C
　　This summer vacation,Xiaokai,a high school student in Guangzhou,planned to spend his time surfing the Internet,playing basketball and watching TV.
　　But Xiaokai's parents tried to make him read some classics at home.In their yees,reading the classics would do his son much more good than other activities.
　　Though his room was full of the classic books,he had just finished reading one of them,The Old Man and the Sea.
　　"I picked up the book just because it was not very thick,"he said."Nothing impressed me at all after reading."
　　Xiaokai is not alone in today's China.Now most of the teenagers are fond of reading martial arts stories,cartoons and popular magazines.Theose classics cannot get them interested at all.
　　Parents areworrying about this phenomenon(现象).They always tell their chilren to read the classsics,which is supposed to help their children improve their academic studies.
　　Ms Li made a classics reading plan for her daughter,but her daughter refused to carry it away.She just finished less than 10 pages of the Dream of Red Chamber(阁楼) during the whole summer vacation. Ms Li sighed,"What's wrong with the children today?"
　　It is the same with teachers.One middle school Chinese teacher once prepared a chart(图表) of Interpersonal relationship in the best-known novel Dream of Red Chamber for his students. They were asked to remember how the characters are related to each other while preparing for the final exam.
　　To improve the situation in which the fastfood culture (快餐文化) seems to be winning over teenagers,parents are expected to understand their children's interests, and guide them to read the books instead of forcing them,according to some experts.It is not necessary for the kids to read the classics in their childhood.They can read classics after having their own life experience.
　　64.Xiaokai read only one classic book because _______.
　　A.he didn't have more
　　B.he wasn't interested in the classics
　　C.it took him a lot of time
　　D.he just acted on his parents' advice
　　65.When the writer says"Xiaokai is not alone",she means that ________.
　　A.many others don't like classics either
　　B.some parents and teachers support Xiaokai
　　C.Xiaokai is not the family's only child
　　D.Xiaokai often reads together with others
　　66.Which belong,or belongs,to the fastfood culture according to the article?
　　A.The old Man and the Sea.
　　B.The Dream of Red Chamber.
　　C.Martial arts stories.
　　D.The books filling up Xiaokai's room.
　　67.Who would be more likely to stand on the side of that Chinese teacher?
　　A.The students.    B.The parents.      C.The experts.     D.The writer.

C

　　This summer vacation,Xiaokai,a high school student in Guangzhou,planned to spend his time surfing the Internet,playing basketball and watching TV.

　　But Xiaokai's parents tried to make him read some classics at home.In their yees,reading the classics would do his son much more good than other activities.

　　Though his room was full of the classic books,he had just finished reading one of them,The Old Man and the Sea.

　　"I picked up the book just because it was not very thick,"he said."Nothing impressed me at all after reading."

　　Xiaokai is not alone in today's China.Now most of the teenagers are fond of reading martial arts stories,cartoons and popular magazines.Theose classics cannot get them interested at all.

　　Parents areworrying about this phenomenon(现象).They always tell their chilren to read the classsics,which is supposed to help their children improve their academic studies.

　　Ms Li made a classics reading plan for her daughter,but her daughter refused to carry it away.She just finished less than 10 pages of the Dream of Red Chamber(阁楼) during the whole summer vacation. Ms Li sighed,"What's wrong with the children today?"

　　It is the same with teachers.One middle school Chinese teacher once prepared a chart(图表) of Interpersonal relationship in the best-known novel Dream of Red Chamber for his students. They were asked to remember how the characters are related to each other while preparing for the final exam.

　　To improve the situation in which the fastfood culture (快餐文化) seems to be winning over teenagers,parents are expected to understand their children's interests, and guide them to read the books instead of forcing them,according to some experts.It is not necessary for the kids to read the classics in their childhood.They can read classics after having their own life experience.

　　64.Xiaokai read only one classic book because _______.

　　A.he didn't have more

　　B.he wasn't interested in the classics

　　C.it took him a lot of time

　　D.he just acted on his parents' advice

　　65.When the writer says"Xiaokai is not alone",she means that ________.

　　A.many others don't like classics either

　　B.some parents and teachers support Xiaokai

　　C.Xiaokai is not the family's only child

　　D.Xiaokai often reads together with others

　　66.Which belong,or belongs,to the fastfood culture according to the article?

　　A.The old Man and the Sea.

　　B.The Dream of Red Chamber.

　　C.Martial arts stories.

　　D.The books filling up Xiaokai's room.

　　67.Who would be more likely to stand on the side of that Chinese teacher?

　　A.The students.    B.The parents.      C.The experts.     D.The writer.

LONDON — Britain awoke on Easter Monday to a period of mourning for the Queen Mother, who died over the weekend after a life spanning a century of noisy and evident change. The 101-year-old royal matriarch died in her sleep last Saturday with Queen Elizabeth, her elder and only surviving daughter, at her bedside. For a woman who was one of the best-known figures in Britain for more than 80 years — from the era of tinted portraits on tin biscuit boxes and cigarette cards to the age of the Internet, the Queen Mother remained an enigmatic(不可思议的) and elusive(躲避的) figure.

She achieved such a respect through aeons(永世, 亿万年) of, first, fawning and, later, intrusive media fascination, by remaining almost entirely silent. Her private thoughts were never paraded(炫耀) in public. What the public saw was a charming and benign elderly lady, adept at winning the admiration of press photographers, whom she always favoured with a particular smile.

CHINA’s third unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou Ⅲ, landed safely in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Monday afternoon, after orbiting the earth 108 times in slightly less than a week. The craft, which lifted off from Jiuquan in Gansu Province last Monday night, landed after successfully conducting a chain of flight and scientific experiments over a period of 162 hours.

A powerful earthquake jolted Taiwan, killing five construction workers, authorities(官方) said. Over 200 injuries ware reported across the island, mostly minor, as a result of Sunday’s 7.5-magnitude quake. The quake was centred off Hualien, 180 kilometres east of Taipei. It struck at 2:53 pm and lasted for nearly a minute.

1. Which of the following statements is true according to the news?

　　A. The Queen Mother died on Easter Monday alone.

　　B. The Queen Mother was an attractive person in her political life.

　　C. The British people felt sorry for the death of the Queen Mother.

　　D. The Queen Mother was suffering a lot when she was dying.

　　2. It can be inferred that _______.

　　A. the craft landed in central Inner Mongolia unexpectedly

　　B. it took the craft at least 2 hours to orbit the earth once

　　C. the Chinese scientists did a lot of experiments in space

　　D. China was successful in sending an unmanned spacecraft into space

3. The third news mainly talks about the _______ in Taiwan.

    A. political matters                         B. social problems

　　C. unexpected damage                     D. construction workers

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　My son was badly hurt in a fire. After he 　31 from a series of treatments, the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months 　32 it took long for the skin to stop shrinking（收缩）. So，he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch 　33 on his face.

　　I said to my son，“Keaton， 34 will pay any more attention to your scar 　35 you do. If it does not bother you, it will not bother 36 .”He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head 37 high—glad he was alive.

　　 38 , everyone has scars and shortcomings. Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better, 　39 you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer 40 .

　　But you see, like Keaton’s scar, people will only judge you by your looks ,or your 　41 , or you car, if you are judging yourself by these same false 　42 .

　　One of my friends in college was very 43 . At first, when people met him, they noticed his 　44 for about 10 seconds. This man felt 45 about himself and spent most of his time 　46 about other people’s comfort and welfare. 　47 ，people ignored his looks. What people 48 was his kindness and his concern for them. He didn’t act in an ugly way so people didn’t treat him as an ugly man.

　　Therefore，concentrate on what you value 49 yourself，because if you can see that beautiful person，everyone you are in contact with will see the same 50 .

31．A．cured 　　　　B．recovered 　　　　C．improved 　　　　D．returned

32．A．because 　　　B．though 　　　　　 C．until 　　　　　 D．before

33．A．cut 　　　　　B．wound　　　　　　 C．injure 　　　　　D．scar

34．A．no one 　　　 B．anyone 　　　　　 C．everyone 　　　　D．someone

35．A．as 　　　　　 B．like 　　　　　　 C．than 　　　　　　D．when

36．A．another 　　　B．others 　　　　　 C．all 　　　　　　 D．us

37．A．put 　　　　　B．held 　　　　　　 C．taken 　　　　　 D．hung

38．A．After all 　　B．In conclusion 　　C．In fact　　　　　D．Above all

39．A．as long as 　B．if 　　　　　　　　C．even if 　　　　 D．as if

40．A．house 　　　 B．telephone 　　　　 C．job 　　　　　　 D．car

41．A．clothes 　　 B．hairstyle 　　　　 C．figure 　　　　　D．salary

42．A．means 　　　 B．standards 　　　　 C．comments 　　　　D．rules

43．A．smart 　　　 B．optimistic 　　　　C．rude 　　　　　　D．ugly

44．A．manners 　　 B．expressions 　　　 C．looks 　　　　　 D．actions

45．A．lucky 　　　 B．worried 　　　　　 C．good 　　　　　　D．sad

46．A．inquiring 　 B．asking 　　　　　　C．knowing 　　　　 D．caring

47．A．Completely 　B．Gradually 　　　　 C．Obviously 　　　 D．Suddenly

48．A．wanted 　　　B．understood 　　　　C．brought 　　　　 D．saw

49．A．within 　　　B．beyond 　　　　　　C．except 　　　　　D．above

50．A．kindness 　　B．concern 　　　　 　C．beauty 　　　　　D．perfection

完形填空

　　Balloons have been used 　1　 sport balloons: gas, and hot air. Hot　　 air balloons are safer than gas balloons, 　2　 may 　3　 fire. Hot air balloons are　　 preferred（更喜欢）by most balloonists in the　　 United States because of 　4　 safety. They are also cheaper, and 　5　 to manage　　 than 　6　 balloons. Although it is easy to operate a balloon, pilots must　　7　 the　　 weather carefully. Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning or late in the　　 afternoon, 　8　 the wind is light. 　9　 the years, balloonists have tried 　10　 to　　 cross the Atlantic Ocean. It 　11　 until 1978 　12　 three American balloonists　　 succeeded. It took them 　13　 six days to 　14　 their trip from their homes in the　　 United States 　15　 Paris, France. Their voyage captured the imagination of the whole　　 world.