.( 湖南卷31). I walked slowly through the market, Where people_________ all kinds of fruits and vegetables. I studied the prices carefully and bought what I needed.

A. Sell           B. were selling       C. had sold         D. have sold

love charity(慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won’t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity’s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐赠物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children’s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don’t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than ￡110 million a year, funding（资助）medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment. （08天津卷）

The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _______.

   A. its convenient location

   B. its great variety of goods

   C. its spirit of goodwill

   D. its nice shopping environment

The first charity shop in the UK was set up to ____.

   A. sell cheap products

   B. deal with unwanted things

   C. raise money for patients

   D. help a foreign country

Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops?

   A. The operating costs are very low.

   B. The staff are usually well paid.

   C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.

   D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.

Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

   A. What to Buy a Charity Shops.

   B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development.

   C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate.

   D. The Public’s Concern about Charity Shops.

(2013·高考湖南卷)The sun began to rise in the sky，________the mountain in golden light.

A．bathed? B．bathing

C．to have bathed? D．having bathed

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从下列各各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

These days, it is common to see 5-gallon bottles of water being sent to homes. Supermarket  21

are filled with all kinds of bottled water from simple  22  bottles containing “pure spring water” to expensive foreign types of mineral water in glass bottles. In Europe, bottled water is as  23  as soft drinks which are widely accepted in the United States. People are not only interested in the different choices of drinks, but also in the taste of bottled water and its  24  value.

All bottled water on sale must  25  the content of the water on the bottle. Some companies  26 

minerals to give the water a better taste. But the term “mineral water” is  27 , because all water, except specially purified water, contains minerals.  28  must be made to tell people clearly what kind of water people are exactly buying: spring water, mineral water, or purified water. For example, “spring water” will have to come from a(n)  29  spring.

Many people choose bottled water  30  tap water, because they  31  the safety of public drinking water. Some people worry about city water  32 . We need to pay close attention to the cleanliness of our drinking water. The government should be responsible for tap water  33 . It should be tested and checked  34  .

Keep in mind that bottled water is  35 . In many cases, you are paying for water that is not much different from tap water. If you are not sure of the safety of your tap water, have it  36 . A local health department can be of  37 . Compared with the cost of bottled water, the testing cost will be less expensive. Letting cold water  38  for a minute or so before taking a drink or using it in preparing a meal is a good way to  39  possible water pollution, especially if the water has been  40  for an hour or more.

A. baskets         B. windows          C. shelves         D. carts

A. large          B. plastic              C. cool            D. cheap

A. popular         B. expensive            C. fresh           D. good

A. nature         B. true                 C. face            D. health

A. study           B. stick                C. list            D. print

A. find            B. add                  C. explore         D. mix

A. mistaken        B. misunderstood        C. misleading      D. misreading

A. Laws            B. Notices              C. Products        D. Inventions

A. nearby          B. hot                  C. underground     D. overflowing

A. with            B. besides              C. before          D. over

A. consider       B. trust                C. doubt           D. ensure

A. supplies       B. pipes                C. pollution       D. shortage

A. producers      B. risk                 C. elements        D. quality

A. normally        B. regularly            C. repeatedly      D. instantly

A. enough          B. excellent            C. expensive       D. ideal

A. collected      B. boiled               C. changed         D. tested

A. use             B. value                C. service         D. importance

A. run            B. flow             C. fill            D. boil

A. improve       B. discover             C. limit           D. solve[来源:A. away            B. off                  C. along                D. on

第二节：语法结构（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）      

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式

填空，并将答案填在答题卷标号为31~40的相应位置上。

We must have water to live. _____31_____the water we use is clean and fresh, it will make us ill. The animals _____32_____ (live) in and around lakes and rivers must also have clean water. Our rivers and lakes supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many of our water sources are now _____33_____. They are filled _____34_____ dirt and waste which cannot be cleaned out. In many places, waste is not safe for most uses.

Lake Erie was _____35_____ a beautiful lake. Now it has been called “a dying lake”. Waste from nearby homes and factories has been dumped into _____36_____. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted water. George Washington once called the Potomac “_____37_____ finest river in the world”. Now its water is no longer blue. Instead, it is soupy green. Suds, from detergents used to wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.

Water cannot _____38_____(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted it is _____39_____ to make it clean and safe again. We must learn to take care of the water _____40_____ we now have.