Liam works in Sydney. Last week he had   41  holiday, but he didn’t know   42  to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I   43    the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I spend my holiday?”
“That. ’s   44   ,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. It’s   45   there because it is covered with snow and ice now.”
Liam    46  with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon   47  Moscow. He made a   48  journey there. But one day he got into trouble. After lunch he went outside the city. He saw a dog   49 him while he  50  by a house. It was   51   and wanted to get some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no pieces of bread or cake with him. He tried to send it away. But it began to shout at him. He wanted to 52   something to make the dog go away, but he couldn’t find anything  53   snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone(石头) on the ground. He tried to   54  but he failed.
“ How strange the Russians are!” Liam said to himself. “They do not tie(拴)their dogs, but firmly(紧紧地)tie the   55    ”.

Mr. Evens works in Sydney. Last week he had a two weeks’ holiday, but he didn’t know where to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I hate the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I take my holiday?”
“That’s easy,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. Snow and ice are covering the ground now.”
Mr. Evens agreed with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon arrived in Moscow. He made a happy journey（旅程） there. But one day He got into trouble. After lunch he went to a park outside the city. He saw a dog following him while he was walking past a house. It was hungry and wished him to give it some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no piece of bread or cake in his pockets. He tried to send it away, but it began to bark at him. He wanted to look for a stick but couldn’t find anything except snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone in the ground. He tried to pick it up but he failed.
“How strange Russians（俄国人） are!” Mr. Evens said to himself. “They do not tie their dogs, but firmly(牢牢地) tie the ground!”
【小题1】Mr. Evens is _______________.

A young man worked very hard on his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. One day he found that he couldn't fall asleep at night. As he became ill, he couldn't go to sleep. When he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he always failed.
After a few days he decided to see a doctor.
"I just can't go to sleep at night. What should I do?" he asked.
"I have a suggestion," said the doctor. "You can try to count numbers. When you count to one thousand, you will be asleep. I am sure of it. "
The next day the man returned to the doctor's office.
"Well," said the doctor. "How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?"
The man still looked tired. "Yes," he said. "I tried to count one, two, three.. , up to one thousand. But when I counted to five hundred and sixty--nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. But then I still couldn't fall asleep. "
【小题1】Why couldn't the young man go to sleep at night?

任务型阅读 (本题有5小题，每小题1分，共5分 )

阅读下面5段语言材料，从A到F选项中，找出与它们相对应的标题，并将答案的字母编号填在题前的括号内。

1.Living in another country can help you to learn a language, and about another culture. Many companies today need employees (雇员 ) who can speak a foreign language, or have the experience of living or working in another country.

2. Most people want to be happy. But few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Happiness depends on ourselves .In other words, we make own happiness.

3. “No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely isolated life. Without other people, life became empty and sad. We all need friends.

4. When he was 18 years old, he wanted to go to film school so that he could improve his skills and become an even better director. Unluckily, he was unsuccessful in getting a place at this school so he went to a university in California to study English. Even though he had failed to get into the school he wanted to go to, he didn’t let this stop him following his dream to become a great director.

5.Which type of food will make a difference if you want to keep fit? If you eat more carbohydrates(碳水化合物 ) and proteins (蛋白质) ,your body will be pleased. If you eat too much fat and sweet, your muscles ( 肌肉) will start to break down.

A. If you want to succeed, don’t give up your dream.

B. Paying attention to what you eat

C. The Ad for looking for the employees.                           

D. The secrets of Happiness.

E. No one can live without people.

Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm when   16  danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager   17  him more and the traffic policemen often speaks highly of him.
Mr. Baker，one of his friends，works in a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the street is   18  in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away   19  he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car，but he hasn’t enough   20 . He decides to buy an old one. One day, he went to the second-hand market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to try the car，the seller agreed. He   21  Mr King and asked him to help him at once.
Mr. King examined(检查) the car and then drove it away. It was early in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it   22  well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing，the lights turned   23 . He tried to stop it， but he failed and   24  hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop，but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
“Didn’t you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily.
　　“Yes, I did，sir,” said Mr King，“   25  it doesn’t listen to me，can it obey（听从）you？”