六、閱讀理解    

                               A

Mark Twain tells a boy’s story in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. Huck is a poor child, without a mother or home. His father drinks too much alcohol and always beats him.

Huck’s situation has freed him from the restriction of society. He explores in the woods and goes fishing. He stays out all night and does not go to school. He smokes.

Huck runs away from home. He meets Jim, a black man who has escaped from slavery(奴隸制). They travel together on a raft(木筏) made of wood down the Mississippi River.

Mark twain started writing “Huckleberry Finn” as a children’s story. But it soon became serious. The story tells about the social evil of slavery, seen through the eyes of an innocent child. Huck’s ideas about people were formed by the white society in which he lived. So, at first, he does not question slavery. Huck knows that important people believe slavery is natural, the law of God. So, he thinks it is his duty to tell Jim’s owners where to find him.

Later, Huck comes to understand that Jim is a good man. He finds he cannot carry out his plan to inform Jim’s owners of his whereabouts(下落). Instead, he decides to help Jim escape. He decides to do this, even if God punished him.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The outline (概要) of The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.

B. The childhood of Huckleberry.

C. The reason why Mark Twain wrote the story.

D. The effect of slavery.

The underlined word “restriction” probably means _________.

A. something that you are expected to do.

B. something that you are not allowed to do.

C. something that you are able to do.

D. something that you look forward to.

3. The underlined expression “he does not question slavery” means that ________.

A. he is sure about everything of slavery.

B. he has no question to ask the owner of the slaves.

C. he thinks that slavery is reasonable.

D. he believes that slavery is wrong.

4. What can he inferred from the text?

A. Huck is a white boy.

B. Huck’s childhood is a reflection(反映) of that of Mark Twain’s.

C. It ’s Huck’s situation that makes him decide to travel with Jim.

D. Huck will be punished by God for what he does.

5. Why does Huck change his mind at last?

A. He has made friends with Jim.

B. He finds out the weakness of slavery.

C. God tells him to do so.

D. He finds that Jim is a good man

                               B

A new computer treatment is being used to deal with obesity in children. Connected to a small dining set, consisting of (包括) scales and a plate, a mini computer teaches children how to eat and reminds them when to stop.

   “In very fat people, hunger signals from the stomach to the brain stop functioning. But the new computer system teaches the children how to receive these messages again,” says Dr. Julian Hamilton-Shield, the Bristol University senior lecturer leading the treatment trials.(實驗)。

   The computer , called a Mandometer, records and stores the weight loss from the plate when children eat. As the food is leaving the plate , a curve( 曲線)is produced on the computer screen suggesting whether the child is eating too quickly.

   “Children with weight problems often eat too quickly. We want them to eat steadily穩(wěn)定地） and slowly and the system teaches them to slow down. It’s a bit like retraining, ” says Hamilton-Shield.

    Obesity now represents (代表) one of the major threats to the future health of children. About one in five boys and one in four girls aged two to fifteen in England are overweight. But so far no treatments have proven effective in treating children.

    The Mandometer was developed in Sweden, but at present is experiencing further development at the University of Bristol, with $ 224,400 in funds from BUPA-a global health and care organization. The system could be on the market in two years’ time. At first, it would be managed by medical clinics(診所).

  40. The text is mainly written to explain____________.

     A. how a new computer treatment dealing with obesity works.

     B. why child obesity becomes a topic of people

     C. how to lose weight with the help of computers.

     D. why a computer is effective(有效的) in dealing with child obesity.

 41. The word” functioning” in paragraph 3 probably means________.

    A.  eating    B. working   C.  lasting   D.  losing

 42. Obesity threatens the health of children , which__________.

    A. people have not cared about 

    B. is nothing compared with other diseases.

    C . has led to many deaths           

    D. is very serious

 43. What can we learn from the text?

     A. The Mandometer will be put into market once it proves effective.

     B. The Mandometer is cheap enough for every family to afford

     C. The Mandometer is still not perfect

D. Slow eating is sure to make people lose weight.

第二節(jié)： 完形填空（共20 小題 ,滿分30分 ）

Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a 36 part of the learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this 37 right to our children.

When I see a child 38 to this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.

Donnie was my youngest third grader. His 39 of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 40  answered questions — he might be wrong.

I tried my best to build his  41. But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned（安排）to our classroom.

She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, 42 her.

One morning, we were working math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had 43 the problems with painstaking neatness. Pleased with his progress, I 44 the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in 45 . He’d missed the third problem.

My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face 46. From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.

"Look, Donnie," she said, kneeling beside him and gently 47 the tear stained face from his arms. "I’ve got something to 48 you." She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.

"See these  49 , Donnie," she continued. "They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are 50 ? That’s because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you 51 learn to do, too."

She kissed him and stood up. "Here," she said, "I’ll leave one of these pencils on 52  desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 53 teachers." Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.

The pencil became Donnie’s 54 possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually 55 him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.

36. A. small         B. basic           C. necessary             D. large

37. A. correct       B. same           C. important            D. natural

38. A. turn           B. object             C. refer               D. subject

39. A. fear           B. advice            C. chance                    D. sense

40. A. always       B. often         C. sometimes          D. seldom

41. A. self-protection                 B. self-improvement

   C. self-confidence                D. self-learning

42. A. respected     B. disliked          C. avoided              D. mined

43. A. worked out  B. copied            C. gone over            D. leaned

44. A. left                B. offered           C. missed                   D. parted

45. A. surprise            B. astonishment    C. anger                  D. tears

46. A. darkened      B. brightened             C. pulled              D. loosened

47. A. lifting        B. picking         C. holding              D. pushing

48. A. help          B. show         C. reward                   D. promise

49. A. pencils       B. mistakes       C. marks             D. containers

50. A. used          B. built          C. worn               D. damaged

51. A. may          B. must           C. will                D. can

52. A. my                B. someone’s       C. the teacher’s          D. y our

53. A. still           B. also             C. even                D. not

54. A. prized        B. given               C. kept                D. expected

55. A. warned      B. informed     C. persuaded            D. Reminded

第二節(jié) 讀寫任務(wù) （共1小題，滿分25分）

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

A little boy is telling his Grandma how "everything" is going wrong, school, family problems, severe health problems, etc.

Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a cake, which, of course, he does.

"Here, have some cooking oil."

"Terrible!" says the boy.

     "How about a couple raw eggs?"

     " Terrible! Grandma!"

     "Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"

     "Grandma, those are all awful!"

     To which Grandma replies:“Yes, all those things seem bad by themselves, but when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!

“Life works the same way. Many times we wonder why it would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But life knows that when it puts these things all in its order, they always work for good!

“The trials（考驗）of life serve a meaningful purpose in making us stronger. Do not lose heart if life is not easy for you right now, but encourage yourself and know you will be much stronger mentally and physically because of the trials of life. ”

[寫作內(nèi)容]

1．以約30個詞概括這段短文的內(nèi)容；

2．然后以約120個詞以“Facing the Trials of Life”為題進(jìn)行議論，內(nèi)容包括：

    (1) 你閱讀短文后的感受；

    (2) 簡述你經(jīng)歷過的一次困難或考驗；

    (3) 你認(rèn)為應(yīng)當(dāng)如何看待生活中的考驗。

 [寫作要求]

1．在作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2．作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

[評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]

    概括準(zhǔn)確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

Although he is considered a great writer, _____.

A. his works is not widely read

B. but his works are not widely read

C. however his works are not widely read

D. yet his works are not widely read

I _____ her voice at once on the phone, though we hadn't seen each other for ten years.

A. heard    B. knew    C. realized    D. recognized

I want to know _____.

A. what the matter is   B. what matter it is   C. what's the matter   D. the matter is what

The room is very large and only little room _____ by the new piano.

A. are taken up   B. takes up    C. is taken up     D. is taking up

--How often do you go to the library?--______.

A. In two days   B. Every few days   C. Each third day   D. Every a few days

The government has had to      with the opposition party on the new regulation, which will come to effect next month.

A．negotiate  B．bargain     C．connect     D．a(chǎn)ssociate