第三部分  閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分)

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。?

More and more people are choosing to take their holidays in the UK rather than travel abroad.

In the late 1970s, air travel became affordable for the average family in the UK, and more and more British people started traveling abroad for their summer holidays. After all, the British weather wasn't very good, even in summer, so a lot of British people left the UK for a vacation. Particularly popular with families on a budget was the "package holiday", where the cost of flights and hotels were offered as one discounted price by travel agents.

In the 1980s and 1990s, young people in the UK became wealthier on average, or at least had more money left after they spent on the living cost. As a result, they started to go abroad in groups, to places such as Spain and Greece.

British holidaying habits have begun to change, however. Climate change means that the UK now has a hotter climate than before, so people do not need to go abroad to find good weather. Also, the credit problem has affected the international value of the British pound, so going abroad is more expensive than it used to be. As a result, more and more British people are choosing to spend their summer holidays in the UK.

This year, British hotels in areas such as the English Lake District have seen a 40 percent increase in booking compared with last year. That rise is mainly owing to the British staying in their own country for their holidays. In addition, however, foreign tourists are now finding the UK cheaper to visit than previously.

In the UK, the national tourism industry — when people go on holiday in their own country — is healthier than it has been in decades. The UK has always been famous for its international explorers. It is only just starting to discover itself, however.?

1. The underlined phrase "package holiday" in Paragraph 2 means a holiday________.

   A. offered by hotels                        B. with a package

   C. including flights                        D. with less expense

2. We can infer from the passage that________.

   A. the value of British pound has become a huge problem

   B. young people in the UK spend more than their parents

   C. British people think of a hot summer as good weather

   D. many Greek people leave for the UK for their business

3. Why do some British hotels have an increase in booking this year?

   A. Because many people have seen the Lake District.

   B. Because hotels in the Lake District are very cheap.

   C. Because more British spend their holiday home.

   D. Because foreign tourists have found these hotels.

4. What's the writer's attitude towards the British tourism industry?

   A. Optimistic.       B. Negative.         C. Doubtful.         D. Noble.

第三部分 閱讀理解（共20小題，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳項。

To Whom It May Concern:

My husband and I got married in 1965 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to stay at home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work.

My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decision. He emphasized all of the things I can do around the house, and said he thought I could be a great success in business.

After several weeks of job-hunting I found my present job, which is working for a small public relations firm. At first, my husband was very proud of me and would tell his friends, "My clever little wife can run that company she's working for."

But as his joking remark approached reality, my husband stopped talking to me about my job. I have received several promotions and pay increases, and I am now making more money than he is. I can buy my own clothes and a new car. Because of our combined incomes, my husband and I can do many things that we had always dreamed of doing, but we don't do these things because he is very unhappy.

We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to an end.

I love my husband very much, and I don't want him to feel inferior（自慚形穢）, but I also love my job. I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I don't know how. Can you give me some advice? Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my husband and my new career?

Please help. "Distressed"

1. The letter was most probably written ________.

A. in 1975             B. around 1980     C. four years ago    D. in 1965

2. Her husband ________ when she first found her present job.

A. was very critical of her           B. felt disappointed

C. was proud of her                       D. was happy but critical

3. What does the underlined word "promotion" mean?

A. scolding           B. criticism        C. prize       D. advancement

4. As her income increased, ________.

A. she found a gap（分歧）emerged（顯露）between her and her husband

B. she bought more clothes and a house

C. she did the many things she and her husband dreamed of

D. she felt very proud of herself

It was some time ________ we realized that we lost the chance forever.

  A. after              B. until              C. before            D. since

---You’ve made great progress in your studies of English, haven’t you?

   --- Yes, but much________.

A. remains to do                                            B. is remained to do 

C. is remained to be done                                D. remains to be done

Liam Fitzptrick

Liam Fitzptrick was born in Hong Kong and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a First in Modern History. He wrote for several regional and international publications before joining Time in 2003. he edits Global Adviser for Time Asia, and is also Time Asia’s senior writer. Liam is married with two daughters and lives in Hong Kong’s New Territories.

Ling Woo Liu

Ling Woo Liu grew up in California, where she was a self—employed writer for Asian—American print and broadcast media. She worked as a television reporter in Beijing and California before earning graduate degrees in Journalism and Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. In 2006, Ling moved to Hong Kong to report for Time Asia.

Bill Powell

Prior to his current post, a senior writer for Time in Shanghai, Bill Powell was Chief International correspondent for Fortune based in Beijing and then New York. He also served as Newsweek bureau chief in Moscow, Berlin and Tokyo. Bill is married to Shanghai native Junling Cui. They have one daughter and live in a house they recently purchased in suburban（郊區(qū)）Shanghai.

Austin Ramzy

Austin Ramzy grew up in Iowa. In 1996 he studied Mandarin in Harbin, China, and graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Asian Studies in 1997. after working as a newspaper reporter in Washington state, he completed journalism school at the university of California, Berkeley has been a reporter for Time Asia in Hong Kong since 2003.

1.The passage is mainly written to ____________.

A. advertise Time Asia       B. introduce the publishers of Time Asia

C. introduce the development of Time Asia  

D. introduce some of the authors and writes of Time Asia

2.It’s ___________ who majored in History but worked as a writer.

A. Bill Powell    B. Liam Fitzpatrick   C. Ling Woo Liu    D. Austin Ramzy

3.It’s clear that __________ graduated from the same school.

A. Liam Fitzpatrick and Ling Woo Liu     B. Bill Powell and Austin Ramzy

C. Ling Woo Liu and Austin Ramzy      D. Liam Fitzpatrick and Bill Powell

4.Which is TURE about Bill Powell?

A. He lives in Hong Kong with his family   B. He is Time Asia’s senior writer

C. He once studied Mandarin in Northeast China

D. He once worked for Newsweek bureau in New York

回答問題（共3小題；每小題2分，滿分6分）

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)第58至第60小題的具體要求，盡可能簡要回答問題，并將答案轉寫到答題卡上。

Do you have a goal for life? What's it? Do you want to become a writer, singer or just become a rich person?

A recent survey shows that in modern society, most people pick up practical goals, such as “earning money to buy a house and a car”, “to improve one's life quality”, “finding a good job”.

Wang You worked in a small firm (商行) in Nanjing. The job was good and he didn't have to work for extra hours. However, he felt the work was not exciting at all and the life was boring. So he gave up his job and went to Beijing in February, 2007. When he arrived in Beijing, he set his new goal as finding a good job.

Nowadays more and more people want to live a better life. This fact shows that the society is making progress and people's life goals have become more practical. One researcher says, “Everybody has his/her own life goal, which will be surely different from people to people. If one is poor, one's life goal will be to earn more money; if one doesn't have a diploma, studying hard to get a diploma will become his life goal; and if one doesn't have love, his life goal will be to look for it. But if one has no life goal, he will idle away (虛度) his lifetime. {007}”

58.What will a poor man’s life goal be according to this passage? ( 回答詞數(shù)不超過4個)

____________________________________________________________________

59.  Why does the writer mention Wang You?     ( 回答詞數(shù)不超過12個)

____________________________________________________________________

60.  Give a short title for this article.  （回答詞數(shù)不超過6個）

____________________________________________________________________

I began to send my first e-mail when I was 17. I discovered Google 5 years later. Now, I use the Internet all the time. Internet has become so popular that 90 percent of 12-to-17-year-olds in the United States use the Internet, according to one recent survey, and about half of those kids use it every day. They visit chat rooms and send e-mails. They go to Websites to get information for homework.

“Kids are now living in a virtual(虛擬的) world,” says Greenfield, “As the Internet is becoming more and more important for our life, we should worry about one question: Is the Internet good or bad for kids?”

“It’s X to answer the question because the Internet involves so many things,” says Justine, a media expert at Northwestern University. “They include networked computer games, news about politics, instant messaging and e-mails to your grandmother. ” So, more and more studies shows that the online world can be helpful in some ways and dangerous in others.

“Although it’s not easy to tell whether it’s good or bad,” says Justine, “the Internet, at least, is very useful and can be used widely by everyone in the world. ”

1. What percentage of American 12-to-17-year-olds use the Internet every day?

A. About 45%        B. About 50%         C. About 80%        D. About 90%

2.. Greenfield _______.

A. is an expect from Northwestern University

B. wants to stop all the kids from using the Internet

C. is worrying about whether the Internet is good or bad for kids

D. thinks that the Internet is good or bad for kids

3. “X” in the passage should be the word “_______”.

A. possible          B. difficult            C. easy             D. good

4. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Don’t Use the Internet                        B. Kids and Emails

C. Is the Internet Good or Bad                    D. Two Experts from Universities

短文改錯（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）

文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^）。并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（/）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

           2. 只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不記分。

British public library are linked by computers. If your  nearest library in London doesn't have the book you want  borrow it, the librarian will go on-line to see whether any   other nearby library has. If no library in London have the book   in store, the librarian will search it further, connecting libraries in other city like Manchester. If a copy of the book   found, arrangements will be made for it to be sent to your  library within a day and two, and you will  be able to check it out. It is also possibly for readers to     borrow books from university and college libraries even if we are not students.        

In face of _____failure, it is the most important to keep up _____ good state of mind.

A. /; a      B. a;/    C.  the; /  D. / ;the

It is becoming more and more difficult to______the problems of traffic in some big citics of our country．

    A.deal with    B．set up    C．put away    D．break down