--Hi, King, I heard you went to see the parrots instead of traveling to Calgary yesterday.

    --Yes, I did. You see, I'm ________ a bird watcher than a traveler.

     A. less             B. more             C. better              D. worse

. The past year has been successful and, _____ ahead, we expect to do even better in the coming year.

A. looking                           B. to look                            C. look                         D. looked

．________boys and girls in that school are almost equal, of which both of the headmasters are proud.

       A．A number of    B．The numbers of          C．Numbers of       D．The number of

. His promise ________ he would give away half of the year’s income to the disabled turned out a lie, ________ made the public feel cheated.

第二节：以下五人正在寻找一些网站，阅读以下六段不同网站的介绍（A、B、C、D、E和F），对应选出正确答案,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。A、B、C、D、E和F选项中有一项是多余选项。

51. Jasper enjoys listening to music. He is expecting to find a website where he could search for various songs with similar tunes that he prefers.

52. Luke is planning to buy a car. But right now he has not made up his mind. He prefers Mazda RX-8. He wants to find more information about this car to make sure that it is a good choice.

53. Connie works in a beauty salon. She always talks about fashion with her customers. She is especially interested in dresses with new designs.

54. This Sunday is Valentine’s Day. Roderick is still deciding what kind of presents he should buy for his girlfriend. He prefers to have something traditional, like chocolate.

55. Fiona is retired. She begins to pay attention to her health. What interests her most now is how to remain healthy and young. She always surfs on the internet for such information.

A. Naturespath.com is an excellent health-food website. “Life enhancement expert” Allan Hunkin interviews such guests as nutrition expert Dr. David Katz and tri-athlete Melanie McQuaid. They talk up health food and weight management, including debates on the benefits of whole grain and organics.

B. Autoblog.com tops the category by covering “auto industry news from A to Z.” They discuss hundreds of car models and links to outside articles for more information. While the site provides no reliability reviews, its “royal and growing fan base” comments frequently on the entires.

C. Mrchocolate.com—The Consumer Reports “best buy” for “unusual” chocolates for the one you love. Jason’s choice is 50 pieces of small dark, milk, and white chocolate with offbeat (标新立异的) centers, including coffee, nut butter, and tropical fruit.

D. Elizabeth-charles.com highlights new fashion designs from the Southern Hemisphere. This fall, that means “drapery pieces” of New Zealand brand Zambesi and the “tailored, Greek-inspired dresses” of Australian Jayson Brunsdon.

E. Carpet-rug.org— The Carpet and Rug Institute awards a “Green Label” to vacuums (真空吸尘器) that release fewer than 100 micrograms of dust particles per cubic meter of air. Find a list at this site.

F. Pandora.com takes one of your favorite tunes, then suggests songs that you might enjoy. Pandora offers 10 hours of free use, then charges $ 36 a year.

 _______ towards the suffering people that they made a trip to Yushu to help the trapped.

A. So selfless and warmhearted the young couple were    

B. So selfless and warmhearted were the young couple

C. How selfless and warmhearted the young couple were 

D. The young couple were such selfless and warmhearted

When I passed the entrance examination, my family __ me __ my successes.

   A. celebrate; on   B. congratulated; on  C. celebrated; to  D. congratulated; to

 ____________, they have been struggling against the snowstorm for ten hours.

A. Up to now    B. By the time    C. From then on   D. In the future

第二节　信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

       阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卷上将对应题号       的相应选项字母涂黑。

       以下是儿童读物的信息：

 You and Me, Baby

B. Ruff! Ruff! Where's Scruff?

C. The Giving Tree

D. Where the Wild Things Are

E. Goodnight Moon (Board book)

F. Guess How Much I Love You (Board book)

以下是购书者或小读者的信息。请匹配购书者或小读者的信息与他们对应的读物。

56. Mrs. Green is a nurse in a hospital in London. She has a lovely daughter. She often says to her "Hey, Baby! Look at you, looking at me, looking at you looking at me". She is going to send her daughter to Grade 1 this September and buy a book with 40 pages for her.

57. Joe enjoys reading picture books about animals. He often buys some new ones. Last Saturday he bought a new book. There is such a sentence on the first page: “In a heartwarming twist on the ‘I-can-do-anything-you-can-do-better’ theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare”.

58. Tong Tong is five years and two months old now. His father bought him a story book for his birthday on July 2. Now he is reading “But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. … ”.

59. Mr. Smith lives in New York City. He has a two-year-old grandson, who likes to listen to some stories about animals and read picture books with a hide-and-seek adventure and lots of pop-up surprises on every page!

60. Susan’s mother bought her a new book today. In this book, there are many good bedtime activities — a reappearing little mouse is particularly pesky. By the end of the little rabbit's goodnight poem, the story has quieted to a whisper, and the drawings have darkened with nightfall. As you turn the last page, you can expect a sleepy smile and at least a yawn or two.

The president said the report didn’t ______ his new own ideas.

A. balance                   B. update           C. reflect             D.  locate