【正文】 looking for an unusual present. Some streets have only one kind of stores. Bracelets (手鐲 ) and rings shine in the windows of Canal Street, and wedding dresses fill the stores of Grant Street. There are streets for furs(皮大衣 ), and, in one area, there are 600 shops for antiques (古玩 )! Fifth Avenue is the most famous place to shop, and it is usually the most expensive. There you can find the latest styles from Paris, Italy, or New York. You can spend thousands of dollars on Fifth Avenue, or you can just window shop and admire the sights for free. 71. How many kinds of shops or stores on the lower East Side are mentioned in the passage? A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven. 72. If you want to buy something fashionable to wear, you’d better go to . A. Grant Street B. the big department stores C. Fifth Avenue D. the smaller stores of Greenwich Village 73. Why does the writer say that the lower East Side can be a good place to shop? A. Because its streets are crowded with visitors. B. Because there are latest style from Paris, Italy, or New York. C. Because there are different goods in different stores they can meet the needs of the visitors and shoppers. D. Because women want very much to go there and buy bracelets and rings. 74. The underlined words window shop in the sentence means “ ”. A. put all one’s goods in the shopwindow B. look at goods displayed in shopwindows C. not only look at goods displayed in shopwindow but also want to buy something D. take much interest in the goods and have the idea of buying something 75. The last five words “admire the sights for free” of the passage means “ ”. A. get pleasure from the sight at no cost B. buy and sell goods freely C. look at the sights as much as you like D. look at the sight with pleasure and buy something as you like E Long ago, in days of the Roman Empire, people used to believe a god of farmings called “Saturn”. They believed that Saturn could make the weather good or bad, and that he had the power to control how much rain would fall. Before a Roman farmer would plant his fields, he would try to get Saturn to give him good weather. He believed that if he killed an animal for Saturn, that would make Saturn happy. Then Saturn would make sure that the weather was good. Not only did the people name a pla after Saturn but they also name a day of the week after him. They called this day “Saturni dies”, Latin words which mean “day of Saturn”. In English those words became Saturday. 76. What was Saturn believed to be in charge of? A. Rainfall. B. The power of nature. C. Farming. D. Days in a week. 77. Why did a Roman farmer kill an animal before planting his fields? Because . A. killing an animal would bring him good luck B. Saturn enjoyed eating animals C. Saturn was happy to see animals being killed D. he wanted to please Saturn so that Saturn would make the weather good for his planting 78. Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A. Saturn is also the name of pla. B. The Roman people used to believe Saturn to be their god. C. Saturn was named for the last day of the week. D. Saturn had three meanings. 79. What’s the aim of the author in writing this passage? A. How the Romans worshipped (崇拜 ) Saturn. B. Why the Romans believed in Saturn. C. The different meanings of the word Saturn. D. How Saturday got its name. 五、書面表達 假設一批外國友人要在中國過春節(jié)，他們想了解我國過春節(jié)的情況。 全家人在一起吃年夜飯。 11. took place 12. which /that have 13. in honour / memory of 14. was obvious 15. looked forward to C. 完成句子 16. starve to death 17. do harm 18. lead to 19. day and night 20. turned up 二、單項填空 21—25 ABCBC 26—30 DBCAC 31—35 BBBDC 重點解析： 22. 本題通過語境考查詞義辨析。 24. 解本題時應該首先從第二個空入手。 26. 由 broke it 可知是把喝咖啡的杯子打碎了，應用 coffee cup；而 the cup of coffee意為 “那杯咖啡 ”。 28. 句意為：他一邊照鏡子一邊想他當然很像那個角色。 三、 完形填空 36—40 BAABC 41—45 DBAAA 46—50 CBCAD 51—55 BADAD 重點解析： 36. 作者回憶兒時假日，根據(jù)常識可判斷為其父母親（ parents）帶他遠游。 moving令人感動的； anxious，焦急的； nervous,緊張的，均不合題意。 45. 后文中有提示，且小孩口袋里的東西，常為“糖果” (sweets)。 50. build sand house（建沙房子）與文章開頭 make sand house 同義。 四、閱讀理解 56—60 CAACB 61—65 BCACC 6670 BCDBA 71—75 ACCBA 76—79 ADCD 重點解析： “That is why it is celebrated in late fall…” 中的 late fall意思是 “晚秋 ”。 61. 此題考查細節(jié)事實。中國一般是把孩子緊緊包起；西方應是給孩子穿一種寬松的衣服。從第三段可知，每個民族都有其慶祝春節(jié)的特殊風俗。 75. for free “