第二部分 阅读理解(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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Friend is better than fortune. Friend is worse than poison in some cases. The two sentences above are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: the first refers to all good friends who drive us towards good  while the second all bad ones who lead us to wrong ways.

My ideal(理想的) friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below-he has no bad likings, such as smoking and drinking. He lives in frugality(节俭). He studies hard so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his brothers; at school he respects his teachers and shares feelings of his classmates. He treats those truly who are true to him. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. With his help I am free from all difficulties,

Indeed, if I have such a person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word "failure".

41 This passage tells us __

A. how to make friends with others        B. how the writer’s friend helps him

C. what kind of person the writer's friend is  D. what kind of person we should make friends with

42. An ideal friend means[

A. a true friend   B. a false friend   C. an imaginary friend  D. an excellent friend

43. From the passage we can learn that

A. the writer and his ideal friend have a lot to learn from each other

B. the writer has a lot to lear n from his ideal friend

C. the writer's ideal friend has a lot to learn from him

D. the writer has only a little to learn from his ideal friend

44. From the second paragraph, we can infer the writer is sure that

A. nothing cannot be done with friend          B. only the first sentence is reasonable

C. he who does not smoke or drink must be a good friend

D. good friends should always help each other

B

Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn't matter where you live--in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village--the chances are that you' 11 be disturbed by jet planes, transistor radios, oil - powered engines, etc. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they' re working.

Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be a very frightening experience for a human being. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums(耳鼓). The noise level in some discos is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.

One recent report about noise and concentration(专心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration, what really influences their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise which doesn't change too much (music, for example) may even help people to concentrate.

45. According to this passage, the noise pollution __

A. has become the worst in the countryside   B. has become better in big cities

C. has spread from cities to villages      D. has been controlled in modern cities

46. What does background music refer to?

A. Music played while people are working.    B. Music played in the backyard.

C. Noise that continues while you’re listening to other noises.

D. Music used to help people to concentrate.

47. Some peopl e have their hearing harmed __

A. while listening to pop music          B. in complete silence

C. when speaking loudly                D. while watching TV

48. Which of the following isn't included among the things causing noise?

A. trucks        B. motorcycles      C. electric engines    D. jet planes

C

Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea . People in Britain were much slower in find ing out what tea was like , mainly because tea was very expensive . It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity . Some of them were not sure how to use it. They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They  soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.

Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century . During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.

At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea . Until then tea had been drunk without mi lk in it , but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added . She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk . Because she was such a great lady that her friends thought they must copy everything she did ,they also drank their tea with milk in it . Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk .

At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening . No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人)found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it . She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so , tea-time was born .

49.This passage mainly discusses                .

A. the history of tea drinking in Britain       B. how tea became a popular drink in Britain

C. how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea      D. how tea-time was born

50.Tea became a popular drink in Britain              .

A. in the eighteenth century           B. in the sixteenth century

C. in the seventeenth century          D. in the late seventeenth century

51.People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because          .

A. it tasted like milk

B. it tasted more pleasant

C. it became a popular drink

D. Madame de Sevinge was such a lady with great social influence that people tried to copy

the way she drank tea

D

Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.

Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector(放映机).

In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.

A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.

Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933.

But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional(专业人士). It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly on to an empty film and then run the film through a projector.

52.What does the passage mainly discuss?

A.Animal world. B.Movie camera. C.Cartoon making. D.Movement.

53.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.People were unable to cause the movement to last or record it in the last century.

B.Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.

C.It is impossible to make cartoon characters do what they are designed to do.

D.In ancient times people were surprised by movement.

54.According to the passage, Felix the Cat       .

A.was created by the American cartoonist Felix

B.was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century

C.was unable to do what natural cats could not do

D.was created in the United States in the nineteenth century

55.It can be inferred from the passage that       .

A.Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier that Pat Sullivan’s

B.only professionals can create cartoon characters

C.Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists

D.the cartoon industry started in the United States

第Ⅱ卷(共 30 分)

第三部分：书面表达(共两节，满分 30分)

第一节 阅读表达(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

Stress! Just hearing the word can make us tense up. Many demands upon us often cause fear and anxiety, tiring days and sleepless nights.

A certain amount of stress helps us perform well. But there are times---many times---when the challenge of work or studies is too much. We fear failure. We lose enjoyment and satisfaction in life. We feel tense and angry. Often our personal relationships begin to suffer.

But stress doesn’t have to get the better of us. We can learn to manage the stress in our lives. That means getting rid of unnecessary stress. It also means learning to deal with stress we can’t avoid. Stress management can keep us mentally and emotionally fit and ready to meet any challenge that comes our way. We can then succeed both in our professional lives and in our personal lives. Here are just a few tips for managing stress:

For reducing unnecessary stress:

※Take a break. Getting away from the source of stress can help you clear your mind.

※Arrange your time realistically. Trying to press too much into one day results in unnecessary stress.

※Don’t carry your worries home from work. Leave them at the office until tomorrow.

※Don’t expect too much of yourself and others. It’s ok to make mistakes.

For dealing with stress:

※Think positively. Negative thinking only heightens your feelings of stress.

※Limit your caffeine and your alcohol intake.

※Stay balanced. Don’t neglect exercise, hobbies and personal relationship.

※Laughter can be an  effective way out of stress.

For housewives, students and company bosses, the rule is the same:____________.

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

________________________________________________________________

2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Reducing stress is to take a break to clear your mind.

________________________________________________________________

3. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrase to complete the sentence.

________________________________________________________________

4. Please give some more trips for dealing with stress.

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5. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

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第二节   书面表达(满分20分)

假设你是李华, 你的朋友Jenny向你询问如何保持健康。请你就此给她提些建议并用电子邮件寄给她。内容要点如下:[]

1. 注意合理饮食。多吃鱼、豆类等食品, 同时注意多吃新鲜蔬菜和水果, 不要吃太多肉和甜食。

2. 注意锻炼身体。劳逸结合, 多参加体育活动。

3. 保证充足的睡眠。不要熬夜, 每天至少睡8个小时。

注意:

1. 词数: 100左右;

2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

3. 邮件的开头已为你写好,不计入总词数。

Dear Jenny,

How nice to hear from you! In your letter you asked me how to keep healthy. I would like to give you some advice.

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