信息匹配（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
请阅读以下度假胜地和游客的有关信息，然后匹配游客与适合他去的度假胜地：
度假胜地
A. The Bay Club of Sandestin: The Bay Club is located on the beautiful grounds of the resort at Sandestin. It is noted for having spectacular shopping, exciting sunsets, historical sites, an almost continuous calendar of events, and for being the luckiest fishing coast.
B. Brant Point Courtyard: At Brant Point Courtyard, visitors will discover fine horseback riding and hiking trails, museums and historic sites all near this picturesque (美丽的) resort. Visit Brant Point Courtyard, and experience Nantucket at its best.
C. Sedona Springs Resort: Live the romance of the desert Southwest at Sedona Springs Resort. Step inside to relax in your villa’s private swimming pool, or step out on the town to tour canyons and cliffs (悬崖) by jeep horseback or helicopter.
D. Clock Tower: Imagine hitting any of Whistler’s more than 100 marked hiking trails or taking a round-trip train excursion (远足) between Whistler and Lillooet. End your day with a visit to the village’s stylish shops and restaurants. Then return to your own charming, cozy inn at Vacation International’s Clock Tower.
E. Errington’s Wilderness Island Resort: Our resort is situated on 2 secluded islands on Lake Wabatongushi, the second largest lake in the Chapleau Game Preserve (禁猎区) which covers over 7,000 square kilometers. The only hunting allowed, since 1925, is with a camera.
F. Wild Dunes Resort: At Wild Dunes Resort, having fun is taken seriously with superb golf, tennis and so on. It is famous for meetings and business events. At Wild Dunes Resort, Charleston, South Carolina’s island resort, luxury and finer things never stop.
游 客
Laurence Shepard: Laurence is an excellent bank manager. There will be a forum on the cooperation between banks. He wants to recommend one resort which is suitable for having a meeting and relaxation.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson: This couple have decided to take a vacation to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Fishing is Jack’s favorite sport while Alice is crazy about shopping. They’re troubled by where to go on vacation.
Marlene Joiner: Marlene is a college student aged 20. She likes hiking along the trails with her friends. In addition, she’s interested in fashionable gift shops.
Bob Armstrong: Bob is a professional photographer working for a magazine. Recently in the magazine there have been some discussions on whether animal hunting should be banned. Bob has been asked to take some photos about wild animals.
Monica Trudel: Monica is a professional woman aged 30. She wants to take a vacation to relieve stress. She likes swimming and enjoys sightseeing.
游客 度假胜地
1. Laurence Shepard A. The Bay Club of Sandestin
2. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson: B. Brant Point Courtyard
3. Marlene Joiner C. Sedona Springs Resort
4.Bob Armstrong D. Clock Tower
5.Monica Trudel E. Errington’s Wilderness Island Resort
F. Wild Dunes Resort
Satellites are an important part of our ordinary lives．For example, the information for weather forecasts is sent by satellite．Some satellites have cameras which take photographs of the Earth to show how clouds are moving．Satellites are also used to connect our international phone calls．
Computer connections of the World Wide Web and Internet also use satellites. Many of our TV programs come to US through satellites．Airplane pilots also sometimes use a satellite to help them find their exact location．
We use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to another．They are usually 35，880 kilometers above the equator．Sometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same place．This is because it is moving around the world at 11，000 kilometers an hour—exactly the same speed that the earth rotates．A satellite must orbit the Earth with its antennae(天线)facing the earth．Sometimes, it moves away from its orbit，So there are little rockets on it which are used to put the satellite back in the right position．This usually happens about every five or six days．
Space is not empty! Every week, more and more satellites are sent into space to orbit the Earth．A satellite usually works for about 10-12 years．Satellites which are broken are sometimes repaired by astronauts or sometimes brought back to Earth to be repaired．Often，very old or broken satellites are left in space to orbit the Earth for a very long time．This is very serious because some satellites use nuclear power and they can crash into each other．
1.Which of the following is NOT done by satellites according to the passage?
A．Sending information for weather forecast．
B．Taking photographs of the Earth．
C．Sending TV pictures．
D．Providing food for airplane pilots．
2.What’s the speed the earth rotates at?
A．35,880 kilometers per hour． B．335,880 kilometers per hour．
C．11,000 kilometers per hour． D．110,000 kilometers per hour
3.Why does the satellite move around the world at the same speed as the Earth rotates?
A．In order to take photographs．
B．In order to stay in a certain position in the orbit．
C．In order to move away from its orbit．
D．In order to send television pictures．
4.What does the underlined word “This” in the 3rd paragraph refer to?
A．A satellite． B．A little rocket．
C．A satellite seems to stay in the same place in the sky．
D．The satellite puts the rockets in the right position．
5.Which is true of satellites?
A．A satellite usually works for about 10-12 years．
B．Every time a satellite gets broken，it is brought back to the Earth to be repaired．
C．A broken satellite is never left in space．
D．They often crash into each other．
Some people love eating food right after it is cooked. I prefer food just take out from the freezer. Fruit, candy, nuts, chocolate, cake with butter cream frosting(糖霜),even peas, all of them taste delicious when frozen. In fact, I often eat them that way.
I was a kid when I picked up the habit. In my family, lots of things were thrown into the freezer —finally, two freezers—to prevent them from going bad. Among them were some of the candies my sisters and I had collected on Halloween.
If we eat when they are still warm, we’ll find ourselves taking the cookies more than we should. It’s better if we can put them into the freezer and wait. That way we’ll eat less and enjoy them more because they are hard and chewing becomes a slower, more patient effort. That’s the point about frozen butter-cream frosting. Put it in your mouth at room temperature, and it’s gone very quickly. But when it’s frozen, you can enjoy the taste much longer as it melts(融化) in your mouth.
The freezer treats a lot of fruits kindly. Take frozen grapes for example, I keep a bowl of grapes in my freezer. They become a little icy, and somehow their sweetness is improved. They are perfect and healthy dessert(点心).This is the same with oranges, apples, bananas…You might think bananas would get super-hard when frozen. Wrong! They become cool, creamy and sweet. If you have wisely covered some or all of the bananas with melted chocolate before putting them into the freezer, they will have a double taste.
As long as you aren’t eating anything that truly has to be hot, go ahead and experiment.
1. What is the passage intended to tell us ____________.
A. Fruit should be frozen before one eats it. B. Frozen food is better than hot food.
C. The author prefers frozen food. D. Hot food is not healthy.
2.The author began to enjoy frozen food when he _________.
A. was young B. learned cooking C. got married D. got a fever
3. Why does the author NOT advise us to take hot cookies?
A. Because they need more time to prepare.
B. Because the taste is not good when they are hot.
C. Because they are too delicious to avoid our overeating.
D. Because we may eat them quickly and enjoy them less.
4.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. The taste B. Butter cream C. The cookie D. Frozen butter cream frosting
5. Which of the following is the advice the author gives on eating fruit?
A. Make bananas hard. B. Keep grapes in a bowl.
C. Mix kinds of fruits together. D. Add melted chocolate to bananas.
When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I would make it home for the holiday. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have the three-day holiday posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers. It was Christmas Eve when I arrived home, and a little snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, colors, and ornaments (饰品) shining against the green of a pine.
"Where did it come from?" I asked.
"I asked the Gates boy to cut it," my mother said. "I wouldn't have had one just for myself, but when in great need... such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon."
The pine reached to the proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Crystal（水晶）Star was in its place. A few green branches reached out a little awkwardly（难看）at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.
"It's not like the one you used to find," my mother went on. "Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn't know where to look for a better one. But I couldn't be fussy(挑剔的)."
"Don't worry," I told her. "It's perfect."
It wasn't, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: All Christmas trees are perfect.
1. What did his mother's Christmas tree look like?
2. From the passage we can infer (推断) that ________ .
A. all the soldiers had the three-day holiday
B. the writer could not go home for Christmas
C. the writer spent his first Christmas during the war
D. not all the soldiers went home for Christmas during the war
3. From the passage, we can conclude that ________ .
A. his mother didn't like Christmas trees
B. the writer didn't like the tree cut by someone else
C. the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees
D. his mother didn't want to have a Christmas tree during wartime
4. The best title for this passage would be ________ .
A. The Perfect Christmas Tree
B. How to Choose a Christmas Tree
C. How Soldiers Spent Their Christmas
D. A Christmas with an Ugly Christmas Tree
5. What does the writer mean by saying "All Christmas trees are perfect"?
A. Nothing is as perfect as Christmas.
B. Once at home, everything is so nice.
C. During the war, trees are hard to find.
D. All Christmas trees are the most beautiful.
语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
The earth is a special planet in the solar system. The explosion of the earth produced carbon, nitrogen, vapor and other gases, 1 (make) the earth’s atmosphere. As the earth cooled 2 , water which is fundamental 3 the development of life appeared and stayed on the surface. The continued 4 (present) of water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases into the oceans and this produced a chain reaction which made 5 . possible for life to develop.
Many millions of years later, the arrival of small plants encouraged the development of early shellfish 6 all sorts of fish. Then, with the first green plants appearing on land, land animals appeared and dinosaurs developed and existed on the earth for millions of years. Then Dinosaurs’ sudden disappearance made the rise of mammals possible on the earth. They were different from all life forms 7 ever existed in the past because they produced young from within their bodies. Finally, some small clever animals with hands and legs __8___(appear) and spread all over the earth. Thus they, in 9 turn, have become the most important animals. However, they are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. So for millions of years to come, 10 life will continue on the earth will depend on whether the present problem can be solved.
完形填空(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～50各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant (移植) her life was in constant（不断的） 36 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very small: finding a donor heart that 37 Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 38 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble 39 from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a 40 of the hospital, crying.
“Are you okay?” A man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 41 it through the night. Suddenly, an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to 42 something from herself. Could her 43 go to Carmen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 44 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 45 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 46 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 47 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen 48 Cheryl’s funeral (葬礼) with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day，Maria 49 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 50 in another loving mother’s chest.
1. A. change B. danger C. disorder D. pain
2.A. matched B. replaced C. controlled D. cooperated
3. A. finding B. phoning C. touring D. interrupting（打断）
4. A. rolling B. running C. walking D. jumping
5.A. corner B. bed C. man D. nurse
6. A. put B. support C. pass D. make
7. A. save B. recycle C. donate D. separate
8. A. heart B. brain C. husband D. spirit
9. A. reminded B. warned C. congratulated D. informed
10.A. give up B. carry out C. search after D. put off
11.A. noticed B. predicted C. found D. declared
12. A. decorating B. begging C. praying D. singing
13. A. attended B. joined C. watched D. witnessed
14. A. passed away B. left behind C. woke up D. dressed up
15. A. active B. alive C. necessary D. changeable
