He must have been working really hard these days. This morning, I even noticed ______ behind his ears.

Last April, on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations office. It

included a variety of “fun facts” about the mall, for example, 140,000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10,000 full-time jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12,750 parking places, 13,000 tons of steel and $ 1 million is drawn weekly from 8 ATMs. Opened in the summer of 2005, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium had been. It was only a five-minute drive from the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. With 4.2 million square feet of floor space ----- twenty-two times the size of the average American shopping center –the Mall of America was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the United States.

I know already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not only as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attaction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall.  Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $ 625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-million Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales are expected to be at $ 650 million for 2008 and at $ I billion for 2009. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Amold Schwarzenegger visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as Knott’s Camp Snoopy.

60. We know from the text that the Mall of America is _________.

A.near an old stadium                  B.close to an airport

C.higher than the Eiffel Tower          D.bigger than most American parks

61. Why are the pieces of information provided by the Mall of America referred to as “fun facts”?

A.They are largely imagined.          B.They are surprising figures（数字）

C.They give exact descriptions.        D.They make people feel uneasy.

62. Why does the author mention popular stars who have been to the mall?

A.To show its power of attraction.

B.To show that few rich people like to shop there.

C.To tell the public about a new movie being made about it.

D.To tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there.

63. We can infer from the text that _______.

A.Japanese visitors are most welcome to the mall

B.Canadian visitors would spend $ I billion at the mall

C.Knott’s Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of America

D.the Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purpose（目的）

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The history of modern water pollution goes   16   to February 28, 1931, when Mrs. Murphy   17   over her backyard fence and said to Mrs. Holbrook, “You   18   those shirts white?” Mrs. Holbroak was   19   to admit they were as white as she could get them   20   that ordinary soap.

    “What you should use is this Formula Cake Soap which   21   against the dull grey look that the family wash   22   had. ”

    Doubtful   23   adventurous, Mrs. Holbrook tried the Formula soap,   24   did take the grey out of her husband’s shirts. But what she didn’t know was that the water eventually was   25   into the Blue Sky River, killing two fish.

    Three years later Mrs. Murphy was   26   her shirts and Mrs. Holbrook said, “How did you ever get your collars so   27  , surely not with Formula?”

    “Not ordinary Formula. But I did with Super Fortified Formula. You see, it attacks dirt and destroys it. Here, try some   28   your shirts.”

    Mrs. Holbrook   29   and discovered her husband’s shirt collars turned pure white. What she could not possibly know was that it turned the river water pure white as   30  .

    Six months later, the Blue Sky River was   31   a health hazard. One day as Mr. Holbrook was walking home from work.，he accidentally   32   the Blue Sky River, swallowed a   33   of water and died immediately. At the funeral service the minister said, “You can say anything you want   34   Holbrook, but no one can deny he had the   35   shirts in town.”

16. A. straight                 B. down             C. off                     D. back

17. A. 1eaned               B. 1eapt                       C. stretched                   D. sloped

18. A. name                   B. make             C. get                   D. call

19. A. shamed                 B. ashamed           C. shameful               D. shameless

20. A. without                 B. with              C. from                   D. by

21. A. protects                     B. promises           C. guarantees            D. ensures

22. A. seldom                  B. never               C. possibly                D. always

23. A. but                          B. and                 C. or                    D. though

24. A. it                       B. she                C. which                 D. that

25. A. left                          B. emptied              C. reached                D. rushed

26. A. hanging up           B. hanging on            C. putting up              D. putting on

27. A. dirty                     B. soapy                C. grey                 D. white

28. A. for                B. to                    C. on                  D. at

29. A. refused              B. did                    C. hesitated             D. understood

30. A. snow              B. expected              C. usual                 D. well

31. A. stated             B. published            C. recognized              D. declared

32. A. fell into              B. swam              C. crossed over           D. drowned

33. A. mouthful                B. drop                    C. glass                D. drink

34. A. to                           B. about                 C. as to                D. as for

35. A. best               B. oldest                  C. cleanest              D. dirtiest

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

    增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。

    删除: 把多余的词用斜线 ( \ ) 划掉。

    修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    By the end of last month, I attended a celebration meeting hold in our school. At the meeting, 25 advanced teachers were praised and those had completed 30 years of teaching were given medals. Mr. Yang was among one of those praised. After the meeting, our classmates and I went to see him.          Seeing us, the grey-haired teacher looked exciting. When some of us said we wanted to be teachers and devote ourselves to education in the future, he nodded with satisfactions. He said in a very firmly voice, “Teach is a noble job. Man would be very stupid without education.” We all agreed and greatly encouraged by his words.

Last April, on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations office. It
included a variety of “fun facts” about the mall, for example, 140,000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10,000 full-time jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12,750 parking places, 13,000 tons of steel and $ 1 million is drawn weekly from 8 ATMs. Opened in the summer of 2005, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium had been. It was only a five-minute drive from the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. With 4.2 million square feet of floor space ----- twenty-two times the size of the average American shopping center –the Mall of America was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the United States.
I know already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not only as a marketplace, but as a national tourist attaction. Eleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mall.  Four hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $ 625 million had been spent to build it, and 350 stores were already in business. Three thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half-million Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales are expected to be at $ 650 million for 2008 and at $ I billion for 2009. Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Amold Schwarzenegger visited the mall. It was five times larger than Red Square and it included 2.3 miles of hallways and used almost twice as Knott’s Camp Snoopy.
60. We know from the text that the Mall of America is _________.
A.near an old stadium                  B.close to an airport
C.higher than the Eiffel Tower          D.bigger than most American parks
61. Why are the pieces of information provided by the Mall of America referred to as “fun facts”?
A.They are largely imagined.          B.They are surprising figures（数字）
C.They give exact descriptions.        D.They make people feel uneasy.
62. Why does the author mention popular stars who have been to the mall?
A.To show its power of attraction.
B.To show that few rich people like to shop there.
C.To tell the public about a new movie being made about it.
D.To tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there.
63. We can infer from the text that _______.
A.Japanese visitors are most welcome to the mall
B.Canadian visitors would spend $ I billion at the mall
C.Knott’s Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of America
D.the Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purpose（目的）