British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights （强调) the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many goods.

In a study of ten of the largest European countries, Britain, which was considered a popular country to live in, now comes last followed by Ireland, with France and Spain topping the table.

Though British families enjoy the highest income in Europe, they still have to fight with a high cost of living, with fuel, food and alcohol all costing more than the European average.

With the high price of petrol, the UK is the second most expensive country in Europe. However, diesel (柴油) is more expensive in the UK than anywhere else in Europe.

The report by the website uSwitch analyses 10 European countries against 17 different benchmarks(基准点), from the price of gas, electricity, fuel, food and drink to the money each country spends on education, health to working conditions and the weather.

The top three countries are France, Spain and Denmark, with Sweden, Ireland and Britain coming eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.

The study comes less than a week after the United Nations moved Britain out of the top 20 list of most desirable countries to live in for the first time.

Although France and Germany were at the beginning hit hard by the global financial crisis, both have officially got out of the trouble, while Britain has yet to prove this has happened. Later this week, despite (尽管) signs of recovery in the housing market and rising sales, unemployment is still expected to have climbed to above 2.5 million for the first time since 1994.

1.Which country has the best quality of life in Europe according to the report?

 A. Ireland.        B. France.         C. Sweden.         D. Denmark

2.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. British families are suffering from the high cost of living.  

B. The report comes after the website uSwitch analysed 10 Asian countries.

C. The price of petrol is higher in Britain than anywhere else in Europe.

D. The quality of British life is reported to be terrible because of the bad working conditions.

3.The underlined word “desirable” probably means           .

A. terrible      B. attractive         C. expensive       D. different

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Britain is still struggling to get out of the global financial crisis.

B. Unemployment in Britain is expected to go down soon.

C. Recovery in the housing market leads to unemployment in Britain.

D. Britain has recovered from the crisis together with France and Germany.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A friend in need

Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you  36  find in any neighborhood, these two  37 each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.

One evening, Brownie's family   38  that Brownie hadn't returned home. They went looking for him with no   39     Brownie didn't appear the next day, and despite(尽管)their  40  to find him, by the next week he was still missing. Curiously, Spotty  41  at Brownie's house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, Brownie's family just ignored the  42  little neighbor dog. Finally, one morning Spotty   43  to take “no” for an answer any longer. He followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say,"  44  me! It’s urgent!”

Then Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a   45  spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie   46  but one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg-hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier requirement   47  Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. Spotty had done more than simply  48  Brownie's owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the   49   dog, Ted found some dog food, which was later   50 as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that  51 !Spotty had been visiting Brownie   52  in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort. Spotty had obviously 53  with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling(依偎)with him at night to keep him warm and touching him gently with its nose to keep his  54  up. Brownie's leg was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many years afterward, the two   55  watched the faithful friends frolicking(嬉戏)and chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses.

14.A. injured    B. defeated      C. frightened    D, worried

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，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A friend in need
Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you  36  find in any neighborhood, these two  37 each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.
One evening, Brownie’s family   38  that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no   39     Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and despite(尽管)their  40  to find him, by the next week he was still missing. Curiously, Spotty  41  at Brownie’s house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, Brownie’s family just ignored the  42  little neighbor dog. Finally, one morning Spotty   43  to take “no” for an answer any longer. He followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say,"  44  me! It’s urgent!”
Then Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a   45  spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie   46  but one of his hind legs stuck in a steel leg-hold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier requirement   47  Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. Spotty had done more than simply  48  Brownie’s owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the   49   dog, Ted found some dog food, which was later   50 as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that  51 !Spotty had been visiting Brownie   52  in a single-minded quest to keep his friend alive by offering his own comfort. Spotty had obviously 53  with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling(依偎)with him at night to keep him warm and touching him gently with its nose to keep his  54  up. Brownie’s leg was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many years afterward, the two   55  watched the faithful friends frolicking(嬉戏)and chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses.

Jesse Owens is recognized as a hero not just because he is fast. Some people might say that they know him for just that reason. However, there are lots of fast people who are not known. Jesse Owens is known because Chancellor Adolf Hitler did not shake the hand of Jesse Owens or even recognize his feat of winning four gold medals, because Owens was an African American.

    Jesse Owens owed much of his success to his coach Charles Riley, who probably was the most important one making him have the career that he did. Owens came from a background that required him to work after school in a shoe shop. He couldn't attend the regularly scheduled track practices organized by his school. However, Charles Riley saw the boy had both a passion(热情) and a talent for running, and so arranged for him to be able to practice before school instead.

Jesse Owens achieved this success despite(尽管) his racial background, which at the time was a huge limitation to him. He could only eat in certain restaurants and sleep in certain hotels, as could all African Americans of the time. He was also never offered a scholarship for school despite setting records for NCAA(美国全国大学生体育协会) championships.

The Berlin Olympics in 1936 is where his star rose as high as it would ever be able to. These Olympics were during the height of Hitler’s rule. It took courage to race in front of Hitler and many other racist(种族主义者). It took time, determination, and perseverance(坚持不懈) to race like him. He won four gold medals at those Olympics. It would take almost fifty years for someone else to walk away from the Olympics with four gold medals. He passed away at the age of 66 from lung cancer.

1.The underlined word “feat” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “            .”

A. chance            B. happiness         C. success           D. hope

2. We know from paragraph 2 that Jesse Owens             .

A. did not need to work after school    

B. took part in the regular track practices

C. did not get along well with his coach

D. was arranged to practice before school

3.Jesse Owens was well-known around the world mainly because he             .

A. sets records for NCAA championships

B. was brave enough to race in front of Adolf Hitler

C. didn’t want to shake hands with Hitler

D. is recognized as a hero of the white Americans

4.According to the passage, which of the following about Jesse Owens is true?

A. Hitler recognized his feat of winning four gold medals.

B. He was offered a scholarship for setting records for NCAA championships.

C. He could only eat in certain restaurants like many other African Americans.

D. It took him almost fifty years to walk away from the Olympics with four gold medals.

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Sport hero ---- Jesse Owens           B. The Berlin Olympics in 1936

C. Charles Riley ---- Jesse Owens’ s coach    D. Jesse Owens’s childhood

People always say that the earlier one learns a language, the     it is to do so, in theory it is that,      , in my opinion, that refers to spoken language. Capability(能力) to practice some essential(基本的)     of a language and read between the lines can only be trained through proper reading ways and hard work     .So spending money to help      learn English may     up with disappointment. It is likely that the more you     ,the more you are let down.

The daughter of one of my friends     English in primary school,     her foreign teacher’s blindness     psychology. She did not want to go on     English until middle school,     a college student studying English slowly     her interest in the language.

It is better to have the child learn Chinese than to have some difficulty     learning English for several years. Having been engaged in English education,     find that despite(尽管) their excellent     , many students have     command of English words and phrases. So I suggest that children

     classical Chinese prose(散文),rather than     them to learn English hurriedly. Otherwise, they may let go the best time to    the language ability of their mother tongue.

1.A. easy            B. difficult          C. easier                         D. more difficult

2.A. but                 B. however          C. though             D. yet

3.A. opinions              B. regards           C. requests                        D. expressions

4.A. directly            B. orally                  C. properly                D. indirectly

5.A. people                          B. girls              C. children                         D. boys

6.A. begin                            B. start              C. finish               D. end

7.A. pay            B. get              C. buy              D. take

8.A. loved                   B. liked              C. disliked                         D. learned

9.A. because of                   B. because            C. instead of              D. instead

10.A. of                      B. at                           C. in             D. to

11.A. learning            B. to learn            C. with learning              D.for learning

12.A. while                    B. where             C. when                           D. as

13.A. introduced                B. practiced           C. explained                       D. developed

14.A. in              B. to                       C. at               D. of

15.A. He                     B. I                             C. She                      D. They

16.A. pronunciation  B. phrase              C. language             D. writing

17.A. few          B. less               C. little              D. fewer

18.A. write                           B. do                  C. remember               D. memorize

19.A. have                 B. let                 C. cause              D. make

20.A. study                           B. improve              C. learn                       D. master