1.Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical ______.填入____处的最佳答案是()。

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A.Whatdidyousay?

B.I'matotalstrangerhereC.Youcan 't missitD.Ibegyourpardon?E.ItsJustoppositetheNo5DepartmentStore.F.Idon'tthinkitisnecessaryG.It'snotveryfar.4.（对话）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（本题5分）----Excuseme,canyoutellmewherethenearestrestaurantis?----__1__----Whereisthenearestrestaurant,please?----Oh.therestaurant?ThenearestoneistheCityRestaurant.__2__----I'm-er-I'mafraidIdon'tquite..yousee.__3__----Isee.Simplywalktwoblocksstraightahead,thenturnleft,andtheCityRestaurantisabout10metersahead.__4__---CanItakeabus?----Ofcourseyoucan,but__5__It'sonlyafew minutes’ walk----Thankyouverymuch.----Notatall.

3.

Insomnia, or "poor sleep", can have bad effects on a person's health and general well-being. It can21on both our physical and mental health and can lead to other health22

　　Insomnia can be traced to many different reasons,but what is23 to ninny sufferers is their inability to relax fully and "switch the mind 24Constant thoughts,25 around and around in the mind, moving from one 26 to the next, prevent stillness and peace and 27 a sufferer extremely tired.

　　In order to treat insomnia 28, it is first necessary to allow a sufferer to re-experience 29 real relaxation feel like.It’s almost as though they've forgotten how to relax. Once this has been 30 by the brain, then fast and effective 31 can be made to reeducate the unconscious towards allowing the person to relax 32 and to allow a natural state of sleep to 33

　　Hypnotherapy(催眠疗法) is one of the fastest and most effective ways of 34 this goal for long-lasting results.

　　Sleeping pills, if used at all, should only be a short-term35as their effect is soon reduced and their side effects can be deep and far-reaching.23 （）

4.This is not her kite,but___

5.Mr.Smith is an old friend of______

6.Sharon Keating was worried about her kids when she got a divorce. Her daughter says,“I wasfeeling… like down and sad even though I didn’t really show it.Judith Wallenstein says problems from divorce can last many years. They can show up when thekids are adults. And the kids have their have their own trouble. Wallenstein studied 93 childrenover a generation. The results can be found in her book.She says that children of divorce are more likely to have problems with drugs. They are far morelikely to seek therapy. About 40 percent of them avoid marriage themselves. When they do marry,fail at nearly twice the usual rate. It is hard for them to trust. They are afraid of failing.Critics say Wallenstein had too few children in her study. They think that Wallenstein stresses toomuch from a small study. Other things may be the cause of the kid’s problems. The study does notcompare kids from divorced families with kids from “healthy” families.Which of the following is critics’ opinion?

7.The soldier was ________of running away when the enemy attacked.

8.Alexia Sloane，a l0 一 year-old girl，lost her sight when she was two following a brain disease But despite her disability she has excelled at languages and is already fluent in English，French，Spanish and Chinese。and is learning German.Now she has experienced her dream job of working as an interpreter after East of England MEP(欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the parliament building in Brussels，thus becoming the youngest interpreter to work at the European Parliament.“She was given a special permit to get into thebuildin9，where there is usually a minimum age requirement of l4.and sat in a booth listening and interpretin9，”said her mother，Isabelle.“The other interpreters were amazed at how well she did as the debate was quite complicated and many of the wordswere rather technical.”Alexia has been tri-lingual since birth as hermother，a teacher，is half French and half Spanish，while her father，Richard，is English.She started talking and communicating in all three languages before she lost her sight but adapted quickly to her blindness.By the age of four，she was reading and writing in Braille(盲文).When she was six。Alexia began to learn Chinese.The girl is now learning German at school in Cambridge.Alexia has been longing to be an interpreter since she was six and she chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won a young achiever of the year award.She asked if she could shadow interpreters and Mr.Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest.Alexia worked with the head of interpreting and had a real taste of lire in parliament.“It was fantastic and lm absolutely determined now to become an interpreter，she saidWhat did Alexia want to do after she got the award?

9.News has just been received of an air crash in the north of England. The plane,which was on acharter(包租)flight from London to Carlisle,was carrying a party of businessmen on their way to atrade fair. It seems likely that the plane ran into a heavy fog as it was approaching Carlisle and wasobliged to circle for some twenty minutes.Everything seemed to be going well. The pilot was inconstant radio communication with Ground Control when the engines suddenly cut out and allcontact was lost. The plane crashed on the site of the ancient Roman camp at Hadrian’s Hill, a placewell known to archaeologists(考古学家)and tourists.So far few details have been reported,but it is feared that at least twenty people lost theirlives,among them the pilot,who was killed instantly. The local ambulances and firemen were onthe scene within minutes of the crash, but additional help had to be rushed from other areas.Mr.Lesilie Collins,one of the survivors,told our reporter, “We passengers noticed the engines weremaking a funny noise. Of course we couldn’t see anything because of the fog,but the pilot saidthere was nothing to worry about.The next thing we know, the engines went dead. There was arushing noise—and after that I don’t remember any more.”Mr. Collins is now in hospital, being treated for minor injuries. We will be bringing you further newsof the crash as we receive it.In the meantime relatives are asked to ring 02?3457211 forinformation.According to the passage, the plane crashed at__________.

10.It is the mistake ______ you should focus on, not the person.

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June came and the hay(干草）was almost ready for cutting. On Midsummer's Eve,which was a Saturday,Mr.Jones went into Willington and got so drunk at the Red Lionthat he did not come back until midday on Sunday.His men had milked the cows in the early morning and then had gone out chatting without bothering to feed the animals.When Mr.Jones got back,he immediately went to sleep on the living-room sofa with the"News of the World"over his face.When evening came,the animals were still not fed.At last, they could stand nolonger,One ofcowsthe broke into the door of the storehousewith her hornsand all the animalsbegan to help to themselves to the grains

It was just then that Mr.Jones woke up The next moment he and his four men werethan the hungry animals would bear.Together,though nothing of the kind had been planned beforehand,they jumped upon their masters.Mr.Jones and his men suddenlyfound themselves being struck with the horns and kicked from all sides.The situation was quite out of their control.They had never seen these animals act like this before,This sudden rebellion of the creatures,which they were used to beating and whipping just as they selves. A minute later all five of them were in full fright down the road with the animals chose,frightened them. After only a moment or two,they gave up trying to defend themselves,a minute later all five pf them were in full fright down the road with the animals running after them joyfully.1.The four men did not feed the cows because （）

12.V．Daily Conversation( 15 points)Directions:Pick out appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete thefollowing dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet．A．Where are you going todayB．That’s not our busC．I'll catch up on my reading to kill timeD．There isn’t a cloud in the skyE．Did you catch the news todayF．How long have you been waitingG．Have a nice dayH．Don’t forget your bookMary：We couldn’t ask for a better day，could we?John：I know． 56．I love this time of the year．Mary：This bus seems to be running late，doesn’t it? 57 ?John：I've been here for at least ten minutes．Mary：Ah，here comes a bus!John：Oh good．Wait ! 58 ．That bus goes downtown．Mary：Well，it looks like we’11 be waiting a little longer． 59 ，I guess．John：Oh，I'm afraid you have no time for that．Here’s our bus．Mary：Oh great! I thought it would never come．John： 60 !Mary：You too．57、请填写最佳选项（ ）。

13.根据以下材料，回答44-47题 The intelligence test used most often today are based on the work of a Frenchman，Alfred Binet．In l905，Binet Was asked by the French Ministry of Education to develop a way to identify those childtIin French schools who were too“mentally deficient(不足的)”to benefit from ordinary schooling andwho needed special education．The tests had to distinguish those who were merely behind in schoodfrom those who were actually mentally deficient． The items that Binet and his colleague Theophile Simon included on the test were chosen on the basis of their ideas about intelligence．Binet and Simon believed intelligence includes such abilitiesas understanding the meaning of words；solving problems，and making commonsense judgements.Two other important assumptions also shaped Binet’s and Simon’s work：(1)that children with moreintelligence will do better in school and(2)that older children have a greater ability than youngerchildren． Binet’S first test consisted of t }lirty tasks．They were simple things most children learn as a result oftheir everyday experiences．The tasks were arranged in groups．according to age．Binet decided whichtasks were appropriate for a given age group by giving them first to a large number of children of differentages．If more than half of the children of a given age passed a test，it was considered appropriate for thatage group.What was the purpose of the intelligence test designed by Alfred Binet in l905?

14.She ______be ill because I saw her playing basketball just now.

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When we walk through the city,we,all experience a kind of information overload(超载）。but we pay attention only to those that are,important to us.We don't stop,we keepour faces expressionless and eyes straight ahead,and in doing so,we are not just protecting ourselves, but are,avoiding overloading other people as well.

We make use of stereotypes(刻板的模式）as convenient ways to make quick judgmentsabout situations and people around us.They may not always be accurate(精确的），andthey can often be dangerously wrong,but they are used regularly.

The problem with the stereotypes is that they restrict(限制）experience.,By using limited clues(线索）to provide us with a rapid opinion of other people on places we may choose to limit our communication.We may decide not to go to certain places because we believe.they will not offer something weenjoy.

In the city ,styles of dress are particularly important with regard to （关于）self-presentation,Different groups often use clearly identifiable(可辨认的）styles of clothes so thatthey can be easily recognized.It is becoming increasingly.common for brand names to beplaced on the outside of clothes,and this labeling(标签）makes it easy to send out information about fashion and price instantly(马上）lets other tell at a distance whether n individual has similar tastes and is a suitable person to associatewith

In England,where social grouping or classcontinues to make social distinctions(区分），clothes,hairstyles,people's pronunciation and the manner of speaking are all clues toour social group.Class distinctions tend to be relatively fixed,although in the citywhere greater variety is permitted.they are more likely to he secondary determining factorsfriendship and association.3.From the passage we may conclude that（）

16.5.读音不同的选项是（）

17.

In the last 500 years,nothing about people-not their clothes,ideas or languages-has changed as much as what they eat,The original chocolate drink was made from theseeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians.The Spanishintroduced it to the rest ofthe world.And although it was very expensive,it quickly became fashionable.In London.shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places.Some still exist today.

The potato is also from the New World.round 1500,the Spanish brought it fromPeru to Europe,where it was soon widely grown.Ireland became so dependent on it thatthousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during thePotato Famineof 1845－1846,and thousands more were forced to emigrate toAmerica.There are many otherfoods that have traveled from South America to the Old World.But some others went inthe opposite direction.Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee,and coffee is animportant crop in Columbia and other South American countries.But it is native to Ethiopia.It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400s.

According to an Arabic legend,coffee was discovered by a goatherd namedKaldi.Henoticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush,He tried one andexperienced thewide-awakefeeling that one-third of the world's population now startsthe day with.5.The Arabic legend is used to prove that（）

18.Shanghai is one of the biggest____in our country

19.根据以下资料，回答16-30题。Every woman dreams of receiving a huge priceless diamond．Now space scientists __1__ that they have discovered the largest diamond in the universe．But it’s well 2_ the reach of the most loves truck men because it's 50 light years away, to be __3__．Measuring 2,500 miles across and weighing five million trillion pounds，the rock Was found on Valentine’ s Day __4__ in the core of a white dwarf star, and it has excited the _5__ world. “It’s the mother of all diamonds，”said Travis Metcalfe， __6__ led the team of researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre，“and you would need a jeweler’S loupe(专用放大镜)，the size of the Sun，to __7__ this diamond．” The largest diamond __8__ on earth was the 3，106-carat(克拉)Cullinan．It Was cut __9__ nine major stones，including the 530-carat Star of Africa，now a part of the Crown Jewels．Diamonds were __10__ discovered in India more than 2,800 years ago．The Ancient Romans __11__ that the stones were broken pieces of stars that had __12__ to earth．In Ancient Egypt，diamonds were used in funerals. In the Middle Ages，men __13__ them to symbolize their courage and strength．The __14__ of giving them as presents dates from 1477，__15__ Maximilian，the prince of Austria, gave a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy．10A.first,B.last,C.finally,D.newly

20.Thank you very much for giving us___on this matter.