Greece today is a small country in southeastern Europe. The population is about nine million, and the capital city is Athens.

   High mountains with rich, fertile land between them cover northern Greece. The hilly southern part is a peninsula called the Peloponnesus. Hundreds of islands surround the mainland. The largest island is Crete.

    No part of the nation is far from water. The Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea carved deep bays and gulfs into the long coastline. Greece has been a seafaring nation for centuries, and Greece is very well known for its shipping industry.

    More than three thousand years ago, the Greek people developed a very sophisticated society. They have a great civilization, one of the greatest that the Western would have ever seen. Greek architecture, thinking and art influenced other languages, including English. For example, the English words alphabet, democracy, and arithmetic come from Greek.

    Today Greece is one of the most popular nations with the tourists who visit Europe. Thousands of people are attracted to the country because of its beautiful scenery, magnificent ancient buildings, and its excellent summer weather.

A good title for this reading passage is _______

The Earliest Civilizations              B. The Influence of the Sea on Greece.

C. The Small but Important Nation of Greece  D. The Ionian Sea

The underlined word “carved” means _______

A. cut, made      B. said, told         C. lost, wasted       D. attracted

We may conclude that most of the food is grown in the _______.

A. north       B. east         C. south            D. west

Hills can be found _______.

A. in the southern part          B. on the Peloponnesus

C. both A and B               D. in the Aegean Sea

The Greeks had a great civilization around _______

A. 5000B.C.       B. 3000B.C.      C.1000B.C.     D.2000B.C.

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的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。
The Blind Boy
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat(帽子) by his feet. He held up a __36__ which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few __37_  in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his _ 38 _ and dropped them into the hat. He __39__ took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He __40__ the sign __41__ everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to __42__. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man who had __43__ the sign came to see __44__ things were. The boy __45__ his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said in a different way, __46__ .” What he had written was: “Today is a(n) __47__  day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
__48__ both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so __49__ that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more __50__?
Be thankful for what you have. __51__ life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to __52__. Face your past without regret. __ 53___ your present with confidence (自信). Prepare for the __54__ without fear. Keep the faith and __55__ the fear.
36. A. cover                        B. sign                         C. board                            D. note
37. A. cashes                      B. treasures              C. pennies               D. coins
38. A. pocket                      B. can                          C. backpack             D. case
39. A. still                            B. then                        C. already                D. yet
40. A. put on               B. put out                 C. put off                  D. put back
41. A. in case                      B. now that               C. so that                 D. as though
42. A. mix up                      B. show up                 C. fill up           D. make up
43. A. changed                            B. prepared               C. supported           D. reached
44. A. what                         B. why                         C. where                  D. how
45. A. realized                    B. recognized            C. felt                        D. discovered
46. A. though                     B. but                          C. yet                        D. still
47. A. average                   B. successful             C. harmonious        D. beautiful
48. A. After all         B. In the long term   C. Of course          D. As a matter of fact
49. A. happy                       B. disappointed        C. lucky                     D. strange
50. A. effective                  B. brave                      C. surprising           D. scientific
51. A. Once                         B. When                     C. While          D. Because
52. A. smile                         B. exist                       C. survive                 D. prove
53. A. Look into                  B. Search for             C. Deal with            D. Depend on
54. A. tomorrow                B. adventure             C. future                  D. sunrise
55. A. preserve                  B. charge                   C. run                        D. drop

A person named Bernard Jackson today is a free man, but he has many bitter memories. He spent five years in prison after a jury (陪审团)wrongly convicted (判处…有罪) him of raping two women. At Jackson’s trial, although two witnesses testified that Jackson was with them in another location at the time of the crime, he was convicted  anyway. Why? The jury believed the testimony(证词)of the two victims, who positively identified Jackson as the man who had attacked them. The court eventually freed Jackson after the police found the real criminal.
Many factors influence the accuracy of eyewitness testimony. For instance, witnesses sometimes see photographs of several suspects before they try to identify the person they saw in a group of people. They can become confused by seeing many photographs of similar faces. The number of people in the group, and whether it is a person or a photograph, may also affect a witness’s decision. People sometimes have difficulty identifying people of other races. The questions the police ask witnesses also have an effect on them.
Many people believe that police officers are more reliable than ordinary people. Psychologists decided to test this idea, and they discovered that it is not true. Two psychologists showed a film of crimes to both police officers and civilians. The psychologists found no difference between the police and the civilians in correctly remembering the details of the crimes.
Despite all the possibilities for inaccuracy, courts cannot omit eyewitness testimony from a trial. American courts depend almost completely on eyewitness testimony to resolve(决定)court cases. Sometimes it is the only evidence to a crime, such as rape. Furthermore, eyewitness testimony is often correct. Although people do sometimes make mistakes, and convict innocent people, more importantly, eyewitness testimony has rightly convicted a larger number of guilty people.
American courts depend on the ability of the twelve jurors, and not the judges, to determine the accuracy of the witness’s testimony. It is their responsibility to decide if a certain witness could actually see, hear and remember what happened.
【小题1】Bernard Jackson was found guilty and sentenced 5 years’ prison because________.

A.the victims insisted that he was the attacker
B.he admitted the crime of raping two women
C.the police discovered evidence leading to his guilt
D.the eyewitness proved the victims’ testimony
【小题2】 The following statements may be the reasons for why sometimes the eyewitness’ testimony is not accurate EXCEPT ________.
A.the eyewitness is confused by the police’s questions
B.the eyewitness is shown photos of many similar faces
C.the eyewitness lacks the professional help from police
D.the eyewitness can’t identify people of other races clearly.
【小题3】An inaccurate eyewitness testimony may lead to________.
A.the misunderstanding of the case
B.the disbelief in the court
C.the disrespect for the eyewitness
D.the conviction of an innocent person
【小题4】Eyewitness testimony is important because ___________.
A.it can be relied on to detect criminals in all cases.
B.it is sometimes the only way to resolve court cases.
C.it is sometimes the only clue for police investigation.
D.it is more reliable than physical evidences to a crime.
【小题5】 According to the text, we can infer that ________.
A.eyewitness testimony is valuable, though sometimes incorrect.
B.police identification is more reliable than that of the ordinary people
C.crime victims often fail to give positive identification of the suspects
D.the jury relies on the judge than the eyewitness for a decision

Bolivia has a population three and a half million . About one tenth of the total population are white ; one-fourth are mixed Indians and white ; and more than half are full-blooded Indians . The government and the industries are under the control of the white people .
The Indians today live in much the same way as their ancestors . Most of them are farmers . Many work in the mines , for mining is the most important industry on Bolivia’s . Of all the mining products , tin is the most important , which makes up three-fourths of all Bolivia’s exports . The eastern slopes of the Andes , since there are very few roads there , are fertile but not highly developed . The two primary means of transportation are river boats and porters . East of the hill region are the great plains where tropical plants are grown . A serious problem for Bolivia is the transport of food from the warm regions , where it is grown to the mountainous regions , where most of the people live .
Bolivia gained its independence from Spain about a hundred years ago . It has been slow in developing , but its rich resources promise a better future in it .
【小题1】The majority of the Bolivian population are        .

A.full-blooded Indians
B.mixed Indian and white
C.white citizens
D.all whites and mixed-blooded people
【小题2】The Indian’s way of life today is       
A.quite different from that of their ancestors
B.quite interesting
C.almost the same as their ancestors’
D.very exciting
【小题3】The main product Bolivia exports is       
A.tropical plantsB.gold and silverC.tin D.food
【小题4】Bolivia has been slow in developing , but it has hope for a better future because of its        .
A.mining products B.rich resources
C.independence from SpainD.two primary means of transportation


第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题,每小题2分,满分40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。
The truth in other words
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked: “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said: “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was : “Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.             The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is : Be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help where you can.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!
56. The man wrote some words on one side of the boy’s sign because       .
A. he thought that the blind boy didn’t know how to write
B. he wanted to prove that the boy was really blind
C. he thought that the boy couldn’t get any money
D. he wanted to help the poor blind boy
57. The changed sign worked better than the original one because        .
A. the original sign told people to do things, which people don’t like
B. the second sign made people see their health as a gift, which made them willing to help
C. the original sign pointed out a kind of suffering that people don’t care about at all
D. the second sign drew people’s attention to another problem the boy had
58. We can learn from the story that the man who rewrote the sign was        .
A. creative      B. patient       C. funny      D. curious
59. The story shows us that        .
A. thinking in a different way can get us out of trouble
B. learning to be thankful for what we have may help us to live happier lives
C. creative thinking may bring us better results
D. being kind and respectful will encourage blind people to help themselves

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