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A. Music Hall. B. Memorial Hall.
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C. Patricia Cobbett Theater. D. Riverbend Music Theater.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
24. How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places?
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A. It has seats in the open air. B. It gives shows all year round.
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
C. It offers membership discounts. D. It presents famous musical works.
将该项涂黑。
A
B
Music
On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New
Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional
York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another
performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts. Phone:
customer was approaching their table.
241-2742. http://www.cityopera.com.
“Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?” the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the
Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several
stranger. “I’m from Mississippi too.”
concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. http: //www.chamberorch.com.
Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she
Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season
also pulled up a chair.
runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend. http://www.symphony.org/home.asp.
“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I didn’t know what my New York
College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are on the main campus (校园) of the
friends were thinking.”
university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including
Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was
performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of
pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown
musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for
toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple
free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183.
dinner into a Mississippi state reunion (团聚).
http://www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar. “My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added. “And I said: ‘Now you know. These
Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under
are the people that make me write them.’”
cover (price difference). Big name shows all summer long! Phone: 232-6220. Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this
http://www.riverbendmusic.com. explanation.
21. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera? “I don’t make them up,” she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. “I don’t
A. 241-2742. B. 723-1182. C. 381-3300. D. 232-6220.
have to.”
22. When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?
Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s people come from
A. February. B. May. C. August. D. November.
afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss.,
23. Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards?
from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out.Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment (片段) of a particularly interesting story. C. Plant fruit trees in an orchard. D. Taste many kinds of apples.
25. What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe? 29. What can we learn about Decio?
A. Two strangers joined her. B. Her childhood friends came in. A. It is a new variety. B. It has a strange look.
C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner. D. Some people held a party there. C. It is rarely seen now. D. It has a special taste.
26. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s . 30. What does the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. readers B. parties C. friends D. stories A. A practical idea. B. A vain hope. C. A brilliant plan. D. A selfish desire.
27. What can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction? 31. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. They live in big cities. B. They are mostly women. A. To show how to grow apples. B. To introduce an apple festival.
C. They come from real life. D. They are pleasure seekers. C. To help people select apples. D. To promote apple research.
C D
If you are a fruit grower — or would like to become one — take advantage of Apple Day to see Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the
what’s around. It’s called Apple Day but in practice it’s more like Apple Month. The day itself is on classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread
October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain. and monitored (监控) in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking people’s e-
Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see, and often taste, a wide variety of apples. To people mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters
who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets, it and sob stories.
can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence, such as Decio which was “The ‘if it bleeds’ rule works for mass media,” says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of
grown by the Romans. Although it doesn’t taste of anything special, it’s still worth a try, as is the knobbly Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re feeling. But when you share a story
(多疙瘩的) Cat’s Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else. with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don’t want them to think of you as a Debbie
There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions. One of the very best varieties for Downer.”
eating quality is Orleans Reinette, but you’ll need a warm, sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it, so Researchers analyzing word-of-mouth communication — e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face
it’s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it. conversations — found that it tended to be more positive than negative (消极的), but that didn’t
At the events, you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions, and necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because
because these are family affairs, children are well catered for with apple-themed fun and games. people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at
Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit, including stately gardens and how people spread a particular set of news stories: thousands of articles on The New York Times’ website.
commercial orchards (果园). If you want to have a real orchard experience, try visiting the National Fruit He and a Penn colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his first findings was
Collection at Brogdale, near Faversham in Kent. that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He
28. What can people do at the apple events? found that science amazed Times’ readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.
A. Attend experts’ lectures. B. Visit fruit-loving families. Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelingslike anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused (激发) one way choice of spices (调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it
or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.) Then, it’s ready to serve.
be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.” A. Do not buy it.
32. What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to? B. The easiest is to steam it.
A. News reports. B. Research papers. C. This is how you can do it.
C. Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations. D. It just requires a little knowledge.
33. What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer? E. The fish will go bad within hours.
A. They’re socially inactive. B. They’re good at telling stories. F. When buying fish, you should first smell it.
C. They’re inconsiderate of others. D. They’re careful with their words. G. The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.
34. Which tended to be the most e-mailed according to Dr. Berger’s research?
A. Sports news. B. Science articles. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
C. Personal accounts. D. Financial reviews. 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
35. What can be a suitable title for the text? 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的
A. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide 最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
B .Online News Attracts More People When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant 41 Miller
C. Reading Habits Change with the Times King, who was the best 42 at our school.
D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football
everywhere for 43 .
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 came back from 44 . He looked very 45 , but he didn’t cry.
Everyone knows that fish is good for health. 36 But it seems that many people don’t cook fish at That season, I 46 all of Miller’s records while he 47 the home games from the bench. We went
home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 48 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for
in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn’t difficult. 37 This text is about how to Miller’s 49 .
buy and cook fish in an easy way. One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 50 going over a fence—which
38 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you’re standing at the ocean’s edge. Any wasn’t 51 to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept
fishy or strong smell means the fish isn’t fresh. 39 When you have bought a fish and arrive home, 52 from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 53 him move slowly over the fence. When we were
you’d better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don’t cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be finally 54 on the other side, he said to me, “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you
stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn’t as tasty as the fresh one. did 55 . Thank you for filling in for 56 .”
There are many common methods used to cook fish. 40 First, clean it and season it with your His words freed me from my bad 57 . I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more ofa leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was 58 ahead of me. I was right to have 59 him. From that (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and
day on，I grew 60 and a little more real. metal 63 (create) special designs.
41. A. cheering for B. beating out C. relying on D. staying with The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large
42. A. coach B. student C. teacher D. player pots, 64 (use) twigs (树枝) to remove it. Over time, 65 the population grew, people began cutting
43. A. practice B. show C. comfort D. pleasure food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with
44. A. school B. vacation C. hospital D. training twigs which 66 (gradual) turned into chopsticks.
45. A. pale B. calm C. relaxed D. ashamed Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 67 lived from roughly 551 to 479
46. A. held B. broke C. set D. tried
B.C., influenced the 68 (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of
47. A. reported B. judged C. organized D. watched
killings and 69 (be) too violent for use at the table.
48. A. and B. then C. but D. thus
Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 70
49. A. decision B. mistake C. accident D. sacrifice
their hands.
50. A. stuck B. hurt C. tired D. lost
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
51. A. steady B. hard C. fun D. fit
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
52. A. praise B. advice C. assistance D. apology
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10
53. A. let B. helped C. had D. noticed
处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
54. A. dropped B. ready C. trapped D. safe
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
55. A. fine B. wrong C. quickly D. normally
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
56. A. us B. yourself C. me D. them
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
57. A. memories B. ideas C. attitudes D. dreams
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
58. A. still B. also C. yet D. just
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
59. A. challenged B. cured C. invited D. admired
The teenage year from 13 to 19 were the most difficult time for me. They were also the best and
60. A. healthier B. bigger C. cleverer D. cooler
worse years in my life. At the first, I thought I knew everything and could make decisions by yourself.
However, my parents didn’t seem to think such. They always tell me what to do and how to do it. At one
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
time, I even felt my parents couldn’t understand me so I hoped I could be freely from them. I showed
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
them I was independent by wear strange clothes. Now I am leaving home to college. At last, I will be on
In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, 61 Vietnam,
my own, but I still want to have my parents to turn to whenever need help.
food is usually eaten with chopsticks.
Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic,
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 62
假定你是李华，与留学生朋友Bob约好一起去书店，因故不能赴约。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1．表示歉意；
2．说明原因；
3．另约时间。
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
