1 . 用方框中词组的正确形式完成句子，每个词组只使用一次。(方框中有两个选项为多余选项)

donate to,     lead to,     refer to,     relate to,     turn to,     date back to,     give way to

1. This vase is a great antique. It ________ the Tang Dynasty.
2. For assistance, they ________ one of the city’s most innovative museums.
3. According to his friends, he was not a man who ________ this kind of pressure.
4. The red line on the graph ________ the birth rate and the blue line to the death rate.
5. Between 1990 and 1992, there were more than 1,000 mergers (合并) in that industry, all of which ________ job losses.

2 . 根据音标拼写单词
1. [əˈfeə(r)] ________
2. [kəmˈpærɪs(ə)n] ________
3. [ˈkærəktə(r)] ________
4. [ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n] ________
5. [ˈmeɪdʒə(r)] ________
6. [ˈkɒntrɑːst] ________
7. [rɪˈɡɑː(r)d] ________
8. [ˈentrəns] ________
9. [ˈstrʌɡl] ________
10. [maʊnt] ________

3 . They (the group) also hope to further educate people about the importance of ________ for future generations to understand and appreciate. (根据课文内容填空)

4 . The British love word-play and they’re enthusiastic about defending the use of their language. In recent years, books about the grammar, pronunciation and punctuation (标点) of English have been written by the dozen, and sold extremely well, reflecting people’s love of the English language. People want to defend the “correct” use of their language, but also to preserve its ability to evolve along with society. Lynne Truss’s book Eats, Shoots & Leaves is an excellent example of these two opposite ideas. Its title shows the way that punctuation can change meaning in a sentence. “Eats shoots and leaves” is a perfectly normal description of a panda’s diet: he eats the shoots and leaves of bamboo trees. But the position of the comma (逗号) turns those nouns into verbs, and makes up a ridiculous little story: the panda eats (his dinner), he shoots (a gun), and he leaves (the building). It’s a silly joke, but it shows how changing something as simple as a comma can change the entire meaning of a sentence.

Published in 2003, Eats, Shoots & Leaves was an unexpectedly huge success. It is easy to assume the typical reader of this kind of book as the humourless type. However, the book has sold thousands and thousands of copies — it must be appealing to a wide range of people. The book’s winning secret is this: it makes some serious points about language and punctuation, but also has a light-hearted dimension, and uses stories and jokes to show its points. It has invited some tough criticism, too, especially from the US. On a broader range, Eats, Shoots & Leaves has opened up a lot of public debate on Truss’s ideas. Whether they agree with her or not, punctuation and grammar has become a popular topic to discuss.

In every generation there will be people who think that the standard of language is in decline, and who are more than happy to write to the newspapers to express their concern and opinions. Truss’s book also appeals to those who think that texting and blogging is lowering the standard of literacy. Whether the standard of the English language is decreasing, or simply evolving into new forms, the success of Eats, Shoots & Leaves proves that this is a subject that many English speakers find interesting and important.

1. The title of the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a joke which shows ________.

A．a funny feeling	B．a trend in writing
C．a fact about animals	D．a grammatical point

2. The book has been successful because ________.

A．it causes concern for proper use of language in a fun way

B．it shows the British like to teach English to other people

C．it solves a serious English language problem

D．it presents the new research on English

3. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The English language was better in the past.

B．The English language is being improved by technology.

C．There is often dissatisfaction with the standard of English.

D．There have always been debates on the use of punctuation.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Problem Punctuation Created	B．The Difference a Comma Made
C．Public Debate about Language Standards	D．Proper Understanding of Silly Jokes

5 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写一个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

A 90-year-old has been awarded “Woman Of The Year” for     1     (be) Britain’s oldest full-time employee — still working 40 hours a week. Now Irene Astbury works from 9 am to 5 pm daily at the pet shop in Macclesfield,     2     she opened with her late husband Les. Her years of hard work have     3     (final) been acknowledged after a customer nominated (提名) her to be Cheshire’s Woman Of The Year.

6 . A cultural view on personal space

It’s a well-known fact that the British prefer a large “bubble” of personal space around them.     1     And in South America, a friend may grab you by the arm during conversation to make their point.

Now, a study published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology has looked into why different cultures have such different approaches to personal space.     2     They developed an earlier study that divided individuals into “contact” and “non-contact” cultures. Contact cultures—southern European, Latin American and Arabian—engaged in more touching and stood closer during conversation than non-contact cultures in northern Europe, North America and parts of Asia.

To a degree, this proved correct. Argentina becomes known as the most touchy-feely nation; people here keep the same distance from a stranger as a British person would an acquaintance and a Canadian individual a close friend or partner.     3     They come out with the widest distance you should stand from a stranger—more than 1.3m—but one of the narrowest gaps for close friends, just 40cm, compared to nearly 60cm for a British person. So the theory of warm versus cold is not as straightforward as it sounds.

    4     The higher a country’s average temperature, the closer people will stand to a stranger. But older people in warm climates keep a bigger distance from close friends and stand closer to strangers; women generally keep a greater distance from someone they don’t know.

The academics leading this study admit that there is a lot more to do. But what we do know is to keep your distance in Canada; prepare for a hug in Argentina.     5     They like to stand closer than anybody. To keep warm, perhaps.

A．It’s important to get the distance right, though.

B．Romanians clearly take longer to establish trust.

C．How close we stand to other people varies widely between countries.

D．And if you end up on good terms with a Norwegian, don’t draw back.

E．However, in India people will pack into trains and buses without a second thought.

F．One theory the researchers wanted to test was whether climate affects personal space.

G．The study certainly found that climate, age and gender have an effect on personal distance across cultures.

7 . Guanmei, a 65-year-old woman of the Dong ethnic group, is the inheritor of the Grand Song of Dong (侗族大歌), a national intangible cultural heritage in China. Her hometown Zaidai Village in Guizhou, southwestern China, is home to the Grand Song of the Dong ethnic group.

The Grand Song of Dong dates from more than 2,500 years ago. The way Dong singers use their vocal cords (声带) is different from how formally trained singers do. It is a folk chorus with multi-parts, no conductor, and no accompaniment. Organically growing from their natural surroundings, it is recognized internationally as “the sound of Nature.”

Before the Dong people had a writing system in 1958, the Dong culture, their history and stories were all recorded by means of songs. As a Dong saying goes, “Rice feeds the body and songs enrich the soul”. The Dong people sing right from their childhood. While not singing, they all work in their rice field.

Guanmei has been singing the Grand Song of Dong all her life, making her a famous singing teacher in her hometown and nearby areas. “The songs are our means of passing on wisdom, knowledge and life experiences to others. I will not exist in this world 100 years later, but Grand songs will. I’m honored to do this job, ” Guanmei said.

Kind-hearted, Guanmei has been volunteering to teach the Grand Song of Dong to the Dong children for over 30 years. Now she has more than 300 students. Guanmei is pleased to see the village children come to her house willingly when they have free time.

“Nowadays, more and more young people leave the village and settle in cities. Decades later, the Dong children out of the village might know nothing about Grand songs. We should do something just now. It’s our mission. What is once lost might be lost forever,” added Guanmei.

1. What makes the Grand Song of Dong known as “the sound of Nature”?

A．The outstanding conductor.

B．The special musical instrument.

C．The attractive natural environment.

D．The inspiration from nature.

2. What can we know about the Dong ethnic culture?

A．The Dong singers are professionals.

B．The Dong culture before 1958 has been largely lost.

C．Singing is of vital importance to the Dong people.

D．They have a written language with a history of over 2,500 years.

3. How does Guanmei feel about the future of Grand songs?

A．Concerned.	B．Sympathetic.
C．Optimistic.	D．Satisfied.

4. What’s the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?

A．To call on young people to return to the Dong village.

B．To guide the Dong children to learn the Grand Song of Dong.

C．To show a woman’s efforts to keep the Dong culture alive.

D．To instruct people to appreciate the Grand Song of Dong.