Coketown was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but in fact it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of savage（野人）. It was a town of machinery and tall chimney, out of which smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill smelling color, and large piles of building full of windows where there was a rattling and a trembling all day long, and where the steam-engine worked up and down like the head of an elephant in a state of madness. The town contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by people equally like one another.

A sunny midsummer day. There was such a thing sometimes even in Coketown. Seen from a distance in such weather, Coketown lay covered in a smoke of its own. You only knew the town was there, because you knew there could have been no such a place upon the view without a town.

The streets were hot and dusty on the summer day, and the sun was so bright that it even shone through the smoke over Coketown, and could not be looked at steadily. Workers appeared from low underground doorways into factory yards, and sat on steps, wiping their face sand looking at coals. The whole town seemed to be frying in oil. There was a smell of hot oil everywhere. The atmosphere of those places was like the breath of hell（地狱）, and their inhabitants wasting with heat, walked lazily in the desert. But no temperature made the mad elephants more mad or more sane（理智的）. Their tiresome heads went up and down at the sane rate, in hot weather and in cold, wet weather and dry. The measured movement of their shadows of wood; while for the summer noise of insects, it could offer all the year round, from the dawn of Monday to the night of Saturday.

67. Which of the following words is NOT properly used to describe Coketown ?

A. unpleasant           B. dirty               C. noisy             D. deserted

68. From the passage we know that Coketown was mainly a（n）_____town.

A. industrial               B. agricultural        C. historical            D. cultural

69. Only _____ were not affected by weather.

A. the workmen          B. the habitants       C. the steam-engines     D. the woods

70. Which is the author’s opinion of Coketown?

A. Coketown should be replaced by woods       B. The town had too much oil in it

C. The town was seriously polluted             D. The town’s atmosphere was unchanged

Every year, British newspapers report on the stranger questions asked in Oxbridge (Oxford & Cambridge) interviews. Often, though, these questions are not as strange as they first seem. And they are all designed to give applicants (申请者) a chance to think.

Arriving for her first Oxford interview, my sister Jen saw that there was only one chair in the waiting room. On the chair was a large fork. Jen had heard about the strange things in Oxbridge interviews, and believed that this was a test. “What if they’re watching me?” she thought. “If I move the fork, it will show initiative (主动性); if I don’t move it, it will show that I can easily fit into new situations.” In the end, she sat uncomfortably on the edge of the chair!

Applicants must be prepared for the unexpected. Now it was Jen’s turn. She was handed a monkey skull (颅骨) and asked to talk about it. At first, this seemed unfair --- what could she say? But she soon calmed down, started thinking, and found that there was plenty to talk about.

Oxbridge interviews are designed to find out how you think, not just what you think. And there are no wrong answers. Jen learnt that, and she passed the interview. What advice does she give? “ Don’t be nervous, and be prepared for the unexpected!”

1.According to British newspapers, questions for Oxbridge applicants are very _____. 

A．unfair            B．normal            C．easy             D．strange

2.On her first interview, Jen ____ after she entered the waiting room.

A．moved the fork                         B．sat down on the fork

C．sat down on the chair                    D．moved the chair

3.Jen learned that it was very important to _____ in order to pass the Oxbridge interviews.

A．make up new situation                   B．show how one thinks

C．describe what one hears                  D．talk about various monkeys

4.The writer uses a(n) ____ to introduce how Oxbridge applicants are interviewed.

A．example          B．guess             C．experiment        D．survey

 

Many people believe that “It is always calm before a storm.” Actually it is not true. Before the Tangshan earthquake, strange things happened. Some animals were too n________to eat and the water pipes in some buildings cracked and b_______. At 3:42 a.m. the terrible earthquake broke out. In fifteen seconds, a large city lay in r_______ The suffering of the people was e________. Almost everything was d_______ and thousands of children were left homeless. Before people could r__________from the first quake, a second one hit the city. Some rescue workers and doctors were t_________ underground. Water, food, and e________were cut off. People began to wonder how long the d________ would last.

       L_________, people all over the nation offered the helping hand. With the joint efforts, the city began to breathe again.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分） 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. In the house with a large  1  across the road lived a taxi driver, a single parent with two school-aged children. At the end of the day, he would  2  his taxi on the road. I  3  why he did not park it in the garage.

Then one day I learnt that he had another car in his garage. In the afternoon he would come home  4  work, leave his taxi and go out for his  5  affairs in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was 6  .

I was curious to see his personal car but did not make it until I 7  to be outside one evening two weeks  8 , when the garage door was 9 and he drove out in his “own” car: a Rolls-Royce（劳斯莱斯）! It shook me completely  10  I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. But  11 inside, he saw himself as something else: a Rolls-Royce owner and a（n）  12  . He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and  13  him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was just something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a (n）14.

We go to bed every night and  15  every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a  16 as close friends or go for a vacation as a 17  . We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our entire happiness and success on how high we  18  the social ladder—how much bigger and better a  19  we have. And we ignore our Rolls-Royce, by keeping it dusty in our garage. We should focus more on  20 we are than what we do!

1.                A．window        B．garage          C．door D．yard

 

2.                A．park           B．stop           C．check    D．repair

 

3.                A．knew          B．understood      C．asked    D．wondered

 

4.                A．for            B．out of          C．without   D．from

 

5.                A．business        B．national         C．personal  D．public

 

6.                A．wasteful        B．useful          C．wonderful D．plentiful

 

7.                A．appeared       B．intended        C．expected D．happened

 

8.                A．later           B．more           C．ago  D．before

 

9.                A．broken         B．fine            C．shut D．open

 

10.               A．once          B．before         C．when D．until

 

11.               A．far            B．deep          C．long  D．little

 

12.               A．driver          B．engineer       C．father D．son

 

13.               A．called          B．made          C．elected   D．turned

 

14.               A．experience     B．earning         C．life   D．position

 

15.               A．stay up         B．wake up        C．stay home D．go home

 

16.               A．competition     B．performance    C．debate    D．party

 

17.               A．family          B．company       C．team D．whole

 

18.               A．build          B．climb          C．stand D．lay

 

19.               A．garden         B．garage         C．car   D．taxi

 

20.               A．who           B．what           C．which D．where

 

 

The Lantern Festival is around the corner. In Beijing, there are many events to celebrate this big day.

Beijing Happy Valley

Date: Until 4th March.

To celebrate this festival, Happy Valley has extended(延长) its opening hours to 20:00. There will be many excellent entertainers and lots of interesting activities like the lion dance, Tibetan song and dance, harlequinade（滑稽表演）and magic performances. Free for visitors.

Address: Xiaowuji N. Rd, E.4 Ring Rd, Chaoyang District

Tel: 010-67383333

Chaoyang Park

Date: Until 5th March

During the Lantern Festival, Chaoyang park will hold a grand Lantern Fair where you can find beautiful lanterns in different shapes and colors. Visitors can also enjoy wonderful folk dances.

Address: No.1, Nongzhanguan Nanlu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 010-65915258

Entrance fee: RMB 20

Kaikang International Hotel

Date: 4th March

From 14:00 to 18:00, this hotel will hold a large singles activity. If you still haven’t found a lover and do not want to celebrate this day alone, you can come here to enjoy the day with other singles. Why not give it a try ? Maybe you will find your true love!

Address: F3 No. 15. Third District, An Zhen Li, Chaoyang District

Cost: RMB 120 per person

Tel: 010-64445364，64428783

4）Beijing Garden of World Flowers

Date: Until 5th March

This fair is an exhibition of traditional Taiwanese lantern arts. There is also a Plum Blossoms display in the Pen Gallery, where you can find blossoms from Sichuan, Hubei and Zhejiang Provinces.

Address: To the north of Majialou Bridge, S.4 Ring Rd.

Entrance fee: RMB 80 per person.

Tel: 010-87500721

59.If you live the east of the Fourth Ring Road, and you want to see performances near your home, you may call________.

A.010-67383333                        B.010-87500721     

C.010-64445364                        D.010-65915258

60.How many places can you visit with no more than 100 RMB ?

A. Two            B. Three                 C One.                    D.Four

61.Mr. Zhang is new in Beijing. He is eager to make friends. Which of the following is the best choice for him ?

A. Beijing Happy Valley                     B. Chaoyang Park

C. Beijing Garden of World Flowers        D. Kaikang International Hotel