He observed a stranger _______ around the store at 12 p.m. last night.

A. to hang     B. hang        C. hanging    D. to be hanging

 ＿＿ you know, I am with my aunt and grandmother .

 A. Which       B. As       C. To        D. In

Napoleon, as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, is more than once described as having “fat little hands.’’ Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.’’ He is said to be “undersized.’’ with“short legs’’ and a “round stomach”. The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description — it seems not that far off from historical accounts but his choice of facts：Other things that could be said of the man are not said. We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman. Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose — and that is the point.

It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character. And it turns out that, as Tolstoy has it, Napoleon is a crazy man. In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace, the wars having reached the critical year of 1812, Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar(沙皇), who has come with peace terms. Napoleon is very angry：Doesn’t he have more army? He, not the Tsar, is the one to make the terms. He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped. “That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!” he shouts. And then, Tolstoy writes, Napoleon “walked silently several times up and down the room, his fat shoulders moving quickly.’’

Still later, after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds, Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner. “He raised his hand to the Russian’s … face,” Tolstoy writes, and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently ….” To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court. “Well, well, why don’t you say anything?’’ said he, as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself, Napoleon.

Tolstoy did his research, but the composition is his own.

51. Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is ____   _______   ____.

A. far from the historical facts                   B. based on the Russian history

C. based on his selection of facts                 D. not related to historical details

52. Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because _________.

A. he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms

B. the Tsar's peace terms were hard to accept

C. the Russians stopped his military movement

D. he didn’t have any more army to fight with

53. What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?

A. To walk out of the room in anger.           B. To show agreement with him.

C. To say something about the Tsar.             D. To express his admiration.

54. Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is _____   ______   ____.

A. ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests

B. fond of showing off his iron will

C. determined in destroying all of Europe   

D. crazy for power and respect

55. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

A. A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.

B. A writer may write about a hero in his own way.

C. A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.

D. A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.

. I could hardly tell the twins apart because their appearances are only ____ different.

A. slightly     B. gradually      C. personally      D. extremely

                          Would you eat a ready meal from the fridge rather than cook by yourself? Have you been doing Internet shopping rather than going to the stores? What can' t you be bothered to do?

       A study into how lazy British people are has found more than half of adults prefer to catch the lift rather than climb two flights of stairs．

       Just over 2000 people were quizzed by independent researchers at Nuffield Health, Britain's largest health charity．The results were very astonishing．

       About one in six people surveyed（調(diào)查） said if their remote control was broken, they would continue watching the same channel rather than get up．

       More than one third of those questioned said they would not run to catch a bus．Worryingly, of the 654 respondents with children, 64% said they were often too tired to play with them．

       This led the report to conclude that it's no wonder that one in six children in the UK are classified as obese （肥胖） before they start school．

       Dr Sarah Dauncey, medical director of Nuffield Health, said; "People need to get fitter, not only for themselves but also for their families, friends and evidently their pets．If we don't start to take control of this problem, a whole generation will become too unfit to perform even the most basics of tasks．"

       And Scotland's largest city, Glasgow, was ashamed as the most lazy city in the UK, with 75% surveyed admitting they do not get enough exercise, followed closely by Birmingham and Southampton, both with 67%．

       The results cause serious challenges for the National Health Service, where obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease and cancer have been on a steady increase for the past 40 years and are costing billions of pounds every year．

68．From the passage we can learn that _____．

       A．Birmingham is second to Glasgow in laziness

       B．half of the parents don't care enough for children

       C．one in six people in the UK don't take exercise

       D．British people are more lazy than those in other countries

69．The report suggests that some pre-school children in the UK are obese because       .

       A．they have a big appetite     

       B．they have a sweet tooth

       C．their parents often work too hard

       D．their parents seldom play with them

70．According to the passage, overweight might ______．

       A．contribute to heart disease      B．result from some heart attack

       C．be common in developed areas       D．not be controlled in a short time

. She has a strong belief that she will ______ her country to take part in the Olympic Games.

   A. present         B. preserve              C. represent           D. direct

 — May I remind you that a Mr. Smith is waiting outside, sir?

   — Oh, that’s right. I ______ about it.

       A. forget                   B. forgot              C. had forgotten     D. have forgotten

．At the meeting they discussed different ______ to the study of mathematics.

       A．a(chǎn)pproaches      B．means      C．methods   D．ways

The easiest way for the English to deal with their social discomfort is to avoid social interaction altogether, by choosing either leisure (閑暇) activities that can be performed in the privacy of one’s own house, or outdoor activities that follow their interest without direct contact with anyone other than one’s own family members, such as going for a walk, or to the cinema, or shopping.

In recent survey, over half of all the leisure activities were of this private domestic type, and of the top ten pastimes, only two—having friends round for a meal or drink, and going to the pub—could be described as ‘sociable’. The most domestic activities are the most popular: watching TV, listening to the radio, reading, DIY （Do It Yourself） and gardening. Even when the English are being sociable, the survey findings show that most of them would much rather entertain a few close friends or relatives in the safety of their own homes than venture out among strangers.

In the latest national census survey （人口普查）, over half of the entire adult male population had been DIYing in the four weeks before the census date. Nearly a third of the female population had also been busily improving their homes, and their work with their gardens was equally obvious: 52 percent of all English males and 45 percent of females had been out there, cutting branches and weeding grass.

Even among people claiming to belong to a particular religion, only two percent attend services every week. The rest of the population can be found every Sunday at their local garden center or DIY superstore. And when they want a break from caring about their own homes and gardens, they go on trips to visit bigger and better houses and gardens, such as the stately homes and gardens opened to the public by the National Trust and the Royal Horticulture Society. Visiting grand country houses always ranks as one of the most popular national pastimes.

45. The result of the survey shows that ________.

A. about half English people enjoy working in their gardens

B. 8 out of 10 pastimes can be described as social activities

C. 2 percent of the religious people enjoy visits to public houses

D. visiting stately homes is the most popular national pastime

46. According to the passage, the English enjoy all of the following EXCEPT________.

A. the social activities, such as gathering with friends

B. working at home and in their gardens

C. dining out in a public place among strangers

D. visits to stately homes and gardens

47. The underlined word “domestic” probably means________.

A. public      B. household          C. outdoor            D. collective

48. The passage mainly tells us about________.

A. why the English don’t like social activities

B. how the English spend their leisure time

C. what the result of a recent census survey is

D. where the English hold their private activities