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Singles Day falls on every November 11th, and as the name indicates, this relatively new holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. I was a bit surprised when I googled “Singles Day” on the Internet, to find that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate their lives.
An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong. One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the “four columns” card (the card shows four independent, parallel columns in two lines). Even more of a coincidence, it was Nov. 11. In order to remind them of the day, they nicknamed it Singles Day.
Singles Day was first celebrated at various universities in Nanjing, capital city of Jiangsu Province during the 1990s. These college students carried their university tradition into society after they graduated. Singles Day is now a special day for all.
The main way to celebrate Singles day is to have dinner with your single friends, but it’s important that each person pay their own way to show their independence. People also hold “blind date” parties in an attempt to say goodbye to their single lives.
For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao (deep-fried dough sitcks) representing the four “ones” in “11.11” and one baozi (steamed stuffed buns) representing the dot in between.
Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on the day. Many attend “blind date” parties and many people choose to marry on this day. In addition to meaning “single”, the four “ones” of the date can also mean “only one” as in “the only one for me”. Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only “one” in their heart.
45. Which of the statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Singles Day has a long history.
B. Only men celebrate Singles Day.
C. Singles Day is only celebrated in China.
D. Students in Nanjing University started Singles Day.
46. People celebrate the festival mainly by       .
A. playing Mahjong             B. having dinner
C. getting married                      D. hanging out with friends
47. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Singles Day
B. Four Single Men’s Singles Day
C. University Culture on Singles Day
D. Symbolic Food on Singles Day
48. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
(a-para.1 b-para.2 c-para.3 d-para.4 e-para.5 f-para.6)

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45---48 CBAB

解析

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第二节根据对话内容，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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
—What can I do for you, sir?
—I bought this mobile last Saturday here in your shop.   61
—What’s the matter with it?
—   62
—How long does it last?
—It can last only one day! Then, I’ll have to recharge it. Sometimes it just turns off by itself.
—It doesn’t seem to matter much.  63
—I’d like you to return the money.
—   64 . We can repair the mobile for you.
—No, I hope you can change it for a new one of the same model at least.
—All right. 65

A．I’m sorry, but we can’t.

B．But it doesn’t work well.

C．Is there anything wrong?

D．So what do you want us to do?

E. The battery doesn’t last long.
F. We can change it for another one.
G. All right, don’t worry.

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In spite of ill health and a physical incapacity（伤残）that threatened her career, Carson McCullers completed a novel in the summer of 1961 that made the best-seller list before its official publication; date by virtue of（由于）prepublication sales.
In an interview at her home, the noted novelist looked back on some of her problems of recent years and spoke without emotion of her latest book, Clock without Hands, her first in fifteen years, "For many years I had been thinking of the novel and finally wrote it this passed year. ""The tall, frail novelist, forty-three years old in 1961, suffered a series of strokes in her twenties that left her partially incapacitated, and she also admitted that a mental block kept her away from writing for many years after the strokes.
Mrs McCullers once wrote that "writing is a wandering, dreaming occupation. " But beyond the admission that she works" very hard" at her writing, she is shy about discussing her work. She is remote from literary fashions, and she has never learned to intellectualize her art, but she reads her critics and takes them seriously.
Clock Without Hands depicts （叙述） Mrs McCullers" native South and the slow passing of the old way of life through the lives of a dying pharmacist （药剂师）, a white judge and former congressman, his rebellious grandson, and two Negroes. Among her earlier noted works are Member of the Wedding, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, and Ballad of Sad Cafe.
71. The novel made the best-seller list ______.
A. one month after publication            B. immediately upon publication
C. before publication                    D. before completion
72. Mrs McCullers" comments about Clock without Hands were______.
A. enthusiastic                     B. defensive
C. shy and self-conscious             D. unemotional
73. Clock without Hands was the product of ______.
A. many years of work B. one year of work C. many years of thought D. both B and C
74. Mrs McCullers did not write for many years because ______.
A. strokes left her partially incapacitated      B. she had a mental block
C. she had no ideas        D. both A and B
75. According to the selection, Mrs McCullers_____.
A. follows literary fashions   B. intellectualizes her art
C. discusses her work avidly（热心的）     D. takes her critics seriously

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第Ⅱ卷（共45分）
第四部分: 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）
阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答下列小题。
When an NBA player is young he thinks he can win the championship by himself. It is only later when he has aged and been through many battles that he learns an important lesson; there is no "I" in "team".
There is no better example of the value of teamwork than the Boston Celtics. Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin. Garnett were all superstars on three different teams. Yet, none of them had any titles to show for it. Then, last season, they decided to sacrifice money and individual statistics to play together. Garnett and Allen joined Pierce on the Celtics and changed the NBA in the process.
It started in simple ways. Garnett and Allen are two of the most intense athletes in the world. They treat every second of every practice like it is the NBA championship. If you want to play alongside them then you will have to do the same. So, the young guys on the Celtics started giving their full effort too.
Pierce had been the star of the Celtics for many years. He used to shoot the ball many times a game. But with the addition of Allen and Garnett he shot less and focused on defense. His selflessness showed the young players that doing what made the team better was the only thing that mattered.
When the Celtics were winning and the game was almost over, Garnett, Pierce and Allen would come out of the game. But they wouldn"t just sit on the bench. Instead, they stood and cheered and screamed for their teammates. They wanted to support their friends and teammates.
Now, the guys who don"t play know they can still affect the game by cheering so they scream and cheer when Garnett, Allen and Pierce are playing. The Celtics have developed a strong relationship. They are more than just teammates, but they are brothers.
The result: the Boston Celtics won the 2008 NBA championship and are considered the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship again this year.
There is a saying that goes, "A successful team beats with one heart. " If ______, the Celtics may have the biggest heart in the NBA.
76. What is the best title for the passage? （Please answer within 10 words. ）
___________________________________________________________________________
77. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
They are not only fellow members of a team but also brothers.
___________________________________________________________________________
78. Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words to complete the sentence.
（ Please answer within 8 words. ）
___________________________________________________________________________
79. Do you think teamwork is important in your senior 3 study? Why or why not? （ Please answer within 30 words. ）
___________________________________________________________________________
80. Translate the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph into Chinese.
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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。选项中有两项为多余选项。
—What can I do for you, sir?
—I bought this mobile last Saturday here in your shop. 小题1:
—What’s the matter with it?
—小题2:
—How long does it last?
—It can last only one day! Then, I’ll have to recharge it. Sometimes it just turns off by itself.
—It doesn’t seem to matter much. 小题3:
—I’d like you to return the money.
—小题4:We can repair the mobile for you.
—No, I hope you can change it for a new one of the same model at least.
—All right. 小题5:

A．I’m sorry, but we can’t.

B．But it doesn’t work well.

C．Is there anything wrong?

D．So what do you want us to do?

E. The battery doesn’t last long.
F. We can change it for another one.
G. All right, don’t worry.

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When Ben delivered milk to my home one morning before Christmas，he wasn’t his usual sunny self. He told me a customer had left without paying the bill，$79，nor leaving her new address. So it meant that he had to cover the loss.
“She was a pretty woman，”he said， “with six children and another on the way. She was always saying. ‘I’m going to pay you soon when my husband gets a second job.’ I believed her，but she left. Isn’t it annoying?”
“Give her the milk. Make it a Christmas present to the kids who need it.” I said.
The holidays came and went. On a sunny January morning two weeks later，Ben was rushing to deliver milk when he saw a woman running down the street，waving money. He recognized her immediately--the woman who didn’t pay her bill.
“I’m so sorry.” she said. “I really have been meaning to pay you.”
She explained that her husband had come home one night and announced he" d found cheaper apartment. He" d also got a new job. With all that happened, she" d forgotten to leave the new address. “But I"ve been saving,” she said. “Here"s $20 toward the bill.
“That" s all right,” Ben replied. “It"s been paid.”
“Paid!” she exclaimed (惊叫). “What do you mean? Who paid it?”
“I did,” Ben said, “It went to the children as a Christmas present!”
小题1:Ben was upset one morning because _______.

A．a customer left without paying the bill

B．he lost $ 79 on the way of the delivery

C．he had to buy a present for the children

D．he was going to lose his job

小题2:The author helped Ben by offering him _______.

A．a Christmas present	B．the debtor" s new address
C．some money to cover the loss	D．a suggestion to cheer him up

小题3:We can probably infer from the passage that the woman _______.

A．cheated to raise her children	B．moved to escape paying back the debts
C．was a person with honesty	D．wanted to give her children a Christmas gift

小题4:What is the best title of the passage?

A．An Unhappy Christmas	B．An Unusual Present
C．A Poor Couple"s Life	D．A Helpful Customer

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