58. The menu of the banquet for the leaders of the G20 is supposed to _______. A. include all delicious British food
B. use inexpensive produce with special characteristics C. be rich, varied and of high quality D. imitate the menu of last Japanese summit
59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. Oliver is honored to be invited to cook for the G20 leaders. B. Altogether three presidents are mentioned in the text. C. President Barack Obama offers the cut-price menu.
D. The menu for the G20 dinner banquet has been decided. 60. What is the Fifteen London? A. an apartment in London.
B. a luxurious restaurant in London.
C. a restaurant as well as a training center. D. a famous avenue.
B
India has two national languages for central administrative purposes: Hindi and English. Hindi is the national, official, and main link language of India. English is an associate official language. The Indian Constitution also officially approves twenty-two regional languages for official purposes.
Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many characteristics such as grammatical structure and vocabulary. Apart from these languages, Hindi is used for communication in India. The homeland of Hindi is mainly in the north of India, but it is spoken and widely understood in all urban centers of India. In the southern states of India, where people speak many different languages that are not much related to Hindi, there is more resistance to Hindi, which has allowed English to remain a lingua franca（混合语） to a greater degree.
Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay respectively. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English. India has had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its distinctive words, idioms, grammar and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits and culture.
In India, English serves two purposes. First, it provides a linguistic tool for the administrative cohesiveness of the country, causing people who speak different languages to become united. Secondly, it serves as a language of wider communication, including a large variety of different people covering a vast area. It overlaps with local languages in certain spheres of influence and in public domains.
English has special national status in India. It has a special place in the parliament, judiciary, broadcasting, journalism, and in the education system. One can see a Hindi-speaking teacher giving their students instructions during an educational tour about where to meet and when their bus would leave, but all in English. It means that the language permeates daily life. It is unavoidable and is always expected, especially in the cities.
61. According to the writer, the Indian constitution recognizes_______.
来源学|科|网A. 22 official languages
B. Hindi as the national language C. 2 national, official languages D. 2 national languages
62. English's status as a lingua franca is helped by the fact that________.
A. the homeland of Hindi is mainly in the north of India B. it is widely understood in urban centers in India
C. people from the south speak languages not much related to Hindi D. it shares many grammatical similarities with Hindi
63. In paragraph 3, 'toehold' means that English____________.
A. dominated India
B. changed the names of some cities in India C. has had a presence in India
D. has been in India longer than any other language
64. According to the passage, Hindi-speaking teachers_______.
A. might well be heard using English B. only use English
C. only use English for instructions D. do not use English
65 We can infer from the passage that English in India_______.
A. is going to decrease
B. has decreased since independence C. causes disagreement
D. is going to have greater importance
C
The security for the 2010 Winter Olympics will be carried out in a subtle and friendly way, and cost less than one billion Canadian dollars (800 million US dollars), the top officer for the job said Sunday.
The security budget for the games will not surpass 1 billion, but the exact figure will only be released after the federal and British Columbia provincial governments settled their agreement, Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) told Canadian Press.
The billion dollar ceiling was floated by former Public Safety minister Stockwell Day, who said late 2008 that the budget was at least double the original figure of 175 million, but less than 1 billion.
The Integrated Security Unit in charge of the Games is led by the RCMP, but also includes Vancouver municipal police departments, the military, border services officials and private security. At an exercise in November 2008, more than 500 people from 70 different agencies were involved in running scenarios for the Games. Two further exercises are planned this year, said Mercer.
Military camps are planned for the Sea-to-Sky highway linking Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. in order to patrol the backcountry and keep watch on the vital Games artery.
Secure zones will be established around all venues and handheld screening equipment will be used at entrances.
A network of surveillance cameras will also be in place, and the equipment that can scan for biological or nuclear threats will also reportedly be used.
As to reports that terrorists are a threat and may go as for as infiltration contractors to gain access to security planning, Mercer said,” Our threat at present is low.”
“ I know where the security plans are, the security plans are secure, they’re safe, they’re locked up and they’re not in any danger of being leaked or be in the hands of anybody we wouldn’t want them to be in.” Mercer said his goal is not only to ensure safety, but also best service. “ I’ll be personally disappointed if anybody left here and all they remembered was security,” he said,” So our goal is to do it the Canadian way. Security will be there, security will be subtle, security will be friendly based on the threat level we’re at today.”
66. The expense for the security for the 2010 Winter Olympics__________. A. will be about 800 million US dollars. B. will be over one billion Canadian dollars
C. will be just double the original figure of 175 million D. can not be known exactly from the passage
67. Mercer mentioned the following EXCEPT_____________. A. the security budget B. the original budget C. security exercises D. security service
68. It can be concluded from the passage that ____________. A. Mercer is the top officer for security
B. Stockwell Day is the top officer for security C. Mercer knows about the security details
D. Canada has never been threatened by terrorists
69. From what he said we can know Mercer is _________. A. optimistic B. cautious C. worried D. unsure 70. The passage mainly tells us __________________. A. that 2010 Games security will cost less than 1 billion B. how 2010 Games security will be carried out
C. the plans that Mercer has made for the 2010 Games security D. 2010 Games security with ensure safety and best service. PART FOUR WRITING
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Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram / Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information for the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
Why must we pay taxes? The answer is that the government needs money for many things, for example, to pay its soldiers, sailors and airmen, to build roads, bridges, offices, schools, etc, and to buy goods from abroad; and only the people of the country can supply the money.
One of the most important taxes is income-tax which a person pays according to the amount of his income, whether he is a merchant, a doctor, a lawyer, a shopkeeper, a miner or anything else. This is called a “direct” tax, because it is paid in money directly to the government.
Another tax is paid on goods such as watches, jewelry, new clothes, tobacco, wine, etc, when they are brought into a country. Such a tax is paid as part of the price of these goods if they are late sold in shops. We call it “indirect” tax, because it is paid indirectly through the shopkeepers.
People usually complain about having to pay taxes, but they forget that the money is spent on things that they and their families need. We need policemen to catch thieves, to see that men obey the laws, to direct traffic, etc, and they must be paid what they earn; children need
education and there must be schools and teachers; we want our streets to be kept clean, and the wages of men who do this kind of work have to be paid. Above all, the country must always be ready to defend itself against attacking enemies, and we can’t have an army without paying for it. Besides, if a country wants to develop, there are many other things to do.
Taxes, therefore, cannot be avoided. We buy our food and clothes and pay for our amusements; but, there are several things that the State finds the money for, and that is necessary for us if our society is to continue. We have no real reason to complain, therefore, when we are asked to supply money to be spent for the good of ourselves and for our fellow-citizens.
Tax is a 71 part of our life
Why must we pay taxes?
⊕The State need the money for our society to 72 . ⊕We supply money for the good of ourselves and 73 . How do we pay taxes?
⊕ 74
The tax is paid according to one’s 75 . The tax is paid to the government. ⊕ 76
The tax is paid through 77 . The tax is paid as part of the price of goods. Where does tax money go? ⊕To 78 —to keep us safe ⊕To teachers—to 79 ⊕To cleaners—to 80
⊕To the army—to defend our country
SECTION B
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Baloney sausage is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often. The word baloney also has another meaning in English. It is used to describe something—usually something someone says—that is false or wrong or foolish.
Baloney sausage comes from the name of the Italian city, Bologna. The city is famous for its sausage，a mixture of smoked，spiced meat from cows and pigs. But baloney sausage does not
taste the same as beef or pork alone.
Some language experts think this different taste is responsible for the birth of the expression baloney. The baloney sausage tastes nothing like the meat that is used to make it.
Baloney is a word often used by politicians to describe the ideas of their opponents. The expression has been used for years. Fifty years ago，a former governor of New York State, Alfred Smith，criticized some claims by President Franklin Roosevelt about the successes of the Roosevelt administration. Smith said,“No matter how thin you slice it, it is still baloney.”
A similar word has almost the same meaning as baloney. It even sounds almost the same. The word is blarney. It began in Ireland about 1600.
The lord of Blarney castle，near Cork，agreed to surrender the castle to British troops. But he kept making excuses for delaying the surrender. And，he made them sound like very good excuses，“this is just more of the same blarney.”
The Irish castle now is famous for its Blarney stone. Kissing the stone is thought to give a person special powers of speech. One who has kissed the Blarney stone, so the story goes, can speak words of praise so smoothly and sweetly that you believe them, even when you know they are false.
81. What does baloney originally mean in this passage? (no more than 4 words) 82. Where was Blarney castle? (no more than 2 words)
83. According to some experts, what resulted in another meaning of the expression baloney？ （no more than 12 words）
84. Why do the people enjoy kissing the Baloney stone?(no more than 10 words) SECTION C
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
要求：1。请描述图画内容，写出图片的寓意并发表自己的看法。 2．字数不少于120词。