阅读理解。
     Every kid wishes to be an adult. But now as grown-ups, some adults find they cannot leave childhood
behind. They become "kidults" (kid+adult). Being a kidult has become a lifestyle-choice among young people
across Asia.
     Some kidults collect toys they once played with. Hello Kitty, Garfield, and Snoopy have many adult fans
around the world. It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion (坐垫)
on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory. (挂件)
     Other kidults still enjoy children's stories and fairy tales. For example, Bloomsbury even published the
Harry Potter novels with an adult cover. That way, no one else on the subway will know that an adult is
actually reading a children's book!
     "Kidults can be like vitamins to society. Adults who value their childhood and hold on to pure, child-like
emotion may be needed in such a rough and dry society," said Lee Sojung, professor of Foreign Studies at
Hankuk University (韩国外国语大学). He added that kidult culture may fill the generation gap between adults
and kids. It could give children and their parents books, movies, and cartoon shows to enjoy together. He may
be right.
     Tim Greenhalgh, a professor, explained that some kidults just refuse to grow up. They value childhood
because life in a busy and stressful city frightens them. Kidults would like to forget their age and openly show
their fear of society and adulthood.
1. Why did Bloomsbury publish the Harry Potter novels with an adult cover?
[     ]
A. Bloomsbury thinks it can attract more readers
B. Bloomsbury knows some kidults don't want people to know that they are kidults
C. Bloomsbury thinks the cover with an adult is better
D. Bloomsbury knows kidults prefer to chose books for adults in nature
2. According to the author, being a kidult is good in some way EXCEPT that ______.
[     ]
A. it can improve the relationship between parents and their kids
B. it can help kidults feel relaxed
C. it is helpful to solve some social problems
D. it can make people listen to their parents
3. According to the writer, ______.
[     ]
A. being a kidult is nothing wrong
B. kidults have mental problems
C. our society is very dull
D. some people can never grow up
完形填空。
     The summer Olympics and the winter Olympics are popular all over the world.   1  , there's still a very   2   
one, Deaflympics, in which matches don't   3   shooting and arrow (射箭).
     In the years before 1924, international sports offered   4   chances for young deaf people.   5  , there were
very few national organizations to   6   sporting competitions for the deaf. Mr. Eugene Rubens-Alcais, a deaf
Frenchman,worked very hard to   7   six official national organizations to accept the   8   and to take part in the
International   9   Games, a deaf one of the Olympic Games.
     Deaf sporting leaders  10  at the Cafe de la Porte Doree, 275 Avenue Daumesnil, near the Bois de Vincennes
in Paris on the 16th August, 1924. This meeting agreed to  11  an organization called the "International Committee
of Silent Sports" (CISS) to  12  union between all deaf sporting federations and to produce some  13  for this
organization to institute and control the every-four-year Games. This historic meeting  14  so much to the
Deaflympic Games moment that the first Games were held in Paris in 1924, making it the oldest  15  the disabled
sports organizations. It also  16  official recognition and help from the International Olympic committee.
     The first Winter Deaflympic Games (formerly named International Winter Silent Games and Winter World
Deaf Games) were  17  in Seefeld, Austria in 1949. Thirty-three  18  from five nations  19 . And today more and
more deaf people are  20  to take part in this Games.
(     )1. A. Therefore    
(     )2. A. special      
(     )3. A. contain      
(     )4. A. ordinary     
(     )5. A. After all    
(     )6. A. provide      
(     )7. A. ask          
(     )8. A. view         
(     )9. A. Summer       
(     )10. A. got together
(     )11. A. put up      
(     )12. A. build       
(     )13. A. events      
(     )14. A. contributed 
(     )15. A. within      
(     )16. A. requests    
(     )17. A. held        
(     )18. A. teams       
(     )19. A. took part   
(     )20. A. planning       		B. Anyhow      
B. usual       
B. hold        
B. common      
B. In fact     
B. prepare     
B. suggest     
B. idea        
B. Winter      
B. sat together    
B. make up     
B. form        
B. gam         
B. devoted     
B. in          
B. collects    
B. opened      
B. athletes    
B. attended    
B. deciding     		C. Though           
C. popular          
C. include         
C. limited          
C. Above all        
C. allow           
C. demand          
C. information     
C. Silent          
C. stood together    
C. build up        
C. make            
C. rules           
C. paid             
C. among          
C. receives        
C. organized       
C. runners         
C. joined           
C. going          		D. However              
D. regular               
D. support               
D. many                  
D. As a result            
D. recognize              
D. encourage              
D. attitude            
D. Official                   
D. unite together       
D. take up            
D. found                  
D. sports                
D. played                
D. between               
D. accepts                 
D. taken place        
D. leaders                
D. present               
D. dreaming          
阅读理解。
     English words don't stay the same. People need new words for new inventions. Different words come
into use, or older words are used in a new way.
     English can change by borrowing words from other languages. The word "tomato" was borrowed from
Mexico, and" tea" came from China, and so on. Now a great many of new space and science words are
being borrowed from other countries, too. New words can be formed in other ways. For example, some
can be formed by adding two words together. "Weekend" and "cookbook" are made up of two parts.
Sometimes new words are shorter forms of older words. The word"photo" was made from "photograph"
by cutting off the end of the longer word. "Plane" was made by cutting off the front part of "airplane". The
names of people and products can become new words. Our "sandwich" was named after a man named
Sandwich and "sello (透明胶带)" was a name given by the company that first made the product.
1. New English words are needed because _____.
[     ]
A. people use old words in a new way
B. people need a new way to explain
C. the world is changing and developing
D. new ideas and new inventions come about quickly
2. We know from the passage that _____.
[     ]
A. new science words are shorter than the old ones
B. the best way to make a new word is adding words together
C. some new English words are borrowed from other languages
D. most new English words are borrowed from other languages
3. How many ways of developing English words does the passage tell us?
[     ]
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
D. Six.
完形填空。
     In Brazil, soccer is   1   an art form. That is the best   2   for the soccer museum to be built.
     Brazil is the land that   3   footbail greats   4   Garrincha, Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Kaka, and the   5   of all,
Pele. It is the only country    6   for every World Cup, and the only one to win it five times.
     In order to   7   the greatest sport of the nation, the Museum do Futebol, or Football Museum, opened at
Pacaembu Stadium in Sao Paulo. 
       8   entering the   9  ,  10  are greeted  11  Portuguese, Spanish and English by a life-size image of Pele,
who is so famous in brazil  12  he is known simply  13  "O Rei," or "The King".
     "The Louvre has the  14 . We have our own piece of  15  -Pele," said Hugo Sukman of the Roberto Marinho
Foundation, which helped  16  the construction of the museum.
     In many ways, the museum is a shrine (神龛) to Pele.
     One of its most impressive displays is a temporary exhibit with 140 items from Pele's personal collection. 
 17  the wooden shoeshine box he used as a boy to  18  spare change and the ball from his l, 000th  19  in 1969.
     "Inevitably, a museum about football is also a museum about the  20  of Brazil and Brazilian culture," said
Leonel Kaz, the museum's curator (馆长).
(     )1. A. regarded         
(     )2. A. excuse           
(     )3. A. made             
(     )4. A. included         
(     )5. A. more famous      
(     )6. A. to have qualified      
(     )7. A. praise           
(     )8. A. Upon             
(     )9. A. stadium          
(     )10. A. fuotballers      
(     )11. A. of               
(     )12. A. that             
(     )13. A. for              
(     )14. A. Mona Lisa        
(     )15. A. exhibition       
(     )16. A. support          
(     )17. A. contained        
(     )18. A. gain             
(     )19. A. goal             
(     )20. A. history           		B. considered 
B. cause      
B. born       
B. including  
B. less famous         
B. to qualify 
B. honor      
B. With       
B. house      
B. curators   
B. in         
B. which      
B. within     
B. Venus      
B. image      
B. fund       
B. containing 
B. raise      
B. score      
B. tradition   		C. compared         
C. design             
C. grew                   
C. such as           
C. most famous         
C. qualify         
C. exhibit       
C. At                 
C. museum             
C. visitors         
C. into               
C. what              
C. as                  
C. Van Gogh        
C. art             
C. build                
C. included        
C. earn               
C. kick               
C. customs         		D. made                 
D. reason              
D. produced             
D. for example       
D. lease famous        
D. qualifying      
D. pass on              
D. Once                 
D. land                   
D. images         
D. with                
D. as               
D. without                  
D. treasure       
D. painting          
D. design                 
D. including     
D. achieve             
D. door                 
D. civilization  
阅读理解。
     Tradition ways that at the begining of the sixth century one of the tribes (部落) in Ireland was called Celt.
The chief (酋长) of Celt had a beautiful daughter, named Ellis, who was from childhood, fond of having honey.
When she grew up, lots of knights (骑士) and princes from neighboring countries came to propose marriage
to her. Ellis fell in love with a young master of a southem tribe who was among the proposers. They were soon
in love with each other. At last they decided to get married. On the wedding day Ellis entertained (款待) the
honored guests with honey wine made from the honey which had been presented by the young master. After
drinking the wine the guests sang high praise for it. They said the wine was as sweet as love. But there was too
much wine for them to drink up. The bride (新娘) and bridegroom (新郎) continued drinking it next day. They
were intoxicated (沉醉) with the sweet honey wine. It took the young couple a whole month to drink it up.
     From then on it was very popular among the local people to drink honey wine within the first month after
the man and woman's marriage. They thought that it stood for the sweetness and happiness of a newly-married
couple. Later on it spread far and wide. People named the first month after marriage honeymoon (蜜月).
1. In Ireland there was a tribe named Celt _____.
[     ]
A. thousands of years ago
B. after the sixth century
C. before the twenties of the 6th century
D. about fourteen centuries ago
2. Among the proposers Ellis fell in love with a young master _____.
[     ]
A. of Holland
B. from a southem tribe
C. came from France
D. of her own tribe
2. Among the proposers Ellis fell in love with a young master _____.
[     ]
A. of Holland
B. from a southem tribe
C. came from France
D. of her own tribe
4. How long did it take the bride and bridegroom to drink up the left over honey wine?
[     ]
A. Over forty days.
B. Around a month.
C. A month less three days.
D. A full month.
5. Which title could be the best for the passage?
[     ]
A. The Origin of Honeymoon.
B. How did the tribe of Celt Come Into Being.
C. Something about the Bride and the Bridegroom.
D. What Happened to a Tribe.
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
     JAY Chou, S.H.E. and Happy Boys? They are some of the singers who keep your music world busy.
But _____ Peking Opera? Is it only the favorite pastime of your grandfather?
     Now, you have the chance to get to know the real beauty of this traditional art. This term, a Peking
Opera project is starting in 200 schools in 10 provinces and municipalities (直辖市) .It will involve 15
works of Peking Opera, both classic and modern.
     So how much do you know about this 200-year-old art? Peking Opera combines instrumental music,
singing, dancing, acting and acrobatics (杂技). Full of Chinese cultural elements, Peking Opera presents
to the audience an encyclopedia (百科全书) of Chinese culture with unfolding stories, beautiful paintings,
wonderful costumes and graceful gestures.
     The art form has created many "firsts" in Chinese dramas:the abundance of repertoires (曲目), the n
umber of artists and opera troupes and audience. So it is called the national opera of China.
     There are five main roles in Peking Opera:sheng,dan,jing,mo and chou. Sheng is the leading male actor.
Dan is the female roles. Jing refers to male roles with colored face paintings who represent warriors (战士),
heroes, statesmen, adventurers and demons (魔鬼). Mo is a minor male role. Chou is a male comic character
with a white patch on the nose. They play roles of wit and humor. It is these characters that keep the
audience laughing to ease tension in some serious plays.
1. What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)
    ______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? Is it only the thing that your
    grandfather likes best to kill time? 
    ______________________________________________________________________________________ 
3. Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10
    words.) 
    ______________________________________________________________________________________ 
4. What's your opinion about the Peking Opera project started in schools? (Please answer within 30 words.)
    ______________________________________________________________________________________
5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. 
    ______________________________________________________________________________________
阅读理解。
     People in the United States honour their parents with two special days: Mother's Day, on the second
Sunday in May, and Father's Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set aside to show love and
respect for parents. They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give love
and care to their children. These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers
and fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers must help with childcare.
     These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother's Day people wear carnations
(康乃馨). A red one symbolizes (象征) a living mother. A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many
people attend religious services to honour their parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead
visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home, as well as in restaurants. They often have
outdoor barbecues (烤肉) for Father's Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
     Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own
presents. These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important,
but it is "the thought that counts". Greeting card stores, florists, candy makers, bakeries, telephone companies,
and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
1. Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for their parents?
[     ]
A. Their parents bring them up.
B. Their parents give love and care to them.
C. Their parents educate them to be good persons.
D. Their parents passed away before they grew up.
2. What do you learn from the passage?
[     ]
A. Mother's Day and Father's Day are both in May.
B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.
C. Not all the children respect their parents.
D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.
3. Which do you think is RIGHT about "carnation"?
[     ]
A. It only has two kinds of colour.
B. It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother's Day or Father's Day.
C. It's a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sunday in May.  
4. On Mother's Day and Father's Day, _____.
[     ]
A. people usually have family parties
B. everyone goes to visit the cemetery
C. children always go to their parents' home
D. hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts
5. What do you think the underlined word "florists" do?
[     ]
A. They sell flowers.
B. They sell special clothes for Mother's Day and Father's Day.
C. They offer enough room for having family parties.
D. They make bread or pastry (点心).
阅读理解。
     The first American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year, a special dinner was
prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The people who settled there had left England because they were
forbidden to keep their religious belief. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in sailing across the
ocean. The ship which carried them was called "the May Flower". The North Atlantic was hard to travel.
There were bad storms and huge waves. With the help of the Indians, they learned to live on the new land.
These Puritans, as they were, enjoyed religious freedom. They learned how to grow their crops in accordance
with the climate and soil. Now when they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving
celebration, they invited their neighbours, the Indians, to join them in dinner. They also wanted to pray God
for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and children who left England. They remembered
those who did not live to see the shores of Massachusetts. They thought of the 65 days' journey which tested
their strength.
1. The first celebration of the day of Thanksgiving is nearly _____ years old.
[     ]
A.100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 400
2. Why had they left England?
[     ]
A. To seek religious freedom.
B. To set up a new religion.
C. To learn new farming.
D. To live on the new land.
3. The climate and soil in Massachusetts were _____.  
[     ]
A. similar to that of England
B. different from that of England
C. similar to that of Plymouth
D. different from that of Plymouth
4. They had their Thanksgiving celebration to remember _____.
[     ]
A. the new society of Indians
B. their friends who died on the way to the new land
C. their former religion
D. their invitation to the Indians
5. How long did the trip last?
[     ]
A. Six weeks.
B. Two months or more.
C. Half a year.
D. More than 200 days.
阅读理解。

     When I was young and going to school, a joke was played on me. My friend said, "What is black and
white and red all over?" Of course I said, "I do not know." My friend said, "The newspaper." And he started
to laugh. Those were the days before I read the newspaper. That was before I knew what was ahead and
how important the newspaper would become in my life.
     The first American newspaper was published in Boston in 1690. The paper had only one issue (期刊).
The next newspaper was the Boston Newsletter, printed in 1704. During the following years several other
papers were printed in different parts of America. Today there are thousands of newspapers throughout the
world that report world, national and local news in many different languages. There are morning and evening
papers, all of which have material for every reader. You automatically (自动的) think of the newspaper if you
want to know what is happening in the community (社会).
     But what is a newspaper? A newspaper is a piece of printed paper that presents the current news in the
local community as well as news of national and world events. The world events and important local events
are usually reported on the front page. As you go through the paper, you find sports news, comics, news on
deaths, and news of sqcial events. Often the important speech of a public officer is printed in the paper. You
can even find out who got married in the community.

1. What is black and white and red all over according to the author's friend?
[     ]
A. The newspaper.
B. A picture-book.
C. A storybook.
D. An examination paper.
2. When was the first American newspaper published?
[     ]
A. In 1704.
B. In 1690.
C. In 1540.
D. In 1890.
3. Which of the following can you find in the newspaper?
[     ]
A. Sports news.
B. Important local events.
C. Important speeches.
D. Above all.
4. Which of the following most probably is the hest title for the passage?
[     ]
A. Newspapers.
B. Newspaper Types.
C. Newspaper Jokes.
D. Newspaper News.
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
[     ]
A. Newspapers contain all kinds of colourless contents on the front page.
B. The front page contains the world events and important local events.
C. Sports news,comics,news on deaths are reported on the front page.
D. Th'e front page contains the current news in the local community.
阅读理解。
     One of the traditions which is now a necessary part of Christmas is that of Father Christmas, or Santa
Claus. According to the modem legend, he is a magical figure who visits all the children of the world during
the night before Christmas Day, leaving presents which they find the next moming. He flies through the
night sky in a sledge pulled by reindeer, and enters houses by climbing down chimneys. This strange legend
is based on the life of a man called Nicholas, but in fact we know very little about him. Historians think he
was a Christian bishop (主教) in Turkey in about 285-350. One of the stories about him is that he helped
three poor girls. No one would marry them because they were so poor.To provide them with money for their
weddings, Nicholas secretly dropped some gold coins down the chimneys of their houses. After Nicholas
died, he was made a saint (圣人) by the church. (The name Santa Claus thus comes from St Nicholas.) His
feast day was celebrated in December, and parents started giving their children secret presents from St
Nicholas. Over the years, this custom became part of our Christmas traditions.
     Recently, a psychologist has claimed that Father Christmas is "the perfect fantasy" for children. According
to Professor Anthony Clare, children love the character of Father Christmas because he is like an ideal father:
he loves children and gives them presents, but he never criticizes them, or becomes angry, and children do
not even need to thank him for the presents. Other writers, however, point out that Father Christmas can be
a frightening character to some children. Jane Bidder says that some children are terrified of this fat, bearded
old man. It can certainly confuse many children. As parents, we warn our children to be careful of strangers
and never let them onto the house, and yet we tell children that a strange man will come into their bedroom at
night! Some children can become very worried about this idea and fear that he is a kind of burglar.
     Most children, however, understand from their parents and from the media that Father Christmas is
basically a benign character, and look forward to his annual visit with joy and excitement.
1. The main point of the first paragraph is that
[     ]
A. Father Christmas is an important part of Christmas
B. the tradition of Father Christmas is a modem idea
C. Father Christmas is a magical figure who can fly
D. the legend about Father Christmas are not true
2. The writer mentions details such as Father Christmas's sledge,the reindeer and the way he climbs down
    chimneys because he _____.
[     ]
A. wants to make it clear that these things are impossible
B. is describing the history of St Nicholas
C. wants everyone to believe that Father Christmas is real
D. is explaining the modern legend of Father Christmas
3. Why does the writer mention the story about St Nicholas helping three poor girls?
[     ]
A. It shows us that historians know very little about him.
B. This story explains why parents give secret presents to children.
C. It supports the writer's main point that Father Christmas is based on an untrue story.
D. This story explains why we celebrate. Christmas in December.
4. In the last paragraph, the word "benign" means _____.
[     ]
A. religious
B. friendly
C. frightening
D. unreal
5. The best title for this passage would be _____.
[     ]
A. Is Father Christmas Dangerous?
B. The True History of St Nicholas
C. The Legend of Santa Claus
D. The Traditions of Christmas
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