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Ⅱ、完型填空(每题2分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。 When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could ___31___ this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my ___32___ I wanted to leave school. I thought he ___33__ say, “No! You are going to college.” I was very __34__ when he said, “Ok. Let’s go to the paper factory.” Two days later, he__35___ me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends __36___ together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I __37__ I had watched too many movies as a teenager. When we __38___ the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were ___39__. I walked around the factory looking at the building ,the workers, and listening to the noise. It was __40___. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.” He asked me, “What do you think of the ___41___?” “Too bad,” I answered. “And marriage is even harder!” he said. I went ___42____ to school the next day thinking about studying hard ___43____ I could get into a good college. I ___44___studying English and I decided to major in (主修) languages at collage. Thanks to my father and our trip to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is __45___better than it would have been working in the factory! 31. A. say B. do C. receive D. find 32. A. teacher B. friend C. father D. husband 33. A. will B. would C. can D. Must 34. A angry B. tired C. nervous D. surprised 35. A. took B. showed C. asked [D. told 36. A. working B. studying C. singing D. farming 37. A. guess B. mean C. say D. hope 38. A. looked at B. returned to C. arrived at D. left for 39. A. outside B. inside C. back D. away 40. A. terrible B. wonderful C. funny D. special 41. A. workers B. guard C. building D. factory 42. A. on B. back C. away D. down 43. A. but B. if C. so D. or 44. A. enjoyed B. stopped C. disliked D. minded 45. A. a lot of B. many C. more D. much Ⅲ. 阅读理解(每题2分)(Reading comprehension) 阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。(46—60小题为选择题，每题2分且只有一个最佳答案)(答案涂在答题卡上) A Canada 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Canada is a big country with six time zones. In the west, it is four a.m., and everyone is asleep, but in Halifax on the east coast it is eight o'clock and people are having breakfast. It is a cold Friday morning in November, and the temperature is ten degrees below zero Centigrade. Argentina 9:00 a.m. In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, it is nine a.m. on a warm summer morning, and people are starting work or school. November is a summer month in Argentina because it is in the southern hemisphere(南半球). Scotland 12:00 noon Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital of the UK is London. It is twelve noon, or midday, in Edinburgh. Children are having lessons, but they are looking forward to the weekend because there is no school on Saturday and Sunday. Egypt 2:00 p.m. Friday is already the weekend in Egypt. Friday is a special day for Muslims, so schools, offices and shops are closed in all Arab countries. So now, at two p.m., most people in Egypt are having lunch with their families. Japan 9:00 p.m. Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt, so it is already Friday evening there. The weekend is beginning. Most people are out with friends or watching television or playing computer games. New Zealand 12:00 midnight It is late on Friday night, so most people are asleep. Now Saturday morning is arriving. It is morning in Canada too, but that is Friday morning! 46. In eastern Canada, the time is ________ that in western Canada. A. four and a half hours behind B. four hours ahead of C. three hours ahead of D. the same as 47. While Canadian children in Halifax are having breakfast, Argentinean children are ________. A. sleeping B. going home C. at school D. having supper 48 It's midday in the capital of ________ when it's 9:00 a.m. in the capital of Argentina. A. Japan B. Canada C. New Zealand D. Scotland 49. Two p.m. in Egypt is not a good time to telephone people in New Zealand, because in New Zealand ________. (责任编辑：admin) |