She was known to millions as the "Queen of Crime" or the "Duchess (女公爵) of Death". But surprisingly, she hated violence and blood, and knew nothing of the weapons most often used in murder. "I don't think I dare look at a really horrible and damaged body," Agatha Christie once said. But her pen dared to travel where her eyes would not. In a 50-year writing career, Christie's murder stories made her the world's best-known mystery writer. She is outsold only by the Bible (《圣经》) and Shakespeare.

Her works have been turned into films and TV series, and a line of computer games is set to be released over the next six years.

"My grandmother liked to use new ways to reach people who wanted to enjoy her work," said Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard. "Turning her stories into PC games allows us to introduce classic mysteries to new audiences."

Born in 1890 in England, Christie was educated at home and began her writing career while working as a nurse during World War I. She went on to produce 79 novels and numerous (大量的) short stories, dying at the age of 86. "With her knowledge of murder, Christie could have been a teacher at police academies," said one fan.

Her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" (《斯泰尔斯庄园奇案》), also introduced Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian (比利时的) police officer who starred in 30 of her works. Among the most popular are "Murder on the Orient Express" (《东方快车谋杀案》) (1934), and "Death on the Nile" (《尼罗河上的惨案》) (1937).

Poirot is a tidy little man with a funny-looking moustache, an egg-shaped head, and a high opinion of himself. He draws conclusions from observing the behavior of those around him, always managing to spot patterns that others cannot see. Poirot has become so famous that someone has even written his biography (传记), "The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot".

Starring in 17 novels, another Christie character, Miss Marple, is nearly as well known as Poirot. But while the Belgian uses his powers of observation, the old Miss Marple relies on her knowledge of human nature to solve crimes. As she once said, "Human nature is the same everywhere."

1. Agatha Christie was a ________ woman.

A. rich B. kind C. bold D. outstanding

2. Christie's murder stories ranked the ________ in sale amount.

A. second B. first C. third D. fourth

3. Christie's stories have been turned into ________ other forms.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

4. Christie's knowledge of murder was ________ .

A. poor B. rich C. limited D. poor

5. Poirot's success lies in his power of ________ while Miss Marple's success belongs to her knowledge of ________ .

A. observation； human nature

B. murder； imagination

C. imagination； murder

D. human nature； observation

(D)篇

1. D。归纳综合题，可用综合归纳法来解。认真阅读分析原文不难发现，Christie一生写了79部小说和大量短篇小说，当然是一个很出色的人。

2. C。推理判断题，可用逻辑推断法来解。由原文第一节末句可推出答案。

3. B。细节判断题，可用直接就题找文法来解。原文第二节体现答案。

4. B。推理判断题，可用逻辑推断法来解。由原文第四节"With her knowledge of murder, Christie could have been a teacher at police academies,"said one fan.可以推出答案。

5. A。细节判断题，可用直接就题找文法来解。原文末节But while the Belgian uses his powers of observation, the old Miss Marple relies on her knowledge of human nature to solve crimes. 体现答案。

第二节   信息匹配（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

    请将标有A—G的句子插入文章中标号为66—70的适合位置，使这篇文章意义完整，结构连贯。 (请将该部分答案写在答题纸上)

     Being healthy means taking care of yourself physically and mentally. Here are some of my best tips on how to do both:

Break a bad habit.

You don’t really “break” habits. __66__. So if your problem is that you eat too much when you get home from work, find something new to do that is incompatible（不能共存的）with what you usually do. You can’t walk around the track at the school and pig out in your kitchen at the same time.

Grow your marriage.

__67__. It’s always a give-and-take, always requires work. It’s as if you planted a garden and came back six months later─you wouldn’t even be able to find it. __68__.

Beat stress.

My dog, Maggie, is the best anti-stress tool I have. A few minutes petting, scratching or playing with her, and __69__. Exercise also helps. Just about every day, I’m on the tennis court. It’s a great workout, and if I don’t have that, I don’t cope as well, sleep as well or think as well.

Refocus your anger.

Expressing your anger is just not that good an idea. You say things you don’t mean. __70__. When you do that, you’re a problem solver.

Don’t medicate(掺入药) with food.

It never, ever works. You’re denying your issue by eating your way through it, instead of saying, “Hey, I’ve got a problem.”

A.     You replace the unwanted behavior with something that prevents you from doing it and that doesn’t have

unhealthy side effects.

B.     I’ll feel easy.

C.     If there is a problem, you needn’t deal with it immediately.

D.     You have to tend it, feed it, weed it, and deal with the problems.

E.      Instead, recognize that anger is usually a symptom of hurt, fear or frustration, and deal with the causes rather than blow up.

F.      Relationships are negotiated（协商）, and the negotiation never stops.

G.     You do something without any good effect on your health during the time when you usually do something harmful to your body.

第二节: 信息匹配 (共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面一篇文章，文章后有七个选项，从A、B、C、D、E、F、G的七个选项中选出五个符合每一段文章主旨大意的选项。

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor: you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear． (56)__________．

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit motionless before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings．Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about． (57) _______________．

The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s．The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand．What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage． (58)_________________．

A good teacher works in quite a different way．His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so．The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his audience, which is his class．He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along． (59)_________________．

I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage play because their brains wouldn’t keep discipline: they could not keep strictly to what another had written． (60)_______________．

A．Characteristics of a good teacher

B．Qualities of a good actor

C．What makes up a good teacher

D．What makes a teacher famous

E．It is not easy for a good teacher to become a good actor．

F．The image（印象）of a good teacher 

G．Duties of a good teacher

第五部分：短文填空（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

根据下面两篇文章的上下文意思从括号中选择适当的单词或短语填空。

请将答案写在答题纸的相应位置。

A.At the Spring Festival in China,people eat dumplings,fish and meat and may give children    1   (lucky,luck) money in red paper.There are dragon dances and camivals,and families    2   (celebrate,celebration) the Lunar New Year together.People love to    3   (get together,go together)to eat,drink and    4   (have fun with,play with)each other.Festivals let us enjoy life,be proud of our    5   (customs,habits)and forget our work for a little while.

B.The writer’s wife    6   (tries,was trying) on a hat but he did not like it.He sat down and waited for her.Then they began    7    (arguing,argued) again.He had bought a tie the day before but his wife did not like it. ‘A man    8   (can never,can) have too many ties.’he said.His wife used exactly the same argument ‘A woman can’t have    9   (so,too)many hats,’ and bought the hat.It    10    (looked like,looked) a lighthouse.

第二节完形填空(共20小题。每小题1．5分。满分30分)
阅读下面一篇文章，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选
项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A couple of years ago, I went to a lady's house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I  36  that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning   37  the wall. Being a piano music lover and   38 , I asked if the woman played. She nodded and added that she had been  39  lessons--at age 54! I told her that it was very   40  that she was pursuing (追求) her   41  to play the piano.
Then she asked me the same question.  
"I have been playing for 8 years now," I answered.
"Then you must play a song for me before you leave," she requested.
I    42  she was kidding and I simply smiled. At the end of the   43  of the vitamins, she 44    me of our musical "  45 ". She then showed me to an old upright piano in the living room and asked me to play a song for her. I thought    46   and decided to play David Lanz's "Return to the Heart", since she had so much passion for    47  , and it was my soul-searching song.
I played the song to the best of my    48 , and with my emotions pouring into it as possible. She loved it.   49  I was about to step out of the door, I heard a weak voice calling out, "Young man!"
I turned around. And there was an old lady    50   one little step at a time with the help of another woman. "I wanted to come out to   51  you for the beautiful song that you played. I have been very sick, and it's very hard for me to    52   my bed, but I really wanted to thank you for the song. It made me feel good..." she said. With that, she turned around and walked   53  back to her room.
I was deeply touched by her   54  and felt a deeper understanding for the song. It served its purpose beautifully, returning to one's   55   for peace and joy.
36. A. observed            B. watched           C. noticed           D. caught
37. A. on                B. at                      C. over              D. against
38. A. player             B. learner                  C. composer         D. starter
39. A. giving             B. attending                C. teaching          D. learning
40. A. interesting         B. exciting            C. aggressive        D. impressive
41. A. passion           B. interest             C. hobbies            D. emotions
42. A. found            B. felt                 C. hoped            D. thought
43. A. charge           B. purchase              C. bargain            D. obtaining
44. A. warned          B. required              C. asked             D. reminded
45. A. deal            B. contract              C. discussion          D. debate
46. A. for the moment    B. at the moment        C. for a moment       D. at a moment
47. A. music           B. me                   C. the piano          D. vitamins
48. A. knowledge       B. attitude                 C. mind              D. ability
49. A. Since           B. As                    C. While            D. Because
50. A. taking          B. making                C. having            D. moving
51. A. thank           B. praise                 C. admire            D. respect
52. A. get on          B. get up                         C. get off              D. get down
53. A. quickly         B. calmly                        C. happily           D. slowly
54. A. approval        B. appreciation             C. joy               D. thanks
55. A. heart          B. world                C. soul              D. Dream