四、阅读理解
阅读下列短文,然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
A
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she，d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. ”1 never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to- heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional”. But she lived “on the surface”.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment，then little interest and，finally，peace—it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told，as she’d never been able to，that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside—a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
76. The writer began to love her mother’s desk .
A. after Mother died
B. before she became a writer
C. when she was a child
D. when Mother gave it to her
77. The word “gulf” in the passage means .
A. deep understanding between the old and the young
B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter
C. free talks between mother and daughter
D. part of the sea going far in land
78. What did mother do with her daughter’s letter asking forgiveness?
A. She had never received the letter.
B. For years, she often talked about the letter.
C. She didn’t forgive her daughter at all in all her life.
D. She read the letter again and again till she died.
79. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. My letter to Mother
B. Mother and Children
C. My mother’s Desk
D. Talks between Mother and Me
B
This is not a diet (减肥食谱)or a hard-exercise program. Nobody can stick to those for long. Instead, it’s a simple way to make weight loss a natural part of the life you already live. And guess what? It’s fun! You don’t have to give up the foods you love or do regular exercises. It’s about balancing calories (平衡卡路里)in tiny ways that add up to big benefits. You just use some tricks the “naturally thin”people do. Pick the ones you like, stick with them, and you’ll lose weight and be strong!
Talk it UP Every time you pick up the phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average two and a half hours more every day than thin people，according to a study.
Get face time，we use e-mail so much that we’ve forgotten what our colleagues look like. Pick a colleague or two who sit farthest from you: and deliver 10 of those daily messages in person. And go out of your way, go to a bathroom or a copy machine on another floor and take the stairs, of course.
Think about your drink consider beer or wine instead of a frozen drink ： A glass of regular beer has 140 calories and a serving of wine has 126 calories, while a strawberry daiquiri has a- bout 300 and a margarita 340.
Reduce a total of 100 calories each day and you’ll be able to lose about 10 pounds in a year. This is really not difficult to do.
80. What is mainly talked about in the passage?
A. How to do exercises daily.
B. How to lose weight easily.
C. How to work comfortably.
D. How to eat and drink regularly.
81. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Thin people sit fewer hours daily than heavy people.
B. People deliver messages to their colleagues in person.
C. More people walk around when they talk on the phone.
D. Heavy people make longer phone calls than thin people.
82. What does the writer mean by “face time” in Paragraph three?
A. Time for getting to know each other.
B. Time for sharing ideas face to face.
C. Time for doing small jobs.
D. Time for sharing ideas face to face.
83. Which of the following probably has the most calories?
A. strawberry daiquiri B. regular beer
C. margarita D. wine
C
Linda Evans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together ： piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding.
When I was 13，my family moved away. Linda and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special time—like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown. ” I had no idea how to find Linda.
Over the years，I missed Linda very much. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wag man—Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Waxman’s, ” I thought，but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter. “ Mrs. Tobin! ” she said excitedly，“ Linda Evans Waxman is my mother. ”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I knew very much，even after 40 years，laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And There’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure : we won’t lose each other again!
84. They didn’t often write to each other because they .
A. got married
B. had little time to do so
C. didn’t like writing letters
D. could see each other on special time
85. There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she .
A. was in trouble
B. didn’t know Linda’s address
C. received the card that she sent
D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness or sadness
86. The writer was happy when she .
A. read the newspaper
B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman
87. They haven’t kept in touch .
A. for about 40 years
B. for about 27 years
C. since they got married
D. since the writer’s family moved away
D
Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total black-out. All electric power would be shut off in homes, streets and factories.
Perhaps this suggestion made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A black-out was out of the question.
On the day of Edison’s funeral, many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen’s fingertips.
88. People deciede to honor edison when .
A. he made the first electric light
B. electric power was 100 years old
C. the country realized electricity’s importance
D. he died in 1931
89. The suggestion was to .
A. turn off the lights in factories and schools
B. observe a few minutes of total silence
C. dim all electric lights
D. shut off all electricity for a short time
90. Americans fully realized what Edison’s inventions meant when they .
A. heard of his death
B. heard of the plan to honor him
C. first used electric power
D. tried to carry out the plan
91. The plan was never carried out because .
A. not everyone wanted to honor edison
B. it was too difficult
C. electric power was too important to the country
D. it honor only one of Edison’s inventions
E
The trick in food photography is to show the food looking fresh，so many dishes have stand- ins, just as movie stars do. “When I get my lights and cameras set up, I remove the stand-in and put in the real thing,” explains Ray Webber, who photographs food for magazine advertisements. “Sometimes I have to brush the meat with its juices because it may have dried out a bit. And when Fm shooting (拍照)something like tomatoes, I always carry water to spray them with dew just before I shoot. ”
Shooting food outdoors has special problems. “ I，m always worrying about flies or worms
crawling up a glass” Webber explains, “my worry is that someday a dog will come up from behind and run off with the food.” Once Webber was shooting a piece of cheese outdoors and needed something to make its color beautiful. Finally he found it: a weed with lovely blue flowers. When the shot appeared, several people were horrified-the weed was deadly night-shade!
92. Just before being photographed, some meats and vegetables are .
A. made wet B. dyed C. fanned D. frozen
93. The second paragraph deals mostly with the .
A. ways of keeping food fresh outdoors
B. problems of outdoor food photography
C. combinations of colors outdoors
D. differences between indoor and outdoor photography
94. Webber is afraid dogs might .
A. bark while he is shooting B. get into his picture
C. steal the food D. set up his camera
95. From the article we can conclude that deadly night-shade is probably a kind of plant that
is .
A. colorful B. poisonous C. ugly D. Both A and B
五、补全对话
根据中文提示,把对话中缺少的内容写在线上。这些句子必须符合英语表达习惯。 打句号的地方,用陈述句;打问号的地方,用疑问句。
A
提示:星期五晚上有音乐会，Chris得到两张票，打电话给Linda，问她是否有空一同前往, 并约她音乐会后一起吃饭。Linda听了非常高兴,俩人相约6:45在人口处见面。
Linda: Hello! This is Linda speaking.
Chris: Hello, Linda, this is Chris. 96 this Friday evening?
Linda: Yes, why?
Chris: There’s a good concert, and Five got two tickets. I wonder 97 .
Linda: That’s great! 98 ?
Chris: 7 o’clock. But how about 99 at 6:45?
Linda: OK. I think I can make it.
Chris: After the concert， 100 ，shall we?
Linda: Wonderful! Why don’t we go to a Chinese restaurant?
Chris : Why not? OK, see you Friday.
Linda: See you then. Bye!
B
提示:Jason和Andrea在谈论他们的工作。Andrea在Thomas Cook Travel做导游工作， 经常陪人们去南美洲，如秘鲁。他很喜欢这份工作。Jason是位学生，在一家快餐店兼职。
Jason ： Where do you work, Andrea?
Andrea ：I 101 Thomas Cook Travel.
Jason ： Oh, really? What do you do there?
Andrea： I’m a guide. I take people 102 to countries in South America, like Peru.
Jason： That sounds interesting!
Andrea;Yes, 103 . I love it. And what do you do?
Jason ： I am a student, and I 104 ，too.
Andrea： Oh? Where do you work?
Jason ： 105 .
Andrea: Which restaurant?
Jason ： Hamburger Heaven.
C
提示:Paul在商店购买西装时,营业员推荐了几套深色的，试穿后他决定买下一套深蓝色西服。
(Shop Girl = S; Paul = P)
S：Good afternoon, sir. What can I help you?
P： 106 .
S： Fm sure we have something for you.
P： I travel a lot for work, and worry about my suits getting dirty on the road.
S ： That won’t be a problem. Would you like 107 ?
P： Yeah, the one in dark blue looks nice.
S： This is a very fine suit. 108 ?
P： Sure.
[Paul comes out of the dressing room.]
P： It’s a good fit and it，s very comfortable. 109 ?
S： $ 198.00.
P： OK. 110 .
S： Do you need anything else?
P： No, thanks.