Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival（酒宴）in a few days′time,so?they borrowed a huge barrel from the nearest town,put it in the village square,and decided that each?of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it,s
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One of the villagers thought he would be very clever."If I pour a bottle of water in,instead of?wine,no one will notice it,"he said to himself,"because there will be so much excellent wine in the?barrel that?the water will be lost in it."
The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls and?their glasses for the wine.The tap（塞子）on the barrel was opened,but what came out was pure?water.Everyone in the village had had the same idea.
The villagers borrowed a huge barrel in order to__________.
B.hold wine
C.take the place of wine bottle
D.empty bottles
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第1题：
A CAR STOPPED JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET Joan has been charged with a misdemeanor by asking her 13-year-old son to drive, putting her child in a dangerous situation. It was Joan's 32ndbirthday, so she decided to go out for dinner with her 35-year-old boyfriend, Donald, as well as her 13-year-old son, Mike. Joan was so happy that she drank two bottles of wine with her boyfriend.When it was time to go home, both Joan and Donald were too drunk to drive.They knew it clearly that both of them couldn't drive home safely after that much wine, so they sat in the back seat and asked Mike, Joan's 13-year-old son, to drive the 2008 Land Rover. Being a driver for the first time in his life, Mike could receive no help from his mom or Donald.They were too drunk to tell him clearly what to do. He started the car nervously, but when he realized he couldn't control the car at all, he was scared and depressed. He decided to stop the car and refuse to drive any further. He called the police for help. When the police arrived, they found the car was stopped right in the middle of the street.
1. Joan has been charged with driving after drinking.()
2. Mike was 35 years old.()
3. Joan and Donald were both too drunk to drive.()
4. It was the first time for Mike to drive.()
5. The police stopped Mike in the middle of the street.()
参考答案：1：F; 2：F; 3：T; 4：T; 5：F
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第2题：
Reading Comprehension
Directions:There are two passages in this part． Each passage js followed by some questions
or unfinished statements． For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D． Youshould decide on the best choice．
Questions 56 - 60 are based on Passage One:
Passage One
How should one invest a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀) ? Left in a bank it will hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate is．Only a brave man, or a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock Market．Today it seems that one of the best ways to protect your savings, and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects from the past．Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, which I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques．
I sometimes woncler wl:cat a being from another planet might report back about our wayof life． “The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound． It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands． Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young round people's wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control．This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves． ”
Whether or not we are slaves of time today depends on our culture and personality, but it is believed that many years ago kings kept special slaves to tell the time． Certain men were very clever at measuring the time of day according to the beating of their own hearts． They were made to stand in a fixed place and every hour or so would shout the time． So it seems that the first clocks were human beings．
However, men quickly found more convenient and reliable ways of telling the time．
They learned to use the shadows cast by the sun．They marked the hours on candles, used sand in hour-glasses, and invented water-clocks．Indeed, any serious student of antiques should spend as much time as possible visiting palaces, stately homes and museums to see some of the finest examples of clocks from the past．
Antique clocks could be very expensive, but one of the joys of collecting clocks is that it is still possible to find quite cheap ones for your own home． After all, if you are going to be ruled by the time, why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?
According to the passage, collecting antique clocks ( )．
A． can hardly keep the value of your savings
B． will cost much of your money
C． may increase your wealth
D． needs your bravery
正确答案：C
C[解析]根据文章最后“why not invest in air antique clock and perhaps make a future profit?”和开头的意图知道，作者建议大家收藏古董钟的目的是可以赚钱。所以答案选C。 -
第3题：
A 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 ofen, and, there seeemed to be more insects aroud lately.
The vilagers 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 peaple 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 peaple 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 .
from paragraoh 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
正确答案：C
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第4题：
资料：From:Gloria Richter
To:Gunther Schmidt
Subject: E-mails; staff lounge; communication problems
Date: March 3
There are some communication problems I wish to bring to your attention
1. Each day we receive a huge number of emails from colleagues inside the company and from overseas customers. Some are important many are not. My staff seems to spend all day checking and sorting emails, which is time-consuming and results in them neglecting other duties.
2. My staff doesn’t understand why you got rid of the staff lounge after the takeover. They say that it said to be a good place to meet people from other departments and to exchange ideas. Most of them still have not met anyone from Sanicorp yet.
3. A lot of middle managers are really confused about who they should report to. We know management are planning a reorganization but isn’t it time they told us what’s happening?
What can be inferred from the email?A.Gunther Schmidt is the new manager
B.Gloria Richter is very dissatisfied with the present condition
C.Gloria’s company currently underwent a restructuring
D.Gloria Richter used to work for Sanicorp答案：B解析：本题考查的是细节推理。
【关键词】inferred; email
【主题句】There are some communication problems I wish to bring to your attention.（我希望你能注意以下几点沟通问题。）
【解析】第1题问“从邮件中我们能推测出什么？” 邮件开头就交代了此封邮件的目的“我希望你能注意以下几点沟通问题”。内容包括：1. 邮件太多，员工花费太多时间整理邮件；2. 对取消员工休息室表示不满；3. 中层经理不知道向谁汇报工作。A选项“Gunther Schmidt是新的经理”，文中并未涉及Gunther Schmidt的工作内容，故排除。B选项“Gloria Richter对现状非常不满”，文章主要内容就是Gloria Richter对于工作现状诸多问题的阐述，因此B选项为正确答案。C选项“Gloria的公司目前在经历重组”，文中结尾说“We know management are planning a reorganization”（我们知道管理正计划重组）。所以排除。D选项“Gloria Richter过去为Sanicorp工作”，根据文中对话，Gloria Richter仍在这里工作。 -
第5题：
共用题干
Riches and Romance From France's Wine Harvest
September is harvest time. And with bunches of grapes swinging（摇摆）in the wind,
the vineyards of southern France are getting ready to celebrate it.
The yearly wine festival is held in honour of Bacchus,the Roman god of wine.It's a
fun time with parties,music,dancing,big meals and,of course,lots of wine.
French wine-making began more than 2,500 years ago.The world's oldest type of vine
grows in France and always produces a good quality wine.Today France produces one-fifth
of the world's wine,and some of the most famous varieties.
The top wine-producing areas are Bordeaux,Burgundy and the Loire Valley.
Champagne,a drink used in celebrations,is named after the place where sparkling（有气
泡的）wine was first produced in 1700.
Wine is made from the juice of freshly picked grapes. It is the sugars that turn into
alcohol.
Traditionally,people used to take off their shoes and crush the grapes with their bare
feet to bring out the juice.Nowadays,this practice is usually carried out by machines.
Each wine producing region has its own character,based on its type of grapes and soil.
The taste of wine changes with time.Until 1850,all French champagne was sweet.
Now,both wine and champagne taste slightly bitter.
The drink has always been linked with riches,romance and nobleness.Yet the French
think of it in more ordinary terms.
They believe it makes daily living easier,less hurried and with fewer problems.
"All its links are with times when people are at their best;with relaxation,happiness,
long slow meals and the free flow of ideas,"wrote wine expert Hugh Johnson.Wine-making in France has a history of over 2,500 years.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析： -
第6题：
共用题干
Some Unusual Celebrations
Some holidays are well-known all around the world.Among them are New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Also common are days in honor of love and friendship,like Valentine's Day?Each country has its own spe-
cial holidays,too,often to mark important events in its history.Schools,banks,and government offices all
close on days like these. ________ (46)A few of them are really very strange.
Of course,they are not strange to the people who celebrate them.Perhaps that is because the
celebrations have long traditions.Consider April Fool's Day,for example.No one knows when or why it be-
gan.Today it is celebrated in many countries一France,England,and Australia,among others.On this
day,people play practical jokes._________(47)The ones who laugh are the ones playing the jokes.The
people they fool often get angry,Does celebrating this day make sense to you?
Dyngus Day in Poland seems strange,too.On this day,it is traditional for boys to pour water over the
heads of girls.Here is the strangest part:They do it to girls they like.
Other unusual celebrations take place in a single city or town.A holiday called La Tomatina is celebrated
in Bunol,Spain.Every year,in late August,big trucks carry more than 200,000 pounds of tomatoes into
this little town. __________ (48)For two hours,people in the streets throw tomatoes at each other. Every-
one ends up red from head to toe.
August 10 marks the start of the Puck Fair,an Irish festival with a very unusual tradition.People from
the town of Killorglin go up into the mountains and catch a wild goat. __________.(49)
There are also some celebrations that are really strange.In the United States,sometimes one person
gets an idea for a new holiday and tries to get others to accept it.Whose idea was Public Sleeping Day?That
one is on February 28.It may seem strange,but it sounds like more fun than the one on February 9.
__________ (50)
Do you like the idea of inventing a new holiday'1 If you do,then you will want to mark March 26 on
your calendar. That is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.__________ (49)
A:Some of the days people celebrate,however,are less serious.
B:Jokes are supposed to be funny,but these jokes do not make everyone laugh.
C:Some people have fun imagining new holidays.
D:They bring him back to town,put a crown on his head,and make him king for three days.
E:Then begins the world's biggest food fight.
F:That is supposed to be Toothache Day.答案：D解析：由此空前后两句的语境可知，前面讲的是世界范围内的节日，空后讲的是有一些节日 真的很奇怪。由此可推知，空处应是一些没有像传统节日那么严肃的节日。
此空处主要讲的是愚人节的事情，再看选项中与愚人节有关就是与人开玩笑了，所以 正确答案为B。
此空前后主要讲的是人们互掷番茄的节日，番茄是一种食物，并且这场战争持续两个 小时，说明这是世界上最大的食物战争。
空前讲的是人们在山上抓到一只白山羊，由此可推知接下来人们该让白山羊做些什么，所以选D（人们带他回来，给他戴上皇冠，让他做三天国王）正确。
空前讲的是1月28日的睡觉日，后面又出现了一个比它更有趣的节日，到底是什么节日呢？根据选项内容判断可知选F。第行部分：完形填空 -
第7题：
Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival（酒宴）in a few days′time,so?they borrowed a huge barrel from the nearest town,put it in the village square,and decided that each?of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it,so that there should be plenty at the?feast（宴会）.
One of the villagers thought he would be very clever."If I pour a bottle of water in,instead of?wine,no one will notice it,"he said to himself,"because there will be so much excellent wine in the?barrel that?the water will be lost in it."
The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls and?their glasses for the wine.The tap（塞子）on the barrel was opened,but what came out was pure?water.Everyone in the village had had the same idea.
One of the villagers poured a bottle of water into the barrel because__________.A.the wine in the barrel was too thick
B.the others put water into it too
C.he was cleverer than the others
D.he tried to cheat the others答案：D解析：其中一位村民存桶里放了一瓶水的目的是想欺骗其他人。 -
第8题：
Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival（酒宴）in a few days′time,so?they borrowed a huge barrel from the nearest town,put it in the village square,and decided that each?of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it,so that there should be plenty at the?feast（宴会）.
One of the villagers thought he would be very clever."If I pour a bottle of water in,instead of?wine,no one will notice it,"he said to himself,"because there will be so much excellent wine in the?barrel that?the water will be lost in it."
The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls and?their glasses for the wine.The tap（塞子）on the barrel was opened,but what came out was pure?water.Everyone in the village had had the same idea.
From the passage we know that the feast would be held__________.A.in the village square
B.in the nearest town
C.around the barrel
D.in their houses答案：A解析：从文章第一段“．．．put it in the village?square．．．”可知酒宴在村里的广场上举办。 -
第9题：
问答题Practice 6 Then came the First World War and the Second World War. (1) After each war, new ideas, new attitudes, new trades and occupations were revealed to villagers. The long-established order of society was no longer taken for granted. Electricity and the motorcar were steadily operating to make “village life” and “town life” almost alike. (2) Now with the highly developed science and technology and high-level social welfare for all, there is no point whatever in talking any longer about “village life.” It is just life, and that a better life.正确答案：
(1) 每次战争后,村民们都会发现新的观点、新的态度、新的行业以及新的职业。
(2) 现在,科学技术高度发达,全民享有高水平社会福利,完全没有任何必要再谈论“乡村生活”。解析： 暂无解析 -
第10题：
问答题Cultural Attitudes towards Time According to anthropologist Irving Hallowell, there is no evidence that humans have an inborn sense of time. A person’s temporal concepts are probably determined largely by culture. One study showed that infants, after a few days of listening to speech around them, will move their heads and limbs in rhythm with the speech they hear. As children develop, they adapt more fully to their temporal culture. This temporal culture influences language, music, poetry and dance. It also affects relationships. We tend to get along well with people who share our sense of time. One particular cultural attitude towards time is found in polychronic cultures. Some Mediterranean and southwest Asian Cultures are usually placed in this category. Such cultures emphasise relationships among people, flexible timing of appointments, and the careful completion of processes rather than strict schedules. Polychronic people seldom feel that time is being wasted. They tend to consider each activity valuable on its own, not just as part of a larger process. Polychronic people tend to have many projects going on at the same time, and they may shift frequently from one task to another. They change plans often. For polychronic people, work time is not clearly separable from personal time, so business meetings are considered a form of socialising. Monochronic cultures, on the other hand, are oriented towards tasks and schedules. Cultures usually considered monochromic can be found in northern Europe, North America, and some parts of eastern Asia. Monochronic people feel that time is tangible and inflexible and that “time is money.” They do one thing at a time and concentrate on each thing. Time and job commitments are very important to them and they tend to follow plans rigidly. Also, monochromic people clearly separate their work and personal time, and they place a high value on privacy. As you might expect, people from polychronic and monochromic cultures often misunderstand each other because of their different senses of time. For example, because a monochromic culture is highly compartmentalized, monochromic people tend to sequence conversations as well as tasks. They would not, for instance, interrupt a phone call in order to greet another person who just came into the room In contrast, polychronic people are comfortable with having multiple conversations at the same time. They would consider it rude not to greet someone who entered during a phone conversation. Complete the summary below by choosing for each blank no more than three words from the passage. Cultures may have either a 1 or a monochromic conception of time. Cultures with a polychromic view of time follow a 2 timetable. People from polychronic cultures tend to work on severa 3 at the same time. On the other hand, people in 4 perceive events and tasks as being more compartmentalized. In this culture, jobs and even conversations should follow a certain 5 Everything in these cultures seems inflexible, and has its own place and time.正确答案：
1.polychromic 爱德华霍尔定义了两种时间制度:单一时间习惯的即monochromic time、多重时间习惯的即polychromic time,前者倾向在一个时间点上只专精一件事情,后者的特征是同时间内发生很多事情。
2.(more) flexible 参见第二段第三行,flexible timing of appointments灵活的时间安排。
3.projects/tasks 参见第三段第一句。
4.monochromic 参见倒数第二段第四行,They do one thing at a time and concentrate on each thing。compartmentalize 划分 分类;这里指不同事件或工作应占用不同时间,不能互相影响。
5.sequence 最后一段第三行,…monochromic people tend to sequence conversations…。sequence n. 顺序,次序;v.按时间顺序排好。解析： 暂无解析 -
第11题：
单选题We’re going to paint the town ______ to celebrate our win.Ablue
Bpurple
Cgold
Dred
正确答案： A解析：
我们打算去酒吧庆祝我们的胜利。paint the town red为口语中的习惯用法，表示“到酒吧或其他娱乐场所玩乐”。 -
第12题：
问答题For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others a catastrophe（灾害）or even a wonder.正确答案：解析： -
第13题：
People _________ a new festival so that African Americans would be able to celebrate their history and culture.
A：invented
B：produced
C：manufactured
D：created
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第14题：
B
Tom lived a long way from the town．One day he went into the town to buy something in a shop，and after he bought it，he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table． When he looked round，he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their books，so after lunch he went to a shop to buy glasses，too． He walked along the road，and soon found a shop．The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses，but each time Tom said，"No，l can't read with this pair． "The man became more and more puzzled． At last he said，"Excuse me，but can you read at all?"No，l can't!"Tom said，"lf I can read，do you think I will come here to buy glasses?"
( )26． Tom saw some old people _______'
A． far away from the town
B．in a shop
C． in a restaurant
D． in the village
正确答案：C
26．c[解析】由第一段第二、三句可知． -
第15题：
共用题干
Some Unusual Celebrations
Some holidays are well-known all around the world.Among them are New Year's Eve celebrations.Also
common are days in honor of love and friendship,like Valentine's Day.Each country has its own special
holidays,too,often to mark important events in its history.Schools,banks,and government offices all close on
days like these.________(46)A few of them are really very strange.
Of course,they are not strange to the people who celebrate them.Perhaps that is because the
celebrations have long traditions.Consider April Fool's Day,for example.No one knows when or why it
began.Today it is celebrated in many countries一France,England,and Australia,among others.On this day,
people play practical jokes._________(47)The ones who laugh are the ones playing the jokes.The people
they fool often get angry.Does celebrating this day make sense to you?
Dyngus Day in Poland seems strange,too.On this day,it is traditional for boys to pour water over the
heads of girls.Here is the strangest part:They do it to girls they like.
Other unusual celebrations take place in a single city or town.A holiday called La Tomatina is
celebrated in Bunol,Spain.Every year,in late August,big trucks carry more than 200.000 pounds of
tomatoes into this little town._________(48)For two hours,people in the streets throw tomatoes at each
other. Everyone ends up red from head to toe.
August 10 marks the start of the Puck Fair,an Irish festival with a very unusual tradition.People from
the town of Killorglin go up into the mountains and catch a wild goat.__________(49)
There are also some celebrations that are really strange.In the United States,sometimes one person
gets an idea for a new holiday and tries to get others to accept it.Whose idea was Public Sleeping Day?
That one is on February 28.It may seem strange,but it sounds like more fun than the one on February 9.
_________(50)
Do you like the idea of inventing a new holiday?If you do,then you will want to mark March 26 on
your calendar. That is Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.__________(50)
A:Some of the days people celebrate,however,are less serious.
B:That is supposed to be Toothache Day.
C:Some people have fun imagining new holidays.
D:Then begins the world's biggest food fight.
E:Jokes are supposed to be funny,but these jokes do not make everyone laugh.
F:They bring him back to town,put a crown on his head,and make him king for three days.答案：B解析：前面介绍的是一些流行的，大家都知道的节日，空后说有些节日非常奇怪，故知空中应 填虽然有些节日被人们所庆祝，但它们不是很重要。
因空前提到了jokes，下文应填与jokes有关的话语，故选E。
前文说运来二十万镑西红柿，空后又说人们在街上互相扔西红柿，可知是食物大战即将爆发。
从山上抓来一只野山羊干吗呢？从排除法可知只有F项符合语境，把山羊抓来当三天的皇帝。
比公共睡眠日更好笑的节日应该是牙疼日了。第6部分：完形填空 -
第16题：
共用题干
Riches and Romance From France's Wine Harvest
September is harvest time. And with bunches of grapes swinging（摇摆）in the wind,
the vineyards of southern France are getting ready to celebrate it.
The yearly wine festival is held in honour of Bacchus,the Roman god of wine.It's a
fun time with parties,music,dancing,big meals and,of course,lots of wine.
French wine-making began more than 2,500 years ago.The world's oldest type of vine
grows in France and always produces a good quality wine.Today France produces one-fifth
of the world's wine,and some of the most famous varieties.
The top wine-producing areas are Bordeaux,Burgundy and the Loire Valley.
Champagne,a drink used in celebrations,is named after the place where sparkling（有气
泡的）wine was first produced in 1700.
Wine is made from the juice of freshly picked grapes. It is the sugars that turn into
alcohol.
Traditionally,people used to take off their shoes and crush the grapes with their bare
feet to bring out the juice.Nowadays,this practice is usually carried out by machines.
Each wine producing region has its own character,based on its type of grapes and soil.
The taste of wine changes with time.Until 1850,all French champagne was sweet.
Now,both wine and champagne taste slightly bitter.
The drink has always been linked with riches,romance and nobleness.Yet the French
think of it in more ordinary terms.
They believe it makes daily living easier,less hurried and with fewer problems.
"All its links are with times when people are at their best;with relaxation,happiness,
long slow meals and the free flow of ideas,"wrote wine expert Hugh Johnson.In the yearly wine festival,people always enjoy themselves.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析： -
第17题：
共用题干
Riches and Romance From France's Wine Harvest
September is harvest time. And with bunches of grapes swinging（摇摆）in the wind,
the vineyards of southern France are getting ready to celebrate it.
The yearly wine festival is held in honour of Bacchus,the Roman god of wine.It's a
fun time with parties,music,dancing,big meals and,of course,lots of wine.
French wine-making began more than 2,500 years ago.The world's oldest type of vine
grows in France and always produces a good quality wine.Today France produces one-fifth
of the world's wine,and some of the most famous varieties.
The top wine-producing areas are Bordeaux,Burgundy and the Loire Valley.
Champagne,a drink used in celebrations,is named after the place where sparkling（有气
泡的）wine was first produced in 1700.
Wine is made from the juice of freshly picked grapes. It is the sugars that turn into
alcohol.
Traditionally,people used to take off their shoes and crush the grapes with their bare
feet to bring out the juice.Nowadays,this practice is usually carried out by machines.
Each wine producing region has its own character,based on its type of grapes and soil.
The taste of wine changes with time.Until 1850,all French champagne was sweet.
Now,both wine and champagne taste slightly bitter.
The drink has always been linked with riches,romance and nobleness.Yet the French
think of it in more ordinary terms.
They believe it makes daily living easier,less hurried and with fewer problems.
"All its links are with times when people are at their best;with relaxation,happiness,
long slow meals and the free flow of ideas,"wrote wine expert Hugh Johnson.All French people celebrate the grape harvest every September.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析： -
第18题：
共用题干
What is Chinese New Year?
In many parts of Asia,nations follow the lunar calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar used by the rest of the world.______(46)Many nations including Vietnam and Korea celebrate the lunar New Year with festivals and special foods.The Chinese,however,have turned the celebration into an art form:a 15 day festival called the Spring Festival in China,although it is known to the rest of the world as Chinese New Year.
______(47)which is considered to be a particularly auspicious day.Children are given hong bao,lucky red envelopes full of money,and households exchange visits and gifts. Most celebrants at Chinese New Year wear red,which is a lucky color,and also refrain from reflecting on the past year and uttering unlucky words,as it is believed that the first day of the new year will determine your fortune in the months to come.
Chinese New Year continues with 15 days of celebration and auspicious days,including a day to welcome the god of wealth,a day to celebrate farming and produce,and days to celebrate friends and family. Friendships and family relationships are a very important part of Chinese New Year,______(48)Numerous lucky foods are served throughout the Chinese New Year festival,and after all that rich dining,the 13th day of the festival is set aside for eating rice and bitter greens to cleanse the palate. on the 15th day,the Chinese New Year celebration culminates with the Lantern Festival, which is traditionally held at night. During the Lantern Festival,hundreds of citizens flood the street with lanterns representing wealth,animals,historical figures,plants,and a variety of other things.______(49)The Lantern Festival ends with a burst of fireworks to celebrate the upcoming year while celebrants eat special round dumplings to celebrate unity.
In Vietnam,the new year festival is known as Tet Nguyen Dan,and is celebrated for seven days. Much like Chinese New Year,Tet is believed to be an especially auspicious period in Vietnam which will establish the fortunes of celebrants for the coming year.______(50)In Korea, the one day festival is known as Sol-nal,and is a time to reflect on ancestors and family.______(47)
A: and a great deal of food and dinner invitations are exchanged as part of this tradition.
B: The lanterns are paraded through towns and cities throughout China,Taiwan,and parts of the world with large Chinese communities.
C: As a result,the year starts on a different day,usually in January or February by the Gregorian calendar.
D: Chinese New Year is the most important festival in Chinese culture.
E: Chinese New Year begins on the first day of the first moon of the year.
F: Special foods are eaten and gifts are exchanged.答案：E解析：第一段主要介绍世界各地新年开始的时间不同，选项中只有C选项提到各国新年开始的时间不同，与该段文意表达一致。所以选择C。
分析该段，首先要考虑句后which指代的对象，分析之后发现句后讲的都是中国新年的习俗，所以该句肯定是讲中国的新年，所以选择E。
整个段落都是讲中国春节的习俗，句后还讲到了food，只有选项A"and a great deal of food and dinner invitations are exchanged as part of this tradition”可以与之街接。所以选择A。
该段中最明显的标志就是句后的The Lantern Festival，而B选项明确提到了The lanterns,所以选择B。
该段文字讲到其他国家的节日习俗，无非也是涉及到食物和礼物，所以选择F项。 -
第19题：
Some villagers were going to celebrate an important wine festival（酒宴）in a few days′time,so?they borrowed a huge barrel from the nearest town,put it in the village square,and decided that each?of them should empty a bottle of the best wine he had into it,so that there should be plenty at the?feast（宴会）.
One of the villagers thought he would be very clever."If I pour a bottle of water in,instead of?wine,no one will notice it,"he said to himself,"because there will be so much excellent wine in the?barrel that?the water will be lost in it."
The night of the feast arrived.Everybody gathered in the village square with their bowls and?their glasses for the wine.The tap（塞子）on the barrel was opened,but what came out was pure?water.Everyone in the village had had the same idea.
The underlined sentence"the water will be lost in it"can be considered as__________.A.the water would be gone in the barrel
B.the water couldn't be found in the wine
C.the water would flow through the barrel into the ground
D.the water would be mixed up with the wine答案：D解析：由第二段第二句可知他认为如果用一瓶水代替酒倒进去的活，没人会注：卷到。他这样认为的原因是“Ihe water will be lost in it”，由此推断出这句话的青外之意是一瓶水加进酒中二者会混合在一起。故选D项。
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第20题：
单选题We’re going to paint the town ______ to celebrate our win.Ablue
Bpurple
Cgold
Dred
正确答案： B解析：
句意：我们打算去酒吧庆祝我们的胜利。paint the town red为口语中的习惯用法，表示“到酒吧或其他娱乐场所玩乐”。 -
第21题：
单选题Why, according to the passage, did ancient Chinese coins have a square hole in the center?ABecause it would be easier to put them together and carry them around.
BBecause it would be lighter for people to carry from place to place.
CBecause people wanted to make it look nicer.
DBecause people wanted to save the expensive metal they were made from.
正确答案： D解析：
推理题。由“People strung them together and carried them from place to place”可知，金属币做成圆形方孔是为了携带方便。 -
第22题：
单选题After we had been in the village for a few months, we so liked it that we decided to settle there（）.Ain turn
Bfor good
Cas usual
Dat most
正确答案： D解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
问答题The American farmers have always been independent and hard-working.In the eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farmfamily grew and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop 1．______would be sold in order to buy a few items in the local general stone.In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to 2．______the city, yet eight percent of the American population was still inthe country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life were 3．______not much changed from that they had been in old days. The farmer 4．______aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with his own 5．______muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, spades and 6．______other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done in wood 7．______burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the only improvementon the candle. The family’s recreation and social life chieflyconsisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or village 8．______to transact some business as well as to chat with neighbors who alsocome to town The children attended a small elementary school (often of justone room) to that they had to walk every day, possibly for a few miles. 9．______The school term was short so that the children could not help on the 10．______farm. Although the whole family worked, and life was not easy,farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.正确答案：
1.nothing改为“everything” 属逻辑错误。根据上下文,此句意为“美国农场主能够生产出家庭所需的一切东西”所以句子的含义是肯定的。
2.because改为although/though 此句是让步状语从句,并非因果关系。
3.nineteen改为 nineteenth 世纪前面应用序数词修饰。
4.that 改为what 名词性that从句不可以直接跟在介词后面作宾语,应该为what。
5.arouse改为rose/arose/got up arouse是及物动词,意为“叫醒、唤醒”,在此处可改为rise,arise或get up,三者都表示自己醒来。
6.like改为as或being 此处意为 “作为力量的主要来源”,所以应用as或being,而不能用like,like作介词意为“像”。
7.complicated改为simple 属逻辑错误。根据上下文,此处谈论十七世纪的牧场生活,当时的劳动工具并不复杂,相反,有许多简单工具,如上文提到的斧子和铲子。
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9.to that改为to which 关系代词which可放在介词之后引导定语从句,而that则不行,这是它们的主要区别之一。
10.去掉not 属逻辑错误。本句是说由于学期短,所以孩子们能在农场帮忙。解析： 暂无解析