Homes & Gardens

12mths: £27.04

Established for over 80 years, Homes & Gardens has always been engaging and accessible. Delivering inspirational decorating through real-life stories and beautiful photography, it is the ultimate sourcebook of beautiful ideas and detailed information, and inspires its readers to become their own interior designers. 

Delicious

12mths: £29.99

Whether you are passionate about cooking and entertaining, or simply love food, Delicious is the magazine for you. Every month it’s packed with mouth-watering recipes, including menus from Jamie Oliver, tasty mid-week suppers and children’s meal ideas. 

Mother & Baby

12mths: £19.50

Mother & Baby is the UK’s best selling parenting magazine, and is full of information on pregnancy, birth and caring for your baby. Mother & Baby has over 40 years of experience on advising mothers how to care for their babies and is a well loved and trusted brand.

TIME

12mths: £34.99

TIME brings you the pick of the most interesting and relevant new stories, delivering accurate knowledge at all times on all topics, which allows you to anticipate trends. With more than 30 million eager readers every week, can you afford not to take TIME?

ON THE WHEEL

12mths: £55.00

The perfect read for anyone interested in classic cars, as it has the best buying advice, road tests and features. Features on restorations, road tests, reader models, keep the car fan entertained every month. The classified section and buyers guide provide a rich source of valuable information on price and makes and models.

56. Those who want to learn about the latest changes in different fields will probably choose _______.

   A. Homes & Gardens   B. Delicious    C. TIME   D. ON THE WHEEL

57. Mrs Smith has a baby of only three and she likes to make her home unique, so she may be interested in _______.    

   A. TIME and Delicious              B. Delicious and Mother& Baby

   C. TIME and ON THE WHEEL       D. Homes & Gardens and Mother & Baby

58. What does Jamie Oliver (mentioned in Delicious) probably do? 

   A. An engineer.     B. A chef.     C. An actor.     D. A designer.

59. What is the purpose in writing this passage?

   A. To talk about the contents of these magazines.

   B. To introduce these magazines to readers.

   C. To get more readers to subscribe to these magazines.

   D. To encourage readers to read as much as possible.

60. The readers of these magazines are possibly _______.

   A. men    B. women    C. children    D. grown-ups

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education.  1  , it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The   2  between schooling and education suggested by this is important.

Education is  3 , compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place   4  , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the  5__ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class.   6   the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a 7   may lead to a person to discover how  8  he knows of another country. People obtain education from  9  on. Education, then, is a very  10  and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long  11  the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a  12  experience, whose style changes  13   from one way to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at the same time, take  14  seats, use similar textbooks, do homework, and   15  , and so on. Schooling has usually been limited by the edges of the subjects being taught.

1. A. Then           B. However         C. Thus            D. Therefore

2. A. difference    B. importance      C. use             D. problem

3. A. unexpected    B. endless        C. countless       D. simple

4. A. anywhere       B. nowhere         C. somewhere       D.somewhere else

5. A. part-time      B. public          C. standard        D. strict

6. A. If             B. Because         C. So              D. Though

7. A. neighbor      B. friend          C. foreigner       D. teacher

8. A. wonderful      B. well            C. greatly         D. little

9. A. babies        B. grown-ups        C. women           D. men

10. A. long         B. broad            C. narrow          D. short

11. A. that         B. when             C. after           D. before

12. A. basic        B. right            C. final           D. irregular

13. A. unusually    B. differently      C. little          D. frequently

14. A. large        B. new              C. fixed           D. small

15. A. take exams   B. hold exams       C. mark papers     D. read papers

三．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26-35题所给的A.Ｂ.Ｃ和Ｄ四个选项中， 选出最佳　

选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. However，it has

been said that today children  26    their education to go to school. The __27 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.  

Education is 28 _, compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place

_29_, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the __30___ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 31 _the experience of schooling can be known in advance, and education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a _32_ may lead to a person to discover how 33  he knows of another country . People obtain (获得) education from 34  on. Education, then, is a very ___35__ and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.

A. impress     B.  interrupt    C. issue         D. incense

A. difference   B. importance    C. use          D. problem

A. unexpected  B. endless       C. countless      D. simple

A. anywhere   B. anywhere else  C. somewhere    D. somewhere else

A. part- time   B. public        C. standard       D. strict

A. If          B. Because      C. So           D. Though

A. neighbor    B. friend        C. foreigner      D. teacher

A. wonderful   B. well         C. greatly        D.  little

A. babies      B. grown –ups   C. women        D. men

A. long        B. broad        C. narrow        D. short

三．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26-35题所给的A.Ｂ.Ｃ和Ｄ四个选项中，选出最佳　

选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It is commonly believed that school is where people go to get education. However，it has

been said that today children  26    their education to go to school. The __27 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.  

Education is 28 _, compared with schooling. Education knows no edges. It can take place

_29_, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the __30___ learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning out of class. 31 _the experience of schooling can be known in advance, and education quite often produces surprises. A chance talk with a _32_ may lead to a person to discover how 33  he knows of another country . People obtain (获得) education from 34  on. Education, then, is a very ___35__ and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one’s entire life.

26.A. impress     B.  interrupt    C. issue         D. incense

27.A. difference   B. importance    C. use          D. problem

28.A. unexpected  B. endless       C. countless      D. simple

29.A. anywhere   B. anywhere else  C. somewhere    D. somewhere else

30.A. part- time   B. public        C. standard      D. strict

31.A. If          B. Because      C. So           D. Though

32.A. neighbor    B. friend        C. foreigner      D. teacher

33.A. wonderful   B. well         C. greatly        D.  little

34.A. babies      B. grown –ups   C. women        D. men

35.A. long        B. broad        C. narrow        D. short