【正文】 C．that D．this13. A．how B．why C．where D．when14. A．may B．will C．can D．must15. A．Meanwhile B．Therefore C．However D．Otherwise16. A．improved B．smelled C．became D．changed17. A．showed up B．carried on C．took on D．lighted up18. A．until B．a(chǎn)fter C．because D．unless19. A．sadness B．joy C．regret D．worry20. A．inside B．back C．into D．fromBAs a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost。 these fears were very real and caused me some unfortable moments.Maybe it was the strange 1___ things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 2 me so much. There was never total 3 , but a streetlight or passing car lights 4 clothes hung over a chair take on the 5 of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my 6 , I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 7 . A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight. My 8 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would 9 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 10 on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my homethat was no 11 . After school, 12 ,when all the buses were 13 up along the street, I was afraid that I’d get on the wrong one and be taken to some 14 neighborhood. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t 15 the leaders out of my sight.Perhaps one of the worst fears 16 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 17 by others. Being popular was so important to me 18 , and the fears of not being liked was a 19 one.One of the processes of growing up is being able to 20 and overe our fears. Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.1. A. way B. time C. place D. reason2. A. wounded B. destroyed C. surprised D. frightened3. A. quietness B. darkness C. emptiness D. loneliness4. A. got B. forced C. made D. caused5. A. spirit B. height C. body D. shape6. A. eye B. window C. mouth D. door7. A. breath B. wind C. air D. sound8. A. belief B. feeling C. imagination D. doubt9. A. lay B. hide C. rest D. lie10. A. especially B. simply C. probably D. directly11. A. discussion B. problem C. joke D. matter12. A. though B. yet C. although D. still13. A. called B. backed C. lined D. packed14. A old B. crowded C. poor D. unfamiliar15. A. leave B. let C. order D. send16. A. above B. in C. of D. at. protected B. guided C. believed D. accepted18. A. then B. there C. once D. anyway19. A. strict B. powerful C. heavy D. right20. A. realize B. remember C. recognize D. recoverCHalf world’s languages ‘under threat’More than half of the some 6000 languages _____1 in the world today may 2 by the end of the century, the UN 3 organization UNESCO said today on International 4 Language Day. The day was marked at UNESCO 5 in Paris by a conference 6 linguistic diversity focusing on the difficulties of African, Asian and American minorities to 7 their traditional tongues.” When a language 8 it is a vision of the world that disappears, ”UNESCO director general Koichiro Matsuura 9 A major part of UNESCO’s 10__ to safeguard languages is aimed at 11 greater diversity on the internet and in 12 texts. Today 72 per cent of internet sites 13 __ in English. Some 90 per cent of the world’s languages are 14 represented at all on the Internet. 15 20 per cent of languages have 16 written version. In Africa— 17 onethird of the world’s languages are spokensome 80 per cent of these are 18 oral, and thus in greater 19 of diving out. The 20 Union has declared 2006 a year of mother languages.1. A. speaking B. spoken C . to speak D. speaks2. A. appear B. apply C. disappear D. discover3. A. cultural B. culture C. mittee D. education4. A. \ B. English C. Mother D. Foreign5. A. offices B. office C. headquarter D. headquarters6. A. after B. before C. on D. at7. A. prevent B. preview C. preserve D. produce8. A. dead B. dies C. es out D. es into use9. A. spoke B. talked C. said D. admitted. efforts B. marks C. affections D. rights. ensured B. ensuring C. invented D. inventing12. A. informal B. illegal C. official D. special. is B. are C. to be D. have being14. A. represented B. not represented C. forbidden D. not forbidden15. A. The other B. Other C. Some D. Certain16. A. drawing B. drawn C. writing D. written17. A. that B. which C. where D. what. perfectly B. justly C. exactly D. Purely19. A. possible B. possibility C. danger D. dangerous. Asia B. Africa C. Asian D. African三、閱讀理解[能力要求]閱讀能力包括兩個方面的內(nèi)容：一是理解。二是速度。閱讀理解率高，閱讀速度快是閱讀理解能力強(qiáng)的兩個標(biāo)志。要提高閱讀能力，既要注意理解，也要注意速度。速度服從于理解，并在理解的基礎(chǔ)上逐漸提高速度。近年來，隨著國內(nèi)外英語測試方法的改革和發(fā)展，閱讀理解一直是全面評估學(xué)生英語水平的重要測試題型。在現(xiàn)行的全國卷和江蘇高考試卷中閱讀信息量有進(jìn)一步上升的趨勢。概括起來，閱讀理解能力測試的主要要求如下：掌握所讀材料的主旨和大意，以及用