this point, the young lady opens her front door, and 45 there is her family on the doorstep. They have come to 46 the Christmas with her.
This is where I got 47 . What a surprise! This has happened to me, but I can 48 how wonderful it would be. The holidays are a good time to 49 connections and renew relationships among family members. People can communicate with each other and 50 a sense of belonging. So once again I am reminded that the best Christmas gifts are not the ones you buy in the retail store. They are gifts of 51 , family and time spent together happily. Commercials can 52 the audience if they are made effectively. What makes a commercial 53 is human interest, and usually there are some common 54 . A good commercial for me is when I can forget it is a commercial for something I have to buy and instead 55 it with an experience in my own life or the lives of others. It can make me think and pass on a few of those thoughts to other people. 36. A. relaxed 37. A. view
B. annoyed B. story B. way
C. nervous C. noise C. idea
D. curious D. word D. trouble D. cured D. inviting D. presents D. proves D. desire D. clear D. surprisingly D. approach D. stressed D. promise D. strengthen D. judge D. respect D. encourage D. relevant D. themes D. discover
38. A. attention 39. A. warned 40. A. missing
B. informed B. supporting B. repots B. responds B. sorrow B. follow
C. reminded C. comforting C. messages C. mentions C. concern C. pass
41. A. materials 42. A. argues
43. A. sympathy 44. A. check
45. A. practically 46. A. arrange
B. fortunately B. celebrate B. confused B. approve B. confirm B. share B. honor B. control
C. successfully C. occupy C. affected
47. A. improved 48. A. imagine 49. A. suggest 50. A. accept 51. A. pride 52. A. move 53. A. helpful
C. remember C. identify C. admit C. love C. protect
B. memorable B. conditions B. update
C. believable C. origins
54. A. symptoms 55. A. promote
C. associate
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第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Dear Mr. Hill, We are appreciative of your interest in our products. If you visit our website, you’ll see many favorable product reviews. I’ve attached our company catalogue showing our entire line of products. We designed the Top Everest line to be most elegant luggage you can find anywhere in the world. Some customers want the luggage to be as neatly-fitted and lightweight as possible, so we asked our designers to do just that. You cannot find a more neatly-fitted and lightweight luggage than ours. In addition, most of our customers want the luggage to be the toughest and most long-lasting, so we chose the toughest and most long-lasting materials for the Top Everest line and subjected our first products to the most severe tests. We had them run over by steamrollers(压路机). We also had trucks run over them. Only a few products survived these tests. We recovered only those that survived the tests, finalized their design, and put them into production. You can count on our products. If you want to purchase our products in a large quantity, we will give you a 10% discount. I am sure your store will make more profits than ever. On April 6 I need to go on a business trip in Texas. I can drop by your store to meet with you and discuss our products in detail. If we can be of further service, or if you need to get more information, please call us at 356-589-6987 at any time. We value your business and want to help any way we can. Robin Carter Top Everest 56. What is an advantage of the luggage? A. It is heavy. B. It is tough. C. It is big enough. D. It is easy to use. 57. How can Mr. Hill receive a price reduction? A. He should order before April 6. B. He should place an order online.
C. He should visit Mr. Carter’s office personally. D. He should buy a large number of the products. 58. Why does Mr. Carter write the letter?
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A. To reply to Mr. Hill’s questions. B. To promote sales of his products. C. To make sure he will meet Mr. Hill. D. To give a description about the luggage.
B
Envelope Budget
From McDonald’s to Sonic, fast food had a bad effect on my waistline and my budget. It was nothing to run to a drive-through to pick up a cold drink or a quick bite to eat. It was so easy to use my card for a small purchase. For me, I got a lot of satisfaction from fast food.
One day I sat down and calculated that I was spending a surprising $40 a week on fast food. This was a lot of iced coffee and hamburgers! Instead of reducing my guilty pleasures, I decided to give myself a strong budget to reduce my consumption. Every Monday I placed an envelope with $20 in my purse. That was my fast food budget for the entire week. If there was anything left over at the end of the week, it was mine to save or spend. If I spent all of the money during the week, there were no more fast food stops that week.
The budget made me more mindful of my purchases. Instead of purchasing a large drink from Sonic. I would purchase a small. It was still satisfying but not nearly as pricey. Instead of eating a whole meal, I would pick the part that I actually wanted. Many days, the thought of hanging onto the money for a special purpose meant more to me than the instant satisfaction of fast food. I never really felt unhappy because it was a conscious choice to spend or save with each purchase. Envelope budget kept me honest. I had a clear idea how much money was spent each week on fast food purchases. I started to bring my lunches more often to save more money for the week. It was a fun challenge to see how much I could save every week.
Changing the way I spent on fast food not only helped my budget, but improved my weight. In the first month I was able to get rid of 5 pounds by simply changing the way I approached spending on fast food. Now I am more likely to bring my lunch than to buy it. I am not upset, but empowered to make positive choices to improve my life. 59. According to Paragraph 1, the author . A. had no time to cook for herself B. was fond of fast food very much C. lived with a small amount of money D. got some benefits from using her card 60. The author set her envelope budget to .
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A. buy fast food at a good bargain B. save money to buy more fast food C. make fast food spending under control D. get rid of the habit of eating fast food
61. We can infer from the last paragraph that . A. envelope budget is good for health B. the budget means a pressure on life C. it is unusual to make some changes D. it is hard to enjoy a healthy lifestyle 62. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Why the author became addicted to fast food. B. Why the author took envelope budget seriously. C. How fast food controlled the author’s behavior. D. How envelope budget changed the author’s life.
C
The British love word-play and they’re enthusiastic about defending the use of their language. In recent years, books about the grammar, pronunciation and punctuation(标点)of English have been written by the dozen, and sold extremely well, reflecting people’s love of the English language. People want to defend the “correct” use of their language, but also to preserve its ability to evolve along with society. Lynne Truss’s book Eats, Shoots & Leaves is an excellent example of these two opposite ideas. Its title shows the way that punctuation can change meaning in a sentence. “Eats shoots and leaves” is a perfectly normal description of a panda’s diet: he eats the shoots and leaves of bamboo trees. But the position of the comma(逗号) turns those nouns into verbs, and makes up a ridiculous little story: the panda eats (his dinner), he shoots (a gun), and he leaves (the building). It’s a silly joke, but it shows how changing something as simple as a comma can change the entire meaning of a sentence.
Published in 2003, Eats, Shoots & Leaves was an unexpectedly huge success. It is easy to assume the typical reader of this kind of book as the humorless type. However, the book has sold thousands and thousands of copies—it must be appealing to a wide range of people. The book’s winning secret is this: it makes some serious points about language and punctuation, but also has a light-hearted dimension, and uses stories and jokes to show its points. It has invited some tough criticism, too, especially from the US. On a broader range, Eats, Shoots & Leaves has opened up a lot of public debate on Truss’s ideas. Whether they agree with her or not, punctuation and grammar has become a popular topic to discuss.
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