Many people who work in London prefer to live outside it, and to go in to their offices or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this means they have to get up early in the morning and reach home late in the evening. 

One advantage of living outside London is that houses are cheaper. Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot to rent. With the same money, one can get a little house in the country with a garden of one’s own. 

Then, in the country one can rest from the noise and hurry of the town. Even though one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep better at night and during weekends and on summer evenings, one can enjoy the fresh, clean air of the country. If one likes gardens, one can spend one’s free time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are needed in a garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables come up, one has the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature. 

Some people, however, take no interest in country things: for them, happiness lies in the town, with its cinemas and theatres, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance-halls and restaurants. Such people would feel that their life was not worth living if they had to live it outside London. An occasional walk in one of the parks and a fortnight’s (two weeks) visit to the sea every summer is all the country they want: the rest they are quite prepared to leave to those who are glad to get away from London every night. 

1.Which of the following statements is NOT true? 

2.One can use the same money for ________ to buy a little house with a garden in the country.

3.When the flowers and vegetables in the garden come up, those _______ have the reward of one who has shared the secret of Nature. 

4.People who think happiness lies in the town would feel that _______ if they had to live it outside London. 

5.The underlined word rest in the last paragraph refers to ________.

6.C。推断题。根据其上文：这些人偶尔去公园散散步后去海边度两周假；本句接着说：其余的就留给那些每天晚上喜欢离开伦敦的人，那么，“其余的”显然指“其余的乡村”。从而可推知题

That year , in the local school, there was a new math teacher, as well as some new pupils. One of the new kids was the stupidest child anyone had ever seen. It made no difference how quickly or how slowly they tried explaining numbers to him; he would always end up saying something enormously stupid. Like two plus two was five, seven times three was twenty-seven, or a triangle had thirty corners……
Before this boy arrived, math lessons had been the most boring of all. Now they were great fun. Encouraged by the new teacher, the children would listen to the pieces of nonsense spouted by the new kid, and they would have to correct his mistakes.
Whenever the new teacher asked questions, the stupid kid would stand up but made the wrong answers, the other students all wanted to be the first to find his mistakes, and then think up the most original ways to explain them. To do this they used all kinds of stuff : sweets, playing cards, oranges, paper planes, etc. It didn’t seem like any of this bothered the new kid.
However, Little Lewis was sure that it was bound to make him feel sad inside. Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school. On leaving school, the new kid walked a few minutes to a local park, and there he waited for a while, until someone came along to meet him……
It was the new teacher!
The teacher gave the new kid a hug, and off they went, hand in hand. Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.
【小题1】根据短文第二三段描述，可知这位新老师的工作很有创造性，故选A。
【小题2】根据短文最后一段Following from a distance, Lewis could hear they were talking about math.描述，可知选B，这个所谓的最蠢的学生其实比其它学生知道的多。
【小题3】根据Lewis was sure he would see him crying. So, one day, he decided to follow the new kid home after school.描述，可知选B。
【小题4】联系上文To do this they used all kinds of stuff :可知选C。
【小题5】The math lessons became interesting again because of the new teacher’s ___________.

B) 阅读下面的短文，根据首字母的提示在空白处填上适当的单词，使短文意义完整。(For questions 71—80, read the passage below. Complete it by filling in each blank one word. The first letter of each word is provided.)
The Home of the Future
When Dan Green comes home from work, he doesn't need a key to open his front door. As he walks up to the front of his house, the (71)d________ opens. The lights turn on inside. His favorite music starts to play. His dinner is (72)r________ in the oven. (73)B________ no   one   is   home.   What's happening? This is the home of the future! Right now, Dan Green is the  only  person (74)w________ has a home like this. He is a scientist. But  in  about  25 years, many  people (75)w________ have homes like Dan's. His  home  does  not  look different on the (76)o________. But inside it is very different.
Computers control this house of the  future. For (77)e________, Dan  is  watching  television  (78)w             the doorbell rings. The TV is a computer. When Dan presses a button on the TV remote control, he can see  a picture of his (79)v________ on  the  screen. He  can  also  use  the remote control to open or close the door. Dan can watch TV and answer the door at the same   (80)t________.

单词拼写（本题共10题，1-5题每题空1分，6-10题每空0.5分，共10分）
根据句子所给单词的首字母或中文意思，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限一词）。
【小题1】Heavy rains have a_______ the life of about 680,000 people in Hunan province.  
【小题2】We admire her for she has a g________ for singing and dancing. 
【小题3】To live a long and healthy life,we must learn to have a b_________ diet.
【小题4】As is known to all, smoking is h_________ to our health.
【小题5】This hotel r________ me of the one we stayed in last year.
【小题6】We should ______  ____ (依靠) our parents before we become grow-ups.
【小题7】He _____  _____ on (瞧不起) anyone who hasn't had a college education.
【小题8】 When the fire _____  ____ (爆发)，I was reading an interesting book.
【小题9】Super-parents Gil and Kelly Bates, from America, love babies so much that they already have ____  ______ (抚养)18 children.  
【小题10】After they married, they ______ ______  (定居) in a small village, leading a quiet life.

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语句子，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.you pay????????????? by cash or credit card in this store. (matter)

在这家商店，你是用现金还是用信用卡结账都没关系。

2.It rained for three weeks on end, completely _________________.????????????? (ruin)

连续下了三个星期的雨，完全毁了我们的假期。

3.There is no sense ___________________now.Look????????????? forward and????????????? everything will be all right. (upset)??

你现在为这件事苦恼是没有意义的，向前看，一切都会好起来的。

4."They didn’t take measures in time, otherwise the explosions __________________," some experts said. (happen)

“他们没有及时采取措施，否则就不会出现这几次爆炸，”一些专家说。

5.The house was greatly damaged by the truck and we'd better leave things________________________ until the police arrive. (be)

卡车严重损坏了这座房子，我们最好保待原样直到警察到来。

6.Research finds that social network users have more than _________________online as in re­al life. (many)

研究发现社交网络用户在网络上拥有的朋友是现实生活中两倍多。

7.What an annoyance!? Hardly__________________my computer ????????????? when a lot of advertisements came pouring in. (turn)

真烦人！我一打开电脑就有很多广告涌入.

8.Huo Zun said that his dream was_______________________to sing a song at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. (invite)

霍尊说他的梦想是受邀上中央电視台春节联欢晚会唱一首歌。

9.We have launched another man-made satellite,___________________intoday's newspaper. (announce)?????????????

我们发射了另一颗人造卫星，这件事在今天的报纸上被公布了。

10.China is attacked by such a terrible smog _____________________ "nuclear winter". (call)?????????????

中国遭受着被称之为“核冬天”的可怕雾霾的袭击。