It happened to me recently that I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father and how it had changed my views of the current US president. The person I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a wonderfully written book”. However, he then proceeded to talk about Mr. Obama in a way that suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.

    And it seems that he is not the only one. Clearly two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they haven’t. In the World Book Day survey, Dreams from My Father is at number 9. The survey lists top ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading. As I’m not one to lie too often, I’ll admit here and now that I haven’t read the entire ten books. But I am pleased to say that I have read the book at number one, George Orwell’s 1984. I think it’s absolutely outstanding.

Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to impress someone they were speaking to. This could be difficult if the conversation became more in depth!

The World Book Day survey also has some other interesting information in it. It shows that many people lie about having read classical works by Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, Charles Dickens and so on. But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, they named J.K. Rowling, Jilly Cooper, and Stephen King (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-one percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story.

So which books have you lied about reading — if any — and which is your favourite?

1．The main reason why people lie about reading is to _________.

A. make fun of the listener                 B. impress the listener

C. please the listener                      D. interest the listener

2．The underlined word “proceeded” in the passage probably means “_________”.

A. wanted           B. happened         C. continued            D. stopped

3．What does the World Book Day survey show?

A. Nearly half of the people surveyed didn’t read through a whole classical book.

B. People don’t like Dreams from My Father and George Orwell’s 1984.

C. Few people lie about having read classical works by Jane Austen.

D. People usually enjoy reading books by Charles Dickens.

4．What is the best title for the passage?

A. Are You a Book Liar?                 B. Readers Are All Liars

C. World Book Day                       D. Dreams from My Father

单词拼写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词正确的完全形式(每空限写一词)。

66.People with a poor memory often f        things.

67.Spring is a s         when trees turn green and flowers open.

68.Don’t always d          on others.You should learn to rely on yourself.

69.George was born on June 1,so Children’s Day is also his b        .

70.With no adults around,it’s d        for children to swim in the river.

71.He caught a high f        .His body temperature was as high as 40℃.

72.There are only five minutes left.We’ll have to walk q         to get there on time.

73.He is always happy and never w        about anything.

74.They offered me a ticket for the concert,and I a         it with delight.

75.The photos will r         me of the days when we were together.

第二卷（非选择题 满分35分）

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 对话填空（共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式、使对话通顺。

M: Good morning, Ms Yang. Thank you for accepting my invitation. Could I ask you a few questions?

W: Sure. Go ahead.

M. Do you use English when you write songs?

W: You won’t believe it, but 76.a_____ we use English almost everywhere in our work and life. The songs we listen to and the77. m______ we watch are mostly English ones. The instruments and software we use are all in English. We 78.c________ with singers almost in English. English is just too important.

M: What 79s_______ did you hate or love when you were in school?

W: I loved Chinese and physics. But I was good at biology.

M: What do you want to say to those students who dream of 80.b_____ musicians and singers?

W: Studying should be the first thing to 81.c_______. The music industry is full of risk. Think 82.t______ before you step in.

M: Do you mean they had 83.b____ stop this dream?

W: No, I just mean the job is full of 84.c_______ and it’s not easy to be a good musician or singer. But if you are really 85.f____ of it, that’s OK.

第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Once upon a time, there was a boy who would go into the forest and gather food and herbal medicines (草药) with some of his fellows every spring. However, one year, a tiger showed up in the forest and no one dared go into the forest again. One day, the boy’s father became ill, and thew*w^w..c~o*m family couldn’t afford the (21)  _ that the father needed. The boy decided to try and find some herbal medicines as well as some food in the forest.

It was a perfect sunny day. At first, it was quiet and (22)  _  happened. But later, when the boy bent down to reach one more mushroom, he was suddenly pushed to the ground. A large shadow covered him. He rolled over and looked (23)___  in shock as the tiger said in a deep voice. “You are my (24)__  . Say good-bye to this world.” (25)__  his sick father, the boy knew he couldn’t die. He quickly calmed down and put a mushroom into his mouth, and chewed and swallowed. Then he said, “(26)__ __ you can kill and eat me, but I wish you to know that these mushrooms are deadly poisonous (有毒的). You can eat me, but you will die too. My family will look for me and find you. They will (27)__   your stomach and eat your meat. Your fine skin will carpet the floor of a rich man’s house and your tiger bones will get a good (28)_     in the medicine shops. My family will have enough for a year or more and I will be given a good funeral（葬礼）and long (29)____ .

The tiger hesitated (犹豫). He saw the frightful mushrooms in the basket and (30)____ his appetite (胃口). He slowly walked away. The boy saved his own life with his quick thinking.

A. love                     B. medicine             C. care                        D. doctors

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

A. down                  B. out                   C. around                     D. up

A. energy                B. power                C. enemy            D. supper

A. Looking after    B. Thinking of              C. Bringing back         D. Believing in

A. Of course        B. No way                  C. In the beginning        D. In any case

A. feed               B. open                    C. sell                      D. kick

A. price                    B. seller                      C. reward                   D. doctor

A. understood        B. encouraged               C. needed                   D. remembered

A. lost             B. increased                  C. regained                D. forgot

单词拼写（共5小题,每小题1分，满分5分）

76．Our___             __(祖先) celebrated the birth of a son or a daughter by giving away red eggs.

77．Four classmates find a_____          ___(神秘的)box in their dormitory.

78．How well does this material ______          ___(传导) electricity and heat? w_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m

79．The man ___          ___(威胁) the shop assistant with a knife but finally got caught by the policew_w w. k#s5_u.c o*m

80．He was so___          ____(慷慨的) that he treated all his classmates to rice noodles.