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Passage 17(2012 陕西，C)

There is a special kind of hotel in Quebec,Canada.lt has a bar,a church,a shop and a small theater.These things are not unusual. But this hotel is only open from January till March every year.Why? Because it is made of ice and snow!When the weather gets warm,the hotel melts (融化) and closes. Every winter,the hotel owners build the hotel again.

Everything in the Ice Hotel is made of ice and snow. All the furniture,such as the tables and chairs,is made of ice. Even the beds are made of ice So people use special sleeping bags on the ice beds. Inside the ice hotel,the temperature is about 27°F ( -3℃) When people sleep,the sleeping bags keep them warm. In the morning,they can have a hot breakfast. After breakfast,people can enjoy winter activities.They can go skiing or ice fishing. Or they can go skating in the dining room.At the end of the day,people can relax at the bar.They can have drinks in glasses made of ice.

Many people enjoy the Ice Hotel every year. But they can only enjoy it for a short time before it melts again.

1. Every year,this hotel is only open for .

A. four weeks B. about three months

C. two seasons D. about a year

2. People can go in the dining room after breakfast.

A. skiing B. skating C. fishing D. swimming

3. What’s the best title of this passage?

A. An Unusual Hotel B. A Warm Hotel

C. A Common Hotel D. An Old Hotel

1. B 2. B 3. A

Passage 17

[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文，讲述了一个由冰雪制成的特别的宾馆。这个宾馆每年只有一至三月份会对外开放，里面的一切家具:桌，椅，包括床都是由冰制成的。许多人喜欢来这里度假，但是时间很短暂。

1. B细节理解题。由第一段第四句中的January till March可判断出大约是三个月。

2. B细理解题。由倒数第二段第五句中的they can go skating in the dining room可以找到答案。

3. A主旨大意题。unusual不寻常的;warm温暖的 ;common普通的; old老的。选项A更符合题意。

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2. A. turn B. cut C. put D. move

3. A. station B. building C. ground D. brick

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Nobody knows who first invented it,but the umbrella was used in very ancient times.Probably the first to use it were the Chinese,back in the eleventh century BC.

We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and power (权力) .In the Far East in ancient times,the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office or by royal people such as the kings or queens.

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Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time,though they have become much lighter in weight.lt wasn’t until the twentieth century that the umbrellas for women began to be made in all kinds of colors.

1. Ancient people first used umbrellas as .

A. a symbol of honor B. protection against the sun

C. a symbol of power D. protection against the rain

2. According to the passage,the umbrella was probably first used in ancient .

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B. Europeans hardly used the umbrella during the middle ages.

C. The umbrellas for women were made colorful in ancient times.

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A. the sales of the umbrella

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C. the invention of the umbrella

D. the history and the use of the umbrella

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A. 1914 B. 1928 C. 1967 D. 1982

2. We can know from Paragraph 2 that Garcia Marquez .

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B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia

C. had a writing style called “magical realism”

D. was famous but lived a simple daily life

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A. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

B. His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was a great success.

C. He was widely known as “a giant of 20thcentury literature”.

D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.

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Toni Morrison ( 1931 —)

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请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后用方框中所给的词的适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。

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Writing 11(2011 梅州)

假如你是王芳(Wang Fang) ，在某英语报上读了(下面) 李萍(Li Ping) 同学的一封信：

Dear friends,

Do you want to be a pen pal of someone in another city? I'm a junior middle school student in Meizhou,Guangdong. Fm fifteen years old. I like reading and writing. Chinese is my favorite subject. I also like sports,and I do best in table tennis.I want to be your pen pal.I think making pen pals is sometimes good to us young people. We can get to know more people in the world. We can share our thoughts and opinions on something. And,surely,we can help each other in our studies.

So,if you are a student about my age and like to be a pen pal,please get a pen and a piece of paper and write to me now.Pm looking forward to being your pen pal.

Yours,

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请你根据下表内容提示用英语写一封回信，表明你的想法。

基本情

况

王芳，16岁，上海市第一中学学生。

爱好

爱好阅读，最喜欢英语;不喜欢运动，

但喜欢听音乐。

想法

愿意成为对方的笔友；同样认为交笔友对大家有好处，其优点除对方在信中提到的外，还可包括帮助大家了解不同城市的情况„

要求：1.必须包括所要表达的所有要点。可发挥想象，适当增加一些内容；

2.要以与对方的爱好对比的方式表达自己的爱好(不得照搬原文) ；

3.词数:80—100(开头和结尾已给出，但不计人总词数) 。

Dear Li Ping,

I have just read your letter in an English newspaper.

I’m looking forward to getting your answer.

Yours,

Wang Fang

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