Every year, whenever Spring Festival arrives, a lot of Chinese people cannot wait to go home. They queue for long hours in front of the ticket offic——青夏教育精英家教网—

1、Every year, whenever Spring Festival arrives, a lot of Chinese people cannot wait to go home. They queue for long hours in front of the ticket offices in railway stations, or do whatever they can in order to get a ticket. They tolerate the long journey on the train only to want to _______ with their near and dear ones.

According to The Beijing Youth Daily, most Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival not only because they want to follow tradition, there are also some practical reasons to explain Chinese people's fever for the holiday. Compared with one's workplace, home provides a more humane environment for one to relax oneself.

Society may do with or without you, but at home, you become unique and indispensable. You may be the father or mother, daughter or son, grandfather or grandmother in the family and the family will be incomplete if anyone is absent, because every member in the family is bound together, and everyone in the family is pleased with the feeling that he or she is unique and irreplaceable.

In addition, family provides an ideal environment for one to fully relax oneself. At home, one can take one's time do whatever he or she wants, and one can spend money whenever one likes. In society, however, one needs to do everything fast and with high efficiency, because society always reqiores efficiency and maximum profits. Such company principles make people merely a tool in modern society.

Chinese people's strong desire for Spring Festival shows that they feel oppressed and have a sense of predicament(困境) of existence in modern society. The Spring Festival provides a chance for them to escape from such anxiety and treasure the long-lost tradition of community spirit. With the Spring Festival, people can find back the warm, family atmosphere often seen in days gone by.

1. What's the passage mainly talking about? (Please answer within 10 words. )

2. Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words. )

3. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

You may not be a necessary part in society, but in your family, you are very important and no one else can take the place of you.

4. Do you think home is important for Chinese to celebrate the Spring Festival?

Why or why not? (Please answer within 30 words. )

5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

29、(You may read the questions first,)

SCREENGRABS

BBC1

PLANET EARTH

9AM

Fresh Water provides an expensive subject for the third programme in the BBC’s fascinating new natural-history series. Broadly, we investigate the world’s lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them. Thus we visit the deepest lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in Siberia. We observe large colonies of Indian smooth-coated otters (above) looking around. A magical series which give us a real sense of context in relation to the planet we inhabit.

BBC2

FAMILY GUY

11.45PM

Road to Europe. Without proper identification, Brain and Stewie stow away on a plane they think is leaving for England. They’re wrong, and soon they’re in Saudi Arabia (Brain: “Oh my God, we are finished. We are lost in the desert.”) at a beginning of a long trip home.

ITV1

AGATHA CHRISTIE’S POIROT

9 PM

Cards on the Table. Tonight’s mystery concerns the death of one of the richest and most mysterious men, Mr Shaitana(Alexander Siddig ) who has a fascination with crime. Shaitana hosts dinner and a game of bridge in his apartment, but when the time comes the first guests to take their leave, they discover that their host has been stabbed through his heart.

Channel 4

THE GAMES: LIVE

9 PM

For the first time on Games, the men fight in a Kendo Tournament, using 1.2m shinai (Bamboo swords). The woman compete in the cycling, racing wheel-to wheel on competition bikes with no brakes. Plus other news the English Institute of sports in Sheffield.

1. The Fresh Water series at 9 PM ________.

A. explores the lakes, rivers and the creatures in them

B. is devoted to the freshwater creatures in the world

C. explains the relationship among inhabitants on the earth

D. focuses on the deepest river on the planet

2. The phrase “stow away” most probably means “_________”.

A. hide secretly B. talk excitedly C. operate easily D. guide successfully

3. A mystery story adapted from Agatha Christie’s novel will be shown on ______.

A. BBC1 B. BBC2 C. ITV1 D. Channel 4

27、从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

1. success

A. official B. excuse C. correct D. exciting

2. society

A. achieve B. friend C. science D. believe

3. theirs

A. thread B. smooth C. thirsty D. health

4. raise

A. remain B. certain C. mountain D. bargain

5. compare

A. company B. continue C. common D. concert

26、- Could I use your computer for a few moments, please?

- . I’m not using it myself.

A. Come on B. It depends C. Go ahead D. That’s great

25、Though he started late. Mr. Guo played the piano as well as, if ,

A. not better than B. not better C. no better than D .better

24、 parents say and do has a life-long effect on their children.

A. That B. Which C. What D. As

23、I' m eighteen years old and I live in small village in 1.__________

the Peak District, not far from Nottingham. I grow up 2. __________

in this village, so I know everyone here. That' s the 3. __________

problem -- the problem is that there' s nothing to do, 4. __________

and nobody of my age to do it with ! At the moments I 5. __________

travel into Nottingham every day to the shop as I work. 6. __________

There' s a bus at 7:30 in the morning or the last bus back 7. __________

in the evening is at 5: 30. From September, therefore, 8. __________

I' m going to stay in Nottingham by my aunt and uncle 9. __________

when my cousin joins in the Navy. I can use his room. 10. __________

I' m really looking forward to living in Nottingham.

22、高考前各方面的过度关怀给考生带来负面影响，请根据图画所描述的内容写一篇l20-150字的短文，并给出自己的观点。

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1. If you are always annoyed by endless overtime work, which book can probably offer you help?

A. Happiness NOW! B. Balancing Work & Life

C. The Secrets of Relationships D. Happiness NOW! and The Secrets

2. Based on the information above, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Happiness NOW! will help you find a right partner.

B. The Secrets of Relationships is suitable for readers, whether single or married.

C. Happiness NOW! can help you build up your confidence.

D. The Secrets of Relationships offers you tips on how to get on with others.

3. The information above is probably taken from __

A. a guide book B. a magazine C. a website D. a local newspaper

4. If you want to immediately buy a copy of Happiness NOW! and two copies of The Secrets of Relationships on line, how much should you pay?

A. ￡26 B. ￡2.6 C. ￡28.75 D. ￡23.4

5. The three books mainly help us

A. make good friends easily B. improve our life quality

A. hunt for a satisfactory job D. identify our goals

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