摘要：A. True or False(判断下列句子是否符合短文内容.符合的用“T 表示.不符合的用“F 表示): There is usually a good railway service between main towns in Britain. If you are under 24 or over 65 or if you are traveling with a family, you can buy cheaper tickets on the train. In towns and cities there are usually buses. On Sundays there are fewer bus services and some smaller places may not have a Sunday bus service. In London there is also an underground. But the underground is not easy to use, so you should learn more about it before you use it. Hotels are very expensive in Britain. A cheaper solution is a “bed and breakfast in someone’s home. Tourist offices or information center can help you to find it. There are also youth hostels in many places. Students may receive a discount. Restaurants are often expensive and you cannot be sure if the food is delicious. But Chinese and Indian restaurants usually serve good meals at lower prices. Pubs sometimes have good inexpensive food. Fast food shops are cheap, but the food is not always very good. Not all banks change foreign money, but you can usually find at least one bank in each town that will do so. Medical care is very expensive in Britain, but if your country has an agreement with Britain for medical care, you can get free medical treatment if you become ill or have an accident while in Britain. You can only buy stamps in post offices, but nearly every village or part of a town has a post office. Often it is inside a small shop. 71. You can buy a cheaper train ticket if you are twenty-five years old in Britain. 72. There are many bus services in small places in Britain on Sundays. 73. It’s helpful for people to know something about the underground in London before using it. 74. A bed and breakfast in someone’s home costs less than living in hotels in Britain. 75. If you want to eat good meals with less money, you should go to a Chinese restaurant. 76. Anyone can get free medical treatment in Britain because medical care is very cheap. 77. This passage can serve as a guide book for tourists who will visit Britain. B. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容.选择最恰当的答案): Last year, I was invited to attend a party for “Tuesday’s Child, an organization that helps children with the AIDS virus . I was asked to attend because I am on a TV show. I went there because I cared. At the party, they had all kinds of small rooms. I got into a special one. In this room, anyone could paint a square. They gave everyone paints in bright, beautiful colors and asked the kids to paint something beautiful. As I looked around at all the squares, I saw the pictures were all bright, except one. The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was dark, empty, and lifeless. At first I thought maybe he took the only paint that was left and it just happened to be dark. But when I asked him about it, he said his heart was that color because his own heart felt dark. I asked him why and he told me he was very sick and his mother was very sick, too. He said his sickness was not going to get better and neither was his mother’s. He looked straight into my eyes and said, “No one can help us. I told him I was sorry that he was sick and I could certainly understand why he was so sad. I could even understand why he had made his heart a dark color. But I told him that it isn’t true that no one can help them. Other people might not make him or his mother better but they can do things like giving him or her hugs. Then I hugged him for a long time. I thought my own heart would burst with the love I felt for this sweet little boy. After that, I asked him if he felt any better. He said he did, but he was still sick and nothing would change. Then I walked away, feeling sad. As I was getting ready to go home, I felt a tug on my clothes. I turned around and the little boy was standing there with a smile on his face. He said, “Thank you, Madam. My heart is changing colors. It is getting brighter. I think those hugs really work. On my way home, I felt my own heart had changed to a brighter color. 78. We know from the story that the writer . A) was invited to join the organization B) organized the party for Tuesday’s Child C) cared about children with the AIDS virus D) often helped children with the AIDS virus 79. What could the children do in the special room? A) They could draw all kinds of small rooms. B) They could paint squares in bright colors. C) They gave visitors paints in beautiful colors. D) They asked the writer to paint something. 80. The writer found that . A) one of the pictures was dark B) a boy was looking at all the squares C) all the pictures were bright D) the paint that the boy took was dark 81. The boy painted his heart dark because . A) the paint he took was the only one left B) the room was dark and empty C) no one could help him paint a square D) he and his mother were very sick 82. The writer told the boy that . A) his sickness was not going to get better B) he and his mother could get help from other people C) she couldn’t understand why he was so sick and sad D) she could hug him so as to make his heart a dark color 83. Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A) The heart that the boy painted was dark, empty, and lifeless. B) The writer hugged the boy because she wanted to make him feel better. C) The boy’s heart changed to a bright color before the writer hugged him. D) The writer walked away and felt sad because the boy’s heart was still dark. 84. The best title for this passage may be . A) A Party for Children B) Bright-colored Squares C) Love for Sick Kids D) Special Rooms for Kids C. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文): If you’re an American, you may take in 3,400 mg of salt per day. That’s far more than 2,300mg. And it’s 15 times as much as the human body needs. Average salt intakehas increased about 50% since the 1970s, largely 85 we’re eating more convenient foods. And as makers of processed food have cut down on fat and sugar, they’ve often added 86 salt. Too much salt can cause osteoporosis and stomach cancer. 87 , it raises blood pressure, which 88 about 850,000 Americans a year. “After smoking, high blood pressure is the leading 89 of death, says New York City Health Commissioner Thomas. He is encouraging makers of packaged foods and restaurants to gradually 90 their salt by 50% over the next 10 years. The CDC thinks that it could save 150,000 lives and $10 billion in health care a year. Some 50 million Americans have hypertension . Hypertension is more common among African-Americans than whites. Nearly 90% of Americans develop it. With that in mind, the CDC is encouraging people to follow a stricter guideline of 91 1,500 mg of salt a day. About 80% of Americans’ salt intake comes from processed foods and restaurant meals; only 20% comes from salt used in home cooking. But cutting salt from processed food isn’t easy. 85. A) if B) before C) because D) unless 86. A) many B) few C) less D) more 87. A) What’s more B) In the end C) For example D) In this way 88. A) dies B) kills C) makes D) causes 89. A) reason B) cause C) power D) example 90. A) cut B) take C) change D) get 91. A) with B) for C) over D) just D. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词.使其内容通顺.每空格限填一词.首字母已给): Moshe Kai Cavalin is a half Chinese American boy. As one of the youngest students to graduate from a two-year college at the age of 11, Moshe Kai Cavalin has every reason to be proud of h 92 . But Cavalin said, “I feel proud, but not too proud, because it is the enemy of learning. Cavalin graduated from the East Los Angeles Community College. What surprised m 93 is not only his young age, but his excellent performance: he is one of the three graduates from the college who had a high score. When he first went to the college at the age of 8, professors treated him like a child. But later, he became one of the c 94 and got along pretty well with the other students who were 18 years and older. The 11-year-old college graduate is going to write a book about his secrets on how he graduated from college at 11 w 95 going to primary school and high school. “I want to be a scientist like Albert Einstein, said Cavalin. Cavalin’s mother Sandy Chien comes from Taiwan, and his father is from Brazil. Chien said her son s 96 his talent at the age of two. He learned very fast and liked to watch TV and read children’s books. “I tried to send my son to the elementary school, but I found that he learned too fast and very often he had n 97 to do during the lessons. So I decided to teach him at home. said Chien. Like many Chinese parents, Chien sent her son to a private school to learn the piano at 4, and later sent him to learn Chinese Kung Fu. At age 7, Cavalin had c 98 high school at home. Being born in America, English is his mother language. He can also speak French. He likes to play games with friends of the same age. However, he has a good relationship with the students who are 10 years older than him at college. E. Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题): Michael Jackson was born in Indiana, America, on August 29, 1958. He was the seventh of the nine children in his family. His father Joe Jackson had his own band . They would practice after work in the living room of their house. Joe soon discovered the talent of his sons and set up the family band “The Jacksons . They later became “The Jackson 5 . Little Michael always watched his brothers practice singing. When he was about 5 years old, he joined the group and became the lead singer of The Jackson 5. Michael’s first public appearance was at a school program in first grade in 1963. Wearing black pants and a white shirt, he sang Climb Ev’ry Mountain. Michael said, “When I finished that song, everybody gave me a big hand and people were smiling, and some of them were standing. My teachers were crying and I just couldn’t believe it. I had made them all happy. It was such a great feeling. I felt a little confused too, because I didn’t think I had done anything special. I was just singing the way I sang at home every night. When you’re performing, you don’t realize what you sound like or how you’re coming across. You just open your mouth and sing. Soon his father made the band take part in talent contests. He was so strict with young Michael and his brothers. Michael said, “If you didn’t do well, you got hit, sometimes with a belt, sometimes with a stick. My father was really strict with us --- really strict. Under their father’s control, at the age of 6, Michael and The Jackson 5 started collecting trophies with their acts at talent shows. 99. How many children did the Jackson family have? 100. When did Joe Jackson set up the family band “The Jacksons ? 101. What did little Michael do at the age of five? 102. How did people feel after they heard Michael sing the song? 103. Michael didn’t think he had done anything special, did he? 104. What would the father do if his sons didn’t do well? 105. How do you like Michael Jackson?

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