夜踏笙歌They breathed fire at it and burned its wool. They hit it with
their long tails. The scared goat was desperate(拼命的)to get
away from the three large dragons.
Marvin was flying overhead. He saw what the dragons were doing and landed on a cliff above them. “Excuse me!” Marvin shouted down to the dragons. “Which of you is the strongest dragon?”
The other dragons looked up at Marvin.
“The old man with magical powers who lives on the other side of the mountain wants to find the strongest dragon,” answered Marvin. “So which of you is the strongest ？”
“I am!” shouted Bord, and he lifted up a huge rock over his head. He swayed under the weight of the rock but held it strong.
“I am!” shouted Brun, and he grabbed the tops of two trees. He bent them towards each other so the tops touched and held them strong.
“I am!” shouted Barg, and he drank all the water out of the mountain lake. His stomach swelled like a balloon, but he held the water strong.
As the three dragons showed their strength, Marvin flew down to the goat and gently picked it up. “Come now, small one,” Marvin said to the goat. “Let us go quickly to old man and tell him that we have found the three strongest dragons in all the land!”
36．The word “swelled” in Paragraph 8 means “_________”.
A ．flew higher and farther
B ．became larger and rounder
C ．got heavier and smaller
D ．grew lighter and faster
37．The problem ill this story was that _______.
A ．Marvin and the goal flew away
B ．three big dragons were searing a goat
C ．Marvin was smaller than all the other dragons
D ．Marvin drew the dragons’
attention with a question
第6页，共216页 38．Marvin was able to help the goat because ________.
A ．he was bigger than the other dragons
B ．he was stronger than the other dragons
C ．he was smarter than the other dragons
D ．he could fly faster than the other dragons
39．From what point of view(角度)is the story told?
A ．Marvin ．
B ．The goat ．
C ．A storyteller who is a character in the story ．
D ．A storyteller who is not a not a character in the story ．
40．Which of the following is probably the best title of this passage?
A ．A Clever Small Dragon
B ．Three Strongest Dragons
C ．A Poor Goat
D ．An Old Man With Magical Powers
D
People o ften say that the Englishman’s home is his castle ．They mean that the home is very important and personal to him ．Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats ，and many people own their homes. This means that the can make them inpidual(个体的)；they can paint
People usually like to mark their space ． Are you sitting now in your home or on a train? Have you marked the space around yourself as yours? If you are on the train you may put your coat or small bag on the seal beside you. If you share a flat you may have one corner or chair which is your own.
Once I was travelling on a train to London. I was in a section for
four people and there was a table between us. The man on the opposite
side to me had his briefcase on the table. There was no space on my
side of the table at all. I was angry. Maybe he thought that he owned
the whole table. I had read a book about non-verbal communication, so I took various papers out of my bag and put them on his briefcase! When I did this he stiffened and his eyes nearly popped(瞪出)out of his head ．I had invaded(侵犯)his space! A few minutes later I took my papers off his case in order to read them ．He immediately moved his case to his side of the table ．Of course ，it is possible that he just wanted to be helpful to me!
If you are visiting another country you may feel that you don’t have any private space. Hotel rooms look much the same in every country in the world. All day long ，you share public spaces with other people ．You see the local people in their private paces and you feel lonely and “outside ”. Local people can create their private spates by talking about things you don’t know about ．And yon even feel that they like you to be outside them so that they will enjoy being inside even more! This is one of the difficulties of being a traveller! But if you understand it then it helps you ．Haven’t you enj oyed being part of a group and “ow ning” a bit of space?
41．The write was angry as he was travelling on a train to London because _______.
A ．he had no place to sit
B ．someone had invaded his “space”
C ．
too many people shared u section with him
D. some other people talked about things he didn’t know about
42．“…you feel lonely and “outside” in Paragraph 4 means that ______.
A．you are alone outside the house
B．you feel lonely because you travel on your own
C．you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some fun。
D．you feel lonely and you don't belong to that place or that group of people 43．In Paragraph 4, the pronoun “them” refers to(所指>“_______”．
A． public spaces B．private spaces C．local people D．other countries
44．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．British people dislike marking their space．
B．You always feel at home in another country．
C．Most British people prefer living in houses to flats．
D．Yo u can’t mark your private spa ce in a foreign country.
45．The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers to _________,.
A．own private spaces by living in houses
B．have one corner of their own in public places
C realize the importance of “spa c e” in communication
D．create their private spaces by talking with local people
非选择题(共51分)
四、填空(共16小题；每小题1分，满分16分)
A)根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确。
46. He likes to stay at home and help his mother do the housework on (星期天).
47. Nanjing topped the list of the happiest cities for (教育)in China in 2009．
48. Look at the children on the playground．They are flying kites (愉快
地)．Let’s join them.
49．As people grow more green-minded, more of them take actions to reduce __________(他们的)carbon footprints.
50．The Greenery Theme Park in Hexi New Town is a good ________（地方）for people to enjoy different plants．
B)根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
51．You can’t wa tch TV until you finish (do)your homework.
52．Most parents don’t think it is (health)for children to stay up too late at night．
53. At present，our spacecraft are too slow to (carry) people to Mars．54．The tunnel under the Changjiang River makes it much (easy)to get to Pukou District than before.
55．It is said that many (America)teenagers will conic to watch the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing．
56. —Mum，today is your day，the Women’s Day．Here, are some (flower)for you.
—It’s very thoughtful of you．Thanks, Kitty．
C)根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确
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A. Hi．Tony! Where were you yesterday evening?
B. I was at home．I was doing my homework．
A. I called you dozens of times but no one 57 ．
B. I didn’t hear the phone．Oh，my father was watching TV all evening．Why did you call?
A. I wanted to talk to you about something．I was reading an English book．
B. Were you reading a story?
A. Yes. It's about a girl called Alice and 58 strange animals and people．Alice
was sitting with her sister by the river．Then a white rabbit ran past her．It was very out of breath and it was 59 a watch．
B. Ah，I know! Was there a King and a Queen?
A. Yes，the Queen was playing in the garden and the King was sitting on the grass.
B. And a cat?
A. Yes，it was sitting in a tree and it was 60 ．
B. And was there a Mad Hatter, a March Hare and a mouse?
A. Yes，they were having a tea party．Do you know the book?
B. Yes．I do. It’s a very 61 story：Alice's Adventure s in Wonderland．Every
boy and girl in Britain has read it：The rabbit was running because it was late．Then Alice fell down the rabbit hole．．．and went into their strange world!
五、阅读填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
A)阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第62-7l小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。每空一词。
I once believed that a friend is a friend “all the way”．Now I have changed my
ideas about friendships．
1．Friends of convenience．They can he the people who live next door or the mothers of our children’s closest friends．Friends of convenience(便利)are convenient indeed．They’ll help us when we need it．The y’ll look after our cats when we go on holiday．
But we don't ever get too close or tell too much．We keep our public face and emotional distance，which mean s that we’ll talk about being overweight hut not about being sad or disappointed．However, people still feel these friendships valuable to them．
2．Special-interest friends．These friendships aren't deeply personal or emotional．Their value lies in some shared interest, so we may have an office friend，a tennis friend, or even a shopping friend．
3．Historical friends．We all have a friend who knew us when…maybe we were hack in the second grade of primary school, when our family lived in that two-room flat downtown．He fir she was the first, the only friend we told our secrets to．The years have gone by，and we have gone different ways．We have little in common now, but we’re still a personal part of each other’s past．We know how we looked before our teeth were straightened, and our getting together reminds us of all earlier part of ourselves, which is important and never lost．
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第9页，共216页 4．Cross-generational friends ．These are fi4endships that form across
