C

Bulgaria is famous for its roses, and produces about 85 percent of all the rose oil in the world. Rose oil is called liquid(液体) gold and used in making soaps, chocolates, and even some kinds of liqueur(甜酒).

The first records about growing roses on Bulgarian land go back many centuries. The area called the Rose Valley is between the cities of Kazanlak and Karlovo in central Bulgaria.

The roses seem to love the soil and climate there. The rose is the most important plant grown in Bulgaria which could be called the country of the roses. The rose plantations in the Rose Valley are the largest in the world.

Much of the population in the Rose Valley works in some ways in the rose industry. In Bulgaria, they produce rose oil, rose water and other products. The main flower grown is the Kazanlak rose, famous around the world.

The oil is prepared by a process of distillation(蒸馏). Each flower is picked by hand, and you need 3,000 kilos to make one kilo of rose oil. That means about 30 flowers for just one tiny(很小的) drop of oil. So you can understand why it’s so expensive.

Each year on the first weekend in June, there’s a Festival of Roses in Kazanlak with many programs. The Queen of Roses is chosen as part of the summer festival. After her coronation(加冕典礼), she honors the most skillful pickers of roses in the harvest.

The festival is an old tradition and goes back more than a century. Today it also includes an International Folklore Festival and attracts many tourists. The festival ends through the Kazanlak streets at noon and a concert in the evening.

36. Why is rose oil called liquid gold?

A. Because it is of great value.

B. Because it is picked by hand.

C. Because it is the most important plant in Bulgaria.

D. Because it is prepared by a process of distillation.

37. If you want to get one and a half kilos of rose oil, how many kilos of rose flowers are needed according to the passage?

A. 3, 000 kilos.          B. 4, 500 kilos.

C. 1, 500 kilos.          D. 30 kilos.

38. What do most local people do in the Rose Valley?

A. They work in the fields every day.

B. They sell rose oil around the world.

C. They do what is connected with roses.

D. They build their own rose businesses.

39. Which of the followings is Not true about the Festival of Roses in Kazanlak?

A. It’s celebrated once a year, on the first weekend in June.

B. It’s a traditional festival with many programs.

C. The Queen of Roses honors the most skillful pickers of roses in the harvest.

D. People celebrate the International Folklore Festival instead of the Festival of Roses today.

40. What would be the best title of this passage? _________________.

A. The Country Bulgaria            B. The Roses in Bulgaria

C. Rose Festivals of the World       D. The Living Habits of Roses

D

What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course. But we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. Because man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on the average(平均), man is about 3 inches taller. 500 years is a relatively(相对地) short period of time, so we may suppose that man will continue to grow taller.

Again, in the modern world we use our brains a lot. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity(容量). As time goes on, however, we will have to use our brains more and more and finally we will need larger ones! It is likely to bring about a physical change,too. The head, especially the forehead(前额), will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are being used too much. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time, it is possible that man’s eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive(敏感的) because they are used a lot in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether as time goes on because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both men and women are probably to be hairless!

Perhaps all this gives the idea that future man will not be a very attractive person to look at! This may be true. All the same, besides these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and feelings similar to our own.

41. How many aspects(方面) are talked about in the passage that future man is probably going to be different from us today?

A. Three.         B. Four.       C. Five.        D. Six.

42. What does the word “brain” mean in Chinese?

A. 头         B. 大脑         C. 身体       D. 下巴

43. How much brain’s capacity of a person hasn’t been used now?

A. About 20%.                B. About 80%.

C. About 3%.                 D. About 500%.

44. Why are our arms and legs likely to grow weaker?

A. Because we make less use of them.

B. Because they are used a lot.

C. Because they don’t serve a useful purpose any longer.

D. Because we don’t need them any more.

45. Which of the following statements is True about man in the future?

A. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.

B. His fingers will grow stronger because he often uses them in modern life.

C. He will be hairless because hair is no longer useful.

D. He will think and feel in a different way.

第II 卷 非选择题 (共51分)

四、填空(共16小题;每小题1分，满分16分)

A) 根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。

46. Designers need to do further ________(试验，实验)before the cars are made in factories.

47. The second Youth Olympic Games will be held in Nanjing in 2014. As Nanjing citizens, we are all ___________ (骄傲) of it.

48. - You look slimmer and healthier than before.

- Yes, but I _____________ (更喜欢)sweet snacks to vegetables before.

49. As soon as he felt the slight shaking of the earth, he rushed out of his room _______________ (立即).

50. There will be a talk on healthy diet for all the teachers and students on _______________(星期三) afternoon.

B) 根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

51. How ________ (comfortable) we will live if the air is badly polluted!

52. He will earn a lot of money if his new book ________ (sell) well.

53. He kept ________ (look) at his watch to see how much time was left.

54. No one will believe you any longer if you are ________ (honest) even once.

55. We celebrate our ________ (nation) Day on October 1st every year.

56. Could you pass the ___________ (knife) to us? We need them to make pumpkin lanterns.

C)根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或词组填空，使对话内容完整正确。

A: Hi John! We are going to finish a task about an advertisement for Project Hope. I want to make it perfect.

B: I    57    you completely. How shall we make it?

A: We should firstly let the readers know the background and    58    it.

B: Absolutely! And then, we should do a brainstorming about how it will help the undereducated young people in the countryside.

A: Yeah, actually Project Hope can do many things,    59    donating money to the poor children and volunteering to teach the poor children, etc.

B: Right, and how can we make the ad more perfect?

A: Let me see. We can ____60_____ some pictures from the Internet. Using different colours for each section will be better.

B: So an attractive advertisement is done.

A: Bingo! I just ______61_____ to begin it!