Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give    63   for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and    64   . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the   65    gift?
It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another    66  . In many Western countries watches and    67   are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 68  .
Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be   69  ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't  70   red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!
【小題1】A. money B. gifts C food
【小題2】 A. person B. place C. winter
【小題3】 A. right B. wrong C. shiny
【小題4】 A. country B. city C. village
【小題5】A. flowers B. books C. clocks
【小題6】A. luck B. lucky C. unlucky
【小題7】 A. a safe gift B. a problem C. a good tdea
【小題8】A. receive B. accept C. give

Do you know who invented tea? It is said that the emperor Shen Nong  discovered   tea when he was boiling drinking water 21 an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby tree fell into the water and the leaves were in the water for  22 . The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a  23   smell. Later he decided 24  the hot water with the leaves. It was quite delicious. And  25 , one of the worl’s favorite drinks was invented.
26 is the home of tea. And tea has more than 4,000 years history. 27  the three drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by  28  people in the world. Tea  29 China began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export (出口商品) 30  .
Tea leaves  31  mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, 32 the warm climate (氣候)there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all  33   kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people  34   their tea culture(文化), including tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. We know tea is  35   a popular topic(主題) in dances, songs, poems and novels.

完形填空（共10小題，每小題1分，計(jì)10分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各小題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Building a house is an operation which costs quite a lot of money．Suppose you plan to
  46  a house，your first step is to find a suitable piece of   47 ，You will probably try to find a sunny place，in a   48  situation，near stores and bus stops，not too far from your friends and the place where you work．
Next you will find an   49  builder．And together with the builder you will make a
  50 ，The builder will draw it．The builder will also   51 the cost of your house．He will estimate(估計(jì))the cost of the wood，the glass，and everything else that he must use in building the house．Later on，when he starts to build，this estimate must   52 ，because the prices may
   53 ，and many other thing may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house．
  54  the builder gives you his estimate，you may wish to change your plan．You may find that some of the things you wanted at first cost too much，or that you can  55  a little more and add something to your original plan．

完形填空（15分）
__41__ New Year’s Day, many people eat special food for good luck. In Spain and some Latin—American counties , people __42__ twelve grapes（葡萄）at midnight on New Year’s Eve—one grape __43__ good luck in __44__ month of the new year. Chinese people eat __45__ .Some have coins（硬幣）inside. Everyone __46__ to find the coin for luck and money in the new year. Of course they don’t eat the __47__ . Japanese __48__ eat noodles on New Year’s Eve and their birthdays . __49__ may bring them good luck and __50__ life.
【小題1】  

The Sea Life Centre is a Really Exciting Place
Good morning, everyone. 36  to the new Sea Life Centre at Plymouth.
The Sea Life Centre is a really exciting place. There are so many things to 37
here and everything is enjoyable. It costs $3.76 for adults ,  $2 for children and    38  for over sixties and school groups. It’s   39  from 9:00am to 4:30pm every day except 25^th and 26^th of December.
Special  40 include hourly feeding times for all the different animals and fish, and shows in the sea life theatre.   41   is always there to answer questions about what you’ve seen.   42  you are in a group of six or more people, we  43   give you a special guided tour of the centre. But you   44.  to arrange(安排 ) this at the information desk when you   45  .
The latest attraction(吸引人的事) is a big   46  tunnel(隧道 )you can walk through. All around you, you will see fish swimming--- sometimes even over your head. You certainly have the   47 view(景色 ) of the undersea world. Children   48  it and it’s really amazing for adults, too.
When you get  49 , there is a relaxed family dining room serving food.
That’s all. For   50.  information, phone 091743-564219. Have a good time! Thank you.

When are you an adult (成年人)？
When do you think you are an adult ? Maybe different __31_ have different ideas.
Now let’s see what some American teenagers(青少年)say .
Sam: In  32 idea ,you are an adult at the  33  of 18. That’s when you can vote(投票)。You can help to   34  who rules(統(tǒng)治)the whole country .That’s also a grown-up does! My grandfather couldn’ t vote   35 he was 21.They changed（改變） it to 18 in 1971.
Jenny：I don’t 36  it’s hard to say . I can drive a car at 16, can’t I ?When you have a driver’s licence , you can 37 it to people to tell them your age for all kinds of things .  38    sixteen must be the age when you change from a  39  person to an adult.Because you can tell others you are not a  40   any more .
Suzie : Well , I think there is  41   wrong with American laws for when young people can  42  things . I can vote at 18 and drive at 16. So you would think 18 is a grown-up,  43  16 isn’t .But then I can’t drink wine（酒）until I’m 21 ! If I’m 44   an adult at 18, how can people stop me from  45   a cup of beer in a bar ?

完形填空。(10小題，每小題1分，共10分)
More than three thousand languages are spoken in the world today . Many of these languages are spoken _36    small groups of people . On the 37   ,hand , over two hundred languages are spoken by one million or more people . Chinese is the language spoken by the ___38 ___number of people in the world . But English is most   39 spoken in the world .
English is spoken by more than four hundred million people  40  their first language . It is   41 by most people in the U.S.A. , Great Britain , Canada , Australia and New Zealand . And it is   42  used very widely in many other countries of the world . Look at the back of your watch . You may see the English words “Made   43  China” , or “Japan” , even “Germany” .
English is the first language in  44  of these . Why are English words   45  on it ? That is because in the modern world English is widely used for business between different countries .

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.
The English language is different from any  36  language. Yet English words do not  37  the same. It is always  38 . People need new words  39  new inventions and new ideas. Different words come into use or older words are used  40 a new way.
English can 41 by borrowing words from other languages. The word “tomato” was borrowed from Mexico, the word “coffee” came from Turkey, and “tea” from  42  and so on. Now new space and science words  43  from other countries, too. New words are also made by adding two words  44 . The words “strawberry”, “postman” and “blackboard” are made up of two parts.
Sometimes, new words are  45  forms of old words. The word “photo” was made from “photograph” by cutting off the  46  of the long word. The word “plane” was made by cutting off the  47  part of “airplane”. 48 “smog” was made by using only the first two letters of “smoke” and cutting off the front part of “fog”. And products can become new words. Our “sandwich” was named after  49  named Sandwich, and “jelly(果凍)” was a name made up by the company that  50 made this product.

Everybody needs water. Everything  16  water，too. We use water  17  the bowls, the clothes, and  18  .We use water to plant trees, flowers and crops.  19  does all water come from? It  20  from clouds. Some of rain  21  into the ground. Many people get  22  from under the ground. Some rain water goes  23  the hills. It runs  24  lakes and rivers. Many people get it  25  .

The Spring Festival is the    36   New. Year’s Day. It usually comes    37  February. Everyone in China   38  the Spring Festival very much.    39   the Spring Festival comes, Wei Fang usually   40  her parents    41  their house,    42 do some shopping and   43  housework..    ___44 that day everyone in China   45  Jiaozi , New Year’s cake and   46  other delicious food. Wei Fang likes New Year’s cake, but  47   parents say Jiaozi is    48   than New Year’s cake. Many  49  usually wear new clothes on Spring Festival. The Chinese people eat the New Year’s cakes and Jiaozi   50  their house. How happy they are!
【小題1】 A. China          B. Chinese             C. English    
【小題2】 A. in                 B.on                   C. at             
【小題3】 A. like         B. is like       C. likes        
【小題4】 A. After         B. How                   C. When
【小題5】 A. help                B. is helping          C. helps      
【小題6】 A. clean          B. cleans           C. cleaning  
【小題7】 A. but              B. /               C. so             
【小題8】 A. some          B. other            C. others  
【小題9】 A. In                 B. On                        C. At           
【小題10】A. eats         B. is eating             C. eating 
【小題11】 A. any         B. much                   C. some              
【小題12】 A. hers                B. she                      C. her
【小題13】 A. nice                 B. more nice          C. nicer               
【小題14】A. child     B. children              C. boys                
【小題15】 A. in          B. over                     C. on