完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

   It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table,   36   with a piece of bread. He’s not even   37 . Is he ill? No, but he does have a   38  . He has nothing to do because the Internet is down. When he  39  up this morning, Tony was feeling  40 . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend  41 . It would be a weekend like any other --- a great weekend. But that was  42   he turned on his computer and  43  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.

Every weekend, Tony   44  goes online to email friends, read the  45   to keep up with what’s happening in the world and  46   a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off. The perfect weekend --- online!

Just as Tony is  47  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  48  . “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t   49   the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no   50  but sighs (叹气). “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  51 .

“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the  52  . We can meet and play chess face to face for a  53 . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad,” Tony   54  , as he walks to the phone. There is  55   without the Internet after all.

1.A. cutting            B. playing          C. eating           D. thinking

2.A. hungry         B. generous         C. equal                D. confident

3.A. lifestyle          B. problem          C. pressure             D. tradition

4.A. dialled        B. rang             C. stood            D. woke

5.A. great          B. peaceful                 C. urgent           D. unusual

6.A. around         B. above            C. ahead                D. away

7.A. after              B. before               C. until                D. when

8.A. thought       B. guessed              C. surprised        D. found

9.A. usually       B. nearly               C. especially           D. already

10.A. disasters         B. news             C. reports        D. documents

11.A. admire       B. explore              C. play             D. involve

12.A. suffering         B. wondering        C. realizing       D. supposing

13.A. living-room  B. hall             C. kitchen              D. study

14.A. talk about        B. care about           C. think about     D. look about

15.A. answer        B. progress             C. movement          D. choice

16.A. requests          B. cries            C. solves                D. suggests

17.A. edge          B. distance             C. corner                D. end

18.A. challenge         B. champion         C. ceremony         D. change

19.A. promotes          B. smiles               C. reacts           D. continues

20.A. study        B. task                 C. weekend           D. life

信息匹配 

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E、F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。

首先，请阅读以下某理财论坛提供的几条省钱建议：

A

Use cash. Instead of paying things with credit cards, use cash for non-bill spending such as eating out, gas and groceries. Spending cash makes the spending more real, and there’s an added advantage of knowing when you’re out of cash.

B

Small weekly savings transfers. I got this idea from my friend, who automatically deducts(扣除) $20 a week from his check to savings. I decided that I could live with the deduction of $40/week without really feeling it — it’s a relatively small transfer that I barely notice, and I save about $2,000 a year!

C

Stay at home. Going out makes you spend money unnecessarily. You eat at restaurants, go to the mall, and stop at the gas station for snacks. It’s hard to avoid spending when you’re on the road. Instead, stay at home and find free entertainment. It’s also a great way to bond with your family.

D

Don’t get catalogs(商品宣传册). Their announcements of sales or cool new products make it very tempting(引诱人的) to buy something you don’t need. Instead, stop getting the catalogs, and you’ll spend less.

E

Keep a 30-day list. If you have an impulse(冲动) to buy something you don’t absolutely need, put it on a 30-day list. You can’t buy anything but necessities — everything else goes on the list. When the 30 days are up, you can buy it — but most likely, the strong urge to buy it will be gone, and you can evaluate it more calmly.

F

Cook at home. I know it seems more difficult than eating out. But it doesn’t have to be hard. Make home-made pizza with a ready-made crust, some sauce, cheese and veggies. Put some spices on something and throw it in the oven while you cook some brown rice. Not only is this much cheaper than eating out, but it’s healthier.

阅读下面几位消费者的情况介绍，并为他们匹配合适的建议。

1. Mr. And Mrs. Brown are a newly-married couple who work in the same company. They don’t earn much in their work, but they have to spend a larger part of their income to pay for their rent and daily necessities. Furthermore, they seldom eat at home because neither of them cooks well. Therefore, they have to pay a lot more extra money for food.

2. Mrs. Wang enjoys shopping very much because she is free all day long. Whenever she is wandering in the shops or stores, she will have a strong impulse and find it difficult for her to get back home with her hands empty. But it is quite often that she will find what she has bought is almost useless when she gets home.

3. Tony is a university student in New York, who is far away from his parents. He pays everything with his credit card. He finds it very cool for him to purchase with his credit card. However, he often finds his money has already run out in the middle of the month.

4. Miss Betty is a high school girl whose parents give her some money every week. As her parents don’t earn much money, she wants to save some money secretly so that she can buy a digital camera.

5. Miss Catherine is a young girl who is easily to be persuaded into buying something useless. She will get encouraged to buy something when she sees an advertisement. Her parents have warned her many times against doing such stupid things, but it doesn’t work much.

Tony is coming with _____ boys.

　 A. little two other 　 B. two little other

　 C. two other little 　 D. little other two

阅读下列新闻及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

A.FIFA agrees on heavy punishments to stamp out racism
ZURICH: Soccer’s world governing body FIFA agreed on Thursday to punish acts of racism with heavy punishments including taking away points and disqualification from competitions.
B. England face uphill task in the third test
MUMBAI: England will fight against all the probabilities to prevent a second straight series defeat when they face India in the third and final test starting on Saturday.
C. Disease-free chickens hit the market
GUANGZHOU: The first group of 200,000 live, quality-assured chickens, which wear colored plastic rings around their feet, hit Guangzhou’s markets on Friday, at a time when the threat of bird flu has kept chickens off many menus.
D. Football bosses deny Schweinsteiger betting report
BERLIN: German football chiefs on Thursday made a strong statement of the wrong saying that a newspaper says that Bayern Munich star Bastian Schweinsteiger was the international footballer involved in a betting.
E.Zhangs to lead Chinese team at the world championships（锦标赛）
Figure skaters Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao, whose heroic silver was a high point of last month’s Turin Winter Olympics, are ready to make China into pairs more noticeable at the world championships next week in Calgary.
F.Ministry looks to prevent soil from ruin
The two square meters of land covered with black soil that were once the pride of farmer Lei Guangsheng are now a problem without an easy solution.
请阅读下面的信息，了解五位成员的兴趣。然后进行信息匹配。
【小题1】Tony is very interested in agriculture, so he wants to know about something that is happening in the countryside.
【小题2】Collins focuses his attention on people’s health, so he would like to know what has happened in this field.
【小题3】Jesse likes sports very much. Next week the winter holidays will begin and he wants to see some great events happening in the following week.
【小题4】Jack takes great interest in collecting sportsmen’s personal information, especially about their bad behavior.
【小题5】Harry is a football fan. He often watches football games invented in old England. Now he needs to know some decision made by the organization.

The people below are all looking for books to help themselves. After the description of these people, there is information about six books A---F. Decide which book would be most suitable for the person mentioned in questions 61---65 and mark the correct letter (A---F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.

_____1. Jim bought a home computer earlier this year and he’s become very enthusiastic about it, spending hours each evening ‘playing’ with it as his wife says. Unfortunately, he’s

getting a bit forgetful about things he’s promised to do!                             

___2. Freda prefers action to reading or watching TV. She is planning to redecorate the

living room and she isn’t expecting any help from others!                             

____3. Susan Laughton is taking ‘A’ Levels in English, History and Art next year and if she passes, she’s hoping to become a teacher.                                         

____4.Tony is very interested in animals and at the moment he wants to be a vet (a doctor for animals) when he grows up.                                    

___5. Jessica loves flowers, though, as her family lives in a second floor flat, there’s no

garden for her to grow anything in.                                        

A: Book One

By Rachel Lawson

Over 100 color photographs, $ 22.00

Written to accompany an exciting new 13-part ITV television series, Nature Watch, this book describes the people who spend their lives working with the birds, animals and plants in various parts of the world. Their enthusiasm is brought to life with their own outstanding color photographs. Hints on nature watching for the amateur are found throughout.

B: Book Two

By Bob Dillard

150 color photographs and 490 color pictures, $ 16.50

Just the book for the job! With over 600 color photographs and pictures it covers the most popular DIY tasks around the home---painting, wall coverings, finishing furniture and woodwork, and putting up shelves. Full of handy tips and clear instructions

C: Book Three

By Will Smith, $ 7.5

Week to a page. A truly delightful family science magazine, each issue brings to light new software to make time before the screen interesting. This pocket diary provides a wide range of information for the enthusiast. Try it for 3 weeks for just 6.6. You can save 0.9.

D: Book Four

By Martin Ferguson

Color throughout, Paperback $ 9.5

Another title in the popular and practical Learn to Paint series, this beautifully illustrated book show you how to paint animals, birds, fish and butterflies in the studio and in the field. Every issue contains plenty of usable samples and provides a free photography page.

E: Book Five

By Cynthia Wildman

12 double-page color paintings 170 line drawings, $ 17.8

A fresh and useful approach to indoor gardening. A month-by-month guide to jobs to do, plants to look for, planning ahead and enjoying seasonal variations — to give year-round color in the home. Illustrated by original paintings for each month.

F: Book Six

By Conrad Ellis & Richard Hopkins, Paperback $ 9.8

A guide to success in written work, study and examinations for students in all subjects at colleges, and universities. Topics covered include: grammar, punctuation, and spelling; sentence and paragraph structure; research and library work; charts and diagrams; essays, reports, and exams; letters and application forms; listening and note-taking; talking and reading skills.