B. It's very cheap to travel by taxi there.

C. You cannot find Chinese food there.

D. The public transport is poor there.

第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

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。

Flash Mob(快闪族): The Pop Culture

If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station, you don’t need to feel surprised. They are a flash mob. Who are they? Are they mobs (暴民)? 1 Actually, a flash mob is a group of people who gather suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, and then quickly separate.

A flash mob is usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communications networks. 2 At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some tasks such as exchanging books, coming together to look at the sky, waving their hands and yelling(a loud sharp cry) something at the top of their lungs for 30 seconds. Then, they quickly disappear before the police can arrive.

Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper’s Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob gathered on June 3, 2003 at Macy’s department store. More than one hundred people stepped onto the ninth floor carpet department of Macy’s department store, gathering around an expensive carpet. Following this flash mob, about 200 people flooded the lounge( public sitting-room) of the Hyatt hotel and applauded for about fifteen seconds.  3

Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people. Such an activity might seem amusing, but it might also frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place. 4  They also have big economic potential(潜力), such as using flash mobs to advertise a product.

5  People use it to do many things. For example, in 2009, Michael Jackson’s fans took part in a flash mob to remember him. Hundreds of his fans gathered outside the railway station in Liverpool. They were singing and dancing Michael’s famous song “Beat It” together. And in another example, some people took part in a flash mob to tell more people not to use negative words.

Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory.

A.Don’t be confused by their name.

B.People are attracted by the silly and harmless activities.

C.The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular.

D.Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change their gathering place.

E.A later mob saw hundreds of people in Central Park making bird noises.

F.The messages may be forwarded to friends, who forward to more people.

G.Undoubtedly, flash mobs can serve as good political tools in any direction.

第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分40)

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it?” I wondered. I __1__ it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled __2__. Immediately my mind traveled __3__ many years.

I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet street of Springfield, with a bag of magazines on my shoulder. On my __4__ that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers __5__ they wanted any magazines.

Shaking off the __6__ like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he __7__ me over to the fire-place. Noticing the __8__ in the top of my __9__, he said, “Come with me!” pulling me into his __10__. We pulled to a stop before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman __11__ me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had __12__ seen. I __13__ about 10 feet tall when I got up __14__ them. “We’ d like a pair of new socks too,” Mr. Rader said.