III.完型填空(每小题2分，共20分)

根据短文内容，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

It is two months since MH730 first went missing in the early hours of March 8th, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysia Airlines said it was terribly sorry that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. People are losing hope that the passengers on the   41   could return alive and realize they should know how to save themselves when accidents like this happen in the air.

42   1985, an Australia professor, Ed Galea, has interviewed 2,000 survivors of 105 airplane accidents, searching for the keys to survival (n.幸存) and found out   43   golden rules after years of research.

First, make sure that the airline does not keep your family members too far away on the plane, if you are traveling in family group.   44  ? It’s natural that while feeling in danger, you’ll probably want to meet the family before you can calmly move out.

Second, how do you untie (解开) your seat belt on a plane? By lifting a latch.   45   you can’t untie your seat belt, you can hardly run away and your chances of survival will drop.

Third, the   46   to the exits (逃生口), the more likely you are to survive. Count exactly how many rows you are from the nearest two exits. Why two exits? Because this helps you find at least   47   even in the sudden dark during an accident.

Fourth, we would be safer if airline seats faced backward, according to Galea’s research. But the problem is that most of the passengers   48   traveling with their back facing the direction of travel.

Fifth, “Smoke is dangerous to your health. If you take in too much of it, your will die,” explains Galea. You must learn how to use a smoke mask. Without the knowledge of putting on a mask, you’ll   49   time trying to put it on—time that could be used to run away.

At last, listen to the flight attendants before flying and look   50   at everything shown on a video or a safety card. Always be prepared. Good luck to you.

41. A. train B. plane C. bus D. ship

42. A. In B. From C. Since D. On

43. A. four B. five C. six D. seven

44. A. Who B. How C. When D. Why

45. A. Unless B. If C. Until D. After

46. A. close B. closer C. far D. farther

47. A. all B. them C. one D. both

48. A. don’t like B. enjoy C. hope D. don’t want

49. A. save B. have C. waste D. enjoy

50. A. careful B. carefully C. careless D. carelessly

IV. 阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下列材料, 从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

A

Stress (压力) is everywhere in our everyday life. Men, women, the young and the old sometimes have stress.

The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.

How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

Yes No

Do you easily get angry?

Do you often sleep badly?

Do you get headaches a lot?

Do you take sleeping pills?

Do you find it difficult to relax?

Do you smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?

Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?

Doing relaxing exercise, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways  relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways — people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.

51. Which of the followings is NOT one of the most important reasons of stress according to the passage?

A. Taking exams.   B. Taking sleeping pills.

C. Making money.  D. Ending friendships.

52. What’s the easier way to relax your body?

A. Talking with friends.                  B. Doing relaxing exercise.

C. Laughing, smiling and crying.           D. Listening to music.

53. The main idea of the passage is about _________.

A. a survey of people with stress                                             B. the reasons for having stress

C. who has stress easily                              D. stress and how to relieve your stress

B

People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many meanings using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest (抗议) and say “Do not bad mouth me.”

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret(后悔) because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say, “You took the words right out of my mouth!”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”.

This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives “from hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

54. “I really put my foot in my mouth this time” means _________.

A. I regretted I had done the thing  B. I really did this

C. I have never done this thing D. I want to do this thing

55. When your friend took the words right out of your mouth, you can say “_________”.

A. You are clever  B. I am very lucky

C. We have the same idea D. I am very angry

56. If a person lives from hand to mouth, he must be very _________.

A. rich B. poor C. happy D. sad

57. The passage mainly tells us _________.

A. everyone in England has the same mouth

B. people use their mouths to eat, talk, shout and sing

C. rich persons’ mouths are quite different with the poor persons’

D. the word “mouth” has many different meanings in the English language

C

It’s something familiar to all parents of young children: you’re in a busy shopping street and your child wants to pee (小便) and he just can’t hold it any longer. But two parents’ decision to let their child relieve (释放) himself has caused much attention in China.

By now, it seems, the whole Chinese Internet is familiar with what happened on a crowded Hong Kong shopping street. A mother holds a nappy (尿布) while her two-year-old pees. A passerby took pictures which then were put online. The woman explained that they had found a public toilet (厕所) but saw there was a long queue, so she had no other choice but to let their child to relieve himself on the street instead.

Why has this one child’s act caused so much upset? Allowing a child under 12 to “answer the call of nature in any public street” is against the law in Hong Kong and the parents will face a 2,000 Hong Kong Dollar ($250) fine (罚款). But the on-line chatter has put all the attention on the fact that this family were tourists from mainland China, rather than being locals. “For Hong Kongers, people might think from time to time that mainlanders are not so polite and often break the public rules,” says Martin Yip of BBC. Charmaine Chui, who was born in Hong Kong, told BBC she feels angry to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants. “Hong Kong is a beautiful, modern city. What do these people think of it?” she says.

In mainland China, there has also been criticism of the parents’ behavior. But most of the people say they find the parents’ behavior understandable as they had tried to find a toilet for their child and the mother used a paper nappy rather than simply allowing the baby to pee on the ground.

58. The child peed ________ in HK.

A. on a crowded shopping street B. in a public toilet

C. at home  D. in a restaurant

59. The underlined phrase “answer the call of nature” means _________.

A. 回归自然  B. 接自然打来的电话

C. 上厕所  D. 接电话

60. Charmaine Chui feels _________ to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants.

A. understandable B. sorry C. angry D. happy

61. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. A policeman took photos of the 2-year-old child and put them online.

B. It’s OK for children under 12 to pee wherever they like in Hong Kong.

C. All the Chinese feel very angry about the parents’ behavior.

D. In mainland China, most of the people find the parents’ behavior understandable.

D

Graffiti is a common feature of most Western cities. The word graffiti was from the Greek word, graphein, which only meant writing. These days, however, the word means drawing or writing on the walls of buildings, or the public transportation, such as trains or buses.

Graffiti, as a form of expression, was born in New York during the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, a new modern culture about city life appeared. Graffiti was a written form of expression of that life. Later, it was mixed with a musical form called hip-hop that was another expression of the city life.

At first, graffiti artists used pens. But then, with the development of graffiti, they became experienced. They turned to using spray paint (喷漆罐). Spray paint allowed them to draw a greater area. And it also allowed them to work quickly.

At present, different people have different ideas about graffiti. Some people say it makes the cities dirty. It isn’t allowed by many local governments in America. The governments spend more than a million dollars a year cleaning graffiti. The money, they say, could be better spent on health or education. Other people think it is a form of art. In fact, the works of some famous graffiti artists can be found in museums, galleries, and art books.

62. Which is the present meaning of the underlined word “graffiti” now?

A. 书法 B. 沙画 C. 涂鸦 D. 油画

63. How many forms of expression of city life are mentioned in the second paragraph (段落)?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

64. Why did graffiti artists use spray paint?

A. Because they could work quickly.

B. Because they could spend less money.

C. Because they could paint a smaller area.

D. Because they could express themselves clearly.

65. What’s the article mainly about?

A. The meaning of graffiti.

B. Different expressions of graffiti.

C. Different attitudes (态度) towards graffiti.

D. The history and the development of graffiti.

第II卷(共50分)

V.任务型阅读(每小题2分，共6分)

阅读下文并回答问题。

People often like collecting things. Collecting stamps, books, pictures and pens are some common hobbies. I know many kinds of collections, but the strangest is a collection of clocks. My friend Mr. Clock, a short man, has the hobby. He has as many as one thousand five hundred clocks.

There are clocks everywhere in his house. You can see shelves are full of clocks. As there is not enough room for so many clocks, the man has to fill some boxes with clocks.

Although Mr. Clock likes his large collection of clocks, his wife does not enjoy them at all. She complains (埋怨) every day about the work she has to do, for it is not easy for her to clean hundreds of clocks. She also complains about the noise. Each clock keeps a different time. So she can hear the chimes (报点声) almost any time day and night. There is something even worse. With so many clocks around, she is never able to know what time it is!

66. What is Mr. Clock’s hobby?

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67. Does Mr. Clock’s wife like these clocks?

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68. Why doesn’t Mrs. Clock know the time?

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