III. 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节  阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It’s hard to believe that before 1985, people in Britain didn’t use mobile phones. That was the year when the first mobile phone company began operation in the UK, although in other parts of Europe mobiles had been used for several years.

       Early mobiles were much larger than they are today. Some of them weighed about 5 kg and the owners had to pay several thousand pounds for them. By the beginning of the 1990s, companies in the UK had updated their mobile phones so they were more like the mobiles used all over Europe. Those phones weighed about 500g, and the batteries lasted longer，whereas before they had lasted for only one hour’s talk-time.

       Nowadays, some of our mobiles weigh as little as 50g and have a talk-time of up to five hours and a battery life of up to 10 days. About 80% of UK adults now own a mobile phone, and there are now almost 50 million mobile phone users in the UK.

       Nobody had ever expected mobile phones to become so popular. One huge surprise was the increase in the use of text messages. Twenty years ago, people didn’t hear of “texting”. Now, over one billion text messages are sent every month in the UK. People are also using their mobile phones as music centers, as personal organizers and to surf the Internet.

       Mobile phones are developing all the time and people are predicting that soon nobody will want to leave his house without one in his pocket. Mobile phones will no longer be just useful, but necessary for people in the UK.

41. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Mobile phones in the UK are getting smaller and lighter.

B. Mobile phones in the UK have more functions now.

C. Mobile phones in the UK are developing very slowly.

D. The history development of mobile phones in the UK.

42. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Mobile phones in the UK appeared earlier than in other parts of Europe.

B. In the UK some early mobile phones were about 100 times as heavy as those today.

C. In the UK more than twelve billion text messages are sent every year.

D. The British use mobiles to enjoy music, organize personal lives and surf the Internet.

43. When was the first mobile phone company started in the UK?

A. In 1985.            B. Before 1985.            C. In 1990.            D. In 1970.

44. Which word can replace the underlined “whereas” in the second paragraph?

A. when                B. while                       C. just                   D. till

45. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Mobile phones will be predicting daily life in the UK.

B. Mobile phones will be more popular in the UK.

C. Mobile phones will be necessary for people in the UK.

D. Mobile phones will develop quickly.

第二节  读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

       It is reported that two 66-year-old men graduated this summer from Sun Yat-sen University, a well-known university in Guangzhou.

Li Yiquan, a Chinese-Singaporean, earned a postgraduate(研究生) degree in software engineering, while Ang Toon Aun, a Chinese-Malaysian, earned a bachelor's degree with a major in Chinese as a foreign language.

Li, a retired engineer, now lives in Hong Kong. His daughter also received a postgraduate degree this year, but from a British university. So she participated in his graduation ceremony in Guangzhou. Li said he had a special feeling for Sun Yat-sen University because his parents and brother graduated from there.

It wasn't easy for Li to return to school while in his 60s, he said. He failed math exams several times after beginning classes, even though he had a good foundation in math; he graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University majoring in physics 40 years ago and worked as an engineer before retiring.

Ang Toon Aun, 66, was tired of his business career, so he decided to study Chinese at the university and passed level 9, the highest level of the Chinese Test.

"There's nothing in the world that makes me happier than study," said Aun. Many old people in Malaysia were encouraged to keep studying after retirement, but few of them chose to study on campus for a degree as he did.

[写作内容]

     你班英语老师给你推荐了这篇报道，读后你很受启发，想给学校板报的英语专栏写一篇英语文章，谈谈自己对上大学的看法。

1. 以约30个词概括两位老人上大学的理由；

2. 然后以约120个词就以“上大学”这个话题进行讨论，内容包括:

（1）你对这两位老人克服困难读完大学的感受；

（2）你对上大学深造的看法；

（3）你对中学毕业后的打算。

 [写作要求]

1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

 [评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Not only the film itself but the songs in it ___ us all.

A. feels interested in   B. are interested in   C. have interested  D. is interesting to

Britain is ___ of Europe.

A. in the west   B. to the west   C. at the west    D. on the west

It is wise to have some money __ for old age.

A. put away   B. kept up   C. given away    D. laid up

— How about the price of these computers ?

  — They are equal in price to, if not cheaper than, ________ at the other stores．

       A．others       B．it      C．that   D．the ones

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。

— It's so hard for me to learn English.     61   

—I didn't know you were having problems. Maybe it's easier for me because I already speak two languages. But also, I really work at it.

—Well, I always do my homework and go to classes.    62   

— Well, you might try reading newspapers. And I always talk to Americans when I get a chance, though sometimes it’s hard.

—But,    63      I only know other foreign students.

— How about sitting next to an American at lunch, or have you ever thought of asking someone over to your house for dinner?

—    64      But I' m a little shy to speak English.

— You won't learn if you don’t try and speak.    65    , I'd talk to your English teacher. He might have some good ideas.

A. I've never been to New York before.

B.Those are good ideas

C.What else do you think would help?

D. Why is it so easy for you?

E. If I were you

F. how do you meet Americans?

G. Some foreign students are extremely friendly.

—Hi, Li Xiaoxia. What a surprise! Dad _____ you _______ so early. He’s upstairs reading. I’ll just call him.

     A. didn’t know; would come             B. doesn’t know; are coming

     C. hadn’t known; were coming          D. hasn’t known; will come

My study of maths has ____ much of my time, but it has given me a great deal of enjoyment.

  A. taken off    B. taken down    C. taken away    D. taken up

 After five days’ climbing in the mountain, they reached ____ they thought was the place they’d been dreaming of.

A. that         B. where        C. which        D. what