I fell in love with England because it was quaint(古雅)—all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I love London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.
Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners—people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.
As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p.m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbor who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.The writer doesn’t like London because she___.
| A．is not used to the life there now | B．has lived there for seventeen years |
| C．prefers to live in an old-fashioned house | D．has to be polite to everyone she meets there |
Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
| A．In a café. | B．In a restaurant. | C．In a nightclub. | D．In a pub. |
The underlined part “it” (in Para.4) refers to ___.
| A．a taxi | B．the money | C．a bomb | D．public transport |
The writer took her neighbor to France for Christmas because he ___.
| A．felt lonely | B．had never been to France |
| C．was from a typically French family | D．didn’t like the British idea of family |
(2)根据课文内容填空(8分)
There are two main types of advertisements— commercial advertisements and 41 service advertisements (PSAs). A commercial advertisement is one which someone has paid for to 42 a product or service. PSAs are often placed for free, and are 43 to educate people about health., safety, or any other issue which affects public 44 .
This 45 will give you some information about RealCine: how it works, why it is better than 46 cinema,
and how it can be used in other ways. I believe you will be 47 by the RealCine experience, and will agree
that this is an extraordinary 48 that must be developed further.
以下是两篇课文选段，请任意选择一篇，并根据课文，在文中划线处填上适当单词，每空一词， (共10小题，计10分)
1） Born in 1930, Dr Yuan __1___ from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, 2 ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. At that time, 3 was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan _4__ for a way to increase rice harvests without __5__ the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These ___6___ harvests mean that 22% of the world’s people are __7__ from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now __8___ his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. __9___ to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to __10__ the world of hunger. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.
2） The most universal 1 expression is, of course, the smile---its 2 is to show happiness and put people at 3 . It does not always mean that we are 4 happy, however. Smiles around the world can be _ 4 , hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry. There are 5 smiles, such as when someone “lose face” and smiles to 6 it. However, the general 7 of smiling is to show good feelings.
From the time we are babies, we show 8 or anger by frowning. In most places around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone shows anger. __9 _ a fist and shaking it almost always means that someone is angry and 10_ another person.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In order to help children learn to use an English dictionary, you’ll obviously need to have one on hand for them to view.
____ It is used to give the meaning and the usage of any given word in English.
___ If it has not yet been introduced to the children, they need to learn it so that they can use the English dictionary effectively (高效地). __
__ Ask the children to choose a word, and then show them how you search for the word by alphabetical order.
Show the children how to learn a new word with an English dictionary. ____ You will also need to point out how some words can be used as nouns and verbs, etc.
____ To make sure that the children understand how to look up a word in the dictionary, ask them to choose a few more words, and guide them as they look each one up themselves.
| A．Check if the children are familiar with the alphabet (字母表). |
| B．Begin with explaining what an English dictionary is used for. |
| C．The children will find a plain dictionary boring and uninteresting. |
| D．Finally, help the children to practice how to use the dictionary themselves. |
E. Finally, make sure the children have learned some new words with the dictionary.
F. You need to show them how the dictionary explains the meaning of the word.
G. When the children have well mastered the alphabet, simply show them how an English dictionary is used.
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词，并请将答案写在答题纸上。
In a memory – based competition between you and a chimp (猩猩); who do you think would win? If you put yourself on top, you might want to guess again.
In a test that challenged participants to remember numbers, a young chimp performed better than Japanese college students.
Here's how the test worked. At Kyoto University in Japan, human students and chimpanzee participants sat in front of a computer. Five numbers, ranging from 1 to 9, were combined with one another and then, they appeared at random places on the screen.
The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second. In the first test, for example, participants saw the numbers for 650 milliseconds (about two- thirds of a second).
Then, each number disappeared and they saw a white square instead. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order, based on the numbers that had been there a moment before.
In this test, the students touched the boxes in the correct order about 80 percent of the time. A young chimp named Ayumu performed equally well.
During a harder test, participants were only able to see the numbers for 210 milliseconds.
This time, students only succeeded in putting the boxes in the correct order about 40 percent of the time. But Ayumu still could select the boxes in the right order nearly 80 percent of the time.
Some people have what's called a "photographic memory", which allows them to remember a surprising number of details after just a quick look at something. Ayumu's memory might work in a similar way, says lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa.
The chimp's young age might have something to do with his impressive performance, too. In previous tests, the Japanese researchers found that young chimps performed better than their mothers.
The scientists are interested to see whether Ayumu loses his strong memory as he arrows older. They already know that young children sometimes have sharp memories when offered something photographical, but they lose this ability over time.
| Topic |
A memory-based competition between human beings and chimps |
| ( |
To judge whose memory is better |
| The ( of the first test |
◆A chimp and some Japanese students participated in the ( ◆Different combinations of five numbers appeared on the screen. ◆Each of the number was ( |
| The results of the second test |
◆Students ( ◆Ayumu got the right order ( |
| Conclusion |
◆Some people have “photographic memory”, ( ◆The chimps have the similar ( ◆Young children, just like chimps, have strong memory but they’ll lose it when they ( |
五.语法填空 (20分)
May Day is coming. Our class have had a __1__about what to do during the holiday. Some are in favour of staying at __2__. They think it’s both convenient and 3 . What’ more, they can save___4___for other purposes. But they will lose the chance of getting to know the outside world.
___5___, others prefer to go out for traveling since it can increase their____6___ and broaden their horizons. But they will spend more money and meet some difficulties while ７ .
In my opinion, it would be much ＿＿８＿＿to stay at home , for I can do＿９＿＿I like, such as reading books, watching TV, and helping my parents ＿10＿＿housework.
1. _________ 2. ____________ 3. ______________ 4. ____________ 5. __________
6. _________ 7. ____________ 8. ______________ 9. ____________ 10.__________
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