23. A. a question    B. a reason          C. an opinion      D. an idea ,

24. A. serious       B. difficult         C. regular         D. convenient

25. A. hurt          B. encouraged        C. attracted       D. shocked

26. A. clerk         B. secretary         C. passer-by       D. friend

27. A. Since         B. Before            C. As              D. If

28. A. looking for   B. working for       C. sending for     D. paying for

29. A. called up     B. returned to       C. visited         D. left

30. A. worried       B. disappointed      C. satisfied       D. surprised

31. A. description   B. preparation       C. excuse          D. lecture

32. A. tore          B. saved             C. developed       D. destroyed

33. A. your wife     B. your family       C. patience        D. determination

34. A. hoping for    B. waiting for       C. ready for       D. fit for

35. A. lesson        B. experience        C. purpose         D. quality

36. A. For example   B. After all         C. Right now       D. So far

37. A. Every age     B. Every shop        C. Every day       D. Every office

38. A. accept        B. control           C. change          D. improve

39. A. certain       B. interesting       C. precious        D. easy

40. A. photo taking  B. job hunting       C. decision making D. wait training

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；第小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.             ,

The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway' s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway ',s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.

In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite (冻疮) , ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪撬) up and over rocky ice.

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he' s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

Next October; Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

41. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?      

A. He became good at most sports.     B. He began to build up his body.

C. He joined a sports team.           D. He made friends with a runner.

42. The underlined word "exploits" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ____.

A. journeys       B. researches       C. adventures        D. operations

43. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

a. He ran his first marathon.    b. He skied alone in the North Pole.

c. He rode his bike in a forest. d. He planned an adventure to the South Role.

A. acdb          B. cdab             C. acbd              D. cabd

44. What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

A. He is a success in sports.   .     B. He is the best British skier.

C. He is Ridgway' s favorite student. D. He is a good instructor at school.

B

It' s 2035. You have a job, a family and you' re about 40 yews old I Welcome to your future life.

Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you' re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You' re not even middle-aged!

As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, "To lose weight, you shouldn' t eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.

" Ready for your trip to space?" you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space — and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said you need these for space travel. " Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.

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