42.A．explained B．expressed C．described D．created 42.A。此句是一个in which引导的定语从句，其中words是主语，根据常识在词典中单词的意思是被“解释出来”的，所以用explained。
43.A．offered B．agreed C．decided D．happened 43.C。我真想知道我姑妈为什么决定这么为难我。其他三个词虽然都跟动词不定式，但是在这里意思都不恰当。
44.A．imagine B．recommend C．predict D．understand 44.D。过去不理解，经过一段时间后，“明白了understand”；imagine是“想象”的意思；recommend是“推荐”的意思；predict是“预测”的意思。
45.A．natural B．better C．easier D．convenient 45.B。此句中monolingual dictionaries和bilingual dictionaries比较，A和D项没用比较级，better强调更好，更实用，而easier则不可能。
46 A．at best B．in fact C．at times D．in case 46.B。常见的情况是实际上两种语言之间的两个词没有完全的对应。in fact表示“实际上，事实上”。at best是“至多；充其量”；at times是“有时”；in case是“万一，以防”，显然A、C、D项不合语境。
47.A．words B．names C．ideas D．characters 47.A。词典上重点的内容应该是单词。
48.A．hope B．declare C．doubt D．tell 48.B。我姑妈甚至还声称汉语意思决不能给出一个英语单词的确切意思。
49.A．exact B．basic C．translated D．expected 49.A。前面的a Chinese equivalent和the meaning of a word in English对应，所表明还是对应不
准确的问题，所以用exact。
50.A．Rather B．However C．Therefore D．Instead 50. C。此空后面的句子和前面表示的是一种“因果”关系，所以用therefore。 51.A．when B．before C．until D．while 51. A。表示“当??时候”，用when引导时间状语从句。而before通常指“在??之前”；until指“直到??时候”；while指“在??的同时”。
52.A．Largely B．Generally C．Gradually D．Probably 52. C。该句的谓语have come to see是表示“变化过程”，所以用gradually表示“渐渐地”。 53.A．extra B．average C．total D．limited 53. D。从后面的around 2,000可知词典中用于解释词义的词是限制在2，000左右。 54.A．repeatedly B．nearly C．immediately D．anxiously 54. A。在有限的范围内，查阅阅读释义的话，就会反复接触基本词汇、学会这些词汇怎样用来解释事物和观点，所以用repeatedly表示“反复地，经常地”，
55.A．According to B．In relation to C．In addition to D．Because of 55. D。后面主句部分I can express myself more easily in English.表达的是结果，此处表达的应该是原因，说明使用这种词典所带来的好处。
第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. The told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a batter future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately. The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. 56. From paragraph I we learn that the villagers __________.
A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life
C. were poor but somewhat content D. lived a different life from their forefathers
56. C。细节理解题。第一段中有The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy.和C项意思一致。
57. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?
A. the frogs were easy money B. They needs money to buy medicine C. they wanted to please the visitors D. the frogs made too much noise
57. A。细节理解题。根据第三段和本段第一句This seemed like money for nothing.句中for nothing是“免费的”意思，说明青蛙容易得到，并能赚到钱，村民才答应买。 58. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness? A. the crops didn’t do well B. there were too many insects C. the visits brought in diseases D. the pesticides were overused
58. B。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.可以推断出庄稼收成不好，孩子生病与青蛙减少，害虫增多有关。 59. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country B. Health is more important than money C. The harmony between man and nature is important D. good old day will never be forgotten 59. C。推理判断题。最后一句These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. 现在夜晚的这些声音具有更深刻的意义。该句是一个中介句，说明人们过度捕杀造成生态失衡，由此也影响了人类，因此，可以推断人与自然的和谐是重要。 B
I hated dinner parties. But I decided to give them another shot because I'm in London. And my friend Mallery invited me. And because dinner parties in London are very different from those back in New York. There, '“I’m having a dinner party' means: \you can't afford and we'll be sharing the checque evenly, no matter what you eat.\Worse, in Manhattan there is always someone who leaves before the bill arrives. They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people like me, who don’t drink, end up paying even more. But if I try to use the same trick, the hostess will shout: \somewhere to go: everyone know I have nowhere to go.
But in London, dinner parties are in people's homes. Not only that, the guests are an interesting mix. The last time I went to one, the guests were from France, India. Denmark and Nigeria; it was like a gathering at the United Nations in New York. The mix is less striking. It's like a gathering at Bloomingdale's, a well-known department store.
For New Yorkers, talking about other parts of the world means Brooklyn and Queens in New York. But at Mallery's, when I said that I had been to Myanmar recently, people knew where it was. In New York people would think it was a usual new club 60. What does the word \ A. Choice. B. Try C. Style. D. Goal
60. B。词义猜测题。从第一句的hate，到but意义上的转折，说明尽管不喜欢，还是要“尝试一下”，所以try的意思更接近shot。
61. What does the writer dislike most about dinner parties in New York? A There is a strange mix of people. B. The restaurants are expensive. C. The bill is not fairly shared. D. People have to pay cash
61. C。细节理解题。根据第一段中They'll throw down cash, half of what they owe, and then people