四．阅读理解（每题4分，共20分）

British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 221 years, The Times (《泰晤士报》) has changed its size to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.

In Britain the newspaper market is divided between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms refer to the size of the papers’ pages, but there is also a clear difference in content. Broadsheets such as the Times, the Guardian (《卫报》) and Daily Telegraph (《每日电讯报》) are serious papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

Tabloids have far more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities’（名人） love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain’s best-selling newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked (裸体的) girl on page three every day.

By changing to the size of a tabloid, the Times is following in the footsteps of a less famous broadsheet paper the Independent (《独立报》). It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase greatly. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size, the content of the papers has remained the same. They are both still serious papers.

The two papers claim that people find the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. Instead of calling the new style of their paper tabloid, the paper says its new size is “compact” (紧凑型).

1. In which year was The Times born?

A. 1782            B. 1785             C. 1788                   D. 1786

2. Which is the most correct statement?

A. Broadsheets are larger in size while tabloids are smaller.

B. Tabloids are less serious than broadsheets.

C. Broadsheets contain more news than tabloids.

D. They are different in size, content and the style of language.

3. In which of the following newspapers would you find more news about the personal life of the famous soccer star Beckham?

A. The Sun  B. The Times       C. The Independent       D. The Guardian

4. According to the passage, we can infer the main reason for The Times' changing into the tabloid is that_____.

A. it wants to become convenient for people to carry.

B. it wants to increase its circulation (发行量).

C. it intends to copy what The Independent has done.

D. it is unlikely to stay in business if it does not change.

5. Which of the following statements is true according to the given information?

A. There are more tabloids than broadsheets in Britain at present.

B. After the change, there will be no differences between The Sun and The Times.

C. Although The Times has cut its size, it remains a serious paper.

D. All the papers will tend to have the same style in the future.

第二部分语言知识运用(共二节，满分45分)

第一节语法填空（课文段落填空，共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

仔细阅读下面的短文，根据上下文填写适当的词语或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。                        A

On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape___11__ skulls and cakes with“bones” on it. ……The Western holiday Halloween also had ___12__ origin in old __13__ (believe) about return of the spirits of the dead people. It is now a children’s festival, when they ___14___ dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play __15___ trick on them.

B

Wang Peng sat in his empty restaurant____16___（feel） very frustrated. It had been a very strange morning. Usually he got up ____17___and prepared his menu of Barbecued Mutton kebabs, roast pork , stir-fried vegetables and ___18___ (fry) rice. By now his restaurant ought to be full of people but not today. He thought of his foods cooked in __19___ (hot), finest oil and nothing could be better. Suddenly he saw his friend Lao Li coming to other place to eat, something must have happened If Lao Li was not coming to his restaurant ___20___ he always did.

完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-35各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Every person needs water and a diet of healthy foods. These foods should contain some fat, some fiber, a little salt and so on.

People need energy  21 . They eat different kinds of food which change into energy. The energy is  22  in calories(卡). Even when you  23, you are using energy – about 65 calories an hour.  24  you are at school, or walking home, your body is burning up 100 calories an hour. When playing football or basketball, you  25  be using 400 calories an hour. On Sports Day, during the relay race, you will use most of all,  26  as much as 650 calories an hour.

The Chinese diet is considered to be the healthiest in the world. It contains a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is  27  in fiber and low in sugar and fat. The Chinese eat less sugar than many other countries in the world. That is  28  lots of people in China have healthy white teeth.

People in the Western world do not eat such healthy foods. They eat  29  fat and sugar and don’t take enough  30 . Because of this, they  31  weight very easily. Their diet contains a lot of 32  in the form of potato crisps, potato chips, butter, cream and chocolate. They eat a lot of sugar which exist in cakes, soft drinks,  33  and so on. The result is that many of them become fat. 34 some have bad teeth. In some parts of Britain, one person in ten,  35  the age of thirty, has no teeth left.

21. A. to sleep    B. to live           C. to eat           D .to walk

22. A. measuring      B. taken            C. measured   D. measure

23. A. are asleep       B. have a dream        C. have a rest      D. go to bed

24. A. While            B. During          C. As               D. If

25. A. must                   B. should         C. need                D. might

26. A. surely            B. ever                  C. perhaps     D. seldom

27. A. rich                    B. poor                  C. good               D. bad

28. A. how                   B. why                   C. what                D. that

29. A. much too            B. many too            C. too many              D. too much

30. A. activities             B. food               C. work                    D. exercise

31. A. put on         B. gain on              C. get on                   D. put up

32. A. sugar                  B.fat                      C. salt           D. fiber

33. A. sweets         B. vegetables   C. meat                D. potato

34. A. But                    B. Or                     C. And               D. As

35. A. during         B. for                     C. with                     D. by

第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A

Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted（认为……理所当然）. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food ,get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.

Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”(燃料).Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein ,like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they provide necessary vitamins and minerals. However, don't overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.

Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little a amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality.Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.

Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (寿命).Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shapes: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good examples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.

If everybody, were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.

36. According to the passage,_________.

A .we should always keep fit

B. if we were healthy, we could spend our days in doing things with less sleep

C. one can eat a lot to stay in good shape

D. one needn't take any exercise if he is healthy

37.In order to keep good health, ___________ .

A. we should eat a lot of sweets     B. one needs a large amount of fat

C. people should eat according to the foods nutrition  

D. we must try to sleep now and then

38. Eating more and sleeping less________.

A. can keep healthy            B. is no good for you

C. gets you more energy        D. will keep your personality

39.The writer explains ________in this passage.

A. how to eat                   B. the importance of doing exercise

C. how to keep healthy           D. what to eat

40.The title of the article should be___________ .

A. Eating and Exercising         B. How Vitamins Work in Man's Body

C. Staying Healthy              D. Sleeping Well

B

We each have a memory. That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.

But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

41.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because        

A．they always sleep very well           B．they often eat good food

C．they read a lot of books                 D．they have very good memories

42.Everybody learns his mother language                  .

A．at the age of six                              B．when he is a small child

C．after he goes to school                   D．when he can read and write

43.Before a child can speak, he must                        .

A．read and write                              B．make sentences

C．hear and remember the sounds              D．think hard

44.In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language well because

A．they have no good memories         B．they have no recorders

C．they have too much time for it              D．they are busy with other subjects

45.Your memory will become better and better                 .

A．if you have plenty of good food          B．if you do more and more exercises

C．if you do morning exercises every day    D．if you get up early

C

Conjoined twins lead separate but active lives.

Lori and Reba have never been alone and they want to keep it that way.

The 40-year-old conjoined twins in Pennsylvania,US,have read about others locked together by an accident of birth who have been medically separated.But they insist only death can part them.

“We’ve never imagined a life divided,”Lori said.

Lori and Reba are joined together at the side of their heads,facing in opposite directions.Their blood supply is partly linked,but each has a separate brain.

Reba suffers from a disease which has left her completely dependent on her sister.

Lori wheels her everywhere they go in different professional directions.Lori worked in a laundry room at a hospital for six years before giving that up to allow Reba to try to become a country singer.

Her first song is called “The Fear of Being Alone”,which was inspired by Reba and Lori’s desire for togetherness.

Reba’s career has taken her across the United States,Europe and parts of Asia.

While the twins receive some money from the government,the earning from Reba’s concerts go to AIDS and cancer charities(慈善机构).

The sisters have set goals for themselves.Reba looks forward to a successful career as a country singer,while Lori says she hopes to get married and have children.Lori said,”So when it comes,it comes.Meanwhile,I live wonderfully from day to day.”

46.When Lori said “We’ve never imagined a life divided”,she meant that      .

A.they don’t wish to be made separate        

B.they think their case is beyond medical help

C.independent life would be too good to think of 

D.they would die once separated

47.By leading separate lives,the topic means that       .

A.either of the two can look after herself   B.the twins do different things

C.they face in opposite directions         D.they are no longer conjoined now

48.When Reba gives performances as a country singer,Lori       .

A.works in a hospital                   B.continues her college education

C.brings up her children      D.looks after her sister

49.The twins lead active lives because they       .

A.are tired of staying at home doing nothing 

B.need more money  

C.want to prove themselves as useful citizens

D.have to earn their own bread

50.From the last paragraph we can understand that Lori       .

A.thinks it’s too late for her to have children 

B.is sure she’ll get married and have children

C.prefers to have things go naturally     

D.would rather not change her way of life

信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

下面几个人正在选择要看那类电视节目。请阅读下面几段描述，然后为他们选择最合适的电视节目。

TODAY’S TELEVISION PROGRAMME REVIEW

E. TV3 7:40 pm. The latest new music. Pete Hogg looks at the best of the current rap, raga and new jack swing plus new video releases. This is the programme that tells you all about what’s happening on the music scene and brings you interviews with tomorrow’s young artists.

F. TV9 8:30 pm. The programme is mainly designed for those foreigners who are interested in touring in China. It covers most famous places of great interest in mainland.

51. Although Rob leads a quiet life in a small village, that doesn’t stop him from wanting to find out about the latest scientific development.

52. Bella enjoys eating out but can’t afford to spend very much at the moment as she is saving for a holiday. She has never learned how to cook , so now it might be quite a good time to find out.

53. Dan is interested in taking wildlife photographs and enjoys the kind of programme which gives him a chance to see a professional photographer at work.

54. Gina is a music teacher. Although she prefers classical music, she likes to follow the kind of music that interests the teenagers she teaches.

55. Daniel is a traveler from Greece, and he wants to travel in China, but he knows little about China

第II卷（共三节，满分50分）

第五部分：基础和写作（共三节，满分50分）

第一节单词拼写

根据中文提示或首字母填写单词（每空1分，共10分）。

56.You mustn’t come here without ____________(允许).

57. The __________  (宗教的) origins of the custom are unknown.

58. The visitors a________ the beauty of the park.

59.She was _________(授予) a medal for her bravery.

60. What is for dinner? I am s_________.

61.The child couldn’t keep his_________ (平衡)on his new bike.

62. The two schools will be_________(组合)to form one big new school.

63. She rose, g_________ at the rude waiter.

64.Why not advertise the ___________(好处) of our foods to attract customers.

65. A friend is one that can share my _________ (忧伤) and happiness.

根据所给出词的适当形式填空 (每空1分，共5分) 。

66. There are different kinds of________ (celebrate) for Halloween in different

western countries.

67．If you were an ________ (independence) man, It means you could earn your living by yourself.

68. He found her menu so_________ (limit) that he stopped worrying.

69. I have hardly enough _______ (strong) left to move my feet.

70. I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his _______（curious）.

第二节：完成句子

根据所给提示完成句子(每空一词，每题3分，共15分) 。

71.很明显，他必须跟她道歉，那么她就会原谅他的。

It is _______ that he must _________ ______ her, then she will______ him.

72.如果你欠债了，我会信守诺言帮助你。

If you _______ _______ _________, I would ______ ______ _____ to help you.

73.你本不应该对母亲撒谎的。

You ________  ______  ______  ______ _____ to your mother.

74. 我不会允许你在考试中作弊而不受惩罚。

I won’t ______ you______ _____  _____  cheating in the exam.

75.  那个商店老板试图通过打折来赢回顾客。

The shopkeeper is trying to ________ his customers ________ with a ________ .

第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16--25各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡相应的16--25上将该项涂黑。

In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky 16_____ the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird friend out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my 17______, Perky flew off. The enormous（巨大的）, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue  treasure and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.

Kathy managed to forgive me. With fake optimism（乐观）, she even tried to reassure （安慰）me that Perky would find a new  18 ______. But I was far too clever to 19______ that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own 20_______ growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the parents of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称） to 21______ the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and 22 ________ that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

"The best thing 23______ Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the way we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just floated down and landed on my finger."

When I was finally able to 24_______ , we examined the amazing evidence（证据）. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all matched up. It seems our two families had been connected long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were 25_______! Perky lived!"

16. A. what     B. how    C. which D. where

17. A. joy       B. horror      C. disappointment  D. satisfaction

18. A. parent   B. home  C. master D. life

19. A. imagine       B. suppose      C. doubt  D. believe

20. A. birds    B. happiness   C. worries      D. children

21. A. catch    B. find    C. buy     D. have

22. A. announced   B. said    C. told    D. hoped

23. A. in        B. about  C. of       D. on

24. A. think    B. speak  C. interrupt     D. explain

25. A. right     B. wrong C. silly    D. mad