第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Imagine life as a game in which you are playing some five balls in the air. You name them-work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you’re keeping all these balls in the air.
You understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably (不可逆转地) scuffed (磨损), marked, damaged or even broken into pieces. They will never be the same. You must understand that and try for balance in your life. How?
Don’t undermine (逐渐损害) your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different and each of us is special. Don’t set your goals by what other people consider important. Only you know what is the best for you. Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Hold on to them as you would to life, for without them, it’s meaningless. Don’t let life slip through your fingers by living in the past or in the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life. Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going. Don’t use time or words carelessly. Life is not a race, but a journey to be enjoyed slowly each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift. That’s why we call it – the present.
56. What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Today Is A Present B. How to Live Your Life
C. Life Is A Game D. Imagine Life as a game
57. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. not only where you live , but also where you’re going to live
B. all over the world
C. not only what you have done, but what you are going to do as well
D. the places you have been to as well as the places you are going to
58. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. You should try your best to keep balance in your life.
B. It’s unnecessary to compare yourself with others.
C. Life is just like a race.
D. Everyone has his own best points.
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36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Most of the foods we eat today were at one time or another not known to man. One by one they are 36 and became a part of our everyday 37 . Very often the person, who was the first to 38 these foods, however, had to be a person of 39 . Who, for 40 , ate the first crab（蟹）and who, the first mushroom？
When 41 and coffee were first introduced to 42 in the eighteenth century, there were many 43 for and against their use. Some people claimed（宣称）that they were 44 , and that, if drunk over long periods of time, they would kill 45 . In Sweden, King Gustav III decided to find out whether these 46 were true or false. It 47 happened that there were two brothers who were in 48 at the time；they were twins and were almost exactly alike in every 49 . They had also been sentenced to 50 . The King decided to let them live if one of them 51 to drink several cups of tea each day and the other, several cups of 52 each day.
Both brothers lived many years without any 53 of any kind. At last one brother who 54 to drink tea every day died at the age of 74 and 55 died a few years later. Because of the way the experiment had turned out, Sweden is today one of the countries in the world where much tea and coffee are drunk.
36. A. introduced B. produced C. added D. changed
37. A. drink B. cost C. diet D. interest
38. A. cook B. discover C. try D. check
39. A. success B. courage C. practice D. will
40. A. free B. ever C. long D. example
41. A. tea B. tobacco C. milk D. chocolate
42. A. America B. Europe C. Africa D. England
43. A. attempts B. decisions C. opinions D. advice
44. A. different B. common C. plants D. poisonous
45. A. a person B. themselves C. others D. ourselves
46. A. wishes B. decisions C. doubts D. conversations
47. A. so B. very C. too D. much
48. A. school B. hospital C. danger D. prison
49. A. day B. way C. part D. photograph
50. A. death B. dead C. die D. dying
51. A. agreed B. pleased C. allowed D. prepared
52. A. milk B. water C. coffee D. orange
53. A. food B. problems C. taste D. happiness
54. A. had B. enjoyed C. allowed D. insisted
55. A. others B. other C. another D. the other
I advised you _____ drink water that isn’t ______ any more.
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A．not; boiled |
B．not to; boiling |
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C．not; boiling |
D．not to; boiled |
— ________?
—No, you have to pay for them.
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A．Are the drinks free |
B．Do the drinks cost much |
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C．Are the drinks expensive |
D．Do I have to pay for the drinks |
It’s freezing outside. You ______put on your coat.
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A．had better to |
B．had better |
C．would rather |
D．would better to |
Swan Lake is a famous ballet(芭蕾) in four acts, ________ on a German fairy tale.
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A．basing |
B．based |
C．bases |
D．to base |
