A)  True or False (判断下列句子是否符合短文内容,符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示)(7分)

The elephant is another animal that lives in groups. An elephant herd (群) usually has from twenty to forty members. The elephants in the herd depend on one another for help in time of trouble.

The leader of the group is usually a wise and strong female. She travels at the head of the herd and is followed by the other females and their young. The bull elephants (公象)follow last. When danger threatens(威胁), the bulls form a circle around the weaker animals and guard (守卫)them.

The members of the herd are loyal to(忠诚)one another. A sick or wounded elephant is not left behind to die. If an elephant is sick, the whole herd stops traveling until it gets well. When an elephant is injured, two others walk on both sides of it and support it with their bodies. A member of the herd may be caught in a trap. Then the others try to free it.

Elephants are fond of the youngsters in the group and give them special care. They help young animals stay afloat (漂浮着) when the herd crosses a river. They work together to rescue a calf(幼象)that has wandered(迷路)into a dangerous place.

A female elephant that is about to give birth to(生产)her young leaves the herd for a short time. However, she takes another female along to act as "aunt". The aunt stands guard and helps the mother with her new-born calf. In this way, the whole herd protects its newest member.

71. The leader of the elephants travels in the middle of the herd.

72. In times of danger, the males form a circle around the weaker animals.

73. The leader of an elephant herd is usually a strong female.

74. Sick elephants are usually left behind to die.

75. Elephants will try their best to save the young ones when they are in dangerous situations.

76. Elephants can help each other in time of trouble.

77. A strong elephant can carry a sick elephant on its back.

B) Choose the best answer (根据短文内容选择最恰当的答案)(7分)

Benjamin Banneker was born a few months before another great American-George Washington. Benjamin was black, but he was not a slave. He and his mother and his grandmother were free. Benjamin’s grandmother came from England. In America she got a job and worked for many years to pay for her boat trip across the ocean . After working many more years, she saved enough money to buy a farm. Benjamin lived with her for a while. She taught him to read and write and do arithmetic (算术).

Benjamin’s neighbour knew that he was clever. They were not surprised when he built a large wooden clock. He made each piece after studying a small pocket watch. The clock made him famous, for it was one of the first clocks built in America. People from other places began to send hard problems of all kinds for Benjamin to settle.

Thomas Jefferson learned of Benjamin Banneker’s ability to settle hard problems. He asked Banneker to help build the city that was to be the capital of the United States-Washington, D.C. Banneker worked hard on the plans for the city. He marked where the streets and buildings-the Capitol (美国国会大厦) the White House, and many others-should be built.

Later, L’ Enfant, the Frenchman who had designed the new city, had a quarrel, and went back to France in anger. He took all of the plans with him. The workmen couldn’t build without any plans to follow.

For a while it seemed that the plans for the capital might have to be changed, but Benjamin Banneker remembered the plans he had helped draw. He drew each again as he had built each piece of his clock.

If it weren’t for Benjamin Banneker, Washington, D.C might look very different from the way it does today.

78. Benjamin’s grandmother taught him how ____________ when he was young.

    A) to read and write and do arithmetic  B) to make a clock  

C) to do farm work          D) to solve some difficult problems 

79. When Banneker built a large wooden clock, ___________________.

A) people in America showed no surprise

B) his name spread all over America

C) he became the first man in America to build a clock

D) people came from other places to congratulate him

80. Thomas Jefferson asked Banneker to help build the city Washington because he was told that Banneker was _____________.

A) warm- hearted  B) clever      C) hard-working     D) serious

81. The French designer L’Enfant had a quarrel with the Americans and returned to France___________________.

    A) worriedly    B) angrily     C) excitedly       D) calmly

82. When L’ Enfant left with his plans, Banneker was in _____ of building the capital Washington.

A) charge      B) helping    C) design        D) completing

83. In building the city Washington, Banneker showed that _____________.

    A) he had a good memory       B) he was never tired of working

    C) he feared no difficulties       D) he was good at drawing

84. Benjamin Banneker is remembered to this day mainly because _____.

A) he made one of the first clocks in America

B) he used to be an assistant to L’Enfant, who had designed the city Washington

C) he designed the city Washington when L’Enfant left

D) he was able to continue the plans for the new city Washington as L’Enfant left with his plans

C) Choose the words or expressions to complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语,完成短文) (14分)

Canada is one of the few ____85______ in the world to have two official languages: English and French. There are 10 provinces (省) in the country but only one of these -- Quebec( 魁北克 ) is known as “French Canada”. This is because it was founded by French explorers while British adventurers discovered and governed the rest.

    Canada left the British empire in 1867 to become an independent country, and English and French have been recognized as the official language ever since.

     Most people speak English as their first language and the two ___86______ television networks broadcast in English throughout the country. Apart from in Quebec and a few places on the east coast, French television is very rare.

    The same goes ____87____ traffic signs and menus, for example, Outside of Quebec, there are only a few places ____88_____ you’ll see traffic signs in French. And in restaurants, it’s ____89___ impossible to find French on the menu unless you are in the heartland of French Canada. However, all products sold in Canada must, ____90____ law, have labels and instructions in both languages.

    In Canada’s English-speaking provinces, official bilingualism (双语) means that students can _____91___ to complete a special French course. Under this program, they are taught most of their subjects in French.

85. A) nations
B) country
C) land
D) place
86. A) local
B) individual
C) private
D) national
87. A) to
B) on
C) for
D) at
88. A) that
B) which
C) where
D) when
89. A) almost
B) mostly
C) hardly
D) really
90. A) in
B) to
C) for
D) by
91. A) choose
B) be able to
C) like
D) want

D) Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使内容通顺, 每空格限填一词,首字母已给) (14分)

We all like getting into gossip(闲聊).Studies s__92___ that gossiping releases(释放)our emotions and reduce tension(紧张).

Research has proved that in the USA, gossiping can make people more democratic(民主,平等). It is a way of free expression. While gossiping, people communicate with a free mind.

   Gossiping h__93____ us shift(转移)our interest to others. When we gossip, we seldom discuss our own problems. We generally discuss another person who is not present. Doing so, we laugh away our own cares. Sometimes we feel sorry for a person involved in a particular problem. And we also come up with solutions to his problems. More happiness flows into our lives when we help and guide a person we are t__94___ about.

    But, be aware of the dangerous side of gossiping! Gossiping can be harmful if you h__95___ others on purpose. When you start speaking i__96____ of someone, you start criticizing others for nothing. When you gossip with an ill-will, it makes you tense. Tension naturally comes to you when you try to make others tense.

    Why do people talk badly about each other? People pass bad remarks about others simply out of hatred﹙憎恨), fear, envy(妒忌), and greed. The person making insulting(侮辱性的) remarks thinks his listener will keep the talk a s__97____, but gossiping travels faster than the wind! And still faster when the gossiping is bad!

   We all gossip at one time or another. After gossiping, people feel l__98____ and relaxed. But purely bad gossiping makes us tense and envious of others.

E) Answer the questions(根据短文内容回答下列问题)(14分)

Beauty: The Korean Way

 “Thank goodness you have double eyelids(双眼皮). Your parents will save a lot of money,” said a family friend when I was five years old. Double eyelids, which almost every Caucasian(白种人) has, are rare among Northeast Asians. Only 25% of South Koreans(韩国) are born with double eyelids.

  I never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents money until that summer when I came back to Seoul. The moment I arrived in the city, I noticed cosmetic surgery clinics(整容诊所)everywhere, along with billboards(街上大型广告牌) featuring South Korean women who had Western characteristics-tall, thin, with a milky complexion(肤色), long legs, nice big eyes, and the perfectly-angled nose. I figured out that South Korean beauty meant looking as “white” or Caucasian as possible.

  South Korea is known to have the highest ratio(比例) of cosmetic surgeons to citizens worldwide. It is very common for girls to get eyelid surgery as high school graduation presents. What made South Koreans fall so madly in love with cosmetic surgery?

  Cosmetic surgery has some kind of magical appeal(吸引力) to them-the promise of beauty. Women are often convinced(深信不疑)that suffering and sacrificing(牺牲)is necessary and worthy in order to be beautiful. And this suffering is not for nothing. It is believed that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to better-looking children and a better lifestyle.

  This beauty ideal(期望)is not a trend(时尚), but a very real standard that is growing deeper within South Korean society. Appearance is starting to play a bigger role in the workplace to the extent that men are also resort to(求助于)cosmetic surgery. For instance, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and over six feet tall, gets many more job offers than his best friend, who is shorter and heavier, even though both of them graduated from the same college and had the same GPA(平均绩点)and certificates.

  In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty(形体美)equals happiness.

99.How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?

100. There are cosmetic surgery clinics everywhere in Seoul, aren’t there? 

101. What does South Korean beauty mean?

102. When do girls usually get eyelid surgery in South Korea ?

103. Are South Koreans very fond of cosmetic surgery?

104. What do many South Koreans believe ?

105. What do you think of beauty?

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