1、”“What did you learn from the trip?” the father couldnt 5 to ask. Theson answered, “We have one dog but the family has four. We have a swimming pool. but they have a big river with many 6 swimming in it. We have very expensive lights, but they have 7 stars at night. We buy food in thesupermarket, bu
2、t they 8food in their garden for themselves. We have walls around the house to protect us, 9 they have friends to protect them. Dad, thank you for10 me how poor we are.”The father couldnt say anything, and he just stood there quietly.（ ）1Afrom Bat Cbetween Dinto（ ）2Aquite Bmany Cquiet Dmore（ ）3AWond
3、ered Bdisliked Cworried Ddescribed（ ）4AWhen BWhere CHow DWhat（ ）5Await Bseem Cdecide Dtry（ ）6Apigs Bhens Cbirds Dducks（ ）7Afew Ba little Ca lot Dlots of（ ）8Aorder Bgrow Ccatch Doffer（ ）9Aso Bbecause Cbut Dif（ ）10Ashow Bshowing Ctalk Dtalking二、阅读理解（每小题 2 分，共 30 分）阅读下面四篇语言材料，然后按文后要求做题。AMost people aro
4、und the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 BCto the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so thescientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through h
5、istory. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the worlds population is left-handed.Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a persons two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to
6、 work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a persons hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. T
7、hese findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left- handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the peo
8、ple become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesnt happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive th
9、e gene（基因） for right-handedness, he/ she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left- h
10、anded children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they dont have to.2根据材料内容，选出最佳答案。（ ）11How many people in the world are left-handed now? ALess than one sixth.BMore than a half. CAbout 40%.DThe passage doesnt tell us.（ ）12Which of the following has the closest meaning
11、to the underlined word “damaged” in this passage?Aknocked Bchanged Cbroke Dharmed（ ）13According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true? ANo one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.BLeft-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness. CToday children are not made to use the
12、ir right hands only.DScientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.BWhen you wear something, you are often saying, Look at me! Your clothing communicates to the world what you want the world to think of you. For example, when you go on a job interview, you might choose clo
13、thes that make you seem sincere. When you go to a party, you might choose clothes that make you look exciting. 1 In Scotland and parts of the countries of East and Southeast Asia,men as well as women wore skirts. In Turkey and China and among the Inuit, both men and women wore trousers. But in ancie
14、nt Greece, men who wore trousers were thought to be savages（野蛮人）.In the United States today, both men and women wear pants. 2 Over the centuries, anthropologists（人类学家）have learned that the clothing people wore was connected to the position they held in society. In most societies, important people pu
15、t on special clothing to show their power. In the 18th, kings and queens wore special clothing, often specially made and difficult to keep clean. Since poor people could not afford to wear this kind of clothing, it became asymbol of wealth. 3 Today some people still wear clothing that represents the
16、ir position in life. Sometimes clothing clearly shows the organization that a person works for.Postal workers, airline attendants, and some factory workers wear uniforms. Others wear expensive clothes that show their social position as wealthy people.4 Now many teenagers and adults buy clothes from
17、a certain designer or company. They may like the good name of the designer or the company and want to share that name. But one basic reason for choosing clothes is the same as it has always been. People choose their clothes to tell others who they are and what they like.（ ）14The sentence In differen
18、t civilizations（文明）at different times, different kinds of clothes have been acceptable（可接受的）. can be put in Blank .A1 B2 C3 D4（ ）15Why do some people buy clothes from a certain designer? AThey like the designers good name.BThey work for the designers company. CThey want more people to know the desig
19、ner. DThey think it makes it easier to choose clothes.（ ）16In the sentence But one basic reason for choosing clothes is the same as it has always been. one basic reason probably refers to .Atheir work Btheir wealth Ctheir appearance Dtheir positionCI have never taken cooking classes. I learned cooki
20、ng from my mother because she was really interested in teaching me how to cook. The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didnt know how to cook anything, not even an egg. My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking.My mother did not start
21、to cook until she was twenty-five years old. In the beginning, it was very hard for her. Therefore, she had to take cooking classes to prepare ourmeals. After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didnt want me to have the same experience.I remember when I was seven
22、 years old, I started to learn cooking from my mother. Sometimes we prepared the meals that my mother already knew how make, and sometimes we prepared meals from recipes. Thanks to that experience, now I dont need any help to cook a meal. I can cook for myself or for a group of people; it doesnt mat
23、ter. I will do the same with my children because I dont want them to have the same experience as my mother. If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can continue their life without me.根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用 “T” 表示，错误的用 “F”表示。（ ）17The author learned cooking from her mother becaus
24、e they all liked cooking.（ ）18The authors mother learned cooking by taking cooking classes.（ ）19The author began to learn to cook when she was seven years old.（ ）20The author learned cooking only by preparing the meals she knew quite well.D补全短文 7 选 5Have you ever been to Venice. Around the world, no
25、 city is quite like Venice, Italy. Tourists love its beautiful old buildings and squares. But What makes Venice a really special place is the water. The beautiful city is built on a group of islands in a large lagoon（泻湖）beside the ocean. 21 However, its said that Venice is in danger from this water.
26、 What is happening? 22 At high tides（涨潮时）, the water in the lagoon rises. Sometimes it rises higher than usual and floods the city. Because Venice is lower than it was the past, theflooding is happening more often. This is taking down the citys ancient buildings. 23 The name of project is MOSE. Marc
27、o Armillis, an engineer,explains how it will work. “We are putting seventy-eight big floodgates（防洪水闸） at the places where the lagoon meets the ocean. The floodgates will close when there are high tides, to stop seawater from coming into the lagoon. 24 It hasnt been an easy project for us because we
28、are working under water.”The MOSE project will cost about seven billion dollars and has already taken many years to build. If everything goes well, then in few years time the seawater will not flood into Venices lagoon. Venices beautiful buildings will be safe for a long time.25 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入
29、空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。ALuckily, engineers are working on a great project to save Venice. BAnd the city will still be there for people to visit long into the future. CRivers run through it like streets, and people travel around it into boats. DThis will help to stop the level of the lagoon from rising
30、.E. Venice is enjoyed by the young people from all parts of the world.F. The city has been very slowly going down into the lagoon for many years. G. However, scientists in Italy havent got a good idea to solve the problem三、语法填空（每空 1 分，共 10 分）Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind You have probably never1 （hear） of Amy Hayes, but she is2 most unusual woman. She lives in a house in the UK that she built herself out of rubbish Amy isnt the only one3 is good at recycling. Jessica Wong from H
