C 

       Today I went to Sam's school in the UK. It was really different from my school in China.

       Girls wore grey skirts and white shirts,boys wore grey trousers, ^.nd everyone wore the school tie.

       Some of Sam's lessons were a bit strange for me. We were reading Shakespeare in the English lesson,and there were quite some old words like “thou” and “thee” to mean “you”. In history we studied 20th Century China. It was strange hearing a foreign side of history—and hearing English people trying to say all our Chinese names!

       Classes were also a lot more relaxed than in China. Teachers were called “sir” or “miss”. Everyone shouted answers and raised their hands in classes. It was more like a debate than a class. A bell rang at the end of each lesson and everyone jumped up to go to the next class.

       At break we bought potato chips and cookies in the dining room. Lunch was later than in China—at 1o’clock. We had big plates of pie with carrots. For dessert there was hot sweet rice called rice pudding.

       It was good that I'd had an excellent lunch,because at Sam's school Monday afternoons are taken up with sports.

       I played my first game of netball—a bit like basketball,but with some differences. Luckily Yd had a quick look in the rule book before I tried to join in the game.

               Sam's weekly schedule of classes 

() 41. Paragraph 2   shows that  .

   A. they wear uniforms in Sam's school

   B. lessons are different between schools in China and the UK

   C. there is a break of 30 minutes every day in the school

   D. sports take up much time in Sam's school

() 42. The underlined word debate in Paragraph 4 means  .

   A. fight   B. exam   C. discussion   D. suggestion

() 43. What do they have for lunch at Sam's school?

   A. Pie and hot sweet rice. B. Potato chips.

   C. Cookies.                D. Carrots.

() 44. How many hours do they have for foreign language study?

   A. 4 hours. B. 2 hours. C. 3 hours. D. 6 hours.

() 45. What's the best title for the passage?

   A. Relaxed Classes in the UK       B. Clothes,Food and Sports in a UK School

   C. Strange Lessons in Sam's School   D. A Day in Sam's School

                                           B 

      When William Stidger taught at Boston University,he once thought about the people that he hadn’t thanked in his life. They taught him,encouraged him or cared a lot about him.

      One was a teacher. She once taught William geography. So he wrote a letter of thanks to her.

      He got the teacher's letter later. It began ,“My dear Willie”. He was very happy. Now over 50  ,he didn't think someone would call him “Willie”. Here is that letter.

      My dear Willie,

      I cannot tell you how much your letter means to me. I'm in my eighties,living alone in a smaU room and cooking my ovun meals. You,/will be interested to knovu that I taught school for 50 years and yours is the first letter of appreciation (感激）I ever got. It came on a cold morning but it made me feel very warm.

      ……

      William cried when he read the letter. She was one of the people that William hadn^Jt thanked in his past. She helped him to believe in himself. He would never forget her.

      There are some people we should always remember,because they helped to shape our life. William Stidger found a way to show his appreciation —he wrote them letters.

      Who are some of the people that you need to thank in your past? It may not be too late to say “Thanks”.

() 36. William wrote a letter to  .

   A. his teacher   B. his parents   C. a neighbor   D. a friend

() 37. When William wrote the letter,he was  .

   A. quite old   B. young

   C. in his fifties   D. retired

() 38. William wrote to his geography teacher because  .

   A. he got her first letter of appreciation

   B. his teacher encouraged him to be active

   C. he wanted to make friends with his teacher

   D. his teacher helped him to believe in himself

() 39. What can we learn about William's teacher?

   A. She was over 80.                     B. She lived with her children.

   C. She taught geography for 40 years.   D. She did everything well.

() 40. How did William show his appreciation to the people he needed to thank?

   A. He called them.         B. He visited them.

   C. He sent them gifts.     D. He wrote them letters.

Ⅲ.阅读理解

                                               A 

      While you re in Shanghai,please come and take a walk round some of our interesting places.

() 31. What makes Yu Gardens different from the other places in the passage?

   A. They cost very little to enter. B. They make people love nature.

   C. They are good for art research. D. They have something nice to eat.

() 32. You can study  when you visit Shanghai Natural History Museum.

   A. robots   B. letters   C. bamboos   D. coins

() 33. If someone is interested in silver pots (壶) of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) ，he can go to.

   A. Shanghai Museum   B. Shanghai Art Museum

   C. Lu Xun's Museum   D. Shanghai Natural History Museum

() 34. How many museums with paintings are mentioned in the passage?

   A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

() 35. Which place is open the shortest every day?

   A. Shanghai Museum.      B. Lu Xun's Museum.

   C. Shanghai Art Museum.  D. Yu Gardens.

Ⅱ.完形填空

       Television,which made its first serious appearance in 1939,did not become common  21  the early 1950s. Since then,  22   children have grown up in front of the set,and many people now are  23  the effect that TV has on  24 ,and on society in general. Educators,psychologists,and crime experts wonder    25  television should be abolished (取消). Many ordinary parents wish it had  26  been invented. Why are they so afraid?  27  television as harmful as they think it is?

       Like almost  28  else,television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank  29  inventors for the joy and the interest that they have brought into the lives of the  30  ,the sick,and the lonely — all those who,without it,would have no pleasure and no window to the world.

() 21. A. after   B. until   C. when   D. as

() 22. A. a million of   B. million of   C. millions of   D. a million

() 23. A. happy with   B. satisfied with   C. worried about   D. sad with

() 24. A. the young   B. the old   C. the sick   D. the lonely

() 25. A. that   B. how   C. which   D. if

() 26. A. ever   B. just   C. even   D. never

() 27. A. Will   B. Are   C. Is   D. Do

() 28. A. anything   B. something   C. nothing   D. everything

() 29. A. his   B. it   C. its   D. it's

() 30. A. young   B. women   C. men   D. old

() 20. —Could you help me put up the signs on the wall?

            — 

   A. No problem. B. I hope so. C. That's all right. D. That's a good idea.

() 19. Every year ,  fishes are killed by the polluted water and many people are made sick by the polluted air.

   A. thousand of   B. thousands of   C. two thousands   D. two thousands of

() 18. I'm feeling better,so I've started  .

   A. taking lessons   B. to take lesson   C. taking lesson   D. take lessons

() 17. —Why were you late for school this morning?

            一I was sorry my alarm clock didn't  .

   A. get out   B. go out   C. get off   D. go off

() 16. A lot of people are fooled  April Fool's Day.

   A. in   B. at   C. on   D. with

() 15. He worked  hard  he passed the exam.

   A. such? that   B. so;that   C. as;as   D. too;to