Keep on trying, ______you’ll succeed ___________

   A. and; on time      B. or; at one time     C. and; in time     D. or; all the time

________ makes mistakes must correct them.

A. Who 　    B. That　     C. Whoever 　   D. Whatever

III .  阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（共10小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

     Happiness is associated with smiling . But do we always smile when we are happy?

     During the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, Spanish researchers were surprised to see that these medal winners didn’t smile very much. In fact, throughout the different medal ceremonies, they only smiled about 10 percent of the time. But during the brief moment when the gold medal was put around their neck, the medal winners grinned (露齿笑) about 70% of the time.

     The researchers interviewed winners they had watched to find out how they felt. All the winners interviewed said that they felt intensely happy throughout the ceremony.

     Though they were profoundly happy , they didn’t smile a great deal .The researchers concluded that smiling was not the automatic expression of happiness. The fact that the gold medal winners smiled much more when they were actually being given their medals could be explained because, according to the Spanish researchers, smiling was a form of communication between individuals. The happy athletes were smiling at the people who were giving them gold medals.

     Perhaps we can support the findings of Spanish researchers by making some observations of our own behaviors. When we are all alone, for example, do we smile at ourselves when we are happy? Probably not very often. If someone greets us with a friendly smile, do we respond with a smile? Yes , we probably do.  When a friend gives us a beautiful present, will we show our appreciation with a smile? Yes , of course . But if we are sitting alone watching television, do we smile at a commentator (讲解员)  who smiles at us?

56. How much of the time did the gold medal winners smile during the medal ceremonies?

 A.10%              B.70%         C.22%            D.92%

57. According to the passage , when did the athletes smile quite a lot ?

 A. Throughout the medal ceremony.

 B. When they were informed of their success

 C. When the gold medal was put around their neck

 D. When their national flag was raised

58. According to the passage, on which of the following occasions would we most probably Not smile?

 A. When we are sitting alone watching TV

 B. When someone greets us with a friendly smile.

 C. When a friend gives us a beautiful present.

 D. When we feel intensely happy

59. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

 A.The gold medal winners were too nervous that they would hardly smile at the medal ceremonies

 B. People will always smile automatically when they feel happy

 C. Smiling is a way of communication

 D. When the gold medal was put around their neck, the gold medal winners were smiling at the audience but not at all those who gave medal.

HOLLYWOOD history has been made now that Kathryn Bigelow has become the first female to win a Best Director Oscar. “There’s no other way to describe it, it’s the moment of a lifetime,” said 58-year-old Bigelow excitedly, at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Bigelow’s film, The Hurt Locker (《拆弹部队》), swept the awards with six trophies, including Best Director and Best Picture. The movie about a bomb removal unit in the Iraq War beat Avatar, the highest grossing (票房收入) film of all time, to the major awards. This was sweetened by the fact that Avatar’s director, James Cameron, is her ex-husband.

Bigelow played down (淡化) her success, telling CBS, “There’s really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can. So in that sense it’s very similar.”

However, Bigelow’s cinematic journey is quite different from the path of female directors before her. Her movies are low on female characters and high on guns and steel. They focus on men: their fears, relationships and rites of passage (成长历程).

Point Break was her breakout film in 1991. The action film tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover (卧底) to investigate a gang of bank robbers. It was popular because of its strong but flawed (有缺点的) male characters. The Hurt Locker is in the same style. The war film is about an anti-hero, William James, leading a crew of competing men in removing roadside bombs around Iraq. James is addicted to risk taking and enjoys putting his fellow soldiers in constant danger. Many scenes are full of clashing (冲突的) male personalities.

Focusing on these male relationships, critics praised The Hurt Locker for avoiding obvious political statements (something Avatar was heavily criticized for), and instead painting a truthful picture of modern war. And is there an entertaining end to the story of Bigelow’s victory? She won on International Women’s Day. It is, after all, Hollywood.

52. Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the article?

A. Avatar is the most profitable film in history.

B. Bigelow is the first female director to win the Best Director Oscar.

C. Bigelow and James Cameron were once married.

D. The film The Hurt Locker tries to make strong political statements about the Iraq war.

53. What does the first sentence in Paragraph 6 mean?

A. Bigelow has a similar style to other female directors.

B. Bigelow usually wants to work with other females.

C. Unlike other female directors, Bigelow focuses on male topics.

D. Unlike other female directors, Bigelow has made other mistakes.

54. The text tells us that ________.

A. The Hurt Locker aims to show how men love danger and war

B. The Hurt Locker presents the clashes between male characters well

C. Bigelow was given the award because it was Women’s Day

D. Bigelow was proud of defeating a male director

55. The article is about _________.

A. the unique (独特的) style of the first woman to win the Oscar for best direction

B. what makes Bigelow different from other female director

C. the award-winning film Bigelow made

D. the Hurt Locker beating Avatar at the Oscar

——It’s too hard, I can’t figure it out, Daddy?

——________, Tommy. You can make it.

A. No problem  B. That’s Ok    C. Come on   D. No way

 —Who______ it be that is knocking at the door?

—It ______ be Father, but I’m not sure.

A. can; must           B. can; may  C. must; can     D. may; must

________, I saw and old friend of mine, whom I haven’t seen for years.

A. Turning around   B. Turning back    C. Turning away   D. Turning up

Private cars are required to take turns off roads one out of five weekdays ____the traffic pressure.

     A. reducing       B. reduce             C. to reduce        D. reduced

China won 32 gold medals in the 2004 Olympic Games, _____ second among all the competing countries.

       A. ranked                            B. to rank                            C. to be ranking            D. ranking

第三节 回答问题 （共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60题的具体要求，简要回答问题,并将答案写到答题卡上.

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