St James's Palace has announced that while Miss Middleton will wear a wedding ring．Prince William has chosen not to．

Rings are typically exchanged by couples during their wedding to represent commitment （承诺）to each other．Does it matter if husbands don’t wear a wedding ring?

Prince William's father wears one, his grandfather doesn't and their decisions weren't seen as strange．But reactions to Prince William's decision show that wedding rings for husbands are now the norm．One young man, who spoke to the BBC, thinks William is setting a bad example, saying: "I think it's disgraceful （不光彩的）．It's a tradition．You have to wear a ring really．And for someone of the royal family to do that, it's not right．"

Broadly speaking, modem husbands tend to wear their wedding rings as a symbol of loyalty and faithfulness．So not wearing one can seem unusual or even dishonest to some, although men haven't always worn them．

The wearing of wedding rings has been the done thing for centuries among wives but only became common practice among husbands during World War II．Men fighting overseas usually wore them as a reminder of wives and families back home．

Wearing rings is a safety issue（问题） for men in certain manual jobs．But how does William explain his decision? A royal officer has said he "isn't one for jewelry"．

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

    A．There is going to be a royal exhibition of jewelry．

    B．Wearing rings among husbands and wives is tradition at all times．

    C．All the male members of British royalty don't wear wedding rings．

    D．Wearing rings is a safety guarantee for some manual jobs．

2.What is the author's attitude towards Prince William's decision?

    A．Subjective．     B．Objective．      C．Approving．      D．Disappointed．

3.By saying "he isn't one for jewelry", the royal officers meant that _____．

    A．Prince William is a person who doesn't like wearing jewelry．

    B．Prince William isn't a person who is crazy about collecting jewelry．

    C．Prince William considers jewelry penniless．

    D．Prince William doesn't wear a wedding ring for safety．

4.What would be the best title for this passage?

    A．To Wear Wedding Rings or Not

    B．Complaint about British Royal Disgraceful Behavior]

    C．The History of Wearing Wedding Rings

    D．No Ring for Wills

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。

A man in a black coat opened fire Wednesday at a downtown Montreal College, killing a young woman   31   wounding at least 19 other people before police shot and killed him, witnesses and authorities said.

Police dismissed suggestions that terrorism played   32   role in the lunch-hour attack at Dawson College,    33  scores of panicked students   34   (flee) into the streets after the shooting began.  Some had colthes   35   (stain) with blood; others cried and held tightly to each other.  Witnesses said the   36   (attack) started firing outside the college before walking in the front door.  Much of the shooting was in the second-floor restaurant, where students dropped to the floor and lay   37   terror.  Police rushed to the scene, hiding behind a wall as   38   exchanged fire with the gunman.  The officers proceeded   39   (cautious) because many students were trapped around the gunman, who yelled, “Get back! Get back!” every time an officer tried to move   40   (close).

Eventually, the gunman fell to the ground after a number of gunfire.

For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions．People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer．For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer．He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing．

Cold can affect other parts of the body．The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation．

The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face．You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you．Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．

A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone．Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted．Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy．Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．

Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．

1.There are _________ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage．

2.When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_________”．

3. If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________．

4.We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy．

5.The topic of this passage is about _________．

A young officer was teaching some old soldiers. They had been in the army for many years and did not like officers, young or old.

They did not think this young officer could tell them anything about how to fight in a war.

Private Jones was nearly sixty years old and had fought in many wars. He had a row of medals on his chest.

“Imagine you are in a battle,” the young officer said to him. “You see seven hundred enemy soldiers coming towards you. What do you do?”

Private Jones thought for a few moments, and then he said, “I shoot them all with my rifle.”

“Now imagine there are seven hundred enemy soldiers coming towards you from the left,” the young officer said, “and seven hundred enemy soldiers coming to you from the right. What do you do?”

“I shoot them with my rifle,” Private Jones answered.

“OK,” the young officer went on, trying to get the answer he wanted, “but what if there are a thousand enemy soldiers coming at you from the right, a thousand coming at you from the left, and another thousand coming straight towards you. What do you do now?”

“I shoot them with my rifle,” Private Jones replied.

“But where are you getting all the bullets from?” the young officer demanded.

Private Jones smiled. “From the same place you are getting all those enemy soldiers.”

What was the young officer supposed to do?

Train the soldiers.          B. Attack the soldiers.

C.  Shoot the soldiers.         D. Like the soldiers.

What was Private Jones doing in the story?

Answering questions.            B. Shooting the enemy.

C.   Getting a lot of bullets.        D. Showing off his medals.

At the end of the story the young officer was probably__________.

A．pleased with Private Jones    B．annoyed with Private Jones

C．delighted with Private Jones   D．frightening Private Jones

第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

New friends. Fresh lifestyle. Better career opportunities... Those are attractions of overseas study for young people in China. "Start early, finish strong,” some of them say.

More than 300 universities from 27 countries and regions were represented at last weekend's international education exposition (展览).

请阅读以下学位申请者的信息，然后匹配申请者和他/她拟要申请留学的国家：

Zhang Yuan has passed the IELTS and hopes to go to a foreign country for further study with easier access to visas and international environment, regardles of the tuition fee.

Li Hong can afford a tuition of about 200,000 yuan. She wishes to study in a foreign country with good climate and wishes to go on staying in the country after he finishes studying there.

Zhang Hua has passed the TOFEL and GRE. He wants to have more chances of getting scholarship to study in a foreign country.

Wang Ying doen’t have so much money and wishes to study art at a university in a foreign country as an international student.

Li Ming would like to take campus part-time jobs while studying in a foreign country and wishes to go on staying in the country after he finishes studying there

申请者                                          申请留学的国家

56. Zhang Yuan                           A.

57. Wang Ying              B.

58. Li Ming                          C.

59. Li Hong                               D.

60. Zhang Hua                   E.

                         F.