D. Fearful 57.【答案】D
【试题解析】根据短文第3段，划线词前面提到“?hopeless?, ?pitiful?，and ?dying?”。由此可猜测D选项的词义与划线词一致。因此，正确答案为D选项。 【难度】一般
58. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming? A. Excitement. B. Happiness. C. Sadness.
D. Disappointment. 58【答案】C 【试题解析】根据短文，在圣诞节即将来临之际，作者的弟弟仍然在住院而且情况不容乐观，为此，作者的父亲感到悲伤。因此，正确答案为C选项。 【难度】容易
59. What is the passage mainly about ? A A sad Christmas day B Life with a lovely baby C. A special Christmas gift. D. Memories of a happy family 59.【答案】C
【试题解析】作者以一个特别的圣诞礼物为中心线索来展开故事情节，因此，最佳标题应该是“A special Christmas gift.”。因此，正确答案为C选项。 【难度】一般
B
Top lists are lecturing people on everything from\being told what to do with your time?
Now you have a list to end all lists!
Take a look at the following two examples from the list of \Swim with Dolphins（海豚）？
Swimming with dolphins is one of the world?s most profitable tourist activities. However, every dolphin will welcome having their busy ,tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming pushing around them in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨).
Here?s a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually they?re just opening mouths.
Go to See the Mona Lisa?
There must be something about the mysterious(神秘的)smile. The 6 million people who the lady in the Louvre every year can?t all be wrong after all. But they can be quite anno standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security read. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds most.
If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldn?t just be smiling, she laughing.
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So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Tings NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20％ discount.
【考点】说明文——广告
【文章大意】短文为一则广告，向读者推荐一本书。
60. According to the passage, swimming with dolphins________. A. is the world?s most popular tourist activity B. gives fun to both tourists and dolphins C. will make tourists busy and tired D. can cause danger to dolphins 60.【答案】D
【试题解析】短文提到“Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨)”。由此可知与海豚共泳可能会给海豚带来危险。因此，正确答案为D选项。 【难度】容易
61. what does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa? A. It is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile. B. It is not as satisfying as expected.
C. Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough. D. Queuing for hours is worthwhile. 61.【答案】B 【试题解析】短文提到“… holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security read. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds most.”。由此可知，看蒙娜丽莎并没有预期的那样令人满意。B选项内容与此相符合。因此，正确答案为B选项。 【难度】一般
62. The list of “101 things not to do” is made most probably because its author_______. A. thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists B. believes other lists are not humorous enough C. intends to persuade people to read more lists D. wants to provide a list different from other lists 62.【答案】D
【试题解析】根据短文，作者推出了“101 things not to do”，是想提出有以往不同的内容，D选项与此相符。因此，正确答案为D选项。 【难度】容易
63. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To advertise a book B. To introduce a website C. To comment on popular lists D. To recommend tourist activities. 63.【答案】A 【试题解析】短文最后一段提到“If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Tings NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co.uk and buy the book at a 20％ discount.”。
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由此可知，作者是在推销一本书，也就是短文的目的是为一本书做广告。因此，正确答案为A选项。
【难度】一般
C
There is no better way to enjoy Scottish traditions than going fishing and tasting a little whisky(威士忌)at a quiet place like the Inverlochy Castle. When Queen Victoria visited the in 1873 she wrote in her diary, “I never saw a lovelier spot ,” And she didn?t even go fishing.
Scotland is not easily defined. In certain moments, this quiet land of lakes and grass mountains changes before your very eyes. When evening gently sweeps the hillside into orange, the rivers, teeming with fish, can turn into streams of gold. As you settle down with just a people and a basket on the bank of River Orchy, near the Inverlochy castle , any frustration will float away as gently as the circling water. It?s just you and purple , pink ,white flowers, a perfect harmony . If you are a new comer to fishing, Learning the basics form a fishing leave you with a lifetime?s fun. Four many, fishing is more than a sport; it is an art
Scotland offers interesting place where you can rest after a long day?s fishing. Set wild mountain and hidden behind woodland, the beautiful Inverlochy Castle Hotel below the a perfect place to see the beauty of Scotland?s mountains . Ben Nevis is the highest of mountains, and reaching its 1342-metre top is a challenge. But it?s not just what goes matters; what comes down is unique . More than 900 metres high, on the mountain?s north an all-important source of pure water. Its name comes form the Gaelic language “usqueba “water of life”; And it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in Scotland?s best know whisky. 【考点】说明文
【文章大意】短文介绍了苏格兰是一个好地方，是一个著名的旅游胜地，漂亮的城堡，美丽的河流等会令人流连忘返。
64. The story of Queen Victoria is to show that _____. A. the queen is rich in tour experience
B. the Castle is a good place to go in Scotland C. tasting whisky is better than going fishing D.1873 is a special year for the queen 64.【答案】B
【试题解析】短文第1段提到“?I never saw a lovelier spot.? And she didn?t even go fishing.”，由此结合上下文可知，苏格兰的这座城堡是值得去的好地方。在四个选项中，B选项内容与此相符。因此，正确答案为B选项。 【难度】一般
65. How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed? A. By giving descriptions. B. By flowering time order. C. By analyzing causes. D. By making comparisons. 65.【答案】A
【试题解析】浏览短文第2段，会发现作者以描写的方式来展开内容要点的。由此可知，A选项符合题意。因此，正确答案为A选项。 【难度】一般
66. What is Ben Nevis special for?
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A. The Inverlochy Castle Hotel. B. The beauty of its surroundings. C. The water from the mountain. D. The challenge up to its top. 66.【答案】C
【试题解析】短文最后一段提到“Ben Nevis is the highest of mountains…And it is the single most important ingredient(原料) in Scotland?s best know whisky.”。由此可知，Ben Nevis的特别之处在于它的水纯正，是生产威士忌的最重要原料。在选项中，C选项内容与此相符。因此，正确答案为C选项。 【难度】一般
67. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To introduce Scottish traditions to tourists. B. To show the attractions of Scotland to readers.
C. To explore geographical characteristics of Scotland. 67.【答案】B
【试题解析】浏览全文，不难发现短文的主要目的是想向读者展示苏格兰的这座胜地。由此可知，C选项符合题意。因此，正确答案为C选项。 【难度】一般
D
To take the apple as a forbidden fruit is the most unlikely story the Christians（基督教徒）ever cooked up. For them, the forbidden fruit from Eden is evil（邪恶的）.So when Colu brought the tomato back from South America, a land mistakenly considered to be eden, ever jumped to be the obvious conclusion. Wrongly taken as the apple of Eden, the tomato was shut out of the door of Europeans.
What made it particularly terrifying was its similarity to the mandrake, a plant that was the to have come from Hell （地狱）.What earned the plant its awful reputation was its roots w looked like a dried-up human body occupied by evil spirits. Tough the tomato and the man were quite different except that both had bright red or yellow fruit, the general population consio them one and the same, to terrible to touch.
Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s most of the We people continued to drag their feet. In the 1880s, the daughter of a well-known plant expert that the most interesting part of an afternoon tea at her father?s house had been the “introduction this wonderful new fruit-or is it a vegetable?” As late as the twentieth century some writers classed tomatoes with mandrakes as an” evil fruit”.
But in the end tomatoes carried the day. The hero of the tomato was an American named R Johnson, and when he was publicly going to eat the tomato in 1820,people journeyed for hun of miles to watch him drop dead.” What are you afraid of?” he shouted. ”I?ll show you fools these things are good to eat!” Then he bit into the tomato. Some people fainted. But he sur and, according to a local story, set up a tomato-canning factory. 【考点】社会生活类——夹叙夹议 【文章大意】西红柿开始被人类食用是经历了一个非常复杂的过程，短文主要介绍的西红柿从最初的被认为是邪恶的水果到被接受的过程。
68. The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because ______. A it made Christive evil
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B it was the apple of Eden C it came from a forbidden land D it was religiously unacceptable 68.【答案】D
【试题解析】根据短文第1段内容可知，西红柿被被教徒们认为是邪恶的水果，而被御之门外。由此可知，D选项内容与文意相符。因此，正确答案为D选项。 【难度】一般
69. What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3 ? A The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down B There was little progress in the study of the tomato C The tomato was still refused in most western countries D Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato 69.【答案】C
【试题解析】短文第3段提到“Cautious Europeans long ignored the tomato, and until the early 1700s…”。由此结合语境可知，西红柿在大部分西方国家仍然遭受拒绝。C选项内容与此相符。因此，正确答案为C选项。 【难度】一般
70. What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato Publicly ? A To make himself a hero
B To remove people?s fear of the tomato C To speed up the popularity of the tomato
D To persuade people to buy products from his factory 70.【答案】B
【试题解析】根据短文最后一段内容可知，Robert Johnson当众吃西红柿的主要原因在于他想让人们摆脱对西红柿的恐惧。因此，正确答案为B选项。 【难度】容易
71. What is the main purpose of the passage ?
A To challenge people?s fixed concept of the tomato
B To give an explanation to people?s dislike of the tomato C To present the change of people?s attitudes to the tomato
D To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence 71.【答案】C
【试题解析】浏览全文，短文主要介绍的是人们对于西红柿的态度的变化，从不接受到最后接收。由此可知，C选项符合文意。因此，正确答案为C选项。 【难度】一般
E
In his 1930 essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren “, John Keynes, economist, rewrote that human needs fall into two classes: absolute needs ,which are indeed what other have , and relative needs ,which make us feel superior to our fellows. He thought although relative needs may indeed be insatiable (无止境的) this is not true of absolute
Keynes was surely correct that only a small part of total spending id decided by the super- iority He was greatly mistaken, however, in seeing this derive as the only source of demands Decisions to spend are also driven by ideas of quality which can influence the den almost all
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