第二節(jié)信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）
請閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請在答題卡上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)選項字母涂黑。首先，請閱讀下列有關(guān)電器的介紹：

[A] This 1000-wat electric kettle rapidly boils up to 1 quart of water for coffee, tea and more. It provides a rapid and quiet heating process, making it ideal for the office, home or students’ bedroom, and unit’s easy-open lid is designed with a security lock to prevent spilling. The kettle automatically shuts off when the water boils.

[B] This 12-inch everyday pan is made of aluminum, allowing for quick heat giving. The stainless-steel handles are comfortable to grasp, plus they decrease heat moving, so handles stay cool on the stovetop. The included lid is ideal for moist-heat cooking. It cooks fast and is easy to clean and can cook everything with little oil or no oil.

[C] This lightweight carpet cleaner comes with a display of convenient features. It gets under furniture and in hard-to-reach areas, and it is removable for easy clean-up. It provides heavy-duty cleaning for the worst type dirt, like high-traffic areas and pet stains, and dirty water and clean water always remain separate. It is ideal for carpeted stairs.

[D] This electric pressure washer is an ideal choice for home and auto cleaning projects. It features and an instant stop or start function. It also includes an adjustable pressure nozzle(噴嘴), so you can adjust pressure from 100 PSI to 1300 PSI, and owns effective cleaning power.

[E] This solar spotlight turns on automatically at dark and off at dawn. Show off garden accessories like fountains or light a path through your yard with a solar light that needs neither electricity nor maintenance. Solar lighting saves money and energy by gathering power from the sun.

[F] Keep the air in the home, office, or workplace circulating with this high-performance fan. It features a design for fast, focused cooling and effective air circulation. It also comes equipped with a three-speed motor and a specially-designed blade, which provides different power. Thoughtfully designed, the fan can also be wall mounted to help save floor space.

 
閱讀以下消費者的信息，然后匹配他們擬要購買的電器。
56. Terminal examination is coming near and it is getting hotter and hotter. Michael studies hard at his desk, often wet through with sweat. Now what he is most longing for is some kind of instrument that can cool himself while he is doing his lessons at the desk so he can have a better learning result.
57. It is only a few days before Christmas Day. Jacky and his family are to give their house a thorough cleaning. As his father has some trouble with his health, Jacky volunteers to undertake the task of cleaning the ceiling and walls. In order to do a better job, he is eager to find an ideal instrument to match his aim.
58. For the purpose of being admitted by a key university, Harry has been burying himself in lessons and often studies until late into the night so that he often feels tired out and sleepy. “Why not refresh myself with a cup of coffee now and then?” He thinks and then he comes up with an idea…
59. Simon has decided to go hiking with his classmates for a holiday and hopes to have a picnic by cooking in the open air to add pleasure and fun to their trip. Now he is given the task that he should get an instrument with which they can cook delicious dishes.
60. Peter’s mother is a cleaner whose job is to get clean kinds of floors, including carpets of many buildings. The boring work—especially the stair carpet cleaning—often makes her mother worn out. So Rachel is anxious to buy her an easy-to-use machine to take the place of her mother’s heavy work.

對話填空 （共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）
W: Sir, you’ve been using the online catalogue（目錄）for
quite a (76) w______. Is there anything I can do to help you?
M: Well, I’ve got to write a paper about Hollywood in the 30s and 40s, and I’m really struggling. There are hundreds of books, and I just don’t know (77) w_____ to begin.
W: Your topic sounds pretty big. Why don’t you narrow it down to something like…uh… the history of the studios during that time?
M: You know, I was thinking about doing that, but more than 30 books came up when I (78) t_____ in “movie studios.”
W: You could cut that down even further by listing the specific (79) y_____ you want. Try adding “1930s” or “1940s” or maybe “Golden Age.”
M: “Golden Age” is a good idea. Let me type that in. Hey, look, just 6 books this time. That’s a lot better.
W: Oh… another thing you might consider. Have you tried looking for any (80) m_______ or newspaper articles?
M: No, I’ve only been (81) s________ for books.
W: Well, you can look up magazine articles in the Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. And we do have the Los Angeles Times available over there. You might go (82) t________ their indexes (索引) to see if there’s (83) a_______ you want.
M: Okay, I think I’ll get (84) s_______ with these books and then I’ll go over the magazines.
W: If you need any (85) h_____, I’ll be over at the Reference Desk.
M: Great, thanks a lot. 

III. 閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。                                      
Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled----to $1.01 per pack---smokers have jammed telephone ‘quit lines’ across the country seeking to kick the habit.
This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase.
The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.
In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost $10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. In Charleston, S.C., where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation, the price was $4.78.
The influence is obvious.
In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys----13.8%, far below the national average. By comparison, 26 % of high school students smoke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records.
Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.”
That’s true. But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place.  As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.
1. The text is mainly about___________.
A  the price of cigarettes                      
B  the rate of teen smoking
C  the effect of tobacco tax increase          
D  the differences in tobacco tax rate
2. What does the author think is a surprise?
A  Teen smokers are price sensitive.
B  Some states still keep the tobacco tax low.
C  Tobacco taxes improve public health.
D  Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise.
3. The underlined word "deter" in Paragraph 3 most probably means      .
A. discourage   B. remove      C. benefit         D. free
4. Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of     .
A. tolerance        B. unconcern      C. doubt             D. sympathy
5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The new tax will be beneficial in the long run.
B. Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.
C. Future generations will be hooked on smoking.
D. Adults will depend more on their families.

IV. 語法填空（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）
閱讀下面短文，按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求，在空格處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空，并將答案填寫在答題卡標(biāo)號為1-１0的相應(yīng)位置上。
Many Chinese students studying abroad like to stay with host families to learn their language and culture. Nowadays, many Shanghai white-collar workers have received native English-speaking   1    (national) students as their host families, too, in order to learn English from them.
It is usually free for foreign students to stay in a host family in Shanghai, but he/she must take   2   the responsibility of teaching English to at least one certain members of the family. Miss Li has always worried about her   3   (limit) English. “I never knew what to say to an English-speaking person,” said she. She has taken a number of English courses, but   4   has proved to be useful. Last year, she saw  5    advertisement recruiting（征募） host families for foreign students, and that was how Carey (from Chicago, US) came to her home. Carey is actually not a student, but a manager. She stays in Li's apartment for free,  6    has to teach Li oral English for 1 hour every day. “She could hardly speak Chinese at the beginning, and we had to guess   7   each other meant through gestures, ”said Li.
Two months later, they could talk to each other   8   gesticulating（做手勢）. Now, Li can communicate with any English-speaking person freely. About one hundred Shanghai families have received foreign boarding students, and the figure   9   (rise). However, foreign boarding students can only help improve oral English, but   10   examination skills.

No one likes germs．You wash your hands often and avoid sick people．But some of the germiest places are in your own home where you can’t avoid them!
Over 77，500 bacteria per square centimeter can live in your kitchen sink drain．More bacteria live in and around the sink itself．To get rid of them，clean the entire sink area with a disinfectant．
Those wet clothes from your washer are not all that clean，especially if they include underwear．Use hot water and bleach to wash underwear as it contains E．colin（大腸稈菌）．Put wet laundry in the dryer quickly so the bacteria do not multiply．
The germs you wash off your body stay in the tub-about 15．500 bacteria per square centimeter! Use a disinfectant to clean your tub weekly．And dry the tub with a clean towel so more germs won’t grow on the wet surface．
You’ll find plenty of germs outside your home too．
Lots of germs live on the buttons of your local ATM．According to www．health．corn，Chinese researchers tested 38 ATMs in downtown Taipei．They found that each button hosted an average of 1，200 germs．Use a hand sanitizer after using the ATM and after handling paper money too．
The bottoms of women’s purses house tens of thousands if not millions of bacteria．University of Arizona researchers discovered all kinds of different bacteria on purse bottoms．These included E．coli as well as bacteria that cause eye and skin infections．Women should wipe their purses every few days with a mild soap solution．
All kinds of germs live on shopping cart shopping cart handles．Lots of people touch the handles each day——and who knows where their hands have been! Carry disinfectant wipes and use them on the handles．That will kill nearly a11 germs．
64．How many germy places are mentioned in this passage?
A．two                        B．four                       C．six                         D．eight
65．What does the underlined word disinfectant mean in the second paragraph?
A．a(chǎn) kind of germ
B．a(chǎn) tablecloth
C．a(chǎn) kind of cleaning tool
D．a(chǎn) kind of chemical liquid which can kill germs
66．Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Some of the germiest places are outside your home．
B．Use a disinfectant to clean your bathtub weekly．
C．Use a hand sanitizer after using an ATM or handling paper money．
D．Thousands of not millions of bacteria live on the bottoms of women’s purses．

Last week, while visiting my dad with my daughter, we went to a restaurant for dinner. When we were seated, my dad asked the waitress if there were any soldiers eating at the restaurant. Then waitress said there was a soldier having dinner with his friend. My dad told the waitress to tell the soldier and his friend that their dinner was paid for! He also said that he did not want to be known as the benefactor(施主).
Then waitress later commented on my dad’s thoughtful behavior saying that she had never seen anything like this before. At a local college, she had studied opera and so she used this to thank my dad by performing a piece from The Pearl Fisherman. Her voice brought me to tears because it sounded perfect!
After a while, the soldier appeared at our table (I don’t know how he knew my dad paid the bill for him.) and said that he would be sent to the front the next morning and that he could not leave this country without saying “thanks” to my dad. My dad replied that it was he who wanted to say “thanks”. They shook hands as the soldier left.
Before we left, the waitress came by again. She did a magic show as another way to show her
“thanks” to my dad. Her show was really great. My dad left her a note with email address asking for her next performance time in addition to a $ 50 tip.
Everyone witnessed something exemplary(可作榜樣的) in the human spirit that night. I can only hope to see more of this in the future.
68．What did the soldier do in response to the author’s father’s kindness?
A．He gave something to author’s dad.
B．He gave a big tip to the waitress.
C．He said thanks to the author’s dad in person.
D．He did a magic show for the author and her father.
69．The author considered her father’s action to be ____.
A．funny       B．understandable C．worthless  D．honorable
70．Their passage mainly tells us that we should ____.
A．learn to be grateful to others B．find ways to thank others
C．try to learn from each other    D．respect soldiers and waitresses

第二部分：語言知識與運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）
第一節(jié)：完形填空（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21-35各題所給的A、B、C和D項中選出最佳選項。
I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to   21   others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998.   22   the pain and treatment that he endured inspired me to be a more kind and   23   person. I realized life is just too   24   and it was time for me to make some changes — do the things in life that I wanted to do without making   25   why I couldn’t do them.
My dad   26   a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐獻(xiàn)者) was not needed. That was excellent   27    because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That   28   me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also   29   money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I   30   blood every other month and seek opportunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very   31   and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.
I would like to   32   one of my favorite quotes with you all.
“In an average lifetime, a person   33   about sixty-five thousand miles. That’s two and half times around the world I wonder   34   your steps will take you. I wonder how you’ll use the rest of the   35   you’re given.”
I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.
21. A. advise               B. ask             C. help                 D. understand
22. A. Suffering              B. Watching        C. Discovering            D. Bringing
23. A. stronger              B. independent    C. giving                       D. receiving
24. A. short                   B. wonderful       C. dangerous            D. boring
25. A. efforts                     B. promises              C. excuses              D. plans
26. A. refused             B. had            C. learned             D. stopped
27. A. expression          B. knowledge      C. news               D. sense
28. A. forced                    B. inspired         C. allowed                  D. expected
29. A. raised                  B. kept               C. paid                     D. hid
30. A. check                     B. test              C. donate                     D. sell
31. A. secretly             B. clearly           C. peacefully            D. wildly
32. A. share                         B. divide                      C. record                D. repeat
33. A. conveys            B. owns          C. measures             D. walks
34. A. where              B. why            C. when                  D. if
35. A. materials             B. miles              C. world                 D. wealth

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
There is an amusing story about King Alfred during his wars. At one time the enemy was  26 . Alfred’s soldiers had all run away, and the King was alone in a forest. It was late, and Alfred was tired and  27 . After walking for 28  he came to a little cottage. He knocked at the door and asked for  29 and shelter(住處) for the night. There was a poor woman in the cottage. She did not know that Alfred was king 30 his clothes were torn and dirty. She let him in, and told him to sit down by 31 to warm himself. She asked him to 32 her cakes, which were baking, while she went to the well to 33 water.
Poor Alfred had 34 important things to think about than the cakes, which he soon forgot. When the woman came back, her cakes were all burnt. She was very angry.
“You good-for-nothing, worthless man!” she said. “You want to 35, but you can not even watch them for a quarter of an hour. Take that! And that! And that!” She began beating 36 with a big stick.
Just then some of the enemy’s soldiers came to the cottage. When they saw the woman 37 him they never considered that he was the King; they thought that he was her husband. So they laughed and passed on. Later some of Alfred’s own soldiers found him and bowed before him. When the poor woman learnt that it was the King that she had beaten, she was very much 38 . She knelt down and asked for mercy.
“Don’t be afraid, my good woman, ” said Alfred laughing. “ Your stick 39 . When I have driven the enemy out of the country I shall remember the service you have done for me. ” He did not 40  his promise.

小題1:	A．winning B．losing C．crying out D．fighting

小題2:	A．cold B．hot C．hungry D．cool

小題3:	A．sometimes B．sometime C．some times D．some times

小題4:	A．trouble B．a(chǎn)dvice C．money D．food

小題5:	A．a(chǎn)lthough B．until C．unless D．a(chǎn)s

小題6:	A．the window B．the bed C．the fire D．the table

小題7:	A．eat B．watch C．taste D．look at

小題8:	A．fetch B．take C．bring D．carry

小題9:	A．more B．very C．much D．many

小題10:

A．rest B．hide C．eat D．learn

小題11:

A．her husband B．the tame dog C．her cold cat D．the poor king

小題12:

A．beating B．hiding C．teaching D．helping

小題13:

A．proud B．a(chǎn)fraid C．glad D．calm

小題14:

A．beat me black and blue B．frightened me to death C．nearly drove me mad D．saved my life

小題15:

A．keep B．make C．fulfill D．break

After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.
Jason Swencki’s son, Kody, was diagnosed with diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children's forums(論壇) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. "They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone."
Kody is anything but alone, Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.
These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity（慈善機構(gòu)）, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.
Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar's original members. "But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now."
小題1:Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas?

A．He needs to go to the doctor every day.

B．He studies the leading cause of diabetes

C．has a positive attitude to this disease.

D．He encourages diabetics by writing articles.

小題2:Diabeitcrockstar.com was created for _________.

A．diabetics to communicate	B．volunteers to find jobs
C．children to amuse themselves	D．rock stars to share resources.

小題3: According to the text, Kody ______.

A．feel lonely because of his illness	B．benefits from diabeticrockstar.com
C．helps create the online kid’s forums	D．writes children’s stories online

小題4:What can we learn about Fight It?

A．It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties.

B．It organizes parties for volunteer once a year.

C．It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.

D．It owns a well-known medical website.

小題5:The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ______.

A．works full-time in a diabetes charity	B．employs 22 people for his website
C．helps diabetics in his own way	D．tries to find a cure for diabetes

 I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (烏龜). At the end I said. “Son, remember: Slow and steady (穩(wěn)固的) wins the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m participating in the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep on the way!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted, “He won the race by perseverance , by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
61.Sonny believed that the tortoise ________.
won the race by his own effort
B. took a risk by agreeing to race
C. was not given a fair chance in the race
D. in fact did not win the race
62.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be ________.
A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father
B. boys Sonny had run races with before
C. boys Sonny had never raced with before
D. boys Sonny did not expect to race with again
63.The writer thinks that his generation (代) ________.
A. were more clever than Sonny’s generation
B. had the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation
C. were more hopeful than Sonny’s generation
D. had different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation