Jane Austen ,a famous English writer ,was born at Steventon ,Hampshire ,on December 16,1775,and died on July 18,1817.She began writing early in life ,although the prejudices(偏见) of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously(匿名).

But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors .She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806,Bath was her home .Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels，Northanger Abbey and Persuasion ,which are largely set in Bath .The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it ,keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels .Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced(增强) by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street .Here ,in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city ,you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.

The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society .After your visit to the Center ,you can look round the attractive shop ,which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books ,cards and many specially designed gifts .Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.

You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath ,which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath .The tour lasts about one and a half hours .The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived ,walked and shopped.

1.Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath _______.

A.in her early twenties　　 B.in her early teens

C.in her late twenties D.in her late teens

2.What can we learn about Bath from the passage?

A.Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death.

B.The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.

C.Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen's time.

D.No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.

3.The author(作者) writes this passage in order to _______.

A.attract readers to visit the city of Bath

B.ask readers to buy Austen's books

C.tell readers about Jane Austen's experience

D.give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society

4.It takes you about one and a half hours _______.

A.to get to the Jane Austen Center in Gay Street

B.to buy Jane Austen related books ,cards and gifts

C.to find a guide to take you to the Center

D.to look around the city of Bath on foot

第二节完形填空（20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Our friend, Mike, was going to finally see his boys．When he divorced （离婚） his wife, he   36   to a different continent．It was over a year   37  he'd last seen his boys．They were coming to spend one week with him．
38  ,Mike was not accustomed to being with them by himself．Also, he was afraid he didn't have enough money to take them to interesting places．My husband, Steve,   39   some activities which didn't  40  much money and tried to  41   him that he didn't have to spend a lot of money to have fun．
Judging from the distaste on our friend's face, we knew the suggestion wasn't worthy of   42 ．Mike told us that he   43  the view that the amount of   44  spent on his children equaled the amount of love he'd get   45 ．Actually, what his children needed most was his company．He just didn't 46   it, though．
I remember as a child the things my family did that cost   47   nothing at all．A picnic or a walk around the block with my parents after dinner was some of the fondest 48   I had. One Christmas, without   49   things for his girls, my dad presented each of us with a wrapped box inside of which was a sheet of paper that  50  read, "I love you．" I can't even remember what else I opened that Christmas morning．
I remember we took our boys for   51 ．After a wonderful day of telling stories and singing to an audience of trees and a quiet  52 of watching the campfire's dance, they entered the tent screaming with laughter, jumping up and down．Steve   53   no time joining their merrymaking．It's a  54  that will remain in our memory for ages．
Time is the  55   important thing one can spend on a child．
36．A．belonged       B．moved            C．referred       D．adapted
37．A．after         B．as              C．until         D．since
38．A．Therefore    B．Though            C．Besides       D．However
39．A．took          B．suggested          C．provided       D．created
40．A．cost          B．save              C．earn        D．lose
41．A．persuade       B．scold              C．explain        D．recommend
42．A．challenge        B．decision           C．consideration  D．operation
43．A．gave up      B．talked about         C．cared about    D．stuck to
44．A．time          B．money             C．energy      D．love
45．A．in turn       B．in return           C．in vain      D．in total
46．A．get          B．mean             C．guess       D．finish
47．A．practically     B．gradually          C．slightly      D．mainly
48．A．drills          B．experiments        C．lessons         D．memories
49．A．common     B．useful           C．expensive     D．necessary
50．A．approximately B．especially           C．simply        D．mostly
51．A．shopping     B．camping           C．swimming    D．boating
52．A．morning      B．afternoon          C．evening       D．dawn
53．A．spared        B．spent              C．afforded      D．wasted
54．A．sight           B．message           C．signal         D．description
55．A．least         B．last              C．most           D．best

A long time ago, a little boy loved to play around an apple tree. After eating some apples, he took a nap under the (1)_______. He and the tree loved each other. When the boy grew up, he(2)_______ played around the tree.

One day, the boy came back to the (3)_______. The tree (4)_______ the boy to play with him. “I am no longer a kid, I don’t play around trees any more." The boy replied, "I want (5)_______. I need money to buy them." "Sorry, but I don’t have money, but you can sell all my apples and have money to buy." The boy was so (6)_______ that he picked all the apples and (7)_______ happily. The boy never came back after he picked the apples. The tree was (8)_______.

Later, the boy needed a house for (9)_______, so he turned to the tree. And the tree asked himto  cut off all his branches. So the boy did. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then. The tree was again (10)_______and sad.

1. A. sunshine        B. screen        C. shadow                    D. shelf

2. A. no longer              B. no more            C. no farther                 D. no better

3. A. top                       B. area                  C. tree                          D. village

4. A. asked                   B. told                   C. inspired                    D. added

5. A. pleasure         B. help                  C. toys                         D. fruits

6. A. shamed                 B. excited              C. embarrassed             D. trouble

7. A. played                  B. sang                  C. sold                        D. left

8. A. sad                B. happy         C. concerned         D. forgettable

9. A. shelter                  B. sale                   C. example                   D. preparation

10. A. angry                  B. lovely         C. friendly                    D. lonely

The World War II ended in 1910 and then the next year Helen and Polly went to Europe to help the blind there.

One evening in Rome , Helen felt the quick excitement of Polly's hand . Polly was spelling __1_ news . Their house in Westport had been burned .Everything was lost . _2_ , a book Helen __3_ about Teacher had burned . It had been nearly finished . “The very first thing I will do is to start the book __4  _ ,  ” Helen said . __5_ in Westport , Helen's friends helped build a new __6_. The day when Helen and Polly moved into their new home ,huge boxes arrived . Helen's friends in Japan _7__ her loss .They had sent gifts of tables and lamps and other furniture . Helen ran her fingers _8_the china and carvings (瓷器和雕刻品).

She had lived through two __9_ . She had always hoped for world peace . Now it made her happy to know that people of different countries and __10__ would work together to help children.  Helen saw more and more blind and deaf people educated to do useful work and part of the __11_. Much of the help had come from her . _12___ most people retired , Helen Keller was busy . “I cannot _13__ old white there is so much work to do ,” she said , “ and so many children _14_”

When Helen was 75 , she traveled thousands of miles around the world . She _15_ many speeches and many new friends .

Now Helen could  __16_ travel herself .But her spirit of courage and the words of her books __17_ around the world . Helen never _18__ that all her work and all her  19_ and all the light in her life come from first from her beloved Teacher .One of Helen Keller's most beautiful books is the story of Anne Sullivan Macy's life .In a little _20_ Helen wrote :

“Teachers— and was all .                                                 

It will be my answer

In the dark

When death calls.”

1. A.interesting           B. terrible                  C. good                  D. secret

2. A. After all     B. Worst of all            C. After that                D. Above all

3. A. had received        B. had written           C. bought                   D. had been writing

4. A.over again           B.over and over          C.again and again         D.at once

5. A. Coming             B. Returning             C. Arriving                 D. Back

6. A. office              B. study                  C. house                   D. family

7. A.had heard of                B. had heard               C. had paid for            D. had seen

8. A. into               B. above                  C. by                    D. over

9. A. terrible world wars  B. centuries              C. long civil wars         D. hard years

10. A. rivers            B. races                    C. enemies               D.worlds

11. A. world people       B. their friends             C. whole world            D. living world

12 A. Long after          B. Long before             C. shortly after            D. Soon 

13. A. help to grow       B. help growing            C. stop to grow            D. stop growing

14. A. to help              B. to go to school        C. to study                  D.to work together

15. A. attended            B. gave                       C. had                       D. made

16. A. already             B. no longer                 C. also                     D. never

17. A. won't               B. soon                    C. still                      D. can

18. A. forgot              B. realized                  C. remembered             D. understood

19. A. riches              B. inventions               C.  honors                D. scholars

20. A. while              B. girl                     C. passage                D. poem

第一节   完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Cars are too expensive for many people around the world to own. Not only that, many cities are already full of traffic, and many country areas have rough roads.
So how do people   21        those distances that are too far to walk? They use public transportation. If you ride the subway    22         bus where you live, you can appreciate some of the benefits of public transportation. With many people     23      one bus or train there is less traffic and, more importantly, less   24              .
Which of the types of mass transit described below are you familiar with? If a regular bus can   25       dozens of people, imagine what a bus twice the size can hold! In Great Britain, there are many buses that are   26          double-deckers.
Buses in Haiti are often very crowded. It’s not   27          for passengers to actually sit on the rooftops. Buses are sometimes called “tap-taps”, because the riders on the roof tap（敲击）when they want to be dropped off.
Many large cities around the world take advantage of the   28         beneath the streets and run underground trains. People in Paris, Mexico City and Tokyo may use the subway system to get to school, to work, or to visit friends in other neighborhoods. Both the Japanese and French have   29         High-speed trains to link various cities. While electric trains in North America   30        130 kph, the French TGV (high-speed-train) is the world’s fastest, averaging over 270 kph!
21. A. find                      B. fly               C. observe                  D. travel
22. A. and                      B. also                    C. or                          D. as well as
23. A. sharing          B. crowding            C. sparing                   D. sitting
24. A. smoke           B. people         C. buses               D. pollution
25. A. include          B. stand                  C. hold                       D. seat contain
26. A. known as              B. popular with C. familiar with           D. looked like
27. A. frequent                B. usual                  C. true                        D. uncommon
28. A. building                B. structure             C. space               D. channel
29. A. imported               B. operated              C. produced         D. developed
30. A. travel            B. average        C. run                        D. fly