任务型阅读（本题共15分，每空1分）
先阅读（A）、（B）两篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列四项任务。
（A）
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There are four key skills to study English: listening, speaking, reading and writing. First, we should be ready to face some 1. to talk with others in English. By doing this, we can improve our speaking and listening skills. Second, we should try to listen to all kinds of English 2. as much as we can. In this way, we can quickly make our 3. better. Third, we should often read English books. When we come across a new word, we should guess 4. meaning through the context first, then look it up in the dictionary 5. . Fourth, we should get the pen and write it down at once. As long as we listen, speak, read and write more, we are sure to make great progress.
（B）
American country music begins in the south of America. American country music is mainly about things that are common for everyone: feeling alone in the modern world, the value of having good friends and so on. During the 1950s, American country music has been enjoyed by more and more people. The in the 1960s many young students were angry with society, so songs
were often full of anger. Political leaders were not well thought of and those songs often made fun of them. Country music today keeps much the same as before. One subject to which country music often returns is “the good old days”. In “the good old days”, people thought well of each other. People loved life in the open air. They believed that the best things in life were free: sunshine, laughing, walks in the beauty of the country, friends and music.
( C )
Steve Jobs was the father of the personal computing time and the founder of Apple. In1997, AppleⅡ was invented. This production was the first personal computer that was popular around the world. In 1998, Apple introduced the all-in-one iMac computer. The iMac became the first machine, which had only a CD-ROM slot(CD光驱接口). By 2010, Steve Jobs was confident. The world was ready to have a tablet (平板) computer that would be great for watching movies and playing movies and playing games. The touch-sensitive(触摸感应) iPad is a wonderful success. IPhone 4s appeared on the market on October 4, 2011, in the USA. It looks like iPhone4. But it has a larger and wider screen and a better camera and faster speeds. His Apple products were like songs that touched people’s hearts and changed our lives. They are the symbol of a new age of mobile phone.President Obama said that Steve Jobs made computers personal, and that he put the Internet in our pockets. Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56, after a very long fight against cancer. Millions of people worldwide felt sad. Once he said, to live is to change the world. Now though he passed away, he is still changing the world. Steve Jobs is not only a full of wisdom but also
dares to create new things.
任务1：用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次）
任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
6.m__________ as the largest or most important reason or part of something7.a __________ a strong feeling of wanting to hurt somebody because of something unfair
任务3：同义句转换，每空一词。
People loved life in the open air.
People were 8.________ _________life in the open air.
任务4：根据短文内容简答问题。
9.Where does American country music begin?
______________________________________
任务5：根据短文（C）完成表格，每空一词。
填入一个适当的词补全对话，每空一词。
Ann: Hello. Is Tina there?
Tina: Hello, Ann. __1.__is Tina.
Ann: Could I borrow your CD player tomorrow, please?
Tina: Sorry. I didn’t hear you clearly. Could you speak__2.___loudly, please?
Ann: Sure. I asked__3.___ I could borrow your CD player or not, please?
Tina: Of course. But ___4.___ wrong with your CD player?
Ann: Mine is_5.__.It doesn’t work ang more.
Tina: ___6._do you want it?
Ann: Tomorrow if possible.
Tina: OK, I’ll __7.___it to school in the morning.
Ann: Thanks! Bye.
从A-J选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。（选项中有两项是多余的）
A: Good morning. What’s your trouble?
B: I don’t feel very well.
A: _1.__
B: Yes, I have. My temperature is a little higher.
A: Open your mouth and say “Ah”.
B: Ah.
A: ___2.__
B: Ever since last night.
A: __3.__
B: No. I was very tired last night.
A: Oh, I see. __4.___
B: Can you tell me how I got a cold?
A: ___5.___
B: I think so. I have too much work to do every day.
___6.___
A: Yes. You’d better stay at home for two or three days.
B: __7.___
A: No. I don’t think it is too serious. But you really need a good rest and
take this medicine.
B: ___8.__
A: Three times a day.
Is the whale the world’s largest fish? No. It looks like a fish, but it is really a mammal. （哺乳动物）Then what’s the world’s largest fish? It’s the whale shark.
Although the whale shark is our biggest fish and lives in many oceans around the world, few people have ever heard of it. Scientists have not been studying whale sharks for very long. Much more needs to be learned about them.
A whale shark is sometimes called a “gentle giant”. It likes to be alone and doesn’t care a bit about divers or humans. The biggest whale shark weighed 24,250 pounds and was nearly 40 feet long. This makes it heavier and longer than a school bus.
Inside its huge mouth are great numbers of very small teeth. To count all of them, you’ll need to do some maths. The whale shark’s teeth are arranged in rows. There are between eleven and thirteen rows on each jaw (颚) and around three hundred teeth in each row.
However, the whale shark rarely uses its teeth. It does not chew or bite its food. Large amounts of water are pulled into its mouth and then pushed out through its gills (鳃).
For a few months every year, a group of whale sharks comes to Ningaloo Reef, off Western Australia. This gives scientists a wonderful chance to study the large fish. Whale sharks do live in other oceans of the world, but no one knows their population. It is possible that our biggest fish may need protecting. It is one of the reasons why scientists continue to learn all they can about these gentle giants.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案
1.The underlined word “rarely” in the passage means “________”in Chinese.
A. 过多地 B.稀有地 C. 很少地
2.Picture shows the head bone of the whale shark.
3.Which sentence can tell us that whale sharks are gentle?
A. They have large mouths.
B. They leave divers alone.
C. They live in many oceans.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Little is known about whale sharks because scientists have studied them for a long time
B. The fifth paragraph is mainly about how a whale shark eats.its food.
C. The writer helps us know what the whale shark’s mouth looks like by comparing sizes.
5.The best title for the article should be ___________.
A. Gentle Giants
B. The Diary of a Sailor
C. The Largest Animal
On her second or third day behind the counter, Cynthia received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that as a single mother, money was very tight, and her first check would have to go for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check. When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that served as an office. Cynthia wondered if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused.
Patricia handed her a box. “I overheard（无意中听到）you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is hard to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to, but we do care, and I want you to know you are important to us.”
The selflessness（无私）and love of this convenience store manager proves that people remember more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays.
根据短文内容判断正、误。
(注意：考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”)
1.Jessie needed a baseball glove for Little League.
2.Patricia, the store manager and her employer began to talk in the small room in the back of the store that served as an office.
3.Jessie was going to take part in Little League，but his father didn’t have enough money to buy things like a baseball glove.
4.When Cynthia was asked to go to the office, she was happy and moved.
5.From the story we know sometimes people cares one another more important than many things even wealth.
Word box ultimate 首要的 cuisine 菜肴 nirvana （印度教）生命之火的 熄灭
Vancouver 温哥华
1.The above reading is most probably ________.
A. a menu
B. a food report
C. an advertisement
2.It’s clear that the restaurant ________.
A. offers Chinese food
B. was set up 22 years ago
C. gets no awards at all
3.At 12:00 a.m., customers can ________.
A. find the restaurant closed
B. have a good meal in the restaurant
C. enjoy the awards in the restaurant
4.The reading doesn’t tell us ________.
A. the address of the restaurant
B. the price of food
C. the way to order food
5.Which country does the restaurant belong to?
A. China. B. India. C. Canada
