1、解析:选D。音乐停止了。2A. horse B. riderC. head D. arm选C。下文有the headless man(无头人),这里应填head。3A.followed B. jumpedCran D. climbed选A。 The horseman朝着怪石林立、灌木丛生的方向奔跑。4A.Gone BDressedC. Taken D. Worn 这是倒装句, gone意为“不见了、没有了”,此处为他的衣服和皮肤不见了。5A.burning B. disappearingCshining Dlying白骨在月下闪耀着瘆人的白光。6A.time BfunCguests Dlist
2、eners答案:A7A.generous BjealousCtolerant Dpatient选B。 David 关注Ichabod难道是为了让Brom “嫉妒”他?8A. curious B. competitiveClonely Danxiously Brom觉得一生中从未这样孤独过。9A.home BtreeChill D. town根据下文可知这里填入tree。10A.accelerated BshockedCmoved D. shook他害怕得 “全身发抖”。第二节语法填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当
3、的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。When I walked down the Third Avenue, I would love to look into the windows of the little shops that sold old and beautiful things. Since I often took my walk after closing time, I 11 (cup) my hands against the windows to get a small look at 12 treasures inside. I saw things that to
4、ld a story 13 words and bits of history, often something that was clearly one of a kind.Some things looked as if they had not been cared for for a long time, but I knew their 14 (beautify) was still there beneath their own surface. That was 15 I felt about old people, too. I knew their value, and it
5、 hurt me when others missed it. I was raised by my grandmother and given a deep sense of the value of experience. 16 (teach) to behave well, my sister and I respected other people, regardless of their age or color. My grandmother was loved by all the people around her. She was known to be a wise and
6、 kind woman, 17 was able to do things well 18 in her last years.Old people should be treated as fine gold. They maybe gradually tarnished (失去光泽) by age, 19 they can be polished with respect. You might be surprised by 20 bright and shining qualities.【文章大意】作者喜欢欣赏古老的东西,喜欢古老的东西带有的隐藏的美。对待老人,作者认为也应该像金子一样地
7、去对待他们,关爱他们。11解析:考查 cup 作动词的用法。这里的cupped 表示“把手圈成杯状”,注意这里的时态要与整篇文章的一般过去时态保持一致。cupped12解析:考查冠词的用法。作者看橱窗里面的珍品,由此可知treasures 是特指概念,用定冠词the。the13解析:考查介词。结合语境,讲述故事的是这些珍品,所以用without。without14解析:考查构词法。此处需要用beautify的名词形式,所以用beauty。beauty15解析:考查名词性从句。在这里how 引导表语从句,意思为“我对老年人也是这样的感受”。how16解析:考查过去分词。逻辑主语是my siste
8、r and I,与teach 构成被动关系,所以要用非谓语动词的过去分词形式(taught)。Taught17解析:考查定语从句。这里的先行词是前面的a wise and kind woman, 所以应该用关系代词 who 来引导定语从句。who18.解析:结合语境来理解,“我”祖母很能干,甚至(even)在她人生的最后几年也是如此。even19解析:考查连词but 的用法。该空格前后两个分句意思上是转折关系,故填but。but20解析:考查代词的使用。这里的their 指代“老人们”。their第二部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)第一节阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)阅读下列短文
9、,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项。A friend asks me, “Why dont Chinese go Dutch?” So I want to regard this question as the topic and write an article. As everyone knows,Westerners will go Dutch while having a meal in the restaurant. But Chinese dont go Dutch. Chinese will pay the bill and check out generously.
10、 Westerners dont often entertain guests ;but Chinese often invite friends to dinner. A lot of Westerners feel puzzled to this question.Why does there exist such a difference? First of all, food systems between China and West are different. Chinese put into practice the Gather Dining System;Westerner
11、s put into practice the Individual Dining System. Everybody can share the delicious food of all over the table when eating Chinese food. Please note it is sharing, but Westerners just eat the food in ones own plate. If you eat beef and he eats chicken,it is impossible that you taste the flavor of hi
12、s chicken. The result of the Individual Dining System is that you can only eat the food in your plate.So to eat Chinese food is happier than to eat Western-style food. And I want to ask you a question. Do you like the free thing? I think nobody doesnt like the free thing. OK! Suppose I invite you to
13、 eat the delicious Chinese food, and then I pay the bill. This is equivalent to that you have enjoyed a delicious Chinese food free. So you will be very glad. It will strengthen the relation between us in the happy atmosphere.Secondly, Westerners eat for the health; Chinese eat for the friendship. W
14、esterners advocate individualism and independence is strong. So Westerners express that respect for each others independence through the way go Dutch. Chinese like making friends and solidarity. Chinese value the interpersonal relationships and the friendship very much.Thirdly,it is only simple “Hav
15、e a meal” for Westerners to entertain guests. Unlike the purpose and the means that Chinese entertain guests, in Americans idea,“Have a meal” is to add fuel to the body for keeping health and normal life activity.That is to say, there is not any additional value. In the Chinese idea,“Have a meal” no
16、t only is a kind of life enjoyment, but also is the means to promote friendship between the friends. After enjoying the sumptuous delicious food, you are glad and I am glad too. The friendship between the friends has been strengthened in this kind of atmosphere. 【文章大意】本文主要介绍为什么中国人在吃饭后不平摊费用,而西方人各付各的账
17、。21What does “go Dutch” mean?A. They will pay for the meal separately.B. Either part will pay for the meal.C. They will go to Holand for a meal.D. They can enjoy a meal free of charge.go Dutch 意思是“各付各的账,平摊费用”。根据第一段第四句和第五句可知,中国人不go Dutch,而是慷慨大方地结账离开,说明go Dutch 的意思是“分开付账”。22. The differences between W
18、estern and Chinese Dining System lie in the following aspects EXCEPT_.A. individual and gatheringB. the purpose for health and for the friendshipC. health maintenance and life enjoymentD. opposition and dependence本题可用排除法来做,文章第二段至第五段分别讲了西方人和中国人吃饭的三个不同方面,分别是A、B、C,所以只能选D。23Which of the following statem
19、ents is TRUE according to the passage?A. Westerners will share the food in their plates with each other.B. Chinese would like the free meal so they never pay the bill.C. Westerners dont value the friendship so they never pay the meal for others.D. Chinese attitudes towards the meal seem more complic
20、ated than Westerners从最后一段可知,西方人吃饭是为了健康,而中国人吃饭不仅仅是为了生活上的乐趣,更是一种促进友谊的方式,所以中国人对吃饭的态度要复杂得多。24The underlined word“means” in the fifth paragraph refers to_.A. the definition of “Have a meal”B. the way of strengthening the friendshipC. the meaning of a mealD. the dinner set used for a mealmeans的意思是方式、方法。从最
21、后一段可知,一起吃饭是中国人促进友谊的一种方式。25The passage mainly analyzes the cause of_.Athe different cultures between the West and ChinaBthe various styles of food between the West and ChinaCthe ways of paying the bill between Westerners and ChineseDall kinds of tastes of food from different countries本文主要讲述了中国人和西方人付账
22、方式不同的原因。BL Tiantian, a graduate student majoring in ethics at Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang, has spent years reading Aristotle and Plato. She has debated with classmates about the meaning of “happiness” and written papers about the role of morality in society. But as L prepares to enter the profes
23、sional world,shes finding that her background isnt getting her a lot of job interviews. “Employers do not seem to value the theories and philosophy that we liberal arts majors have learned,” said L,24. “I earned far fewer interview chances than those majoring in more practical subjects in science an
24、d technology.”According to a 2009 survey conducted by Zhongqing Shijia Survey Net and China Enterprise News, science graduates enjoy higher employment rates and salaries than liberal arts students do. Things arent much different overseas. The New York Times reports that job listings for professors i
25、n English,literature and foreign languages dropped 21 percent for the 20082009 academic yearthe biggest decline in 34 years. As a result, some American educators are calling for universities to abandon the “old Ivory Tower view of liberal education”. They want to put more emphasis on the practical a
26、nd economic aspects of education.Chinese educational experts tend to agree up to a point.But abandoning emphasis on the humanities altogether, they say, brings great risk. “The liberal arts do not generate any tangible (实体的) material wealth,but it does convey social values. And it passes spiritual heritage from one generation to another,“ said Niu Dakui, an expert on education at Beijing Normal University. “If the humanities are discarded,_our youngsters will lose their way.”Anthony T. Kronman, a
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