III. 閱讀(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)
第一節(jié)閱讀理解(共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分)
閱讀下列短文，從媒體所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
In Stockholm, the Swedish Academy has chosen the British author Doris Lessing for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The selection of Doris Lessing for a Nobel was popular among the hundreds of journalists gathered for the announcement in Stockholm.
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Horace Engdahl said with skepticism, fire and visionary power Lessing has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny.
Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia - modern-day Iran - to British parents, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.
A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950. The Grass is Singing examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the eyes of a white farmer's wife and her black servant.
A member of the British Communist Party during the 1950s and a campaigner against nuclear arms and South African apartheid, Lessing was for years banned from that country and from Rhodesia.
Her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of The Golden Notebook, seen by many, though not necessarily Lessing, as a pioneering work of modern feminism. A disjointed study of the mind of the main character, Anna Wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about Africa, politics and communism, relationships with men and sex, and Jungian analysis and dream interpretation.
Lessing's themes shifted to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was fascinated with the Islamic mystic tradition of Sufism. Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditionalist critics, but she has continued to win new readers and numerous literary awards, including the David Cohen British Literary Prize and the Companion of Honour from the Royal Society of Literature, both in 2001.
Following the announcement, the Horace Engdahl told VOA why he was personally so pleased with Lessing's selection.
"She is one of the truly great writers - of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction," Engdahl said. "She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the impulse to numbers of other women writers. And she is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature."
At 87, Doris lessing is the oldest Nobel Literature laureate since the first prizes were awarded in 1901. Each Nobel Prize is this year accompanied by a check for approximately $1.4 million.
41. How old was Doris Lessing when she published her first novel?
A. 14            B. 26           C. 31                D. 50
42. Which of the following about The Grass is Singing is true?
A. It is mainly about racial conflict between the whites and the blacks in the US.
B. The main characters are a white farmer’s wife and her black servant.
C. It was published in Africa.
D. It was Doris Lessing’s most famous novel.
43. We can infer from the passage that __________.
A. Journalists are very interested in the election of Doris Lessing’s for Nobel Prize.
B. Doris Lessing regard The Golden Notes as a pioneering work of feminism.
C. Doris Lessing has written about many different subjects.
D. Many writers have the courage to stick to the equality between the male and female experience.
44. The underlined word school in the last paragraph but one means________.
A. institution for educating children
B. college or university
C. department of a university 
D. group of writers, thinkers
45. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A. Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for literature
B. The greatest British female writer
C. The oldest Nobel Prize winner
D. 2007 Nobel Prize announced in Stockholm

II. 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）
第一節(jié)：完形填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）    
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從1—10各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng),并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
A British man who went on a wild spending spree(狂歡) after doctors said he only had a short time to live wants compensation because the diagnosis(診斷) was wrong and he is now healthy — but broke.
John Brandrick, 62, was diagnosed with liver cancer two years ago and told that he would probably ___21___within a year.
He quit his job, sold or gave away ___22___ all his possessions, stopped paying his mortgage and spent his ___23___ dining out and going on holiday.
Brandrick was left with little more than the black suit, white shirt and red tie that he had planned to be ___24___ in when it became known a year later that his suspected “tumor(腫瘤)” was no more than a non-life ___25___ inflammation(炎癥) of liver.
“When they tell you you’ve got a limited time and everything you do is ___26___ life,” Brandrick, from Cornwall in the west of England, told Sky television.
“I’m really pleased that I’ve got a second ___27__ in life; but if you haven’t got no money after all this, which is my fault —I ___28___ it all —they should pay something back.”
If he can’t get compensation, he is considering selling his house or accusing the hospital that diagnosed him. The hospital has said that while it ___29___ with Brandrick, a review of his case showed no ___30___ diagnosis that have been made.
21. A. recover        B. cure           C. die                   D. ache
22. A. almost         B. most          C. already              D. nearly
23. A. savings        B. accounts     C. cheques             D. cash
24. A. sold             B. buried        C. displayed           D. hidden
25. A. astonishing   B. threatening C. disappointing     D. surprising
26. A. waste       B. end            C. extend               D. enjoy
27. A. job                     B. suit            C. chance                     D. liver
28. A. spent           B. lost           C. lent                   D. deposited
29. A. sympathizes B. agrees        C. deals                 D. argue
30. A. correct         B. different     C. serious              D. exact

第二節(jié) 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
請(qǐng)閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請(qǐng)?jiān)诖痤}卡上將對(duì)應(yīng)題號(hào)的相應(yīng)選項(xiàng)字母涂黑。
首先，請(qǐng)閱讀下列的應(yīng)用文：

A．Chapter One. …you probably have an image in your mind of what the “perfect’ or “ideal” body looks like. Try not to press yourself to look that way. Each person is born with genes that control the shape of his / her body. Everyone is different. It’s important to be comfortable with the body you have.

B．Chapter Two. …You use energy for everything you do. That energy comes from the food you eat. Too much food or too little exercise causes your body to store the extra energy in fat cells. But, if you exercise regularly and eat a healthy diet, you’ll feel healthier and stronger not to mention look great.

C．Chapter Three. … Your body runs best on foods high in carbohydrates and low in fat and sugar. Eating a healthy diet will provide your body with everything it needs to run smoothly. Your body breaks down proteins into amino acids(氨基酸), so you don’t need to take in the amino acids separately.

D．Chapter Four. …Exercise does more than just burn calories. For instance, regular exercise makes your muscles strong and flexible, and increases the amount of muscle you have. It also makes your heart stronger and lowers your blood pressure; …

E. Chapter Five. …Always warm up and stretch for 5-10 minutes before you do strength or endurance exercises. Afterwards, take 10 minutes to cool down. Your heart should beat normally when you stop. Exercising with a group may help you to exercise regularly.
F. Chapter Six. …Supplementation of a mixture of essential amino acids will increase protein synthesis (蛋白質(zhì)綜合體). While supplementing with either carbohydrate or amino acids may limit muscle damage and stimulate (激勵(lì)) protein synthesis, there is increasing evidence that the combination can have an addictive effect.
以下是與上述章節(jié)的信息相關(guān)匹配的讀者，請(qǐng)匹配讀者和他/她需要了解的相關(guān)信息的所在章節(jié)。
56. Charity. He always breathes heavily and his heart beats irregularly when he finishes his exercise. He wonders whether there is something wrong with his body or whether he is not suited for physical exercises.
57. Wander. She likes eating meat a lot every day as she thinks that meat can provide people with energy. Besides, she does sports on weekends. However, she is not energetic enough to face the pressure.
58. Helly. She has tried many ways of keeping fit, but she still gets fat because of stress from work. She doesn’t look well.
59. Tammy. He is a Grade One college student majoring in gymnastics. He must write a passage about what a healthy body is.
60. Pandy. He is a coach, working in a gym. He will start a new course next month on how to lose weight. For the first few lessons, he is going to talk about why people have to exercise.

第二節(jié) 完型填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
What would life be like without television? Would you spend more time  36  , reading, or studying? Well, now it’s your chance to turn off your TV and  37 ! TV-Turnoff Week is here.
The goal of TV-Turnoff Week is to let people leave their TV sets  38   and participate in activities  39  drawing to biking. The event was founded by TV-Turnoff Network, a non-profit organization which started the event in 1995. In the  40  , only a few thousand people took part. Last year more than 7.6 million people participated,  41  people in every state in America and in more than 12 other countries! This is the 11th year in which  42  are asking people to “turn off the TV and turn on  43  .”
According to the TV-Turnoff Network, the average  44   in the US spend  45  time in front of the TV (about 1,023 hours per year) than they do in school (about 900 hours per year). Too much TV  46   has made many kids grow fat.  47 , in 2001’s TV-Turnoff Week, US Surgeon General David Satcher said, “We are raising the most  48   generation of youngsters in American history. This week is about saving lives.”
Over the years, studies have shown that watching a lot of TV  49   poor eating habits, too little exercise, and violence. Frank Vespe of the TV-Turnoff Network said that turning off the TV “is or  50 , part of a healthy lifestyle”.
“One of the great lessons of  51   TV-Turnoff Week is the realization that  52  I turn on the TV, I’m deciding not to do something else,” Vespe said.
TV-Turnoff Week seems to be making a  53   . Recent US Census（人口普查）data  54   that about 72 percent of kids under 12 have a limit on their TV time. That’s  55  about 63 percent ten years ago.
36. A. drinking             B. sleeping            C. washing            D. playing outside
37. A. find out                     B. go out               C. look out            D. keep out
38. A. away                  B. alone                C. on                    D. beside
39. A. like                    B. as                     C. from                 D. such as
40. A. end                    B. event                C. beginning          D. total
41. A. besides               B. except for          C. including           D. except
42. A. governments              B. parents              C. organizers         D. businessmen
43. A. the light                     B. the radio           C. life                   D. the Internet
44. A. grown-ups          B. kids                  C. clerks                D. parents
45. A. less                    B. enough              C. little                 D. more
46. A. programmes        B. screen               C. hours                D. watching
47. A. However             B. On the contrary  C. In fact               D. As a result
48. A. overweight          B. overeaten          C. overgrown         D. overseeing
49. A. leads to               B. results from              C. develops            D. keeps away
50. A. will be               B. should be          C. may be              D. could be
51. A. organizing          B. taking part in     C. participating      D. asking for
52. A. wherever            B. every day          C. every time         D. this time
53. A. living                 B. choice               C. difference          D. sense
54. A. shows                 B. says                  C. reads                 D. writes
55. A. rising                 B. down from        C. up to                D. up from

第二節(jié)完形填空(共20小題; 每小題1. 5分，滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Who are the artists singing all day lone on your MP3 player? They   36   be Jay Chou，Angela Chang or S. H. E. But when it comes to a  37 singer. Avril Lavigne is the one who is   38  listening to.
The Canadian star's hit single Girlfriend was named the  39 download of 2008 by the International Federation of the Phonograph Industry(國(guó)際唱片業(yè)協(xié)會(huì)). She  40  China lastyear for her The Best Damn Tour   41  .
The pop rock princess played at Guangzhou first on the 27th of September，  42    by othercities such as Shanghai and Chengdu. Lavigne performed her most   43   hits in the concerts,   44    Complicated，Girlfriend and My Happy Ending.
Lavigne has been On the music    45    for eight years. She has proved that she is not  46  another pretty face. Lavigne   47   to Wear loose trousers，old T-shirts and a frown(皺眉). That's not like the  48 clothes and sweet smiles of many pop stars.
Lavigne Was only 15 when she was  49   . At that time she had no   50   how to make an album. “A career just came   51   for me. I was trying to    52   this life，”she said. “My friends still don't know if they want to be a teacher or a doctor. When I  53   to them, they'll tell me they have  54   the next day. "
So what does Lavigne think about life? “Life is like a roller coaster(過(guò)山車). 55 it， mad be happy,” she said.
36. A. may     B. must   C. should D. can
37. A. home    B. pop     C. local   D. foreign
38. A. different      B. favorite      C. worth  D. busy
39. A. most     B. top     C. best    D. great
40. A. landed  B. voyaged     C.toured  D. visited
41. A. songs    B. music  C. artists  D. concerts
42. A. surrounded   B. followed    C. started D. counted
43. A. Popular       B. similar       C. famous       D. interesting
44. A. Leaving       B. including    C. sending      D. concluding
45. A. show    B. program     C. sign    D. scene
46. A. simply  B. yet      C. still     D. even
47. A. wants   B. intends       C. prefers       D. expects
48. A. 1ong    B. short   C. wide   D. tight
49. A. invented      B. discovered  C. found  D. admitted
50. A. idea      B. point   C. way    D. doubt
51. A. clearly  B. slowly C. early   D. directly
52. A. figure out    B. find out      C. bring out    D. put out
53. A. turn      B. object C. face    D. talk
54. A. sports   B. exams C. jobs    D. performances
55. A. Make    B. Do      C. Live    D. Get

第三部分閱讀理解(共20小題; 每小題2分，滿分40分)
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
Willa Cather 0nce said. “When people ask me whether writing has been a hard or easy road，I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing; the road is all. That is what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never used the computer with the thought that one more task had to be done. "
Like most writers. Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her，but rather for the Pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were，like her，simple and full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska，where she grew from child to young womanhood and where she developed a deep 1ove for the treeless land of the great plain with its wild flowers，wheat fields and rivers.
“It’s a rather strange thing about the flat country," she wrote later. "It takes hold of you, it leaves you perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull; they like a church tower，an old factory. a waterfall，the country all made to look like a German Christmas card…But when I come to the open plain，something happens. I'm home. I breathe differently. ”
56 Willa Cather wrote because she found writing        .
A. simple and lively                    B. opened up a road to success
C. neither too hard nor too easy          D. interesting and enjoyable
57. What was the place like where Cather grew up?
A. It was cold，plain and without a church.
B. It was vast, open，flat and wild.
C. It was like a German Christmas card.
D. It was a colorful world of wild flowers.
58. When she said “It takes hold of you，it leaves you perfectly cold. ”，Willa Cather meant that    
A. you either love the place or hate it
B.you decide either to stay or to leave
C. some find the place warm: others find it cold
D. some find the place peaceful; others find it wild
59. What happens when Cather comes to the open plain?
A. She breathes differently from others.
B. She wants to make the place her home.
C. She feels completely comfortable.
D. She finds the place similar to her home.

It was a beautiful Sunday morning，and Maggie and I were returning from our walk through the woods. We were only a couple of blocks away from home when I suddenly saw a cellphone and a credit card sitting on the road. We took them home. We always find amazing things on the street and she looks upon them as a movable feast—a chicken wing here or a bone there.
I found another cellphone a few years back，too，and called a number in its phone book. I explained the situation to the guy who answered. He said it was his sister’s and that he’d come to pick it up，which he did.
And that was that. No verbal thank-you，no written thank-you，and no “here’s a box of chocolates” thank-you.
I didn't have time to call anyone on my latest found cellphone. I was pouring myself coffee when it started to vibrate(振動(dòng))and dance across the kitchen counter.
“Who’s this?”someone asked when I picked up.
“Who's this?" I asked. "Sarah?"
She was surprised at my knowing her name until she realized her name was on the credit card. “Could you send them to me?” she asked. She lives in Arlington，which is 2 miles away from my house.
“Hmm，no. ” I replied，adding that I thought she could come to get them，and that if I  wasn’t at home，they would be in my mailbox.
A day later，when I was out for a run，someone came and took them away. There wasn't even a piece of paper put in the mailbox with "Thanks" on it. In their age of e-mail and cellphone there's really no excuse. Years ago，I found something more precious than a  $100 bill on the street—a driver's license. I saw that its owner lived a couple of blocks from me so I called him up. He asked whether I could slip the license through his front door.
“I guess I could，”I replied.
And that was that.
60. What is the relationship between Maggie and the writer?
A. Wife and husband.             B. Daughter and father.
C. Teacher and student.           D.  Master and pet dog.
6 1. How did the writer know Sarah's telephone number?
A. From her telephone’s phone book.     B. From her credit card. 
C. From her e-mail.                    D. From her driving license.
62. The writer wants to tell us      through the unusual stories.
A. we should return the things we picked to the losers
B. we should learn to appreciate others because of the use of e-mail and cellphone
C. people would learn to appreciate persons who provide help)
D. the advance of society makes people lose some virtues(美德)

完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
Years ago, in a small fishing village in Holland, a young boy taught the world about the
rewards of unselfish service.
Because the entire village lived on fishing, a volunteer rescue team was needed in case of emergency. One night, the winds   31  , the clouds burst and a strong storm overturned a fishing boat at sea. The crew in trouble   32  the SOS. The captain of the rescue rowboat team   33  the alarm and the villagers   34  in the town square overlooking the sea. When the team started their rowboat fought their way through the wild waves, the villagers waited   35  on the beach, holding lamps to   36  the way back.
An hour later, the rescue boat reappeared through the fog and the   37  villagers ran to greet them. Falling   38  on the sand, the volunteers reported that the rescue boat could not hold any more   39   and they had to leave one man behind. Even one more passenger would have surely   40  the rescue boat and all would have been lost.
   41  , the captain called for another volunteer team to   42  the survivor. Sixteen
-year-old Hans stepped forward. His mother grabbed his arm, crying, "please don't go. Your father   43  in a shipwreck  (船只失事) 10 years ago and your elder brother, Paul, has been lost　　44  for three weeks. Hans, you are all I have left."
Hans replied, "Mother, I have to go.    45  everyone said I can't go, let someone else do it? Mother, this time I have to do my duty. When the call for service   46 , we all need to take our turn and do our part. Hans kissed his mother, joined the team and   47  into the night. "
Another hour passed, which seemed to Hans' mother like a century.    48   the rescue boat dashed through the fog with Hans standing up in the bow.    49  his hands, the captain called, "did you find the lost man?"    50  able to control himself, Hans excitedly cried back, "Yes, we found him. Tell my mother it's my elder brother, Paul!"
31. A. stilled                    B. screamed              C. stopped            D. calmed
32. A. set about          B. sent out         C. came up with   D. took over
33. A. sounded          B. set             C. took             D. made
34. A. gathered          B. followed         C. fought          D. struggled
35. A. nervously         B. angrily          C. fearfully        D. happily
36. A. hope              B. light            C. expect            D. try
37. A. promising         B. hoping          C. cheering           D. standing
38. A. uncomfortable     B. exhausted       C. disturbed             D. painful
39. A. villagers          B. sailors          C. captains            D. passengers
40. A. pushed           B. pulled          C. overturned          D. settled
41. A. Anxiously         B. Strangely        C. Unexpectedly      D. Doubtfully
42. A. look after         B. look for         C. lookout           D. look on
43. A. died              B. pulled          C. went               D. interrupted
44. A. in the fire         B. at sea           C. on strike          D. in the war
45. A. How about         B. What for        C. What if          D. What with
46. A. comes                    B. goes                     C. flies                     D. climbs
47. A. appeared          B. disappeared     C. came                 D. went
48. A. Therefore         B. Firstly          C. when              D. Finally
49. A. Making           B. Keeping         C. Showing              D. Cupping
50. A. Hardly                   B. Only                    C. Seldom                 D. Always

情景對(duì)話（每題1分，滿分5分）
Mrs. Hunter: Jack,___61_____
Jack: Next year, we hope, mother, but we can’t be sure about it. Finding a house is a difficulty.
Mrs. Hunter : Have you made any inquiries(咨詢) yet, Jack?
Jack: Yes. __62___ . There are plenty of furnished flats, and furnished houses too, but the rents for these are very high. I couldn’t possibly afford them on my present salary.
Mrs. Hunter: What would it cost to buy a plot of land and build a house?___63___
Jack: No. I haven’t even thought of it . That’ll cost at least four thousand pounds. It’s no use our thinking about building a house.
Mrs. Hunter: And even if you had a house, there’d be the furniture and all sorts of other things.
Jack:___64_____ Anne and I have been saving up. We’ve saved a few hundred pounds between us
and could buy furniture--- enough to start with. But the house is the problem.
Mrs. Hunter : __65____ Jack?
Jack : Oh, quite a small one. A living room and a kitchen. We’d like a dining room of course. Two bedrooms and a bathroom.
Have you any idea
have you and Anne decided when you are going to get married ?
Yes, I know.
It’s almost impossible to find a suitable house to rent , unfurnished.
No, I’m trying to make more money to pay for the rents.
What size of house would you want ?
Excuse me, may I ask a question ?

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36-55各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
He lost his arms in an accident. Since then，he has had to 36 the arms of his younger brother. His younger brother became his 37，and he was completely unable to do 38 in his life without him.
A 39 misfortune happened to a girl，too. While 40 meals for her parents，she overturned the kerosene light on the stove，41 a fire which took her 42 away.
Though her elder sister showed her 43 to take care of her，she was determined to be completely 44.  Once she wrote the following in her composition：“I am lucky. Though I lost my arms，I still have legs；I am lucky. Though my wings are broken，my 45 can still fly.”
One day，the boy and the girl were both invited to 46 on a television interview program. The boy told the TV host about his 47 future at being left on his own， whereas the girl was full of 48 for her life. They both were asked to write something on a piece of paper with their 49. The boy wrote：My younger brother's arms are my arms；while the girl wrote： Broken wings，flying heart.
They had both 50 the same hardship，but their different attitudes determined the 51 of their lives. It is true that life is 52. Disasters can strike at any time. How you handle misfortune when faced with it，is the true 53 of your character. If you choose only to 54 and escape from the hardship，it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be strong，the hardship will 55 to be a fortune on which new hopes will arise.
36. A. concentrate on  B. take advantage of  C. depend on  D. get rid of
37. A. assistant   B. shade     C. guide   D. shadow
38. A. anything B.  something  C. everything D. nothing
39. A. familiar  B.  similar   C. same  D.  different
40.A. buying B. preparing  C. serving   D. having
41. A. running into   B. putting out 
C. resulting in   D. escaping from
42. A. fingers B. arms   C. feet   D. legs
43. A. power  B. ability   C. strength D. willingness
44. A. independent B. attentive  C. competitive  D. loyal
45. A. heart B.  spirit    C. soul  D. mind
46. A. conflict  B. perform   C. compete D. appear
47. A. colorful   B. uncertain    C.  bright    D. elegant
48. A. enthusiasm   B.  complaint   C.  envy  D. curiosity
49. A. hearts  B. hands  C. toes     D. feet
50. A.  enquired B. enjoyed   C. endeavored   D. endured
51. A. nature    B. success    C. failure   D. necessity
52. A.  accessible  B. available     C. unpredictable      D. unacceptable
53. A.  exam  B. check    C. test   D. contest
54. A. commit  B. overcome   C. experience D. complain
55. A. pick out    B. turn out  C. give out  D.  hand out