Part 3 Reading and Writing ( 第三部分 读写)
Reading comprehension (阅读理解) ( 50分)
A: choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) ( 12分) Dear Grandma,
How are you? I hope you are feeling well and your leg is improving. Can you walk a bit now? Is your neighbor, Mrs. Lu, bringing you enough books to read? I hope so.
You?d love our school library, Grandma. There are so many books on all kinds of subjects. The other day I found a book about engineering. I couldn?t really understand it but I hope to learn more about this topic sometime. This term I have three new subject classes, so I think I?ll tell you about him.
I study biology. It is a very interesting subject. I?m learning all about the human body, where everything is and what it does. Did you know that we have a kissing muscle? It?s called ?orbicularis? and it?s a circle muscle that closes your mouth and moves your lips forward. I love biology. It?s so interesting! Another new subject is religion (宗教). I didn?t think I would like this one, but actually it is very interesting to hear how different people worship (崇拜). We are learning about lots of religions from all over the world, not only Asia. My other new subject is Spanish. It?s really difficult to learn a new language but I know it will be useful for me in the future, it I want to travel around the world. Spanish is one of the official languages of the European Union and the United Nations. I?ve learnt that Spanish is not only spoken in Europe but also in South America too. Countries like Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico also speak Spanish. You know I?ve always wanted to go to Mexico, so if I can speak Spanish it would be really useful. Did you study these subjects when you were at school? I suppose subject choice changes over time, doesn?t it? I?ll come to visit you again in the next holiday, which I think is in eight weeks? time. I?ll bring you some of my new books if you like. I hope you can write back soon and tell me all the village news. I miss you very much. Lots of love, Sara
( D ) 1. From the letter we can know that Grandma?s leg was ___________.
A) improving B) lost C) getting worse D) hurt ( C ) 2. The three new subjects for the writer this time are ____________.
A) engineering, biology and Spanish B) engineering, biology and religion C) Spanish, biology and religion D) Spanish, engineering and religion ( D ) 3. The writer has learnt a lot except ____________ since she began to study biology.
A) the human body B) a kissing muscle C) orbicularis D) circles ( A ) 4. The writer has always wanted to go to _____________.
A) Mexico B) Chile C) Europe D) Spain ( B ) 5. The writer is going to visit Grandma _____________.
A) next term B) in about 2 months C) this summer D) next month ( C ) 6. Which of the following is “Not True” according to the passage? A) Sara knows little about engineering.
B) Sara thinks Spanish is useful but not easy to learn.
C) Grandma probably doesn?t like reading books very much.
D) The subject Sara learns are different from the ones her grandma did.
B. Choose the best words / phrases and complete the passage (选择最恰当的词语完成短文): ( 12分 )
People say you should know something about a country before you visit it. I never used to believe them, but I do now.
My parents had booked us a holiday in Beijing. We?d never been to China before, so I decided to buy my father a book called China: Know Before You GO.
“Looks very interesting, but we don?t need that,” he said. How _____1_____ he was. Our first evening in Beijing began at about nine o?clock. The city was busy and everybody was out shopping. We walked past an empty restaurant. The staff were clearing tables and were obviously (明显地) about to go home.
“This looks good，”said my father. “I think it?s about to close,” I said. “People eat ____2_____ than in the UK. It says so in my book.” “OH, rubbish,” said my father. “The night is young!” The staff looked a bit annoyed but showed us to a table. A young woman handed us a menu, all in Chinese. My father pointed to a few things. “That?s what we want,” he said. My father _____3____ the chopsticks and started tapping the bowl with them pretending he was playing the drums. All the staff looked over at us. “Don?t do that, Dad,” I said. “It?s not polite in China.”
After a while one very large plate of food arrived in the middle of the table. My father took it and started eating. “Where?s the rest of the food?” he said to the waitress. “Dad?” I said, “everyone shares food here. That dish t\\you?re eating is for _____4_____.” But he ate everything on the plate. “Dad,” I said, “in China people think it?s rude if you eat everything. They think you are still hungry.” Then the waiter brought round a hot towel and my father used the towel to clean himself all over. The waiter looked very surprised.
Finally, my father asked for the bill. He paid and handed the waiter 20 yuan ____5_____ leaving. The waiter looked even more surprised. “What are you doing?” I said. “People don?t give ____6____ in China.” I?ve never felt so embarrassed in all my life. The food and the service were fantastic and I?ll definitely go back to China. Next time I?ll leave my father at home though. ( C ) 1. A) clever B) kind C) wrong D) serious ( D ) 2. A) faster B) more slowly C) later D) earlier ( B ) 3. A) put up B) picked up C) took up D) looked up ( A ) 4. A) everybody B) somebody C) nobody D) anybody ( C ) 5. A) after B) by C) before D) from ( B ) 6. A) bills B) tips C) suggestions D) salaries
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words: (14分)
Who makes movies？Actors and directors, of course. But if you watch the credites (字幕) at the end of a movie, you?ll find hundreds of other names. Some of them are not f____1___, but they play the most important roles in filmmaking. Here are three important jobs behind the scenes. Makeup artist: Making characters look believable
The makeup artist?s work sounds simple. But it?s more than just making the lead actress look beautiful. If the hero gets a cut on his face, the makeup artist creates that cut, and it has to look e____2____ the same tomorrow. And the special makeup for a monster or a space alien can take six hours! Sometimes makeup artists have only fifteen minutes to p____3____ twenty actors for a crowd scene. Their work must always be careful and good, so you don?t notice it when you watch the movie.
Special effects coordinator (协调人): Making impossible things look real
After a movie, people often ask, “How did they do that?” In films, people can fly, dinosaurs walk through cities, and spaceships travel to other p____4_____ in outer space. These are all the work of the special effects coordinator. Some special effects, especially in science fiction movies, are made with computers. O___5____ are made by machines, which can make a raniny day or a snowy night at any time of the year. Fires and explosions in movies are all created with special effects.
Foley artist: Creating the sounds of the cinema
Think of your favourite scary movie and its sounds – footsteps, loud rain, and creaking doors. All of these are the work of Foley artist. Many sounds can?t be recorded d_____6____ the filming of a movie, so Foley artists p___7____ them in their studios (工作室). They create the wounds of a fight scene, and the wind, rain, and thunder in the background. In a Foley artist?s studio, there are even special floor recording different kinds of footsteps.
Next time you see a movie, look for these names in the credits.
1. famous_______ 2. exactly______ 3. prepare_____ 4. planets_______ 5. Others________ 6. during_______ 7. produce_______
D. Answer the questions: (12分)
He felt strange when he went back to his college in Oxford. He had left the college 25 years before, and he had never been back. As he walked up from station, he slowly began to feel the same excitement that he had felt when first went there as an 18-year-old boy. When he received the email inviting him to the reunion (重聚) for the people of his year at college, he had felt only happy and excited. Now, as he got nearer to the college, he was nervous, yes, definitely nervous. Perhaps his classmates had all been more successful than him, or at least earned more money than him.
He was happy in his job as a university lecturer, but the others were probably all lawyers, accountants and cankers. Who would be there at the reunion? He wondered. He was proud that he had studied there and glad to be back, but at the same time sad that the college was no longer part of his life, sad that he couldn?t bring back those days which meant so much to him.
The porter gave him a key to a room in the college. He couldn?t believe it. It was his old room. As he walked through the door, he was surprised to feel a tear rolling down his checks. He had never thought he would feel like this. He tried to remind himself that his times there had not always been happy, that there had been problems too. I t was almost time for dinner, so he put on his black dinner jacket and bow tie and walked down to the dining hall, wondering if any of his old friends would be there.
He walked into the dining hall, and there she was. She had changed a little. The smile which had made him fall in love with her was still the same. But she was sitting with the man she had chosen to marry, the man she had chosen to marry instead of him. He had thought the pain had gone, but it hit him in the stomach like a boxer?s punch. Was it wrong for him to have come back? Or should he ??
1. How old was the writer when he went to college?
_____18 / Eighteen years old. ________________________________________ 2. How did he feel when he received the email inviting him to his college reunion? ______Happy and excited._____________________________________________ 3. Why did he feel sad on his way to his college?
______Because the college was no longer part of his life / he couldn’t bring back those days which meant so much to him. ________________________________________ 4. The old room made him think of happy and sad times in the college, didn’t it? _______Yes, it did. ______________________________________ 5. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to? _______”The pain.” ____________________________________________ 6. Please finish the last question.
________Should he come here with his wife? / Should he talk with them? _____________
