The great   46   scientist, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His father was a well-known doctor, and   47   that his son also would become a doctor.

As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and   48   ,   49   nature and comparing what he saw with everything he had read in natural science books. He was fond    50   collecting animal and plant specimens   51    insects, birds, flowers and leaves.

At sixteen, Charles   52    Edinburgh University   53  . But he was interested in 54     . Then he was sent to Cambridge University,    55    he graduated in1831.

56     he heard that the ship Beagle(贝格尔号) was   57   to South America and wanted a naturalist. His biology professor advised him to go. He said the journey would be just the thing for Charles. So the Beagle left England in December 1831, Charles Darwin was   58   .

The expedition   59   almost five years. The Beagle   60    the waters near the east and west   61    of South America, and many other places. He    62   all kinds of plants and animals, which he sent home from the    63    he visited.

After returning from the expedition, Darwin continued his studies of changes in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals do not    64    the same, that they always change.

By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species”. It made a great noise in the word of science. Darwin was attacked by the    65    and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.

Darwin tirelessly continued his scientific studies until he died on April 19,1882.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）

阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

To all of you at Chinese love links,

I am 44 years old and never married. I have always wanted to find that perfect someone that I dream about. For about the last five years I have almost given up the hope of ever finding the one I truly wish to spend the rest of my life with.

I have always tried to be a nice guy. I had found your website some four or five months before. I did not know what to expect. I don't know how to speak Chinese and never thought truly of how I was to an Asian woman.

Well, I had a lot of replies from some very nice and pretty women. I had a hard time finding only a couple to write to. But one stood out from the rest. She was cute, nice and seemed to hold a lot of the same values as I do. In a short time I had decided to write only to her. We communicated via e - mails 2 - 3 times a day and phone calls once or twice a week.

I went and met her and her family only a week ago. Her name is Ying and she lives in Nanning. I found Nanning to be one of the most beautiful cities I had ever been to. We had even decided to marry and to bring her to the USA under the fiance visa. Not only did she meet everything I had ever hoped to find in someone else but turned out to be what every woman should be like, at least the ones I have met. We plan to marry as soon as she is here and start a family together as neither of us has children but we both want them.

So to anyone out there reading this, I can only say this: You may not find what you are looking for if you're not honest with your partner and yourself. This site worked for me mostly because I was honest with something that I wanted in someone else. When I did find her, love can work even across the other side of the world, between language differences and cultural differences. I wish you all luck in finding your perfect match. I have finally found mine and wish to give all my thanks to those at Chinese love links to help make it happen.

Sincerely yours,

Arthur

61.We can infer from the letter that Chinese love links is a website to________.

A.help foreigners to travel in China

B.help both Chinese and foreigners to find one they want to marry

C.help Chinese and foreigners make friends

D.receive letters from the USA

62.Which of the following is true about Arthur's story?

A.He was sure of finding a Chinese woman as his wife at first.

B.He was determined to find a Chinese woman as his wife.

C.He almost lost hope in finding a perfect wife until he found Ying.

D.No women wrote to him before Ying.

63.Ying stood out from the rest because________.

A.she was a Chinese             B.she had much in common with Arthur

C.other women stopped writing to Arthur    D.she was cute and nice and often phoned to Arthur

64.Arthur thinks________is the most important in finding someone one wants to marry.

A.being honest with the partner and oneself B.help from the website

C.difference in languages and places     D.difference in cultures

    BEIJING—Nine pieces of art relics from a temporary exhibition in the Palace Museum were stolen at midnight on May 8, 2011. It was the first theft in 20 years at the heavily guarded former home of emperors(皇帝), also known as the Forbidden City. The nine pieces—all small Western-style gold purses and cosmetics containers(化妆盒)covered with jewels and made between 1920 and 1945—were on loan(出借)from Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum and being on show in the Chengsu Hall of the Palace Museum.

    Police have recovered six stolen relics and returned them to the museum, but three pieces remain missing, according to the spokesman for the Beijing municipal police. The six stolen pieces were got from a man named Shi Baikui from Eastern China’s Shandong Province, who admitted stealing the pieces. Shi entered the museum as a visitor on May 8 and then hid himself inside and waited until closing time, according to police. He then broke a window on the northern side of the exhibition hall to gain entry and proceeded to steal relics.

    Police say Shi said he wanted to sell the relics to a store in Beijing but was turned away because the store owner said the pieces were fake(赝品). He then threw away the relics.

    The Beijing police are offering rewards to anyone who can provide them with any information or tips on the other three lost relics from the Palace Museum. The amount of the reward has not been determined yet, since authorities are evaluating the value of the stolen pieces. It is hoped that with all citizens’ help the other three can be recovered as soon as possible.

60. What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Many rewards were offered for Palace Museum stolen relics

B. Six stolen relics were returned to the Palace Museum

C. Shi Baikui, the first thief in the Forbidden City

D. Nine stolen relics were all recovered by police

61. According to Paragraph 1, the nine stolen relics _______.

A. were bought from Hong Kong-based Liang Yi Museum

B. don’t belong to the Palace Museum of China

C. were small daily items used by Chinese women in the 20s～40s

D. were being on show in the Chengsu Hall of the Summer Palace

62. How did the thief go into the Palace Museum?

A. He entered the museum by acting as a visitor.

B. He broke a door and climbed into the museum.

C. He worked there and had the key to the museum.

D. The passage doesn’t mention how the thief entered the museum.

63. The underlined phrase “turned away” (in Paragraph 3)possibly means _______.

A. criticized                  B. invited               C. accepted                  D. refused

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。（请把【答案】填在答卷上）
What is red but green, open but closed and old but new? Answer: London’s new double-decker buses.
The traditional red double-deckers are    61   symbol of London. Their symbolic status was settled in 2008 when one bus made the longer-than-usual trip to Beijing    62   (collect) a very special passenger: the Olympic Flame.
Now a new bus design    63   (uncover) and it has been exciting Londoners.
The new bus uses more efficient green technology and has two staircases and an open platform,    64   (make) people able to hop on and hop off. It also has a unique design for the front end, which gives it an innovative（新颖的）look.
Despite(尽管）   65   innovations, the design is not all new. Its outward appearance takes after London’s faithful old double-decker, the Route master.
In July 2008 a    66   (compete) was launched by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, to design a new Route master bus for the capital. There were over 700 entries,  67  several designers jointly winning the £25,000 (244,000 Yuan) prize.
The new double-deckers, ___68___ have three doors to speed up boarding, are expected to be in service in 2012.
Mr. Johnson said: “This iconic new part of our transport system is not only beautiful, but also has a green heart beating beneath its___69___ (attract) appearance.”
He expects cities around the globe to be “beside themselves with envy” for ___70__ he described as a "stunning red symbol" of 21st-century London.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
To all of you at Chinese love links,
I am 44 years old and never married. I have always wanted to find that perfect someone that I dream about. For about the last five years I have almost given up the hope of ever finding the one I truly wish to spend the rest of my life with.
I have always tried to be a nice guy. I had found your website some four or five months before. I did not know what to expect. I don't know how to speak Chinese and never thought truly of how I was to an Asian woman.
Well, I had a lot of replies from some very nice and pretty women. I had a hard time finding only a couple to write to. But one stood out from the rest. She was cute, nice and seemed to hold a lot of the same values as I do. In a short time I had decided to write only to her. We communicated via e - mails 2 - 3 times a day and phone calls once or twice a week.
I went and met her and her family only a week ago. Her name is Ying and she lives in Nanning. I found Nanning to be one of the most beautiful cities I had ever been to. We had even decided to marry and to bring her to the USA under the fiance visa. Not only did she meet everything I had ever hoped to find in someone else but turned out to be what every woman should be like, at least the ones I have met. We plan to marry as soon as she is here and start a family together as neither of us has children but we both want them.
So to anyone out there reading this, I can only say this: You may not find what you are looking for if you're not honest with your partner and yourself. This site worked for me mostly because I was honest with something that I wanted in someone else. When I did find her, love can work even across the other side of the world, between language differences and cultural differences. I wish you all luck in finding your perfect match. I have finally found mine and wish to give all my thanks to those at Chinese love links to help make it happen.
Sincerely yours,
Arthur
61.We can infer from the letter that Chinese love links is a website to________.
A.help foreigners to travel in China
B.help both Chinese and foreigners to find one they want to marry
C.help Chinese and foreigners make friends
D.receive letters from the USA
62.Which of the following is true about Arthur's story?
A.He was sure of finding a Chinese woman as his wife at first.
B.He was determined to find a Chinese woman as his wife.
C.He almost lost hope in finding a perfect wife until he found Ying.
D.No women wrote to him before Ying.
63.Ying stood out from the rest because________.
A.she was a Chinese             B.she had much in common with Arthur
C.other women stopped writing to Arthur    D.she was cute and nice and often phoned to Arthur
64.Arthur thinks________is the most important in finding someone one wants to marry.
A.being honest with the partner and oneself B.help from the website
C.difference in languages and places     D.difference in cultures