20．Pumpkins are not only the most important symbol of Halloween, they are the star vegetable in deco——青夏教育精英家教网—

20．Pumpkins are not only the most important symbol of Halloween； they are the star vegetable in decoration and cooking uses．Often，we pay no attention to how many different ways it can be used．
The pumpkin is a wonder vegetable．It includes vitamins A，C，E，fiber，minerals and so on．It is also low in salt．
When buying your pumpkins，always get them from your local farmers to support their business and the environment，also you can make sure that they are freshly grown．If you are feeling interested，you can grow your own pumpkins!
When carving your jack-o'-lanterns，don't throw away the seeds!They are delicious when they are fried，which is healthy for you．
When your jack-o'-lantern is useless，don't throw it away at once．Instead，pu it in a certain place and let nature do all the work．Be sure to remove the candle inside，and cut the pumpkin into pieces．Those remaining parts will help your soil．
Make a pie-a great way to bring family and friends together．If you are feeling even more interested，try cooking something new with the pumpkins and see what wonderful delicious dishes you can produce in your very own kitchen．And don't think of the pumpkin just around Halloween-it's great all year round．

21．The writer suggests you buy pumpkins locally becauseC．
A．the local farmers are very friendly
B．you will be offered services without asking for money
C．it benefits both the farmers and the environment
D．they are usually sold at prices that are much lower
22．By saying the underlined part in Paragraph 5，the writer meansB．
A．a new pumpkin will grow
B．the jack-o'-lantern will destroy itself
C．it needs special skills to make a jack-o'-lantern
D．Nature will do a jack-o'-lantern for you
23．What can we conclude from the sixth paragraph？B
A．Tasty foods are a must for holding a family party．
B．Foods made from pumpkins are popular at all times．
C．Pumpkins can be used for decoration at any time of the year．
D．Pumpkins are a good tool for practicing your cooking skills．
24．What's the best title of the passage？A
A．Don't waste your pumpkins!
B．Taste pumpkins to enjoy your holiday!
C．Can pumpkins be part of a healthy diet？
D．Traditional Halloween foods and customs．

19．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在齐下面写出修改后的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．
修改：在错的词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
Dear Li Xiaojun，
I'm glad to receive your letter．I'd like to discuss the problem to you．It is true that some video games is good for your thinking ability and they can sometimes make you felt relaxed．Therefore，you are spending too much time on that．You are not little boy any more．You should learn to control yourself．Why not to try to finish your homework first every day and then spend a little time play some video games．I think，like a student，the most important thing is to study hard at school．You should try your best to get good grade in your subjects and try to become a useful person for the future．
Yours，
Editor．

18．_____his idea was adopted at the end of the meeting．（　　）

	A．	Strange as might it sound		B．	As it might sound strange
	C．	As strange it might sound		D．	Strange as it might sound

16．Thecriteria（标准） will be different from those that are applied elsewhere．

15．BELJLNG-Eating at a Beijing restaurant is usually an adventure for foreigners，and particularly when they get the chance to order"chicken without sex life"or"red burned lion head"．
Sometimes excited but mostly confused，embarrassed or even terrified，many foreigners have long complained about mistranslations of Chinese dishes．And their complaints are often valid，but such an experience at Beijing's restaurants will apparently soon be history．
Foreign visitors will no longer，hopefully，be confused by oddly worded restaurant menus in the capital if the government's plan to correctly translate 3，000Chinese dishes is a success and the translations are generally adopted．
The municipal（市政）office of foreign affairs has published a book to recommend English translations of Chinese dishes，which aims to help restaurants avoid bizarre translations．It provides the names of main dishes of famous Chinese cuisines in plain English，"an official with the city's Foreign Affairs office said．"Restaurants are encouraged to use the proposed translations，but it will not be compulsory．"It's the city's latest effort to bridge the culture gap for foreign travelers in China．
Coming up with precise translations is a daunting task，as some Chinese culinary（烹饪的）techniques are untranslatable and many Chinese dishes have no English-language equivalent．The translators，after conducting a study of Chinese restaurants in English-speaking countries，divided the dish names into four categories：ingredients，cooking method，taste and name of a person or a place．For some traditional dishes，pinyin，the Chinese phonetic system，is used，such as mapo tofu （previously often literally translated as"beancurd made by woman with freckles"），baozi （steamed stuffed bun ） and jiaozi （dumplings） to"reflect the Chinese cuisine culture，"according to the book．
"The book is a blessing to tourist guides like me．Having it，I don't have to rack my brains trying to explain Chinese dishes to foreign travellers，"said Zheng Xiaodong，a 31-year-old employee with a Beijing-based travel agency．
"I will buy the book as I major in English literature and I'd like to introduce Chinese cuisine culture to more foreign friends，"said Han Yang，a postgraduate student at the University of International Business and Economics．
It is not clear if the book will be introduced to other parts of China．But on Tuesday，this was the most discussed topic on weibo．com，China's most popular microblogging site．

31．What's the best title of the passage？D
A．An adventure for foreigners who eat in Beijing．
B．Confusing mistranslations of Chinese dishes
C．The effort to bridge the culture gap
D．Chinese dishes to have"official"English names
32．"chicken without sex life"or"red burned lion head"are mentioned in the beginning of the passage to showD．
A．some Chinese dishes are not well received
B．some Chinese dishes are hard to translate
C．some Chinese dishes are not acceptable
D．some Chinese dishes are mistranslated
33．What measure has the municipal office taken？B
A．Recommending a book on Chinese dishes
B．Advocating using precise translation for Chinese dishes
C．Providing the names of main Chinese dishes
D．Publishing a book on China's dietary habits
34．What's the meaning of the underlined word"daunting"in paragraph 5？A
A．discouraging
B．disappointing
C．worthwhile
D．confusing
35．What's the attitude of most people to the book according to the passage？D
A．not clear
B．excited
C．bored
D．favorable．

14．The behavior of a building's users may be at least as important as its design when it comes to energy use，according to new research from the UK Energy Research Centre （UKERC）．The UK promises to reduce its carbon emissions （排放）by 80percent by 2050，part of which will be achieved by all new homes being zero carbon by 2016．But this report shows that sustainable building design on its own-though extremely important-is not enough to achieve such reductions：the behavior of the people using the building has to change too．
The study suggests that the ways that people use and live in their homes have been largely ignored by existing efforts to improve energy efficiency，which instead focus on architectural and technological developments．
"Technology is going to assist but it is not going to do everything，"explains Katy Janda，a UKERC senior researcher，"consumption patterns of building users can defeat the most careful design．"In other words，old habits die hard，even in the best designed eco home．
Another part of the problem is information．Households and bill payers don't have the knowledge they need to change their energy use habits．Without specific information，it's hard to estimate the costs and benefits of making different choices．Feedback（反馈） facilities，like smart meters and energy monitors，could help bridge this information gap by helping people see how changing their behavior directly affects their energy use； some studies have shown that households can achieve up to 15percent energy savings using smart meters．
Social science research has added a further dimension，suggesting that individuals'behavior in the home can be personal and cannot be predicted-whether people throw open their windows rather than turn down the thermostat （恒温器），for example．
Janda argues that education is the key．She calls for a focused program to teach people about buildings and their own behavior in them．

32．As to energy use，the new research from UKERC stresses the importance ofD．
A．zero carbon homes
B．the reduction of carbon emissions
C．sustainable building design
D．the behavior of building users
33．The underlined word"which"in Paragraph 2refers to"B"．
A．their homes
B．existing efforts
C．developments
D．the ways
34．What are Katy Janda's words mainly about？A
A．The importance of changing building users'habits．
B．The necessity of making a careful building design．
C．The variety of consumption patterns of building users．
D．The role of technology in improving energy efficiency．
35．The information gap in energy useC．
A．affects the study on energy monitors
B．brings about problems for smart meters
C．can be bridged by feedback facilities
D．will be caused by building users'old habits．

13．Hertalents（才干） are well known．

11．He is afellow/companion（同伴） of mine on the journey．

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