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Paris has the Eiffel Tower(艾菲尔铁塔), Rome the Colosseum(圆形大剧场), New York the Statue of Liberty. These symbolic landmarks are recognizable worldwide.

Brussels(布鲁塞尔) meanwhile has the Manneken Piss(撒尿小童). Think of the Belgian(比利时的) capital and if anything, you think of the small peeing(撒尿) boy—a 60-centimeter-high bronze figure standing on a block, supplying a constant stream of water to the basin under him.

Some might laugh. But for Jacques Stroobants, the statue is up there with the best of them. “I am proud of him. People come from all around the world to see him, ”says 60-year-old Stroobants with a fatherly glance at the little boy.

As the most famous landmark of Brussels, Manneken Piss has a very special place in the heart of Belgians.

The original Manneken Piss dates back to 1388, but the statue tourists see today dates from 1619 when the city built a second one, after the original was destroyed.

There are many stories surrounding the legend of Manneken Piss. Nobody knows why he was created. One story is that he saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a deadly fire with his well-aimed wee-wee(小便). But the most believable story is that the boy—the son of a wealthy nobleman(贵族) —was missing and feared kidnapped(绑架). The father had a statue built in honor of the way his son was found—peeing against a tree.

1. The Manneken Piss is the symbol of__________, which stands on a block of__________.

A. England; the capital

B. Italy; a provincial capital　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

C. Belgium; the capital

D. Swede; the capital

2. Why does the Manneken Piss have a very special place in the heart of Belgians?

A. Because it provides a good resting place for the Belgians.

B. Because it is a special statue with many beautiful and moving legends.

C. Because it’s good-looking with water running continuously.

D. Because it helps the Belgians make a lot of money every year.

3. If Belgians regard the Manneken as a hero, they may be more willing to believe the statue was made__________.

A. for a country boy who was peeing against a big tree

B. in honor of the boy who saved Brussels by putting out the flames of a big fire with his wee-wee

C. in honor of a little Belgian soldier who gave his life for his country

D. for the son of a rich man who was lost

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION（30 points）
Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．
Next time you find yourself drenched (湿透) in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright side – it will be a memorable experience. While wet weather may make us feel gloomy, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall. But those who feel in a good mood because it’s a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers.
Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said: “It seems strange but a little bit of sadness is a good thing. People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they wee in a slightly negative mood. On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, the flunked it.”
The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check – out counter. On rainy days, sad music was played in the store. When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music. This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods. After shopping, customers were asked how many of the objects they could remember. Their scores were three times higher when the weather was had and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days. The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. A report on the findings said: “They point to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods.”
Professor Forgas said, “We found that weather – inducted negative mood improved memory accuracy. Shoppers in a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination ability.”
A worse mood helped to focus people’s attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness.
Being happy tends to promote a thinking style that is less focused on our surroundings. In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap (匆忙的) judgments about people we meet. Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style.
Accurately remembering everyday scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be on importance in everyday life. Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood.
56．What’s the major function of Paragraph 1?
A．To attract readers’ interest.
B．To introduce the theme of the whole passage.
C．To generalize the whole passage.
D．To describe a memorable experience.
57．The underlined word “flunked” in Paragraph2 may mean “       ”.
A．conducted B．failed       C．passed      D．understood
58．In the research, researchers play different music to         .
A．make customers become sadder or happier
B．help customers choose what they want
C．promote customers to buy more goods
D．get customers to make a quick choice
59．According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people         .
A．will make careful judgments on others
B．tend to pay more attention to their surroundings
C．will have more confidence
D．will have a better recall
60．What can we know from the research?
A．Forgetfulness is rather troublesome.
B．It’s important to feel in a good mood.
C．It’s memorable to experience a rainy day.
D．Gloomy days are good for memorizing things.

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION（30 points）

Directions: Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage．

Next time you find yourself drenched (湿透) in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright side – it will be a memorable experience. While wet weather may make us feel gloomy, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall. But those who feel in a good mood because it’s a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers.

Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said: “It seems strange but a little bit of sadness is a good thing. People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they wee in a slightly negative mood. On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, the flunked it.”

The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check – out counter. On rainy days, sad music was played in the store. When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music. This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods. After shopping, customers were asked how many of the objects they could remember. Their scores were three times higher when the weather was had and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days. The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. A report on the findings said: “They point to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods.”

Professor Forgas said, “We found that weather – inducted negative mood improved memory accuracy. Shoppers in a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination ability.”

A worse mood helped to focus people’s attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness.

Being happy tends to promote a thinking style that is less focused on our surroundings. In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap (匆忙的) judgments about people we meet. Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style.

Accurately remembering everyday scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be on importance in everyday life. Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood.

56．What’s the major function of Paragraph 1?

A．To attract readers’ interest.

B．To introduce the theme of the whole passage.

C．To generalize the whole passage.

D．To describe a memorable experience.

57．The underlined word “flunked” in Paragraph2 may mean “ ”.

A．conducted B．failed C．passed D．understood

58．In the research, researchers play different music to .

A．make customers become sadder or happier

B．help customers choose what they want

C．promote customers to buy more goods

D．get customers to make a quick choice

59．According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people .

A．will make careful judgments on others

B．tend to pay more attention to their surroundings

C．will have more confidence

D．will have a better recall

60．What can we know from the research?

A．Forgetfulness is rather troublesome.

B．It’s important to feel in a good mood.

C．It’s memorable to experience a rainy day.

D．Gloomy days are good for memorizing things.

完形填空。

     Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University. We were
all a bit   1   of our landlord, a rough middle-aged man. He gave us a lecture about paying the   2   on time and
maintaining the house and appliances.
     During the fall semester, my housemates and I threw a   3 . We sent invitations to many friends and told
everyone to come to our house on Friday night. We   4   a large crowd and everyone had a great   5 . The
last guests left in the wee (凌晨一两点) hours of the morning.
     Exhausted, we decided to sleep in and clean the house and yard the next morning. Well, you   6   it! We
were awakened about 7:00 a.m. by our   7 , who was knocking on the door. Sleepily, we let him in,   8   to
incur his wrath (招致他的怒气). Instead, he picked up a party invitation that had been   9 on the sidewalk
and asked, "Why didn't you girls invite me?" He came into the house,  10  a minor repair, and spent a few
minutes helping us pick up trash from the yard. We weren't quite sure what use to make of our unexpected
luck, but we were thrilled that our landlord had been so  11 .
    A few months later, I made a mathematical error while balancing my checkbook and my bank soon
informed me that I had bounced (跳过) a  12 . I was ashamed when I discovered that it was my rent check
and  13  I had to let my landlord know. I figured that he  14  my housemates and I as irresponsible after the
party incident and this would  15  him right. I was certain that he would drive me away.  16 , I gathered the
courage to call him and explained what had happened. He said, "I have a daughter about your age, and the
same thing happened to her  17  . Would you like to wait until next month and send a  18  payment then?"
     I've never forgotten our landlord's kindness and understanding. He also taught me an important lesson
about not judging a book by its  19 . I'm proud to say that I have not bounced a check  20  (though I have
thrown a few more parties)!

(     )1. A. tired
(     )2. A. rent
(     )3. A. table
(     )4. A. enjoyed
(     )5. A. time
(     )6. A. guess
(     )7. A. housemate
(     )8. A. expecting
(     )9. A. lain
(     )10. A. took
(     )11. A. understanding
(     )12. A. card
(     )13. A. that
(     )14. A. knew
(     )15. A. announce
(     )16. A. Somehow
(     )17. A. then
(     )18. A. another
(     )19. A. cover
(     )20. A. after

B. ashamed
B. house
B. party
B. drew
B. fun
B. are guessing
B. neighbour
B. hoping
B. laying
B. gave
B. annoying
B. bill
B. which
B. viewed
B. show
B. Meanwhile
B. once
B. double
B. colour
B. since

C. fond
C. price
C. course
C. wanted
C. joy
C. guessed
C. parents
C. thinking
C. lying
C. made
C. careful
C. account
C. what
C. looked
C. prove
C. Moreover
C. again
C. same
C. content
C. ever

D. afraid
D. money
D. landlord
D. picked
D. trouble
D. had guessed
D. landlord
D. considering
D. laid
D. lad
D. fierce
D. check
D. 不填
D. thought
D. suggest
D. However
D. later
D. large
D. title
D. before

第三节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(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。

Two friends and I moved into a house off campus when I was a junior at Iowa State University. We were all a bit 21 of our landlord, a rough middle-aged man. He gave us a lecture about paying the 22 on time and maintaining the house and appliances.

During the fall semester, my housemates and I threw a 23 . We sent invitations to many friends and told everyone to come to our house on Friday night. We 24 a large crowd and everyone had a great 25 . The last guests left in the wee(凌晨一两点) hours of the morning.

Exhausted, we decided to sleep in and clean the house and yard the next morning. Well, you 26 it! We were awakened about 7:00 a.m. by our 27 , who was knocking on the door. Sleepily, we let him in, 28 to incur his wrath（招致他的怒气）. Instead, he picked up a party invitation that had been 29 on the sidewalk and asked, "Why didn't you girls invite me?" He came into the house, 30 a minor repair, and spent a few minutes helping us pick up trash from the yard. We weren't quite sure what use to make of our unexpected luck, but we were thrilled that our landlord had been so 31 .

A few months later, I made a mathematical error while balancing my checkbook and my bank soon informed me that I had bounced(跳过) a 32 . I was ashamed when I discovered that it was my rent check and 33 I had to let my landlord know. I figured that he 34 my housemates and I as irresponsible after the party incident and this would 35 him right. I was certain that he would drive me away. 36 , I gathered the courage to call him and explained what had happened. He said, "I have a daughter about your age, and the same thing happened to her 37 . Would you like to wait until next month and send a 38 payment then?"

I've never forgotten our landlord's kindness and understanding. He also taught me an important lesson about not judging a book by its 39 . I'm proud to say that I have not bounced a check 40 (though I have thrown a few more parties)!

21. A. tired B. ashamed C. fond D. afraid

22. A. rent B. house C. price D. money

23. A. table B. party C. course D. landlord

24. A. enjoyed B. drew C. wanted D. picked

25. A. time B. fun C. joy D. trouble

26. A. guess B. are guessing C. guessed D. had guessed

27. A. housemate B. neighbour C. parents D. landlord

28. A. expecting B. hoping C. thinking D. considering

29. A. lain B. laying C. lying D. laid

30. A. took B. gave C. made D. lad

31. A. understanding B. annoying C. careful D. fierce

32. A. card B. bill C. account D. check

33. A. that B. which C. what D. 不填

34. A. knew B. viewed C. looked D. thought

35. A. announce B. show C. prove D. suggest

36. A. Somehow B. Meanwhile C. Moreover D. However

37. A. then B. once C. again D. later

38. A. another B. double C. same D. large

39. A. cover B. colour C. content D. title

40. A. after B. since C. ever D. before

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