It’s f _______ cold outside.

 

第三部分阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes, a couple of hours if they head to the woods. Dave Murbach needs 11 months.

Almost every day of every year, Murbach’s thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyone’s breath away.

“The tree,” he says wearily. “Always the tree.”

Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that graces Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.

“I’m always looking for a tree,” the center’s chief gardener says. “I look for it even when I go to the beach in the summer. It’s like a homework assignment hanging over your head.”

And if he gets it wrong, there’s nothing hiding it.

“Every day it’s up, 400,000 people go by, and 2.5 million people watch the lighting celebration on television,” he says.

This year’s tree, a 74-foot Norway spruce (云杉) from Richfield, Ohio, flown to New York on the world’s largest cargo plane, was lighted on December 2.

The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York - a tradition dating to 1931, when the workers building Rockefeller Centre put up a small tree with decorations.

The search for the next year’s tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs.

That’s not as simple as it sounds. Though forests are full of evergreens, few get enough sunlight or space to fill out. And branches in snowy regions often break under the weight, making flees uneven.

Back at the office, he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees, many addressed simply to “Mr. Christmas Tree Man.”

Despite the occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night, Murbach knows the together people you love. That’s what I hope it sets off.”

But Murbach says he’s always too worn out to celebrate Christmas.

“No card, no lights, nothing,” he says.

“No tree?”

“No tree.”

1. Murbach takes his job seriously because he most likely wants _____________.

A. everyone to be happy with his work

B. to make everyone surprised at his choice

C. everyone to know his care for their happiness

D. to attract people’s attention to his special ability

2. Which is the correct order of the events in the passage?

a. Murbach’s thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree.

b. 2.5 million people watch the Christmas tree.

c. The tree is flown to New York.

d. it was lighted on December 2.

e. The tree is chopped up.

f. Murbach searches for the tree.

A. a, b, c, d, e, f    B. a, f, c, d, b, e            C. c, d, e, b, a, f    D. c, d, b, f, e, a

3. According to Murbach’s standard of trees, the best tree must _________.

A. be evergreen                             B. have no space between branches

C. be thick enough                          D. be equally balanced in shape

4. Which is tree about Murbach?

A. He is most devoted to his work.                     B. He is now quite tired of his work.

C. He has no loved family members.           D. He never wants to celebrate Christmas.

 

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。

_______________________: less red meat and more fibre, less saturated fat(饱和脂肪) and more fruit and veg, right? Wrong, according to a controversial new book by nutritionist Zoe Harcombe.In the book, Harcombe charts her careful journey of research into studies that underpin (巩固)dietary advice — and her myth(误区)-breaking conclusions are surprising.                                

 Myth: _________________.

‘Real fat is not bad for us,’ says ??Harcombe. ‘It’s man-made fats we should be demonising. Why do we have this idea that meat is full of saturated fat? In a 100g pork chop, there is 2.3g of unsaturated fat and 1.5g of saturated fat.

Myth: We should eat more fibre.

For three decades, we have eaten fibre into our bodies to help us feel full and keep our digestive systems moving. ______________, says Harcombe.

The advice to eat more fibre is put forward along with the theory that we need to clean our ??digestive systems. But essential minerals are absorbed from food while it is in the intestines(肠道), so why do we want to wash everything out? Concentrate on not putting bad foods in.

Myth: You need to eat five portions of fruit and veg a day.

‘Five-a-day is the most well-known piece of nutritional advice,’ says ??Harcombe. ‘You’d think it was based on firm evidence of health benefit. ______________

‘Five-a-day started as a marketing campaign by 25 fruit and veg companies and the American National Cancer Institute in 1991. There was no evidence for any cancer benefit.’

Myth: Fruit and veg are the most nutritious things to eat.

Apparently not. Harcombe allows that vegetables are a great addition to the diet — if served in butter to deliver the fat-soluble(dissolved) vitamins they contain — but ??natural sugar, the fruit sugar in fruit, goes straight to the liver and is stored as fat.

______________________, says Harcombe, who adds: ‘Vitamins and minerals in animal foods — meat, fish, eggs and dairy products — beat those in fruit hands down.’

A. want to lose weight ? Don’t trust these.

B. We think we know what to eat.

C. This is not a good idea.

D. Fat is bad for us

E. Think again

F. We need take more exercise

G. Fruit is best avoided by those trying to lose weight

根据情景对话和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。注意：若选E为答案是，则在答题卡上选涂A和B两选；若选F为答案时，则在答题卡上选涂A和C两项；若选G为答案时，则在答题卡上选涂A和D两项。

---Hello. Can I speak to Wu Min, please?

---______6_______

---Hello, Wu Min. This is Wang Hong. Sorry to ring you so late in the evening, but I’ve only just got home.

---______7______ What can I do for you?

---I’d like to ask you about some stamps. Do you still have the cock year stamp? You had it when I last saw you.

---I’m afraid I don’t have it. I sold it last week.

---_____8_______

---I’m sorry. I didn’t know you wanted it. ____9______

---Yes, please. Thank you. It’s very kind of you.

---______10_______

---Thank you very much.

---Bye-bye.

A．Do you like collecting stamps so much?

B．That’s all right.

C．Sorry, Wu Min is out.

D．Do you want me to find one for you?

E.Oh, what a pity!

F.Yes, speaking.

G.OK, I’ll ring you if I have any news.

 

第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

信息匹配（阅读以下各家饭店和每位顾客的信息，然后匹配顾客和他/她拟要就餐的饭店。）

A. Gorden’s is a restaurant in an attractive part of town, and has tables in the garden for sunny days. It’s knows for pizza, fried chicken and hamburgers. Gorden’s has special prices for children’s meals. Excellent food but service can be slow. Open 12:00-20:00.

B. The Silver Palace Chinese Restaurant serves food from many parts of China at low prices. The atmosphere is warm and friendly, but it can get noisy. Reasonable service. Near the city center, with a car park. Open12:00-14:00, 17:30-2:00.

C. The Tower Coffee Bar serves light snacks, soft drinks and excellent Italian coffee. Its friendly atmosphere is popular with students and young people, and it is a good meeting place for friends. Can be rather noisy! Open midday to midnight.

D. The Tiny Tea Room serves a selection of tea, coffee and good home-made cakes and pastries（油酥点心）.Perfect for a refreshing rest and there is a game room for children. Gets very crowded at lunchtime. Open 9:00-16:00

E. King’s restaurant is a good choice for quick, inexpensive meals. This restaurant serves a wide kinds of English food. There is also an interesting vegetarian menu which includes a varity of hot dishes, and salads. Open 11:00-22:00.

F. Bernini’s is a high-quality Italian restaurant. It is internationally recognized for its first-class food and service. Bernini’s is close to the city center and parking is available. Open evenings only, 18:00-23:00.

46. Mrs. Jones and her daughter are going to have a day in town. Their bus arrives there at ten o’clock. They would like to have coffee before they start shopping.

47. The Browns are on holiday. They are spending the day sightseeing in town and want to have meal at a restaurant suitable for small children. They would like to sit outside.

48. Linda’s Italian friend Maria is visiting him for a week. They want to have a snack before going to the cinema in the evening. Maria is fond of trying English food. Linda doesn’t eat meat.

49. Robert Evans has invited a Swedish businessman to dinner to discuss a contract. He wants to take him to a restaurant near his office in the city center. The food and service must be excellent.

50. A tourist team of many travelers from various countries want to go out for a late-night meal, but they don’t have much money, and don’t like English food!

顾客                                     饭店

46. Mrs. Jones and her daughter                A. Gorden’s

47. the Browns                              B. the Palace Chinese Restaurant

48. Linda and Maria                          C. the Tower Coffee Bar

49. Robert Evans                             D. the Tiny Tea Room

50. A tourist team                            E. King’s Restaurant

F. Bernini’s