第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）选择题（共17小题：每小题2分，满分34分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡

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第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

选择题（共17小题：每小题2分，满分34分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Three armed robbers stole two Pablo Picasso prints from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo on Thursday, which was the city"s second high-profile art theft in less than a year. The bandits also took two oil paintings by well-known Brazilian artists Emiliano Di Cavalcanti and Lasar Segall, said Carla Regina, a spokeswoman for the Pinacoteca do Estado museum.

The Picasso prints stolen were "The Painter and the Model" from 1963 and "Minotaur, Drinker and Women" from 1933, according to a statement from the Sao Paulo Secretary of State for Culture, which oversees the museum. The prints and paintings have a combined value of $612,000, the statement and a museum official said.

About noon, three armed men paid the $2.45 entrance fee and immediately went to the second-floor gallery where the works were being exhibited, bypassing more valuable pieces, authorities said. "This indicates to us that they probably received an order" to take those specific works, Youssef Abou Chain, head of Sao Paulo"s organized crime unit, told reporters at a news conference. The assailants overpowered three unarmed museum guards and grabbed the works, officials said. The robbery took about 10 minutes and the museum was nearly empty at the time. The assailants took the pieces — frames and all — out of the museum in two bags. The institution has no metal detectors.

In December, Picasso"s "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" by Candido Portinari, an influential Brazilian artist, were stolen from the Sao Paulo Museum of Art by three men who used a crowbar（铁撬棍）and car jack to force open one of the museum"s steel doors. The framed paintings were found Jan. 8, covered in plastic and leaning against a wall in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, South America"s largest city. One of the suspects in that robbery — a former TV chef — turned himself over to police in January, who already had two suspects in custody（监禁）.

56. What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

A. Two prints by Pablo Picasso

B. Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

C. Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

D. Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

57. Why didn"t the thieves take other more valuable works?

A. Because they didn"t know that the other pieces were worth more.

B. Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

C. Because they didn"t have enough time.

D. Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

58. How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

A. A lot. The museum was crowded.

B. Not too many. It was almost empty.

C. There were a lot of people outside the museum.

D. Only three of them.

59. According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

A. In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido Portinari were stolen.

B. There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

C. Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.
D. Three suspects in the first high-profile art theft in less than a year were arrested.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:D

解析

举一反三

What kind of car will we be driving in 2010? Rather different from the type we know today, with the next 20 years bringing greater change than the past 50．The people who will be designing the models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems may well accelerate the pace of the car’s development. Today they are students on the transport design course at London’s Royal College of Art.
Their vision is of a machine with three wheels instead of four, electrically powered, environmentally clean, and able to drive itself along “intelligent” roads equipped with built-in power supplies. Future cars will pick up their fuel during long journeys from a power source built into the road, or store it in small quantities for travelling in the city.
Instead of today’s seating arrangements—two in front, two or three behind, all facing forward--- the 2010 car will have a versatile interior with adults and children in a family circle.
This view of the future car is based on a much more sophisticated road system, with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them, cars will not need drivers, because computers will provide safe driving control and route finding. All the driver will have to do is say where to go and the computer will do the rest. It will become impossible for cars to crash into one another. The technology already exists for the car to become a true automobile.
71．What kind of car will we be driving in 2010?
A．Three wheeled.                B．Electrically powered.
C．With a versatile seating arrangement   D．All of the above.
72．How long will a volunteer be required to spend?
A．A few hours every day.                B．A couple of hours each day.
C．One or two hours every two weeks.     D．A few days per week.
73．What does the word “versatile” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．having many different kinds of skill
B．easily able to change from one direction to another
C．easily able to change from one kind of activity to another
D．having many different uses
74．In paragraph 4 “with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them” means “there are many ____”.
A．traffic lights to control the speed of future cars
B．street posts to indicate directions for drivers
C．power sources along the street are able to supply power to automobiles
D．stop marks along the street to stop cars
75．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Future cars are completely different from the automobiles we know today.
B．The design of future cars will be more sophisticated.
C．Because of the new type of cars, our future environment will become cleaner.
D．The road system will become more sophisticated than it is today.

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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I just read a beautiful story．It is about a little girl, a   36  and a corporation． 37 , if crying at work might be a 38 , you should wait until you get home to read it．Trust me．
10-year-old Colby Curtin of Huntington Beach, California, had been 39  a rare form of cancer for three years．This month, it became 40  that Colby would probably   41  soon．The one thing she wanted to do 42  she died was see the movie, “Up（《飞屋环游记》）．” She’d been 43  by the previews（预告片）．
But Colby’s health was so 44  that she could not be taken to the theater, and “Up” is only playing in theaters．By June 9, it was clear Colby wouldn’t 45  much longer．A family friend began desperately 46  numbers at Pixar．She finally 47  to someone and told them Colby’s  48 ．After a discussion, Pixar 49  to help．
Colby’s mother asked her, “Do you think you can hold on?” “I’m   50  to die, but I’m going to wait for the movie,” the girl replied．
On June 10, Pixar 51 an employee to the Curtin home and showed the film on DVD—possibly the only DVD copy of the movie that 52 ．
Here’s what her mom said, “When I 53  it, I had really no idea about the 54  or the theme of the movie, I just know that word ‘Up’ and all of the balloons and I swear to you, for me it meant that Colby was going to go up．Up to 55 ．”
Colby died seven hours after watching the movie．
36．A．boy   B．lover C．play D．movie
37．A．However B．Besides     C．Therefore D．Finally
38．A．joy    B．problem    C．treat D．misery
39．A．sticking to       B．diagnosed with C．keeping up with       D．living with
40．A．clear B．uncertain C．sorry D．sure
41．A．recover     B．return       C．die    D．come
42．A．until B．when C．after D．before
43．A．fascinated B．food C．interested D．surprised
44．A．good B．poor C．healthy     D．ordinary
45．A．do it B．see to it    C．make it     D．survive it
46．A．calling      B．sending     C．dialing      D．taking
47．A．got over   B．got across C．got down D．got through
48．A．wish B．will   C．demand    D．order
49．A．refused     B．hoped       C．agreed      D．offered
50．A．scared      B．ready C．afraid       D．sad
51．A．planned    B．made C．shipped     D．flew
52．A．matters     B．counts      C．disappears D．exists
53．A．watched    B．listened     C．saw   D．heard
54．A．trick B．content     C．hint   D．disadvantage
55．A．sky   B．balloon     C．heaven      D．hell

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Four Insurance Policies You Can" t Do Without
A single gap in insurance coverage could wipe out the money that yon" ve earned for many years through your hard work.That" s why it" s important to give yourself a yearly insurance checkup, whether you buy your policies through an agent or from one of the growing number of insurance companies.
Health.Before selecting a policy from your employer or deciding among Medicare options, review your current health,predictable medical needs, and family status.This review should help you avoid a plan that fails to cover a necessary treatment or paying for services that you know you"ll never use.
Disability. Your chances of becoming disabled before you retire are far greater than your chances of dying. So every working person needs some kind of disability coverage. If you are working for an employer who offers less than that, you can buy an individual policy to promote your coverage.
Homeowners or renters. Make sure you have replacement-cost coverage that would pay the current costs of rebuilding your home and replacing your personal possessions. A policy that would only pay for the decrease in value of these items isn" t good enough, because you could end up recovering just a small part of their costs. Don" t forget flood and/or earthquake insurance if you live in a locate that has a possible tendency to these types of disasters.
Life. Empty nesters and retirees may. no longer need life insurance at all. But if you have dependents who would suffer financially if you died, it" s still a must.
65. To have your insurance checkup every year is mainly because _______.
A. the gap in insurance coverage could cost you a large sum
B. the gap in insurance coverage could bring you benefits
C. some insurance agencies cover few of your policies
D. too many insurance companies prefer to sell coverage
66. _______ can be ignored while deciding among Medicare choices.
A. Your necessary treatment. B. Your personal health at present.
C. Your social status. D. Your predictable medical needs.
67. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Workers needn" t buy personal disability coverage if their bosses offer that
B. Insurance companies can secure the full value of private possessions
C. Earthquake insurance can cover replacement-cost caused by the disaster
D. Divorced or retired people may need life insurance for their dependents
68. We can infer that demand for insurance_______.
A. varies due to individual needs of coverage
B. stays the same whether you are working or not
C. increases when we move to a new place
D. decreases if we have a large family to support

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　　If you ask people to name one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like“Shakespeare”,“Samuel Johnson”and“Webster”but none of these men had any effect at all compared with a man who didn"t even speak English---William the Conqueror.
　　Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived people belonging to two major language groups. In the west-central region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic. In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos-Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we call Anglo-Saxon (or Old English), a Germanic Language. If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German.
　　But this state of affairs did not last. In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England. For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasants. As a result, English words of polities and the law come from French rather than German. In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction(区别) between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words. We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating.
　　When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more“foreign”than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does. Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man"s ambition.
46.The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were _____.
　　A. Welsh and Scottish　　　　　　　　　　B. Nordic and Germanic
　　C. Celtic and Old English　　　　　　　　D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic
　　47.Which of the following groups of words are, by inference, rooted in French?
　　A. president , lawyer, beef　　　　　　　 B. president , bread, water
　　C. bread , field, sheep　　　　　　　　　 D. folk , field, cow
48.Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?
　　A. Most advertisements in France appear in English.
　　B. they know little of the history of the English language.
　　C. Many French words are similar to English ones.
　　D. They know French better than German.
49.What is the subject discussed in the text?
　　A. The history of Great Britain. B. The similarity of Great Britain.
　　C. The rule of England by William the Conqueror. D. The French influences on the English language.

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Intensive Courses for Teachers of English
plus Teaching Knowledge Test ( TKT) Preparation
Who is the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) for?
Anglo-Continental has developed 2 to 4 week courses preparing candidates for the University of Cambridge" s TKT to develop the knowledge and teaching skills of people who teach English to primary, secondary and adult learners, and also people who are interested in teaching as a career. This qualification will help you to understand:
different methodologies for teaching
the " language of teaching"
the ways in which resources can be used
the key aspects of lesson planning
classroom management methods for different needs
Click here to go to the official Cambridge ESOL website for the TKT
http: //www. cambridgeesol, org/exams/teaching-awards/tkt, html
Click here for the TKT Course Schedule 2010
http: //www. anglo-continental, com/elv/uk/forms/TKT/TKT Course 2010. pdf
What does the TKT involve?
The methodology and language awareness lessons cover four TKT modules:
Module 1 -- Language and background to language learning and teaching
Describing language and language skills Using accurate terminology (术语)
Factors affecting how a learner learns
Comparing and evaluating different types of lessons
Module 2 -- Planning lessons and use of resources for language teaching
Planning and preparing a lesson or sequence of lessons
Selection and use of resources and materials
Module 3 -- Managing the teaching and learning process
Teachers" and learners" language in the classroom
Classroom management
TKT KAL Module -- Knowledge about language
Knowledge of the language systems (lexis, phonology, grammar, discourse) needed by teachers for planning and teaching their lessons
Awareness of the language needs of learners and the difficulties involved in learning a second language
Each module consists of 80 objective, multiple choice questions and takes 80 minutes to complete. A successful trainee will receive a University of Cambridge ESOL Certificate stating that he/she has passed the module (s). A University of Cambridge ESOL qualification will improve a teacher" s confidence, personal development and job prospects.
68. Who is the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) for?
A. Candidates for the University of Cambridge"s TKT.
B. Students in primary, secondary and universities.
C. Adult learners aiming to teach English abroad.
D. International students studying in Anglo-Continental.
69. Which of the following is excluded in the methodologies of the intensive courses?
A. Teaching how to teach language.                    B. Teaching how to plan lessons.
C. Teaching how to manage classroom.        D. Teaching how to do well in exams.
70. In which module can you learn how to analyze the learning difficulties of non-native learners of English?
A. Module 1.          B. Module 2.                C. Module 3.             D. TKT KAL Module.
71. What can the trainee expect with the University of Cambridge ESOL qualification?
A. He can believe he can do everything.             B. He can find more job opportunities.
C. He can pass the modules more easily.             D. He can pay less money to the courses.

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