第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

    Want to take an out-of-this-world trip? Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic plans to make that possible. Beginning in 2009, people should have the opportunity to become space tourists, traveling at about 3,000 mph to heights about 75 miles above Earth. Branson has high hopes for his latest plans. "It is just the start of what we believe will be a new age in the history of mankind-one day making the affordable exploration of space by human beings a real possibility," he said.

At the start, though, the trip won't be cheap. Seats aboard Virgin's first craft-VSS Enterprise-will cost about $200,000. Prices could drop after the first hundred space flights. Despite the current ticket cost, more than 30,000 people-including celebrities(名人) Sigourney Weaver and Victoria Principal-have expressed interest in getting onboard. 

People who don't have an extra $200,000 still have a chance to get a seat aboard the craft. A computer game contest and a reality television show are in the works. Those who can't afford a ticket will have an opportunity to win a seat.   

Virgin is expected to be the first commercial spacecraft. It will hold six passengers and two pilots. Passengers will be able to see the Earth from many different viewpoints. The cabin will include 15 floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing for views that extend about 1,000 miles in any direction.

Passengers will have three days of preflight preparation. On the big day, the spacecraft will take off from the Mojave Spaceport in the California desert. The craft will rocket passengers into space at four times the speed of sound. The journey will last about 2 1.2 hours. Passengers will wear spacesuits and helmets(头盔). They will be able to float around the cabin and do somersaults(空翻) during the five minutes of weightlessness they will experience in zero gravity. At the end of the flight, the craft will land on a runway.

56. Virgin Galactic could be _____.

A. the engineer of the first commercial spacecraft   B. the name of a series of spacecrafts

C. the company of the first commercial spacecraft  D. a passenger aboard the first commercial spacecraft

57. The space passengers will do all the following except that _____.

A. they will receive a three-day training course  B. they will wear spacesuits and helmets

C. they will take about $200,000 with them     D. they will experience weightlessness

58. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. More than 30,000 people have got to travel in spacecraft.

B. Many people signed up for space travel in spite of the high ticket cost.

C. Those without much money could also go space travel without occupying the seats.

D. The first commercial spacecraft will have six persons on board.

59. What is the text mainly about?

A. The exciting moment of the spacecraft's launching. 

B. The living condition of space tourists in the craft.

C. Preparations for a space travel. 

D. Plans for the first commercial space flight.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

       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。(答案填写在第二卷指定地方)

56     You don’t need to admire those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.

      57     When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of you; when you get success, people will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you; and when you do something good to others, you will feel happy.     58    If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

   Happiness is not the same as money.     59     When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly that you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor or you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving（旋转的） door.     60   If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

A.All these are your happiness.

B.Without money, we can live a happy life.

C.Happiness is for everyone.

D.She has no chance to go to school.

 E.It is a feeling of your heart.

F.You are happy when you help a helpless man.

G.In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it.

 Misunderstanding may  ______ if people fail to communicate with each other.

A. raise                B. rise                     C. arise                D. add up

It was during World War II, ____ he was in his early twenties, _____ he joined the British Army.

A. that; when  B. when; that  C. when; when D. that; that

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

首先，请阅读下面的车票介绍：

Weekday Returns

This ticket can save you up to 35% on the standard fare. You can travel anytime during Mon.-Fri. but not on Sat. or Sun.

Monthly Returns

They are available for most journeys over 65 miles. Go any day and return within a month. Monthly returns save you up to 25% on the standard fare.

Low Price Returns

These are special low-priced tickets for the elderly on certain trains. You may be surprised at our price. Of course, you have to book in advance—at the latest by 16:00 ten days before you travel. It’s first come, first served.

Family Returns

For $20 this railcard allows you to take a second adult and up to 4 children for only $3 each when you buy single or return tickets. You can travel as often as you like within two months.

Special Day Returns

These tickets can save you up to 55% on the standard fare. You have to travel after the rush hour period only on Tuesdays and Saturdays and return the following day. They will not be available on other days.

Weekend Returns

Weekend Returns are available for most journeys over 60 miles. Go on Fri., Sat. or Sun., and return the same weekend on Sat. or Sun., and save up to 35%on the standard fare.

请阅读下列购票者的信息，然后为他们匹配合适的火车票：

56. Lily lives in a suburb which is 70 miles away from London. She works five days a week. She attends a weekend course at London University for half a year, so she has to go to London during the weekend.

57. Mrs. Brown is a 70-year-old Londoner who has a daughter in a small town 80 miles away. She wants to stay with her daughter for two months. Since she has lots of time, she is not in a hurry and the ticket price is her major concern.

58. Mr. Black is an owner of a small grocery store in a town about 83 miles away form London. He has to refill his store on Mondays or Wednesdays every week. He doesn’t like to meet traffic jams on week ends.

59. Mrs. Smith is an office clerk who works in London. Her mother lives in a town about 100 miles away from London. She usually goes to visit her mother once a month.

60. The Whites live in a small town near London. Mrs. White would like to take her 3 kids to visit the park and downtown in London from time to time instead of staying at home all day long.

    购票者                                                            火车票

56. Lily                                                           A. Weekday Returns

57. Mrs. Brown                                                B. Monthly Returns

58. Mr. Black                                                   C. Low Price Returns

59. Mrs. Smith                                                 D. Family Returns

60. The Whites                                                 E. Special Day Returns

F. Weekend Returns

___ annoys me is that Kirn never returns the books she borrows on time.

   A．This             B．It             C．What      D．That

If Tom _____ my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job．

       A．should follow     B．had followed

       C．followed                D．would follow

I feel _____ no use ____ so much money on that project.

   A. that; spending   B. it; to spend             C. that; to spend          D. it; spending

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

       请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know  36  you think you are a  37  person or a coward (懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question  38  you are tested in real life. Some people  39  they are brave but when they come face to face with real  40 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like  41  .

Lenny had always thought of himself as a  42  person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy.  43 , on January 15th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the  44  water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very  45 and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac,  46  to the woman, and kept her head  47  the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny, it was not  48 .

When you are in a very  49  situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin.  50  adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and stronger and are  51  to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this  52 , the muscles become very hard and you find you  53  at all. You are then paralyzed (使无能为力) with fear. This is  54 when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”. This word comes from the Greek word “petros”, which means “stone”. We are  55  frightened that we become stonelike.

36. A. how             B. neither         C. whether          D. either

37. A. brave           B. real              C. hard               D. certain

38. A. when           B. until                C. after               D. once

39. A. realize              B. find                C. think               D. agree

40. A. life                      B. question         C. mouse         D. danger

41. A. soldiers             B. mice                C. heroes           D. cowards

42. A. useful               B. brave           C. nervous           D. terrible

43. A. So                  B. Therefore          C. Then              D. Actually

44. A. fresh               B. poisonous         C. warm              D. ice-cold

45. A. nervous              B. calm               C. frightened        D. excited

46. A. went                    B. helped          C. spoke              D. swam

47. A. in                       B. under           C. above              D. from

48. A. an accident     B. a mistake              C. seventy-eight     D. seventy-nine

49. A. dangerous           B. comfortable       C. different          D. favorable

50. A. With                B. Without               C. For               D. Like

51. A. afraid               B. unable          C. ready              D. anxious

52. A. gets               B. disappears         C. happens               D. goes

53. A. needn’t             B. can’t                C. mustn’t           D. shouldn’t

54. A. where                   B. how                C. because           D. why

55. A. really               B. very                C. such               D. so

When former American President Bill Clinton traveled to South Korea to visit President Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly referred to the Korean president’s wife as Mrs．Kim．By mistake, President Clinton’s advisers thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese．Clinton had not been told that, in Korea, wives keep their family names．President Kim Young Sam’s wife was named Sohm Myong Suk．Therefore, she should be addressed（称谓）as Mrs．Sohn．

       President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears．His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan．

       In addition to Koreans, some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names．This practice often puzzles English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents．They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name．Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian cultures．

       Mexican naming customs are different as well．When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word de （of）．This affects how they fill in forms in the United States．When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father’s family name．But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother．This often causes puzzlement．

       Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don’t always think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name．Remember that in many Asian cultures, the order of first and last names is reversed. Ask which name a person would prefer to use．If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and ask the person to help you say it correctly．

63．The story of Bill Clinton is used to            ．                                            

       A．improve US Kotean relations                       B．introduce the topic of the text

       C．describe his visit to Korea                            D．tell us how to address a person

64．The word “gears” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to           ．               

       A．action plans                                               B．naming customs

    C．travel maps                                                D．thinking patterns

65．When a woman marries in Koreas, she            ．                                       

       A．continues to use her family name                 B．uses her husband’s given name

   C．shares her husband’s family name                   D．adds her husband’s given name to hers

To address a married woman properly, you’d better           ．                              

    A．use her middle name                                       B．use her husband’s first name

       C．ask her which name she likes                       D．change the order of her names