Renee had been married for a long, long time. Her favorite part of being married was the weekend, when she was with her two horses. On the weekend, Renee was at the stables(养马场) from morning until dark. She fed, groomed, and rode her horses. She was an excellent rider. She would ride the horses bareback on Saturday, and then she would saddle（给马装鞍） them up on Sunday.

Renee loved parades. She used to say, “A parade isn’t a parade without a horse.” Renee loved parades almost as much as she loved her horses. She belonged to an email list of volunteers for parades. She regularly visited the state website list of parades to see if there were any new parades that she didn’t know about. All the state parades were organized in her computer. In the parades file, she listed the date, drive time and distance, parade time, contact people, and other details she felt were important.

She knew the parade director of every town within a four-hour drive. She never stayed overnight. She always left the parade in time to get her horses back to the stables before “bedtime”. She had to feed them before they turned in. Her horses seemed to like parades, too. They knew a few tricks that always impressed the children.

Renee was very generous with her time and her horses. But owning horses wasn’t cheap. You had to rent the stables, and there were always vet(兽医) and feed bills. Renee knew how to cope with expenses, though. Her vet always gave her a 10-percent discount for paying cash. She always bought the no-name, generic food for the horses. Her vet had told her it was just as healthful and tasty as the brand name material. She always bought economy gasoline. And on parade days, Renee always packed her own lunch and ate with her horses.

1.What did Renee regularly do on the weekend?

A．She visited the state website list of parades.

B．She took part in parades.

C．She fed, groomed, and rode her horses at the stables.

D．She spent with her family.

2.Which one did Renee like better,horses or parades?

A．She liked horses better than parades.

B．She liked parades better than horses.

C．She didn’t love her horses as much as she loved parades.

D．She loved her horses almost as much as she loved parades.

3.Renee never stayed overnight when she took part in parades because__________.

A．she didn’t like to sleep together with horses

B．she had to get her horses back to the stables before “bedtime” to be fed

C．her horses didn’t agree to stay overnight

D．she couldn’t sleep well outside

4.How did Renee cope with expenses of owning horses? The following ways were used except that __________.

A．she always bought the brand name food for the horses

B．she had a 10-percent discount for paying cash offered by her vet

C．she always packed her own lunch and ate with her horses on parade days

D．she always bought the no-name, generic food for the horses

5.Which of the following words can’t be used to describe Renee?

A．caring            B．money-saving      C．careful           D．mean

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

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下面是上海博物馆展品的介绍，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

A.

A collection of over 3,000 pieces covers the history of the birth and development of Chinese currency. The ancient Silk Road coins record the economic history of those ancient nations along the Silk Road.

B.

About 100 pieces of furniture illustrate the elegant simplicity of Ming style and the brilliant appearance of Qing style. A Ming-style reception hall and a study, together with a set of furniture models unearthed from a Ming tomb, represent the household life of centuries back.

C.

Beginning with the writing carved on oracle(94E) bones and bronzes, to the age of bamboo slips and stone steles (石碑), about ?0 masterpieces, including those by Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, present the interpretations of seal, official, running, cursive and regular scripts.

D.

Long long rolls by masters from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are displayed in the showcases by the long corridor, unfolding the glorious history of Chinese painting.

E.

Over 400 bronzes of unique shapes, delicate d6cor and excellent techniques tell you the 1500-year history of the great Chinese Bronze Age from 18th century B.C. till 3rd century B.C.

F.

About 120 statues in the gallery cover the development of Chinese sculpture art from the Warring States to the Ming dynasty. The Buddhist sculptures show how Buddhism confronted and harmonized with Chinese traditional culture over the history.

下面是部分参观者的信息，请为他们找到各自需要的展馆。

46. Liu Qiang -- Liu Qiang is a middle-school student, who is fond of art handwriting. He is curious about the development of all art handwriting in history.

47. Cha Leon -- Cha Leon is from Thai and he is a devoted Buddhism believer. He wants to learn what Buddhism has brought into Chinese culture, especially at an aspect of art.

48. Mr. Chang -- Mr. Chang is a successful businessman. One of his hobbies is to collect house fittings in old look but delicate and unique shaped, especially beds, chairs or desks centuries ago. He won't lose a chance to appreciate such kind of things.

49. Mai Ya -- Mai Ya is studying in a university majoring in economy. Next week she will present her project with a lot of pictures of ancient money in her PPT, but she still needs to learn more about the money and the history period.

50. Xiao Yang -- Xiao Yang is fond of fine art. He believes enjoying masterpieces is a shortcut for him to develop painting ability, and he is fond of Chinese traditional ones

Long long ago, there was a small village. This village had a  36  tradition. At the beginning of every year, any boy who had reached the age of 18 was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to   37 his home before winter. If his home failed to endure the cold weather in winter, the villagers could not  38  him in any way.
One   39 , Paul and Marc reached their 18. They   40  their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes. In each village, they found the nicest   41  and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered   42 .
After Marc saw several homes, he   43 the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, 44  , continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 45  some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village.
Marc began building his home. He had several false starts,  46  his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn't perfect, but it was strong and he could  47 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and   48  with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time,  49  back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was   50  . The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to   51 . The villagers mourned for him.
Marc  52 the winter. Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village,  53 a family, and lived a happy, content life.
We all build and improve our own mental homes. It’s   54  and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners, but we only improve our own mental home if we actually  55   the best ideas.

About 12,000 years ago- long before the famous UFO crash make headlines in America—an alien spaceship crashed in China. And their descendants are still living in a faraway Chinese village today! That is the mind-bending claim made in the new book Out of Time and Place, a collection of reports from the files of Fate, a magazine edited by Terry O’Neil.

The story first came to light in 1937 when an expedition led by Chi Pu-Tei came across a group of caves deep in the Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains. In the caves were found strange-looking skeletons with big heads and small, slender bodies—closely matching typical descriptions of space aliens. The explorers also uncovered 716 mysterious stone discs with strange hieroglyphics(象形文字) on them.

In Qinghai Province, where the mountains lie, ancient stories tell of small, skinny beings with oversize heads who came from the sky long long ago. And to this day, locals live in fear of attack from strange-looking creatures from above.

And there is more. In 1947, British scientist Karyl Robin-Evans led an expedition into the mountains and discovered a group of dwarfs(侏儒) who called themselves the Droza. “They told him that their ancestors came from a planet in the Sirius（天狼星）system and crashed in this mountain area a long time ago,” writes Hausdorf, “Many of them were killed, but survivors adapted to living on this rough planet far from home.”

For decades, Robin-Evans’ claims were dismissed as nonsense. But in 1995, the Associated Press reported that in the region a village named Huilong had been discovered—populated by 120 dwarfs ranging from 3-foot-10 to 2-foot-1tall.Hausdorf asks, “Could these people be the last living descendants of the survivors of the legendary UGO crash—the Chinese Roswell?”

1.Which of the following are the findings of Chi Pu-Tei?

a. strange-looking skeletons           b. UFO crash

c. stone discs                       d. dwarfs

e. strange hieroglyphics               f. skinny beings

2.Paragraph 3 and 4 mainly _____.

3.What can be safely concluded from the passage?

4.What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

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A: A collection of over 3,000 pieces covers the history of the birth and development of Chinese currency. The ancient Silk Road coins record the economic history of those ancient nations along the Silk Road.
B: About 100 pieces of furniture illustrate the elegant simplicity of Ming style and the brilliant appearance of Qing style. A Ming­style reception hall and a study, together with a set of furniture models unearthed from a Ming tomb, represent the household life of centuries back.
C: Beginning with the writing carved on oracle bones and bronzes, to the age of bamboo slips and stone steles (石碑), many masterpieces, including those by Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, present the interpretations of seal, official, running, cursive and regular scripts.
D: Long long rolls by masters from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties are displayed in the showcases by the long corridor, unfolding the glorious history of Chinese painting.
E: Over 400 bronzes of unique shapes, delicate decor and excellent techniques tell you the 1500­year history of the great Chinese Bronze Age from 18th century B. C. till 3rd century B. C.
F: About 120 statues in the gallery cover the development of Chinese sculpture art from the Warring States to the Ming dynasty. The Buddhist sculptures show how Buddhism confronted and harmonized with Chinese traditional culture over the history.
下面是部分参观者的信息，请为他们找到各自需要的展馆。
【小题1】Liu Qiang is a middle school student, who is fond of art handwriting. He is curious about the development of all art handwriting in history.
【小题2】Cha Leon is from Thai and he is a devoted Buddhism believer. He wants to learn what Buddhism has brought into Chinese culture, especially at an aspect of art.
【小题3】Mr. Chang is a successful businessman. One of his hobbies is to collect house fittings in old look, especially beds, chairs or desks centuries ago. He won't lose a chance to appreciate such kind of things.
【小题4】Mai Ya is studying in a university majoring in economy. Next week she will present her project with a lot of pictures of ancient money in her PPT, but she still needs to learn more about the money and the history period.
【小题5】Xiao Yang is fond of fine art. He believes enjoying masterpieces is a shortcut for him to develop painting ability, and he is fond of Chinese traditional ones.