B 易读度★★★
(R=Reporter; S=Sadie Caddock)
R: What is the best part about your job as an am'mator (动画片制作者) ？
S： I love to be able to bring a character to life. If I can imagine it,I can make it happen on the screen. It's a great feeling.
R: What was your favorite project (项目) ？
S： My favorite project was a movie called It's a Zoo out here. Unlike commercials(广告) and TV shows,a movie is longer and usually lets you explore the characters and story. For It's a Zoo Out There,I worked with a fim team of animators to create more than thirty animal characters. It was really an interesting experience.
R: How long does it take you to finish a project?
S： Well,it depends. It might take me a week to finish my part of a short commercial. As for a movie,one year may be not enough. It also depends on whether I’m drawing by hand or using a computer. Computers make the work go much faster. However,I sometimes find that drawing by hand is more creative.
R: Do you have any plans in the near future?
S： I will take a long holiday. I plan to visit some other countries. After that,I will continue working hard. I hope to make more animated movies!
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
() 51. What does Sadie like best about her job?
A. Telling a story.
B. Drawing by hand.
C. Making commercials.
D. Bringing characters to life.
() 52. The underlined word “explore” is closest in meaning to.
A. guess B. compare
C depend more on D. find more about
() 53. How might Sadie feel when she worked on It's a Zoo Out There?
A. Tired. B. Happy,
C Angry. D. Surprised.
() 54. What is Sadie going to do in the near future?
A. Take a holiday.
B. Finish a commercial
C. Create a new animal character.
D. Visit some cities in her country.
() 55. What does Sadie mainly talk about?
A. Working as an animator.
B. Making animated movies.
C Working with a team.
D. Drawing with a computer.
阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)
A易读度★★☆
One day,a donkey and a monkey were talking together about how unhappy they were.
“My ears are so long that all the animals laugh at me,” said the donkey. “I wish that I had two beautiftil /??rAW (角) on my head."
“You look well enough,” said the monkey. “But just look at me. Every time I turn lily back,the other animals laugh at me."
“Why do the other animals laugh at you?” asked the donkey. “You look all right to me."
“They laugh at my flmny-boking 如"(尾巴) ，” said the monkey. “In fact,if I have a great tail,I will be a beautiful animal!”
A mole(鼹鼠) heard the talk between the donkey and the monkey.
“Hold your towgwes (舌头) ，both of you,” said the mole. uYou should be thankful for what you have. How would you like to be a mole? The moles have no horns at all. The moles have no tail to speak of. The moles live in the dark most of the time. The moles are almost blind”
The donkey and the monkey said no more about the things they did not have.
We should be satisfied with what we have. There are always others not as we" (处境好的) as ourselves.
() 46. From the passage,we can know that the donkey .
A. wanted a big tail
B. wanted beautiful horns
C. thought the mole's ears were too short
D. thought the monkey’s tail was very funny
() 47. What were the donkey and the monkey both unhappy about?
A. Where they lived.
B. How they looked,
C. What they had to eat.
D. How much work they had.
() 48. When the mole said ,“Hold your tongues”， what was he telling the donkey and the monkey to do?
A. Stop talking in such a way.
B. Keep on talking to each other,
C. Hold each other's tongue.
D. Hold the tongue of their own.
() 49. Which of the following is TRUE about the mole?
A. He has a big head.
B. He has a long tail,
C. He is almost blind.
D. He never lives in the dark.
() 50. What lesson did the mole want the donkey and the monkey to leam?
A. Be thankful for who they are.
B. Good things come to those,who wait.
C. People with the same interests can be friends.
D. Communicating well with others is important.
Ⅵ. 完形填空(每小?1分，共10分)
先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
易读度★ ★ ☆
Going away to university is always a hard time,both for the students who are leaving home and their parents,who are staying behind. Here is a father’s 36 to his daughter,by Stuart Price.
Don’t (抱怨) too much about how much work you have to do. We work a lot too. You,re not a child anymore now; 37 it.
Understand the fact that we 38 to get a dog while you were at home,then suddenly bought one as soon as you moved out. You know,with a dog,we’ 11 feel less 39 .
It's a great thing for you to go to university to study further,but it doesn’t 40 that you,re cleverer than everybody else. Don’t think that your family are silly. We,re really not.
Let 41 come and visit you sometimes. We promise to try not to embarrass you in front of your friends. We just want to see you for a short time and take you out 42 a meal.
Don’t waste too much time on Facebook. You 43 time for all that work you have to do,remember?
Don’t 44 to call home from time to time and don't get bored if we phone you. 45 we don't call,you won’t know how much we care about you!
() 36. A. control B. answer
C. service D. advice
() 37. A. be similar to B. be used to
C. run out of D. come up with
() 38. A. refused B. decided
C. promised D. allowed
() 39. A. terrible B. lonely
C. comfortable D. successful
() 40. A. agree B. accept
C. mean D. mind
() 41. A. it B. us C. me D. them
() 42. A. for B. past C. against D. through
() 43. A. change B. depend C. create D. need
() 44. A. choose B. wait
C. forget D. expect
() 45. A. If B. Before
C. Unless D. Although
() 35. —I’ m sorry. I broke your cup.
— .I’11 buy one later.
A. It's right B. It's not a big deal
C. It's dangerous D. It's not a good idea
() 34. Don’t depend on your parents anymore. You should learn to yourself.
A. look forward to B. get on with C. be sure about D. take care of
() 33. When Miss Smith came into the classroom,Jenny ? book.
A. read B. reads
C. was reading D. is reading
() 32. —Are they going to the old museum?
—Yes. They will build a shopping center here.
A. take down B. set up
C. find out D. cut off
() 31. There's no need for you about him.
He has grown up.
A. worrying B. to worry
C. worry D. worried
() 30. Any team can us if we don't prepare for the soccer game very well.
A. beat B. train C. hurt D. win
() 29. —Do you think teachers will allow us during the exam?
—Of course not.
A. talk B. talking
C. to talk D. talked