Superman, Spider-Man, Batman and Iron Man ... .There is no shortage of superheroes. You find them in comic books, on the TV and the big screen.

In a survey of fans by the sci-fi and fantasy website, SFX.co.uk, Batman, 70 years old this year, was voted Britain's favorite superhero.

Unlike many crime-fighting superheroes Batman has no special powers. He can't fly like Superman or shoot a sticky web like Spider-Man.

Bruce Wayne is born to a wealthy Gotham City business family. However, when his parents are murdered his life changes completely.

Wayne feels anger at their deaths and guilty that he did not prevent them. He travels around the world learning how to fight. Upon returning to Gotham, he creates a disguise (伪装) to enable him to fight crime without being recognized.

A childhood fear of bats leads him to choose to dress as one. His idea is that through the bat person he can prove to himself that he has overcome his childhood fears.

Wayne is the CEO of the company he inherits (继承) from his father. He seems to live the lifestyle of a millionaire playboy. But this is a ruse (计策). He works hard at the image to allow himself the freedom he needs to do his work as a crime fighter. "Bruce Wayne, playboy" is the disguise Batman is the real person.

"Wayne is not a born superhero. Instead, he is a real, complex person," said Dace Golder, editor of the website. "He is the most realistic of all the superheroes. I am particularly interested in the emotional process by which a boy becomes a hero. His superhero qualities come from within."

1.What is the article mainly about?  

2.Bruce Wayne decides to dress like a bat because of ______ .

3.Why does Wayne live like a playboy?

4.Which of the following statements is true about Batman? 

信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑 (若选择E，请涂AB；若选择F，请涂CD)。   

以下是各个电视节目的简介：

Wild World——this exciting show takes you around the world to places of unimaginable natural beauty and danger. Learn more about our world and see animals as they live in nature.

Time：Friday 8.30－9.30 pm

Sports Sunday—learn what’s happening in the world of sport. See how your team performed, find out who is playing and watch interviews with all your favourite sports stars.

Time：Sunday 1-5 pm

The Music Man——John Rogers is a musician by day but a secret superhero crime fighter by night in this long—running television action drama.

Time：Weekdays 3.00－4.00 pm

Lateline——All the latest news and opinions from around the world. If you want to know where there is trouble in the world or the reasons behind the global economic crisis，join our team of award winning journalists.

Time：Weekdays 9—10 pm

Entertainment This Week—Covers the world of entertainment. Hear this week’s number one song, watch the newest movie reviews and listen to all the latest gossip about the stars.

Time：Saturday 6 pm

Pop Star—Hundreds of young and (sometimes) talented performers sing the latest songs and compete to see who will become the nation’s newest Pop Star.

Time：Thursday 7.30 pm

以下是每个人的情况介绍，请匹配每个人与其拟选择的电视节目：

Sarah O’connor. Sarah is trying to decide where she will spend her summer vacation. She has a number of different places in mind but is worried about terrorism and her safety so she doesn’t want to go anywhere that is dangerous or may become dangerous soon. 

John Smith. John loves football and as a senior company manager needs to know the latest economic news. He seldom gets home before 10 o’clock at night during the week so he likes to relax in front of TV on the weekend. 

Robert Wise. Robert is a fan of action. He loves to watch exciting TV shows whether they are fictional or real. He usually only has time to watch TV on weekday evenings as he works during the day and on weekends he likes to go hiking and camping.

Joan Johnson. Joan is a housewife who sometimes feels bored at home so she enjoys watching exciting TV shows. When the kids are home on the weekends and after school she never gets a chance to watch TV as they want to watch the shows they like. 

Bill West. Bill is a music fan and a musician. He is always trying to hear the newest and most popular songs and learn more about his competitors. He is usually free after he finishes work at 5 pm except on weekends when he plays with his musical group in a local club. 

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示, 写出各句中所缺单词的正确形式。(每空一分, 共10分)

1.He has all the                （品质）of a successful businessman .

2. The company where my brother works                （运输） cars across the country.

3.We were             （营救）from the sinking ship by a passing boat .

4.It is well-known that all men are ___________ (平等的) in the eyes of the law.

5.What is your father’s _____________(态度) towards your plan?

6.Under our teacher’s g______________, we finished the work smoothly.

7.After repeated attempts they f____________ succeeded in this experiment.

8.After g_____________ from Qinghua University, she worked as an engineer.

9.The students who were t         in the burning building were crying for help .

10. Lucy is a r_____________ girl, and you can depend on her.

Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely act of stealing or an even cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds—homing pigeons !

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.

There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however,  may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids not only collecting money but also going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help.

The thought is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars–seems too little for a car worth many times more.

Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said.

1.After the car owner received a phone call, he _______.

2.The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _______.

3.The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show _______.

4.The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ____.

5. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because _______.

第二卷（两部分共35分）

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确

My father is an ordinary-looking farmer, already in his forties.    

Though he has never gone to school, he knows ________(知识)is     76.____________

very important. In order to make me r_______ better education, he    77. ____________

worked extremely hard, s_________ money coin by coin to send     78. ____________

me to the town to study. ____ a result, he looks older than he really    79. ____________

_____. For him, my school work is the most important. Once when    80. ____________

I got first in the exam, he was so d__________ that he drank a lot. I    81. ____________    

didn’t know if he got d_______. All I could remember was what he    82. ____________

said.“Although I am poor, I never mind. I am ______(骄傲) of you.”   83. ____________   

I could hardly hear _________ he said next because I was crying. I     84. ____________     

swore I must study hard and offer my father a ________(舒适) life.     85. ____________