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When someone asked Sudha how she had 39 to dance again, she said quite simply, “YOU DON’T NEED FEET TO DANCE.” 40 is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything. 21.A.left aloneB.cut offC.kept outD.put out 22.A.topB.heightC.pointD.stop 23.A.painfulB.unforgettableC.busyD.free 24.A.flowerB.legC.giftD.box 25.A.strangelyB.graduallyC.heavilyD.strongly 26.A.homeB.schoolC.dancingD.walking 27.A.the doctorB.the stageC.herselfD.her dad 28.A.thereforeB.evenC.sinceD.however 29.A.startingB.rememberingC.wantingD.learning 30.A.couldB.wouldC.shouldD.might 31.A.yetB.everC.alsoD.still 32.A.in returnB.in turnC.in surpriseD.in anger 33.A.changeB.movementC.comebackD.promise 34.A.madeB.letC.movedD.forced 35.A.storyB.performanceC.decisionD.accident 36.A.usualB.newC.normalD.interesting 37.A.suchB.thisC.soD.very 38.A.allowedB.pretendedC.refusedD.decided 39.A.triedB.managedC.thoughtD.imagined 40.A.NothingB.AnythingC.SomethingD.Everything 三、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸)sometimes deeply into both families. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality(好客)easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably. For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home! 41.The writer of this passage must be . A.an American B.a Chinese C.a professor D.a student 42.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A.Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. B.Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. C.Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. D.Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. 43.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be . A.warmly welcomed at the airport B.offered a ride to his home C.treated hospitably at his home D.treated to dinner in a restaurant 44.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean . A.willing to spend time B.strict with time C.careful with time D.serious with time 45.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “ ”. A.Friendships between Chinese B.Friendships between Americans C.Americans’ hospitality D.Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships B The flag, the most common symbol of a nation in the modern world, is also one of the most ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings, ships and other vehicles related to a country. The national flag as we know today is no way a primitive(原始的)artifact. It is, rather, the product of thousands of years’ development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier served to show wind direction. Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People’s food supplies were similarly vulnerable. Even after they had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure(保证)good harvests. Therefore they feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from another. Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with heavenly power was therefore reasonable(合理的). Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems(图腾)before carrying them into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and ancestors(祖先)represented by the totems themselves. These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was unmarked. The king of China around 1000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other ancestor of the national flag. (责任编辑：admin) |