38. A. need B. problem C. chance 39. A. playing B. eating C. giving
D. time D. relaxing
40. A. decide B. prefer C. help D. choose 41. A. arrived B. forgotten C. agreed
D. changed
Z.xx.k
42. A. moved B. cut C. run D. dug 43. A. still
B. also C. even
D. just
44. A. turned B. stopped C. laughed D. waited 45. A. and B. but C. or D. so 46. A. successful B. helpful C. useful D. hopeful 47. A. enjoy B. build C. share
D. cover
阅读理解（共44分）
六、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择
最佳选项。（共26分，每小题2分）
A WAITER WANTED Are you hard-working? Do you like to REPORTER WANTED Do you like to talk with people? Do you meet people? If your answer is “Yes”, then we like to write stories? If you want to work for have a job for you as a waiter. Call AL Hotel at our magazine as a reporter, please call Karen at 8556779. HELP WANTED Do you like babies? Can you look after 8558366. CLEANER WANTED Can you make a large house clean and one baby for two days? If you are sure to take tidy? If you hope to get the job paid at $20 good care of it, call us at 8766588. $80 or more. once, call us this evening 18:00—20:00. Tel: Today! Hurry! 8633800. 48. As a waiter, you have to be __________ according to the ads. A. careful
B. hard-working C. humorous
D. honest
49. If you want to find a job as a reporter, you can call at __________. A. 8556779 B. 8766588
C. 8633800 D. 8558366
50. If you clean the house for the owner, you can get __________ once.
A. $160 B. $80 C. $40 D. $20
B
Messages can be sent across the land by the electric telegraph(电报); but you cannot put up a line of telegraph posts across the sea. Messages can be sent across the ocean by radio or by cable(电缆). The cable lies at the sea bottom and it has to have very good insulation(绝缘). If any part of it is weak, the water will get through and stop all signals(信号).
The first cable under the sea was between England and France. It was laid in 1851. In 1851 engineers tried to lay a cable across the Atlantic Ocean, but they met a lot of difficulties. Halfway
across the Atlantic the cable broke, and the ship that was laying it had to return.
Kelvin advised that another cable should be laid. It was made ready, and put on board a big ship. Kelvin and his friends traveled with it and after many days of hard work, they reached America without breaking the cable. Kelvin himself sent the first message by cable from America to Britain. But only 732 messages were sent through this cable before it broke.
The next cable was laid in 1866, and this time there were no problems. The ship that laid it was the Great Eastern, one of the strongest ships that have ever been built. It was driven by powerful engines and also by sails.
51. The undersea cable must be strong enough to prevent __________ getting through. A. fish
B. water
C. ships
D. signals
52. The undersea cable laid in 1851 was between __________. A. England and France B. England and America C. America and France D. America and Britain 53. From the passage we learn that __________. A. messages could be sent by undersea cable in 1851 B. Kelvin’s cable broke halfway across the Ocean C. the Great Eastern was as strong as other ships D. it was difficult to lay the first cable under the sea
C
You may feel curious (好奇的) about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their spare time?
On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report. Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students(48.6%) spend more than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%). Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes sleep in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.
Who doesn’t like taking notes?
South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
Who is the most distracted?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks(零食) in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read story books in class. What do they do after school?
In their spare time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.
54. Why does the writer say Chinese students study hardest? A. Because they spend the most time on their homework. B. Because they write down what the teacher says in class. C. Because they often surf the internet in their spare time. D. Because they neither sleep nor eat snacks in class. 55. Most Japanese students __________ in their spare time. A. surf the internet
B. do homework C. do sports
D. watch TV
56. In writing this passage, the writer’s purpose is __________. A. to help us know more about the students of other countries B. to tell Chinese teachers to give less homework to the students C. to explain why Japanese students are becoming healthier D. to let students of different countries learn from each other
D
The Romans built great aqueducts to carry fresh water from the mountains to the cities. Many of these aqueducts are still standing today. The Romans also built great pipes under the ground to carry away the dirty water. In Rome, one of these pipes is still used today; it is 2,000 years old. The Roman Emperors even set up a government health service. They built the first great public hospitals in Europe, and they paid doctors to look after poor people.
Then the Roman Empire(罗马帝国) fell to pieces. These civilized(文明的) methods of treatment disappeared from most of Europe for more than a thousand years. People went back to the old ways. They lived in dirty conditions which helped to cause diseases, and they asked God to cure the disease.
But the work of the Greek（希腊的）and Roman doctors was not lost. Over a thousand years ago, the Arabs（阿拉伯人）moved into many of the Mediterranean countries. They took big parts of the old Roman lands. They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic. Arab doctors themselves made many new discoveries. When civilization at last came back to Europe, men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into Latin(拉丁文). Slowly,
very slowly, European doctors discovered again the things that the Greeks and Romans had known so long ago. Slowly, they began to make new discoveries. They found out more about the way the body works.
57. The underlined word “aqueduct” means something for __________. A. storing water C. sending water
B. making water clean D. carrying away dirty water
58. When the Roman Empire fell, people __________.
A. made many new discoveries B. lived in very dirty conditions C. could get medical treatment D. were healthier than before
59. The Greek and Roman medical work was not lost because __________. A. the Arabs helped to save the medical books B. European doctors found out more about the body C. Arab doctors themselves made many new discoveries D. the Europeans kept a record of the Romans’ discovery 60. In the last paragraph, the writer mainly tells us __________. A. how the Arabs played an important part in medicine B. how the Romans set up a government health service C. how the Roman and Greek medicine developed D. how the European doctors made new discoveries
七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项
中有一项为多余选项。（共8分，每小题2分）
Forgetful President
George Washington was the first president of the United States. 61 But it seems that the president was not a perfect person.
A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789. 62 If he were still alive, he would have to pay the library $300,000 in fines (罚款), for it has been late for over 220 years.
On October 5, 1789, George Washington went to the New York Society Library. 63 He didn’t sign his name in the borrower’s book. He just wrote “President” to show who had taken them out.
The two books should have been brought back a month later, but they were never returned. Workers at the library realized the books were missing when they organized the library’s old records. The New York Society Library doesn’t expect anyone to pay the fine. 64
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