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Deciding what present you should give someone is never easy. Many things must be considered such as   1.   the person is interested in and how old he is. We must also consider the reaction of the person  2.   (receive) the gift. One of the  3.  (bad) gift choices I ever made was for my high school English teacher, Ms Chen. Ms Chen   4.   (teach) me English since Junior 1, and to show my   5.   (appreciate) I decided to get her a present. I asked my classmates about her interests   6.   I made my final decision. Then I went to the department store   7.  I worked part-time and bought her   8.   expensive gift box of Sichuan beef. I was certain she would like it because I  9.  (tell) by my classmates that she loved hot food. I left the box with a card on her desk and I was sure she would like them.   10.   was only after I heard she became sick that I learned she couldn’t eat MSG (味精)! 

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.

    The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.

    Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.

    Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him.  ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘ Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘ give me back my daughter.”  ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.

1. The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____

A.            she hoped to make the king the richest in the world.    B. She loved gold too.

C.  She wanted to teach the king a lesson. 

D. She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold gold.

2. When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____

   A. excited  B. hungry  C. worried   D  happy

3. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A. The king died in the river.

B. The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.

C. All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones.

D. Both B and C

4.What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A. Gold makes people unhappy.   

B. More gold , more happiness.

C. Gold is not the thing that makes life happy.

D. People feel happy if they have not gold.

In the suburban district of a city lived an old woman quite alone. Her husband died thirty years ago and two years later, her only son went away with lung cancer. So she had no family still living and her only friend was a little white dog who went everywhere with her - with one exception. The dog loved the fireplace in winter, and after the old woman went to bed he would sometimes go and lie in front of the warm coals. Usually though, the dog lay on a rug right next to the bed.

Deeply as the old woman loved her dog, she wouldn't allow the dog on the bed with her. However, if she became frightened or had a nightmare, she would put her hand down to her little white dog and he would lick it to calm her down.

One night she was reading the newspaper just before going to sleep. She trembled and pulled the duvet（羽绒被褥）up around her as she read that a mental patient had wandered out from a nearby hospital. No one knew if the patient was dangerous or not, but he was a suspect in the murders of several women who lived alone.

The woman turned off the lights and tried to sleep, but she was frightened, and turned over continually. Finally, she reached down to where her little white dog slept. Sure enough, a warm, wet tongue began to lick her hand. The woman felt reassured and safe, and left her hand hanging off the side of the bed. As she turned to settle in comfortably she opened her eyes for a moment and looked through the open door into the living room.

There in front of the fireplace, sat her little white dog, gazing at the coals and wagging his tail. And down beside her bed, something was still licking her hand.

1.From the first paragraph we can know that _________.

2.Why didn’t she allow the dog on the bed with her?

3.The reason the old woman shivered was that _____________.

4.Seeing the dog still sitting by the fireplace, __________.

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，共40分）

第一节（共15题, 每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项。                              

          Most people know that a wedding ring is symbolic of the bond of love and commitment between two people．But not everyone knows about the history behind this small yet powerful symbol．The history of the wedding ring goes back not just hundreds but thousands of years．No other currently practiced wedding tradition has been around as long．

The Egyptians were the first recorded civilization to use the wedding ring．In Egyptian hieroglyphics（象形文字） a circle represented eternity．Once a woman accepted the ring she became the “property” of the person who gave it to her and she was in a sense “his．” The first wedding ring could have been made of braided grass or hay （which would have been changed often）, ivory, bone, or leather．Eventually, metal was used, but the first wedding bands were crude（未加工的） and rough．However, the sentiment remained the same-eternal commitment and love．

The Egyptians wore the wedding ring on the left hand because it was believed that a vein in the left hand went straight to the heart．This tradition is still commonly practiced today in most parts of the world largely for practical purposes （most people are right handed．） It is worn on the fourth finger of the left hand．But there are some countries and groups which do not follow this tradition．In the Jewish faith, the wedding ring is put on the index finger．Roman Catholics traditionally wore their wedding band on the right hand, and in many countries and regions in Europe some people still follow this tradition．

It is interesting to note that in the long history of the wedding ring that it is only in the last century that men have begun to wear them．However, now both men and women show their love and commitment by exchanging rings on their wedding day．

Once you begin shopping for rings you may be amazed by the choices that await you．There are several different types of metals: traditional gold, white gold, platinum, and titanium．You can have an inscription put on the inside of the band if you like．Some people are even choosing a tattoo band．The styles vary from a simple, yet elegant band to an elaborate ring covered with jewels．If you do not buy the wedding and engagement rings as a set you will want to be sure the styles are compatible．Choose carefully because this choice will need to stand the test of eternity．

56．What’s the best title for this passage?

         A．History of rings                B．Interesting facts about rings 

         C．Different beliefs about rings          D．The meaning of the rings．

57．What may the word “eternity” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

         A．Elegance        B．Marriage     C．Wedding        D．Foreverness

58．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

         A．The meaning of the rings remained unchanged．

         B．One should be careful of choosing a ring in a shop from different kinds．

         C．Jewish are so faithful to their beliefs to wear rings on the fourth finger．

         D．Now most people in the world still follow Roman Catholics traditionally．

59．What can we infer from the passage?

         A．Men were looked upon by women for thousands years．

         B．Only women have the right to make themselves beautiful．

         C．women wore rings thousands of years earlier than men．

         D．You can have an inscription put on the inside the band．

   Soong Mei-ling was one of the most well-known Chinese women of the twentieth century.

Mei-ling was born in Hainan in 1898, the youngest daughter of Charlie Soong. At the age of 8, she was sent to the United States to go to school, where she did well. She graduated from Wellesley College in Massachusetts in 1917 with a degree in English Literature. Because of her education Mei-ling spoke excellent English.

After graduation Mei-ling returned to China and she met Chiang Kai-shek(蒋介石) in 1920. She married him in 1927 after his divorce. During the war against Japan, Mei-ling acted as her husband’s interpreter and translator. She worked hard to promote the Chinese cause during the war, especially in the United States. In 1943 she became the first Chinese national and only the second woman to speak before the US Congress(国会).

After the defeat(溃败) of her husband’s government in 1949, Mei-ling moved to Taiwan. She lived there until her husband’s death in 1975. She then emigrated to the USA and lived on her family’s estate(别墅) in Lattington, Long Island, near New York. She spent much of time painting.

Mei-ling died peacefully at her apartment in New York on October 23, 2003 at the age of 105.

41.  Mei-ling was born in ______

A.  1920      B.  1927       C.  1917       D.  1898

42.  After graduation Mei-ling_______

A.  went back to China B.  studied English Literature

C..  lived in Massachusetts   D.  spoke little English

43.  During the war against Japan, Mei-ling________

A.  was her husband’s interperter and translator

B.  toured the United States

C.  spent her time in Long Island

D.  lived in Tai’wan

44.  Soong Mei-ling ______

A.  was the oldest Soong sister    B.  loved money

C.  died in the USA     D.  married Dr Sun Yat-sen(孙中山)