阅读短文，简要回答问题。
I was December 25. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was happy. It was Christmas, and Marie's mother was making a special cake. She put four small coins into the cake ,and then she baked(烤) it .The four coins were for good luck. After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found three coins in the cake and put them on the table. Where was the fourth coin? It was missing, but Marie's mother didn't notice.
After Christmas got sick. She coughed, and she couldn't speak. Marie's parents took her to hospital. Doctors at the hospital looked her over, and then said,“ We are sorry, but we can't help her.”For 12 years Marie didn't speak. She grew up, she got a job, and she got married. But she never spoke. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she got a sore throat at work. She began to cough. She coughed up something small and black. What was it ? Marie didn't know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor at the hospital said, “This is a coin!”The doctor told Marie, “I think you can speak again.” Marie went to a special doctor, and soon she could talk.
1. What did Marie's mother make on Christmas?
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2.What did Marie's mother put some coins in the cake for?
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3. How many coins did Marie's family find after eating the Cake?
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4. Why did Marie's parents take her to hospital after Christmas?
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5.Could Marie speak at last?
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阅读短文，完成表格。
Mary is a student in a nursing school. She is going o graduate next month. She has two job offers. One is in a city hospital, and the other is in a country hospital.
The hospital in the city is large. It's a 600-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.
The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a cancer hospital. It gives excellent care to its patients. It's in a big city, near museums theatres and restaurants. The salary is high, ＄1700 a month, but apartment rents are high, too.
The hospital in the country is small. It's a 50-bed hospital. It's a general hospital. It takes care of all kinds of patients. It's in a beautiful area, near lakes, rivers and mountains. The salary is average, ＄1400 a month. But apartment rents are low.
Mary likes both the city and the country. She doesn't know which hospital to choose.
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The hospital in the city |
The hospital in the country |
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Large |
1._______________ |
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600-bed |
2._______________ |
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Cancer |
General |
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Near museums, theatres and restaurants |
Near lakes, rivers and3. _______________ |
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4._______________ |
＄1400 |
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Apartment rents are 5._______________ |
Apartment rents are low. |
任务型阅读 (共30分，每题2分)
Passage E
Sending E-cards on the Internet
The Internet has changed our habits, including our habit of sending greeting cards. There are many e-card websites that make it so easy to find the right greeting cards. They have greatly changed the way we send greetings to each other.
Our lives have become so busy that we have limited personal time . These e-card websites have allowed everyone to easily share their feelings and emotions(感情) with the people they love. They contain (包括)plenty of greeting cards that can be used immediately. The users can choose any card they like, from festival greetings to birthday wishes. In fact, e-cards are perfect for any event. That's why more and more people like to send e-cards. If the users are interested in making their own greeting cards on the Internet, they can create a card within only a few minutes.
Another benefit(好处) of e-card websites is that they have made it possible for us to send top quality cards to our beloved(心爱的) ones and surprise them with cheerful greetings. They allow us to send our greetings on a specific(特定的) date. So we can plan for the occasion(场合) when we want to send the card. For example, we can send our e-card on a certain day and then visit the person with some flowers the next day. This will surely create a good impression(印象) on the person we love.
We have never forgotten the importance of saying sorry to our beloved ones. But sometimes we fail to do so because, we are not brave enough to face those we hurt. Some e-cards on these websites allow us to express our feelings in a more thoughtful way.
Although some people still would rather buy traditional cards in the shops for the persons they love, especially when they want the cards to last a long time, more and more people are choosing to send greetings on the Internet.
短文填空 (共10分，每空1分)
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come, fall, sit, look, be, walk, jump, sell, hear, drop |
根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的正确形式填空，使短文完整、正确。(每个词只能用一次)(共10分，每小题1分)
Early in the morning, Mr. Black was carrying a big basket of cabbages to the market. She hoped 1.___them to the people from town.
The mountain road was narrow(狭窄的)and the old woman 2.___carefully. Suddenly she 3.___a loud bell. It passed her and very fast down the hill. The old woman had to 4.__to one side of the road so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly 5.___into the valley.
She saw a young boy 6..___on the bicycle without even 7.___round to see if the old woman was all right.
The old woman shouted, 8.___back.”
“What 9.___it?” the boy asked impolitely, pushing his bike towards the old woman.
“What did I drop?”
“Little boy, you 10.___your manner.” The old woman answered.
口语交际(共5分， 每空1分)
在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语(话语可以是句子、短语或词)，使对话完整。(共5分，每小题1分)
( Jenny and Nancy meet on the street )
Jenny: Hello, Nancy.1.__________________________
Nancy: Fine, thanks, Jenny.
Jenny: I heard you went somewhere for vacation. 2.____________________________?
Nancy: Well, I have been to Hainan Island with my cousins. There are too many exciting things there, especially diving(潜水) in the real sea!
Jenny: 3.. ________________ My parents and I will go there, too. What should we take?
Nancy: A camera, sunglasses, umbrellas and some cool clothes.
Jenny: OK, thank you. How can we4. ____________________________?
Nancy: You can get there by plane, because it's too far away. 5.________________
Jenny: Thank you! I think we sure will.
The Bermuda Triangle(百慕大三角)is in the Atlantic Ocean, near Florida in the USA. During the past 60 years, more than 1,000 seamen in ships and pilots in planes have lost their lives. It is known as “The Triangle of Death”for its strange seawater and sudden storms. What's the strangest is the light of the seawater, which looks so bright that it can be seen even from an outer spaceship.
At 2:00p.m. on Dec. 5, 1945, five planes took off in fine weather from the airport of Florida, on a training task. Two hours later, the leader in the sky radioed that he was “completely lost”. Then there was silence. Another plane was sent to look for them and also disappeared.
One of the largest ship that had disappeared in the triangle was an American coal ship, 500meters long. The weather was good, and there were no messages for help before it was “gone”. No broken ships or dead bodies have been found so far.
No one is able to tell how all these accidents have happened. A group of Japanese scientists were there to see what it was really like in 1995, but nothing has been heard of them ever since.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How the Bermuda Triangle ate up the planes and ships.
B. Why many of the planes and ships have disappeared.
C. Strange accidents happened in the Bermuda Triangle, no one can tell why
D. When the Bermuda Triangle was formed very strangely.
2. How many planes had lost in December 1945?
A. Five. B. Six. C. Seven. D. Eight.
3. What does the underline word “radioed” mean?
A. Wrote sound message using a radio.
B. Listened to sound message using a radio.
C. Sent sound message using a radio.
D. Received sound message using a radio.
4. Why was the leader in the plane lost?
A. He met with terrible weather.
B. He was losing the right direction.
C. Airport didn't give him an answer.
D. The reasons are still unknown.
5. What about the group of Japanese scientists who went to Bermuda?
A. They have also disappeared very strangely.
B. They have not heard of anything important.
C. They are still working hard in Bermuda.
D. They've come back, knowing nothing about it.
