. ______ is not how much you do but what you do that matters.

A. What                B. It                      C. That                 D. There

Newly-developed materials for spaceships can _______ extreme weather conditions.

A. hold    B. support   C. stand   D. compete

His advertisement income this year is about $36 million, over three times   ______ of last year.

 A．that B．what C．those D．ones

Since when has ____ been any of your business what I do?

 A．it     B．that     C．all       D．this

----Haven’t I told you that I like my beef well done?

-----Yes, but I _______ it longer than I usually do.

 A. am cooking         B. had cooked        C. cook         D. cooked

Because the writer fell ill all of a sudden, the novel _____________ by the end of next month was put off.

   A. being published        B. will be published     C. to be published   D. published

Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.

A. who                B. which           C. why             D. when

第三部分  阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分, 满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties(特色菜) in Germany, Spain, and France.

At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named campus cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.

Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma (魅力) is key. “Food TV isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”

But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights. Lieberman got the job.

1. We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family_______.

A. have relatives in Europe                     B. love cooking at home

C. often hold parties                                  D. own a restaurant

2. The Food Network got to know Lieberman_________

A. at one of his parities                           B. from his teachers

C. through his taped show                          D. on a television program

3. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?

A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.

B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.

C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.

D. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals

4. What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?

A. He is clever but lonely.                          B. He is friendly and active.

C. He enjoys traveling around.                    D. He often changes his menus.

How would you like an easy way to earn $2,500? All you have to do is to sit around and wait for your meals. There’s a catch, however. You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week. There are no books or television or radio for amusement. You can’t leave until the week is up. And a camera will be recording your every move.

    Two people actually took the job. The idea came from Rob Thompson, a video artist. He wanted to make a film about the way animals are treated. His goal was to raise people’s awareness of the living conditions of animals that are raised for food. He decided to pay $5,000 out of his own savings to two people who were willing to live like chickens for a week.

    To Rob’s surprise, quite a few people answered his advertisement. He had interviews and selected Eric, a 24-year-old restaurant worker, and Pam, a 27-year-old chemist. The plan was for them to spend seven days together in a chicken cage that was six feet long and three feet wide. A camera would record their experience, which would take place in an art museum.

    The week was long and difficult. They slept on a hard wooden floor. They couldn’t stand up without banging their heads. They ate vegetables and drink water from a garden hose-pipe(橡胶软管). Their only privacy was a toilet surrounded by a curtain. There were no sinks, mirrors, or toothbrushes in the cage. Their only inspiration was the two framed checks that hung on the wall outside the cage. Visitors who came here were warned, “Do not feed the humans.”

    Finally it was over, and Pam and Eric came out of the cage. They had survived the week, and they each had a $2,500 check in their hands. When Rob Thompson opened the cage, Eric came out, changed into clean clothes, and ate a chocolate bar right away. “It’s great for me to be able to stand up.” he said. Pam just changed her clothes and left. After a week of visitors and reporters watching her, she didn’t want to talk to anyone.

1.What kind of person is Rob Thompson?

A. He is curious about people’s personal life   B.He is kind—hearted to animals

C.He dislike people around                 D. He likes to help poor people

2. The underlined word “catch”(in Paragraph 1) probably means _______.

   A. unsolved problem                      B. surprising wonder

   C. unbelievable condition                  D. hidden difficulty

3. What made it the most difficult for the two to stay in the cage?

   A. That they had nothing for amusement.

   B. That they couldn’t lie down to sleep in the cage.

   C. That they had to do almost everything under others’ very eyes.

   D. That they didn’t have meat to eat.

4. What would be the best title for this passage?

   A. An Easy Way to Earn $2,500            B. Do Not Feed Humans

   C. Living Like a Chicken                 D. Getting Along Well Anyway

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

请根据漫画，以“What Will the Child Become?”为标题，写一篇短文。

要求：1．词数约100个，不包括已给出的开头部分。

2．内容要包括对本漫画画面的描述以及你自己对这一现象的看法。

提示：电子琴electronic piano      画板：drawing board

What Will the Child Become?

Look at this picture. Here is a family of five……