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阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

A little brown mouse lived in a small house in the country.His cottage was very warm and comfortable，with lots of flowers in front of it and a few apple trees behind.In his living room the brown country mouse ate good fresh food.

One day his cousin from town came to visit him. “It is so nice to see you，” the country mouse said. “Come in.Sit down.Let’s have supper.” Soon he brought in some bread，bacon and corn for supper and they drank fresh clean water.After supper they sat and talked.

The town mouse said，“ How can you live here？The country is so quiet.I don’t like the food either.Come and stay with me！”

So the next morning the mice went to town.The town mouse’s house was beautiful.But they got into the house by going under the back door.They were very hungry，so the town mouse took his cousin to the dining room.There was a lot of food on the table. “Look at that！” said the town mouse.The mice jumped onto the table.They began to eat some fine French cheese，some very tasty cakes and biscuits.They drank lemonade and milk.

Suddenly the door opened and a man walked in.He came to the table to get some fruit. “Be quiet！” whispered the town mouse.

The man took an apple and went out of the room.The town mouse began to eat again，but the country mouse could not eat a thing，because he felt so afraid.Suddenly he saw a big cat near the sofa in the corner of the room.The cat was sleeping，but then it heard something.It opened its eyes and saw the mice.The country mouse began to cry：“Help！” The cat tried to catch the mice.The mice ran into a hole in the floor.The cat couldn’t get in.

“Oh，dear，” said the country mouse. “Your food is good，but your life is not.I feel afraid everywhere.Goodbye.I’m going back to the country.”

1.The town mouse considered the life of the country mouse to be________.

A．interesting B．boring

C．exciting D. terrifying

2.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 refers to________.

A．the town mouse’s home B．the back door

C．a lot of food on the table D．the dining room

3.The cat didn’t catch the mice because________.

A．one cat couldn’t fight with two mice

B．the cat was still sleepy at that time

C．the mice were powerful after eating the magic cakes

D．the cat couldn’t get into the hole in the floor

4.The country mouse went back to the country because________.

A．life is quiet but safe in the country

B．the city cat was not friendly at all

C．nowhere is better than one’s own home

D．the city life was too busy for it to enioy

5.This passage is a________.

A．piece of news B．science novel

C．fairy tale D．drama

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Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, ____ all we really wanted to do was to make a mess.

A. since B. as C. unless D. when

D Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists．No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change---to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before．

Landscape (风景) is another unchanging element of art．It can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists．In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice．Leslie sought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before．Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees．In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background．He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom．

Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another．The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests．To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods．

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant．Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience．Many and different are the faces ofart, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings．

1.The underlined word “poetry” most probably means ________ ．

A．an object for artistic creation

B．an unusual quality

C．a collection of poems

D．a natural scene

2.Leslie’s paintings are extraordinary because ___________．

A．they draw attention to common things in life

B．they look like works by 19th-century painters

C．they are close in style to works in ancient times

D．they depend heavily on color photography

3.What is the author’s opinion of artistic reality?

A．It does not have a long-lasting standard

B．It will not be found in future works of art．

C．It is expressed in a fixed artistic form．

D．It is lacking in modern works of art．

4.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A．History of the arts．

B．Use of modern technology in the arts．

C．Basic questions of the arts．

D．New developments in the arts．

信息匹配（共1小题）

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，选项中有两项为多余选项。

May the first is an important date in the college admission process in the United States．This is the last day for high school seniors to accept or reject offers of admission in the fall．But according to a recent report, there is a great change．Acceptance rates at the top colleges this year were lower than ever．1.

These days, college applicants are applying to more colleges because online and common applications make the process easier．2. On the other hand, deciding students for top colleges to accept can be difficult because it takes much time．Students may not like being put on waiting lists．Also, common colleges work more to get the students they accept to accept them．Some colleges hold visiting days that offer a chance to attend classes and stay overnight．Some universities send gifts． 3.

For many families, the most important thing colleges can do is show them the money, especially this year; the weak economy makes parents nervous． 4. The recent problems that spread from the housing market to credit markets have even affected student’s loans．So lately, top schools have to spare lots of money to increase their financial aid for students．

5. The Education Department expects the number of high school graduates to start to go down．This will happen as the last of the children of the baby boom generation finish high school．The number is not expected to start rising again until 2016．

A．Besides, top colleges are facing changes in the population．

B．What contributes to it?

C．But a mistake can be costly if it happens．

D．But top colleges ignore them．

E．They have international students who know English．

F．It can mean several acceptances to choose from．

G．They cannot afford college as planned．

阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”

This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

1.How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

a. He became addicted to drinking.

b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

e. He failed to reorder his life.

f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

A. f-c-e-a-b-d B. b-e-a-f-c-d

C. f-d-e-c-b-a D. b-f-c-d-e-a

3.We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald .

A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.

B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

4.The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about .

A. Zelda’s personal life

B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

Irina，now 46，never imagined she’d one day make a living as a balloon artist.The daughter of an engineer and a teacher，she won top academic awards in high school，went on to medical school and became an emergency room physician in a small city.

“I loved the science of medicine，” she says today，“but being a doctor was very hard.I saw things people don’t normally see—women giving birth in the street，people getting drunk and killing someone.” Medications were scarce，making it very difficult to treat those in need.When Irina was 33，a girlfriend showed her a magazine photo of an American named Wes Patterson.They began exchanging letters，and married that December.Irina took a public relations job.Then，a few years ago，she watched a man at a party twist a skinny balloon into the shape of a dog.Kismet!

Irina soon purchased a tiny pump and a supply of balloons and began practicing on the sidewalks.Observers challenged her to create all kinds of figures.Now，Irina says，“There’s nothing I can’t make.”

Many years ago，Irina’s husband developed a serious disease which now keeps him homebound.“But he is a very wonderful man，” Irina says.Thanks to her new career，she is able to support them both，performing about five events weekly and earning as much as $2,000 per appearance.

“Irina’s a wonder，” says Marlene Berg，chief development officer for the Florida Heart Research Institute.“She turned the evening into magic.” “My whole life has become magic，” Irina says，“and it’s all come from a balloon.”

1.What’s Irina’s job now?

A．An emergency room physician. B．A researcher.

C．A public relations worker. D．An artist.

2.We can conclude from the underlined word “kismet” that________.

A．Irina was lucky enough to meet the man

B．The party was organized well by the man

C．Kismet was the name of the man’s dog

D．The shape of a dog is easy to make into

3.Which of the following statements about Irina is NOT true?

A．Her father and mother both received good education.

B．She studied very well when she was in high school.

C．Her husband gave up his job in order to support her.

D．She’s been busy and popular among people around.

4.All the following words below can be used to describe Irina except________.

A．Proud B．Hard?working

C．Honest D．Clever

5.The main purpose of this passage is________.

A．to introduce Irina and her wonderful work

B．to encourage people to work at the balloon

C．to tell readers to change their jobs if necessary

D．to remind us of the importance of medicine

阅读理解-。阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile (汽车)．But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896.That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile.Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker，instead of making the worker move to the parts.That is not true，either.Many factory owners used methods of this kind before Ford.What Henry Ford did was to use other people's ideas and make them better.And he made the whole factory a moving production line.

In the early days of the automobile，almost every car maker raced his cars.It was the best way of gaining public notice.Henry Ford decided to build a racing car.Ford's most famous race was his first one.It was also the last race in which he drove the car himself.

The race was in 1901，at a field near Detroit.All of the most famous cars had entered, but only two were left：the Winton and Ford's.The Winton was famous for its speed.Most people thought the race was over before it began.

The Winton took an early lead.But halfway through the race, it began to lose power.Ford started to gain.And near the end of the race, he took the lead.Ford won the race and defeated the Winton.His name appeared in newspapers and he became well?known all over the United States.Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford formed a new automobile company.In 1903, a doctor in Detroit bought the first car from the company.That_sale was the beginning of Henry Ford's dream.Ford said: “I will build a motor car for the great mass of people.It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for.It will be built of the best materials.It will be built by the best men to be employed.And it will be built with the simplest plans that modern engineering can produce.It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one.”

The Model T was a car of that kind.It only cost $850.It was a simple machine that drivers could depend on.Doctors bought the Model T．So did farmers.Even criminals. They considered it the fastest and surest form of transportation.Americans loved the Model T．They wrote stories and songs about it.Thousands of Model T's were built in the first few years.

1.What do we know about Henry Ford from Paragraph 1?

A．He made good use of ideas from others.

B．He produced the first car in the world.

C．He knew how to improve auto parts.

D．He invented the production line.

2.Why did Henry Ford take part in the 1901 car race?

A．To show off his driving skills. B．To draw public attention.

C．To learn about new technology. D．To raise money for his new company.

3.“That sale” in Paragraph 4 refers to______.

A．the selling of Ford cars at reduced prices

B．the sale of Model T to the mass of people

C．the selling of a car to a Detroit doctor

D．the sales target for the Ford Company

4.What was Henry Ford's dream according to the text?

A．Producing cars for average customers.

B．Building racing cars of simple design.

C．Designing more car models.

D．Starting more companies.

完形填空,阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

My grandfather went to high school in the 1920s． While in school, he became in the drama program, acting in various productions．He in touch with his drama teacher．

My father went to high school in the 1960s．Like his before him, he acted in high school． He, too, stayed in touch with his drama teacher for the rest of the teacher's I graduated in 1997． When Hoover, my drama teacher, was in Alaska, I didn't want her to feel like she was ending her life , so I sent her many packages, including Drama Club yearbook photos from each year she there in order that she could see the students whose lives she forever ．

Her nickname for our group of Drama Club was "the Throwaway Kids"． , no? She described us as that we were nonconformists （不墨守成规者） that other teachers didn't know what to do with．She simply us for who we are, and that was exactly what we needed．

We have all become members of society: reporters, lawyers, and singers, soldiers, doctors and, you guessed it, teachers． Every member of my family is a teacher． This year the 73rd year we have taught in Alaska altogether．

me, teaching the course is only one important part of the job． As I returned to my classroom just before the final bell on the last day of school in May, I thought how the most emotional part of the experience will not be seeing the recent return to say "hello" at Christmas． That was how the of keeping in touch with our teachers our whole life long began in my family． Honestly, learning a lifetime．

1.A．famous B．active C．anxious D．attractive

2.A．lost B．provided C．kept D．shared

3.A．teacher B．classmate C．mother D．father

4.A．life B．job C．space D．season

5.A．dying B．singing C．acting D．playing

6.A．Poor B．angry C．anxious D．alone

7.A．taught B．constructed C．ordered D．noticed

8.A．protected B．developed C．scolded D．affected

9.A．Interesting B．Exciting C．Shocking D．Encouraging

10.A．because B．if C．But D．although

11.A．purely B．exactly C．obviously D．basically

12.A．entertained B．accepted C．disliked D．demanded

13.A．consuming B．contributing C．confirming D．connecting

14.A．fills B．marks C．covers D．deals

15.A．After B．With C．To D．By

16.A．natural B．simple C．entire D．casual

17.A．fel1 B．rang C．broke D．rolled

18.A．classmates B．soldiers C．adults D．graduates

19.A．tradition B．culture C．custom D．behavior

20.A．wastes B．puts C．takes D．Pulls

----There won’t be anywhere to park.

----Oh, _______. Let’s try the subway.

A. that’s a real bargain B. that’s a good point

C. that’s really something D. that’s all settled

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