第四部分任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格的空格处里填人最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格填1个单词

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第四部分任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格的空格处里填人最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格填1个单词。
There’re seven oceans across most of the earth"s surface. But they contain saltwater, unfit for human consumption. Only a tiny part of the world"s water – about 2.5 percent – is drinkable. That still would be an enough supply if it were clean and available where needed. However, it"s not.
Today some 1.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion lack proper waste water treatment. As a result, polluted water supplies are blamed for the worldwide deaths of 1.8 million children, according to the United Nation"s Human Development Report for 2006.That means 4,900 children under 5 years old died per day.
What"s more, children worldwide miss 443 million days of school each year because of water-related illnesses. The UN also estimates that half of the world"s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from water-borne diseases.
Beyond that, millions of people (almost always women) in different parts of the world spend hours per day carrying water up to several miles for their family"s needs because no source is close at hand.
Since 1992, the UN has sponsored(倡议) World Water Day, observed on March 22, to raise awareness of the need to protect and improve access to clean water supplies.
"When the well is dry, then we know the worth of water," said Benjamin Franklin, long before today"s water challenges.
It"s clear that competition for water "will intensify(加剧) in the decades ahead," said Kemal Dervis, administrator of the United Nations Development Program in its 2006 report. "Water is the fundamental resource, crossing borders through rivers, lakes – a fact that points to the potential for cross-border tensions in water-stressed regions."
Growing populations, are using up water resources, and climate change is expected to worsen the problem as it changes rainfall patterns. A new UN study shows that as temperatures have gone up, the world"s glaciers(冰川) have been decreasing at fast rates and may disappear entirely within a few decades. China, India, and the West Coast of the United States are among populous places that rely on glaciers for their water supply. Glaciers feed some of the world"s great rivers, which serve billions of people.
One of the UN"s Millennium Development Goals, established in 2000, is to cut in half by the year 2015 the population unable to reach or afford safe drinking water. Achieving that goal is "critically important," says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. "When you look at the health and development challenges faced by the poorest of the world"s population, the common sticking point often turns out to be water." Governments and private groups are working hard to solve the problem as well.

Title	A Mighty Global Thirst
Facts	Drinkable water (1)_____up only 2.5 percent of the world’s water. Safe drinking water is not(2) ________to some 1.2 billion people. 2.6 billion people are (3)_______ of proper wastewater treatment. 1.8 million children died from polluted water supplies in 2006. Children worldwide are (4)________from school for 443 million days because of water-related illness. Water-borne diseases keep people in half of the world’s hospital beds. Millions of people spend hours per day carrying water a long distance to meet their family needs.
Purpose of the UN’s sponsoring World Water Day	To make people more (5)______ of the need to protect and improve access to clean water supplies.
(6)_______ of the global thirst	Water pollution Growing (7)__________
Potential threat	Climate change, which may result in the (8)________ of glaciers in the near future.
Efforts	The UN aims to cut in half by the year 2015 the population having no (9)______ to safe drinking water. Governments and private groups are trying to work out a (10)______ to the problem.

答案

1. takes 2. available 3.short 4. absent 5.aware 6. Causes
7. population 8. disappearance 9. access 10. Solution

解析

略

举一反三

第二节：补全对话（共5小题，每小1分，满分5分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A: Excuse me, Sir. Are you a guide?
B: Yes, I am.    6
A: Can I ask you a question about the Famen Temple?
B: Of course. What do you want to know?
A: When was it built?     7
B: In the third century in Eastern Han Dynasty．It has a history of more than 1,700 years．The Temple is famous in the world for Sheli, fingers;of Buddha which is the holy object of Buddhism．
A: Can you speak more,slowly?   8
B; I"m sorry! I’ll speak more slowly．Any more questions?
B: Yes．Well, __9__
B: The Famen Temple has become the sacred place of Buddhism, so millions．of Buddhista including common people come here to pray for peace and happiness．
A: I see. Thank you very much. Goodbye.
B:    10  Goodbye!
A: Welcome to the Famen Temple．
B: I’m afraid I can"t follow you．
C: And what is it famous for?
D: See you later．
E: Why are there so many people visiting the Temple?
F: Can I help you?
G: Have a good time．

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第二节：完型填空（共20 小题；每小题1分；满分20分）
She was a four-year-old girl with very fine golden hair when I first met her. She was carrying a bowl of soup. I was 29 at that time and   11   from the flu.
Her mom and I had been friends for years.   12   that friendship grew into care, from care into   13   and marriage. Marriage brought the three of us together as a   14 . At first I was afraid to be a “stepfather”. Therefore, I tried not to come   15   my future daughter and her   16   father. I acted in that way in order to be liked. However,   17   she was growing up, I found it increasingly hard to   18   with her.
Once her school required the parents to individually(个别的) write an open and   19   letter to our children. I wrote a letter about a little golden-haired girl who had   20   me a bowl of soup when I needed   21 .
A week later, all the parents   22   together with our children. The students were allowed to make a few statements. I was   23   to hear what my daughter would say.
Finally my daughter   24   make her way up to the microphone. She said something like others and then   25 , “At this very moment, I just want to say …I love you, Father.”
Immediately people around me started   26   at me. For a teenage girl to say 27   in front of so many people, “I love you,” took a great deal of courage.
Since then I have   28   to understand I didn’t need to have any   29   about being a stepfather. I can still   30   honest love with the same little girl I met so many years before － carrying a bowl full of what turned out to be kindness. I can also be friends with the girl － my dear daughter.
11. A. hurting               B. attacking           C. suffering           D. experiencing
12. A. Immediately        B. Finally              C. Especially         D. Generally
13. A. like                    B. pleasure            C. excitement         D. love
14. A. union                 B. group                C. family               D. whole
15. A. between                 B. among                     C. from                 D. for
16. A. natural                B. following          C. untrue               D. old
17. A. after                   B. as                     C. with                  D. before
18. A. connect               B. share                 C. communicate     D. argue
19. A. honest                B. formal                     C. powerful           D. responsible
20. A. taken                 B. shown               C. shared               D. brought
21. A. cure                   B. care                  C. help                  D. friend
22. A. presented            B. invited                     C. gathered            D. asked
23. A. glad                   B. hopeful             C. serious              D. anxious
24. A. determinedly          B. independently    C. patiently            D. unexpectedly
25. A. lasted                 B. declared            C. continued          D. responded
26. A. hugging                     B. smiling             C. kissing              D. celebrating
27. A. quietly                B. openly                     C. brightly             D. attractively
28. A. used                   B. stepped             C. desired              D. come
29. A. courage                     B. fear                  C. happiness          D. idea
30. A. exchange            B. send                  C. expect               D. fall

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(D)
Mozart was one of the greatest composers who ever lived. He was born in Salzburg,
Austria, in 1756. Even when he was very young, Mozart loved music. His father, who was the leader of an orchestra, was very happy that his son was so interested in music. When Mozart was three years old, he learned to play the harpsichord, which is a kind of piano. Mozart began to compose music at the age of five, and his father took him to play in front of the kings and queens of Europe.
At one concert, one of the violinists was missing from the orchestra. Mozart picked up a violin and played the music without a mistake. Mozart’s father and the other players in the orchestra were surprised. Mozart had never been taught to play the violin! Mozart continued travelling around Europe with his father, who was his teacher in everything. He composed many pieces for the piano, the violin, and later for full orchestra.
Mozart could write down a piece of music even if he had heard it only once. One day, he went to hear a group of people singing in a big church in Rome. The song was very special. The church leader said that people could sing the song only once a year, and only in his church. No one else was allowed to have the music. Mozart listened to the song. Although it was very difficult and long, Mozart went back home and wrote down the whole piece from memory. The head of the church heard about this, and instead of being angry with Mozart, he gave him a prize.
When Mozart grew up, people were not so interested in him. He worked as a teacher and pianist, but he did not make much money. In 1791, at the age of 35, he died. He was so poor that there was not enough money for him to have a proper grave. No one knows where he is buried.
43. The story is mainly about ____.
A. Mozart and his music
B. a leader of an orchestra
C. the life of a great composer
D. the head of a church in Rome.
44. Mozart’s father helped Mozart a lot by ____.
A. teaching him about music
B. giving him a violin to play with
C. sending him to a music school
D. giving him a lot of money
45. When Mozart was only three years old, he ____.
A. went to Rome B. began to sing C. began to compose music D. played the harpsichord.
46. Mozart had a very good _____.
A. violin B. grave C. memory D. orchestra
47. Although Mozart was one of the world’s greatest composer, ____.
A. he died poor B. he did not teach anyone.
C. he did not know many famous people
D. he couldn’t play the piano or violin

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第二节：任务型阅读（共3小题，每小题2分，满分6分）
阅读下列材料，然后按要求完成材料后面的三个小题。
Driving Rules in Winter
Winter is dangerous because it’s so difficult to know what is going to happen and accidents take place so easily. Fog(雾) can be waiting to meet you over the top of a hill. Ice might be hiding under the melting snow, waiting ahead to send you off the road. The car coming to you may suddenly slip(滑) across the road.
Rule Number One for driving on icy roads is to drive smoothly(平稳地). Sudden movements can make a car very difficult to control. So very time you either start or stop your car, increase or reduce your speed, you must be as gentle and slow as possible. Suppose you are driving with full cup of hot coffee on the seat next to you. Drive so that you wouldn’t spill(溅) it.
Rule Number Two is to pay attention to what might happen. The more ice there is, the further down the road you have to look. Test how long it takes to gently stop your car. Remember that you may be driving more quickly than you think. Generally, allow twice of your usual stopping distance when the road is wet, three times this distance on snow and even more on ice. Try to stay in control of your car at all times and you will not get into trouble.
请根据阅读材料补全以下语句信息。（48-49题，每空一词，共4分）
48. Winter is dangerous for drivers because there may be ____ or ____ on the road.
49. In order to drive smoothly, you must avoid _____ ______.
根据阅读材料的描述用英语完成以下任务：（共2分）
50. The passage mainly tells us ______________________________________.

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Ⅱ. 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从第21 — 40各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
I stood there listening to dad’s severe words. He gathered us into our yard and had the look on his face that told us one of us did something   21 .
We stared down at the floor containing the art of a child’s   22   in chalk. I suppose that was a no-no for us, though I can’t say I quite   23   the result when I was committing the crime. All the others denied (否认). I stood there,   24   inside. The only words that came from my mouth were, “ Not me, dad. ” I couldn’t find the   25   to tell the truth. Lying was not   26   for me. But the look on dad"s face scared me.
Without saying a word, dad   27   for only a few minutes and came back with paper and a pencil. He was so   28   to find the truth! “ I want each of you to write   29   what you see on the floor. ” I was not a   30   kid, though and when my turn came, I wrote the words   31 . So when my dad compared the handwriting, he still   32   tell the truth.
“ I will give you one more chance to confess (承认) ”, he said. Not   33 , no one spoke up.
Should I say something? I guess he’ll be   34 ! So again, I held my   35 . “ Well, if someone came forward, there would be   36   punishment.” he added. Oh, no! I’ve lost my last chance!
He took us into the house. “ 37   none of you confessed, then you all get a spanking (打屁股).”
“ I did it, ” someone said. I looked around to see my sister come   38 . My sister was going to get spanked. And I let it   39 .
I didn’t tell the truth until years later. When I think back to that day, I know I learned the   40
of family, of a sister who would do anything for me. And I would do the same for her now.
21. A. special          B. funny          C. wrong          D. useless
22. A. handwriting           B. map            C. calculation        D. drawing
23. A. understood      B. remembered      C. accepted        D. expected
24. A. cheering        B. imagining      C. trembling         D. wondering
25. A. courage              B. time            C. way            D. chance
26. A. unusual       B. unfit             C. normal                D. difficult
27. A. walked           B. disappeared     C. hid                   D. escaped
28. A. afraid           B. determined     C. surprised        D. proud
29. A. similarly      B. carefully       C. particularly      D. exactly
30. A. smart           B. stupid          C. naughty               D. lovely
31. A. differently            B. strangely        C. quickly          D. quietly
32. A. would not       B. might not            C. could not              D. need not
33. A. excitingly     B. disappointingly         C. interestingly      D. surprisingly
34. A. mad           B. curious        C. delighted              D. amused
35. A. breath        B. face           C. hand           D. tongue
36. A. heavy        B. much          C. new              D. no
37. A. Since          B. Although       C. Unless          D. While
38. A. out            B. forward         C. in                    D. round
39. A. remain         B. exist           C. happen          D. do
40. A. knowledge    B. use             C. sense            D. value

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