阅读下列材料， 从所给的六个选项（A, B,C, D, E, F）中， 选出符合各个小题要求的最佳选项，选项中有一项是多余选

以下是复活节的活动介绍:

A. Second Church in Dorchester sponsors Easter Egg Hunt

Join the fun at the Second Chruch in Dorchester’s Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 12 noon. Children aged 12 and younger are invited to the Church Lawn at the corner of Washington St. and Talbot Ave. in Codman Square to search for the hidden candy-filled egg. Bring your own basket.

This free event is fun for the whole family.

For more information call 617-825-2797, visit the website at http://www.secondchurchchnaz.org,

or email info@secondchurchnaz.org.

B. Choate Park Easter Egg Hunt

The Easter Bunny will visit Choate Park this year and will hide thousands of Easter eggs throughout the historic town park for kids to find! The special day is Saturday, March 15, at 11 a.m. at Choare Park in Medway. The Easter Egg Hunt costs $5 per child over the age of 2, and is open to children up to ten years old. Pre-registration suggested at cholatefriends@yahoo.com or by calling 508-533-3275 so there will be enough eggs for everyone.

C. Billerica Breakfast with Easter Bunny

http://www.town.billerica.ma/us/cities/billericama/docs/UploadPages?recreation.htm#Breakfast

Sunday, March 16,2008

8:30-12 noon

Shawsheen Valley Technical School Cafeteria

100 Cook Street, Billerica

$5.00 per person for a GREAT Meal and LOADS of fun!

(Includes breakfast, photo with Easter Bunny, egg hunt, hat parade, face painting & crafts!)

D. Burlington—FLASHLIGHT AT NIGHT EASTER EGG HUNT

http://www.burlington.org/reaction//Special Events.htm

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Easter bunny will be making a special trip to Burlington to hide some eggs for Easter. This year the Easter bunny will be hiding eggs in two separate locations. Bring your flashlight and a parent and help us find the eggs that are scattered about the Town Common and Simonds Park. The Easter Bunny will be on hand for pictures, so bring your camera. The Easter egg hunt is open for residents only who have signed up and have a ticket. This is for children ages 2-5 with a parents and tickets are $6 each.

E. Wilmington

http://www.towm.wilmington.ma.us/old/rec.htm

EASTER EGG HUNT (Town Common)

The Annual Easter Egg Hunt for children aged 6 and younger will be held on Saturday, March 22 on the Town Common. In case of poor weather or ground

F. Methuen Easter Egg Hunt

http://www.ci.methuen.ma.us/

Saturday, March 22, 12:00 Noon at Veterans Park on Milk Street

Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bring a Basket! Special Appearance by the Easter Bunny!!!

Ages: Preschool to 3rd Grade.

Information: 978-983-8590

请根据下面家长和小孩的信息，为其挑选合适的活动。

76.Mr. Brown. My son is 5 years old. He loves Easter Egg Hunt. But this time I won’t be free until Saturday afternoon, March 22.

77. Mrs. Houston My husband and I will be free on March 15, so we would like to take our kid, Jason, 12, to join in some free events.

78．Mr. Robinson Judy, my daughter, is 3 years old. She loves the Easter Bunny so much that she will be happy to take a picture with it.

79．Mrs. Ryan I am available before noon on March 15 so I am taking my boy, Justin, aged 8, to try for the egg hunts.

80. Mr. William Besides egg hunts, my boy would also like to watch other performance, such as parade and painting.

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。

Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were still  26  to her door.

Each year he sent her roses, and the  27  would always say, “I love you even more this year, than last year on this day.” My love for you will always 28  , with every passing year. “She knew this was the last time 29  the rose would appear. Her loving husband did not know that he would  30  . he always liked to do things early. Then, if he got too busy,  31  would work out fine.”

A year went by, and it was  32  to live without her mate. Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before, the doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door. She brought the roses  33  , calling the florist shop. The owner answered, and she asked him , if he would explain, why would someone do this to her,  34  her such pain?

“I know your husband passed away, more than a year ago,” The owner said, “I knew you’d  35  , and you would want to know. “ “ The flowers you received today, were   36  in advance.” “Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance.”

She thanked him and  37  the phone, her tears now flowing hard. Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to 38  the card. Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note. This is what he wrote: “Hello my love, I know it’s been a year  39  I’ve been gone, I hope it hasn’t been too hard for you to overcome.” “I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very 40  . for if it was the other way, I know how I would feel. The love we shared  41  everything so beautiful in life. I loved you more than words can say.”

“You were my friend and lover, I know it’s only been a year,  42  please try not to grieve. I want you to be happy,  43  when you shed your tears. That is why the roses will be sent to you for years.”

“ When you get these 44  , think of all the  45  that we had together, and how both of us were blessed. I have always loved you and I know I always will. My love, you must go on, you have some living still.”

A. passed          B. shown        C. presented        D. delivered

A. note           B. message      C. line             D. information

A. disappear        B. decrease      C. grow            D. keep

A. that            B.when          C. which           D. what

A. pass by         B. pass away      C. pass down       D. pass on

A. everything      B. something      C. nothing          D. anything

A. happy          B. meaningful     C. hard            D. impossible

A. in             B. out            C. along          D. up

A. curing          B. healing        C.causing          D. killing

A. ask            B. wonder        C. doubt            D. telephone

A. booked         B. grown         C. planted          D. designed

A. picked up       B. turned up       C.held up          D. hung up

A. buy            B. get            C.read           D. write

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

strong            B. weak          C. true             D. real

A made           B. bad            C. let              D. left

A. so             B. but            C. though           D. still

A. even           B. only           C. merely           D. just

A. roses           B. belongings      C. congratulations    D. remarks

A. sadness       B. disappointment   C. happiness        D. sufferings

The day before the deadline for this article,I had no clue what I was going to write about. I took my problem to the editor-in-chief, and.he said to me:“Don’t worry; you’re creative. ”
I’m not sure where the editor-in-chief reached the conclusion that I was “creative”. Maybe it was through the poems I wrote. Personally, I simply enjoy writing because it’s fun. There’s also the fact that I can’t draw or do anything else creatively, I’m equally sure that there are people in the boat on the other side who can make things look excellent, but can’t write a poem.
At this point you probably want to ask me what poetry and art have to do with engineering.  For one, it makes you a more rounded person, making you a better engineer. More importantly, as an engineer, you will be faced with many problems every day. There are some that can be solved by consulting a textbook, but more often than not, you will need that thing in your brain to put together things in a completely original combination to solve the problem at hand.
Think of the wonderful things that creative engineers have done. Civil engineers have made the road more long-lasting so we don’t have to close them for repairs as often. Coming up with a new innovation (创新) is similar to writing a good poem. It’s not some-thing you plan to do. The critical moment comes unexpectedly in the middle of nowhere. You don’t think about what you’re doing, you simply do. After some mad struggling you take a look at the end product and say to yourself, “This is a masterpiece. ” This is perhaps the greatest personal satisfaction one can
experience.
So all you engineers out there get out and do something creative. I don’t care if it’s writing a poem or a computer program, just be natural and do something creative.
【小题1】This passage mainly deals with_______.

When I was seven, my father gave me a Timex, my first watch. I loved it, wore it for years, and haven’t had another one since it stopped ticking a decade ago. Why? Because I don’t need one. I have a mobile phone and I’m always near someone with an iPod or something like that. All these devices (装置) tell the time — which is why, if you look around, you’ll see lots of empty wrists (手腕); sales of watches to young adults have been going down since 2007. 
But while these wise people have realized that they don’t need them, others — including some distinguished ones of our time — are spending total fortunes on them. Brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe and Breitling command shocking prices, up to £ 250.000 for a piece.
This is ridiculous. Expensive cars go faster than cheap cars. Expensive clothes hang better than cheap clothes. But these days, all watches tell the time as well as all other watches. Yes, you may say expensive watches will come with some extra functions — but who needs them? How often do you dive to 300 metres into the sea to test its function of waterproof, or need to find your direction in the area around the South Pole by using its compass? So why pay that much of five years’ school fees for watches that allow you to do these things?
If justice were done, the Swiss watch industry should have closed down when the Japanese discovered how to make accurate watches for a five-pound note. Instead, the Swiss re-invented the watch, with the aid of millions of pounds’ worth of advertising, as a message about the man —— usually a famous star, wearing it. Rolexes are for those who spend their weekends climbing icy mountains; a Patek Philippe is for one from a rich or noble family; a Breitling suggests you like to pilot planes across the world. 
Watches are classified as “investment items” (投资项目) now. A 1994 Philippe recently sold for nearly £ 350, 000, while 1960s Rolexes have gone from 15, 000 to 30, 000 plus in a year. But, to some wealthy people, a watch is more than an investment. It’s a valuable toy for self-satisfaction, a matter of fashion. Prices may keep going up — they’ve been rising for fifteen years. But when fashion moves on, the owner of that £ 350, 000 treasured object will suddenly find his pride and joy is no more a good investment than my childhood Times. 
【小题1】The sales of watches to young people have fallen because ______. 

The cultures of the East and the West really disting?uish from each other a lot.This is because the culture systems are two separate systems ____.

The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries：China and India.Both of the two cultures are gestated(孕育) by ___.In China，the mother river is the Yellow River ___ the Indian one is the Hindu River.These two cultures were ____ for several thousand years and formed their own styles.Then in the Tang Dynasty of China，the Chinese culture ____ went overseas to Japan，____ into the Japanese society and ___ the Japanese culture nowadays.Though a bit different from the Chinese one，it ____ to the same system.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the eastern culture，another famous culture was ____ on the Mesopotamian Plain(美索不达米亚平原)—the Mesopotamian Civilization.This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.And these two are well?known as the ____ of the European culture.____ the Chinese culture，the European one also ____ waters.When the colonists of England ____ in America，their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean.So the American culture doesn’t ___ from the European one a lot.

At the same time，the ____ of the language systems adds to the cultural differences.In the East，most languages belong to the pictographic(象形文字的) languages while the Western languages are ____ based on the Latin system，for example，the one I’m using to write this paper.

Other factors like human race difference ____ as well.However，___ the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West，the two cultures seldom ___ until recent centuries.____ they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference(干扰) from the other.

1.A.above all? B．on the whole

C．in all? D．in no case

2.A.mountains? B．plains

C．lakes? D．rivers

3.A.or? B．for

C．while? D．when

4.A.developed? B．improved

C．created? D．protected

5.．A.suddenly? B．quietly

C．gradually? D．naturally

6.A.mixed? B．changed

C．decided? D．forced

7.A.expanded? B．interrupted

C．influenced? D．shaped

8.A.comes? B．belongs

C．amounts D．adds

9.A.brought up? B．carried out

C．given out? D．picked up

10.A.result? B．sign

C．base? D．content

11.A.Via? B．Except

C．With D．Like

12.A.affected? B．spread

C．crossed? D．formed

13.A.joined up? B．went up

C．broke down? D．settled down

14.A.come? B．suffer

C．result? D．differ

15.．A.difference? B．development

C．appearance? D．feature

16.A.properly? B．partly

C．simply? D．mostly

17.A.last? B．count

C．reduce? D．change

18.A.in terms of? B．due to

C．as to? D．in case of

19.A.transform? B．display

C．communicate? D．distinguish

20.A.Furthermore? B．Meanwhile

C．Therefore D．However