DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night.42 years ago he bought a small restaurant on US highway 69,in Oklahoma.His main customers were truck drivers and __61   salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheeseburgers when they stopped to__62 their journey.
It was they who first tried to persuade Hilton to remain open all night.He thought about it for a while,and then suddenly made up his mind.He took the door key and threw it across the road.He hasn't closed the door__63 .
Over the years his simple burger cafe has expanded into a 24-hour roadside empire,with a 100-seat restaurant,a petrol station,a mini shopping market,a car park__64  mobile homes(活動(dòng)住房) and all night self-help laundry.
Hilton was a pioneer in a 24-hour__65 which has now caught  on around the world.Today not only restaurants but also banks,supermarkets,mail order firms,travel agencies and many other businesses are__66 to be open all night. __67  is this really a good thing?
A lot of research has been done in America on the effect of 24-hour working, and
there is growing__68 about the long-term dangers of a society that doesn't sleep.Americans are said to be sleeping 20% less than they did 100 years ago,and 55% claim to suffer at least occasionally from over-tiredness. __69 of the worst man made disasters happened in the last few hours before dawn ,when even the most experienced night-worker has difficulty__70  awake.
61.A.travelling        B. walking          C. entering       D. coming
62.A.start             B. continue         C. break          D. enjoy
63.A.ever              B. since            C. later          D. then
64.A.on               B. at               C. of             D. for
65.A.working trend     B. touring business  C. banking service     D. delivering system
66.A.performing        B. pretending       C. beginning      D. hesitating
67.A.Thus              B. And           But            D. Furthermore
68.A.concern           B. understanding    C. interest       D. sense
69.A.Few               B. Several          C. None        D. All
70.A.preserving         B. becoming       C. maintaining    D. staying

61--70   ACBDA    CCABD  

61.下文中的their journey對(duì)做出正確選擇作了提示，說(shuō)明他們?cè)诼猛局小４鸢笧锳。
62. break中斷。根據(jù)上文中的stopped可確定答案。當(dāng)那些卡車(chē)司機(jī)和商販在旅途中停下來(lái)進(jìn)行短暫的休息時(shí)，他們喝點(diǎn)咖啡，吃點(diǎn)cheeseburger(放有干酪的肉餅)。答案為C。
63.這個(gè)句子的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用了現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，since從此以后，常與完成時(shí)連用。從此以后他再也沒(méi)關(guān)過(guò)門(mén)；ever曾經(jīng)，常用于肯定句中，否定句是：He has never closed the door；later后來(lái)，常與一般過(guò)去時(shí)連用。答案為B。
64. mobile houses是一種用汽車(chē)裝載的活動(dòng)住房。for“為了”。a car park for mobile house為裝載著活動(dòng)住房的汽車(chē)提供的停車(chē)場(chǎng)。答案為D。
65.a 24-hour working trend二十四小時(shí)工作的趨向。下文的內(nèi)容告訴我們，二十四小時(shí)工作已成為全球的趨向。而且，根據(jù)DC Hilton工作的性質(zhì)，容易排除B、C和D項(xiàng)。touring business旅游事業(yè)；banking service銀行服務(wù)業(yè)；delivering system郵遞系統(tǒng)。答案為A。 
66.上文說(shuō)明24小時(shí)工作成為一種趨向，很多行業(yè)開(kāi)始整夜開(kāi)放。A項(xiàng)performing“表演”；B項(xiàng)pretending“假裝”；D項(xiàng)hesitating“猶豫”，均不合題意。答案為C。
67.根據(jù)下一段的內(nèi)容可判斷出is this really a good thing?是對(duì)二十四小時(shí)工作提出的質(zhì)疑，所以?xún)删渲g是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，要用But填寫(xiě)。Furthermore“另外”。答案為C。 
68.be growing concern about對(duì)……關(guān)心不斷增加。人們?cè)絹?lái)越多地對(duì)不睡覺(jué)對(duì)社會(huì)所造成的長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)危險(xiǎn)予以關(guān)注。B項(xiàng)understanding“理解”；C項(xiàng)interest“興趣”；D項(xiàng)sense“意識(shí)”。答案為A。
69.several幾個(gè)。意思是：最嚴(yán)重的人為災(zāi)難發(fā)生在黎明前。而few和none都表示否定，all表示全體，都與短文內(nèi)容不符。答案為B。 
70.stay awake保持清醒的狀態(tài)。preserve“保護(hù)，維護(hù)”，后常接名詞；become表示由不清醒向清醒變化的過(guò)程；maintain作系動(dòng)詞的意思是“維持”。答案為D。
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One of my gardening tasks was finding worms. We didn’t use a lot of pesticides so we often had worms. Some worms were harder to find because sometimes they would get on the bottom side of the leaves and have a similar color to that of the plant. I had to look very closely for them.
Next came the harvest. That was my mum’s busiest time. There were tomatoes, peas, corn and beans that all had to be washed and “put up” for the winter.
We would sit out in the yard late in the evening when air was cooler until midnight. I would sit and attentively listen to my mum and daddy to tell stories about their past. I loved those times because they created the most precious memories of all for me.
We may not have had too many material possessions, but we had a lot of love. I think our working together as a family to put food on the table helped to strengthen out ties to each other and kept us close.
56. What did the author like to do as a child in the garden?
A. Put up tomatoes, peas, corn and beans for the winter.
B. Follow his father’s footsteps.
C. Plow and cover the seeds.
D. Listen to his parents to tell stories.
57.The underlined word “Pesticides” (in Paragraph 4) most probably means “things that _______”.
A. can make plants grow more quickly    
B. can affect the growth of plants
C. kill worms                        
D. benefit worms
58. What does the author think of his childhood?
A. Poor and miserable.                                        B. Rich and fruitful.
C. Sad and unforgettable.                                   D. Hard but precious.
59. What does the author intend to tell us?
A. Learning to help parents is very important.
B. Family members’ working together is precious.
C. Staying in a garden is helpful to one’s development.
D. A person should be hard-working from childhood.

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