第三部分：阅读理解（共16小题；每小题2分，满分32分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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In recent years, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicine and machines are being developed every day to extend life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they argue that people should have the right to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when the conditions of life have
become unbearable. They say that people should be allowed to die with dignity (尊严) and to decide when they want to die. Others argue that life under any conditions is always to extend life as long as possible. And the battle goes on and on without a definite (明确的) answer.
57. The best title for the passage is ______.
A. The Right to Live B. The Right to Die
C. The Doctor's Duty D. Death or Life
58. In recent years, people can live longer than in the past because of______.
A. the development of medical technology B. big hospitals
C. good medical workers D. both B and C
59. In the eyes of the law, whether a dying patient has the right to die or not is up to ______.
A. the doctors B. the surroundings
C. the family D, the patient himself/herself
60. According to the writer's opinion ______.
A. death is better than life B. life is better than death
C. neither death nor life is good D. none of the above
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41-60各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England; one has only to go to one of the important matches to see. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see 37_ there, shouting or cheering for one side or _38 _.
One of the most 39 _ things about football in England to a 40_ is the great 41 of the game which even the smallest boy seems to _ 42 _. He can tell you the names of the players in 43 of the important teams. He has 44 of them and knows the results of many matches. He 45 tell you proudly who he expects will 46 a game, and his opinion is 47 right.
Most schools in England _ 48 _ football seriously-- 49 seriously than all the others 50 lessons are the most important. In England, it is 51 that education is not only an activity of filling a boy's _ 52 _ with facts in a classroom, education also 53 character training; and one of the best ways to do this is to play 54 games. The school 55 arranges games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good game for the body, 56 and a quick brain. As a result, it is the school's favourite game in winter.
37. A. all them B. them of all C. all of whom D. them all
38. A. another B. other C. the other D. two
39. A. surprising B. exciting C. moving D. puzzling
40. A. neighbour B. stranger C. native D. relative
41. A. consideration B. invention C. knowledge D. decision
42. A. belong to B. grasp C. hold D. have
43. A. more B. most C. few D. mostly
44. A. faces B. papers C. photos D. records
45. A. will B. may C. should D. must
46. A. have B. win C. defeat D. beat
47. A. ever B. seldom C. usually D. once
48. A. regard B. see C. worry D. take
49. A. much more B. much C. very D. very much
50. A. which B. where C. that D. as
51. A. guessed B. decided C. believed D. made
52. A. mind B. head C. brain. D. thought
53. A. means B. takes C. appears D. proves
54. A. team B. personal C. single D. serious
55. A. still B. therefore C. somehow D. never
56. A. feet B. running C. skill D. sight
-- How did you find your trip to Huangshan?
-- ______ .
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A．I went there by air |
B．A friend took me there |
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C．Wonderful indeed |
D． In a travel book |
He doesn’t like vegetables very much, and_______fruit, he never touches it.
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A．as for |
B．as long as |
C．as far as |
D．as well as |
Some of the heat near the surface of the earth _____ electricity.
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A．is used to making |
B．are used for making |
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C．is used to make |
D．are used to make |
As we all know, Asia is_______ Europe.
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A．four times the size of |
B．the size four times of |
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C．four times the size as |
D．four times as the size of |
