Chinese people think a lot about food.In fact,I think that they are sometimes obsessed(痴迷) with it.My first experience of this   16   of Chinese culture came at a banquet during a trip to Beijing in 1998.I had eaten Chinese food often,but I could not have  17  how fabulous(丰盛的)a real Chinese banquet could be.The first six or seven dishes seemed to  18  the table, with plates dangerously   19  one on top of another.I thought this vast    20  of food was the total number of dishes to be served,and I started eating    21  .Everyone else just   22  a bit of each dish and then put their chopsticks down,continuing to chat.“They can't have very big appetites,” I thought.

To my surprise,more dishes   23  ,plus soups,side dishes,and desserts.There was enough to feed a whole army.No   24  my fellow guests had had only a few  25  of each dish;they knew what was still to come.But I was already so   26  that I could only    27  as the banquet continued.

Another aspect of“food culture”is that the Chinese seem to eat almost every part of every animal——much to the    28   of many westerners.Stomach,ears,tongue,tail,hoof and lungs are all likely to   29   on the dinner table in front of you.The first time I saw a three-year-old kid  30   chewing a chicken's head I had bad dreams for weeks.

These days I enjoy that sort of food myself. 31  ,there are other kinds of foods that have taken longer for me to  32  .The infamous(臭名昭著的) choudoufu is a(n)   33  .(The name says it all:“stinky tofu”.) Just when I got used to it,  I found another  34  on a trip to Hunan:deep-fried choudoufu,a horrible black substance that looked and    35  about as appetizing as a burnt tennis shoe.Maybe I'll get used to that, too—some day.

16.A.problem        B.aspect           C.situation    D.appearance

17.A.introduced      B.distinguished     C.imagined    D.instructed

18.A.fill            B.destroy          C.furnish      D.evaluated

19.A.decorated      B.furnished         C.balanced     D.measured

20.A.preparation     B.wave            C.quality      D.pleasure

21.A.hurriedly       B.secretly          C.gladly      D.greedily

22.A.looked         B.tested           C.tasted       D.checked

23.A.disappeared    B.arrived           C.escaped     D.charged

24.A.wonder        B.doubt            C.use         D.problem

25.A.sights         B.examinations     C.appreciations    D.bits

26.A.hungry        B.angry           C.full             D.disappointed

27.A.complain      B.classified        C.wait             D.watch

28.A.taste         B.horror          C.belief            D.nature

29.A.put up        B.pick up         C.make up          D.end up

30.A.generally     B.regretfully        C.cheerfully        D.helplessly

31.A.Therefore     B.However        C.Somehow        D.Besides

32.A.refuse        B.adopt          C.accept           D.cook

33.A.example       B.excuse        C.reason           D.cause

34.A.experience    B.variety         C.beauty           D.interest

35.A.fried         B.advertised      C.sold             D.smelled

 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Isabel Powell likes to swim. It’s a(n)  1  thing that she shares with a movie star she’ll
be meeting later this year—a star whose life story is coming to a theater near you this month.
Who’s the star? A dolphin named Winter. And   2  is not the only thing that she and Isabel have in common.
Winter lost her   3  when she was a baby. She got it caught in a trap used to   4__  crabs. Isabel, who had a similar experience to Winter, once had a   5  life.   6  , when she was 2 a tumor(肿瘤)on her foot   7  her leg.
Now, both Winter and Isabel   8  artificial limbs. In Isabel’s case, it’s an artificial leg and foot. In Winter’s case, it’s an artificial tail.
In November, Isabel will travel from her home to Clearwater, Florida, to   9  Winter. Clearwater is the site of the aquarium(水族馆)where Winter has lived since she was   10  from that trap.
According to the Kitsap Sun, the meeting was set up by the man who designed Winter’s artificial tail—Kevin Carroll. Carroll also   11  artificial limbs for people.
He and Isabel   12  met last month in Bremerton, Washington, at the  13  where she got her artificial leg, which freed her of the   14  that had troubled her for years.   15__  Carroll met Isabel and found out she wants to be a veterinarian (兽医), he decided to set up the meeting.
She   16  people who’ve lost limbs by   17  them they can still do the things they used to do. According to the Kitsap Sun, she plays softball,   18  karate competition and chases after her dog, too. For years, she didn’t know anybody else who had an artificial limb. Now, she’s about to meet a movie star who has one, too.
And she no longer feels so   19   . “I think it’s pretty cool,” Isabel told Kitsap Sun reporter Chris Henry. “Winter has an artificial tail. That makes me think that I’m not the only   20  one. There are thousands more.”

【小题1】
A.interestingB.disappointingC.terrifyingD.frightening
【小题2】
A.playingB.swimmingC.sailingD.exploring
【小题3】
A.legB.footC.tailD.body
【小题4】
A.attractB.attackC.hitD.catch
【小题5】
A.happyB.miserableC.sadD.dull
【小题6】
A.UndoubtedlyB.UnfortunatelyC.StrangelyD.Surprisingly
【小题7】
A.took overB.cut downC.took awayD.cut out
【小题8】
A.purchaseB.enjoyC.preferD.wear
【小题9】
A.meetB.welcomeC.interviewD.study
【小题10】
A.operatedB.rescuedC.caughtD.killed
【小题11】
A.createsB.buildsC.designsD.invents
【小题12】
A.purposelyB.deliberatelyC.willinglyD.reportedly
【小题13】
A.studioB.labC.cinemaD.clinic
【小题14】
A.pressureB.debtC.painD.pleasure
【小题15】
A.BeforeB.UntilC.AfterD.While
【小题16】
A.puzzlesB.inspiresC.amusesD.shocks
【小题17】
A.showingB.warningC.admiringD.calling
【小题18】
A.participates inB.struggles forC.calls onD.turns down
【小题19】
A.strangeB.commonC.usualD.different
【小题20】
A.particularB.positiveC.unluckyD.enthusiastic


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Babies are not just passing idle time when they stare goggle-eyed at the television—they are actually learning about the world, U.S. researchers said. Parents may want t limit what their babies see on television , based on the study, said Donna Mumme, assistant professor of psychology at Tufts University in Boston, who led the research. “Children as young as 12 months are making decisions based n the emotional(情感的)reactions of adults around them,” Mumme said in a statement. “It turns out they can also use emotional information they pick up from television. This means that adults might want to think twice before they speak in a loud and harsh voice or let a baby see television programs meant for information about the world. A mother urging her baby to eat some  “yummy” soup on a brother crying in fear when a dog approaches can influence a baby’s reaction. Mumme’s team tested babies to determine. If television has the same influence, showing actors reacting on a videotape to objects such as red spiral letter holder, a blue humpy ball, and a yellow garden hose attachment. Babies aged 10 months or 12 months were later given the same objects to play with. Ten-month-olds did not seem to e influenced by the video buy the 1-year-olds were. When the actors acted neutrally or positively to an object, the babies happily played with them. But if the actor had seemed afraid or disgusted, the babies would avoid the object.
72.Psychology is the study of             .
A.human’s society and its growth
B.human’s hopes had dreams
C.human’s mind and behaviors
D.human’s languages and cultures
73.Which of the following is Mumme’s conclusion?
A.Small babies should not be allowed to watch television programs.
B.Adults need to think twice before they act in front of small babies.
C.TV programs provide small babies with all the information they need.
D.One-year-olds can be emotionally influenced by TV programs.
74.Mumme reached his conclusion by            .
A.measuring the time babies spent in front of TV.
B.making TV programs and advertisements for kids.
C.showing actors how to react to blue bumpy balls
D.observing small babies’ reactions to TV programs
75.Which of the following may the study lead to according to the researchers?
A.Parents may want to limit what their babies see on television.
B.Actors may try to behave themselves well in front of babies.
C.Babies may be allowed to choose what they see on TV.
D.Scientists may stop ignoring babies’ emotional world.

Cittaslow has discovered China, and it is awarding a little village in Jiangsu the title of "slow city"
The bored teenagers of Gaochun are impatient with the leisurely pace of hometown life.For them there is no nightlife to speak of, no bright lights, no excitement and they cannot wait to grow up and leave for the urban attractions of the big cities.But it is this laid-back lifestyle that has attracted international attention.At least, a quiet village within Gaochun county has come under the spotlight.Yaxi village, population 20,000, is about to be designated China's first "slow city" by Cittaslow, the sustainable lifestyle movement that first surfaced in Italy 11 years ago.
At home, the residents at Yaxi are unfazed and pretty much unimpressed by the honor.To them, life has been like this for as long as they can remember.Here, growing old gracefully is natural.
Nobody living in this little county had heard of Cittaslow or the words "slow city" before this.
"The first time I heard the term was last July, when the vice-president of Cittaslow, Angelo Vassallo, visited Yaxi village," says Zuo Niansheng, the chief editor of local newspaper Gaochun Today.
"Vassallo was deeply impressed by this village's natural and cultural resources and said it perfectly fitted the requirements for a slow city," says Zuo."That was how Yaxi became connected with Cittaslow.
The Slow City must also be committed to protect and maintain the natural environment as well as promote a sustainable way of development ?all of which are the current strategies adopted in Gaochun."We've been doing this for years," adds Zuo.
Cittaslow was founded in Tuscany, Italy in 1999.It was a spin-off from the Slow Food movement which started, also in Italy, in 1986 as a protest against the first McDonald ' s opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome.The movement championed a return to healthy, nutritious home-grown, home -cooked food.
Slow Food has since expanded globally to more than 130 countries.Its mission has also broadened to include the promotion of sustainable foods and local small businesses, and the localization as opposed to globalization of food production.
Cittaslow is an expansion of the Slow Food movement, and it actively advocates a lifestyle that is sustainable, that will improve quality of life, and will preserve cultural and culinary (烹饪的)heritage.
【小题1】According the passage, Cittaslow is a(n) ____.

A.organizationB.personC.lifestyleD.honor
【小题2】What' s the reaction of the residents at Yaxi to the award according the passage? They feel
A.very excited.B.very shocked
C.indifferentD.very happy
【小题3】Why is the village Yaxi awarded the title of “slow city”? Because          .
A.it is full of excitement and activities of nightlife
B.the residents at Yaxi enjoy a leisure life
C.it is very rich and has a lot of attractions
D.foreign people like small towns than big cities.
【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that         .
A.young people at Yaxi enjoy their life very much
B.China is more and more popular with foreign people
C.the first McDonald’s in Europe was opened in Spain
D.the lifestyle of “slow city” will be good to environment and people

 

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V.短文填词(共10空;每空1分,满分10分)

    阅读下面短文,根据以下提示:1)汉语提示;2)首字母提示;3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确。

    Many school students have difficulty in English listening.Here are

some t          for you.We hope they can help you in one way or other.       76.              

       Before you start to listen to something,you need to       (放松).              77.       

Don’t get n       or excited.The first sentence tells a lot about the whole            78.       

passage,so you’d       listen carefully.When you’re listening,try to do          79.       

some    (思考).For example,you call think of the following questions:                80.       

What h        ,when,where and how? What was the result and what                81.       

does the speaker want to tell us? This      ,you may understand the            82.       

passage better.It’s n      for you to remember some important facts.                 83.       

You may hear words you don’t know, but don’t spend too much time           84.       

them.Very often,you’ll find out        they mean later when you goon               85.       

with the listening.

 

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