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41.Which festival marks the day when the nation was set up?

A. US Independence Day., B. May Day. C. Bastille Day.

D. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

42. Which festival is held in memory of a famous person?

A. Moomba. B. Bastille Day. C. Raksha Bandhan. D. Joan of Arc.

C

In most Western restaurants and homes there are rules about how to talk，eat and sit.

Usually dinner is enjoyed with quiet voices，and people are not allowed to bring up anything unappetizing. For example，if someone wants to leave the table to use the toilet，he has to do it without mentioning what he is going to do.

Meals are always had quietly. No eating noises are allowed. Therefore，people have to eat with their mouths closed. While drinking soup，coffee or wine，“slurping”is also forbidden.

How to sit at the table is also prescribed（被规定的）．Everyone should sit up straight with one hand（usually the left)on his lap holding a napkin and the other hand(usually the right) holding the fork or spoon. The only time people are allowed to have both hands on the table is when they are using a knife to cut something，but as soon as the cutting is done，the left hand goes back to the lap. Also，elbows（肘）are not allowed on the table. People should never reach for any food on the table. They should ask someone sitting near it to pass it to them.

As soon as you are seated，remove the napkin from your place setting，unfold it，and put it on your lap. At more formal occasions（场合）all dinners will wait to place their napkins on their laps until the host or hostess places his or her napkin on his or her lap. While at the table，it is never acceptable to take your napkin out of your lap. If your napkin falls on the floor during a very formal event，do not pick it up. You should be able to signal a waiter or waitress that you need a fresh one. 43.What does the underlined word“unappetizing”in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Unforgettable. B. Unpleasant. C. Uncertain. D. Unexciting. 44. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about? A. How to drink at the table. B. How to talk at the table. C. How to sit at the table. D. How to eat at the table.

45.Mary is putting both hands on the table. She is probably using ______. A. a fork B. a spoon C. a knife and fork D. chopsticks

46.From the passage ,we can know how to _______. A.use a napkin B.use a toilet

C.serve others at the table

D.refuse a dinner party invitation

D

Sydney ，5May 2010(BBC News)—An Australian girl，called Jessica Watsn，is 16 years old.She is nearly home after sailing around the world.But she may not realize her dream to get the record as the youngest person to make the journey.

After more than six months at sea,Jessica Watson is in the final part of her long and difficult journey around the world. She is hoping to reach Sydney Harbor later this month—a couple of days before her seventeenth birthday.

But although there is no question that she has sailed non-stop without getting any help during the journey around the world，sailing experts say she has not gone far enough to reach the record of being the youngest person to sail by herself.

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The influential（有很大影响的）Sail World website has praised her heroic（英雄气概的）achievement. However，it believes that rules are very important and must be followed exactly. To have made the world record—the youngest person to make a journey around the world，it says，the girl should not simply cross the equator and then return south. Instead，she should have sailed much farther north into the Atlantic to a point in line with France.

“We don’t want to take away from what the kid has done，”said the editor（编辑）of the website. “But it is one thing to be a hero and it is another ．thing to be a record holder. If she had sailed three thousand seven hundred kilometers further，she could have said that she had broken the record.”

47.When did Jessica Watson probably start her journey?

A. In October 2009. B. In December 2009. C. In January 2010. D. In May 2010.

48.Why did Jessica Watson make the journey around the world?

A. To be a world record holder. B. To know more about the world. C. To be praised by the world. D. To become famous worldwide.

49. During the journey，Jessica Watson＿＿＿．

A. spent her seventeenth birthday B. reached as far as France

C. got help from the Sail World website D. did many things all by herself

50. The Sail World website thinks ________. A. what Jessica Watson has done is perfect B. Jessica Watson should have done better C. Jessica Watson has made the world record

D. Jessica Watson has sailed into the Atlantic

51 .What would be the best title for the passage? A. Failure Is the Mother of Success

B. An Australian Girl’s Coming Birthday C. A Hero But not a Record Holder D. Success Means Working Harder

E

Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessings.

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival.This is why it is celebrated in late fall，after the crops are in.But one of the first thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest.On December 4，1619,the Pilgrims from England landed near what is now Charles City，Virginia.They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic. The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest.The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth，Massachusetts ，in 1620.They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel.Many of the Pilgrims died.But the next year，they had a good harvest.So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast (盛宴) .The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food.

In time，other colonies（殖民地）began to celebrate a day of thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War，Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. He proclaimed（宣布）the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of thanksgiving. Today，Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October. 52.When do people in the US and Canada celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

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A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In winter. D. In autumn. 53. The first to celebrate thanksgiving were______．

A. the American Indians B. some people from England C. Sarah Josepha Hale D. Governor Bradford

54.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.

B. Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations.

C. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people’s thanks to God.

D.There’s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

55. The passage mainly tells us______．

A. when Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the US

B. how Thanksgiving Day came into being and how people celebrate Thanksgiving Day in different ways

C. that people in the US and Canada gain their crops on Thanksgiving Day D. how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places

___

Ⅳ．书面表达（共15分）

你的英国朋友正在做一个课题：世界各地的生日庆祝方式。他请你介绍中国学生过生日的方式。请你根据以下要点写一篇短文。 一、通常方式 1．生日聚会 2．生日礼物 3．生日祝福

二、我认为更有意义的庆祝方式和理由 注意：词数100左右。

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1.D 句意：这本书共包括20幅地图，其中包括3 幅中国地图。 twenty maps是这本书中地图的总 数，应用contain,强调某物容纳比其小的物品在内；

three of China是其中的一部分应用include，侧重作为整体的一部分或其要素之一被包括

在内。

contain和include都没有进行时态，故B项错误；include应用现在分词形式作状语，也

可以把including看作一个介词，故选D项。

2.C 句意：我们用花和灯装饰这棵圣诞树。decorate sth. with sth．是固定搭配，使用介词with。

3.C 本题考查连接词的用法。句意：他们中的许多人不接受他的建议，尽管他们知道那很有价值。as if好像；now that既然；even though尽管；so that结果是。

4.B 句意为“当她离开这所大学后，她的同学继续这项研究”。carry on“继续进行下去”，关键要记住on是“继续”之意，如：go on, live on等。

5.C 他们给了他参加新产品的设计工作的机会。take part in指“参加某种工作、事业或活动，并在其中身体力行”，符合题意。join指加人某一组织或参加某项活动（此时习惯后跟in)； attend仅作为观众或听众出席或参加；come to“参加”，相当于attend。 6. D 句意：这件事我就指望你了。depend on sb. to do sth.“依靠某人干某事”。

7. D 句意：对不起，先生。您的掌上电脑还没有修好，还在维修中心修着。“没修好”和“在修着”是同时进行的，前面用了一般现在时态，那么后面的句子就要用现在进行时的被动语态。 8. A 句意：对任何事情都别过于在乎。如果你有备则安全，无备则受罪。seriously“认真地，真诚地”，符合题意。smartly“潇洒地，漂亮地”；peacefully“和平地，平静地”；fortunately“幸运地”。

9. A be said后接动词不定式形式。由for three years可知，不定式表一段时间的动作，所以应用to have stayed。

10. C look for (=search for）意为“寻找”；apply for申请；apply sth. to sth．把某物应用到某事。

11. B 句意：“你多久到外面吃一次饭？”“那得看情况，但是常常一周一次。“have no idea“不知道”；as usual“像平常一样”；generally speaking“一般来说”。

12. A 句意：药品价格的上涨导致医疗费用日益增加。contribute to“导致”，相当于cause； turn to“翻到；求助于”；get used to“习惯于”；come to“达到某种状态”，都不合句意。 13. D destroy是及物动词，它同the school之间存在被动关系。由was expected可知，空白处应用一般过去时。

14. A 句意：机器一直运转。根据句意选A项。

15. B 句意为：这房子的价格便宜，我尤其喜欢它的花园。我们可以在里面种花和蔬菜。in particular“特别，尤其”，符合题意。

主旨大意：本文作者回忆了小时候圣诞节热闹非凡的场面。回忆中有快乐也有悲伤，但作者对真正的节日精神仍然记忆犹新。

16. C 根据该句后的Usually I was the first one to jump out of bed及my growing eagerness可知，作者渴望听到父亲的声音。

17. B 联系文章最后一段中的come on down及we go down the stairs可知，父亲是叫他们下楼，故选come down。

18. D 从上文作者对自己在圣诞节早晨急切行为的生动描述中不难看出，作者对圣诞节的

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