What do we know about the sea? We  36   that it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining(照射)  37   it. We also learn that it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind. What  38   things do we know about it?
　　The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. 39   the map of the world, there is  40   sea than land. The sea covers three quarters of the  41  .
　　Some parts of the sea  42   very shallow, but some places are very deep. There is one place near Japan. It is nearly 11 kilometers deep. The  43   mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If we put the mountain into the sea at that place, there would be  44   kilometers of water above it!
　　The sea is salty. There is one sea called the Dead Sea. It is very salty. It is  45   salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea.

(    )36. A. know          B. say           C. hope           D. wish
(    )37. A. in             B. at            C. on             D. over
(    )38. A. another        B. other          C. the other        D. others
(    )39. A. Look after      B. See           C. Watch          D. Look at
(    )40. A. smaller        B. fewer          C. more           D. less
(    )41. A. land           B. world         C. water          D. mountain
(    )42. A. are            B. is            C. has been        D. were
(    )43. A. longest         B. oldest        C. tallest          D. highest
(    )44. A. 20             B. 2            C. 11             D. 9
(    )45. A. much          B. too           C. so             D. very

首轮中美战略与经济对话取得了四项积极成果，从政治生活角度看，是因为

A．和平与发展是时代的主题	B．中美之间存在着共同的利益
C．我国与美国的矛盾基本解决了	D．中美联盟的需要

阅读下面的文字，完成小题。（18分）
零用钱
（美）R?W?威尔  
当潜在的雇主翻看他的简历时，乔?巴斯托恩坐在那里，尽可能让自己的双腿不要发颤。他知道那些记录对他不利，但他在心里默默祈祷，别让那些缺点被读到，毕竟是圣诞节了。
威斯科特先生停下来，抬起头问道：“巴斯托恩先生，这里说你曾经因为盗窃被判入狱，是吗？”
乔感到喉咙干涩、胃部收缩，他知道接下去是什么结果，他无力地说：“是的，但是……有环境因素———”。
“总是有环境因素的，巴斯托恩先生，然而———”又来了……
“———我们是家庭生意，不需要增加人手了，我希望你好运，早日找到工作。这年头，大家都不容易。”
“我知道。”乔说完，站起来握了握威斯科特先生伸出的手。威斯科特先生送乔到门口，好像怕他顺手偷走东西似的。
乔咬着嘴唇，不知道怎样跟阿贝说，他没能为她买一份圣诞礼物，因为没人愿意雇用他,或者跟她说两年前他在上班的地方偷100美元是为了圣诞节能取暖,说这些都没有什么意义。阿贝只知道爸爸今年圣诞节没有给她买礼物。
走到威斯科特的店门口，乔想再努力一下。他对挡在门口的威斯科特说：“求求你了，今天是圣诞节，我有一个8岁的女儿……”
“很抱歉，巴斯托恩先生。”威斯科特挥了挥手，打断了他的话,“你应该知道，没有人会信一个小偷说的话。”
乔看了看四周,威斯科特刚才实际上说得很大声。还好，周围只有两个人，一个穿着大衣的人轻快地走过，还有一个老乞丐从街道对面的公园走过来。
乔大声说：“你说得对，但我这回改正还不行吗？”可是，威斯科特不再理他。
雪开始下了，乔拉起他的衣领，把手插进衣袋里，走过街道对面，跟那老乞丐擦肩而过时，对那老乞丐微笑了一下。
老乞丐也回了一个微笑，问道：“你可以给我一点零钱吗，我要买一杯热咖啡暖暖我这把老骨头。”
乔在他的口袋里摸索了一会儿，他的左手没有摸到什么东西，但他的右手抓出了两个两角五分的硬币、两个一角的硬币和五个五分的硬币、五个一分的硬币。
乔把那些硬币放入老乞丐摊开的双手中，笑着说：“你运气好，我想这么多应该够了。祝你圣诞快乐!”
那老乞丐说：“年轻人，我也祝你圣诞快乐!”
那老乞丐走到对面，进了威斯科特先生的店，乔把手放回口袋里，继续向前走。那个刚才穿大衣走过的人正在人行道边跟一个老妇人说话。乔看向人行道，看到了一个钱包。乔把它捡起来，发现里面有几张信用卡和几百美元现金。他的祈祷灵验了，他可以用这些钱给阿贝买辆单车，一个玩具屋子,甚至他可以用这些钱去旅社开个房，让阿贝不用到监狱附近去看他。或许珍尼斯也跟他们在一起，再一次全家人一起过圣诞节。
不行。如果阿贝知道这钱是捡到的她会怎么想？乔猜得出钱包是谁的，他看看那个穿大衣的人，又看看钱包。在一张信用卡的旁边有一张证件，乔从上面的相片确认了钱包是那个穿大衣的人的。
乔偷过钱，那时是急了，但他本身不坏。
那个穿大衣的人跟那老妇人说了再见，又开始往前走了，脚步还是那么轻快。
乔慢跑赶上去，喊道：“先生，打扰一下。我想你掉了钱包了。”
那人停下来，转过身，眼睛睁大了，说：“啊，是，那是我的钱包。”他接过钱包，立即清点里面的东西。
乔没有等他点完就走了。他转向马洛大街，向监狱附近走去。突然，他看到珍尼斯带着阿贝走过来，阿贝一看到他就伸开双臂向他跑来。
乔抱着她，笑着，眼睛却湿了，他说：“圣诞快乐，孩子,我很抱歉，没有为你买什么礼物。”
阿贝笑得很开心，她撒娇似的说：“哦，爸爸，别那样想。妈妈说来带你回家,我非常高兴。”
乔愧疚地看向珍尼斯，想确认阿贝说的是不是真的。珍尼斯说：“乔，是你回家的时候了。”两行热泪从乔的眼里流下来。
乔的室友迈克拿着个无绳电话跑过来，喊道：“乔，你的电话，是一个叫威斯科特的人打来的。”
乔对电话里说了一声“喂？”
“如果你愿意，明天来上班吧。”威斯科特先生在电话里说。
“我愿意。我可以问一下吗，是什么使你改变主意的？”乔的胸中涌起了一股暖流。
“是我跟我爸爸喝的那杯咖啡。”
（选自2011年7月《文学报》）
【小题1】下列对这篇小说有关内容的分析和概括，最恰当的两项是（    ）（     ）（4分）

A．“乔没有等他点完就走了。他转向马洛大街，向监狱附近走去。”这写出了乔把钱包还给失主时并不要求回报的心理。

B．“还好，周围只有两个人，一个穿着大衣的人轻快地走过，还有一个老乞丐从街道对面的公园走过来。”这里表现了乔紧张不安，怕别人听到他来找工作的事。

C．作者以“‘是我跟我爸爸喝的那杯咖啡’”结束全文，出乎乔的意料，也出乎我们的意料，从而使整个故事的情节显得跌宕起伏，令人回味无穷。

D．这篇小说中的老乞丐是杜撰的，威斯科特先生那么有钱，他的父亲不可能是一个乞丐。如果是个乞丐，威斯科特先生肯定不愿意跟一个乞丐父亲一起喝咖啡。

E．读了这篇小说后，我们懂得了一个道理，那就是一个人不管以前做错了什么，只要存有一颗善良的心，就会有好报，这是这篇小说揭示的唯一的主题。
【小题2】小说开头写出了乔怎样的处境？请简要分析小说这样写的作用。（6分）
【小题3】文中的乔有哪些性格特点？请简要分析。（4分）
【小题4】这篇小说从乔找工作写起，到他找到工作结束，那么小说的题目可以由“零用钱”改换成“求职”吗？请谈谈你的观点和具体理由。（4分）

　　本篇大意是：木匠约翰给主人公的妻子做了一个小饭桌，结账时的账单上把成本费17.00、油漆料钱1.50、工价8.00和日期10一起相加，多计价10元，结果被主人发现了，但他并没有直接批评多要钱的木匠，只是诙谐地说：“月底30日做比月初10日做，还要贵些，是不是？”而且只付了木匠应得到的26.50元钱．很明显，本篇比上篇更难些，因上篇中主人公怀特和厂家双方处理的问题是直接的，直言不讳，而本篇中的主人公却是明人做暗事，肚内藏机关，木匠虽然诡谲，主人却更机灵，一眼看穿了木匠的把戏，但他处理问题颇有技巧，既解决问题，不多花钱，又不搞得很僵，双方不快，体现了现代生意场中的交往策略和洽谈风格．我国正在建设社会主义市场经济，这是法制化、规范化的市场经济，反对不正当的竞争．此文有一定的现实意义，文中的内容联系着当代的社会生活，通过英语试卷，同样可以检验学生：的审视能力．

　　Our village carpenter(木匠), John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill(账单) for the job.

　　My wife said to me, quietly, “That's his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?”

　　“I'll decide about that when I see the bill,” I said.

　　John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:

　　When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It's been a fine day, hasn't it? Quite sunny.”

　　“Yes,” I said. “I'm glad it's only the 10th of November.”

　　“Me, too,” said John. “You wait-it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”

　　“Yes. Colder-and more expensive! Dining tables will be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John?”

　　John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.

　　“If it isn't too much trouble, John,” I said, “please add it up again. You can forget the date.”

　　I paid him ￡26.50 and he was happy to get it.

1．Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

A Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

B．Because it was really a fine day.

C．Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.

D．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

2．Why did the writer say that dining tables would be ￡ 20 more expensive on November 30th?

[　　]

A．Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather.

B．Because paint would be more expensive.

C．Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.

D．Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table.

3．The writer thought John would ask for ________ if he made a dining table on the last day of November.

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4．When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because ________.

[　　]

A．he got what he should get for his work

B．he got much more money for his work

C．he got the money easily

D．he didn't have to add up the costs again

5．From the story we know that ________.

[　　]

A．John made a mistake in the bill

B．John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C．John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D．John still wanted to get ￡36.50 for his work in the end

Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

Happy New Years

　　Today is March 17th. About two and a half months ago, I said “Happy New Year!” to many of my friends. Just more than a month ago, I said the same thing to some other friends. In about four days, I'll repeat the same wishes to yet another group of friends. I'll do the same thing in July and also in September.

　　“How can that be?” you might be thinking. “Everyone knows that New Year's Day is in January!”

　　You might ask: “When is the New Year's Day exactly?” Different calendars(日历) give different answers to that question.

　　1．January 1st: New Year's Day on the Western/international calendar.

　　2．Between January 10th and February 19th: New Year's Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places).

　　3．March 21st: New Year's Day on the traditional Persian(波斯的) calendar(Iran伊朗).

　　4．Mid-July(usually the 16th): New Year's Day on the Islamic(伊斯兰教的) calendar.

　　5．September: New Year's Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教的) calendars(Central and Eastern Europe．and, usually, on the Jewish(犹太教的) calendar.

　　And these are just the New Year's Days that I know about! Actually, there are probably even more!

Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示)

1．The first time the writer said, “Happy New Year!” was around January 1st. The second time was on or before ________.

[　　]

2．The author will say “Happy New Year” around March 21st to some ________ friends.

[　　]

3．The author uses quotation marks(“”) in the second paragraph to show that the words inside the quotation marks are ________.

[　　]

4．The New Year's Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church calendars and the New Year's Day on the Jewish calendar are ________.

[　　]

A．probably on different dates

B．not always in September

C．probably on the same date

D．always September 1st

5．The Chinese calendar is used ________.

[　　]

A．only in China

B．in several different places

C．only in China and Korea

D．in all Asian countries

6．The word “Years” in the title of this short article ________.

[　　]

A．suggests that January 1.st is at different times on different calendars

B．is grammatically incorrect and should actually be New Year's

C．suggests that one has to say “Happy New Year!” many, many times in his whole life

D．was used because New Year's Day is at different times on different calendars