EVENTS

 Long March exhibit

 The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被圍困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.

 Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm

 Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road

 Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese /15 yuan for foreigners

  Thai elephants

 Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouthorgan. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war(拔河比賽)with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at l:30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.

 Address: 189 Daduhe Road

 Admission: 30-40 yuan

 Dancing dolphins

 Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and doing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and sealions also perform.

 Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm

 Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.

51. The passage is from_____________.

A. newspaper     B. story book    C. history book      D. geography magazine

52. If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian, how much will you pay       altogether for the admission?

    A. 16 yuan.       B. 23 yuan.       C. 30 yuan.         D. 20 yuan.

53. At the exhibition, you will see ______.

    A. many articles written by famous writers 

B. many things left by the Red Army

    C. books on the Long March   

D. many photos and pictures about the Long March

54. Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants? 

A. Riding bicycles.   B. Blowing a mouth-organ.  

C. Doing math.     D. Having a tug-of-war with people.

55. The dolphinarium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see ______.

 A. not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform   B. only dolphins perform

C. only seals and sea lions perform                       D. only seals perform

A study into character, intelligence and usefulness shows dogs are better pets than cats—but only by a whisker.

Staff at New Scientist magazine first listed the areas where cats fared better. These included having bigger brains—compared to their body size. Cats’brains also contain 1.4 million more cells, devoted to complex functions such as memory and attention, than dogs. Cats’second point was given for being more popular, with 204 million living in the top ten cat-owning nations compared to 173 million dogs in the ten countries where dogs are favored. Cats also get more attention from humans, with purrs （呼嚕聲）and miaows easily to be noticed. Although dogs can vary their barks, they cannot match the attention-seeking of cats. It is a similar story when it comes to senses. Cats can see in lower light than dogs and have a far wider hearing range and a sharper sense of smell. They are also said to be’greener’pets because their smaller appetites mean less area of land required to farm their food.

But in the other six categories examined—many of which related to getting on with humans dogs had the edge.

Dogs have a longer shared history with humans, maybe as long as 135,000 years. Cats are relative newcomers to our homes. Similarly, dogs have a greater ability to bond with their masters. Even four-month-old puppies choose a human companion over another dog. Dogs scored a third point for their better powers of understanding and following human gestures. One study found that a dog called Rico had mastered the meaning of more than 200 words. The ability to perform roles such as being a guide dog for the blind meant dogs were rated better than cats when it came to their problem-solving abilities. And they are easier to train.

With the scores tied at five-all, the deciding point fell on usefulness—with dogs coming out on top.

Dogs, studies show, help cut human stress, while taking them for walks keeps their owners fit and helps them meet new people. New Scientist says: “Dogs can hunt and guard. They can sniff out drugs and bombs; they guide blind and deaf people, find someone buried in ruins, and possibly even predict earthquakes.”

And in a conclusion certain to set off argument, it adds: “Cats are good if you have rodents （嚙齒類動物）.”

48．Which of the following is not cats’ advantage?

       A．Better at grasping their owners’ instructions.

       B．Having relatively larger brains.

       C．Affecting the environment less.

       D．More likely to drawing attention.

49．The underlined phrase “by a whisker”（paragraph 1）probably means “_________”.

     A．quite considerably                    B．just a little bit

     C．most significantly                   D．in some aspects

50．We can learn the fact from the passage that________ .

       A．Dogs are far from satisfactory in terms of their ability to catch rodents

       B．Dogs can better help people who have problems with their sight and hearing

       C．Comparatively speaking, cats have a better interaction with humans

       D．Dogs beat cats when it comes to their senses of sight, heating and smell

51．Which would be the best title for the passage?

     A．Cats beat Dogs                      B．Fight like Cat and Dog

     C．Cats versus Dogs                     D．Cats away, Dogs Play

What a pity! I missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car was ___in the traffic jam．

       A．broken up B．kept away C．held up     D．kept up

Mr Smith, _________ of the ___________speech, started to read a novel.

  A. tired, boring     B. tiring, bored     C. tired, bored       D. tiring, boring

       Every people（民族）uses its own special（特殊的）words to show its ideas and feelings. Some expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is“Where’s the beef?”It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be In the early 1980s “Where’s the beef?”was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it at the time.

       Beef, of course,is the meat form a cow, and no food is more popular in America than a hamburger（漢堡包）made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurants“McDonald’ s”.Ray Kroc became one of the richest businessmen in America.

       Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company（公司）called“Wendy’s”said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else’s .The Wendy’s Company began to use the expression“Where’s the beef?”to make people know that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy’s television advertisement（廣告）showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef.“Where’s the beef?”she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants was a success .As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression“Where’s the beef?”

53．_______started Mc Donald’s restaurant.

       A．Ray Kroc  B．McDonald      C．Wendy      D．Three old women

54．Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought_______.

       A．they could sell hamburgers at a low price  B．hamburgers were easy to make

       C．beef was very popular in America        D．they could make a lot of money

55．Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody_______.

       A．with many old women eating hamburgers

       B．by a television advertisement

       C．while selling bread with a bit of meat in it

       D．a(chǎn)t the McDonald’s restaurant

56．We can learn from the passage that the expression“Where’s the beef?”means_______.

       A．the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be

       B．the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be

       C．something is not so good as one says     

D．Wendy’s is the biggest

第一節(jié) 語音知識（共5小題，每小題1分，滿分5分）從 A、B、C、D四個選項中，找出其劃線部分與其所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項.

1. mean      A  stream     B break       C  great      D real  

2. southern    A  thought    B  about      C  through    D trouble

3. healthy     A. their       B. this        C. teeth       D. northern

4. many      A. trade       B. sad        C  anything    D. taste

5. stomach    A. school     B. church     C. machine     D. change

25. ----Jane walked past me without greeting.

-----She _____ you.

  A. can’t see             B. couldn’t see     C. can’t have seen D. mustn’t have seen

 ——What did she have to say?

——Oh, nothing________. She only wanted me to give her a hand.

A. in short      B. in fun     C. in special    D. in particular

The traditional view is ____ we sleep because our brain is “programmed” to make us do so.

A. when             B. why         C. whether                  D. that

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

In the past, travel was considered an essential part of education. Posts and writers realized the  16  of travel and went out to other countries in search of  17 . A man’s education was not completed until he had visited foreign lands.

That travel  18 the mind cannot be denied (否認(rèn)). Those who remain within the confines of (在…范圍之內(nèi)) their  19  are cut off from the outside world. As a result, they develop a  20_ outlook on life. But those who travel come into  21  with various types of people whose ways of life are completely 22  theirs. They see things with their own eyes and have a better  23  of the affairs of the world. The impressions that they receive while they travel remain  24  in their minds for many years, and all false impressions and ideas are  25  from their minds. Thus, they are able to  26  things in their proper perspective(觀點) and make correct  27  and decisions. And being able to make correct decisions is a valuable part of  28 .

It is argued, however, that the 29  of the great variety of books, newspaper, the radio, TV and the Internet today remove the  30  for travel to acquire knowledge. One would study in the  31  and privacy of one’s own home and absorb all the knowledge that one desires. But there are many things they cannot  32  effectively. For example, the love and respect people in other lands  33  for us and the natural beauty of the various parts or the world cannot be described properly in  34  .They have to be seen and felt. Besides, not all can understand everything that they  35  about people away from their homes. To such people, especially, travel is an important means of education.

16.A. value              B. possibility               C. background                     D. development

17.A. work              B. wealth                   C. opportunity              D. knowledge

18.A. comforts       B. needs                     C. uses                        D. broadens

19.A. sights                 B. homes                    C. careers                    D. powers

20.A. happy                 B. broad                     C. narrow                   D. simple

21.A. sight                  B. contact                   C. power                    D. effect

22.A. different from   B. the same                 C. similar with　          D. familiar to

23.A. protection          B. study                      C. solution                  D. understanding

24.A. little                  B. endless                   C. fresh                      D. important

25.A. removed            B. tired                              C. differed                  D. separated

26.A. do                             B. see                               C. make                     D. buy

27.A. choices                      B. preparations            C. directions                D. judgments

28.A. life                            B. travel                     C. education                D. society

29.A. presence            B. trouble                   C. importance              D. discovery

30.A. need                  B. intention                 C. influence　                     D. memory

31.A. library                B. mind                     C. comfort                        D. open

32.A. enjoy                 B. describe                  C. write                     D. learn

33.A. satisfy              B. get                               C. own                      D. have

34.A. sounds                B. pens                       C. numbers                  D. words

35. A. see                      B. read                    C. talk                       D. hear