完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Childhood curiosity（好奇） can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the 36 . He loved to read and often needed to 37 the books he’d read in order to borrow more books. One unintended 38 of his nonstop reading habits was that he even 39 at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to 40 him that, on certain social 41 , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school 42 give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so 43 , and he always wanted to win. And he often 44 . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so 45 . He didn’t just want to learn about 46 things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped 47 his curiosity in every way. 48 an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the 49 , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the 50 exists somewhere. All you have to do is 51 it.
Bill remains as much of a 52 today as when he was a child, and he seems to 53 everything he reads. He’s often 54 to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He 55 reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.
1. A. school B. office C. library D. museum
2. A. return B. store C. talk D. pick
3.A. advantage B. discovery C. explanation D. consequence
4.A. play B. read C. study D. laugh
5.A. convince B. promise C. warn D. advise
6.A. issues B. services C. occasions D. duties
7. A. could B. would C. should D. might
8. A. sincere B. crazy C. positive D. competitive
9.A. went B. failed C. did D. proved
10.A. curious B. confident C. diligent D. excellent
11. A. simple B. past C. any D. some
12. A. protect B. develop C. examine D. follow
13.A. Until B. If C. Though D. Because
14. A. teacher B. newspaper C. partner D. dictionary
15. A. person B. book C. answer D. matter
16. A. find B. use C. tell D. ask
17. A. speaker B. reader C. maker D. user
18.A. imagine B. believe C. create D. remember
19. A. eager B. afraid C. careful D. sure
20. A. now and again B. at all time C. no longer D. just now
The manager promised to keep me _______ of _______ our business was going on well.
A. informed; whether B. informing; how C. informing; whether D. informed; how
完成句子(共3小题, 每题3分, 满分9分)
根据相关要求准确补充完整以下句子；完全正确方可得分。
1. Rather than take a bus to go downtown, they preferred to go there on foot. (同义句转换)
ð They ________ __________ go downtown on foot ________ take a bus.
2.Although he did his utmost, he failed, which made him so upset about himself that he felt like crying. (同义句转换)
ð ____ ____ ____ all his efforts he failed, which made him so depressed that he felt like crying.
3. The librarian put the ______ (换回来的) books ______ _______ (放回原处).
单词拼写(共5小题；每题2分；满分10分)
根据相关提示准确拼写出相关单词及其词形变化, 补充完整以下句子；完全正确方可得分。
1. Who do you imagine _________ (改造, 变换) the garage into a recreation room then?
2. Under no __________(情况) will the Chinese allow Taiwan to break away from China.
3. He is only too ready to help others, seldom, if ever, r_________ them when they turn to him.
4. Impressed by the luxurious s____________(环境),he didn’t want to leave.
5. There are a lot of natural (现象) we can’t understand.
信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
以下是五位专家的建议。请匹配这些建议及对应的生活感想或经验介绍（A、B、C、D、E和F）。选项中有一项是多余选项。
1.You should watch where your weight accumulates．You can use the waist to hip ratio to find if there is too much fat around the middle．Belly fat is especially dangerous because it release free fatty acids directly to the liver, virtually flooding it with fat.
2.If a particular food is important to you, eat it, but work it off．You should try to learn the art of compromise.
3.At the same time．the three-for-one is relatively simple to use．Fat grams and calories are listed on almost all boxed, canned or packaged foods —— you have only to read the label and follow the rule．A five-year-old patient of mine can do this.
4.Drinking water is basic, and drinking enough of it is necessary．Patients are sometimes surprised that basic things work when they do them consistently.
5.Consume antioxidant foods．They protect the cholesterol(胆固醇), from oxidative damage, which helps prevent damage to blood…vessel walls.
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A．More than nine years ago I was 70 pounds overweight and wore a very big dress．I had tried different diets and lost weight only to gain it back．Finally a simple “three-for-one’’ fat rule worked for me：consuming no more than three grams of fat for every 100 calories per serving．Following the rule and eating only foods that contain less than 30 percent fat, I spent eight months getting down to a size seven, and I’ve kept the weight off for nine years. |
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B．And for foods that aren’t packaged, you rely on what we already know about them．Red meat, as well as dishes made or served with butter, gravy, cream sauce or cheese, are almost never less than 30 percent fat——so you just don’t eat them．On the other hand, some non-packed foods——all fruits and vegetables except avocadoes and olives——always pass the test．So do most fish, but not when fried. |
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C．I like vegetables, which are rich in vitamins．Most foods containing vitamins C and E（such as sweet potatoes, tomatoes, spinach and broccoli）are low in calories and are known as antioxidants（抗氧化物质）．They can help reduce the possibility to develop hardening the arteries（动脉）. |
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D．I gain weight around the belly—what we call abdominal obesity, the worst kind．The tendency seems to be hereditary（遗传的）, and it’s common among men．This problem increases the risk of a stroke or heart attack．A guide I use in estimating belly fat is the waist-to-hip ratio or WHR．To find yours, divide the circumference（周围）of you waist by the circumference of you hips．Women with ratios above 0.8 and men with ratios above 1.0 are at increased health risk. |
E．My ways of keeping healthy are very simple, and they are among our everyday activities：eating healthy food and doing exercise．In addition, I manage to do those basic things, such as drinking water, sleeping well and eating less fat．Sometimes I do some of the other things I used to do in my life like walking for half an hour a day.
F．Although I've put on ten pounds．I'm healthy and in good shape．I eat food that’s good for me…but I work off Susan’s homemade brownies（巧克力蛋糕）, for example．To offset these extra calories, I walk for an hour or more, three times a week…often with Susan．We’re both busy and this is one way we have some quiet time together．Equally important, it permits me to practice dieting fine art of compromise.
A metaphor is a poetic device that deals with comparison. It compares similar qualities of two dissimilar objects. With a simple metaphor, one object becomes the other: Love is a rose. Although this does not sound like a particularly rich image, a metaphor can communicate so much about a particular image that poets use them more than any other type of figurative language(修辞). The reason for this is that poets compose their poetry to express what they are experiencing emotionally at that moment. Consequently, what the poet imagines love to be may or may not be love we see it. Therefore, the poet’s job is to enable us to experience it, to feel it the same way as the poet does.
Let’s analyze this remarkably unsophisticated metaphor concerning love and the rose to see what it offers. Because the poet uses a comparison with a rose, first we must examine the characteristics of that flower. A rose is spectacular in its beauty; its petals(花瓣) are nicely soft, and its smell is pleasing. It’s possible to say that a rose is actually a feast to the senses of sight, touch, and smell. The rose’s appearance seems to border on(近似于)perfection, each petal seemingly symmetrical(对称的) in form. Isn’t this the way one’s love should be? A loved one should be a delight to one’s senses and seem perfect. However, there is another dimension added to the comparison by using a rose. Roses have thorns(刺). The poet wants to convey the idea that roses can be tricky(机警的). So can love, the metaphor tells us. When one reaches out with absolute trust to touch the object of his or her affection, ouch, a thorn can cause great harm! “Be careful,” the metaphor warns: Love is a feast to the senses, but it can overwhelm us, and it can also hurt us and cause acute suffering. This is the poet’s perception of love--a warning. What is the point? Just this: It took almost 14 sentences to clarify what a simple metaphor communicates in only four words! That is the artistry and the joy of the simple metaphor.
1.According to the passage, what is a metaphor?
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A．A comparison between two different objects with similar features. |
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B．A contrast between two different things to create a vivid image. |
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C．A description of two similar objects in a poetic way. |
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D．A literary device specially employed in poetry writing. |
2. The main idea of this passage is that .
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A．rose is a good image in poetry |
B．love is sweet and pleasing |
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C．metaphor is ambiguous |
D．metaphor is great poetic device |
3. It can be inferred from the passage that a metaphor is .
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A．difficult to understand |
B．rich in meaning |
C．not precise enough |
D．like a flower |
4. As is meant by the author, thorns of a rose_________.
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A．protect the rose from harm |
B．symbolize reduced love |
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C．add a new element to the image of love |
D．represent objects of one’s affection |
5. The meaning of the love-is–a-rose metaphor is that____________-
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A．love is a true joy |
B．true love comes once in a lifetime |
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C．love does not last long |
D．love is both good and bad experiences |
