【正文】 ith modern American influences. In 1819, the popular American writer Washington Irving wrote ____47___ five essays published in a book called “The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.” The essays describe a ____48___ British landowner who invites his farm workers into his home to celebrate Christmas. The landowner recreates a traditional Christmas as it would____49____ in the distant past. ____50___ played a big role in how an American might celebrate the holiday. Calvinist Christians (加爾文主義的基督徒 )____51__ the celebration of Christmas. But groups such as Episcopalians(美國圣公會教徒 )and Moravians honored the day with religious services and seasonal ____52___. By midcentury, Christian groups began to ____53___ their religious differences over the meaning of Christmas and honored the day in special ways. Christmas became an important ___54___ for families to celebrate at home. More and more Christian Americans also began to ___55___ the European traditions of Christmas trees and giving gifts. Christians believed that the tree represented Jesus and was also ___56____new beginnings. This tradition of setting up a Christmas tree soon spread____57___ many American homes. So ___58___the practice of giving people presents. As these traditions increased in popularity, the modern trade and business _____59___ Christmas also grew. In 1809, Washington Irving ____60___ his “History of New York.” It lists Saint Nicholas as the patron(贊助 。 注意： 1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞； 2. 只允許修改 10 處，多者（從第 11 處起）不計分。文章是 “我 ”在為留學(xué)生介紹他所寄宿的家庭的情況，下文照應(yīng)的是第三人稱，故答案應(yīng)為 their。 這里指女主人的廚藝，是名詞所有格的用法。 have no trouble (in) doing sth, 做某事兒沒有困難 . 考查冠詞的用法。 arranger for sb to do sth 是一固定短語，故答案為加 for. —located 考查非謂語動詞。錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。ve all been surprised that in such a short time Chinese would grow to surpass , said. A decade ago,most of the schools with Chinese programs were on the East and West in recent years, many schools have started Chinese programs in heartland states,including Ohio and Illinois in the Midwest,Texas and Geia in the South,and Colorado and Utah in the Rocky Mountain West. America has had the study of a foreign language grow before,only to see the bubble schools began teaching Japanese in the 1980s,after Japan emerged as an economic thousands have dropped the language, the survey is not the only language that has of schools that offered French, German or Russian have stopped teaching those languages,too,the survey found. 39。s injured leg. We39。 13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Teacher and student. C. Old schoolmates. 14. What do we know about the man? A. He has started his own business. B. He got married after college. C. He studied advertising in college. 15. What was the woman’s plan? A. To travel around the world. B. To be a good housewife. C. To have three children. 16. How may the woman feel at the end of the conversation? A. Very satisfied with what she is. B. A little disappointed. C. More than excited. 聽第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 題。 1. What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. The TV news. B. Going hiking. C. The weather. 2. How much does one ticket cost? A. $. B.$. C.$. 3. Where will the woman go this evening? A. Her sister’s. B. The station. C. The theater. 4. What sport does the man like best? A. Basketball. B. Football. C. Tennis. 5. What does the man think of the book? A. Too bad. B. Worth reading. C. Not good enough. 第二節(jié)（共 15 小題；每小題 分，滿分 分） 聽下面 5段對話或獨(dú)白。每段對話或獨(dú)白后有幾個小題，從每題所給的 A、 B、 C三個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 17. Where did the fire break out? A. In a hotel. B. In a restaurant. C. In a supermarket. 18. Why did the fire cause greater injuries and deaths? A. Outside fire escapes were very narrow. B. The lift was not working for power failure. C. The alarm and the water systems failed then. 19. How many passengers should the bus normally carry at most? A. 75. B. 65. C. 50. 20. What can we learn from the speaker? A. The driver’s carelessness caused the bus accident. B. A cigaretteend caused the great fire. C. Ambulances were in time to arrive to save the injured. 第二部分：閱讀理解（ 共兩節(jié)， 20小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié)（共 15小題；每小題 2分，滿分 30分） A My parents and two older brothers arrived in Queens from Cuba in 1967, squeezing into a onebedroom apartment that got even more crampedwhen I showed up two years later. Suspicious of everyone and unable to municate in English, my parents weren’t about to let their kids hang out in the streets. And since they both worked, we boys spent a lot of time at home. The main public library on Merrick Boulevard was the first place I was allowed to visit on my own. I started going there when I was eight. Everything I needing was located on what seemed to me an endless single floor. Wandering around that building aimlessly on a Saturday afternoon offered a sense of freedom I’d never experienced before. Once my father dropped me off, it didn’t really matter what I did so long as I could explore. I find it interesting that people today say that libraries are no longer about books。re going to get you to a hospital, Alexis said. Then she heard her father shout loudly. He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. She beat the deer39。s the meaning of the underlined word abuzz in the first paragraph? A. Be noisy like the sound of a bee. B. Be lively for various activities. C. Cause people to discuss something hotly. D. Motivate people to march bravely. can we infer from what said? A. More and more people choose Chinese in . B. is the most difficul