阅读表达（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求回答问题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

［1］Today,millions of people want to learn or improve their English but it is difficult to find the best method.Is it better to study in Britain or America or to study in your own country?

［2］The advantages of going to Britain seem obvious.Firstly,you will be able to listen to the language all the time you are in the country.You will be aurrounded completely by the language wherever you go.Another advantage is that you have to speak the language if you are with other people.In Italy,it is always possible,in the class,to speak Italian if you want to and the learning is slower.

［3］On the other hand,           staying at home to study.You don’t have to make big changes to your life.As well as this,it is also a lot cheaper than going to Britain but it is never possible to achieve the results of living in the UK.If you have a good teacher in Italy,I think you can learn in a more concentrated way than being in Britain without going to a school.

［4］so,in conclusion,I think that if you have enough time and enough money,the best choice is to spend some time in the UK.This is simply not possible for most people,so being here in Italy is the only viable(可行的)option.The most important thing to do in this situation is to maximise your opportunities:to speak only English in class and to try to use English whenever possible outside the class.

What is the text mainly about?(no more than 10 words)

Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?

All the people and everything around are related with English,and you’ll have more opportunities.

                                                                               Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(no more than 8 words)

What suggestion does the author give to those who learn English in their own country?(no more than 20 words)

Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

My school makes students take one religion (宗教) class every year. But religion is really hard, especially with Mr Frank Smith for a teacher.

Mr Smith is 55 years old, with grey hair and a moustache (胡子). He always wears a blue school T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes with long white socks. My friends say he looks like a cat.

In his class, we did yoga (瑜珈) and meditation (冥想) (actually most of the children in my class lay on the ground sleeping), tasted some strange tea, had classes outside in the garden, and watched videos and movies about Tibetan Buddhism (藏传佛教), God, and so on.

It was fun sometimes. However, the course (课程) was quite hard when it came to tests. The girls often worked until one or two o'clock in the morning on nights before the tests, but they still got bad scores.

When our test scores were bad, he would give us some makeup assignments (补考作业). Once I got a B, which I thought was bad, so I asked Mr Smith for an assignment to bring up my grades.

As a matter of fact, his assignments were often worse than the tests. The tests were just a lot of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, or short essays (文章). But his assignments usually included a speech in class.

I was not afraid of public speaking, yet it took me three days to collect the information, two days to write the speech, one day to make a PowerPoint and several hours to prepare. I knew my presentation (课堂展示) was good, because I saw Mr Smith's big smile when he listened to me. He gave me an A at last.

After finishing the course, I may not remember how hard it was or the meaning of some vocabulary. But through Mr Smith, I learned a lesson that will be with me my whole life. That is: no matter what we do, we need to put our hearts into it, and then our work will pay off.

The religion class is hard because Mr Smith _______.

A. uses strange ways to teach in his class.

B. never gives good scores, however hard you try.

C. gives difficult tests and make-up assignments.

D. likes students to make good presentations.

How could students get good scores in Mr. Smith’s class?

A. Work hard by studying late into the night.                  

B. Remember all of the vocabulary.

C. Pay attention and take notes in class.                              

D. Do well on the make-up assignment.

From the course, the writer learned that ____.

A. people should always be given a second chance

B. people should always put their hearts into their work

C. it is good to do yoga and meditation             

D. it is good to choose strict teacher

SECTION B
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrase that best fits the context. （10分）
It was a Sunday afternoon. I was waiting outside the classroom where my son was about to take a(n)   31  . The boys and girls were busy discussing the exam, while their anxious parents were watching them outside. There was a lot of  32  .
I noticed one boy who was standing alone in silence, with fear written all over his face. He did not join other children  33  the discussion and he looked puzzled. He wanted to mix with the others;  34  , he didn’t seem to be confident enough. He 35  me deeply. I moved towards him and smiled at him. He smiled back warmly. Then I started to encourage him and told him that he would do well in the exam. This helped him  36  his fear and he told me something about himself: his parents never cared about him and did not  37   him even if he was always a top student. I told him that his education was preparation for later life that should never be   38  . He became encouraged and said he would try to fight against all the difficulties in his life and be successful. He then went into the   39  and we lost touch.
A few days later, I happened to be in the school and I saw him again. He looked different. He gave me a broad smile and came to me with   40  steps. He said happily that he had got first place in the test and that those few minutes with me was really important to him. He thanked me for the words I had said. It was a great moment for me.
31. A. class          B. exam        C. lecture        D. meeting
32. A. voice          B. noise        C. sound        D. fun
33. A. to             B. into         C. together       D. in
34. A. though         B. besides       C. therefore      D. however
35. A. excited         B. delighted      C. impressed     D. appealed
36. A. restart          B. promote      C. remove       D. keep
37. A. support         B. control       C. share          D. rescue
38. A. given out       B. given up      C. given away     D. given in
39. A. restroom        B. classroom     C. waiting room   D. dining room
40. A. certain          B. ready       C. hopeful        D. confident

A jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

“You are employed,” he said. “Give me your e-mail address and I’ll send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”

The man replied，“But I don’t have a computer, neither an e-mail.”

“I’ m sorry，” said the HR manager.“If you don’t have an e-mail，that means , you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job.”

 The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do with only ten dollars in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. He then sold the tomatoes from door to door. In less than two hours, he managed to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.

The man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. Five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers(销售商) in the US.

He started to plan his family’s future and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker（经纪人）and chose a protection plan.

When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. The man replied, “I don’t have an e-mail.”

The broker answered curiously,“You don’t have an e-mail, and yet have managed to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail?" The man thought for a while and replied,“Yes，I’d be an office boy at Microsoft!”

1.The underlined word “tripled” can be replaced by              .

A. became large                             B. became 3 times

C. increased quickly                        D. decreased quickly

2.According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?

A. The man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world.

B. The man didn’t give up though he failed the interview.

C. He started his career by selling tomatoes in the Supermarket.

D. Those who have e-mails can work at Microsoft.

3.The man can be described as                .

A. helpful and considerate                                    B. positive and generous

C. smart and hardworking                                       D. stubborn and unselfish

4.Which proverb can best describe the story?

A. Misfortune may be an actual blessing.       B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C. Accidents will happen.                   D. No pains, no gains.

Section B

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are 4 words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.

About 200 students were having a final exam in a huge lecture hall. Obviously the teacher wasn’t very well liked, who kept shouting out how much time was left. During the exam he was so  36   going around the room making sure that nobody cheated . He asked the students to pile the completed tests on the huge desk. This made for quite a mess (混乱).

    Anyway, everyone needed a fairly good  37  . Many students did poorly when rushed. One of the students thought that he must get a good grade, so he went on when the professor said “  38  down and hand in your exam sheets”.

Five minutes turned into ten, ten into twenty, twenty into forty…almost an hour   39    the test was over, our friend finally put down his pencil, gather up his work, and headed to the front to present his final. The whole time, the professor sat there, strangely waiting for the student to complete.

“What do you think you are doing?” It was clear that the professor had  40  only to give the student a  41   time.

“Turning in my exam,” replied the student confidently.

“I’m afraid I have some bad  42   for you,”the professor gloated(幸灾乐祸),“Your exam is an hour late. You’ve FAILED it. And I’ll see you next term when you  43   my course.”

The student smiled slyly(狡诈地) and asked the professor,“Do you know who I am?” “No,”cried out the professor   44  .

The student   45  the professor right in the eyes and said slowly, “I didn’t think so,” so he lifted up one of the   46   half way, put his test neatly into the center of the pile, let the pile fall  47  his test in the middle, turned around, and walked out of the huge lecture hall.

36．A．kind                       B．busy                       C．strict                      D．serious

37．A．teacher                   B．friend                     C．grade                      D．paper

38．A．pencils                   B．papers                    C．hands                     D．books

39．A．if                           B．though                    C．before                    D．after

40．A．promised                B．managed                 C．waited                    D．worked

41．A．easy                       B．hard                       C．long                       D．good

42．A．information            B．result                      C．advice                    D．news

43．A．accept                    B．repeat                     C．learn                      D．begin

44．A．cruelly                   B．warmly                   C．angrily                   D．firmly

45．A．searched                 B．hit                          C．blamed                   D．looked

46．A．hands                     B．eyes                       C．desks                      D．piles

47．A．changing                B．burying                  C．improving               D．sticking