A wallet that looks like a piece of newspaper, an atlas, or an express parcel receipt? Or a business card that looks like a notepad? No kidding.

Bai Minghui, a Beijing-based designer, creates his artwork using Tyvek, a synthetic paper material which is difficult to tear, waterproof and, more importantly, totally recyclable.

Born to a worker family in 1983 in Tangshan, Hebei Province, Bai worked as a graphic designer at a financial magazine in Beijing after graduating from Minzu University of China.

In the spring of 2008, Bai visited an exhibition about Tyvek in Beijing's 798 art zone, and then worked with the material, trying to bring his designs to life. The first thing that came into his mind was the paper wallet, a must-try handicraft assignment（手工作业）that most Chinese students do in elementary school.

"A paper wallet is definitely more useful than a paper crane or frog," Bai told Beijing Review, smiling. "At first, many people have no idea what it is, because it looks like a piece of newspaper or an express parcel receipt, and feels like real paper. But it's hard to tear.

"The completed, folded wallet is seamless, which creates so much fun for a designer. To be honest, I didn't think about profits at all," he said.

After months of research and development on printing and designing, the first generation of his paper wallet made a stunning debut（上市） in May 2008. The second generation, which offers a greater range of pattern options, was put on the market at the beginning of 2009.

"You can have graffiti（涂鸦） or write down phone numbers on it, or paint whatever you like. I would like people to be able to use it easily," he said. "I don't want to do things without creative ideas. Now my focus is on how to create better design rather than the wallet itself."

In which order did Bai do the following things?

a. create the paper wallet             b. study in Minzu University

c. work as a graphic designer          d. visit an exhibition about Tyvek in Beijing

A. cbad                B. bcda                 C. cbda                 D. bcad

Which of the following words can best describe the designer?

A. diligent             B. creative             C. friendly             D. honest

Tyvek, a synthetic paper material, has the following characters EXCEPT ____.

A. recyclable         B. waterproof        C. foldable            D. profitable

What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Most of the Chinese students have tried to make some kind of paper work.

B. Many Chinese are fond of painting different things on their wallets.

C. Most of the wallets that people use nowadays can be recycled.

D. Most of the designers based in Beijing have tried Tyvek to create their own work of art.

D
A wallet that looks like a piece of newspaper, an atlas, or an express parcel receipt? Or a business card that looks like a notepad? No kidding．
Bai Minghui, a Beijing-based designer, creates his artwork using Tyvek, a synthetic paper material which is difficult to tear, waterproof and, more importantly, totally recyclable．
Born to a worker family in 1983 in Tangshan, Hebei Province, Bai worked as a graphic designer at a financial magazine in Beijing after graduating from Minzu University of China．
In the spring of 2008, Bai visited an exhibition about Tyvek in Beijing's 798 art zone, and then worked with the material, trying to bring his designs to life．The first thing that came into his mind was the paper wallet, a must-try handicraft assignment（手工作业）that most Chinese students do in elementary school．
"A paper wallet is definitely more useful than a paper crane or frog," Bai told Beijing Review, smiling．"At first, many people have no idea what it is, because it looks like a piece of newspaper or an express parcel receipt, and feels like real paper．But it's hard to tear．
"The completed, folded wallet is seamless, which creates so much fun for a designer．To be honest, I didn't think about profits at all," he said．
After months of research and development on printing and designing, the first generation of his paper wallet made a stunning debut（上市） in May 2008．The second generation, which offers a greater range of pattern options, was put on the market at the beginning of 2009．
"You can have graffiti（涂鸦） or write down phone numbers on it, or paint whatever you like．I would like people to be able to use it easily," he said．"I don't want to do things without creative ideas．Now my focus is on how to create better design rather than the wallet itself．"
51．In which order did Bai do the following things?
a．create the paper wallet
b．study in Minzu University
c．work as a graphic designer
d．visit an exhibition about Tyvek in Beijing
A．cbad        B．bcda  C．cbda               D．bcad
52．Which of the following words can best describe the designer?
A．diligent    B．creative    C．friendly           D．honest
53．Tyvek, a synthetic paper material, has the following characters EXCEPT ____．
A．recyclable B．waterproof       C．foldable           D．profitable
54．What can people do with this kind of wallet?
A．They can use it as a handkerchief．
B．They can make it into a dictionary．
C．They can write their friend’s phone number on it．
D．They can buy a paper frog or paper crane with it．
55．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Most of the Chinese students have tried to make some kind of paper work．
B．Many Chinese are fond of painting different things on their wallets．
C．Most of the wallets that people use nowadays can be recycled．
D．Most of the designers based in Beijing have tried Tyvek to create their own work of art．

第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Olive, from County Westmeath, Ireland, arrived in England to live with her daughter and son-in-law Thomas. She was   36   because of her poor health and   37   with her most of her treasured   38   . These included a small piece of tissue paper in which she had   39   what appeared to be five teeth which had   40   her dentures (假牙).
Having   41   in, she asked Thomas, "Do you know where I can get my dentures   42   ?" "Of course," replied Thomas.   43   you give them to me, I'll take them to a dental   44   . "
Olive handed over the rather tired piece of paper which   45   some rather dirty-looking   46   . Thomas drove to the dental laboratory.
"   47   will it take?" Thomas asked the technician.
"Oh, about an hour," smiled the dental expert.
"Then I'll wait in the   48   ," said Thomas, "and read my newspaper. "'
An hour passed and the technician   49   at the car window   50  a plastic bag and the piece of paper. "That'll be £80," requested the specialist, "   51   I could only fit four of the teeth to the dentures. I'm sorry. "
"That's a   52   ," commented Thomas. "What happened to the__  53   one?"
"I have it here in the paper," answered the technician,   54   it to Thomas.
"The thing is," he said, "it's easy to fit the teeth but   55   to fit this peanut (花生米)."
36. A. moving       B. going           C. passing      D. returning
37. A. sold        B. provided       C. brought     D. dealt
38. A. clothes           B. possessions       C. furniture    D. materials
39. A. discovered   B. secreted        C. thrown      D. buried
40. A. broken out B. broken in      C. broken away     D. broken off
41. A. settled       B. filled         C. joined       D. fallen
42. A. cut         B. dropped        C. mended     D. placed
43. A. Because      B. If              C. Therefore D. However
44. A. speaker       B. customer      C. patient       D. technician
45. A. needed           B. found           C. touched     D. contained
46. A. teeth       B. jewels          C. peanuts      D. coins
47. A. How often   B. How soon     C. How long D. How much
48. A. building      B. office               C. house        D. car
49. A. appeared     B. broke               C. laughed     D. glared
50. A. putting        B. holding        C. keeping     D. hiding
51. A. and         B. but            C. also       D. nor
52. A. fact        B. pleasure        C. pity       D. thing
53. A. fifth        B. first           C. third     D. second
54. A. proving       B. advising       C. permitting        D. showing
55. A. necessary    B. unimportant      C. impossible D. possible

 (浙江省宁海县知恩中学2009届高三最后适应性考试E篇)

The writers of murder stories go to a great deal of trouble to keep up guessing right up to the end. In actual fact, people often behave more strangely in real life than they do in stories.

The following advertisement once appeared in a local newspaper: “An opportunity to earn $ 250 in a few minutes. A man… willing to chances, wanted for an out-of-the-ordinary job which can be performed only once. ”A reader found this offer very nice and write to the advertiser. But being a bit suspicious（怀疑）, he gave a false name. Soon afterwards, he received a reply. Enclosed in the envelope was a typed note instructing him to ring a certain number if he was still interested. He did so and learned on the telephone that the advertiser wanted him “to get rid of somebody” and would discuss it more fully with him the next day. But the man told the police and from then on acted under their instructions.

The police saw the two men meet and watched them as they drove away together. In the car the advertiser came to the point at once; he told the man he wanted him to shoot his wife. The reason he gave was that he was suffering from a serious disease and wanted to live in a warmer country, but his wife objected to this. Giving the man some money, the advertiser told him to buy a gun and warned him to be careful of the dog, though it would not bite, it might attract attention. He also gave him a photograph of his wife so that he would be able to recognize her.

After that, the advertiser suggested that the man should “do the job” the next morning. At the same time he would prepare his wife by telling her that a young man was going to call. After the murder they would meet again outside a railway station and the money would be paid as arranged. The second meeting never took place, for the advertiser was arrested shortly afterwards and charged with attempting to persuade someone to murder his wife.

57. The sort of person that the advertisement in the newspaper asked for was a person ____.

A. who was not afraid of police

B. who wanted a profitable job

C. who wished to earn $ 500 with two opportunities

D. who was fond of adventure

58. The reader gave a false name when he answered the advertisement because ____.

A. he did not want the police to suspect him

B. he did not fully believe the advertiser

C. the offer of the advertiser was only $250

D. the advertiser did not want to discuss the job fully on the phone

59. The advertiser wanted the reader “to get rid of somebody. ”This implies ____.

A. the advertiser was surrounded by the police

B. it was inconvenient for the advertiser to speak directly at the time

C. the advertiser wished to kill his wife the next day

D. the advertiser would hire the man to kill someone

60. The man told the police of the murder plan so that____.

A. the advertiser was arrested red-handed                       

B. the man was paid $ 250 as arranged

C. the wife' s life was spared                    

D. the dog would not be alarmed