— Learning a language isn't easy. It takes time. 

—I agree.        . There's no short cut.

A. All roads lead to Rome                    B. Rome wasn't built in a day

C. Practice makes perfect                        D. Slow but sure wins the race

The Chinese word “Shanzhai” means a small mountain village, but now it becomes an accepted name for fakes (假貨) after “Shenzhen Cellphones” produced by small workshops in southern China became popular in the mainland market over the past two years.

Besides “Shanzhai” has electronic products, there are “Shanzhai” movies, “Shanzhai” stars and even a “Shanzhai” Spring Festival Gala, a copy of the 25-year-old traditional show presented by CCTV on Chinese Lunar New Year’s Eve.

“Shanzhai” has become a culture of its own, symbolizing anything that imitates something famous.

The phenomenon has caused a public debate over whether it is healthy or sick being a copycat.

In southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality, a “Shanzhai” version “Bird’s Nest” woven by farmers with bamboo attracts wide attention and the “Shanzhai” version “Water Cube” is popular with tourists too. Both are copies of the famous Olympics buildings in Beijing.

Xie Xizhang, a literature critic, said that taking the “Shanzhai” Gala as an example, when the traditional CCTV program becomes less and less attractive to the audience, the “Shanzhai” version appears naturally to attract people.

“In spite of its poor techniques and operation, ‘Shanzhai’culture meets the psychological demands of common people and could be a comfort to their minds,” Xie said.

Tian Huiqun, a professor at Beijing Normal University, said that “Shanzhai” culture never copies classic things, only trendy products. In that sense, it’s like a computer virus, multiplying without meaning.

Though controversial, “Shanzhai” culture is becoming a widely accepted phenomenon.

To the mainstream culture, the rise of “Shanzhai” culture is a challenge as well as a motivation, said Xie.

Tian said different kinds of cultures developing together is an ideal situation and it is for the public to choose.

1. The Chinese Word“Shanzhai”may have its origin in _________.

A. fake cellphones          B. electronic products 

C. Spring Festival Gala     D. Olympics buildings

2. A. The underlined word “imitates” is closest in meaning to _______.

A. steals     B. copies     C. advertises    D. cheats

3. A. According to the passage, “Shanzhai” culture refers to ________.

A. The action that a person imitates famous people

B. anything that imitates something famous

C. those similar names to famous brand

D. products with poor techniques and quality

4. A. We can infer that the mainstream culture ________.

A. Will be held back by “Shanzhai” culture

B. will sooner or later be replaced by “Shanzhai”culture

C. may develop faster because of the challenging of “Shanzhai”culture

D. thinks nothing of the challenge of “Shanzhai”culture

5. Which of the following might be the best title of passage?

A.“Shanzhai”culture will definitely fade out

B.“Shanzhai”culture –the mountain village culture

C.“Shanzhai”culture – the mainstream culture

D.“Shanzhai”culture takes on life of its own  

._______ you call me to say you are not coming, I’ll see you at the theatre.

A. Until         B. If           C. As             D. Unless

. --- I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.

   --- Oh, how nice! Do you know when she ______ ?

A. was leaving              B. had left             C. has left              D. left

.I have kept that photo ______ I can see it every day, as it reminds me of my university days in Beijing

   A.which          B. when       C.whether       D.where

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選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We16 a lot of time and 17  in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.

We did the best to cultivate(耕種) it and called this area our rock garden. 18   We had found flowers and plants, Denise or I will plant them, just to bring some 19 to the area.

Last summer I found a tiny little  plant that I could not immediately

20. I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 21 to grow until we could  22  what it was.

Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 23  plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 24 to nurture(培育) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 25, I noticed something 26 . The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(莖）appear. 27  it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 28 the sun.

That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower wouldn't let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the29 to do the same.  30 we believe in ourselves, like that little sunflower, we can

31 the type of nourishment(營養(yǎng)）and growth. We need to believe in

32,  knowing that we have the ability to 33 our desires. If you stand all like the sunflower and are 34 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 35 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles( 障礙）in order to reach your goals.

16. A. took         B. spent        C. cost         D. pay

17. A. strength      B. energy       C. power        D. force

18. A. However      B. When       C. Whenever     D. Whatever

19. A. weed         B. color        C. water        D. soil

20. A. classify       B. accept       C. clarify      D. identify

21. A. remain       B. prevent       C. continue     D. leave

22. A. figure out     B. hold out       C. stand out    D. try out

23. A. endangered   B. convenient     C. mysterious   D. enormous

24. A. refused       B. decided       C. adapted      D. proposed

25. A. seeds        B. stalks         C. rocks        D. weeds

26. A. unusual      B. common       C. fantastic    D. unnatural

27. A. Casually     B. Basically       C. Actually     D. Strangely

28. A. enlarge      B. expand        C. reach        D. spread

29. A. chance       B. choice        C. power        D. ability

30. A. What if      B. As far as       C. Only if      D. As long as

31. A. inspire       B. attain          C. lose         D. refuse

32. A. ourselves     B. yourselves      C. themselves   D. myself

33. A. preserve      B. comfort         C. achieve      D. suggest

34. A. ashamed      B. pride          C. proud        D. ambitious

35. A. ensure       B. support        C. satisfy      D. protect             

A well-dressed man came into a famous jeweler shop. He explained that he wished to buy a pearl (珍珠) for his wife's birthday and that the price didn't matter since business had been very good for him that year. After examining a number of beautiful and valuable pearls, he chose a nice black one that cost $ 5,000. He paid for the pearl, shook hands with the jeweler and left.

       A few days later the man returned and said his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality(質(zhì)地) as she wanted a pair of earrings (耳環(huán)) made. "Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?" said the man. The jeweler replied,   "I would say it's nearly impossible to find an exact one like that pearl.”

       The rich man asked the jeweler to advertise(登廣告) in the newspapers, and offered $25,000 for the  matching pearl. Many people answered the ad(廣告), but nobody had a pearl that was just right. Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came in. To his surprise, she pulled the wonderful pearl from her handbag. "I don't like to sell it," she said sadly. "I inherited(繼承) it from my mother, and my mother inherited from hers. But now I really need the money. "

      The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he called the rich man’s hotel to tell him the good news. The rich man, however, was nowhere to be found.

1. From the first paragraph we can guess that the jeweler considered the well-dressed man as_____________.

A. an honest jeweler to make friends with  B. a clever cheat (騙子) with a 1ol

C. a rich businessman and good husband   D. a poor gentleman who spent mc

2. He paid$ 5,000 for the pearl without bargaining(討價還價)______________.

A. because he loved his wife very much  

B. in order to get it as quickly as possible

C. since his business had been successful           

D. so as to make the jeweler believe him

3. Which of the following is true?

A. The people who answered the ad wanted to sell their pearls at a high price.

B. The woman was the well-dressed man's wife.

C. The jeweler was lucky enough to buy the little old lady's pearl.

D. The rich man didn't know the little old lady.

4. The jeweler could not find the rich man anywhere because he__________.

A. had moved to another hotel    B. was busy doing business with others

C. had escaped with $ 20,000     D. had told the wrong telephone number

II根據(jù)漢語完成句子翻譯：（共20個空格，每格0.5分，滿分10分）

1.他們坐在一家餐館里，眺望遠(yuǎn)方的寬闊的圣勞倫斯河。

They sat in a restaurant, 86________over the broad St Lawrence River

87________88________89 ________

2. 他們的平衡食品非常用效。他很快就瘦了，而她也胖了。

Their 90_______ 91 ________ became a success that 92_________  93___________ he became slimmer  and she put on more weight .

3.事實上我靠做義工來頂替船費,這就是我為什么衣冠不整的原因了.

The fact is that I 94_________ my 95___________ by working as an unpaid hand,which 96_________ 97 ___________my appearance.

4.這些動物不同于以往所有的生物生物形式，因為它們能從體內(nèi)生產(chǎn)出幼仔并給幼仔哺乳。

These animals were different 98___________all life forms in the past,because they 99________ 100___________   101 ________young baby animals and produced milk to feed them.

5．印度在10月2日有個全國性節(jié)日，紀(jì)念莫漢達(dá)斯。甘地，他是幫助印度脫離英國而獨立的領(lǐng)袖。

India has a national festival on October 2 to 102 ___________ Mohandas Gandhi,the leader who helped103________India’s 104________ 105________Britain.

The farmers needed________agricultural technology. Therefore,      ________skilled workers were sent there.

A. a great number of, a large amount of  B. large amounts of, the number of

C. a large amount of, a great number of  D. the amount of, a great number of

.---Ugh! I’m really cold then really hot,then cold again.I’m getting the flu.

-----__________? Maybe you should go home and get some sleep.

  A.Are you    B.Do you      C.Have you    D. Will you