阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　After 78 years in the UK, the Dutch clothing retailer (零售商)has closed shop for the last time. But C & A is not alone. In the past week the best known names on British high streets-Marks & Spencer, Boots and Littlewoods——have announced some of their worst ever trading figures.

　　The downturn is not a case of belt tightening. Although there are fears of a recession(衰退), UK consumer (消费者) spending has set new records in the past year. Experts say the sudden fall is the result of a revolution that is changing almost every side of British lives.

　　Mr. and Mrs. UK Average are throwing out the everyday and trading up to the finer things in life. Consumers are declaring an end to all things ordinary. The good taste revolution has swept the country with remarkable speed. Sales of once

popular fashions(时髦) are dropping quickly. Just three years ago Marks & Spencer was the UK's favorite. People now consider the fashions “ordinary”.

　　Yet just 100 yards (91 meters) from the empty aisles(通道) in London's Oxford Street, the story is different. Burberry enjoyed a 35 per cent increase in sales income in the last three months of last year. Gucci saw its sales rise 25 per cent. Armani reported 20 per cent growth. Demand for the logo-print at Louis Vuitton cannot be satisfied immediately. And growth is not only limited to the wealthy South-east.

　　Experts say Britain has moved from a “good enough” culture to “good taste” culture. Almost everywhere you look——from clothes, to food and drink, to cars, to home furnishings, to holidays —— Britons are buying into a life less ordinary.

　　Rising wealth is driving the revolution. New research shows that the average UK household is 40 per cent better off than in 1986. “In the past only those with money and time on their hands were able to devote energy to the search for tasteful living”, says Martin Hayward, a director at the Henley Center. “But as incomes rise and free time increases, the privileged(有特权的)many are living higher. More middle-class consumers are developing a sense of their own self-image (自我形象) through what they buy. ”

1．________ has caused the great revolution in Britain.

[　　]

A．Fear of earning less money in the future

B．Increase in incomes and free time

C．Desire for more tasteful living

D．Difficulty to buy more less ordinary things on the market

2．The expression “belt tightening”in Paragraph 2 probably means ________ .

[　　]

A．spending less money than before

B．selling less clothing

C．eating less food than before

D．buying less ordinary things.

3．More and more people in Britain today ________ .

[　　]

A．enjoy s good rise in their incomes but spare more time for work

B．like to buy things less ordinary and have a better taste of life

C．refuse to buy things of fashion and save more money to become millionaires

D．decide to spend less money on shopping but buy into a life less ordinary

4．Which of the following can be the most proper title of the passage?

[　　]

A．Income increasing in Britain.

B．Revolution changing the world.

C．Britons going high fashion.

D．Sales in Britain going down.

第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误每行只有一个错误，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉；在该行右边的横线上写上该词，也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符（∧），在该行右边的横线上写上该加的词。
此行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
My hometown is a pretty city，so people there are　　      76.__________
kind and polite. With coming of spring，grass and 　　　  77.__________
trees turn green，and flowers grew in many colors.　       78.__________
In summer, the sea under the blue sky is even more　       79.__________
beautiful. After autumn arrives，the city looks as an 　     80.__________
old man with leaves fallen from the trees. In winter，　　   81.__________
a lot of white birds come to my city for food. I　can　　　　82.__________
wait more patiently above the sea for quite a long　　　　　83.__________
time. While they find fish come to the surface, they　　　　 84.__________
fly down immediate and catch them without delay.           85.__________
That is my city, and I love it so much.　

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

M=Mary

T=Tom

M:  Hi, I'm going door to door tonight to tell people about the Student Action Union.

T:  I think I read something in the (76)n       last week.

M:  Yeah, we are trying to (77) p       and preserve some of the open spaces on campus.

T:  You are the group that's (78) a　　　　against the extension of the parking lot next to Darwin Hall,

    right?

M:  That's us. We just feel it is important to save some of the (79) n       beauty of the campus.

    Some of those trees are hundreds of years old.

T:  It's a pretty (80) p       . My friends and I had picnics over there by the stream.

M:  We are going to (81) o     a demonstration on Thursday afternoon.

T:  Well, I have a class on Thursday afternoon.

M:　But maybe you could (82) s     this appeal letter. We are going to hand it in to the administration

    to demonstrate how the students feel about this.

T:  Sure, let me get a pen.

M:  I have a pen right here. And let me (83) l        you this little book about the Student Action

    Union. Maybe you could come to some of our meetings. We get (84) t     once a month.

T:  Yeah, I'd like to know more about your group. Let me know (85) w      the next meeting is and I

    will try to be there.

短文改错（共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）

       此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）； 如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

       此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

       此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

       此行错一个词：在错的词下画一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

       注意：原行没有错误的不要改。

Dear Mr & Mrs Smith,

       I’m so glad to tell you something about Mary, your lovely daughter, who’s

studying there in China．She is a clever girl with good manners．She     76　　　．

is always ready to help others, specially those poor in English and  77　　　．

therefore gets along well with her teachers and classmates．She       78　　　．

has special interest in Chinese and has learned it so well that          79　　　．

she can communicate with us in Chinese all in and outside class．     80　　　．

Mary is also good at maths and often helps the teacher collecting       81　　　．

and hand out the exercise books．She enjoys doing experiment in     82　　　．

chemistry labs, but sometimes she was not careful enough．She is one     83　　　．

of the best students in physics, as well as．All the teachers like her   84　　　．

and all her classmates would like to invite her to home if she likes     85　　　．