You ____ pay too much attention to your reading skill. It's so important.

A. cannot                     B. should             C. must                     D. needn't

________ everyone else wouldn’t go to the mountain area, he went without a second thought.

　　A. As long as　 B. While　　C. Where　　D. In spite of

. ______ the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids puzzled people for centuries.

　 A. Whether                B. What              C. How                    D. Where

The government has taken some measures to solve the shortage of electricity, but it may be some time ________ we have enough power.

A. since           B. after               C. unless              D. before

第三部分：完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

It was almost Christmas. We wrote to my father, asking him to  36  an artificial tree for us and   _37  it to us in several smaller boxes. Two days before Christmas we were in a  38  . All of the boxes that my father had sent us arrived except for the one with the tree  39 . We decided to wait one more day.

Meanwhile, in Bremerhaven, a young mail clerk  40  a box under a counter. He  41  that someone would be without a tree for Christmas. Although he was closing up and there was no  42_   on Christmas, he processed the mail and got it to Mannheim.

After putting the  43  on the proper shelf, he headed to the snack bar. The place was  44   and he ended up sharing a table. Two men were speaking and the clerk discovered that one of his  45  at the table was working in Mannheim. He said to the man, "You could  46  play Santa for someone in Mannheim tonight if you'd like to." The man  47  to deliver it and the two walked to the mail room to  48  the package.

At home in Mannheim, we were busily  49  to think up some way to put our tree together, but couldn't  50  a workable solution. We were ready to give up  51  the door bell rang. There stood a stranger holding a long  52  carton, our tree trunk. We invited him in,  53  it was Christmas Eve and he was  54  to get home to his own family.

The next day as we watched our little boy's eyes light up at the  55  of our beautiful tree, I whispered a little prayer: "Bless the stranger who brightened up our Christmas with his kindness."

36. A. sell              B. buy              C. deliver                  D. bring

37. A. send             B. pass                C. carry                 D. take

38. A. surprise           B. hunger              C. pleasure              D. panic

39. A. leaf             B. trunk               C. stand                 D. branch

40. A. watched         B. caught              C. spotted               D. broke

41. A. directed          B. whispered            C. realized                  D. confirmed

42. A. delivery          B. customer           C. money                  D. letter

43. A. present         B. tree               C. mail                    D. package

44. A. crowded          B. small              C. noisy                   D. normal

45. A. friends           B. colleagues            C. relatives                D. companions

46. A. really            B. confidently          C. kindly                  D. patiently

47. A. overcame        B. agreed               C. astonished             D. struggled

48. A. fetch            B. transform            C. post                        D. consult

49. A. solving           B. explaining           C. trying                  D. worrying

50. A. come across       B. come back to         C. come upon              D. come up with

51. A. while              B. when               C. as                         D. since

52. A. slim             B. beautiful            C. thick                  D. heavy

53. A. but                B. so                   C. because                 D. or

54. A. in surprise        B. it, the, way          C. in a hurt7               D. in lime

55. A. sight             B. back             C. corner                   D. scene

U.S. airlines are seeing a major interruption because of hundreds of flights canceled due to the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano, but European flight companies will face the biggest losses.

The airline business has been tough: The decline dramatically slowed traffic; February heavy snow forced U.S. airlines to cancel thousands of flights; and now the ashes from the volcano stopped all traffic in and out of northern Europe for days.

"For U.S. flight companies, it'll be a relatively short-term hit," said Michael Boyd, president of Boyd Group International, an aviation (航空学) consulting firm. "We think right now they're down about $80 million in terms of lost income, and they're down domestically about 80,000 passengers that would have been flying domestically but aren't because they can't get here."

Delta announced that volcano-related interruption grounded about 400 flights until Monday at a cost of $20 million in lost revenues. But compare that to the recent snowstorms, when the airline canceled 7,000 flights and lost $65 million in revenue.

The disruption has created uncertainty for customers, but analysts say U.S. airlines won't face as many costs as you might think. They are not flying in extra planes to handle the passengers in trouble because, airline analyst Robert Mann said, companies simply don't have them.

"Airlines run a very lean operation now," Mann said. "So, since there are no spare aircraft or crews, the airlines will attempt to maximize loads on every one of their aircraft that do fly. But it may take days, or in some cases a week or so, to get some of these customers to where they want to go."

46. Which negative consequences mentioned in the passage did the disasters cause?

A. coldness, pollution and airlines’ losses    

B. airport damage, pollution and slow traffic

C. passenger delay, coldness and airport damage   

D. passenger delay, airlines’ losses and slow traffic

47. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The fewest airplanes will fly the trapped passengers to their destinations.

B. All the customers are sure to be sent to their destinations in time.

C. The U.S. and U.K. airlines suffered the same losses in the natural disasters.

D. The volcano eruption reduced the traffic to and from northern Europe.  

48. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A. the troubles that the airlines will face after the ash cloud disappears

B. the measures that the airlines will take to maximize their profit

C. the present situation of the airlines and their plan to deliver the passengers

D. the reasons why the airlines run a fine operation

49. Why will it take a long time for airlines to send the passengers to their different destinations?

A. Because the passengers enjoy staying in airports to talk with one another.

B. Because the airlines don’t have spare planes or employees to serve.

C. Because the airlines don't have enough financial support after the disaster.

D. Because the passengers are asking for full refund from the airlines.

50. The passage is most probably from_______.

A．a novel                                    B．a news report        

 C．a magazine                                D．a thesis

 The thief went into the house at midnight, only ______ by the policemen hiding there.

A. to catch                   B. catching          C. to be caught        D. caught

第三节   阅读理解(满分48分)

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm, in the winter especially, we wear quite out off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital.

    However, I soon discovered that one big disadvantage is money. It costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and  the air is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it became of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.

    Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever you tastes in culture or entertainment(娱乐活动). Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising --- and , what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.

    Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is , when you are in your teens(十几岁)or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.

53. What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child ?

   A. Staying on the farm.                B. Moving to the countryside.

   C. Leaving home for the city.           D. Running away from the school.

54. Which of the following is true about the writer?

   A. He is very old now.                 B. He is in good health.

   C. He prefers driving a car.             D. He lives in the city now.

55. In the passage, the writer tries to __________.

   A. express his opinions about way of life      B. describe his life in the countryside

   C. an interest in the outside world            D. persuade the reader to live in the city

56. How is the passage mainly developed?

   A. By inferring.  B. By comparing. C. By listing examples. D. By giving explanations.

四、阅读理解（总计20小题，每小题2分）

第一节、根据短文内容，选出最佳选项（总计15小题，每小题2分）

Can trees talk? Yes—but not in words. Scientists have reasons to believe that trees do communicate with each other. Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree(柳树) attacked in the woods by caterpillars(毛毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that the caterpillars got tired of the leaves and stopped eating       them. The even more astonishing, the tree sent out a special vapour — a signal causing its neighbours to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.

Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be always in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds, and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar(花蜜) for honey. So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending messages?

56. From the passage we know that caterpillars _______.

A. like willow trees                        B. enjoy eating fallen leaves

C. can talk to other caterpillars         D. can send out a special vapour

57. Caterpillars will stop eating willow tree leaves which _______.

A. have a chemical change and become tasteless  B. have a pleasant taste

C. are being attacked                        D. are communicating

58. According to the passage, bees communicate with each other by _______.

A. talking                                               B. making unusual sounds    

C. singing songs                                D. flying certain patterns

第二节  根据对话内容,从对话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。

一Hi, Mark. Haven’t seen you for ages．How are you doing?

一Can’t complain. I’m busy with my experiments is the lab but after work I often play some sports.

一  61 

一Like tennis, running and golf.

一Golf? That’s my favorite game. Mark,  62 

一I usualy play about once a month. What about you, Hingis?

一I play every Sunday．

一  63 

一Yes．I never miss a game on Sunday.  

一  64 

一The Country Club．Why don’t you come with me? We can play together.  

一  65  What time shall we meet?

一Let’s meet at the clubhouse at 1:30 in the afternoon.

一Good. See you then.

  A．I’m sorry I can’t go with you.

  B．Like what?

  C．How often do you play it?

  D．I’d love to.

  E．Even when it rains?

  F．When do you play it?

  G．Where do you go?