阅读理解 （共13  26分）

阅读下面几段文字，理解文章大意，并从A 、B、 C、 D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

 People need to relax and enjoy themselves.  One way they can have a good time is to watch a baseball game or another sports event.  Even thousands of years ago, groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes.

Over 2000 years ago in Greece, certain days in the year were festival days.  These were holidays when people stopped work and enjoyed themselves.  They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other games of skill.

The most important festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia.  It was held in honor of the Greek god Zeus (Zus).  For five days, athletes from all parts of the Greek world took part in the Olympic Games.  At the Olympic Games, people could watch them box, run, jump and so on.  There was a relay race between two reams of men in which a lighted torch was passed from runner to runner.  The Olympic Games were thought to be so important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop fighting.  People were allowed to travel to the games safely.  Thousands of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies (殖民地)in Africa, Asia and Italy.  They met as friends to cheer their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves.

56.What happened in Greece over 2000 years ago?

A.  People stopped work and enjoyed themselves.

B  The cities there were often against one another.

C  People watched baseball games.

D  People didn’t go to any games at all.

57.What were those countries in Africa?

A.  Friends.   B. Enemies.   C.  Colonies.     . D  Other cities.

58.What did people do at the games?

A.  They fought.

B They just talked to friends.

C  They cheered for good athletes.

D  They tried to find friends.

59.Greek cities then were fighting so they ____

A.  were weak.

B  were strong

   C  couldn’t go to other cities freely.

   D  could see each other.

60.The best title for the story is “ _____” .

A.  Greece at War

B.  Together for the Games

C.  Stop Fighting

D.  Sport

D

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated idea” until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲讽) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the “hundred most important books of Western Civilization.” “More than anything else in my life,” the professor told the reporter with finality(firmly) , “these books have made me all that I am.” That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by the time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic, and seriously crossed Plato off my list

68. On hearing the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought _______.

A. one must read as many books as possible

B. a student should not have a complicated idea

C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read

69. While at high school, the writer _______.

A. had plans for reading                                B. learned to educate himself

C. only read books over 100 pages                 D. read only one book several times

70. The writer's purpose in mentioning The Republic is to _______.

A. explain why it was included in the list

B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

71 The writer provides two book lists to _______.

A. show how he developed his point of view

B. tell his reading experience at high school

C. introduce the two persons' reading methods

D. explain that he read many books at high school

书面表达（满分25分）

你参加了一次中英中学生联谊夏令营(summer camp)，请根据下列表格内容，用英语写一篇活动介绍。字数在100左右。   

All   made    possible for China to succeed in carrying on its reforms and open-door policy.

A. what happened; it   B. what happened; that   C. that happened; it  D. that happened; that

Her __________ feeling about him made him ____________.

   A. confused ; confusing           B. confusing ; confused 

   C. confused; confused                   D. confusing; confusing

From Legal Today, a girl of four fell from an 8-story-building dead while she___at her house.

   A. was left out      B. was left behind     C. was left for          D. was left alone

Nine thousand guests took part in the outdoor ceremony,        that impressed so many people at the White House．

       A．that   B．this   C．it      D．one

This time next week, we _______ a meeting in Beijing.

   A. will have     B. are going to have    C. will be having     D. are having

B

Visiting Canada This Summer?

       A visit to Canada begins with a stop at customs. This can be done quickly if visitors keep in mind the following general tips:

*     Most American visitors are allowed into Canada after answering a few simple questions. In some cases, customs officers may examine your car and your possessions.

*     You must have photo identification when you cross the border. If you are travelling with children who are not your own, they should have their own identification, and you need a permission note from their parents or guardians.

*     You can bring with you no more than 40 ounces (1.14 litres) of liquor or 52 ounces of wine or 24 containers of beer (355 ml or 12 oz. each). Please note that we classify coolers according to the type of alcohol they contain. Also, you may not bring more than 200 cigarettes. 50 cigars, 200 tobacco sticks, and 200 grams of manufactured tobacco without paying duty.

*     Generally speaking, you are allowed to bring personal goods for your trip into Canada.

*     You cannot bring handguns into Canada unless you have a special permit and only under specific conditions. You cannot bring long guns into Canada except in special cases such as hunting season or for use in a competition. You must declare all guns at customs or they will be seized. You cannot bring weapons such as mace into Canada in any cases. For more information, see pamphlet Importing a Firearm or Weapon into Canada.

*     You may qualify for a rebate （折扣）of the goods and services tax (GST) or the harmonized （协调的）sales tax (HST) you pay on accommodation （住所）and shopping you make while in Canada. For more information, see Tax Refund/or Visitors to Canada.

*     You may also bring gifts worth up to CAN$60 each for your friends or relatives in Canada without paying duty, as long as these do not consist of alcoholic drink or tobacco products.

*     Please do not wrap these gifts until after you have cleared customs, since an examination may be required.

Welcome to Canada and have a pleasant stay!

61. You can bring _____ litres of wine.

A. 1.2            B. 1.5             C. 1.7                D. 1.9

62． You may get your money from the tax at _____ .

A. the bank            B. the shop            C. accommodation         D. customs

63. What does the underlined word "they" refer to?

A. All guns.                             B. Mace and pepper spray.

C. Handguns.                           D. Long guns.

64. The topic of the passage could be _____.

A. clearing customs in Canada

B. things forbidden to bring into Canada

C. inviting people to visit Canada this summer

D. introducing Canadian customs         

At this rate, the forest will be completely _______________ within the next 30 years．

 A．damaged            B．ruined                 C．spoiled      D．destroyed