第二部分 閱讀理解（滿分20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。

We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech.

    So, you have to give a speech-- and you’re terrified. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience. Later you think, “Thank goodness, it’s over. I’m just no good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again. ”

    Cheer up! It doesn’t have to be that bad. Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of time doing your research. Then spend plenty of time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they will help you make your points more clearly. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads, and don’t talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.

    Just remember: be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to -person contact with your audience.

    If you follow these simple steps, you’ll see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what happens.

1. The main idea of this article is _________.

   A. you can improve your speaking ability   B. a poor speaker can never change

   C. always make a short speech            D. it is hard to make a speech

2. Paragraph 2 implies that ________.

    A. many people are afraid of giving a speech   B. many people are happy to give a speech

    C. many people do not prepare for a speech    D. many people talk too long

3. The phrase “talk over their heads” means ________.

    A. speak too loudly      B. look at the ceiling

    C. look down upon them   D. use words and ideas that are too difficult

4. All of the following statements are true except that ___________.

    A. few people know how to make good speeches

    B. a lecturer does not need to organize his speech

C. research is important in preparing a speech

D. there are simple steps you can take to improve your speaking ability

5. The title for this passage may be _______.

    A. Do Not Make a Long Speech   B. How to Give a Good Speech

C. How to Prepare for a Speech   D. Try to Enjoy a Speech  

C

Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice.

Besides cutting costs, companies that sell the “e-menus” argue the bytes-for-bites way has a new value that can attract younger customers, and various photographs of steaks and gooey desserts attract diners to order more. It also could extend the TV dinner. How about a computer game dinner?

“It's about impulse-buying,” said Adi Chitayat, Conceptic’s CEO. “If a person starts looking at pictures of chocolate cake, the chances are he'll order it.” Frame, a restaurant in Tel Aviv with the system, is said to have its sales on tables with the e-menu  increased by about 11% . Customers often call ahead to reserve （預(yù)定）spots equipped with screens, manager Natalie Edry told Reporters.

At one of the e-menu tables, IT worker Gil Uriel and his young family were enthusiastic as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and squabbled（爭(zhēng)吵） over desserts. “It’s more visual,” says Uriel, as his children clicked away furiously on a games function between courses. “We can still choose, we can still argue —but it’s much easier when we can all see it.”

1．The following are the advantages of “restaurants with” EXCEPT that_______.

       A．eating in them is more comfortable

       B．the restaurants can save a lot of money

       C．they can attract more youngsters to the restaurants

       D．customers can see the pictures of their ordered foods

2．The underlined word “impulse—buying” in the 3rd paragraph means_______

       A．having no idea in buying things

       B．being uninterested in buying things

       C．having no patience in buying things

       D．being encouraged in buying things

3．According to the last paragraph, we know that_______.

       A．costomers feel little interest in the e-menus

       B．e-menus only attract a small number of customers

       C．it still takes time for e-menus to be widely accepted

       D．restaurants of this kind are refused by customers

4．The best title of this passage may be “_______”.

       A．Computers in restaurants

       B．Restaurants try e-menus

       C．Modern restaurants

       D．Great changes in restaurants

5．This passage might be taken from_______

       A．a(chǎn) food guide           B．a(chǎn) website

       C．a(chǎn) traveling magazine       D．classic advertisements

______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.

A. Anything         B. Nothing              C. Everything         D. Something

第二節(jié) 完形填空 (共20小題, 滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從第36至第55小題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

I was walking down a darkly lit street late one evening when I heard ambiguous screams coming from behind bushes．Alarmed,I  36  to listen, and panicked  37  I realized that what l was hearing were the definite sounds of  a  38   ：heavy noise, and tearing of cloth．

       A woman was being attacked．Should I get  39 ?I was frightened for my own   40 , and blamed myself for having  41  decided to take a new route home that night．Shouldn't I just run to the nearest phone and call the  42  ?

       Although it seemed an eternity（漫長(zhǎng)）,the deliberations(that’s, careful consideration) in my head had  43  only seconds, but already the girl's cries were growing   44 . I knew I had to act fast． How  45  I  walk away from this? No, I finally determined. I  could not turn my back on the  46  of  this unknown woman, even if it meant  47   my own life．

       I am not a brave man, nor am I athletic．I don't know where I found the moral  48     and physical strength- but once I had finally determined to help the girl, I became strangely    49 . I ran behind the bushes and pulled the attacker  50   the woman． Grasping, we fell to the ground, where we wrestled for a few minutes until the man jumped up and escaped．

       Breathing hard, I stood upright and   51  the  girl, who stayed down behind a tree, sobbing．In the darkness, I could barely see her outline, but I could certainly  52  her trembling shock．Not wanting to frighten her further, I  53  spoke to her from a distance． "The man ran away． You're safe now．’’There was a long pause and then I heard the words, said in wonder, in  54  ．"Dad, is that you?" And then, from behind the tree, out  55  my  youngest daughter, Katherine．

36．A．broke down     B．slowed down         C．calmed down           D．turned down

37．A．when         B．until      C．before             D．though

38．A．quarrel         B．conversation   C．struggle       D．dispute

39．A．involved       B．informed      C．conquered          D．deserted

40．A．property       B．safety           C．a(chǎn)ppearance        D．presence

41．A．quickly         B．bravely      C．suddenly           D．cleverly

42．A．friend          B．neighbour    C．folk           D．police

43．A．a(chǎn)bandoned           B．covered        C．held          D．taken

44．A．louder          B．clearer          C．weaker         D．heavier

45．A．should          B．could    C．would           D．must

46．A．fate       B．face       C．moment        D．spot

47．A．saving          B．risking          C．losing           D．devoting

48．A．lesson           B．spirit     C．story        D．courage

49．A．behaved        B．performed    C．transformed       D．Expressed

50．A．off        B．down          C．from        D．over

51．A．a(chǎn)ttended       B．a(chǎn)ppreciated    C．negotiated         D．a(chǎn)pproached

52．A．sense    B．feel       C．observe                 D．hear

53．A．a(chǎn)fter all        B．a(chǎn)t first          C．a(chǎn)s well          D．a(chǎn)s a result

54．A．surprise        B．disappointment C．sorrow          D．a(chǎn)mazement

55．A．cried    B．looked          C．stepped         D．showed

I entered high school having read hundreds of books. But I was not a good reader. Merely bookish, I lacked a point of view when I read. Rather, I read in order to get a point of view. I searched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themes-anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a "complicated idea" until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony (嘲諷) or its very complicated truth. I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever

read. Strict with myself, I included only once a title I might have read several times. (How, after all, could one read a book more than once?) And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length. (Could anything shorter be a book?)

     There was yet another high school list I made. One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college. The article had a list of the "hundred most important books of Western Civilization." "More than anything else in my life," the professor told the reporter with finality, "these books have made me all that I am." That was the kind of words I couldn't ignore. I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. Most books, of course, I hardly understood. While reading Plato's The Republic, for example, I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. However, with the special patience and superstition (迷信) of a schoolboy, I looked at every word of the text. And by the time I reached the last word, pleased, I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

1. On hearing the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought______.

    A. one must read as many books as possible.

    B. a student should not have a complicated idea.

    C. it was impossible for one to read two thousand books.

    D. students ought to make a list of the books they had read

2. While at high school, the writer_________.

    A. had plans for reading                B. learned to educate himself

    C. only read books over 100 pages         D. read only one book several times

3. The underlined phrase "with finality" in the second paragraph probably means_________.

    A. firmly         B. clearly        C. proudly        D. pleasantly

4. The writer's purpose in mentioning "The Republic" is to________.

    A. explain why it was included in the list[

    B. describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

    C. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

    D. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

5. The writer provides two book lists to________.

    A. show how he developed his point of view

    B. tell his reading experience at high school

    C. introduce the two persons' reading methods

    D. explain that he read many books at high school     

Great changes have taken place in that village. It is no longer ____ it was 10 years ago, ____ it was so poor.

A. what; when                                                 B. that; which

C. what; which                                                 D. which; that

第三部分 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)

Since weeks ago, China has been involved a worldwide A／H 1 N 1 flu that has already killed more than 80 people in the middle of May, 2009 in Mexico and has turned into a global pandemic．

The central government has asked people entering China from the virus-hit countries to report flu-like symptoms to the authorities. In an emergency notice issued on Saturday night，the country’s top quality watchdog ordered the Customs to check passengers’ temperature, too．

A Beijing airport official Li said Customs officers are on a high alert level.

“Three temperature detectors are now in operation. We’re ready with protection garments and equipment, too. Passengers flying in from Mexico and other A／H1N1 flu-hit countries are being monitored closely, ”he said．

The Ministry of Health, however, said yesterday there was no evidence to suggest that a person would contract the disease by eating pork．

Hong Kong, too, has raised its alert level against the flu to “serious”. Secretary for Food &Health，Mr.York Chow urged people to avoid visiting places from where A／H1N1 flu cases have been reported, and said the virus would be added to Hong Kong’s list of the diseases which have been noticed．

The terrible A／H1 N1 flu has been contracted by about 4000 people in Mexico, and most of the killed were aged between 25 and 45．

The virus has also infected about 5000 people in the US．The US Center for Disease Control said this kind of virus is spreading from human to human，raising fears of a global pandemic．

1．What is the passage mainly about?

A．A／H1N1 flu killed more than 80 people．

B．A／H1N1 flu is spreading from human to human．

 C．China has begun to take steps to prevent A／H1N1 flu．

 D．All the people are strongly affected by A／H1 N1 flu．

2．The underlined word “pandemic” in the first paragraph probably means        

 A．death                 B．panic            C．enemy            D．disease

3．Why does the flu cause global fears?

 A．Because most people in the world eat pork．

 B．Because it’s spreading from human to human．

 C．Because we still don’t know the cause of it．   

 D．Because it has infected about 5000 people．

4．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE?

A．People would contract the A／H1N1 flu if they often eat pork．

 B．The virus of the A／H1N1 flu has infected people all over the world．

C．People from A／H1N1 flu—hit countries are all forbidden to enter China．

D．People should avoid visiting places where A／H1N1 flu cases have been reported．

5. We can infer from the passage that         .

A. College students are most likely infected by A/H1N1 flu.

B. A person would be infected by the virus by eating pork.

C. Passengers from the United States are being monitored closely.

D. Mr. York Chow said that the virus had been added to Hong Kong’s list of   the diseases.

 I  _________ an old photo while tidying my study, which reminded me of my happy childhood

A.came across B.came about       C. turned around  D. turned into

 U.S. President announced permission for oil drilling off the shorelines, ________ the country's effort to reduce energy import from foreign countries.

   A. marked            B. marking           C. having marked     D. being marked

 In face of  ___________failure, we should keep up  ___________  good state of mind instead of being depressed.

A. 不填; a     B.a, the;          C. the; a     D . 不填; the