Hans Christian Andersen was a poor boy who lived in Denmark. His father, a shoemaker, had died, and his mother had married again.

Andersen’s father liked to read better than to make shoes. In the evenings, he had read aloud from The Arabian Nights. His wife understood very little of the book, but the boy, pretending to sleep, understood every word.

By day Hans Christian Anderson went to a house where old women worked as weavers. There he listened to the tales that the women told. In those days, there were almost as many tales in Denmark as there were people to tell them.

Among the tales told in the town of Odense, where Andersen was born in 1805, was one about a fairy who brought death to those who danced with her. To this tale, Hans Christian later added a story from his own life.

Once, when his father was still alive, a young lady ordered a pair of red shoes. When she refused to pay for them, unhappiness filled the poor shoemaker’s house. From that small tragedy and the story of the dancing fairy, the shoemaker’s son years later wrote the story that millions of people now know as The Red Shoes.

As a little girl, Hans Christian’s mother was sent out on the streets to beg. She did not want to beg, so she hid under one of the city bridges. She warmed her cold feet in her hands, for she had no shoes. She was afraid to go home. Years later, her son, in his pity for her and his anger at the world, wrote the angry story She’s No Good and the famous tale The Little Match Girl.

Through his genius, he changed every early experience, even his father’s death, into a fairy tale. One cold day his father showed him a white, woman-like figure among the frost patterns. “That is the snow queen,” said the shoemaker. “Soon she will be coming for me.” A few months later he died. And years later, Andersen turned that sad experience into a fairy tale, The Snow Queen.

51. Which of the following is TRUE about Anderson when he was a boy?

  A. His father had remarried before he died.

  B. His mother was struck by The Arabian Night.

  C. He enjoyed listening to stories very much.

  D. He would help old weavers with their work.

52. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 imply?

  A. Almost all tales from around the world once had their origin in Denmark.

  B. The people in Denmark were very enthusiastic about telling tales.

  C. The number of tales in Denmark was exactly equal to that of the people living there.

  D. The people in Denmark loved doing nothing but tell stories to each other.

53. How many of Anderson’s fairy tales are mentioned in the passage?

  A. 5.        B. 6.        C. 3.        D. 4.

54. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

  A. The Red Shoes was based on a tragedy of Anderson’s family

  B. Andersen’s genius as well as his early experience made him successful

  C. Andersen was educated at home by his parents because of poverty

  D. Anderson wrote The Snow Queen in memory of his parents

55. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Hans Christian Andersen’s Own Fairy Tales.

B. Hans Christian Andersen’s Family.

C. Hans Christian Andersen’s Bitter Experiences.

D. Hans Christian Andersen’s Considerate Parents.

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从第每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Learning to Accept

I learned how to accept life as it is from my father.  36 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was  37  and ill.

My father was  38  a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness  39  all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is  40 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started  41  about life, and I told them about one of my  42 . I said that we must very often give things up  43  we grow --- our youth, our beauty, our friends --- but it always  44  that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father  45  up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up  46 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.  47 , he answered his own question: “I  48  the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

I was also  49  by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I  50  remember his words and become  51 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be  52  to give up my small irritations. In this  53 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

Sometimes I  54  what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one  55 .

36. A. Afterwards   B. Therefore   C. However   D. Meanwhile

37. A. tired     B. weak   C. poor       D. slow

38. A. already B. still     C. only      D. once

39. A. took     B. threw  C. sent      D. put

40. A. impossible   B. difficult     C. stressful   D. Hopeless

41. A. worrying     B. caring C. talking    D. asking

42. A. decisions      B. experiences C. ambitions  D. beliefs

43. A. as  B. since   C. before     D. till

44. A. suggests       B. promises    C. seems     D. requires

45. A. spoke   B. turned C. summed   D. opened

46. A. something    B. anything     C. nothing    D. everything

47. A. Surprisingly B. Immediately      C. Naturally   D. Certainly

48. A. had      B. accepted     C. gained     D. enjoyed

49. A. touched       B. astonished  C. attracted    D. warned

50. A. should  B. could  C. would      D. might

51. A. quiet    B. calm   C. Relaxed     D. happy

52. A. ready    B. likely  C. free        D. able

53. A. case      B. form   C. method     D. way

54. A. doubt   B. wonder      C. know       D. guess

55. A. award   B. gift     C. lesson       D. word

The Official Theme for the 2005 World Exposition , Aichi,Japan is “Nature’s Wisdom”.

Name: The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan

Theme: “Nature’s Wisdom”

Site: Steo City, Nagakute Town, Toyata City, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Period: March 25 to September 25, 2005

Projected number of visitors: 15 million

Nature has provided humanity with a means to develop into complex societies based on this very basic relationship.

A vast network of knowledge and wisdom has evolved from this basic relationship between humans and nature. Nature's wisdom,her mysteries, inspiring beauty and power,have been unlocked by minds and scientific processes. Humans have become masters of this knowledge and have developed incredible technologies to employ energy and other resources.

In an increasingly overcrowded world, it is sometimes hard to focus beyond everyday life and onto the long term effects of our technological progress. Surely then,we must be reminded of the true wisdom found in a continuous relationship with nature. After all,we are in a world seeing an increasing amount of media coverage of international debates concerned about damage to the environment. It is commonly accepted that as far as the environment is concerned,it is a time to re-think our relationship with nature before it is too late.

Model Community

Continuous development is what the Eco-communities project at Expo 2005 is all about. The Eco-communities project has been expected to reuse energy and to reduce and make use of existing waste. As well, the entire Expo 2005 site--expected to host 25 million people over a six-month period--has been designed with the conservation(保持)of nature and the local environment as the top priority(优先考虑的事).

Finding answers for today' s world must be done in the background of technology. Thus,the idea of eco-communities was developed. Yet, an understanding of the socio-historical background is just as important in today’s richly multi-cultural world of economically various states and unions. And so the "Art of Life" Expo 2005 sub-theme was expected to be a model of human participation on a global scale. Expo 2005 offers to the people of the world an opportunity to come together and discuss many global issues that face humankind. It is a place to bring together the world's talent to create a model community for the future where humans can live in harmony with nature.

64.What is the period of Expo 2005 Japan?

       A.May 1-October 31.             B.March 25-September 25.

       C.May 1-October 30.           D.October 9-0ctober 21.

65. Which of the following themes is Expo 2005 Japan's?

A.Better City,Better Life

B.Interactions between Urban and Rural Areas

C.Nature’s Wisdom

D.Environment, Resource and Technique

66.According to paragraph 3, nature has many features except ______.

A. danger      B. power     C. beauty       D. wisdom

67. We can infer that______according the contents of the passage.

A.the relationship between nature and humans isn’t close

B.it is easier for us to find the true wisdom

C.it is important and necessary for human to protect environment

 and nature

D.harmonious community and Art of life can’t realize

China's relatively poor western regions are to receive 296 billion yuan (about 43.3 billion U.S. dollars) of investment through 551 projects signed with investors from both China and abroad.

Those deals (合同) were sealed at the tenth Western China International Economy and Trade Fair in Chengdu, provincial capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

The region has 12 provinces, autonomous (独立的) regions and municipalities (自治区), with a combined population of about 370 million.

Chinese investors contributed 539 of the 551 projects, involving 288.9 billion yuan of investment. The rest 12 projects would be invested by foreign contractors (承包商), involving in around 1 billion U.S. dollars of investment.

Sectors involving local resources, equipment manufacturing (制造业), service and new and high technology were investors' favorite target areas.

According to agreements signed here, German industrial conglomerate Siemens would spend 30 million yuan in Chengdu to setup a "Global IT Operation Center", intending to provide better IT operation support for its customers.

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Foxconn Group, the world’s top maker of outsourced electronics, would invest 1 billion dollars to build an industrial base in Chengdu, setting up production lines for products like LED-TV, LCD module (组件), LED backlight module and LCD package. The new base will also develop software and sell 3G digital products as wells.

64. What can we learn from the passage?

A. China’s relatively poor western regions are to receive 296 billion yuan of investment.

B. Those deals were sealed at the eleventh Western China International Economy and Trade Fair.

C. The region has 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities.

D. The region has a combined population of about 310 million.

65. How many projects were signed with investors from both China and abroad?

A. 539.               B. 551.              C. 370.               D. 288.

66. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. 539 projects would be invested by Chinese investors, involving 288.9 billion yuan of investment.

B. Sectors involving local resources, equipment manufacturing ( 制造业), service and old and high technology were investors' favorite target areas.

C. German industrial conglomerate Siemens would spend 30 million yuan in Chengdu to setup a "Global IT Operation Center".

D. 12 projects would be invested by foreign contractors, involving in around 1 billion U. S. dollars of investment.

67. How much money would Taiwan’s Foxconn Group invest?

A. 30 million yuan.                          B. 43.3 billion U.S. dollars.

C. 1 billion dollars.                               D. 2 billion dollars.

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