Eat, drink and be merry. That’s what Spring Festival is all about. But there are millions of people, too, who love to let happiness go up in smoke.

Offering cigarettes to guests is a traditional Chinese way of showing respect to them. A cup of tea and cigarettes are perhaps the most common way of welcoming a guest in China, especially during festive occasions.

No wonder, 40 percent of the people surveyed(调查) recently said they would smoke at least twice the usual number of cigarettes during the Spring Festival because of all those gatherings and parties. Only 20 percent of the respondents said they would refuse a cigarette when offered one. Why can’t the others do the same? Because they could be seen as being rude, said more than half in the respondents. 15 percent feared they could be taken as “someone who cannot get along well with others”.

The Think-tank Research Centre for Health Development and sohu. com survey shows 61 percent Chinese think offering a cigarette is useful for socialising, and 52 percent have offered cigarettes to others. The study surveyed 3,800 people, and 64 percent of them were men.

One-third of those surveyed were smokers, out of which 57 percent said they couldn’t give up smoking because of the offering-and-accepting culture. “People have accepted offering cigarettes as an effective way of making friends,” research centre director Wu Yiqun says.

China has more than 350 million smokers, catering to the tobacco market that is worth 500 billion yuan. “The survey shows we still have a lot of work to do,” Wu says. “It is time to let people know that offering a cigarette is a bad habit and it should be given up immediately.”

59. The passage is written with the purpose of ________.

A. telling us a custom about the Chinese Spring Festival

B. introducing a way to make friends with Chinese

C. stopping smoking during the Chinese Spring Festival

D. telling us that offering cigarettes is a bad habit

60. The third paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A. the fact that smokers are greatly increasing during the festival

B. the reason why refusing cigarettes is acceptable

C. the fact that many people have to smoke more cigarettes during the festival

D. it is rude to attend parties without smoking cigarettes

61. Which of the following may NOT be the reason that makes many people fail to refuse the offered cigarettes?

A. It’s impolite to refuse.                   B. Smoking is harmful for non-smokers.

C. They want to be friendly                 D. It’s a kind of social habit.

62. The writer mentions the 500 billion yuan tobacco market because ________.

A. the tobacco market is not developing smoothly

B. the writer thinks that smoking wastes a lot of money

C. smoking is helpful to the tobacco market

D. the tobacco market attracts too many smokers

SECTION B

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

                    High School In America

After middle school comes high school, which includes grades 9 through 12. Students are required to take certain subjects like English, social studies, math, science, and physical education. In addition, they choose among elective subjects (选修课程) to complete their high school education. Electives include subjects in technology, music, art, and foreign languages.

 Each student in the school has their own locker for books and personal items. This convenience saves students from carrying textbooks, and allows students a small space they can decorate with posters and favorite objects.

Cheating in any form is strictly prohibited in American schools. And in fact, high school students usually don’t cheat. A student caught cheating or copying from another student faces severe punishment.

Each school holds certain yearly activities, such as homecoming (返校节), prom night (舞会), holiday celebrations, etc.

Many high school students have part-time jobs by the age of 15 or 16, some even earlier. Their first jobs are often babysitting or cutting laws, but later they will likely get a job at a fast-food restaurant, video store, or clothing shop.

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58．Besides required subjects (必修课程), what other subjects do American high school students take? (回答词数不超过2个)

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59. Why do they seldom cheat? (回答词数不超过8个))

60. What are their first part-time jobs? (回答词数不超过9个))

Louis Armstrong had two famous nick names. Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him Pops, as a sign of respect for his influence on the world of music.

       Born in 1901 in New Orleans, he grew up poor, but lived among great musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth. Armstrong often said, “Jazz and I grew up together.”

       Armstrong showed a great talent for music when he was taught to play the cornet at a boy’s home. In his late teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades, clubs, and on the steamboats that traveled on the Mississippi River. At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became respected as their equal.

       In 1922 he went to Chicago. There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherever he went. Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song.

       His cornet playing had a deep humanity and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over.” He was the father of the jazz style and also one of the best-known and most admired people in the world. His death, on July 6,1971, was headline news around the world.

51. Armstrong was called Pops because he         .

A. showed an interest in music             B. traveled to play modern music

C. looked like a musician                    D. was a musician of much influence

52. The third paragraph is developed         .

A. by examples         B. by space        C. by time            D. by comparison

53. Which statement about Armstrong is true?

A. He learned popular music at a boy’s home.

B. His tale begins in New Orleans      

C. He was born before jazz was invented.

D. His music was popular with his listeners.

54. When did Armstrong begin his life of a musician?

A. In 1922.                         

B. After he graduated from high school.

C. When he was taught to play the cornet at a boy’s home.

D. When he was in his late teens.

55. Which would be the best title for the text?       

A. The Father of the Jazz Style           B. The Making of a Musician               

C. The Spread of Popular Music          D. The Invention of the Jazz Music         

It is generally considered that the key ______a foreign language well is nothing      but practice.

A. to learning B. to learn 

C. of learning D. for learning

                                  All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy. You could turn your back for a moment in my mother’s house, leave a half-written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged,” as she explained.

    My wife, one of her first visits to my mother’s house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused, she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.

    These disappearance had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to (有……的倾向) forgetfulness, and it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find that every sign of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. “ Do you remember what I was doing?” was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.

Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of cleaning windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to lift his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week.

We have all become busy persons.

46. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?

   A. she enjoyed removing others’ drinks.        B. She became more and more forgetful.

   C. She preferred to do everything by herself. D. She wanted to keep her house in good order.

47. My wife could not find her biscuits and drink in my mother’s house because _______.

   A. she had already finished them                  B. my mother had taken them away

   C. she forgot where she had left them            D. someone in my family was holding them

48. The underlined part suggests that my sister ______.

   A. is happy to clean windows                       B. loves to clean used windows

   C. is fond of cleaning used windows             D. likes cleaning windows as my mother did

49. How many persons are mentioned in the passage?

    A. Six.     B. Seven.    C. Five.    D. Four.

50. This passage mainly tells us that ______.

   A. my mother often made us confused          

B. my family members had a poor memory

   C. my mother helped us to form a good habit

D. my wife was surprised when she visited my mother

 First he picked out the laces and ate them_______ they_______ spaghetti.

   A. as if; are                B. as though; were    

       C. as though; are       D. as if; like

I don't doubt that the price of the red apples is higher than___________ of the yellow__________ in this area.

   A. those; that                                    B. that; those

   C. those; ones                                             D. that; ones

I would appreciate _____ if you could remain silent until spoken to.

A. it               B. that                   C. these                 D. them

She ______ your birthday. But she had to put work first.

   A. wouldn’t forget                         B. shouldn’t forget

   C. mustn’t have forgotten                   D. couldn’t have forgotten

The legal age for drinking alcohol(酒)in the United States is twenty-one. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series ,we look at alcohol policies at American colleges and universities .These policies differ from school to school, as do enforcement(实施) efforts. But many schools have been moving to strengthen their rules.

  The United States has more than 170,000 students in higher education. Each year,1,700 of them aging eighteen to twenty-four die from alcohol-related road crashes and other injuries. More than 600,000 are injured under the influence of alcohol. And almost 700,000 are attacked by another student who has been drinking. These numbers, from a 2007 report, are on a government Website:collegedrinkingprevention.gov.

   One behavior that college officials are trying to prevent is binge （无节制的狂热行为）drinking ,having four or five drinks or more in a short period of time. Some researchers have found that students who think binge drinking is normal often overestimate how much other students really drink .A person can die of alcohol poisoning.

  At the University of Oklahoma, new policies went into effect after a nineteen-year-old student died in 2004.He had been drinking heavily at a fraternity party.(男大学生联谊会)。

  Now alcohol is banned from all fraternity and sorority(女大学生联谊会) houses and university housing. Student organizations can serve alcohol at events but only on Friday and Saturday nights. And they must provide for transportation to and from off-campus parties. Other new requirements include an alcohol education program that first-year students take online.

  The policies govern behavior on campus and off. With a first violation, students pay seventy-five dollars and their parents are told. They must also take an alcohol education class. For a second” strike”, they have to pay one hundred and fifty dollars. A third strike means a suspension(暂被停学) for at least one semester.

   Since January of 2005,633 students have had a first strike.30 have had a second strike----and has been suspended. An official at Oklahoma tells us the aim is not just to punish but to change behavior and the culture at the university.

In American colleges and universities,______.

A. no students under age 21 drink alcohol

B. many students under age 21 drink alcohol

C. rules about drinking alcohol are almost the same

D. rules about drinking alcohol are different from state to state

Each year in the United States ,about 1,700 young college students aging 18 to 24 die______.

A, from alcohol poisoning        

B. from traffic accidents

C. under the influence of alcohol   

D. from alcohol-related road crashes and other injuries.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. The deaths or injuries of the students are all because they have been drinking.

   B. The numbers from collagedrinkingprevention.gov are not accurate at all.

   C. The death of a 19-year-old student influenced policies of the University of Oklahoma.

   D. No student organizations can offer alcohol at events in the US now.

Which of the following can be the best title of this article?

   A. Studying in the US: Rules about Alcohol

   B. The Legal Age for Drinking Alcohol in the United States.

   C. Policies of Drinking Alcohol in the US Differ From School to School

   D. New Policies about Alcohol Drinking At the University of Oklahoma.