45. A. getting B. holding C. picking D. breaking

46. A. joy B. surprise C. dislike D. anger

47. A. face B. skirt C. flat D. watch

48. A. hard B. deep C. softly D. carefully

49. A. wrapped B. folded C. put D. threw

50. A. no B. little C. great D. small

51. A. calm B. angry C. sad D. happy

52. A. into B. upon C. to D. after

53. A. until B. as C. because D. though

54. A. village B. downtown C. city D. forest

55. A. admitted B. regretted C. enjoyed D. remembered

第三部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A

ril never forget Easter 1946. I was fourteen，my little sister，Ocy，was twelve and my older sister, Darlene, was sixteen. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what it was to do without dad. My dad had died five years before, leaving Mom with no

money and seven school-aged kids to raise..

By 1946, my older sisters were married and my brothers had  left home. A month before Easter,the pastor (牧师)of our church announced that a special holiday offering would be taken to help a poor family. He asked everyone to save and give sacrificially.

When we got home,we talked about what we could do. We decided to buy fifty pounds of potatoes and live on them for a month. This would allow us to save twenty dollars of our grocery money for the offering. Then we thought that if we kept our electric lights turned out as much as possible and didn’t listen to the radio, we’d save money on that month’s electric bill.

The night before Easter, we were so excited that we could hardly sleep. We didn’t care that we wouldn’t have new clothes for Easter; we had seventy dollars for the sacrificial offer¬ing. We could hardly wait to get to church!

Finally we sat in church proudly. When the sacrificial offering was taken, wc were sitting in the second row from the front. Mom put in the ten-dollar bill, and each of us kids put in a twenty-dollar bill.

We sang all the way home from church. At lunch, Mom had a surprise for us. She had bought a dozen eggs, and we had boiled Easter eggs with our fried potatoes! Later that after¬noon, the pastor drove up in his car. Mom went to the door, talked with him for a moment, and then came back with an envelope in her hand. We asked what it was, but she didn’t say a word. She opened the envelope and out fell a bunch of money. There were three twenty-dollar bills, one ten-dollar bill and seventeen one-dollar bills.

56. The first paragraph mainly tells us that •

A. the writer’s father died early

B. the writer had many brothers and sisters

C. the writer’s family lived a very hard life

D. the writer’s mother was very hard-working

57. Why did the church raise the money?

A. To help the writer’s family.

B. To see which  family donated most .

C. To help a poor family to spend a holiday.

D. To hold a great feast in the church before Easter.

58. The writer’s family took all the following measures to save money EXCEPT             •

A. doing part-time jobs

B. stopping listening to the radio

C. mainly eating potatoes for a month

D. using electric light as little as possible

59. What was the writer’s attitude towards the holiday offering?

A. In high spirits. B. In a state of being mad.

C.Too happy tu do anything.                   D.Owning the feeling of being rich.

B

The role of women in the entertainment industry is more important today than ever~and we don’t need International Women’s Day to remind us. While women such as Lady Gaga and Katy Perry control the world of music, directors are making films that focus on a particular fe¬male character. Here are some women characters from recent popular films.

Albert Nobbs： a damaged woman in an age of men (From film~Albert Nobbs)

It might be incorrect to say that “it’s a man’s world”. But in the film Albert Nobbs, you’ll see what it means. Based on a short story by George Moore, an Irish novelist，the film tells the story of Albert Nobbs, a woman passing herself as a man in 19th ccntury Ire¬land. She has short hair， and she lives and works as a waiter in a hotel, where she stands with lips pressed together and only her eyes move.

The character is the personification (化身)of fear~fear of being discovered to be a woman. Because her society is a society that treats all poor people badly, and poor women worse.

Mavis Gary： a perfection of being pretty and mean (From film~Young Adult)

In the comedy Young Adult, Mavis Gary, a 30 year-old beauty, was the ball queen when in high school, and now a decade into life on her own, she’s still pretty, still mean and hasn’t been as grown-up as people around her want her to be. She spends her days writ¬ing young adult novels, and her nights making the club scene, drinking, playing around.

The film describes how she wakes up to the idea that she may need to make changes if she ever wants to be happy.xkb1.com

Ah Tao： a role model of lifetime’s hard work (From film~A Simple Life)

A Simple Life，the latest work from Hong Kong experienced director Ann Hui* reu¬nites superstar Andy Lau with his real-life godmother Deanie Ip.

The story centers on the connection between the old servant Ah Tao (Ip) and master Roger (Lau). Ah Tao has served Roger’s family for 60 years. When Ah Tao’s health starts to get worse，it’s Roger’s turn to do the looking-after. The film is a tender ode (颂歌)to the elderly.

Wallis Simpson： a fairytale heroine (From film—W. E.)

W. E. is Madonna’s second go at directing a film. It’s primarily a woman’s story—a historical drama built around the romance of Wallis Simpson，for whom King  Edward VHI gave up the British throne in 1 936, in order to marry.

In the film，the character of Wallis Simpson is an example of a woman who causes “the downfall” of a king. She is a helpless romantic~who thinks all it takes for a woman to feel fulfilled is the love of a good man.

60. Which of the following is NOT the character in the films mentioned?

A. Albert Nobbs. B. Ann Hui.

A. Mavis Gary. D. King Edward Vffl.

61. Which film is based on a short story by an Irish novelist?

A.Young Adult. B. Albert Nobbs. C. A Simple Life. D. W. E.

62. What can be learned from the introduction to the film Young Adult?

A. Seeing is believing.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. Rome was not built in a day.

D. Everyone gets old, but not everyone grows up.

C

Teenage boys, regardless of race,are more likely to die from gunshot wounds than from all natural causes combined.

By the time the average American child leaves primary school, he or she will witness 8,000 murders and more than 100,000 acts of violence on television.

Youth arc becoming involved in violence at an alarming rate. In fact, the young arrest rate for murder doubled, from 6 arrests per 100,000 youth aged from 10 to 17 to over 12 per 100,000.

The American Psychological Association Commission on Violence and Youth reported on a study of first and second graders in Washington DC： 45% said they had witnessed muggings (行凶抢劫),31 % said they had witnessed shootings, and 39% said  they had seen dead bodies.

For the many youth who have not been directly exposed to violence in their own commu¬nities, the entertainment media (television, movies, music and video games) provides many opportunities for children to see and hear violent exchanges. Research shows that there are about 5～6 violent acts per hour on prime time and 20～25 violent acts on Saturday morning children’s programming. In its report, the American Psychological Association (APA) repor¬ted that viewing violence on television hurts children in many ways. In particular, the APA concludcs that children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others，be more fearful of the world around them,be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways  to¬ward others, and gradually accept violence as  a way to solve problems. The American Acade-my of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry also cautions that children may imitate (模仿)the vio¬lence they observe on television.

Another form of violence involving youth is physical punishment in the schools. This form of discipline (纪律)still remains legally supported in 23 nations in America. The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education reported that 555，000 students were physically punished in the schools during this school year. Although such punishment has been regarded as an effective  method of discipline by those who apply it, the findings are obvious that physical punishment does not work and that children who are victims of physical punishment are sub¬ject to potential long-term physical and emotional damage.

63. According to the passage, the American teenage boys，lives are most threatened by

A. gun murders B. natural diseases

B. TV violence D. physical punishment

64. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that .

A..many  youth have watched much violence on TV

B. youth violence in Washington DC is very serious

C. fights may be the most widely-seen youth violence

D. American youth have been exposed to much violence

65. The APA indicates that too much TV violence may change  children •

A. to become separated from the world

B. to remain indifferent to others’ pain

C. to solve problems only by violence

D. to be fearful of aggressive behaviors

66. The author may most probably agree that physical punishment is .

A. acceptable, though ineffective B. illegal，though effective

C. harmful, though legal D. reasonable, though illegal