Every night for a year, Neil Simons quietly went out of his house．He wanted to “talk” to an owl settling for the night at the end of his garden．He made owl cries like a real wild owl and was happy to hear the bird “hooting （大声叫嚣）” back to him．
Last year Fred Cornes moved in next door．He heard an owl hooting and answered back．For 12 months the neighbors got into the back gardens of their homes, thinking they were talking with nature．Mr．Simmons kept a diary of all his talks with his bird friend．They would both be out again tonight if it wasn’t for a chance talk between their wives．
Mr．Simmons said．“My wife Kim was telling Fred’s wife Wendy about my owl watching and described how I got the birds to boot back．She said, ‘That’s funny — that’s just what Fred has been doing．’ Then the penny dropped, I felt such a fool when I found out．The trouble is that owl calls aren’t exactly the same and it’s easy to make a mistake．”
Mr．Cornes said, “I’m really flattered （过奖）．I didn’t know I sounded so real．I love nature and I couldn’t resist hooting at the owls．I was very excited when they hooted back．I’m sorry that I was fooling my neighbor who was fooling me．”
36．After the talk between the wives, the two men would probably _________ ．
A．stop observing owls B．not stay up hooting again
C．not enter the back garden again D．make no mistakes about wild owl cries
37．“Then the penny dropped．” most probably means “Then __________．”
A．I understood B．everybody knew about it
C．I heard the noise D．no money was paid
38．Mr．Simmons felt upset about the whole thing because __________．
A．all his efforts seemed to be meaningless
B．his wife let out his secret by chance
C．garden owls hooted so differently
D．Fred had been doing the same
39．The text suggests that __________．
A．Nail seldom heard natural owl calls
B．the owl never hooted back to Neil
C．Fred was always good at pleasing owls
D．owl watching is no longer interesting to Fred
My secret of staying young is quite simple：devote your attention to the part of you that’s young and growing—your brain. Keep your mind awake and you will stay young all over. These are exciting times. Take an interest in the world around you，and make a point of learning one new thing every day.
No matter how old you are ，it’s not too late to make your life more interesting. I know a housewife without knowledge in the past who made herself into an excellent industrial designer. I know an old electrical engineer who has become a highly paid artist.
Get over the idea the you are too old to go back to school. I know a man who entered a medical college at 70. He got his degree with honors and became a famous doctor. Another man went to a law school at 71 and now is an active lawyer.
No matter how old people are，staying young is easy for those who live in the future. You can do it if you are active enough to try. Keep your mind active and awake：that’s the only youth elixir.
54. Which of the following best express the main idea of this passage？
A.Staying young is the only youth elixir.
B.Learning at least one new thing every day.
C.Never too late to go back to school.
D.The secret of staying young.
55. If you wish to stay young，above all ，you should .
A. keep your mind awake and active B. make your life more interesting
C. keep your mind from being harmed D. keep in tough with other people
56. The implied meaning of the passage is that .
A. anyone can learn to do something no matter how old they may be.
B. the electrical engineer learned to be an artist to become famous.
C. the man who entered the medical collage at 70 came out at the top of the list.
D. every one can be successful if you try to learn no matter how old he may be
57. The word “elixir”in the last sentence probably means something that can keep people .
A. healthy B. wealthy C. young D. happy
All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy ,happy and help them to live longer.
Sports change with the season.People play different games in winter and summer.
Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities. The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life ；they use them in sports ，too.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football，for example ，has spread around the world . Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers.
Some sports or games go back to thousands of years，like running or jumping . Chinese boxing，for example ，has a very history . But basketball and volleyball are quite new .Neither one is a hundred years old yet . People are inventing new sports or games all the time.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other，but after a game they often become good friends .Sports help to train a person’s character （性格）.One learns to fight hard but fight fair，to win without pride and to lose with grace（体面）.
50. The writer didn’t tell us in the passage that .
A. basketball was invented in America
B. sports change with the season
C. games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities
D. football is played all over the world.
51. People all over the world enjoy sports because .
A. sports are interesting
B. sports help to keep people healthy ，happy and help them to live longer
C. Sports help to train a person’s character
D. All of the above
52. From this passage we can see that .
A. sports and games are unimportant things that people do
B. sports and games should be treated only as amusement
C. Sports and games are useful to the old
D. none of the above is true
53. Sports and games can help people from different countries .
A. to be enemies B. to understand each other better
C. to be partners D. to dislike each other
第三部分：阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24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。
GARDEN RESTAURANT
Telephone ：2706030
Address ：920 Bridgeport Road
Open ：Mon. to Fri. 7:00a.m.-2:30p.m. and 5:00p.m.-9:00p.m.
Sat. 7:00 a.m.-11:00a.m. and 5:00p.m.-9:30p.m.
Sun. 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
NEW YORK MUSEUM
Telephone ：7364431
Address ：Vanier Park，1100 Chestnut St. New York America’s largest museum specializing in American history and art of our active people .
Open:Mon. to Fri. 9:00a.m. -5:00p.m. (Monday free) Sat. 9:00a.m.-1:00p.m.
LANSDOWNE PARK SHOPPING CENTER
Telephone ：3562367
Address ：5300 No. 3 Road
Open ：Mon.,Tues.,and Sat.:9:30a.m.-5:30p.m.
Wed.,Thurs.,and Fri.:9:30a.m.-9:30p.m.
Sun : 11:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
SKYLINE HOTEL
Telephone ：2785161
Address ：3031 No. 3 Road（at Sat Island Way）
The Hangar Den ：Wed. to Sun. lunch from 10:30a.m.
Coffee Shop :Mon. –Fri.6:30a.m. Sat.6:30a.m. and Sun. 7;00a.m.
Mon. –Wed. to 10:00p.m. Thurs. –Sun. to 11:00p.m.
46. If you want to go out for lunch on Sunday you can call up the number .
A. 2785161 or 1706030 B. 2706030 or 3562367
C. 7364431 or 2785161 D. 3562367 or 2785161
47. You do not have to pay on Mondays if you go to .
A. Skyline Hotel B. Lansdowne Park Shopping Center.
C. New York Museum. D.Garden Restaurant
48. If you want to enjoy yourself on Sunday mornings ,you can go to .
A. 5300 No. 3 Road B. Vanier Park , 1100 Chestnut St.
C. 9020 Bridgeport Road D. 3031 No. 3 Road
49. What can you do after 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon?
A. Visit New York Museum.
B. Do some shopping in Lansdowne Park Shopping Center.
C. Have coffee in Skyline Hotel.
D. B or C.
What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question, you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology. With the help of new medicine, the human body will last a very long time, Death will come mainly from accidents murder and war. Today’s leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself, will become distant memories.
In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live？Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells are the basic units of all living things, and until recently, scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100, medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so, people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs. The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life, will build new brain cells, heart cells, and so on --- in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.
It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.
45. According to the passage, human death is now mainly caused by________.
A. diseases and aging B. accidents and war
C. accidents and aging D. heart disease and war
46. In the author’s opinion, today’s most important advance in technology lies in________.
A. medicine B. the Internet C. brain cells D. human organs
47. Humans may live longer in the future because________.
A. heart disease will be far away from us
B. human brains can decide the final death
C. the basic materials of cells will last forever
D. human organs can be repaired by new medicine
48. What is the best title of the passage?.
A. Bio-technology
B. The Human Body Will Last a Very Long Time
C. New Medicine
D. The Advance in Technology
The Need for Holidays
You’ve no doubt heard people say how much they “need” a holiday，when what they really mean is that they want one．Certainly，people working under pressure feel a very strong desire to escape from work and become less tight during their holidays，and experience a changed environment. For this reason, holidays away from home are now seen by most people as necessary to their quality life. However, work for many people today are office work and mental, rather than physical tasks. These people may seek much more energy taking activities while on holiday, rather than simply lying on a beach.
Once people become used to going on holiday, taking holidays becomes a habit. Even in a recession(经济萧条时期), for many people the holiday is one of the last things to be given up, and indeed many workers have chosen to spend some of their last pay when being laid off on a holiday, perhaps to give themselves a "lift” before facing a gloomy(暗淡的)future.
Perhaps we don't like to admit it, but most of us also enjoy showing off about the places we have been to, and the lovely tans：dark skins we have got. The idea of tanning, however, is becoming less attractive than it was. So many tourists are now able to afford holidays in the sun that tans have become quite common；and although we join a tan together with health(and it is true that a certain amount of sunshine gives us a feeling of being healthy), it has been fully shown that sunshine，especially when received over a short, focused period of time, results in high danger of skin problems, as well as drying out one's skin and leading to more lines on your face later in life.
57．More and more people choose to have holidays because they ________.
A. hate working indoors all the time B. want to get away from work
C. love enjoying the beauties of nature D. become rich and want a better life
58．From this passage we learned that some people can not live without ______．
A. a tan B. a job C. a pay D. a holiday
59．A holiday may __________ when one has to face some difficulties in life．
A. cheer someone up B. help someone find a job
C. be the last thing to be given up D. bring good luck to someone
60．At the end of the passage the writer tries to tell the reader ________.
A. the importance of getting sunshine B. the bad effect of being on holiday
C. the result of getting sun tanned D. the healthy look of being tanned