阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
For those who make journeys across the world, the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages．Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village. Jet planes fly people from one end of the earth to the other, allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago.
Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far. A price has been paid, they say, for the conquest (征服) of time and distance. Travel is something to be enjoyed, not endured .The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey. A journey by train also has a special charm about it. Lakes and forests and wild, open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing. On board a plane, however, there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow window of the airplane. The soft lighting, in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know, and the hours progress slowly.
Then there is the time spent being “processed” at a modern airport. People are conveyed like robots along walkways; baggage is weighed, tickets produced, examined and produced yet again before the passengers move to another waiting area. Journeys by rail and sea take longer, yes, but the hours devoted to being “processed” at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent. No wonder, then, that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines.
Man, however, is now a world traveler and cannot turn his back on the airplane. The working lives of too many people depend upon it; whole new industries have been built around its design and operation. The holiday maker, too, with limited time to spend, patiently endures the busy airports and limited space of the flight to gain those extra hours and even days, relaxing in the sun. speed controls people’s lives; time saved, in work or play, is the important thing—or so we are tolD. Perhaps those first horsemen, riding free across the wild, open plains, were enjoying a better world than the one we know today. They could travel at will, and the clock was not their master.
1.What does the writer try to express in Paragraph 1?
A．Travel by plane has speeded up the growth of villages．
B．The speed of modern travel has made distances relatively short．
C．The freedom of movement has helped people realize their dreams．
D．Man has been fond of traveling rather than staying in one place．
2.How does the writer support the underlined statement in Paragraph 2?
A．By giving instructions．
B．By analyzing cause and effect．
C．By following the order of time．
D．By giving examples．
3.According to Paragraph 3, passengers are turning back to modern high-speed trains because______．
A．they pay less for the tickets
B．they feel safer during the travel
C．they can enjoy higher speed of travel
D．they don’t have to waste time being “processed”
4.What does the last sentence of the passage mean?
A．They could enjoy free and relaxing travel．
B．They needed the clock to tell the time．
C．They preferred traveling on horseback．
D．They could travel with their master．
阅读理解。阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman. The other was a farmer. They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said,“Let’s do something to pass the time.”
“What do you want to do?” the businessman asked. “We can ask each other riddles.” The farmer said,“You start.”“Let’s make the rules first,” the businessman said. “That’s not fair. You are a businessman with much knowledge. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer.”
“That’s true.” The businessman said. “What do you want we should do?” “If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you pay me $100. And if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $50.” The farmer said. The businessman thought about this, then he said, “OK. That’s fair. Who will go first?”
“I will,” The farmer said. “Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?” The business man repeated the riddle, “What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.” He gave the farmer $100, then said, “Tell me the answer. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?”“I don’t know.” The farmer said and gave him $50.
1.The story happened ____________.
A. on a farm
B. in a shop
C. before a long plane journey
D. between two passengers
2.What does the word “riddle” mean in this story?
A. A difficult question to find the answer to.
B. Something to help to make rules.
C. Something to win money.
D. a kind of game on doing business.
3.Why did the businessman agree to give more money if he lost?
A. He made much more money than the farmer.
B. He thought he knew more than the farmer.
C. He was interested in making riddles.
D. He was better at playing riddle games.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The two men made rules for their riddle.
B. The farmer was much cleverer than the businessman.
C. The two men made their riddle game more interesting by paying it for money.
D. The businessman knew the answer to his riddle.
书面表达
请以“My favorite hobby”为题用英文写一篇短文，内容要点如下：
1. 最喜欢的爱好；
2. 喜欢的时间及原因；
3. 喜欢的程度；
4. 未来的愿望和打算。
注意：
1. 根据所提供内容，适当拓展想象空间，灵活地将提供的信息体现在短文中；
2. 条理清楚，语句通顺，书写清晰、规范；
3. 词数100左右。
短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My name is Linda. I used to living in the countryside of Chicago with my parents, that were born in New York. Living in the countryside have a lot of advantages. The air isn’t polluted, and the environment is clearly. Besides, the neighbors are friendly for each other. However, there are some disadvantages of living in the countryside as well as. If you have job downtown, you have to spend many time on the road every day. And life in the countryside isn’t very excited, so most teenagers like to live downtown. When I complete high school at 20, I moved to California to study at a university.
短文填空
David: It’s a great art show, isn’t it? By the way, I’m David.
Lucy: Nice to meet you, David. My name is Lucy. The art show is very 1.(success). The paintings on exhibition are beautiful indeed and they have left me a deep 2. (impress).
David: Nice to meet you, too, Lucy. May I know where you are from?
Lucy: Actually, I was born in Paris, but I 3.(bring) up in London. How about you?
David: Oh, I’m a native American born in New York. I’m4. art teacher in New York University. This art show is held by my students.
Lucy: Really? I’m a student 5.(major) in piano performance at the same college. I 6.(hold) a piano party next Saturday night at the Silver Bar. Would you like to come?
David: I’d love to. Do you mind 7. I take my daughter with me?8.painting, she is fond of listening to music as well. She has an MP3 player, with 9.she can listen to some music when she feels10.(tire) with her lesson.
Lucy: That’s great. I will be very glad to see you and your daughter at my piano party next Saturday.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his time, he likes to get out in the country and take some of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his . But his father didn’t take Bill along with him he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which to his uncle in the afternoon. They the night there, so that they could out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember he was. He turned over and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he that he was at the and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the . Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk , because they didn’t want to up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle hot coffee and took some sandwiches Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera and started out.
1.A. busy B. spare C. enough D. limited
2.A. foods B. drawings C. paintings D. pictures
3.A. trips B. buses C. holidays D. mountains
4.A. after B. when C. until D. unless
5.A. led B. stuck C. got D. belonged
6.A. cost B. spent C. slept D. took
7.A. start B. begin C. walk D. step
8.A. telephone B. machine C. bell D. clock
9.A. where B. how C. who D. what
10.A. quickly B. sleepily C. quietly D. suddenly
11.A. imagined B. pronounced C. forgot D. remembered
12.A. mountain B. town C. farm D. station
13.A. dressed B. ordered C. eaten D. prepared
14.A. bathroom B. kitchen C. dining-room D. sitting-room
15.A. seemed B. felt C. tasted D. smelled
16.A. many B. soundly C. much D. highly
17.A. wake B. go C. put D. come
18.A. of B. with C. in D. by
19.A. that B. what C. after D. before
20.A. cover B. supply C. operator D. equipment
