【题目】阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

The human nose has given to the language of the world many interesting expressions. Of course this is not surprising. Without the nose we could not breathe or smell. It is the part of the face that gives a person special character. Cyrano De Bergerac said that a large nose showed a great man—brave, polite, manly, and bright. A famous woman poet wished that she had two noses to smell a rose. Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher(哲学家)made an interesting comment about Cleopatra's nose. “If it had been shorter，”he said，“it would have changed the whole face of the world.”Historically, man's nose has had an important role in his imagination. Man has referred to the nose in many ways to express his feelings. Expressions about the nose refer to human weakness, anger, pride, jealousy(嫉妒)and revenge(报复). In English there are a number of phrases about the nose. For example, “To_hold_up_one's_nose” expresses a basic human feeling—pride. People can hold up their noses at people, things and places. The phrases, to be led around by the nose, shows man's weakness. A person who is led around by the nose lets other people control him. On the other hand, a person who follows his nose, lets his instinct guide him.

For the human emotion of rejection, the phrase to_have_one's_nose_put_out_of_joint is very descriptive. The expression applies to persons who have been turned aside because of a competitor. Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected. This expression is not new. It was used by Erasmus in 1542.

This is only a sampling of expressions in English dealing with the nose. There are a number of others. However, it should be as plain as the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ for breathing and smelling!

【1】This passage is about________.

A．the human nose, an organ for breathing and smelling

B．the nose giving various expressions

C．a woman poet's wish was to have two noses

D．interesting comments made on Cleopatra's nose

【2】According to Blaise Pascal, “Cleopatra's nose”________．

A．did change the whole face of the world

B．should be shorter

C．represents her powerful character

D．had been cut shorter

【3】“To hold up one's nose” is an expression of________.

A．contempt

B．revenge

C．anger

D．jealousy

【4】A man who is described as “to have one's nose put out of joint”________．

A．is happy

B．wants to sell a flower

C．is ill

D．feels hurt and rejected

【题目】阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

B

Tears are nature's way making us feel comfortable. When our eyes are made uncomfortable by some small pieces of pollution, or when we are cutting onions, or when we are exhausted and “red-eyes” from overwork and late hours, tears from in our eyes to clean and refresh them.

Tears are also a sign of strong emotion. We cry when we are sad and we cry when we are happy.

And tears seem to be uniqueness(唯一)of human. We know that animals also experience emotion—fear, pleasure, loneliness—but they do not shed(流)tears. From this we can conclude that tears are closely related to the emotional and biological makeup of the human species.

Biologically speaking, tears are actually drops of saline fluid, which is a little bit salty, produced by a gland(腺)in the body. Because salt is an important component, tears may actually constitute the most conclusive evidence that the human animals are the end product of a long evolutionary(进化的)process that began in the sea.

And it is clear that, in addition to(除了)the emotional benefits, the shedding of tears has a specific biological function as well. Through tears, we can eliminate from our body certain chemicals which build up in response to stress and cerate a chemical imbalance in the body. Crying actually makes us feel better by correcting that imbalance and making us feel good again. And thus the emotional and the biological functions of tears merge(合并)into one and make us even more “human” than we would otherwise be.

【1】According to the passage, human beingsmay have originated in________.

A．the sea

B．the salt

C．chemicals

D．animals

【2】Which of the following is NOT a function of tears?

A．Biological.

B．Emotional.

C．Political.

D．Chemical.

【3】According to the article, which of the following is unique to humans?

A．The feeling of loneliness.

B．The state of feeling good.

C．The ability to shed tears.

D．The feeling of fear.

【4】The word “eliminate” probably means________.

A．add

B．produce

C．replace

D．remove

【题目】假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误仅限1词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

My cousin Xiao Hong and I went on a trip to my uncle’s on last Sunday. We were riding along a hillside while suddenly some big stones rolled down and knocked them off our bikes. Xiao Hong’s legs got seriously hurt and so did I. We couldn’t move a bit. Lucky, I saw some farmers ahead. Waving our hand, we cried for help. On hearing us, they ran to the spot as fast as they can. Thanks to their help, both of us were sent for a nearby hospital and treating in time. Though we did not know them, but we felt as if we were friends.

【题目】此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(╲)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。短文中有10处错误，每句只有一处。

(2010·重庆卷)

以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：请在答题卡上作答。

Here is my idea about how a friend is like. Firstly，【1】________

a friend is someone you can share your secrets. If you【2】________

tell him a secret, never will he talks about it with anybody【3】________

else. Besides, a friend is always good listener when you【4】________

need one. After hear your sad stories, he will say some【5】________

words that is nice and warm. Still, your happiness makes【6】________

him happily too. What's more, a good friend is willing to【7】________

offer the help to which you need, or can at least give you【8】________

some advices. In a word, friends are those you like and【9】________

trust, and you will enjoy every minute that you spent with【10】________

them.

【题目】语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1～10的位置上。

The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years, the festival ______【1】_____ (mark) by eating zong zi and racing dragon boats in honour of Qu Yuan, who is said to have committed suicide(自杀) by drowning himself.

Qu was a minister of the State of Chu ____【2】____ (situate) in present-day Hunan and Hubei provinces, during the Warring States Period（战国时期）. He was upright, loyal and highly respected. ____【3】___, he was dismissed from office. ___【4】____ (realize) that the country was in the hands of evil officials, Qu leapt into River Miluo on the fifth day of the fifth month. Nearby fishermen rushed over to save him but were ___【5】__ (able) to recover his body.

The people of Chu _【6】__ mourned Qu’s death threw rice into the river to feed his ghost ____【7】___ year on the day of his death. But one year, the spirit of Qu appeared and told the mourners that a huge reptile（爬行动物）in the river had stolen the rice. The spirit then advised __【8】______ to wrap the rice and bind it _【9】_______ throwing it into the river.

During the Duanwu Festival, zong zi is eaten to symbolize（象征，表示） the rice offerings to Qu. And the dragon-boat races symbolize __【10】_____ many attempts to rescue and recover Qu's body.

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 【1】 (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 【2】 (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 【3】 most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

【4】 the river wasn’t changed in a few days or even a few months. It took years of work 【5】 (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 【6】 (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 【7】 is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are 【8】 (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 【9】 (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be【10】 (patience).

【题目】根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项.选项中有两项为多余选项.

How to Be a Good Tourist

We travel for work but also for fun and learning. New restaurants, galleries, temples and new architecture…These places are homes for people like us who live and work there. How would you want visitors to behave in your own home? Think about it. 【1】 There are many ways of doing this without sacrificing our own holiday.

Do your homework. 【2】 Guides will help you when you get to site, but is that the best place to go? Is it popular only because the one-day tourist can see it easily or because it is really a worthwhile place to visit? You’d better check it out.

【3】 Don’t go to your hotels for meals. Walk around, even if in the streets closest to your hotel. Eat in local restaurants. Talk to the locals. Learn a few in the local language and use them. You will surely get a smile from the hotel staff and street sellers .

Help preserve the sites. Most of the sites you visit may be visited by millions of people a year, so care needs to be taken to allow others to enjoy them as well. Some of these monuments are so old and fragile that they are sensitive to the touch of hands or bags and shows. 【4】 This way, you don’t encourage the use of those plastic bags that fly all over many sites.

And here’s the big one—good manners are nearly universal. 【5】 If that doesn’t sound like you, then give the world a break and stay home.

A. Experience the place.

B. Always have a cloth bag with you .

C. Read up on the places you want to visit.

D. Try to buy something from the local stores.

E. A good tourist is polite, positive and eco-sensitive.

F. We’ve cleaned up after ourselves and taken only good memories.

G. If we are good tourists, wherever we go, we try to make it a little better because of our visit.

【题目】Nicholas Winton，a British saved 669 children from the Nazis，was awarded the highest civilian honour in the Czech Republic on Tuesday．

Winton，now 105，was presented with the Order of the White Lion by the Czech president in a special ceremony at Prague Castle．

Winton，who has often been nicknamed “the British Schindler”，organised the transportation and settlement of 669 children over nine months before the Second World War broke out in September 1939．Most of those he saved were Jewish children living in then-German occupied Czechoslovakia whose families were later imprisoned or murdered in concentration camps．

Winton gave a speech during the ceremony．He said，“I want to thank you all for this enormous expression of thanks for something which happened to me a long time ago．I am delighted that so many of the children are still about and are here to thank me．England was the only country at that time willing to accept unaccompanied minors．I thank the British people for making room to accept them，and of course the enormous help given by so many of the Czechs who were at that time doing what they could to fight the Germans and to try to get the children out．’’

In the same ceremony，the Order of the White Lion was also presented to his grandson Nicholas Soames in honor of Sir Winston Churchill．They are the only British citizens to receive the award，after Margaret Thatcher and the Queen．Presenting the award，the Czech President，Milos Zeman said．“It is a great pleasure to present this award to two great personalities of the UK．I am only ashamed it has been awarded so late—but better late than never．”

【1】Why has Winton been called“ the British Schindler”?

A．Because he rescued 669 children before the Second World War．

B．Because he joined the army in the Second World War．

C．Because he made great contributions after the Second World War．

D．Because he saved 669 Jewish children before the Second World War．

【2】According to Winton，we can infer_______．

A．all the children once he saved attended the ceremony

B. the Czechs also played an important role in helping the children

C．England was the only country to fight the Germans at that time

D．England was the only country to help the Czechs

【3】The underlined word“minors”in Paragraph 4 refers to ________.

A．Englishmen B．Germans

C．children D．Winton’s family members

【4】The passage mainly wants to tell us_________．

A．Winton was awarded

B．Winton saved 669 children

C．what the Order of the White Lion is

D．Winton felt thankful at the ceremony

【题目】 It was ______ computer games that cost the boy a lot of time that he ought to have spent on his lessons.

A. to have played B. playing

C. played D. having played

【题目】阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

I am a 19-year-old girl named Gina. When I was 17, I gave blood for the first time. It was a little scary because I don’t like needles and I am afraid of looking at my own blood.

The blood drive was in the high school gym. I determined to help because I had read the poster about how much one pint(品脱：计量单位) of blood could do for someone else.

After signing a form, I lay in the chair. When I waited for the nurse to get to me, one girl I didn’t know well noticed my nervousness and sat next to me, telling me what a good thing we were doing for someone else. It took a long time to get a pint. But somehow, I suddenly felt like an adult when my first blood donation was finished. I had overcome my fear in order to do something selfless that would benefit others.

Now ,I still donate blood. The Red Cross calls and invites me to blood drives, and I always try to go. It’s not scary any more. It’s something you do for others, without getting anything in return.

[写作内容]

国外的很多青少年都把献血视为步入成年的标志。请你在看完所写的短文后，就“献血的意义”这个主题写一篇短文，说说你对献血的看法，内容要点包括：

1.以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2.现在社会上人们对献血有哪些不同的看法；

3.你自己对于献血持什么样的态度， 为什么；

4.你认为献血对于青少年思想成长的意义。

【写作要求】

1. 字数120-150

2.可以利用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用阅读材料中的句子。