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The oldest man has just celebrated his hundredth birthday and the reporter of a paper called on him. After congratulating the old fellow, the reporter asked a few questions. “For what reason do you live so long?” The reporter asked. The old man thought a moment and then, holding up his fingers, began “I never smoke, drink or overeat and always rise at six in the morning.” “But,” the reporter didn’t agree and said, “I had an uncle who acted in this way, yet he only lived to be eighty. How do you explain the cause of that?”

1. The reporter called on the old man ________.

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A. soon after his birthday

B. on his birthday

C. because he didn’t believe the old man lived so long

D. as soon as he received an invitation from the old man

2. The reporter asked the old man ________.

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A. what he usually drank or ate for health

B. how he had been able to live so many years

C. how he enjoyed his hundredth birthday

D. what he should do in order to keep fit

3. The word “overeat” means ________.

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A. eat after the usual dinner time

B. eat before the usual dinner

C. eat more meat but fewer vegetables

D. eat too much

4. The reporter was not satisfied with the old man’s reply because he knew that ________.

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A. smoking and drinking are harmful to the health

B. the old man did not tell the truth

C. the old was not really a hundred years old

D. his uncle didn’t live as long as the old man

5. According to the old man the difference between the old man and the uncle was that ________.

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A. in the morning the old man got up earlier than the uncle

B. the uncle didn’t get in touch with the old man

C. the uncle did not continue the health-keeping

D. the uncle didn’t give up the health-keeping measure

答案：A;B;D;D;C

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III．阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分；满分30分）
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The food we eat seems to have a great effect on our health. Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of human illness is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to food as well. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, some researchers realized that things commonly used to keep color in meats and other food additives（添加剂）caused cancer.
Yet, these additives remain in our food, and it is difficult to know which things on the wrappings of foods are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin (青霉素) to their animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of cows. Sometimes similar tings are supplied to animals not for their health, but just to make a profit.
The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to get a higher price on the market. Although some countries have tried to control such things, the practice continues.
51. According to this passage, we can know___________.
A. cancer was discovered in 1945
B. science has made food unfit to eat
C. perhaps most of human illness is caused by what we eat
D. perhaps most kinds of cancer are related to what people eat
52. The additives in food_________.
A. are bright and colorless                   B. have indirect effects on our health
C. have direct effects on our health          D. have direct and indirect effects on our health
53. People use additives_________.
A. to change color of the food               B. to make food more unfit to eat
C. to take off the diseases of the food        D. to improve the color and taste of the food
54. Which of the following is Not true?
A. We needn’t take care of what we eat.
B. Some wrappings of food are harmful.
C. “The practice continues” means “things are still going on like that”.
D. Farmers try to make more money on the market by fattening their animals.

IV.阅读理解（共17小题；每小题２分，满分34分）

Like cats, geckos（壁虎）always land on their feet. If they happen to fall from a wall or leaf they’ve been climbing, a quick move of the tail makes sure that they always land on their feet first, a new study finds.

Geckos are truly built for climbing: their feet have hairy toes that can fix themselves to a wall or other vertical（竖直的）surfaces. However, geckos’ feet can’t always keep hold and they may fall to the ground. When geckos fall or jump off a wall, they always land stomach-side down. Geckos’ long tails become necessary during their falls, the new study shows.

Researchers did an experiment. They placed geckos up-side-down on the underside of a leaf. When they lost their foothold and fell, the geckos pitched （倾斜）their tails for balance. They then rotated（旋转）their tails to make their bodies rotate. As soon as they were right-side up, they stopped rotating. On average, it only took the geckos about a tenth of a second to right themselves so that they would land on their feet.

Cats use a different way to land on their feet after a fall. As their tails don’t have the power like geckos’ tails, cats can’t use them to right themselves. Instead they twist their bodies around mid-air.

Engineers are trying to build a robot that imitates the geckos’ climbing ability. A tail will be fixed to the robot to allow it to keep balance.

54. What do we know about geckos?

A. Their toes make it possible for them to walk on walls.

B. Their tails can fix them to a wall or other vertical surfaces.

C. They often land on their backs when they jump off walls.

D. It takes them a second to right themselves in mid-air.

55. How do cats avoid their injury during a fall?

A. By twisting their bodies. B. By fixing their toes to the ground.

C. By using their tails to right themselves. D. By landing upside-down.

56. Geckos’ special abilities have given engineers some new ideas to _________.

A. allow robots to climb vertical surfaces

B. reproduce geckos like robots

C. invent robots that can rotate on the ground

D. invent robots that can balance themselves using their tails

57. What is the text mainly talking about?

A. The interesting living habits of geckos. B. The differences between cats and geckos.

C. Why geckos always land on their feet. D. How geckos climb up vertical walls.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

An 80-year-old couple was having problems remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them.

When they arrived at the doctor’s, they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the doctor told them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.

Later that night, while watching TV, the man got up from his chair and his wife asked, “Where are you going?”

He replied, “To the kitchen.”

She asked, “Will you get me a cup of ice cream?”

He replied, “Sure.”

She then asked him, “Don’t you think you should write it down so you can remember it?”

He said, “No, I can remember that.”

She then said, “Well, I would also like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down because I know you’ll forget that.”

He said, “I can remember that. You want a cup of ice cream with strawberries.”

She replied, “Well, I also would like some whipped cream on top. I know you will forget that so you’d better write it down.”

With anger in his voice, he said, “I don’t need to write that down! I can remember that.” He then went into the kitchen.

After about 20 minutes he returned from the kitchen and handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She stared at the plate for a moment and said angrily, “I told you to write it down! You forgot my bread!”

56. The doctor suggested the couple that they should ____.

A. live with their children B. keep notes to improve their memory

C. do some sports D. have an operation

57. While watching TV, the wife asked her husband to take her ____.

A. some strawberries B. something in the kitchen

C. a plate of bacon and eggs D. ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream

58. After seeing the doctor, the couple ____.

A. changed their life totally B. followed the doctor’s advice

C. did anything as before D. found the way of taking notes helpful

59. The husband got angry because his wife ____.

A. asked him to take her an ice cream

B. complained he forgot to take her bread

C. asked him to take her a plate of bacon and eggs

D. reminded him to write down what he would do

60. From the passage we can infer that the old couple ____.

A. still had something wrong with their memory after seeing the doctor

B. had poor health, so they went to see their doctor

C. obeyed their doctor’s advice and carried it out successfully

D. got their memory improved after seeing the doctor

三.阅读理解(40分)

Americans have contributed to many art forms, but jazz, a type of music, is the only art form that was created in the United States. Jazz was created by black Americans. Many blacks were brought from Africa to America as slaves. The black slaves sang and played the music of their homeland.

Jazz is a mixture of many different kinds of music. It is a combination (合并) of the music of west Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious music. Improvisation(即兴创作)is an important jazz. This means that the musicians make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time it is played.

Jazz bands formed in the late nineteenth century. They played in bars and clubs in many towns and cities of the South, especially in New Orleans.

New Orleans is an imitational seaport, and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.

Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way, jazz continues to grow and change.

1．From the passage we know that_____________created jazz.

A．white American B．black Americans

C．West Africans D．Indian Americans

2．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．It mainly tell about the contributions made by Americans to music.

B．It is mainly about different kinds of music.

C．It is about how jazz bands formed.

D．It is mainly about the history of jazz.

3．It can be known from the passage that jazz bands have a history of_________.

A．about 100 years B．around 200 years

C．about 150 years D．around 250 years

4．What kind of characteristics does jazz have?

A． It is always changing.

B．It is only played in the United States.

C．It is completely different from other music.

D．It is played in bars, clubs and concert halls.

第三部分阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet website called a “blog”. The word “blog” is a short way of saying “web log”, or “personal website”. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like.

There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information and ideas to the people who read them. They contain links to other websites. And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others.

A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3,000 web logs. It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls. They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.

However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products.

At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service “weblogs.com”. He said the site became too costly to continue. He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it. They are now upset because they did not know that the site was closed.

One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket. Rebecca Blood created the website in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That article led to a book called The Weblog Handbook. It has been translated into four languages so far.

Miss Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about thirty thousand visitors a month. She writes about anything and everything—politics, culture and movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how to prevent being stolen from online bank accounts.

1. The text is mainly written to ________.

A. introduce an Internet website called “blog” B. tell readers about blogs

C. introduce a short way of saying “web log” D. tell readers how to write blogs

2. From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except ________.

A. different ideas B. medical advice

C. advertisements D. account passwords

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

A. Politicians don’t use blogs at all.

B. A lot of bloggers no longer write or read blogs.

C. Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls.

D. Dave Winer closed his “weblogs.com” because of the money shortage.

4. The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that ________.

A. it was created by a woman B. it is about the history of blogs

C. it provides useful information and advice

D. it has editions in at least four different languages

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