47. A. less than B. other
than C. rather than D. more than
SECTION C (12 marks )
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling
in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
With the development of the fast-paced society,
people are so busy these days that many people have 48 time to cook. This becomes a
problem, because most families like home cooking! The food tastes good and
warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are
often the 49 time everyone sees one 50 at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is 51 it is often a way of showing love. A
parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child’s sweet tooth. She
or he is sending 52 message. The message says, “ I care about you enough to spend an
hour making cookies that you will eat up 53 15 minutes if I let you.”
There is
also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking
pleases people of all
54 .It makes most of us feel good and loved,
even if we are the ones doing the cooking! Next time you smell a cake making,
stop for a moment and 55 attention to your mood.
PART THREE READING COMPREHENTION (30 marks )
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each
passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of
them there are four choices marked A. B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best
according to the information given in the passage.
A
You’ve heard the old expression “One man’s trash
(rubbish) is another man’s treasure”? Elizabeth Gibson believes it because
she’s living proof of the old saying.
The
53-year-old was walking down the street on Manhattan’s Upper West
Side four years ago when something lying in a pile of trash on the
street caught her eye. It turned out to be a painting, While she Is far from an
art critic, she was sure it didn’t belong there. So she decided to take it home
and find out what it was. Gibson took it home and put it on a wall. “It’s huge
and it is very brilliant colored, very abstract, but you can make our three
figures and it’s just very powerful, it’s overwhelming (make sb. confused) .” she said.
Her
research led her to a website and a shocking discovery-the painting was a 1970
effort called “Tres Personajes”,
by a Mexican artist named Rufino Tamayo.
He died in 1991 and as so often happens in the art world, the value of his
works skyrocketed----now it could be worth $1 million.
Experts at auction(拍卖) house Sotheby’s say it
was stolen from their warehouse in 1987, ten years after it was purchased by a
Huston man for $55,000 as a gift for his wife. The couple had temporarily
stored it there while they moved, and expected to get it back. The owners even
offered a $15,000 reward. But for years, no one knew what happened to it, until
Gibson came walking down that street.
The owner is now putting it for bids. Experts expect
it to fetch up between $750.000 and $1 million. In addition to an undisclosed
percentage of the sale of the painting, Gibson will receive the $15,000 reward.
Gibson was just at the right place at the right time. A doorman who saw her
retrieve( get back) recalls that garbage collectors came by the area just 20
minutes after she found it.