On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went to Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery. The Civil War was still going on. There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time. He was not at all popular. He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only out of politeness. The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day. Everett was a handsome man and very popular everywhere.

　　It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and said , "I have failed again." On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed."

　　Some newspapers at first criticized（批评）the speech. But little by little as people read the speech they began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.

　　Today, every American school child learns Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.

1..

 In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was_________.

　　A. very critical

　　B. unpopular

　　C. very popular

　　D. very courteous （礼貌）

2..

. Lincoln was invited to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery because he was_________.

　　A. a famous speaker

　　B. a very handsome man

　　C. President of the country

　　D. a popular statesman

3..

 It can be inferred from the text that_________.

　　A. Lincoln prepared his speech very carefully before he went to Gettysburg

　　B. Lincoln was very busy at the time and didn't have much time to prepare his speech

　　C. Lincoln's speech was full of rich words

　　D. Lincoln's speech was very long

4..

It was a fact that Lincoln's speech was _________.

　　A. an immediate success

　　B. warmly applauded

　　C. a total failure

　　D. not well-received at first

5..

 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address has deep meaning.

　　B. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is simple in style.

　　C. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is memorized by every American school child.

　　D. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is the greatest speech ever delivered in the United        States.

第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。

A

　　It is a typical case. A young professional has just moved to a new city. She is very active in her new job but wishes to meet people socially outside of work. How does she do this？

　　Signing up for a night class is always a good starting point. Not only is it an ideal way to meet like-minded people，it can also be a great new learning experience. Pubs and clubs can be a good meeting place but call be a bit hard if you are on your own.

　　Join a gym

　　GL-14 health club in Manchester city centre is a gym which also has lots of member activities outside the gym from charity fashion shows to dinner dances giving members a chance to socialize away from the treadmill（繁忙的工作）. Or if you want a gym with a difference，try a“Green Gym”for people who want to exercise but wish to be outdoors and doing something that will benefit the environment at the same time. The“work out”could involve such activities as practical conservation or gardening work. It’s a great way to get people’s heart and muscle working. And many agree that meeting other people and having a matter and a laugh is a big attraction of the scheme.

　　Reading groups

　　In the Reading Groups，Jenny Hartley suggested that there may be as many as 50，000 people in reading groups in the UK. They range from informal groups of friends or colleagues who meet in someone’s home or at the local pub，to discuss a book. If you want something a bit more structured，lots of libraries have reading groups and could have a broader group of members.

　　Statistics

　　The BBC recently conducted a survey called Going solo：single life in the 21st century. You can look at the overall results or search by area. It found that：

　　*69％ of people thought that the gym was a good place to meet new

　　*Pubs or clubs were considered to be good meeting places by 58％ of people in the UK

　　*68％ thought that work was a good place to meet people

　　*72％ thought that internet chat was not an ideal way to meet people

51．“Green Gym”in Paragraph 3 refers to an activity in which you can________.

A．have night classes with like-minded people

B．do something good for the environment on your own

C．discuss a book with other members at a pub

D．benefit the environment while doing outdoor exercise

52．Which of the following is a Green Gym activity？

A．Gardening work.

B．Chatting on the Internet.

C．A charity fashion show.

D．A dinner dance away from the treadmill.

53．What’s the most popular place to meet new people outside of work？

A．Pubs or clubs. 　　　　　　　　　　B．The Internet.

C．The working place. 　　　　　　　　D．The gym.

54．What’s the writer’s attitude towards the suggestions given in the passage？

A．Critical. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　B．Objective.

C．Doubtful. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　D．Indifferent.

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

The Human Development Report, published annually since 1990, seeks to __50__ “human development” around the world and calculates a “Human Development Index” (HDI 人类发展指数) for 169 countries. The HDI is __51__ on average income, life expectancy, and level of education. __52__, rich countries tend to have higher HDIs than poor countries, but there are interesting __53__ in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, because some have better health and education systems than others.

Almost every country in the world has a higher HDI than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis the total number of people living in extreme __54__ has increased. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are more __55__, — and that even in countries with severe economic problems, people’s health and education have generally __56__. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile __57__ human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is __58__, however, of the fact that economic inequality has increased significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.

The greatest threat to HDI in the future, according to the report, is climate change. The way to increase average income in a country is through economic growth, which means increased production and __59__. However, if this __60__ to greater emissions (排放) of greenhouse gases, as has always been the case in the past, global warming will probably go faster, causing severe environmental problems in some parts of the world that will __61__ the livelihoods of huge numbers of people. The progress of the last twenty years, __62__, might not be sustainable (可持续的).

The only solution, according to the report, is to break the __63__ between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions — which, __64__ to say, is easier said than done.

50.　 A. judge　　　　　　　　　　　 B. investigate　　　　 C. assess　　　　　　　　　　 D. justify

51.　 A. based　　　　　　　　　　　 B. focused　　　　　　 C. keen　　　　　　　　　　　 D. reflected

52.　 A. Unexpectedly　　 　　　 B. Unwillingly C. Unfortunately　　　　　 D. Unsurprisingly

53.　 A. variations　　　　　　　　 B. experiments 　　 C. signs　　　　　　　　　　　 D. mixtures

54.　 A. cruelty　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. poverty　　　　　　 C. emotion　　　　　　　　　 D. terror

55.　 A. talented　　　　　　　　　 B. disadvantaged　 C. determined　　　　　　　 D. educated

56.　 A. infected　　　　　　　　　 B. ignored　　　　　　 C. improved　　　　　　　　 D. impressed

57.　 A. to the extent of　　　　 B. on account of　 C. for the sake of　　　　 D. in terms of

58.　 A. critical 　　　　　　　　　 B. proud　　　　　　　 C. fond　　　　　　　　　　　 D. independent

59.　 A. administration B. consumption C. application D. concentration

60.　 A. objects　　　 　　　　　 B. sticks　　　　　　　 C. leads　　　　　　　　　　　 D. turns

61.　 A. threaten　　　　　　　　　 B. maintain　　　　　 C. concern　　　　　　　　　 D. guarantee

62.　 A. therefore　　　　　　　　 B. however　　　　　 C. otherwise　　　　　　　　 D. nevertheless

63.　 A. gap　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. record　　　　　　　 C. law　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. link

64.　 A. fearless　　　　　　　　　 B. needless　　　　　 C. careless　　 　　　　　 D. hopeless

Love Is Power

"If I never saw this kid again, Lord, I wouldn't be sorry!" I thought. Tears 1 my eyes. Clenched in both hands 2 new jeans and a shirt 3 my stepson, Brett. The clothing was already destroyed from burn holes.Exhausted and defeated, I 4 to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had ruined. He had already 5 a large hole in his bedroom wall; his bedcovers were torn.To steal money ,he broke all the widowns,when he 6 on the street.

I knew 7 Brett's needs were deep, and I had often prayed for wisdom and love."You shall love your neighbor as yourself," the commandment(戒律) had 8 new meaning when Brett came to live with us . If I were to love my neighbor, was I not to love my own 9 stepson even more?During those four years I had 10 Brett as patiently as possible,“but I don't want him in my house 11 day, Lord," I cried. "I just can't stand him!"I poured out my despair. Then God tenderly spoke to me in my 12 .God's encouragement to me helped me to gather strength and continue 13 Brett. Still, Brett did not change his ehavior.Dave, and I sensed God's leading to send Brett to a 14 school with a high success rate for helping troubled teens.The training at Brett's school was 15 . Out of more than 20 people, Brett was one of only five graduates.Each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had 16 the most to him or her at the graduation ceremony one by one. 17 Brett spoke to me. "You did so much," he said. "You were always there, 18 . All the same you always showed me 19 love. And I want you to know I love you for it."

Love is action. We may not always have 　20 feelings about certain people in our lives. But we can love them.

1. A. rounded　 　　　　 B. gathered　　 　　　　 C. clouded　　 　　　 D. rolled

2. A. was　　　 　　　　 B. be　　　　　 　　　 C. is　　　　　 　　　 D. were

3. A. belonging to　 B. belonged to　　 C. longed for　　 　　　　　 D. possessed

4. A. dropped　　 B. felt　　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. sank　　 　　　　　 D. knelt

5. A. beat　　　　 B. kicked　　　 C. knocked　　 　　　　　　　　 D. biten

6. A. chose to live　 B. had better live　 C. wandered　　 　　　　 D. walked

7. A. what　　 　　　　 B. which　　 　　　　 C. whatever　　 　　 D. that

8. A. taken out　　 B. taken on　　　 C. taken over　 　　　　　　　 D. taken off

9. A. troubled　　 B. troubling　　　 C. puzzled　　　 　　　　　　　 D. puzzling

10. A. done with　　 B. treated with　 C. dealt with　 D. ended up with

11. A. more　　　 　　 B. one　　 　　　　　　 C. a　　　 　　　　　　 D. another

12. A. strength　　 B. face　　　 　　　　　　　 C. minds　　　 　　　 D. weakness

13. A. hating　　 B. parenting　　　 C. loving　　　 　　　　　　　　 D. caring

14. A. boarding　　 B. abroad　　　 C. middle　　　 　　　　　　　 D. distant

15. A. straight　　 B. strong　　 　　　　　　 C. strict　　 　　　　 D. uneasy

16. A. planned　　　 B. meant　　 　　　　　　 C. designed　 　　　　　 D. considered

17. A. Finally　　 B. Suddenly　　 　　　　　　 C. Quickly　 　　　　 D. Hurriedly

18. A. no matter how B. no matter where C. no matter when 　　 D. no matter what

19. A. this　　　 　　　 B. such　　　 　　　　 C. that　　　 　　　　　 D. much

20. A. indifferent　　 B. opposite　　　 C. critical　　 　　　　　　 D. positive

Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time of which the eyes stop ---the duration of the fixation ----varies considerably from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.

Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.

52. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts except ________.

A. one’s familiarity with the text.   B. one’s purpose in reading

C. the length of a group of words    D. lighting and tiredness

53. The author may believe that reading ______.

A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation

B. requires a reader to see words more quickly

C. demands an deeply-participating mind

D. demands more mind than eyes

54. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.

B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.

C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.

D. The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.

55. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________

A critical　　　B neutral　　　　C pessimistic　　　　D optimistic