When Wenchuan county was _________ from the outside world, the government sent food there by helicopter.

A. cut down             B. cut up          C. cut off           D. cut in

 ---Bob, don’t be so ____. Sam doesn’t meant to hurt you.

   ---Oh, really?

A. excited                                    B. tolerant  

C. sensible                                    D. sensitive

Ⅲ 阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第—节  阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

    阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Among rich countries, people in the United States work the longest hours. They work much longer than in Europe. This difference is quite surprising because productivity per hour worked is the same in the United States as it is in France, Spain and Germany, and it is growing at a similar speed.

     In most countries and at most times in history, as people have become richer they have chosen to work less. In other words they have decided to “spend” a part of their extra income on a fuller personal life. Over the last fifty years Europeans have continued this pattern, and hours of work have fallen sharply. But not in the United States. We do not fully know why this is. One reason may be greatly lower taxes in America, which increase the rewards to work. Another may be more satisfying work, or less satisfying personal lives.

Longer hours do of course increase the GDP (国内生产总值). So the United States has produced more per worker than, say, France. The United States also has more of its people at work, while in France many more mothers and older workers have decided to stay at home. The overall result is that American GDP per head is 40% higher than in France, even though productivity per hour worked is the same.

It is not clear which of the two situations is better. As we have seen, work has to be compared with other values like family life, which often get lost in interest. It is too early to explain the different trends（趋势）in happiness over time in different countries. But it is a disappointing idea that in the United States happiness has made no progress since 1975, while it has risen in Europe. Could this have anything to do with trends in the work-life balance?

41.From the text we know that the author___________.          

A. believes that longer working hours is better

B. prefers shorter working hours to longer ones

C. says nothing certain about which pattern is better

D. thinks neither of the patterns is good

42.Which of the following countries has more of its people at work?                      

A. Spain.           B. France.        C. Germany.         D. America.                43.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “which” refers to ______.                  

A. family life        B. situations      C. other values       D. trends

44.What message can we get from the text?                                        

A. The GDP of Europe is higher than that of America.

B. Two possible reasons are given for working longer hours in the US.

C. People all over the world choose to work less when they are richer.

D. Americans are happier than Europeans.

45.Which of the following would be the best title for the text?                         

A. Americans and Europeans            B. Staying at Home

C. Work and Productivity               D. Work and Happiness

---What happened to the saleswoman?

   ---I don’t know. She________around here these days.

       A．hasn’t seen       B．didn’t see  C．hasn’t been seen      D．was not seen

If your children ________ a bit, there’d be room for another one on this seat.

   A. tied up        B. turned up        C. closed up      D. kept up

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

假如你叫李华，目前正在与家人在阳朔度假。请你就以下内容在入住的宾馆给你的朋友Billy发一封电子邮件，谈谈你在那里的见闻和感受。

阳朔因其自然美景闻名天下，其令人心旷神怡的美和深厚的传统文化给你留下了深刻的印象。

随处可见来自五湖四海的朋友，很多店主都会用英语与外国友人交流；

你还要在这里多呆两天，在离开阳朔前会给朋友们寄一些明信片。

注意：

词数：100字左右；

可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The country music is worth ___.

A. being listened     B. listening     C. to listen to       D. listening to

Scarlett _________ Butler in 1998. They _________ for ten years.

A. married, have got married     B. married with, have got married     

C. got married to, have been married    D. married, married

 I often see lights in that empty house. Do you think I _____ report it to the police?

   A. should         B. may           C. will               D. can

I really appreciate ____to relax with you on this nice island.   

A．to have had time      B. having time     C. to have time     D.to having time