Treasure hunts (寻宝) have excited people' s imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson' s Treasure Island. Kit Williams, a modern writer, had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues (线索) found in a book when he wrote a children' story, Masquerade, in 1979. The book was about a hare, and a month before it came out Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire. The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find the hare, but Williams put in a lot of "red herrings", or false clues, to mislead them.

Ken Roberts, the man who found the hare, had been looking for it for nearly two years. Al- though he had been searching in the wrong area most of the time, he found it by logic (逻辑), not by luck. His success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had realized that the words: "One of Six to Eight" under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Even here, however, Williams had succeeded in misleading him. Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire in 1536 and thought that Williams had buried the hare there. He had been digging there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him. He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon, until one day he came across two stone crosses(十字架) in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.

Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there. Williams encouraged him to continue, and on February 24th 1982, he found the treasure. It was worth ??3000 in the beginning, but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable.

1. The underlined word "them" (paragraph 1 ) refers to________.

A. red herrings                               B. treasure hunts

C. Henry VIII's six wives                      D. readers of Masquerade

2. What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare?

  A. Two stone crosses in Ampthill.          B. Stevenson's Treasure Island.

C. Katherine of Aragon.                      D. Williams' hometown.

3. The stone crosses in Ampthill were built________.

  A. to tell about what happened in 1773     B. to show respect for Henry VIII' s first wife

C. to serve as a roadsign in Ampthill Park         D. to inform people where the gold hare was

4. Which of the following describes Roberts' logic in searching for the hare?

a. Henry VIII' s six wives

b. Katherine's burial place at Kimbolton

c. Williams' childhood in Ampthill

d. Katherine of Aragon

e. stone crosses in Ampthill Park

A. a -b- c- e- d                          B. d- b- c- e- a

C. a- d- b- c- e                               D. b- a- e- c- d

 I don’t think it wise ________ the hard work that they have refused to do.

A. of you taking on    B. for you to take on   C. of you to take on   D. for you taking on

.European football is played in 80 countries, _______ it the most popular sport in the world.

A. making     B. makes       C. made        D. to make

—Did you get my letter?

       —I received one just as I_________.

       A．set out      B．had set out       C．was setting out D．would set out

 Obviously they didn’t see the significance of the plan. That’s __________the problem was.

A. why   B. where   C. that   D. how

The place ________ interested me most was the Children’s Palace.

   A, which        B, where          C, what         D, in which

An important factor that plays a part in susceptibility （易受影响） to colds is age．A study done by the University of Michigan School of Public Health indicated the fact that seems to hold true for the general population．Babies are the group suffering most from colds, averaging more than six colds in their first years．Boys have more colds than girls up to age three．After the age of three, girls are more susceptible than boys, and teenage girls average three colds a year to boy's two．

The general frequency of colds continues to decline into adults．Elderly people who are in good health have as few as one or two colds annually．One exception is found among people in their twenties, especially women, who show a rise in cold infections（感染）, because people to this age group are most likely to have young children．Adults who delay having children until their thirties and forties experience the same sudden increase in cold infections．

The study also found that economics （经济状况） plays an important role．As income increases, the frequency at which colds are reported in the family decreases．Families with the lowest income suffer about a third more colds than families at the upper end．Lower income generally forces people to live in closer quarters than those typically occupied by wealthier people, and crowding increases the opportunities for the cold virus to travel from person to person．Low income may also influence diet．The degree to which poor nutrition affects susceptibility to colds is not yet clearly proved, but an inadequate diet is suspected of lowering resistance generally．

1．What factors cause people to catch colds easily?

       A．Age and pregnancy．

B．Health and pregnancy．

       C．Health and economics．

D．Age and economics．

2．Why does the lowest income lead to the rapid spread of colds?

       A．Because poor people can't afford to go to see a doctor．

       B．Because balanced diet has definitely affected poor people．

       C．Because people with the lowest income have limited living space．

       D．Because cold virus don't have opportunities to travel in poor families．

3．How does the study prove that age plays a part in susceptibility to colds?

       A．Using comparison．                   B．Using graphs．

       C．Using description．                   D．Using argument．

4．What can you learn from the passage?

       A．Families with the lowest income suffer less colds than rich families．

       B．The general frequency of colds are likely to increase among the poor．

       C．Women in their twenties are most likely to avoid cold infections．

       D．The general frequency of colds continue to rise into the adults．

第II卷  非选择题  (共35分)

第四部分·写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节  任务型读写（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下列短文，根据所读内容在文章后的表格中填入最恰当的单词。

注意：表格中的每个空格只填1个单词。

In a research, it was found that only four out of every five employees were happy at work. Surprisingly, it wasn’t the salary or the love for the work that made people happy. In stead friendly, supportive colleagues and a good manager have been found to be the primary causes of happiness at work. So how do you keep your spirits up and develop a sense of joy on the job? Here is some advice.

Happiness is a state of mind, and though not many people realize it, staying happy at work is totally based on a positive attitude towards your job. Concentrating(集中注意力) on the bright side of the work rather than keeping talking about what makes you unhappy is the basic key to happiness.

Challenge yourself and take charge of your own growth professionally. Boredom is one of the primary reasons that cause people to change jobs. To avoid feeling bored, you can find new challenges and it’s a great feeling to take control over what you do and see a task through.

Complete our tasks, however disagreeable or tough they might be. This gives you an individual(单个的，特别的) sense of achievement and encourages you to work towards your goals in future. Also keep learning and gaining new insights while at work.

Sitting and staring at your screen all day long isn’t going to help you. Instead take breaks and go outside for some time. They don’t necessarily have to be long breaks but staying out for a few minutes to feel the gentle wind can keep you happy. Eat your lunch out side or walk for a few minutes during that hour, which helps you stay happy at work.

 Cindy and Tom like singing and dancing, but _____ students in the class go in for sports.

A. others   B. the others   C. the other   D. another

Do you think shopping online will __ take the place of shopping in stores?

  A. especially           B. frequently             C. merely            D. finally