1 . 阅读理解

On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the trees. In Spain, the New Year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o'clock comes, people start eating the grapes. In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji(富士山). There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the New Year.

1. This story is about New Year’s Eve in_______.

A．Italy	B．Spain
C．Japan	D．All of the above

2. People in Spain welcome New Year by _______after twelve.

A．eating grapes	B．eating noodles
C．throwing the old things	D．watching the sunrise.

3. People in both Spain and Japan _______ to bring in the New Year.

A．throw things away	B．get together
C．eat some food	D．climb a mountain

4. Japanese climb Mount Fuji to _______.

A．look at the stars

B．look for New Year’s wishes

C．see the sun coming up

D．have a rest

5. The people in _______ hope to get long life from their New Year’s food.

A．Japan

B．China

C．Spain

D．Italy

2 . It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow aisle, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles and came to appreciate some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people.
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customers and retail assistants in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one “thank you” in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.
Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized (强调) several times that none of their words were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This is also shown in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter (后者) are a bit tightfisted.
1. What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?

A．He appreciatesit.	B．He gives no personal opinion.
C．He thinks it is unnecessary.	D．He thinks it goes too far.

2. What can we learn about customers and retail assistants in Germany?

A．A customer never says thank you to a retail assistant.

B．They may say thank you only once.

C．It’s always a retail assistant who says thank you.

D．They always say thank you to each other.

3. We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men __________.

A．are not so willing to spend money for women

B．are more polite than English men

C．treat women in an impolite way

D．are more likely to be involved in a fighting

4. The author develops the text through the method of ____________.

A．giving reasons

B．telling stories

C．giving comments

D．making comparisons

3 . 第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of current answers. That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.
Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?
People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.
Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.
The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near brook(小溪)；someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.
Other early surnames came from people’s occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter   —a person who made pots and pans.
The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.
Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.
Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name. English-speaking people added –s or –son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell.
1. Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?

A．Places where people lived.	B．People’s characters.
C．Talents that people possessed.	D．People’s occupations.

2. According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _______.

A．owned or drove a cart	B．made things with metals
C．made kitchen tools or contains	D．built houses and furniture

3. Suppose and English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _______.

A．Beatrice Smith	B．Leonard Carter
C．George Longstreet	D．Donald Greenwood

4. The underlined word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a person’s _____

A．later generations	B．friends and relatives
C．colleagues and partners	D．later sponsors

4 . The First of May is a Bank Holiday—the first public holiday of the year in England.
Most people consider it a special day ,the beginning of summer ,a day when the light lasts long into the evening ,and when we can look for warm weather .We don't always get it .We feel disappointed ,but not surprised if there are cold winds and frosts at night in May .Winter should be over .Most people know that in the past ,when farming occupied almost everyone ,the changing seasons were of great importance .In that older time there was every reason to celebrate May Day .Customs of those celebrations remain.
Of these customs ,the best known is the choosing of a May Queen and the dancing round Maypole .Even these customs are little more than memories now—but in the last century it was quite common in villages and small towns ,and even in schools and colleges ,for a pretty and popular girl to be chosen Queen of the May .It was a great honour to be chosen .For a day she wore a light and flowery dress, carried garlands（花环）,and was ceremonially crowned with flowers .She presided over a procession ,as a rule with a number of attendants ,and over the Maypole dancing and all kinds of entertainment .The Maypole was slender（苗条的） tree trunk ,cut off its branches, with beautiful ribbons fastened to the top .The dancing was designed in such a way that the dancer's movements move the ribbons into a pattern. This, as you can imagine ,required skill from the dancer ,and was not achieved without practice .
It's the Celtic（凯尔特的）people who celebrated the First of May as a spring festival .Their celebration seems to have had little to do with taking pleasure in early ,beautiful flowers and in warmer weather! They called it Beltane—the fire of the god Bel .They lit fires ,in the expectation that their blaze would help the sun in its struggle to regain its strength. They drove their cattle between banks of flame in the expectation that the terrified beasts would be purified（净化） and protected from disease .A tree ,which must have been blackened with smoke ,stood in the middle of the fires ,and is thought to have been the origin of the Maypole .Their priests（牧师） made sacrifices to the goods in the hope of good harvests and sufficient store of food for the winter. There was dancing certainly ,but it was noisy and cheerful ,since its purpose was not to weave a pattern of colored ribbons ,but to drive out evil spirits from the earth and to arouse those kind spirits.
1. The main purpose of the passage is to show ________.

A．the reason why they celebrate May Day

B．the start and customs of May Day

C．the way they celebrate May Day

D．the choosing of a May Queen during May Day

2. According to the passage ,which sentence is NOT true?

A．In the old days they celebrated May Day for the changing of the seasons.

B．In England summer begins at the first of May.

C．The custom of the choosing of a May Queen still exists in the present May Day celebration.

D．The Celtic people celebrated the first of May as a spring festival.

3. From the surrounding words and sentences we know that the word “presided” means ________.

A．管理

B．越过

C．指挥

D．主持

4. The best title for this passage is ________.

A．The First of May	B．The Beginning of Summer
C．May Queen	D．The Holiday of the Year

5 . The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians, is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year，but it’s always on a Sunday. It can be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Many people celebrate Easter by buying new clothes. Children celebrate by hunting for colored eggs that their parents have hidden around the house. People also give Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day.
But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. On Easter, many people go to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection（复活）from the dead. Most people color Ester eggs. Some people hide them. Others just eat them. But no matter what one does with Easter eggs，they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world. People from many different cultures celebrate Easter. In both America and Belgium, children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes. In America, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny (兔子).But in Belgium, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells. In Bulgaria (保加利亚), red Easter eggs are lucky in churches. Bulgarian families also hit these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. The winner looks forward to good fortune that year. Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist. In parts of Austria，for example，children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colorful eggs.
1. Easter comes _______.

A．on the same date every year

B．on Sunday on March 22

C．on Sunday on April 25

D．on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25

2. To celebrate Easter, people ___________.

A．go shopping, hide colored eggs and children hunt for them

B．give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another

C．buy new clothes, hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house

D．both B and C

3. For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________.

A．going to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection

B．buying new clothes

C．eating delicious food and paint color eggs

D．exchange beautiful gifts each other

4. People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg _________.

A．In both American and Belgium, children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes

B．In Belgium, the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells

C．In America, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny

D．In America, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells

5. In some places of Austria, children sing from door to door for_______.

A．blesses	B．Easter eggs
C．candy and goodies	D．Easter bunny

6 . 完形填空（共20小题）

Most people who work in London get a break of about an hour for lunch._______they mostly live too far from home to go back there_______lunch, they have to_______other arrangements for their midday meal.

Many large companies have a canteen (自助食堂) for their employees. In_______canteens the food served is simple but_______, and there is some_______of choice. But the number of dishes_______ usually small. The employees themselves fetch their dishes_______a counter at which they are_______. There they can find a tray on__________ to carry their knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups, saucers,________, of course, their food. A meal in a canteen is inexpensive and may________of soup, fish and chips or meat and two vegetables,________fruit or pudding of some   ____________ as dessert. Some companies that do not run a canteen________their staff with luncheon-vouchers (午餐券), which many restaurants will accept in________of money.

As there are so many people________work in London, there are numerous cafes and restaurants in every area that is not purely residential. A meal________cost anything from a modest sum to quite a few pounds,________on the restaurant and the food chosen.________, one can generally get a meal, or at least a snack, in a pub. In recent years there has also been a big increase in the number of ‘take-away’ food shops of all kinds.

1.

A．Unless

B．As

C．If

D．Although

2.

A．for

B．at

C．of

D．in

3.

A．take

B．bring

C．make

D．use

4.

A．such

B．few

C．so

D．little

5.

A．full

B．limited

C．extra

D．enough

6.

A．exchange

B．variety

C．change

D．difference

7.

A．are

B．is

C．being

D．be

8.

A．to

B．with

C．at

D．from

9.

A．sold

B．served

C．made

D．kept

10.

A．which

B．it

C．except

D．instead

11.

A．or

B．but

C．and

D．except

12.

A．consist

B．compose

C．compare

D．insist

13.

A．along

B．with

C．about

D．at

14.

A．sort

B．pattern

C．category

D．content

15.

A．prepare

B．repair

C．afford

D．provide

16.

A．space

B．case

C．face

D．place

17.

A．at

B．above

C．over

D．by

18.

A．must

B．may

C．should

D．could

19.

A．taking

B．turning

C．depending

D．bringing

20.

A．Bees

B．However

C．Never

D．More

7 . “If there is one thing I’m sure about，it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers．It is not that newspapers are a necessity．Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio．Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday．But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation．
The nature of what is news may change．What basically makes news is what affects our lives—the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters，will continue much the same．I think there will be more coverage of scientific research，though．It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives，like genetic (基因) engineering．In the future，I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do—as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are．
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home．In fact，I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future．You will probably be able to choose from a menu，making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read——sports and international news，etc．
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media(媒体)．They actually_____each other．Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happened．What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air．And as for the Internet，it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen．
1. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Best Way to Get News	B．The Changes of Media
C．Make Your Own Newspaper	D．The Future of Newspaper

2. What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?

A．Sports and political news．	B．A menu of important news．
C．The most important news．	D．What you are interested in．

3. From the passage，we can infer ________．

A．newspapers will win the competition among the different media

B．newspapers will stay with us together with other media

C．television will take the place of newspaper

D．the writer believe some media will die out

4. The underlined phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means _________

A．depend on

B．compete with

C．fight with

D．kill off

8 . I spent my last Christmas Day working the whole day!

Due to the nature of my job, I had to go back to my _____ and spent my whole Christmas Day there. Of course, It _____ no good! Surely you will get _____ when almost all of your friends are either resting at home, watching TV, listening to music, _____ watching movies in the cinema, and you are the only one that is not _____. The feeling is really bad. And I really did not feel like _____ and going to work in the morning. But I _____ went to work. I am a responsible guy. Since the arrangement was like that, I _____.

Of course, there is something _____ about working on Christmas Day and most public _____. First of all, since I had no plan to go out, or do any _____ activities on that day, I most likely would _____ the day at home playing computer games, so why not go to work and _____ some extra money? It makes sense to me. Besides, it is a holiday for _____ the whole world. It _____ most of my company’s offices in other _____ would probably not be working, _____ those in China, Japan and Thailand as Christmas is not a holiday for people there. Less users, less problems, meaning? Less _____ for us to do. And the best part is, the office is ours! I can _____ my laptop to the office, watch movies, play games, and at the same time, get my extra _____! Well, what do you think of working on holidays?

1.

A．home

B．study

C．office

D．town

2.

A．made

B．felt

C．kept

D．did

3.

A．sad

B．strange

C．stupid

D．interesting

4.

A．or

B．and

C．so

D．but

5.

A．watched

B．employed

C．missed

D．included

6.

A．keeping off

B．falling behind

C．getting up

D．running away

7.

A．also

B．always

C．even

D．still

8.

A．experienced

B．accepted

C．disliked

D．changed

9.

A．important

B．good

C．different

D．funny

10.

A．places

B．tours

C．jobs

D．holidays

11.

A．other

B．dangerous

C．useless

D．simple

12.

A．start

B．value

C．spend

D．afford

13.

A．pay

B．steal

C．save

D．make

14.

A．almost

B．hardly

C．only

D．exactly

15.

A．explains

B．means

C．reads

D．tells

16.

A．villages

B．countries

C．cities

D．buildings

17.

A．after

B．with

C．except

D．as

18.

A．work

B．talk

C．homework

D．cleaning

19.

A．throw

B．post

C．bring

D．pull

20.

A．fun

B．room

C．service

D．pay

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

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. The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food.

In time, other colonies 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 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 thanks-giving Day falls on the second Monday in October.

1. The first to celebrate thanksgiving were____.

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

2. We can infer from the passage that New England must be ____.

A．in the U. S. A.	B．in Great Britain
C．in Canada	D．on some island off the Atlantic

3. Which of the following 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.

4. The passage mainly tells us ____.

A．how Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U. S. A.

B．how Thanksgiving Day came into being and the different ways it is celebrated

C．that Thanksgiving Day is in fact a harvest holiday

D．how the way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places