第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題;每小題2分, 滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每篇短文后所給各題的四個(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。

MEXICO CITY： A jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun was briefly hijacked as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday. The hijackers released all passengers shortly before federal police stormed the plane, and the crew emerged unharmed moments later.

Police, who did not fire a single shot, led as many as eight handcuffed men away from the airplane, which was isolated at the end of a runway in an area designed for emergencies. The hijackers’ motive was unclear, though Mexican news media initially identified them as Bolivians demanding to speak with Mexican President Felipe Calderon.

US, French and Mexican citizens were among the 112 passengers and crew on Aeromexico Flight 576, according to a US official who had been briefed on the situation. The official was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Mexico’s transportation and communications secretary, Juan Molinar, said there was no bomb on the airplane, although some passengers said one of the hijackers held a package that resembled an explosive device, and a bomb squad (拆彈小組) was later seen near the airplane.

He did not immediately identify the hijackers or speculate on their motive.

“Various people who participated in the act have been detained and we are investigating,”Molinar said.

The attorney general’s office said it was opening an investigation into terrorism and kidnapping but did not specify how many people could be charged.

Mexican news media initially reported the hijackers were Bolivian, but Bolivia’s ambassador to Mexico, Jorge Mancilla, said Mexican authorities had no evidence that was the case. Mancilla said sources told him they could be Colombian or Venezuelan. Several passengers told reporters they did not notice a non-Mexican accent.

Passenger Rocio Garcia told the Televisa network that the pilot made an announcement after landing in Mexico City that the airplane was being hijacked. Passengers said the hijackers never communicated with them directly.

“These were scary moments,”she said.

She said she saw one of the hijackers whom she described as a well-dressed, older man.

“He looked fine, like a normal passenger,”she said.

Passenger Daniel Hernandez said he saw a hijacker carrying a Bible.

51．From the first paragraph we can conclude that _________.

       A．the hijackers just wanted to play a trick on the police

       B．the hijackers didn’t prepare for their action

       C．the hijackers surrendered before the police fired

       D．the hijackers lost their way at the last moment

52．From what Juan Molinar said we can learn that _________.

       A．police were still trying to identify a possible bomb

       B．passengers succeeded in stopping the explosion

       C．a(chǎn) frightening bomb was found later on the airplane

       D．several Mexicans were involved in the hijacking

53．What may be the first step taken when the hijacked plane landed?

       A．They gave a sudden attack at the hijackers.

       B．They kept the plane away from other planes.

       C．They asked the crew to control the hijackers.

       D．They abandoned the plane at the end of the runway.

54．The hijackers, as some passengers described, _________.

       A．were good at bargaining with the police       

       B．were all well-dressed American old men

       C．a(chǎn)ll came from Colombia or Venezuela          

       D．stayed calm and appeared noble, educated

 A survey showed that women in Hong Kong were more romantic, 34.3 percent of them __________ that love mattered the most.

    A. believe          B. believing        C. believed         D. to believe

第二節(jié)：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

I was captured by the enemy and thrown into a jail cell. I was sure from their looks and 36 treatment that I was to be killed the next day. Terribly nervous and worried, I felt in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had 37  jailers' search. Surprisingly, I found one. But because of my shaking hands, I could 38 get it to my lips. After several attempts, I finally succeeded, but almost immediately 39  that I had no matches. They had taken those away from me.

I looked through the bars at my jailer. He did not make eye contact with me. 40 one did not care to see a dying man. I 41 out to him, "Have you got a light?" He looked at me, shrugged and came 42  to light my cigarette.

43 he came close and lit the match, his eyes unintentionally 44  mine. At that moment, I smiled. I don't know why I did that. Perhaps it was 45 ， perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very  46   not to do that. In that instant, it was as if a spark(火花)jumped across the  47  between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn't want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and  48  a smile to his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but stayed near, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile. I kept smiling at him, now  49  of him as a person and not just a jailer.

"Do you have kids?" he asked. "Yes, here, here." I 50  searched for the picture of my family in my wallet. He, too, took out his family's and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes were filled with  51 . I said that I feared that I'd never see my kids again, never have the chance to see them  52  up. With my words, his eyes turned wet, too. Suddenly, he    53  my cell and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the 54 of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

My life was saved by a smile.

Yes, the smile, the unaffected, unplanned, 55  connection between the souls of people, actually saved my life.

36.A. rough            B. special               C. equal              D. generous

37.A. prevented        B. escaped          C. lost                 D. abandoned

38.A. directly          B. easily          C. quickly              D. barely

39.A. realized         B. thought          C. recognized          D. believed

40.A. All in all               B. Above all       C. First of all          D. After all

41.A. called            B. left             C. walked               D. made

42.A. over              B. in                   C. out                 D. by

43.A. Until             B. Although        C. Since              D. As

44.A. avoided         B. touched          C. moved               D. opened

45.A. nervousness      B. disappointment  C. encouragement      D. calmness

46.A. easy              B. dishonest        C. likely              D. hard

47. A. bridge          B. trust            C. gap                 D. belief

48.A. forced           B. brought          C. returned             D. offered

49.A. afraid            B. ashamed         C. proud              D. aware

50.A. aimlessly          B. casually          C. nervously           D. calmly

51.A. tears              B. regrets               C. hopes              D. anxieties

52.A. wake             B. grow           C. come              D. live

53.A. destroyed          B. folded         C. unlocked            D. broke

54.A. center            B. front           C. edge               D. border

55.A. usual             B. natural               C. different             D. enthusiastic

二、閱讀理解

       閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

     Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was 75, he gave ??12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground.

   As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was 75 and expected to live to be 100, and the newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at 75. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. “I have an injection(注射)in my neck each evening”, he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

    The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was 75 and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

11．Johnson became a rich man through _____.

       A．doing business      B．making whisky    C．cheating         D．buying and selling land

12．The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson ____.

       A．had no children          B．was a strange man 

       C．was very warm-hearted and fond of children D．wanted people to know how rich he was

13．Many people wrote to Johnson probably to find out ____.

       A．what kind of whisky he drank

       B．how to live alone

       C．how to become wealthy

       D．in which part of the neck he had an injection each day

14．When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ____

       A．he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening

       B．he needed an injection in the neck

       C．a(chǎn) daily injecting in the evening would make him sleep well

       D．there was something wrong with his neck

15．From the passage we can infer that Johnson would be very ____ after he read those people’s letters.

       A．miserable      B．glad            C．surprised     D．said

I wonder________there are so many natural disasters across the world in 2010.

       A．which it is that        B．what is it that

       C．how it is that           D．why it is that

——What kind of car do you want to have? A large 0ne?

  —Well，it_______ be large．——that’S not important．

  A．mustn’t    B．shouldn’t    C．can’t                       D．needn’t

Edinburgh Zoo makes plans to bring a pair of giant pandas from China to Scotland. Representatives from Edinburgh Zoo have recently returned from China, where they signed a letter of intent (意向書(shū)) making a promise to bring giant pandas to the zoo.

It has been suggested that the breeding pair should be rented to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) for 10 years and it is hoped they would give birth to babies during that time. Edinburgh Zoo would be the eighth zoo in the West to care for the species if the project goes ahead.

Zoo chiefs said that looking after the endangered animals could benefit conservation. David Windmill, chief of RZSS, said, “It is an opportunity to work on a global level with other conservationists to gain a better understanding of the giant panda, the threats they face, and what we can do to ensure their survival.”

At present, there are currently only around 1,500 giant pandas in the wild. RZSS has been working on the project for almost a year, and hopes to have giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo by 2011, the year of the society’s centenary.

Mr. Windmill said that the project has received strong support from the UK and Scottish Governments and that this must continue if the zoo is to reach an agreement with the Chinese. As part of the proposed agreement with the Chinese government, Edinburgh Zoo will cooperate on research projects benefiting conservation in the wild.

RZSS will also provide considerable money to support giant panda conservation projects in the wild. Giant pandas live in a few mountain ranges in central China and feed almost wholly on bamboo, which makes up 99% of the their diet.

61. What result did zoo representatives get from China?

A. A breeding pair is on loan to RZSS for ten years.

B. China promised to sell two giant pandas before 2011.

C. They signed a letter of intent about giant pandas to be loaned to Edinburgh Zoo.

D. China promised to offer the money but not the experts for research into giant pandas.

62. If Edinburgh Zoo can borrow giant pandas, what will happen?

A. RZSS will celebrate its centenary in 2011.

B. Scotland will be the eighth country to have giant pandas.

C. RZSS will have a better understanding of living habits of giant pandas.

D. Edinburgh Zoo will be the eighth zoo to have Chinese pandas in the world.

63. The underlined part “the project” in Paragraph 4 refers to “__________”.

A. the celebration of RZSS’s centenary

B. introducing giant pandas to RZSS’s collection

C. the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland itself

D. borrowing giant pandas from China for conservation

64. At present what seems to be the key factor for giant pandas to successfully go to Edinburgh Zoo?

A. RZSS’s attitude.                        B. The Chinese government’s attitude.

C. Edinburgh Zoo’s support.              D. The Scottish government’ attitude.

65. The best title for this passage would be “___________”.

A. Edinburgh Zoo expects giant pandas from China

B. Edinburgh Zoo does research into giant pandas

C. Scotland supports giant panda conservation

D. Giant pandas live happily at Edinburgh Zoo

Section One

The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher (哲學(xué)家) Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin (拉丁語(yǔ)的) word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.

Section Two

The emblem, showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which showcases the various urban cultures of the world.

Section Three

Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.

The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help. If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.  

Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”

71. Section One mainly tells about ______.

       A. the part cities play in human civilization  B. the development of the word “city”

       C. why the Expo is held in Shanghai           D. where human civilization originated

72. The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.

    A. the civilization   B. the philosopher         C. the word                  D. the city

73. Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures they describe?

Mr. Smith owns __________ collection of coins than anyone else I have ever met.

A. larger               B. a larger             C. the larger          D. a large

---When did you see the bird last night?

---It was at about ten thirty ______ I got home.

A. before           B. when             C. that               D. until