A special dinner there might include Chinese pork dish, British roast beef and French-style vegetables and boiled rice ______ them.

A. is served with           B. will serve                 C. serves with                      D. is served

I _____ to take a holiday this summer, but I had to change my plan .

A. would hope 　               B. was hoping             C. had been hoped       D. had hoped

 He has made a suggestion that the English test _______ until next Wednesday.

A. put off                    B. be put off                C. will put off              D. will be put off

 Matt is now getting on very well with his new job and he earns ______ he did last year．

A. twice as much as                                          B. as twice much as   

C. twice as many as                                              D. as twice many as

 He’s not got another job yet and it’s not ______ he will for some time.

   A. likely                        B. possibly                   C. probably               D. easily

 If you _____ the meeting place in greater detail, I _____ so much time looking for it.

A. described; wouldn't waste                      B. had described; wouldn't have wasted

C. would have described; had wasted             D. described; wasted

I was reading these interesting stories behind a group of great logos in the world. Personally Nike is my favorite one it’s so simple. And I liked the stories behind them，which made me forget all other things. McDonald’s，Apple and Mercedes Benz own great logos as well，and they are among my very favorites.

Nike

In the Greek myth，Nike is the goddess of victory and the source of inspiration for soldiers. This logo represents the wing in the famous statue of the Greek goddess. Nike’s logo was designed by Carolyn Davidson in 1971 for＄35，and was registered as a trademark in 1995.

McDonald’S

The logo was designed in 1962 by Jim Schindler like the arch-shaped signs on the side of the company’s then a walk-up hamburger stand. Later on，the two golden arches were combined together to form the M. The McDonald’s name was added to the logo in 1968.

Apple

There are different stories behind Apple’s logo. The first logo was a reference to the religious story of Adam and Eve，in which the apple represented the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. One year later，the second logo was designed in 1977 by Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne，and it described Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree. This logo didn’t stay long. One year later it was replaced almost immediately by Rob Janoff’s“rainbow apple”，a rain bow-colored silhouette（輪廓）of an apple with a bite taken out of it. And then the rainbow-colored apple was replaced by the one-colored logo in 1998．It has not been changed so far.

Mercedes Benz

The Mercedes Benz logo，which was originally created by Gottlieb Daimlar in 1909，consists of a simple description of a three-pointed star that represents its rule of the land，the sea and the air. The company was founded by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. Mercedes is the name of Maybach’s elder daughter，while Benz came as a result of a combination with Benz&Cie. and DMG.

1. What does the author think of the stories of the great logos？

 A. They are boring.                B. They are out of date.

C. They are attractive.             D. They are practical.

2．What does Nike’s logo stand for?

A. The goddess of victory.            B. The source of inspiration for soldiers.

C. The statue of the Greek goddess.     D. The wing of the Greek goddess.

3．We can learn that Apple’s present logo is ______.

A. the religious story of Adam and Eve       B. a bitten apple with only one color

C. Newton’s sitting under an apple tree D. the rainbow-colored bitten apple

4．Which of the following time orders describes the births of the great logos？

     A. Mercedes Benz—McDonald’s—Nike—Apple

     B. Nike一McDonald’s—Apple—Mercedes Benz

     C. McDonald’s—Apple—Nike—Mercedes Benz

D. Nike—Mercedes Benz—McDonald’s—Apple

四．閱讀理解（每題4分，共20分）

British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 221 years, The Times (《泰晤士報(bào)》) has changed its size to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.

In Britain the newspaper market is divided between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms refer to the size of the papers’ pages, but there is also a clear difference in content. Broadsheets such as the Times, the Guardian (《衛(wèi)報(bào)》) and Daily Telegraph (《每日電訊報(bào)》) are serious papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

Tabloids have far more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities’（名人） love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain’s best-selling newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked (裸體的) girl on page three every day.

By changing to the size of a tabloid, the Times is following in the footsteps of a less famous broadsheet paper the Independent (《獨(dú)立報(bào)》). It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase greatly. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size, the content of the papers has remained the same. They are both still serious papers.

The two papers claim that people find the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. Instead of calling the new style of their paper tabloid, the paper says its new size is “compact” (緊湊型).

1. In which year was The Times born?

A. 1782             B. 1785             C. 1788                    D. 1786

2. Which is the most correct statement?

A. Broadsheets are larger in size while tabloids are smaller.

B. Tabloids are less serious than broadsheets.

C. Broadsheets contain more news than tabloids.

D. They are different in size, content and the style of language.

3. In which of the following newspapers would you find more news about the personal life of the famous soccer star Beckham?

A. The Sun  B. The Times        C. The Independent       D. The Guardian

4. According to the passage, we can infer the main reason for The Times' changing into the tabloid is that_____.

A. it wants to become convenient for people to carry.

B. it wants to increase its circulation (發(fā)行量).

C. it intends to copy what The Independent has done.

D. it is unlikely to stay in business if it does not change.

5. Which of the following statements is true according to the given information?

A. There are more tabloids than broadsheets in Britain at present.

B. After the change, there will be no differences between The Sun and The Times.

C. Although The Times has cut its size, it remains a serious paper.

D. All the papers will tend to have the same style in the future.

第四部分  書(shū)面表達(dá)（滿(mǎn)分30分）

假設(shè)你是李華，你的英國(guó)網(wǎng)友David想要了解有關(guān)中國(guó)世博會(huì)的一些內(nèi)容，就此，你給他寫(xiě)了一封電子郵件，告訴他一些信息，并歡迎他到時(shí)來(lái)中國(guó)參觀。內(nèi)容如下：

舉辦時(shí)間：2010年5月1日至10月31日，總共184天；

舉辦地點(diǎn)：上海市；

主題：“城市，讓生活更美好”;

參展國(guó)家：截止至2009年06月04日，已有191個(gè)國(guó)家和48個(gè)國(guó)際組織確認(rèn)參展上海世博會(huì)。

注意：1．詞數(shù)100左右，信的開(kāi)頭和結(jié)束語(yǔ)已為你寫(xiě)好（不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)）。

2．可根據(jù)內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，使行文連貫。

Dear David,

     I’m glad to hear from you．_______________________________________________

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I hope what’s mentioned above might be helpful and hope you come to visit China at that time．

Yours sincerely,

       Li hua

The most important thing about cotton in history is _____ part that it played in ____ Industrial Revolution．

     A．/; /          B．the; /           C．the; the          D．a(chǎn); the