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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列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。
Strange things happen to time when you travel. __11___the earth is divided into24 time zones, one hour apart, you can have days with __12___ or fewer than 24 hours, and weeks with more or fewer than seven days.
If you __13___ a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your __14___ enters a different time zone every __15___. As you enter each zone, the time __16___ one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back; traveling east, you set it __17___. Each day of your trip has __18___ 25 or 23 hours.
­If you travel by ship across the Pacific, you ___19___ the internationaldate line. By agreement, this is the point __20___ a new day begins. __21___ you cross the line, you change your __22___ one full day, backward __23____ forward. Traveling east, today __24___ yesterday; traveling west, __25___ is tomorrow!
小题1:
A．BecauseB．IfC．AlthoughD．When
小题2:
A．muchB．moreC．manyD．less
小题3:
A．doB．makeC．goD．travel
小题4:
A．planeB．trainC．carD．ship
小题5:
A．dayB．nightC．hourD．time
小题6:
A．goesB．changesC．showsD．adds
小题7:
A．aheadB．upwardC．backwardD．fast
小题8:
A．neitherB．eitherC．bothD．nor
小题9:
A．travelB．tripC．coverD．cross
小题10:
A．whichB．whatC．thatD．where
小题11:
A．WhenB．WhereC．WhileD．Before
小题12:
A．timeB．calendarC．dateD．hour
小题13:
A．andB．orC．butD．still
小题14:
A．changesB．makesC．becomesD．goes
小题15:
A．whichB．thisC．thatD．it

小题1:A 小题1:B 小题1:B 小题1:D 小题1:A 小题1:B 
小题1:A 小题1:B 小题1:D 小题1:D 小题1:A 小题1: B 
小题1:B 小题1:C 小题1:D
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The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath the long branches of an old willow tree.   31  at life, I have a good reason to frown, for the world was intent on   32  me down.
And if that weren't enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath   33 me, all tired from play. He stood   34  in front of me with his head tilted down and said with great excitement, "Look what I found!" In his hand was a   35 . What a pitiful sight, its petals were all worn - not enough rain, or too little light. Wanting him to take his dead flower away and go off to play, I   36  a small smile and then looked away.
But instead of   37  , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and   38  loudly with certainty, "It sure smells pretty and it must be beautiful, too. That's why I picked it; here, it's for you." The weed before me was dying or dead, not vibrant of   39 , orange, yellow or red. But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I  40  for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." Again,  41  placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then 42 I noticed for the very first time that the boy could not see: he was 43 .
I heard my voice trembling. Tears shone like the sun as I thanked him for picking the very best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then ran off to play, not realizing the  44  he'd had on my day. I sat there and wondered how he managed to see a  45   woman beneath an old willow tree. How did he 46 my self-indulged plight(困境)? Perhaps he'd been  47  with true sight from his heart by God.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. For all of those times I myself had been blind. I decided to see beauty, and 48  every second that belongs to mine.  49 I held that dead flower up to my nose and breathed in the  50  of a beautiful rose , I smiled as that young boy. Another flower in his hand was about to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.
小题1:
A．Disappointed
B．Delighted
C．Excited
D．embarassed
小题2:
A．slowing
B．making
C．letting
D．pressing
小题3:
A．stopped
B．supposed
C．informed
D．approached
小题4:
A．absolutely
B．definitely
C．right
D．rightly
小题5:
A．leaf
B．branch
C．weed
D．flower
小题6:
A．exposed
B．showed
C．managed
D．tried
小题7:
A．leaving
B．answering
C．reacting
D．responding
小题8:
A．whispered
B．shouted
C．spoke
D．declared
小题9:
A．styles
B．sizes
C．colors
D．shapes
小题10:
A．left
B．handed
C．reached
D．held
小题11:
A．in pace of
B．in addition to
C．instead of
D．in return
小题12:
A．where
B．before
C．when
D．that
小题13:
A．deaf
B．blind
C．cripple
D．dumb
小题14:
A．impression
B．appearance
C．power
D．influence
小题15:
A．self-satisfied s
B．elf-respecting
C．self-educated
D．self-pitying
小题16:
A．approve of
B．convince of
C．inform of
D．know of
小题17:
A．presented
B．crowded
C．blessed
D．equipped
小题18:
A．appreciate
B．treasure
C．spend
D．admire
小题19:
A．As
B．Though
C．Unless
D．Since
小题20:
A．sight
B．shade
C．fragrance
D．flavor
I arrived in the United States on February 6, 1997, but I remember my first day there very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane____26____at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was_____27____
excited to mind. From the airport, my friend and I ______28_____a taxi to my hotel. On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the first time and I stared_____29_____astonishment at the famous skyscrapers and their_____30_____beauty. My friend helped me unpack at the hotel and then_____31____me because he_____32_____go back to work. He_____33_____to return the next day.
______34____ my friend had left, I went to a restaurant near the hotel to get something to eat. Because I_____35____speak a word of English, I couldn’t ____36____the waiter what I wanted. I was very upset and ____37_____to make some gestures, _____38_____the waiter didn’t understand me. Finally, I______39_____the same thing the man_____40_____the next table was eating. After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway______41_____I came to Time Square with its movie theatres, and huge_____42_____people. I didn’t feel tired so I continued to walk_______43_____the city.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t sleep because I ______44______hearing the fire and police sirens(汽笛) during the night. I______45_____awake and thought about New York. I decided that I had to learn to speak English.
小题1:
A．took offB．landedC．got outD．took down
小题2:
A．tooB．soC．veryD．much
小题3:
A．gotB．took upC．got onD．took
小题4:
A．inB．atC．forD．to
小题5:
A．old-makeB．man-madeC．newly-makeD．natural
小题6:
A．had leftB．would leaveC．leftD．was leaving
小题7:
A．mustB．had toC．shouldD．ought
小题8:
A．agreedB．saidC．toldD．promised
小题9:
A．Shortly afterB．Long beforeC．ShortlyD．Soon
小题10:
A．couldn’tB．couldC．didn’tD．did
小题11:
A．askB．sayC．tellD．order
小题12:
A．begunB．startedC．mustD．started to
小题13:
A．andB．soC．thenD．but
小题14:
A．orderedB．bookedC．askedD．got
小题15:
A．onB．forC．atD．to
小题16:
A．whenB．untilC．afterD．before
小题17:
A．crowds ofB．groups ofC．crowd ofD．group of
小题18:
A．aroundB．inC．byD．near
小题19:
A．wasB．wentC．keptD．started
小题20:
A．wasB．layC．laidD．were
I ran into a stranger as he passed by. "I'm so  36 !" was my reply. Then he said, "Excuse me too. I wasn't even   37 you" .We were very polite, this stranger and I.
  38  at home, a different story is told---how we  39 our loved ones. While I was cooking ,my daughter came up to me quietly. When I   40 , I nearly knocked her down. "Get out of the way! "I barked She ran away, with her little heart broken. I didn't realize how  41 I'd spoken.
That night, as I lay  42 in bed, God's quiet voice spoke to me and said,  "While  43 with a stranger, you're calm and polite, but with those you love, you're quick to  44 . Go and look right now on the kitchen floor. You'll   45 some flowers there by the door. Those are the flowers she brought for you. She   46 them herself. She stood there _ 47 , not to spoil your surprise, and you never saw the tears in her eyes."   48 this time, I felt sad and my own tears had begun to   49 . "Are these the flowers you picked for me?" I asked. She   50, "I found them out by the tree. 1 knew you'd like them." I said, "I'm so sorry that I   51  them today. And I shouldn't have shouted at you that way." She whispered, “Mommy, that's okay... I still love you   52 .” I hugged her.
Are you aware that if you die tomorrow, the company that you are working for could easily  53  you in a matter of days? But the family you leave behind will feel the   54 for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we  55 more into our work than into our families –an unbalanced investment (投资) indeed.
小题1:A. angry
小题2:A. noticing
小题3:A. And
小题4:A. respect
小题5:A. cooked
小题6:A. aloud
小题7:A. asleep
小题8:A. dealing
小题9:A. quarrel
小题10:A. find
小题11:A. made
小题12:A. quickly
小题13:A. In
小题14:A. come
小题15:A. added
小题16:A. missed
小题17:A. forever
小题18:A. fire
小题19:A. loss
小题20:A. pass
B. sorry
B. knowing
B. So
B. regard
B. turned
B. clearly
B. still
B. meeting
B. excite
B. take
B. bought
B. eagerly
B. By
B. form
B. cried
B. lost
B. anyway
B. pay
B. trouble
B. lead 
C. sad
C. following
C. As
C. treat
C. began
C. difficultly
C. awake
C. talking
C. shout
C. enjoy
C. prepared
C. quietly
C. For
C. fall
C. smiled
C. destroyed
C. however
C. remember
C. problem
C. run
D. unlucky
D. understanding
D. But
D. show
D. worked
D. cruelly
D. upset
D. traveling
D. mistake
D. need
D. picked
D. nervously
D. After
D. flow
D. agreed
D. forgot
D. therefore
D. replace
D. care
D. pour
                   
Tourism probably started in Roman times. Rich Romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the Roman Empire. But when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stopped.
In the early 17th century, the idea of the “Grand Tour” was born. Rich young English people sailed across the English Channel（英吉利海峡）. They visited the most beautiful and important European cities of the time, including Paris in France, and Rome and Venice in Italy. Their tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each city. The “Grand Tour” was an important part of young people’s education---but only for the rich.
In the 18th century, tourism began to change. For example, people in the UK started to visit some towns, such as Bath to “take the waters”. They believed that the water there was good for their health. So large and expensive hotels were built in these towns.
In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel towns, so they started to go for holidays by the sea. And some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.
Traveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries.
The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.
Thus tourism grew. In 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays. The company organizes everything---plane tickets, hotel rooms, even food----and tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour and modern tourist industry was born.
The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949. But tourism did not take off until 1978. In 2002, the industry was 500 billion yuan and became an important part of China’s social development.
小题1: In the early times, the travelers _____.
A．all came from RomanB．were very young and strong
C．had lots of moneyD．traveled by boat
小题2: Which is NOT true about “Grand Tour”?
A．It was a long journey.B．The young men learned a lot from it.
C．Those who took the tour weren’t rich.D．Most of its destinations were in Europe.
小题3: _____ played the most important role in the tourism development.
A．EducationB．MoneyC．TransportationD．People’s ideas
小题4: Modern tourism was born _______.
A．in 1949B．in Roman timesC．in the early 17th centuryD．in the early 19th century
小题5:The underlined phrase “take off” in the last paragraph means ______.
A．a plane rising into the airB．develop very fast
C．remove hats and clothesD．bring down the prices
“Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷).
Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movie Casino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond’s wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.
Yes, that’s parkour, an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour is considered an extreme sport. As its participants dash around a city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.
Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its participants see parkour much more than that.
Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy(理念) behind parkour. This is the same as life. You must determine your destination, go straight, jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life, to reach the destination successfully. A parkour lover said, “I love parkour because its philosophy has become my life, my way to do everything.”
Another philosophy we’ve learnt from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, at any time, anywhere in the world. It is a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence.
小题1: Parkour has become popular throughout the world because of     .
A．its founder, David BelleB．the film, Casino Royale
C．its risks and tricksD．the varieties of participants
小题2: The underlined word “obstacles” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “   ”.
A．streetsB．objects
C．barriersD．roofs
小题3: Which of the following is true of parkour?
A．It challenges human abilities.B．It is a good but boring sport.
C．It needs special training.D．It is a team sport.
小题4: As its participants move around a city,     .
A．they can ask for helpB．they may choose to escape
C．they should run to extremesD．they must learn to survive
小题5: Which of the following is the philosophy of parkour?
A．Sports and extremes.B．Excitement and popularity.
C．Dreams and success.D．Determination and freedom.
You are walking down the street, minding your own business when you see a snowball. No big deal, right? Except the snowball is as tall as you are. And weighs about a ton. Did we mention that it is June?
That’s the experience thousand of Londoners had when they crossed paths with “ Snowball in Summer,” Goldsworthy makes sculpture （雕塑）from all sorts of things he finds outside – leaves, earth, and rocks, as well as ice and snow. He wanted to find out how busy people would react to an unexpected snowball melting in their midst.
During the winter of 2008, he rolled 13 giant snowballs near his home in Scotland. He filled each one with a surprise in the center – such as berries, feathers, little stones or sheep’s wool – which would appear as the snow melted. The finished snowballs were stored in a deep freeze until summer, then transported to London in refrigerated trucks. At midnight on June 21, 2008, while the city slept, Goldsworthy and his helpers rolled their snowballs into place.
People walking to work or school must have thought the sky was falling when they stumbled across snowballs the size of baby elephants. Some of them had never even seen snow in real life, and they couldn’t help touching them in great surprise. As the snow started to melt, things got even more interesting. The perfectly round snowballs took on different shapes as the stuff inside began to poke through. Two days later, most of Goldsworthy’s snowballs were gone, and their fillings scattered. But Londoners were left with a really good story about that odd summer day when the snowball came.
小题1:What is really special about the snowballs is that ______________________.
A．they lie in the street
B．they are in the shape of baby elephants.
C．they have berries, feathers, little stones and feathers in them.
D．they appear in June.
小题2: What was the purpose of Goldsworthy in making the snowballs?
A．To find out people’s reactions to them
B．To call up people’s memory of the cold winter.
C．To show off his skills in sculpture.
D．To let people experience the cold winter.
小题3: Why did Goldsworthy and his helpers roll their snowballs into place at mid-night?
A. They didn’t want to disturb other people.
B. It was quite at that time.
C. They wanted to avoid the traffic jam.
D, They wanted to give people a surprise.
Want to save money when travelling by train? Here are some ways.
Day Returns
　　This ticket can save you up to 45% on the standard fare (车费). You have to travel after the rush hour period Mon.-Fri., but can travel at any time on Sat. or Sun.
Big city Saves
　　These are special low-priced tickets on certain trains. Yon have to book in advance----- at the　latest by 16:00 the day before you travel. It's first come, first served.
Weekend Returns
　　Weekend Returns are available (有售) for most journeys over 60 miles. Go on Fri. Sat. or Sun, and return the same weekend on Sat. or Sun, and save up to 35% the standard fare.
Monthly Returns
　　There are available for most journeys over 65 miles. Go any day and return within a month. Monthly returns save you up to 25% on the standard fare.
Family Returns
　　For ￡20 this railcard allows you to take a second adult (成人) and up to 4 children for only ￡3 each when you buy single or return tickets. You can travel as often as you like until the card becomes out of date. (200 words.建议阅读时间为3min.)
小题1: Which is the best ticket to buy if you live in London and want to go to a small town 80miles away for four days?
A．Big City SaversB．Monthly Returns
C．Weekend ReturnsD．Family Returns
小题2: A man bought himself a ticket of ￡15 and three tickets for his family with a family railcard.How much did he pay?
A．￡44B．￡29C．￡24D．￡15
Loma just had to get in touch with someone：“I had to tell my best friend something important. I tried calling her but I couldn’t get through. So I sent her an e-mail and then I spoke to her on MSN. Without technology I would not have been able to tell her. ”
Staying connected with friends and family is important for us. That’s why we asked our readers to tell us how cell-phones, e-mail, blogs, text messaging, and personal pages help them keep in touch. More than 1,500 responded.
Most of them told us they couldn’t live without technology：80％of teens said they need technology to stay in touch. Almost 30％said they’d be completely out of their friends without their cell-phones and other methods of communication.
What do they do when they’ve got news they need to share now? Most teens say they try to reach their friends by phone. But if they don’t reach them, they use QQ, e-mails, and text messaging to get the words out.
Lots of people use one way of communication—like text messaging—to get a friend’s attention and then use another where they can talk more. “My friends and I always tell each other everything that happens. So I send them text messages to tell them to come online so we can talk about it,” said Sabeiha.
“When planning to get together with friends”, Julian said, “the easiest and fastest way I know is to send a text message to my contact group.”Jocelyn said. “If I want to go to see a movie with a few friends, I usually send text message to them. By telephone, you have to call every single friend one by one. But text messaging allows you to send the same message to as many as you’d like, which saves a lot of time. ”
小题1: Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．E-mails.B．Blogs.C．Personal pages.D．Personal letters.
小题2:What do most young people use first when they have news to tell their friends?
A．MSN.B．QQ.C．Phones.D．Text message.
小题3: The underlined part “get the words out” means“     ”.
A．send the messageB．send the e-mail
C．talk with their friendsD．meet their friends
小题4: In which part of a newspaper can you find this passage?
A．Sport.B．Education.C．Technology.D．Culture.

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