第二节  信息匹配 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

下面是一篇应用文及其应用场合的信息，请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

首先，请阅读下列书讯：

A．British Life by Anne Collins

What’s everyday life for people in Britain? Why do they talk about the weather so much? This book will tell you everything you want to know about the interesting and traditional country.

B．Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

A sad story of two lovers. The two lovers began their secret love, but their families didn’t know. It’s one of the famous plays written by Shakespeare in the literature history.

C．Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Robert Langdon, the hero of Da Vinci Code, which is another history thriller, tried to solve the mystery of a century-old underground organization and save the Vatican from a tomb. If you are not brave enough, don’t read it alone at night. This is the ancient mystery.

D．Happy Christmas by John Escott

This is a book, but looks like a magazine. It is made up of different sections. You can learn about the history and traditions of the western-style holidays and something else like the way of making traditional food and games.

E．The Beatles by Paul Shipton

John, Paul, George and Ringo: four young men from England were the most well-known and some of the best musicians of the 1960s. They formed the Beatles, and their music is still popular today.

F．Silver Bells by Luanne Rice

A sweet love story happening on Christmas. Chris Byne, a farmer who sold his Christmas trees on the streets on New York, one day he met Cathy Tierney, a librarian who lost her husband on Christmas Eve three years before. So a new love and a new hop started lasting a lifetime.

以下是购书者的信息，请匹配购书者的信息与它们所对应的书本：

46．Randy: Christmas is coming. Randy wants to know all information about it, such as the games, the food, the stories, the music and the movies.                                                （   ）

47．Amy: Amy has many romantic dreams. She always believes she can find her Mr. Right like the girls in the fairy stories. So she is crazy about the books with good endings only. Now she begins to bury herself in the book like that.                                         （   ）

48．Vince: Vince, as the head of his own band, is able to play all kinds of musical instruments. But he dreams of becoming musician like John Lennon, a famous singer from a rock band. Therefore, he wants to search for a book on him.                   （   ）

49．Alan: Mystery and adventure are always boys’ dreams. Alan, one of the boys, especially prefers the ancient ones because he always regards himself as a big man with super power, but not a small boy.（   ）

50．Lin Jie: Lin Jie, a student studying English in a university, will go to England to continue his further education. So he wants to find more information about the country he will study in.    （   ）

 

King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ‘‘I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ‘‘Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared.
The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy, everything he touched changed immediately into gold. ‘‘I’m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.
Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand. ‘‘I’m dying of hunger.” He cried.
Just then his daughter came running in . ‘‘Why are you so sad, dad?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this, he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him.  ‘‘Don’t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ‘‘Please take it away,” begged the king, ‘‘give me back my daughter.”  ‘‘Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.
【小题1】The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because              .

A．she hoped to make the king the richest in the world

B．She loved gold too

C．She wanted to teach the king a lesson

D．She wanted to turn the king’s daughter into gold

【小题2】When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was              .

A．excited

B．hungry

C．worried

D．happy

【小题3】The king’s daughter became a golden statue when              .

A．she saw her father	B．the king went to meet her
C．she put her arms around her father	D．the king loved her very much

【小题4】Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A．The king died in the river

B．The king’s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl

C．All the things the king had touched changed back into real ones

D．Both B and C

【小题5】What do you think the story tries to tell us?

A．Gold makes people unhappy

B．More gold, more happiness

C．Gold is not the thing that makes life happy

D．People feel happy if they have not gold

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly（蝴蝶） caught in a thorn（荆棘）bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy（仙女）. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”

The fairy leaned（倾斜） toward her and whispered（耳语）in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, afraid that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure（安全的）they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”

1.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan（孤儿） girl     .

A．felt sorrow, but she didn’t help it          B．failed to help it release from the thorn

C．fell down on it too                       D．helped the butterfly escape from the thorn

2.The butterfly     after being saved by the little girl.

A．flied away                             B．was more beautiful than before

C．changed into a fairy                      D．still died

3.The only thing that the little girl wanted was       .

A．wealth            B．parents           C．happiness         D．friends

4.The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because      .

A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t want her to die

B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C．they wanted to pray for her after her death

D．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

 

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

    One day,feeling very sad and lonely,she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away,the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief. 来源：

    “For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl,“I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied,“I want to be happy.”

    The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared. 来源：

    As the little girl grew up,there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer,“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.” 来源：

    When she was very old and on her deathbed,the neighbors all gathered around her,and feared that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us,please,” they begged,“Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said,“She told me that everyone,no matter how secure they seemed,no matter how old or young,how rich or poor,had need of me.”

______ the girl felt sad and lonely. 来源：

     A. There were many friends but          B. There was nobody to love her so来源：

     C. There was nothing to do              D. Seeing the butterfly was caught来源：

Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn,the orphan girl ______.

     A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn        B. felt sorrow,but she didn’t go up to help it

     C. fell down on it too                            D. failed to help it release from the thorn

The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl.

     A. flied away                                  B. still died来源：

     C. changed into a fairy                           D. was more beautiful than before

  The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.来源：

     A. to be rich                                  B. to have her own parents

     C. to have a lot of friends                        D. happiness

The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying,because ______.

     A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t wanted her to die

     B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died来源：

     C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness来源：

     D. they wanted to pray for her after her death

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her. One day， feeling very sad and lonely， she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the Butterfly. Instead of flying away， the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“For your wonderful kindness，” the good fairy said to the girl， “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied， “I want to be happy.” The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the little girl grew up， there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer， “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”

When she was very old and on her deathbed， the neighbors all gathered around her， that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us， please，” they begged， “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said， “She told me that everyone， no matter how secure they seemed， no matter how old or young， how rich or poor， had need of me.”

1.Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn， the orphan girl ______.

A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B．felt sorrow，but she didn’t go up to help it

C．fell down on it too

D．failed to help it release from the thorn

2. The butterfly ______ after it was saved by the little girl.

A．flied away                             B．still died

C．changed into a fairy                      D．was more beautiful than before

3.The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.

A．to be rich                             B．to have her own parents

C．to have a lot of friends                   D．happiness

4. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying， because ______.

A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn‘t wanted her to die

B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D．they wanted to pray for her after her death