第二节：信息匹配（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按要求匹配信息，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将对应题号的选项字母涂黑。

The Blue Mercury Hotel has a varieties of different hotel rooms for different kinds of people. Book 7 days in advance and you will pay at special rates. The categories are as follows.

A．Ruby No1: with a balcony. One sinlge bed and a computer, Interment accessible

Max: One person

Price: Regular Rate—$490 (per person/per night) With no special rate all year around

B．Sapphire No 2: With a balcony. Two double beds(all standard rooms)

Max: Four people

Price: Regular rate—$220(per person/per night)

Special rate—$190(per person/per night)

C．Emerald No1: With a balcony. Two double beds or one king-size bed (all standard room)

Max: Four people

Price: Regular rate—$290 (per person/per night)

Special rate—$220(per person/per night)

D．Ruby No2: With a balcony. One bed room suite with one king—size bed

Max: two people

Price: regular rate—$580(per person/per night)

Special rate—$ 400(per person/per night)

E．Emerald No3: With a balcony. Two-bed room suite on the top floor of the oceanarium with two king-size beds

    Max: Regular rate—$900(per person/per night)

Special Rate—$760(per person/per night)

F．Sapphire No1: With no balcony. Two double beds(smaller space)

Max: Two people

Price: Regular Rate—$120(per person/per night)

Special Rte—90(per person/ per night)

请阅读以下游客的信息，然后匹配游客和他/她在The mercury Hotel居住的房间：

56．Jane and Jessica, college students on holiday excursion, book the room of the Blue Mercury Hotel a fortnight ahead of time; plan to live in a room with the minimum pay.

57．Jim and his newly married bride, arriving tomorrow morning, chose to have a suite with a king-size bed, for which they budget to pay at most $1200 for two of them for one night.

58．Two couples on a trip stop at Blue Mercury Hotel. They like the place so much that they agree to stay in the hotel for two nights. Their budget is between $900—700 for each family.

59．For Dave and his wife, they would rather book a suite where they can enjoy the ocean view, concerned less about the price of the room.

60．Doctor King is having a conference at the Blue Mercury Hotel. He has to write his research paper. He wants to stay in hotel room which has the suitable facilities

  You’d better take a pen when you go to the meeting ___ there is something important to write down.

A. as if          B so as to       C in order to   D in case

IV. 阅读理解（共40分）

The clock struck eleven at night .The whole house was quiet. Everyone was in bed except me .Under the strong light ,I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome stuff they call“books”  

I was going to have my examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer. In fact I dared not.

The clock struck twelve. “Oh, dear!” I cried. “Ten more books to read before I can go to bed!”We pupils are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy.

The clock struck one. I was quite desperate now .I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them. A few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

41. The underlined word “wretched” in Para 3 means _________.

A.Happy     B  Friendly     C  Hopeful     D Unhappy

42. Going over his lessons that night didn’t help him because _________.

A. it was too late at night.                                             

B. he was very tired.                           

C. he hadn’t studied hard before the exam.         

D. his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn’t keep them open.

43. What do you suppose happened to the author the next day?

A. he failed in the exam

B. he passed the exam all by luck

C. he went to a church to pray again.     

D. he was punished by his teacher.

44. The best title for the passage would be_________

A. Going over My Lessons

B. Working Far into the night.

C. A Slow Student

D. The Night before the Examination

V. 请用所给单词的适当形式填空：（共15个，每个1分，共15分）

1. Look at the pictures and read what they have achieved even though they each have a __________(disable).

2. Nobody is said to have finished till there is no more _______________(leave) to buy.

3. He was sent by God, to minister to a soul too _______________(comfort) with himself.

4. Claire was so ________________(alarm) the first time she saw the robot, Tony.

5. This book was ____________(loose) based on the fall of Roman Empire but was about future.

6. My Brother was so ________(ambition) that he wanted to run for the president of this country.

7. I had to keep the video camera readily___________(access) in case I saw something that needed to be filmed.

8. No other creature cries _____________(emotion) tears the way we humans do.

9. The ability to pass on knowledge and command respect is the essential _______(qualify) for teachers.

10. The day we were looking forwards to __________________(come) at last.

11. The damage can be reduced by adopting higher quake-resistant standards for buildings and improving people’s _____________(aware) of disaster prevention and rescue.

12. ____________(compare) with your room , mine is too small.

13. There is a special chapter ____________(devote) to her cooperation with a famous physicist.

14. Many students complain that they have been _____(occupy) with their homework every day.

15. Don’t let your __________(imagine ) in full play when you are sitting in class.

Shanghai is different from New York in many ways, but there are many things that are similar.

Shanghai is one of the most populated(人口众多的) cities in Asia, and New York is one of the most populated cities in North America. The weather in summer is very hot in Shanghai, and it is the same in New York. Shanghai is a port and industrial city, and New York is too. Shanghai has a problem with pollution, and New York has a similar problem. They both have serious traffic problems.

The traffic problem in Shanghai is caused by many bicycles. The traffic problem in New York is caused by many cars. Most of the people in Shanghai live in apartments in low buildings, while most of the people in New York live in apartments in high buildings. People eat with chopsticks in Shanghai, but they eat with knives and forks in New York. While there are some differences, the main problems of big cities are almost the same everywhere in the world.

66. New York is in _______ .   

A. South Asia     B. North Asia     C. North America     D. South America

67. Shanghai has problems in _______.   

A. pollution             B. population   

C. traffic                D. A, B and C

68. People in New York live in _________.  

A. small houses in low buildings      B. apartment in high buildings

C. apartment in low buildings        D. small houses in high buildings

69. Which of the statements is right?   

A. The weather in Shanghai is hot, white the weather in New York isn't.

B. The traffic problem in Shanghai is caused by cars.

C. People in New York eat with knives and forks.

D. Shanghai is an agricultural city.

70. The main problems of big cities are _______.      

A. different        B. similar     C. complete same     D. polluted.

B) 短文填词(共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文，根据短文的语境在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词使短文通顺，所填单词要求拼写正确、形式符合英语表达习惯。