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

第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项

Y="Yang" Li       D= Diarmuid

Y: Hi, Diarmuid. Nice to see you again.

D: Hi, you know, Li, it was so nice to meet your friends last night.

Y: Oh,      61     

D: Yeah, they’re really cool. I’ve “ friended ” them already.

Y: You’ve friended….      62    

D:   63    But I also friended them. Do you like social networking?

Y: Eh? Not sure.    64    

D: Well Li, I’m sure you know about social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo and Qzone?

Y: Oh, social networking sites.

D:     65    you can say you add them, or simply friend them.

E. When you want to make friends with somebody.

F. You mean you’ve become friends with them?

G. Well yes, we’ve become friends.

第二节（共5小题，每题2分，满分10分。）

根据短文的内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上相应的位置将该项涂黑，选项中有两项为多余项。

I come from a close, loving family. I have three elder brothers.

My parents owned a wood supply business.  71  When I was a kid, people used to laugh at my dad and say his volunteer work was his business and his business was his hobby .That rubbed off on me. For example, I was a Big Brother in high school, and I continued doing volunteer work in college.

In 1979, just before graduation, my brother Mark asked if I’d like to help him start a software company.  72  And I was happy that later it became very unusual in the software industry. Once I started working, I continued to volunteer.

  73  So I volunteer to company the elderly persons who live alone. I met Malcolm, who’s physically healthy.  74  He is also interested in my work. He often says “You can get caught up being the CEO of a half-billion-dollar software company very quickly.”

I learn kindness, humility（谦恭）, a positive outlook on life from Malcolm.  75  But we have been together for five years and there is no end in sight.

A. So I joined his company.    

B. They are successful in the business.

C. Most people volunteer for a year.   

D. But they were active volunteers in our community.

E. He learn how to do volunteer work from me .

F. I’m a big believer that you learn from those around you by volunteering.

G. We talk about what friends talk about.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。

What is a big dream ? (1)     Or , is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.

The Self

Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego(自我). It’s there for protecting and should be listened to. (2)    Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.

(3)      

Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friends destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.

The World

If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world. (4)     In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.

The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well.(5)    

E. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.

F. Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong

G. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.