the delivery job?

A. A beautiful woman who is good at selling books.

B. A person who has been a taxi driver for more than 40 years.

C. A beautiful and hard-working girl.

D. A strong young man who can drive.

54. Which of the four statements is true?

A. You can call Chen Yiping in the evening.

B. If you want to call Li Ling, do it in the morning.

C. You can call Liu Fang at any time.

D. If you want to call Li Ling, you can do it in the afternoon.

55. What’s the Chinese for the underlined word “nanny”?

A. 奶奶     B. 阿姨    C. 保姆    D. 护士