A.
True or False(判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示): ( 7分)
There is usually a good railway service between main towns in Britain. If you
are under 24 or over 65 or if you are traveling with a family, you can buy cheaper
tickets on the train. In towns and cities there are usually buses. On Sundays
there are fewer bus services and some smaller places may not have a Sunday bus
service. In London
there is also an underground. But the underground is not easy to use, so you
should learn more about it before you use it.
Hotels are very expensive in Britain. A
cheaper solution is a “bed and breakfast” in someone’s home. Tourist offices or
information center can help you to find it. There are also youth hostels(青年招待所) in many places. Students may
receive a discount.
Restaurants are often expensive and you
cannot be sure if the food is delicious. But Chinese and Indian restaurants
usually serve good meals at lower prices. Pubs sometimes have good inexpensive
food. Fast food shops are cheap, but the food is not always very good.
Not all banks change foreign money, but you
can usually find at least one bank in each town that will do so.
Medical care is very expensive in Britain,
but if your country has an agreement with Britain for medical care, you can get
free medical treatment (治疗) if you become ill or have an accident while in Britain.
You can only buy stamps in post offices, but
nearly every village or part of a town has a post office. Often it is inside a
small shop.
71.
You can buy a cheaper train ticket if you
are twenty-five years old in Britain.
72.
There are many bus services in small
places in Britain
on Sundays.
73. It’s helpful for people to know something about
the underground in London
before using it.
74.
A bed and breakfast in someone’s home
costs less than living in hotels in Britain.
75.
If you want to eat good meals with less
money, you should go to a Chinese restaurant.
76. Anyone can get free medical treatment in Britain because
medical care is very cheap.
77.
This passage can serve as a guide book for
tourists who will visit Britain.
B. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 7分)
Last year, I was invited to attend a party for “Tuesday’s Child,” an
organization that helps children with the
AIDS virus (爱滋病毒). I was asked to attend because I am on a TV show. I went there
because I cared.
At the party, they had all kinds of small
rooms. I got into a special one. In this room, anyone could paint a square.
They gave everyone paints in bright, beautiful colors and asked the kids to
paint something beautiful. As I looked around at all the squares, I saw the
pictures were all bright, except one.
The boy sitting next to me was painting a
heart, but it was dark, empty, and lifeless. At first I thought maybe he took
the only paint that was left and it just happened to be dark. But when I asked
him about it, he said his heart was that color because his own heart felt dark.
I asked him why and he told me he was very sick and his mother was very sick,
too. He said his sickness was not going to get better and neither was his
mother’s. He looked straight into my eyes and said, “No one can help us.”
I told him I was sorry that he was sick and
I could certainly understand why he was so sad. I could even understand why he
had made his heart a dark color. But I told him that it isn’t true that no one
can help them. Other people might not make him or his mother better but they
can do things like giving him or her hugs(拥抱). Then I hugged him for a long time. I thought my own heart would
burst with the love I felt for this sweet little boy. After that, I asked him
if he felt any better. He said he did, but he was still sick and nothing would
change. Then I walked away, feeling sad.
As I was getting ready to go home, I felt a tug (拖拉)on my
clothes. I turned around and the little boy was standing there with a smile on
his face. He said, “Thank you, Madam. My heart is changing colors. It is
getting brighter. I think those hugs really work.”
On my way home, I
felt my own heart had changed to a brighter color.
78. We know from the story that the writer .
A) was
invited to join the organization
B)
organized the party for Tuesday’s Child
C)
cared about children with the AIDS virus
D)
often helped children with the AIDS virus
79. What could the children do
in the special room?
A)
They could draw all kinds of small rooms.
B)
They could paint squares in bright colors.
C)
They gave visitors paints in beautiful colors.
D)
They asked the writer to paint something.
80. The writer found that .
A) one
of the pictures was dark B)
a boy was looking at all the squares
C) all
the pictures were bright D)
the paint that the boy took was dark
81. The boy painted his heart
dark because .
A) the
paint he took was the only one left
B) the room was dark
and empty
C) no
one could help him paint a square
D) he and his mother
were very sick
82. The writer told the boy
that .
A) his
sickness was not going to get better
B) he
and his mother could get help from other people
C) she
couldn’t understand why he was so sick and sad
D) she
could hug him so as to make his heart a dark color
83. Which of the following
sentences is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A) The
heart that the boy painted was dark, empty, and lifeless.
B) The
writer hugged the boy because she wanted to make him feel better.
C) The
boy’s heart changed to a bright color before the writer hugged him.
D) The
writer walked away and felt sad because the boy’s heart was still dark.
84. The best title for this passage
may be .
A) A Party for Children B)
Bright-colored Squares
C) Love for Sick Kids D)
Special Rooms for Kids
C. Choose the words or expressions and complete
the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):(14分)
If you’re an American, you may take in 3,400 mg of salt per day. That’s far more than 2,300mg. And it’s 15 times
as much as the human body needs.
Average salt intake(摄入量)has increased about 50% since
the 1970s, largely 85 we’re eating more convenient foods. And
as makers of processed food have cut down on fat and sugar, they’ve often added
86 salt.
Too much salt can cause osteoporosis (骨质疏松症) and stomach cancer. 87 , it raises blood pressure,
which 88 about 850,000 Americans a year.
“After smoking, high blood pressure is the
leading 89 of death,” says New York City Health
Commissioner Thomas. He is encouraging makers of packaged foods and restaurants
to gradually 90 their salt by 50% over the next 10 years.
The CDC (疾病控制中心) thinks that it could save 150,000 lives and $10 billion in health care
a year.
Some 50 million Americans have hypertension (高血压). Hypertension is more common among African-Americans than whites.
Nearly 90% of Americans develop it.
With that in mind, the CDC is encouraging
people to follow a stricter guideline of 91 1,500 mg of salt a day.
About 80% of Americans’ salt intake comes
from processed foods and restaurant meals; only 20% comes from salt used in
home cooking. But cutting salt from processed food isn’t easy.
85. A) if B)
before C)
because D)
unless
86. A) many B)
few C)
less D)
more
87. A) What’s more B) In the end C)
For example D)
In this way
88. A) dies B)
kills C)
makes D)
causes
89. A) reason B)
cause C)
power D)
example
90. A) cut B)
take C)
change D)
get
91. A) with B)
for C)
over D)
just
D. Read the
passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):(14分)
Moshe Kai Cavalin is a half Chinese
American boy. As one of the youngest students to graduate from a two-year
college at the age of 11, Moshe Kai Cavalin has every
reason to be proud of h 92 .
But Cavalin said,
“I feel proud, but not too proud, because it is the enemy of learning.”
Cavalin graduated from the East Los Angeles Community College. What surprised m 93
is not only his young
age, but his excellent performance: he is one of the three graduates from the
college who had a high score.
When he first went to the college at the age
of 8, professors treated him like a child. But later, he became one of the c
94 and got along pretty well with the other
students who were 18 years and older.
The 11-year-old college graduate is going to
write a book about his secrets on how he graduated from college at 11 w 95 going to primary school and high school.
“I want to be a scientist like Albert
Einstein,” said Cavalin.
Cavalin’s mother Sandy Chien comes from Taiwan, and his father is from Brazil. Chien said her son s 96 his talent
(天赋) at the age of two. He learned very fast and liked to watch TV and
read children’s books.
“I tried to send my son to the elementary
school, but I found that he learned too fast and very often he had n 97 to do during the lessons. So I decided to
teach him at home.” said Chien.
Like many Chinese parents, Chien sent her son to a private school to learn the piano
at 4, and later sent him to learn Chinese Kung Fu. At age 7, Cavalin had c
98 high school at home.
Being born in America, English is his mother
language. He can also speak French. He likes to play games with friends of the
same age. However, he has a good relationship with the students who are 10
years older than him at college.
E. Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 14分)
Michael Jackson was born in Indiana,
America,
on August 29, 1958. He was the seventh of the nine children in his family.
His father Joe Jackson had his own band (乐队). They
would practice after work in the living room of their house. Joe soon
discovered the talent of his sons and
set up the family band “The Jacksons”. They later
became “The Jackson 5”.
Little Michael always watched his brothers practice singing. When he was about
5 years old, he joined the group and became the lead singer of The Jackson 5.
Michael’s first public appearance was at a
school program in first grade in 1963. Wearing black pants and a white shirt,
he sang Climb Ev’ry
Mountain. Michael said, “When I finished that song, everybody gave me a big
hand and people were smiling, and some of them were standing. My teachers were
crying and I just couldn’t believe it. I had made them all happy. It was such a
great feeling. I felt a little confused too, because I didn’t think I had done
anything special. I was just singing the way I sang at home every night. When
you’re performing, you don’t realize what you sound like or how you’re coming
across. You just open your mouth and sing.”
Soon his father made the band take part in
talent contests. He was so strict with young Michael and his brothers. Michael
said, “If you didn’t do well, you got hit, sometimes with a belt, sometimes
with a stick. My father was really strict with us --- really strict.”
Under their father’s control, at the age of
6, Michael and The Jackson 5 started collecting trophies (奖杯) with their acts at talent
shows.
99.
How many children did the Jackson family have?
100. When did Joe Jackson set up the family band
“The Jacksons”?
101. What did little Michael do at the age of five?
102. How did people feel after they heard Michael
sing the song?
103. Michael didn’t think he had done anything
special, did he?
104. What would the father do if his sons didn’t do
well?
105. How do you like Michael Jackson?