A. intended   B. largely         C. answer      D. favorites       E. result

F. where     G. ever-increasing   H. covered     I. yearly          J. what

    The appearance in Glasgow of the largest ____41_______ exhibition of children’s books in Britain will give a wonderful opportunity for Scottish people to see and buy the latest books for children as well as old ____42______, both hardback and paperback. The age-range __43___ will stretch from wordless picture books for the youngest to almost adult novels.

In its early years, the Children’s Book Show was    44    for specialist visitors, mainly teachers and librarians. As it became more widely known and successful, however, family and school parties began to come in __45___ numbers, so that it grew into a real children’s book show, and a show with a double purpose. For years it was held in various halls in London, outgrowing each of them in turn until, in ___46_____ to enthusiastic invitations to bring it to different parts of the country, the decision was taken to move outside the capital, despite the difficulties that would ___47______. One year it was held in Leeds, then in Bristol as well as in London, and now it comes to Glasgow.

The great success of this move to bring the show to cities many miles from London, ___48_____ of course most book publishers are, has been ___49____ due to the support given to the organizing committee by local booksellers, librarians, teachers, parents and others.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

     There is no doubt that people and even highly educated adults vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too    50    and then have to go back. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to      51    their tensions in reading. A great reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or       52    light reading matters. He may be able to    53     a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a    54    idea what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he      55     more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace,      56     on the key words and passages and pass more quickly over the      57     . a less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever material he reads.   58     even light reading matters require special concentration at difficult    59    .

      A type of reading which requires careful attention to      60     is proofreading(校对), in which the reader, in order to     61    misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed to     62     such details. In fact, extreme practice is required to practice this task     63      and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying comparatively      64      attention to the general meaning on the text.

50. A. carefully          B. attentively             C. smoothly        D. quickly

51. A. estimate                 B. judge                     C. vary                D. alter

52. A. familiar                   B. similar                     C. complex        D. professional

53. A. skim                 B. tear                 C. mark               D. explore

54. A. vague                    B. general           C. special                  D. accurate

55. A. continues        B. persists             C. proceed        D. withdraws

56.A. depending             B. counting         C. passing           D. focusing

57. A. remainder              B. context           C. article                    D. principle

58. A. Gradually              B. Consequently       C. Wholly            D. Personally

59. A. occasions              B. period                    C. points                    D. functions

60. A. theme                    B. subject                   C. chapter         D. detail

61. A. decide                   B. detect                   C. produce        D. improve

62. A. noticing                 B. examining             C. overlooking           D. explaining

63. A. modestly         B. temporarily            C. efficiently              D. potentially

64. A. constant                B. individual              C. more               D. little

Section B

Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

Continental Tours Co. Ltd.

Want to get away for a weekend? Considering taking a holiday? With over 400 destinations, covering eight different countries, Continental Tour has options to suit every need.

Value For Money

All fares cover additional fees including cross-channel ferries and travel taxes. Single and return journey tickets, available with discounts for students and the over 60s.

Travel In Style

All our continental coaches are air-conditioned and equipped with modern washroom facilities. Ample (宽敞) legroom between the seats is standard on all our coaches, and on-board videos are provided for your entertainment.

Flexibility

You choose your route. Simply decide how long you wish to stay in one city and book an outward journey on the next available coach to your next choice of destination. Standard tickets are open ended and valid (有效的) for up to one year, at no extra cost, although economy tickets are available for limited periods for 15，30，60 or 90 days.

Convenient

    Coaches depart from most major UK cities, including London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle. However, you can arrange to meet the coach at a different point en route at no extra cost. Contact your nearest booking office for details.

65. The word “discount” most probably means _____________.

A. extra money for comfortable seats   B. half price for special passengers.

C. money taken off the full price.           D. double price for the young and the old.

66. If you are a junior worker and choose to take the Continental Tour, you CANNOT _____.

A. get tickets with discounts.             B. watch videos in the coach.

C. take the coach from Manchester.         D. enjoy flexible schedule arrangement.

67. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. Travel insurance is included in the ticket price.        

B. All of the tickets are open and valid for one year.

C. You have to join the coach in one of the UK’s major cities.

D. Standard tickets allow you to return at a date convenient for you.

(B)

I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994.but I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday. “Kerrel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him.”

AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together any more and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.

We couldn’t afford all the necessary medicine for him because Dad was unable to work. I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.

I did not share my burden with anyone. I had seen people react to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside even though he was too weak to feed himself.

I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless, I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life .

I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone. Even me, he didn’t want to call attention to AIDS.

68. What does Kerrel tell us about her father?

A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill       B. He depended on the nurses in his final days.

C. He worked hard to pay for his medication.         D. He told no one about his disease.

69. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A. Kerrel couldn’t understand her teacher.          B. Kerrel had special difficulty in hearing.

C. Kerrel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.    D. Kerrel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words.

70. Why did Kerrel keep her father’s disease a secret?

A. She was afraid of being looked down upon.    B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.

C. She found no one willing to listen to her.      D. She wanted to obey her mother.

71. Why did Kerrel write the passage?

A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.    B. To show how little people knew about AIDS.

C. To draw people’s attention to AIDS.             D. To remember her father.

(C)

Downing the last drop of an expensive famous brand H2O as well as remembering to throw the empty bottle in the recycling bin, makes you feel pretty good about yourself, right? It shouldn't. Even when the bottles are recycled，there are all kinds of other consequences of swallowing bottled water，says Melissa Peffers，the air-quality program manager for Environmental Defense.

　　The containers are often filled in faraway lands，then shipped from abroad，and stored in refrigerators at your local store. Compare that with the influence on environment of turning on your tap，filling a glass，and drinking up！

　　Anyone who is choosing bottled water for health reasons is misguided，says Peffers，“Most bottled water is just tap water.”And what comes out of your tap is carefully monitored to follow the strict rules. Consider another fact that bottled water is surprisingly expensive, especially when compared with the alternative, which is almost free, and it is astonishing that America's desire for bottled water seems impossible to satisfy, reaching nearly 30 billion bottles a year.

　　“My parents' generation never had bottled water，”says Isabelle Silverman，an Environmental Defense legal adviser. She has made a commitment to going bottle free.“You don't need to fetch it home from the store，and it's cheaper，”she adds.

　　Bottled water's role as a status symbol needs to change, Peffers points out. So when a waiter at an expensive restaurant offers“And what's your drink?”that's no reason to forget your conviction(信念).“Don't be afraid to say,‘I'll have tap.’Say it loud enough that the other tables nearby can hear you，”Peffers says,“And then spend that money on a dessert.”

72. In the first paragraph, the underlined sentence “It shouldn’t.”suggests that people_____

A. shouldn’t feel pleased with finishing the water in the bottle

　 B. shouldn’t feel good about drinking an expensive brand H2O

　 C. shouldn’t be content with just recycling empty bottles

　 D. shouldn’t be satisfied with drinking only bottled water

73. According to the author，tap water is________

　 A. as safe as bottled water                          B. more likely to be polluted

　 C. healthier than bottled water                  D. less convenient than bottled water

74. The underlined part “going bottle free” (in Para.4)means “________”

　 A. making bottled water free               B. abandoning bottled water

　 C. recycling used water bottles                   D. providing free water containers

75. Why does Peffers ask people to say “I’ll have tap” loudly?

　 A.TO encourage them to set an example for others to follow

　 B.TO advise them to save the money for one more dessert

　 C.TO remind them to be aware of their social status

　 D.TO persuade them to speak confidently in public

(D)

Hunting

The days of the hunter are almost over in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken mainly by banning tiger-shooting to protect those animals which still survive.

Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely our earliest forefathers, who at first possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals.

I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design; these men go out after dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.

The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of these finer motives. One of them wrote.

“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it clearly and on the animal’s own territory(领地). You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other animals. Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing ? not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people.”

I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears(矛) and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger―shoots I have seen. in which modern weapons were used. The so―called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits.

76. There is no more hunting in India now partly because___.

A. it is dangerous to hunt there         B. hunting is already out of date

C. hunters want to protect animals      D. there are few animals left to hunt

77. The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly____.

A. to make the countryside safe      B. to earn people’s admiration

C. to gain power and influence       D. to improve their health

78. What do we learn about the big-game hunters?

A. They hunt old animals           B. They mistreat animals

C. They hunt for food              D. They hunt for money

79. What is the author’s view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?

A. Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face

B. Modern hunters should use more advanced weapons

C. Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers

D. Modern hunters should put their safety first

Section C

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.