60. The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of _____.

　　　 A. story　　　 B. collection　　　 C. inspiration　　 D. foreign coin 　　

59. What were the children asked to do in the project?

　　　 A. To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School

　　　 B. To write stories on the subject of collections.

　　　 C. To encourage visitors to write their own stories.

　　　 D. To have their friends for characters in the stories.　　　　　　　 　　　　　

71．What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

　　　 A．To introduce various methods of tea processing.

　　　 B．To persuade readers to buy tea from Sri Lanka.

　　　 C．To tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens.

　　　 D．To inform readers of tea growing ,picking and processing.

答案　 68.A　 69.C　 70.C　 71.D

Passage 52

(05·湖南B篇)

Collections were the inspiration(灵感) for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child (aged 12-13) beatified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage

　　 The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella (灰姑娘) story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years – since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."

　　 Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction(限制). "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing."

70．How many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph?

　　　 A．Three.　　　 B．Four. C．Five. D．Six.

69．One of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that　　　　 .

　　　 A．they work harder than men do in the picking

　　　 B．they can throw their pickings more easily into the baskets

　　　 C．their fingers fit them better for the job.

　　　 D．they can more easily find the twin leaves.

68．In the first paragraph ,the word “pruning” means　　　 .

　　　 A．regular cutting of the plants

　　　 B．frequent watering

　　　 C．regular use of chemicals

　　　 D．growing the plants high in the mountain

64. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ______ A. the protection of different cultures　　　 B. the plan of an open-air market C. the request of merchants　　　　　　　　 D. the attitude of shoppers

答案　 61.B　 62.C　 63.C　 64.A

Passage 51

(05·江西D篇)

The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(种植园). The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best tea is got.

Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing(加工) tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.

　　　 Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill .There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required .For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. After this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers .This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste .Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment (发酵)under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea .The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves .The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world.

63. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ______. A. market management　　　　　　　　　　　 B. community service C. travel industry　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. city planning

62. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government____ A. to make an experiment　　　　　　　　　　B. to start a marketplace C. to perform a research　　　　　　　　　　D. to operate a business

79. The passage mainly tells us about ________ in UK.

　 A. the history of birdwatching　　　　　　 B. a growing passion for birdwatching

　 C. the impact of media on birdwatching　　 D. birdwatching as a popular expensive sport

答案　 76.C　 77.B　 78.A　 79.B

Passage 50

(05·山东B篇)

　Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countrSIZies. “Toronto is truly multicultural(多元文化的),” he said in a newspaper interview. “It’s a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand

and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city. ” 　 Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the University of Toronto. He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “Most of Toronto’s immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said. 　 Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city’s Executive Committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed ce w:st="on">Torout Toronto’s rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping. ” 　 Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support and open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said . “At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as a tourist attraction. ” 61. What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for

　 　Toronto? A. To provide different forms of amusement C. To inspire its immigrant community B. To keep the cultural variety of the city D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants