Every people（民族）uses its own special（特殊的）words to show its ideas and feelings. Some expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is“Where’s the beef?”It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be In the early 1980s “Where’s the beef?”was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at the time.
Beef, of course,is the meat form a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger（汉堡包）made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurants“McDonald’ s”.Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company（公司）called“Wendy’s”said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else’s .The Wendy’s Company began to use the expression“Where’s the beef?”to make people know that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy’s television advertisement（广告）showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef.“Where’s the beef?”she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants was a success .As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression“Where’s the beef?”
53．_______started Mc Donald’s restaurant.
A．Ray Kroc B．McDonald C．Wendy D．Three old women
54．Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought_______.
A．they could sell hamburgers at a low price B．hamburgers were easy to make
C．beef was very popular in America D．they could make a lot of money
55．Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody_______.
A．with many old women eating hamburgers
B．by a television advertisement
C．while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D．at the McDonald’s restaurant
56．We can learn from the passage that the expression“Where’s the beef?”means_______.
A．the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be
B．the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be
C．something is not so good as one says
D．Wendy’s is the biggest
When we think of Hollywood, we think of films and famous film stars. They are part of Hollywood’s history. Today people make films in other places,too. Not all famous film stars live in Hollywood. But Hollywood is still a very special city in Los Angeles, California.
You can easily see where Hollywood in in Los Angeles. There is a big sign（标牌）on the hills. It says “HOLLYWOOD”.The white letters are fifty feet tall. You can see the sign from far away. The Hollywood sign is a famous Hollywood landmark（标记）in Los Angeles. Many postcards show this famous Hollywood landmark.
On the hills of Hollywood, there is also the Hollywood Bowl. This is an open-air theater. It is one of the largest open-air theaters in the world. It has seventeen thousand seats and a very different stage（舞台）.The design（设计）of the stage was made by a great American named Frank Lloyd Wright. You can listen to all kinds of concerts at the Hollywood Bowl.
49．We learn from the passage that_______.
A．Hollywood can just be seen from faraway.
B．Hollywood is now a place only for travelers
C．all the films are made in Hollywood
D．Hollywood is part of Los Angeles
50．The word “special”in the paragraph means_______.
A．new B．rich C．famous D．unusual
51．At the Hollywood Bowl_______.
A．most of American postcards are made
B．only 7000 people can get together
C．music can be enjoyed
D．you can hardly listen to different kinds of concerts
52．It seems that .
A．some famous film stars don’t choose to live in Hollywood
B．film stars don’t think Hollywood a good place to make films now
C．the Holly wood Bowl is larger than any other open-air theater in the world
D．the Hollywood Bowl is a hill in Hollywood
Mary Quant was born in 1934. When she was young, there were no teenage fashions （时尚）.Young women were dressed like grown-ups or little girls. At thirteen, she designed （设计）her own school uniform（制服）.She wore short dresses and long socks. After school. Mary went to Goldsmith’s College in London. She didn’t enter the college gate but she met her future husband, Alexander Plunkett-Green Like Mary he wore unusual clothes, such as purple velvet trousers and pajama jackets.
In 1955 Mary left college and worked for a hat-maker in London’s West End. But soon they opened their own shop. It was called Bazaar and it was the first small shop for women in the King’s Road in Chelsea Mary designed all the clothes and made them on her old sewing machine.
The 1960s are often called the “Swinging Sixties”.During these years Mary’s designs became very popular. Everyone loved her mini-skirts（迷你裙）and coloured tights（紧身衣）.Thanks to Mary, London became the fashion capital of the world.
Mary’s fashion shows were quite different from what they had been before. Mary’s models（模特）didn’t walk-they danced to pop music.
Soon Mary’s clothes became popular in America,too.
At the age of 37, Mary had a son, Orlando. She said:“Becoming a mother is quite the most important thing that ever happened to me.”
In 1966, Mary was awarded（获奖）the O.B.E.（a special medal given by the Queen）.She went to Buckingham Palace in a mini-skirt to collect the medal.
Later on Mary started her own cosmetics（化妆品）company.
She designed smart black, white and silver packagings（包装）for it,with the Quant daisy symbol（菊花标志）that is still the same today.
Today, Mary’s business is worth 100 million pounds. She is still designing-not just only clothes,but also a perfume（香水）called“Havoc”and some other things.
She has now opened the Mary Quant Colour Shop in London’s Carnaby Street.
45．When Mary was thirteen, ____________.
A．she dressed like a little girl B．she designed her school uniform
C．she dressed like a grown-up D．she became a popular designer
46．In 1960s London became the fashion capital of the world because_______.
A．Mary’s designs became very popular. Everyone loved her clothes.
B．Mary changed fashion shows greatly.
C．of Mary’s business, which was worth 100 million pounds
D．May’s husband also helped to make unusual clothes.
47．Mary’s still designing_______ .
A．just clothes
B．not just only clothes, but also a perfume called “Havoc”and some other things
C．packaging for cosmetics
D．beautiful hats
48．The Quants’symbol is _______.
A．a daisy B．a mini-skirt C．a sewing machine D．a hat
第二部分阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分）
阅读下例短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
Once a group of 17-year-old schoolboys decided to break the world basketball marathon（马拉松）record. They wanted to play for 90 hours and add 6 hours to the record. Each team had 9 players, with 5 at a time. The boys decided each person would play 21.5 hours and then rest for 2 hours. Then they started at 6 o’clock in the evening.
The first night was very hard for the players. When it was their turn to rest, they were too excited to fall asleep at once. After sleeping for a short time, they had to play again. On the second night,they fell asleep as soon as they stopped, Some of them had trouble with their feet and hands, but the only serious problem was a psychological（心理学的）one. Each boy was thinking: Why am I doing this? How can I play any longer? After the third night, the players knew they could finish the 90 hours. The basketball on the fourth night was very slow. But in the final hours, the players got better. For the last few minutes, the players looked as fresh as when they started. How happy everyone was!
41．Before this basketball marathon, the world record was .
A．84 hours B．86 hours C．90 hours D．96 hours
42．The first night was hard for the players because_______.
A．they were too excited B．they only slept for a short time
C．no one watched them play D．it was very long
43．“…the players looked as fresh as when they started.”Here “fresh”means_______.
A．不熟练的 B．兴奋不己的 C．精神饱满的 D．伤痕累累的
44．Which of the following is not true.
A．Some of the boys were hurt when they played
B．It was hard for the players to fall asleep at night
C．The boys started playing at 6 o’clock in the evening
D．In the end, all the boys felt happy
第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21--40个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
I left my friend’s house nearly after seven. It was still too early for me to have my evening meal, _21_ I walked along the sea front for about an hour _22__ I began to feel hungry. By that time I was not far from a favorite restaurant of mine, _23__ I often went to eat. I went into the restaurant and _24_ my meal. While I was waiting for the soup _25_ I looked around to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. It was then _26_ I noticed that a man seated at a corner table kept glancing _27_ my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper in front of him, which he was _28_ to read. When the waiter _29_ my soup, the man was clearly puzzled by the _30__ way in which the waiter and I addressed (称呼) each other. He became more _31_ as time went on and it was _32_ that I was well known in the restaurant. Eventually, he stood up and went into the _33__ . After a few minutes he came out again, _34_ the bill and left. Then I called the owner of the restaurant and asked him _35_ the man had wanted. At first the owner did not want to tell me, but I _36__ . “Well,” he said. “That man was from the police.” “Really?” I said, considerably surprised. “He was very _37_ you.” “But why?” I asked. “He _38_ you here because he thought you were the man he was _39__ ,” the owner said. “When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photograph of the _40__ . Of course, it was you.”
21. A. and B. but C. so D. yet
22. A. until B. when C. because D. after
23. A. where B. what C. which D. that
24. A. sent B. ordered C. carried D. got
25. A. making B. to arrive C. carrying D. prepared
26. A. that B. when C. who D. which
27. A. back B. in C. off D. at
28. A. trying B. pretending C. holding D. going
29. A. brought B. fetched C. sent D. took
30. A. familiar B. strange C. interesting D. easy
31. A. puzzled B. interested C. funny D. impatient
32. A. obvious B. known C. difficult D. impossible
33. A. office B. restaurant C. kitchen D. WC
34. A. gave B. sent C. paid D. ordered
35. A. how B. that C. which D. what
36. A. thought B. said C. explained D. insisted
37. A. excited at B. worried about C. satisfied with D. interested in
38. A. searched B. followed C. persuaded D. advised
39. A. finding B. looking for C. talking to D. listening to
40. A. wanted man B. owner C. policeman D. waiter
We must take steps to prevent the __________ world population.
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A．exploded |
B．exploding |
C．explosion |
D．explosively |
