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、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother．My ________ began when I was just a kid．I ________ becoming a doctor．
My mother was a domestic(佣人)．Through her work, she observed that ________ people spent a lot more time reading than they ________ watching television．She announced that my brother and I ________ watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and ________ her written book reports．She would mark them up with check marks and highlights．Years later we realized her marks were a ________ ．My mother was illiterate(不识字的)．
When I entered high school I was a(n) ________ , but not for long．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to ________ the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student．One night my mother came home from ________ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy ________ food and pay the bills．With everything ________ , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want．” I was very ________ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配) money, there was ________ left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to ________ our heads and any kind of food on the table, ________ buy clothes．I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere．Success required intellectual preparation．I went back to my ________ and became an A-student again, and eventually I ________ my dream and I became a doctor．
My story is really my mother's story—a woman with ________ formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe．There is no job ________ than parenting．This I believe．
1.A．belief B．work C．education D．promise
2.A．have fun with B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of
3.A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable
4.A．spent B．paid C．took D．did
5.A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often
6.A．read to B．present to C．teach D．explain to
7.A．joke B．means C．tool D．trick
8.A．A-student B．B-student C．C-student D．D-student
9.A．get rid of B．hang out with C．break away from D．keep in touch with
10.A．making B．stopping C．working D．getting
11.A．your brother B．yourself C．your sister D．family
12.A．left over B paid off C．used up D．put away
13.A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored
14.A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing
15.A．put an idea into B．give an impression on C．keep a roof over D．have eyes in the back of
16.A．let alone B．let out C．let in D．let down
17.A．guys B．mother C．studies D．play
18.A．made B．realized C．changed D．tried
19.A．little B．much C．few D．high
20.A．more interesting B．less important C．more important D．less interesting
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。将答案写在答题纸上。
Happiness is for everyone．You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or 1. and so on．Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time．
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it．2. When you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health．When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you．When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it．
3. All these are your happiness．If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you．
Happiness is not the same as money．It is a feeling of your heart．When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money．4. , because you have more chances to challenge yourself．So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck．As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转的)door．When it closes, it also opens．5. ．
A．When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you
B．If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person
C．those who have nice cars and a lot of money
D．And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too
E．those who have no houses
F．When you meet with difficulties, you can give them up and be happy
G．When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy
阅读理解。
London has more than nine million visitors every year．They come and visit some of the most famous places in England: Big Ben, the Tower of London and the River Thames．
You can see some of the most interesting places in the city by getting on one of London's tour buses or you can take a ride on the London Eye．This large wheel slowly takes you 135m above the River Thames．From the top you have wonderful views of the whole city．
The River Thames is London's main waterway．It has shaped the capital's landscape, history and geography．So one of the best ways of making sense of the city is to take a trip along the river．
The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament (议会大厦), Big Ben, has become one of the main symbols of London．The sound of the bell, which you can hear at the beginning of many television and radio programmes, has become well-known throughout the nation．
No visit to London is complete without a look at the Tower of London, in the eastern part of the city．After Big Ben, the Tower may be London's most visited tourist spot．It is Europe's oldest palace and prison．
Directly south is Tower Bridge, which is more than 100 years old．
Among all the palaces in London, Buckingham Palace is the most famous．It has been the main London home of the royal family since Queen Victoria moved there in 1837．You can visit some of the rooms in August and September．Most mornings of the year you can watch the soldiers outside hanging the guard．
About one hour by train out of London is the town of Windsor．Here you can visit another of the Queen's homes — Windsor Castle, Europe's biggest castle．
Sight-seeing in London is great, but it can get very tiring．So, the best way to start the day is to fill up on an English breakfast．
For starters, have an egg, bacon, sausages (香肠), tomatoes, mushrooms, black pudding and fried bread．Then finish off with toast and jam, and a large pot of tea．You can buy an English breakfast in nearly every hotel, and at many restaurants and cafes．
Or you can sit outside one of the many roadside pubs and cafes in London, and simply watch the busy world go by．
1.Which of the following is not suggested as one of the best ways to make sense of London?
A．Taking a trip along the Thames．
B．Subway．
C．Tour buses．
D．London Eye．
2.According to the story, which place may be London's most visited tourist spot?
A．Buckingham Palace． B．The Tower of London．
C．Big Ben． D．The River Thames．
3.If you go to London in December, you will not be able to ______．
A．tour the city along the River Thames
B．visit Windsor Castle
C．watch the soldiers outside the Buckingham Palace changing guards
D．tour the Buckingham Palace
4.The word "starters" in the last paragraph but four means ______．
A．the first course of the meal
B．beginners
C．the first time
D．those who haven't had an English breakfast
阅读理解。
Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea．People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive．It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity．Some of them were not sure how to use it．They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves．Then they served them mixed with butter and salt．They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches．
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century．During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it．
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea．Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added．She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk．Because she was such a great lady that her friends thought they must copy everything she did, they also drank their tea with milk in it．Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk．
At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening．No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess（公爵夫人）found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o’clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it．She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, tea-time was born ．
1.This passage mainly discusses ______．
A．the history of tea drinking in Britain
B．how tea became a popular drink in Britain
C．how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea
D．how tea-time was born
2.Tea became a popular drink in Britain ______．
A．in the sixteenth century
B．in the seventeenth century
C．in the eighteenth century
D．in the late seventeenth century
3.People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because ______．
A．it tasted like milk
B．it tasted more pleasant
C．it became a popular drink
D．Madame de Sevinge was so great that people tried to copy the way she drank tea
4.We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of ______．
A．a famous French lady
B．the ancient Chinese
C．the upper(上层的) social class
D．people in Holland
阅读理解。
Haikou—A shark was killed after being dragged to shore at Yalong Berth beach in Sanya, South China’s Hainan Province, on Sunday afternoon．
It was the first time a shark had been caught in the beach area, a popular tourist site in Hainan．
Local fishermen said they caught the 3-meter-long, l-ton shark by chance when they were fishing in sea water 1,000 metres deep near the beach．
Police temporarily protected the shark while oceanographers(海洋学家) decided whether it was a species belonging to State protection．
Fishermen later killed and sold the shark after oceanographers confirmed that it was a whale shark and therefore not under State protection．
The shark was believed to have drifted into the area from the deep sea due to strong waves caused last week by Typhoon Imbudo．It had no open injuries but experts said they believed it suffered from internal bleeding．
Local police officer Fu Chenggeng said beachgoers should not feel threatened by sharks because the fish never attack human beings on their own initiative．Fu said he had never heard of any shark attacks at the Sanya beach since he first started work there eight years ago．
However, police said they will improve the security system to safeguard tourists’ safety on the beach．
1.A possible title of the article should be______．
A．Tourists in Danger
B．Killing Whale Shark
C．Shark Caught in Beach Area
D．Whale Shark in Danger
2.From the article it can be learned______．
A．the shark was caught because of obvious injuries
B．the number of the whale shark may be small
C．typhoon Imbudo may have brought the shark to the area
D．it’s not unusual to see a shark on the beach
3.The underlined word“confirmed”probably means______．
A．said B．believed
C．thought D．made sure
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car．Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所)．I suggested that they should stay at ‘bed and breakfast’ houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family．My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories．
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday．”
I thought this was strange．Finally I understood what had happened．My friends spoke little English, and they thought ‘VACANCIES’ meant ‘holidays’, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is ‘vacancies’．So they did not go to house where the sign outside said ‘VACANCIES’, which in English means there are free rooms．Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday．But they found that these houses were all full．As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs．In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun．In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road．When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun．Instead, the road ended in a large hole．
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages．Once in Paris, when someone offered me some more coffee, I said “Thank you” in French．I meant that I would like some more．However, to my surprise the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that “Thank you” in French means “No, thank you．”
1.My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______．
A．learning English
B．finding places to stay in England
C．driving their car on English roads
D．going to England by car
2.I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______．
A．they would be able to practise their English
B．it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
C．it would be convenient for them to have dinner
D．there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
3.If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______．
A．fall into a hole
B．have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
C．find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
D．have to take a different road
4.When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______．
A．didn’t really want any more coffee
B．wanted them to take the coffee pot away
C．really wanted some more coffee
D．wanted to express my politeness
