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    Celebrated across Thailand,the Songkran Festival is a holiday

61. welcomes the New Year

with a countrywide water fight. It is also celebrated in other Asian countries like Cambodia and Laos,but the

celebration in Thailand 62.(know) to be the most exciting.

    Songkran was at first a time to visit families,clean away the old year and bring in a fresh one. Many Thais cleaned away the old year by 63. (wash) their homes and any (佛像) around the house. They would collect the water that ran over the Buddhas and pour 64. onto the shoulders of family members for good lucjk.

    65. (final) the original purpose of the holiday became less important than the national water fight

66. (love) by Thais and foreigners today. The 67.(energy) people use whatever they can get their hands on and make each other wet with water.

     Every year,68. large number of tourists gather in Thailand to welcome the 69. (arrive)

of Songkran. If you plan 70. (visit) Thailand,the days of Songkran are a great time to get to know Thai traditions.

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    Recently,my family and I visited Kaikoura,a coastal town in New Zealand. The first evenmg it seemed a 4  place,but the next day I remembered what I'd 42 about it in a magazine — that it was often 43 to see (海脉) and whales there!

     My family and I 44 on a gray,windy morning on a small boat. 45,the sky turned blue ten minutes later. Soon we 46 the place where we were supposed to go swimming. To my 47 ,this was more than 40 km from land. I was quite 48  by this time,and wondered why we came all the way out there,when 49 someone shouted “Dolphins!”

   All I could 50 were 力似(鱼續) everywhere 一 there were about one hundred dolphins,all 51 towards our boat!Many of them were jumping around in the water 52 they were asking us to come and play. I 53 my 奶ork/ (潜水通气 管) and jumped into the sea. Then I tried to make 54 in the water to attract them. What made me

55 was that they heard me and came to swim around me. Amazingly,a dolphin kept following me,but then changed his 56 and swam in another direction. It really made me realize how 57 these animals are.

   About an hour later,it was time for US to get back onto the 58 . I really enjoyed myself,but I was a little cold and 59 to leave the water. I noticed that everyone on board was smiling and I realized what a very 60 moment we’d had.

41. A. busy   B. boring      C. safe   D. great

42. A. read   B. sung        C. taught   D. drawn

43. A. impolite   B. terrible

   C. difficult    D. possible

44. A. gave up     B. turned back

  C. set off      D. dressed up

45. A. Besides      B. However

   C. On the whole   D. In other words

46. A. reached   B. left    C. crossed   D. missed

47. A. joy   B. regret

   C. shame   D. surprise

48. A. shy   B. wet    C. cold   D. hungry

49. A. secretly   B. suddenly

    C. certainly   D. naturally

50. A. see    B. hear    C. smell   D. touch

51. A. waving   B. climbing

   C. looking   D. swimming

52. A. even if   B. so that

   C. as if   D. now that

53. A. sold   B. put on    C. lost   D. picked off

54. A. sounds   B. faces 

   C. decisions   D. promises

55. A. angry      B. relaxed

   C. worried   D. excited

56. A. life   B. food    C. mind   D. habit

57. A. lazy   B. dangerous

   C. powerful   D. intelligent

58. A. bus   B. boat    C. train   D. truck

59. A. decided   B. forgot

  C. disagreed   D. failed

60. A. bad   B. strange

  C. special   D. quiet

                      Kids and food: advice for parents

    It is important for parents to know how to help their kids eat healthy. Here are a few easy ways:

Parents control the supply lines.

    36 Though kids may keep asking for less (有营养的) foods,parents should decide

which foods are regularly provided in the house. Kids won’ t go hungry. They’ 11 eat what's available in the fridge at home.

Say goodbye to the “clean-plate club”.

    37 Lots of parents grew up under the clean-plate rule,but that way doesn,t help kids listen to their own bodies when they are full. When kids feel full,theyJ re less likely to overeat.

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     Food preferences are developed early in life,so tìy to offer different kinds of food. Likes and dislikes begin forming even when kids are babies. Parents may need to serve a new food on several different occasio/is (时机) for a child to accept it. 

Food is not love.

     Find better ways to say u\ love you/' When foods are used to reward kids and show love,they may start to turn to food when feeling worried or unhappy. 39 

Kids do as you do.

      40 When trying to teach good eating habits,try to set the best example. Choose nutritious food,eat at the table,and don't forget breakfasts.

   A. Start them young.

   B. Rewrite the kids* menu.

      C. Be a role model and eat heal?ty yourself.

   D. Offer praise and attention instead of food treats.

   E. Let kids stop eating when they feel they’ve had enough.

   F. You decide which foods to buy and when to serve them.

   G. Let kids choose what to eat and how much of it they want.

                          C

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   Most buildings are built to stand up straight,but these look as if they might fall over!

The church tower of Suurhusen 

      Built in 1450,the 27-metre-high church tower lies in Suurhusen,Germany. It was built in wet land on foundations of oak tree (树千) .When the land was drained(排水) later,the wood broke down,causing one side of the tower to be a little lower than the other. In 1975,the tower became a real hazard and people were not allowed to enter until the foundations were made strong again. The /eaw (倾斜) of the tower is now about five degrees.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa

     The work of building the tower began in 1173,and was finally completed in 1372. In fact,it began to lean after just a couple of floors were built. And this condition continued in the centuries after its completion. The tower was finally closed to the public in 1990 after people fajled to stabilize(使稳固) its foundations. In 2001,it was reopened after engineers repioved soil from underneath its raised side. Now it leans just an angle of 3. 97 degrees.

Capital Gate of Abu Dhabi

   Completed in 2011,the Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi was designed to lean eighteen degrees. The building stands next to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre and contains,among other things,a fine hotel with wonderful views of the harbour. Also known as the leaning tower of Abu Dhabi,the tower is one of the tallest buildings in the city.

Big Ben of London

 T   he building leans 0. 26 degrees to the northwest. This was mainly caused by the engineering projects(项目) that have been carried out in the ground below it since the late 1800s. The tower,which has been continuously open since it was completed in 1858,has nowhere near the lean of the Tower of Pisa and is still completely safe to enter.

32. The underlined word “hazard” in Paragraph 2

probably me?ns “”.

   A. danger        B. church

    C. castle        D. treasure

33. What can we learn about the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

   A. It didnn't lean until ten years after its completion.

   B. It took almost two hundred years to complete.

    C. It was built on foundations of oak tree trunks.

   D. It has been open since it was completed.

34. Which of the following towers leans the most according to the text?

   A. The church tower of Suurhusen.

   B. The Leaning Tower of Pisa,

    C. Capital Gate of Abu Dhabi.

   D. Big Ben of London.

35. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. The history of towers

   B. The art of building a tower

    C. The leaning towers of the world  

    D. Top four tallest towers in Europe

                  C

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     Some unwelcome visitors from North America have been turning up in the waters off the coast of Great Britain.

    North American (龙坏) have been found in the North Sea (between Great Britain and Northwest Europe) , far from their own habitat. The lobsters usually live along the eastern coast of Canada and the United States.

    It is impossible that the lobsters could have made the 5 ,600-kilometre journey on their own. They were probably brought to Brita?i and then got away from containers. Some of the lobsters that were caught had (松紧带) holding their legs shut,like lobsters ?iat are kept in containers in stores or restaurants.

    Many may have been “set free” from some ships passing through the area. Sometimes passengers order a live lobster from a tank in the dining room and then ask the waiter to throe it overboard instead of cooking it.

     According to official records, 26 North American lobsters have been caught in waters off Great Britain since 1988. However,it is believed many more have been found but not reported.

     It is against the law to let North American lobsters come into British waters. If they settle down in European waters,it would be bad for the local lobsters. The two live in the same place and eat the same food. But North American lobsters are larger,stronger and rnore aggressive an  European lobsters,and they produce young more quickly.

     As a result,they could take food and space away from the local lobsters,and from other types of itellflsh that live in the same area. These lobsters may also cany diseases that could harm the local lobsters. ”

29. Those unwelcome lobsters

   A. could travel 5,600 km a day on their own

   B. used to live in waters off Great Britain 

    C. would soon disappear in British waters  

    D. might have escaped on the way to Britain

30. What can we learn about European lobsters?

   A. They are growing too fast to be kept under control. .

   B. Shellfish often take away their food and space.

    C. They are easily harmed by North American lobsters.

   D. People become ill easily if they eat these lobsters.

31. The author,s purpose of writing the text is

most likely to .

   A. discuss         B. report

    C. advertise         D. introduce

                    B

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       Over 40 years ago,a country music DJ convention(大会) was held every year in Nashville,Tennessee. Many country performers used to (参加) the convention to give the? performances. Fans would go to Nashville hoping to see the? favorite perfonners. In the end,so many fans began showing up in Nashville that a festival named Fan Fair was bom.

     The first Fan Fair was held in April 1972,in Nashville for four days. Some of country music,s  biggest stars attended. There were about fifty thousand fans. The first Fan Fair was so successful that planning began almost immediately for 1973. The date was changed to June,when the weather would be better. Over one hundred thousand fans attended the second Fan Fair.

     Every year brought so many performers and fans to Fan Fair that,in 1982,it was moved to the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Fan Fair stayed ?t: the fairgrounds for another nineteen years.

     There was always the unexpected during the festival. In 1974,former Beatle Paul McCartney attended. In 1992,more than six hundred reporters from Europe,Asia,and South America went to cover the appearance of a popular star,Billy Ray Cyrus,who had introduced a new country line dance. In 1996,Garth Brooks,who made a surprise appearance,signed autographs for 23 hours.

     In 2001,Fan Fair returned to downtown Nashville as the world5 s biggest country music festival. Now,over one hundred and twenty-five thousand country music fans go to Nashville every June. As you can,imagine,those who want to attend Fan Fair must plan ahead. For example,they need to buy a ticket several months ahead of time. Of course,there's much more to prepare.

25. According to the text,Fan Fair .

   A. has a history of more than 50 years

   B. lasts almost half a month every year

    C. is the most important music festival in America

   D. is a time when country music lovers get together

26. The second Fan Fair.

   A. was held in the spring of 1972

   B. was more popular than the first one

    C. was moved from Nashville to the fair   grounds

    D. was attended by former Beatle Paul   McCartney

27. The purpose of the fourth paragraph is to.

   A. show why Fan Fair has been popular

   B. introduce three famous musicians 

    C. explain how Fan Fair started

   D. ask people to attend Fan Fair

28. What will the author probably talk about next?

   A. Advice for fans.

   B. Music in America.

    C. Education in Nashville.

   D. The future of country music.

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                     A

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   The pupils of Grangetown High have beer busy getting to know their  newest and tallesl classmate — a 7-meter-tall giraffe outside theii school.

   The giaffe is a huge (雕像) made by a local artist. The schoor s headmaster noticed jhe sculpture in the artist,s garden as he drove past one day,and thought it would be perfect for his school. ul knew everyone would love it/' he said, "because our basketball team is known as the Grangetown Giraffes,and they wear gkaffes on their shirts. So I asked them to write a letter to the artist,asking how much it would cost to bu? the giraffe. He was very kind and'got it ready to i/e/zver (递送) in six weeks — all for nothing!It was expected to arrive one Sunday morning,so that the pupils would see it \vhen they got to school on Monday 一 at that time they had no idea that we were getting it."

    The artist,Tom Bennett,was a university (教授) of chemistry before lie left th?t job in 2006 and only took up metalwork a couple of years ago. uv ve always drawn pictures,w he said. “I can even remember doing it on my first day at school — I drew a horse. I wanted it to be the best horse picture ever,but I don't think I succeeded." Tom’s first metalwork was ? bicycle for two that he and his wife could go cycling on together. “It was the most uncomfortable bike ever created,” he said ,“so I ga\ up making bicycles and went into sculpture instead."

    Meanwhile the pupils at Grangetown High are very happy with their new classmate. re going to hold a coftipetition to give it a proper name,” said one girl. “Everyone likes the expression on its face,so perhaps that will give US some ideas."

21. According to the text,the giraffe .

   A. was as tall as a basketball player

   B. was given to Grangetown High for free 

    C. was sent to Grangetown High on Monday  

    D. was specially made for a basketball team

22. When the pupils got to school on Monday,they probably felt.

   A. shy        B. sad

    C. excited     D. confident

23. What can we learn about Tom Bennett?

   A. He showed interest in art at an early age.

   B. He was good at drawing,especially horses,

    C. He visited Grangetown High as a professor.

   D. He learned a lot about sculpture at university.

24. What's the main idea of the text?

   A. It was a difficult job to name a giraffe.

   B. Tom Bennett is well-known as a sculptor,

    C. The Grangetown Giraffes is a strong team.

   D. A metal giraffe arrived at Grangetown High.

IV.选用方框内合适的选项完成下面对话(有两个多余选项) 。

   A. I'm looking forward to it.

   B. What can I do for you? c. Hang on,please.

   D. I'd love to.

   E. It's a pleasure.

   F. I think I've already got something scheduled.

Jack: Good morning. May I speak to Carl?

This is Jack.

Sophia: This is Sophia. 1. I'11 look for

Carl and tell him you are on the phone. Jack: OK. Thank you so much.

Sophia: YouJ re most welcome.

Carl: Carl speaking.

Jack: Hello,Carl. We’re planning to give a

dinner some day next week. Would you like to join US?

Carl: Well,2. When?

Jack: How about Thursday?

Carl: I'm afraid I can't make it on Thursday.

I'11 be busy preparing my lecture.

Jack: Are you free Friday?

Carl: Friday sounds good. 3. Thank

you for your invitation.

Jack: 4.

6. 宣读结果时，他屏住了呼吸。

He    while the results were read out.

5. 实在抱歉，这么晚给您打电话。

I must  calling you so late.