第二部分:阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下面短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes
People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples.”
President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.
36. After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?
A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.
B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.
C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
37. The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes___.
A. while he was in Paris              B. when he was a little boy
C. because his parents told him so       D. from books
38. According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party?
A. the President himself       B. a French cook
C. the President’s cook       D. the President’s wife
39. From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were       .
A. people from other countries       B. from France
C. people of his own country        D. men only
40. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.
B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.
C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.
D. None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.

Bobby Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan's West Side. But Hell's Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor.

   Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls -- and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. "I wasn't a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life," he says.

He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender. "My father said, 'Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.' “But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft.

   Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony of Hell's Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother's killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay.

    His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept pitching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision in modern America.

Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary.

Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three -- Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell's Kitchen.

   At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. "If you have something you want to do in life, don't think about the problems," he says, "think about other ways to get it done."

1. Rearrange the following statements in terms of time order:

a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theater

b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.

c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.

d. He started learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something diiferent.

e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.

A. d; c; e; a; b      B. d; e; c; b; a    C. c; d; e; a; b    D. c; e; d; b; a 

2.Why Bobby Moresco did not tell anyone that he started taking lessons at age 17?

A. He wnted to give his girlfriend a surprise.   

B. His girlfriend did not allow him to do this.

C. He was afraid of being laughed at.

D. He had no talent for acting.

3.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. His father did not support his work as a bartender.

B. Before he became an overnight success, his life experienced ups and downs.

C. His brother’s death inspired his writing Half-Deserted Streets.

D. Moresco grew up in New York's Hell's Kitchen which is a few blocks east of Broadway.

4.The Studio executives turned the script Crash down because ______________.

A. they thought the script would not be popular.

B. the script was not well written.

C. they had no money to make the film based on the script.

D. they thought Moresco was not famous.

5.What’s the best title of the article?

A. The Road to Success              B. Try It a Different Way

C. A Talented man—Moresco          D. Moresco’s Perseverance

6.Which of the following can best describe Bobby Moresco?

A. initiative (主动) and persistent        B. shy but hardworking  

C. caring and brave                   D. aggressive and modest

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More Australians are overweight or obese than ever before, and the number is steadily increasing. Around 64 percent of men and 47 percent of women are carrying too much body fat. This means that the chances of obesity-related disorders, such as coronary heart disease(冠心病) and diabetes(糖尿病), is also on the rise. The popularity of crash dieting has caused many misunderstandings about weight loss. Most of these misunderstandings cause unhealthy weight loss behaviors.
A recent research of deaths in the United States from their National Health Nutrition Examination Survey suggests that being overweight may not increase your risk of dying. This finding is contrary to the past research that they thought the numbers of premature death(早死) linked to weight in the year 2000. The findings were that underweight and seriously obese people have an increased chance of dying compared with normal weight people. Interestingly, however, being overweight is related to a slightly lower chance of dying for your age. The effect of obesity on death rate may have reduced over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health and medical care. The authors say that body weight may not be such an important risk factor for premature death and that fitness, while smoking and too much fat in your diet may be more important.
65. If a person carries much fat, he or she _______________ .
A.knows how to keep healthy better than those who don’t
B.should lose weight as soon as possible to keep healthy
C.will surely suffer from both coronary heart disease and diabetes
D.might suffer from some diseases related to obesity
66. The underlined phrase “is contrary to” in the second paragraph probably means ___________.
A. agrees with                                           B. disagrees with
C. proves                                                 D. combines
67. According to the recent research of deaths in America, ______________ .
A.underweight people will live longer than those overweight people
B.dying at an early age is connected with overweight
C.being overweight doesn’t necessary lead to premature deaths
D.being overweight is healthier than normal people
68. We can infer from the text that _____________ .
A.the writer wants to persuade people not to lose weight
B.misunderstandings about weight loss are more serious than ever
C.much progress has been made in public medical condition
D.the cause of premature deaths is heavy smoking

There was a huge battle between the warriors(武士)of Greece and the people of Troy. Prince Paris from Troy had stolen away the Greek queen; Helen. The Greek warriors set sail for Troy to fight for their queen.  

The battle outside Troy lasted for ten years. The men were fed up and wanted to return to their homes. Athene, goddess of war gave Ulysses the idea for a plan to end the war. They built a big wooden horse which they put in the middle of their encampment（营地）. Next they pretended to give up their camp. In reality many soldiers hid inside the wooden horse.

Once they thought the camp had been abandoned the Trojans went out to check. They needed to know if the war was really over. They walked through the abandoned encampment and eventually found the wooden horse. They could not decide what it was. Some wanted to take it  into the city, others thought that it was a gift to Zeus and feared touching or moving it in case they upset Zeus.  

Some Trojans decided to take it back into the city. They called a large group of troops, attached ropes and pulled it into the city.

A huge celebration started. The city was free from war for the first time in nine years. Everybody feasted, drank and danced until eventually the merriment（欢闹）was over and they all went to sleep.

This was the moment that the wooden horse opened a big flap（盖口）hidden underneath. Out crept Ulysses and all of his men. They killed the sleeping troops, rescued Queen Helen, met up with the rest of their army and set sail for home.

The story of the return journey is told in The Odyssey, a collection of poems piecing together the bits of the story from the many different places where the story took place.

Greece and the people of Troy were at war because________________.

A. they have different views and beliefs

B. Prince Paris from Troy wanted to control Greek

C. they were war-like countries

D. the Greek warriors fought against Troy for their queen stolen away

What does the underlined phrase “(be)fed up” probably mean?

A. very bored   B. very happy  C. very sad   D. very interested

Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?

A. The battle outside Troy lasted for ten years.

B. It was Ulysses that thought up the idea for a plan to end the war

C. The Trojans fell into a trap set by Ulysses and all of his men

D. The Greek warriors saved Queen Helen and head home successfully

What can we learn from the story?

A. Keep a clear brain or you’ll be cheated by something pretending

B. Failure is a common thing in the war

C. strategy(策略) is not an important factor in the war.

D. Victory cannot be gained by cheat and pretence.

Which of the followings can serve as the best title for the passage?

A. The Trojan Horse    B. A Smart Plan  C. The Trojan War  D. Rescuing Queen Helen

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，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town, saying that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole world. A large crowd   36   and they all admired his heart, for it was   37 .There was not a mark or a flaw (瑕疵) in it. They all agreed it was  38   the most beautiful heart they had   39   seen. The young man was very   40   and boasted (自夸) more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man   41   at the front of the   42   and said, “Your heart is not as beautiful as mine.” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart. It was beating  43 , but it was full of   44  . It had places where pieces had been   45   and other pieces put in, but they didn’t  46   quite right and there were several rough and pointed edges.
The people stared. “How can he say his heart is more beautiful?” they thought. The young man looked at the old man’s heart and laughed. “You must be   47  ,” he said. “Compare your heart with mine. Mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes, yours   48   perfect, but I would never trade with you,” said the old man. “Every scar   49   a person to whom I have given my love. I  50   a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the   51   place in my heart, but because the pieces aren’t   52   in shape, I have some rough edges, which I  53 .They remind me of the love we shared. So now do you see what true   54   is?”
The young man was moved. He stood there silently with   55   running down his cheeks.
36. A. stopped      B. came       C. agreed       D. gathered
37. A. clean        B. exciting    C. happy        D. perfect
38. A. probably       B. truly      C. likely       D. luckily
39. A. never         B. seldom      C. ever         D. sometimes
40. A. proud        B. regretful   C. happy        D. angry
41. A. appeared      B. cried      C. showed        D. listened
42. A. man          B. crowd        C. street       D. town
43. A. quickly      B. strongly    C. slowly         D. heavily
44. A. tears        B. water      C. scars        D. love
45. A. burnt        B. changed     C. removed      D. cut
46. A. place        B. fit        C. jump         D. see
47. A. joking       B. tricking     C. dreaming       D. playing
48. A. looks        B. smells      C. sounds        D. feels
49. A. explains     B. helps      C. presents      D. represents
50. A. tear down     B. turn down    C. tear out       D. throw out
51. A. clean        B. scary      C. empty        D. painful
52. A. normal         B. big        C. fine           D. exact
53. A. want         B. dislike    C. fear          D. value 
54. A. kindness     B. happiness    C. beauty         D. love
55. A. water        B. sweat      C. tears        D. Blood