阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55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。

The young couple had another quarrel. They were sitting silently when the landlady(女房东) came in and asked, “You don’t 　36 the house any more?” He kept silent and she 　37 shook her head.

The landlady began 　38 the house. After looking around, the landlady screamed, “See how you have 　39 my house? The walls are full of nails(铁钉)! How could I rent it to others?”

She began looking around her 　40 room. Four years ago on the wedding night, he felt deeply 　41 to her, saying, “I feel so sorry to you for 　42 you live in this small room. In the future I will buy our own big house.”

This tiny room has two nails on the wall next to the door, one for her bag and the other 　43 . At that time, she threw all her stuff(填充物) such as her bag and umbrella on the 　44 once she entered the room, staring at the whole 　45　 and feeling terribly upset. Then he began 　46 more nails into the wall. There were three nails on the left, on which 　47 his clothes yesterday and four on the right used to 　48 their wedding photo frame.

The landlady started to pull the nails out with a tool. After the nails were　 49 , the walls were left with countless holes. Suddenly, she felt heartbroken as if she were 　50 nonstop through these holes.

　　She 　51 to her feet and exclaimed, “Stop removing the nails! We will rent the house 　52 we buy our own!” He gazed at her surprised, and then turned round, tears over his cheek.

She 　53 realized that marriage was like a wall and that all 　54 and “cold wars” were like the nails on the wall. 55 , when they were removed, only a wall with holes would remain. But if all the nails were still in their own places, the wall was still complete and reliable.

36. A. like　　　　　 　　 　　　 B. clean　　　　 　　 C. rent　　　　 　　　 D. keep

37. A. simply　　　　　 　　　 　　　 B. barely　　　　 　　 C. coldly　　　 　　　 D. proudly

38. A. observing　　　　 　　　 B. examining　　　 　　 C. watching　　 　　　　　　 D. spotting

39. A. shared　　　　　 　　　 B. ruined　　　　　 　 C. kept　　　　 　　　　　　 D. decorated

40. A. familiar　　　　 　 　　　 B. dirty　　　　　 　 C. empty　　　　 　　 D. bright

41. A. devoted　　　　 　　　 B. attached　　 　　　 C. optimistic　　 　　　 D. guilty

42. A. leaving　　　　　 　　　 B. having　　　　 　 C. asking　　　　 　　 D. getting

43. A. clothes 　　　　　 　　　 B. pictures　　　　 　 C. umbrellas　　　 　　 D. hats

44. A. floor　　　　　　 　　　 B. wall　　　　　 　 C. ceiling　　　　 　 D. door

45. A. trouble　　　　　 　　　 B. mess　　　　　 　　 C. confusion　　　 　 D. order

46. A. putting　　　　　 　　　 B. striking　　 　　　　 C. driving　　　　 　 D. beating

47. A. hung　　　　　　 　　　 B. fastened　　　 　　 C. dropped　　　　 　 D. swung

48. A. connect　　　　　 　　　 　　　 B. fix　　　　　 　　 C. hang　　　　　 　 D. put

49. A. replaced　　　　 　　　 B. separated　　　 　　 C. unfastened　　　 　 D. removed

50. A. crying　　　　　 　　　 B. aching　　　　 　　 C. bleeding　　　 　　 D. disturbing

51. A. jumped　　　　　 　　　 B. held　　　　　 　　 C. stuck　　　　　 　 D. got

52. A. if　　　　　　　 　　　 B. unless　　　　 　　 C. as　　　　　　 　 D. until

53. A. especially 　　　 　　　 B. eventually　　 　　　 C. fortunately　　　 　 D. sadly

54. A. chaos(混乱)　　　　　 B. troubles　　　　 　 C. quarrels　　　　 　 D. challenges

55. A. Therefore　　　　 　　　 B. Besides　　　　 　　 C. Thus　　　　　 　 D. However

B

　　Chinese children will be able to get a taste of adult working life in a theme park planned for Hang-zhou city,East China's Zhejiang Province.The Kids City,the first of its kind in China,will allow children aged five to ten to try out jobs of their choice after it opens in October 2008.

　　Located in eastern Hangzhou,the indoor entertainment and educaion park,similar to "Kidzania" in Mexico and Japan,offers more than 50 professions,including pilot,doctor,police officer and lawyer,according to Hangzhou Youth Activity Center(HYAC),the organizer of the park,The park will be a 7:10 scale (比例尺) city with streets,hospitals,museums,supermarkets, schools,airport and other facilities.Construction has begun on the indoor section.

　　Inside the 7,000-square-meter city,every kid would get a bank account holding special money that they can only spend in the park.They could earn more money by working in different booths or workshops.One job would take about half an half an hour and the whole tour would usually last five to six hours."The interactive(交互式) experience will help kids to learn about the adult life,which is good for their future career planning.They will have a lot of fun here,"said Huang Jianming,chief of HYAC.Parents are not allowed to enter the city,but they can take pictures from outside the huge glass house.

　　The ticket price has not been decided yet.But HYACsaid it might be lower than Kidzania Tokyo's and around several hundren yuan.With the majority of investment(投资) coming from the government,the project also needs financial support from companies and organizations,according to HYAC.

　　The world's first Kidzania was opened in Mexico City in 1999.It has turned out to be a huge success receiving about 800,000 visitors every year.In 2006,Kidzania opened its Tokyopark in Japan,which also became an attraction to kids."We are confident that the Chinese version(版本) wll be very successful."said Huang.

　　60.The theme park is aimed at letting the kids_______.

　　　A.work with adults B.experience adult careers

　　　C.imitate adults looking after a family D.watch adults work

　　61.The Kids City will________.

　　　A.be more than half the size of Hangzhou City

　　　B.consist of two parts,one larger than the other

　　　C.contain buildings smaller than those we use

　　　D.have lower buildings than Kidzania Tokyo's

　　62.A visitor to the Kids City ______.

　　　A.has nothing in his bank unless he's worked

　　　B.always leaves his tour with much money in his bank

　　　C.learns to earn money as well as to use it

　　　D.can try out all the professions on one tour

　　63.How many of such theme parks are open to visitors at present in the world?

　　　A.Only one B.Two C.Three D.None

 

The primate brain is larger than 　　 of other animals.

A.those　　　　　B.what　　　　　C.this　　　　　D.that

Anna lived on the side of a valley．One summer, there was a very big 　     , and a lot of houses down below Anna＇s were washed away．Anna＇s house was 　   enough to escape the flood, so when the water had      and the other houses were 　    there with no roof and no walls and all covered with mud（泥）, her house was just all right．

 Her house was quite small, her husband was dead, and she had four children,   　 Anna took in one of the families that had lost 　   in the flood and she 　    her home with them until it was 　  　 for them to rebuild their house．

 Anna＇s friends were 　  when they saw Anna do this．They could not understand why Anna wanted to give   so much more work and trouble when she already had quite a few children to 　   ．

 “Well,” Anna  　    her friends, “at the end of the First World War, a woman in the town where I then lived found herself very  　   , because her husband had been killed in the 　   　  and she had a lot of children I have now．The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas this year, so I’m going to 　      only one present to all of us．Now I’ll go and get it．’ She came back with a  　    who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents．‘Here’s our 　   ,she said to her children．

 The children were 　   and happy to get such a present．They 　   the little girl, and she grew up as their sister．Such was that Christmas present．”

1.A．accident    B．flood         C．fire            D．earthquake

2.A．below       B．big           C．high           D．small

3.A．reduced     B．come         C．disappeared      D．appeared 

4.A．rising       B．standing       C．flowing         D．falling    

5.A．so         B．for            C．but             D．since

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

7.A．gave       B．shared        C．found           D．built

8.A．necessary  B．important      C．obvious          D．possible

9.A．worried    B．disappointed   C．satisfied          D．puzzled

10.A．them      B．him          C．herself           D．us

11.A．supply     B．grow         C．support          D．educate

12.A．asked for  B．talked with     C．turned up         D．explained to

13.A．sad       B．rich           C．poor            D．happy

14.A．storm     B．rain           C．war            D．flood

15.A．because   B．which         C．that            D．as

16.A．get       B．make         C．send             D．buy          

17.A．boy      B．student        C．teacher          D．girl

18.A．child     B．daughter       C．present          D．sister        

19.A．angry     B．lovely         C．excited          D．sorry

20.A．disliked   B．gained         C．led             D．welcomed

 

The word “conservation” has a thrifty meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such a good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials: most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless” and could “last forever”. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.

　　Fifty years ago, nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; wood was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word “conservation” had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.

　　For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should be made part of everybody’s daily life. To know about the water table in ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic math formulas. We need to know why all watersheds (上游集水区) need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to give their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, grown trees, because living space for most of man’s fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic (立方体的) volume above the earth. In a word, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.

1.The author’s attitude towards the use of natural resources is _________.

A. positive         B. uninterested     C. optimistic           D. critical

2.According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that _________.

　　A. they had no idea about scientific forestry

　　B. they had little or no sense of environmental protection

　　C. they were not aware of the importance of nature study

　　D. they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials

3.To avoid repeating the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that ______

　　A. we plant more trees

　　B. natural sciences be taught to everybody

　　C. environmental education be directed toward everyone

　　D. we return to nature

4.How can you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?

A. Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.

B. Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.[来源:Z。xx。k.Com]

C. We need to take some measures to protect space.

D. We must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals.