阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
[1] I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day. But I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
[2] The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver told us to be quiet because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends going down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a tool designed to make communication easier.
[3]Why is it that the more connected we get, ________________________ ? Every advance in communications technology is a hurt to the closeness of human interaction (互动). With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.
[4] More and more, l find myself hiding behind e-mail to 
do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk. The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.
[5]
So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I' m home. What does the author say about communications technology according to the first two paragraphs? (within 15 words)
_________________________________________________________________________Which sentences in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
However, I felt left out as if we were not conducting the conversation.
_________________________________________________________________________ Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (within 10 words)
_________________________________________________________________________ Does the author restrict (约束) his own activity to improving the situation? Give an example. How？(within 15 words)
_________________________________________________________________________ Translate the underlined sentences in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
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Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment .And then answer the questions that follow.
Happiness (Romance)
Happiness tells the story of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies .They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other . But then they communicate by email and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances .It also has beautiful music.
I scream (Thriller)
In I Scream ,Paul (Colin Jacks) is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly .It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.
Paul's Heroes (Comedy)
This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow) have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie ,they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending ,but it's great fun getting there.
______ (Drama)
This is a very good drama with Jack Ross ,who plays a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd (Phil Driver) who has found the cure for the illness ,but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.
65.The story in "Happiness" seems to suggest that______.
A.talking on the phone for a long time certainly leads to love
B.face-to-face conversations are better than those on the phone
C.writing expresses oneself better than talking on the phone
D.teenagers enjoy talking on the phone more than adults
66.In "Paul's Heroes" the American soldiers dress up as women in order to______.
A.take important information to their army
B.fight with Italian workers
C.make the Italian workers laugh
D.amuse the other American soldiers
67.Which of the following is the best title for the fourth movie?
A.A Hard-working Truck Driver B.Medicine
C.A strange Illness D.Twelve Hours
68.Which movie does the reviewer like best ?
A.No. 1. B.No. 2. C.No. 3. D.No.4.
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）
阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
For many years ,I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared ,it would take old wounds, hurts ,and rejections with it.
Many weight-conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix
everything. Perhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved ,being special ,and being cherished .We fantasize about what it will be like when we reach the long awaited goal. We work very hard to realize this dream. Then ,at last ,we find ourselves there.
But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so , we continue to believe that next time it will be different .Next time ,we will keep it off. Next time ,being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness ,self-worth ,and ,of course ,love.
It took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty . Beauty standards vary with culture .In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weights more than 200 pounds .More importantly ,if it's happiness that we want , why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us strive hard to change our body, but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes toward ourselves ,the whole world changes.
61.The passage tries to stress the importance of______.
A.body size B.attitudes toward life
C.culture difference D.beauty standards
62.What does the word "everything" in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.All the problems. B.All the properties.
C.The whole world. D.The absolute truth.
63.It can be inferred from the passage that the author______.
A.was born and grew up in Samoa
B.has succeeded in losing weight
C.has been troubled by her/his weight
D.got wounded in a war or an accident
64.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.Once you succeed in losing weight ,you are unlikely to gain it back.
B.People all over the world can easily agree about what is beautiful.
C.A fat woman is considered to be more beautiful than a slim one in Samoa.
D.The author is determined to work hard to lose weight until he or she succeeds.
No matter how long your life is, you will, at best, be able to read only a few books of all that
Have been written, and he few you do read should include the best. It is to be expected that the selections will change over time. Yet there is a surprising uniformity（一致）in the lists which represent the best choices of any period.
What are the signs by which we may recognize a great book? The four I will mention may not be all there are, but they are the ones I’ve found most useful in explaining my choices over the years.
Great books are probably the most widely read. They are not bet sellers for a year or two. But they are long lasting ones. Gone With the Wind has had relatively few readers compared to the plays of Shakespeare or Don Quixote. It would be reasonable to estimate that Homer Iliad（《伊利亚特》）has been read by at least 25,000,000 people in the last 3000 years.
Great books are popular, not pedantic（书生气的）.They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. Whether they are philosophy or science, or history or poetry, they treat of human, not academic problems. They are written for men, not professors. To read a textbook for advanced students, you have to read an elementary textbook first. But the great books can be considered elementary in the sense that they treat the elements of any subject matter. They are not related to one another as a series of textbooks, graded in difficulty or in the technicality of the problems with which they deal.
Great books are always contemporary, the most readable and instructive.
Great books deal with the persistently unsolved problems of human life. There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Great minds acknowledge mysteries honestly. Wisdom ins strengthened, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.
67．Which is NOT the standard in the following when evaluating a great book?
A．Although not a best seller, it must be the most widely read.
B．It can be read without much relevant knowledge.
C．Great books are never out of date.
D．Great books will not disappoint you.
68．According to the author, Gone With the Wind is .
A．sure to enjoy a large number of readers in the long run
B．disliked by readers who like Shakespeare
C．not a great book because of the few readers
D．read more often than Don Quixote
69．After reading the passage, we can infer that .
A．different periods have different lists of great books because there are many books for people to choose from
B．if you don’t read an elementary textbook, you may have difficulty in understanding in understanding an advanced one
C．Homer Iliad must be a best seller when it came out
D．great books often deal with unsolved problems of human life for the writers have confidence in settling them
70．The best title for this passage is .
A．Great Books in Your Life B．Great Books in Your Specialty
C．How to Find a Great Book D．What Is a Great Book
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If boy wizard Harry Potter uses his magic to capture the hearts of millions of teenagers, high school students Gabriella and Troy have charmed American boys and girls with their stories of campus life.
They are the leading characters in High School Musical, a series of hugely successful films in the US. The sequel （续集）, High School Musical 3, came out on October 24 and has topped the American box office for two straight weeks.
The show has everything attractive to teenagers—dancing, catchy music, puppy love and good looks. The story starts when high school basketball star Troy and brainy Gabriella —two teenagers who are worlds apart—meet during the winter break. At a karaoke contest they discover their love for singing and an interest in each other. When school starts, Troy finds out that Gabriella is the new girl at his school.
Eager to find the magic they had during karaoke, Troy and Gabriella decide to audition （试镜） for the school’s upcoming musical. This angers the school’s drama queen Sharpay. However, they overcome difficulties and become the leading actors.
But the story doesn't end there. High School Musical 2 follows their adventures over summer vacation when Sharpay tries to break up Troy and Gabriella. In the latest sequel, high school seniors are facing the possibilities of being separated from each other as they go off in different directions when graduating from high school.
Joined by the rest of their friends, Troy and Gabriella stage a musical reflecting （反映） their experiences, hopes and fears about the future.
"The success of the High School Musical films shows Disney's long-term efforts to attract youngsters for whom Mickey Mouse seems too babyish," wrote New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff. "For the time being, the movie has made fictional high school students as recognizable as that 79-year-old mouse."
59．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Boy wizard—Harry potter.
B．High school students Gabriella and Troy.
C．A successful show—High school Musical.
D．Disney’s long-term efforts.
60．What can you learn from the words “two teenagers who are worlds apart?”
A．They live far away from each other.
B．They have a big difference between each other.
C．They used to know each other well.
D．They study at the same school.
61．What happens in High School Musical 2, according to the passage?
A．Troy and Gabriella audition for a school musical.
B．Troy and Gabriella meet at a karaoke contest.
C．Troy and Gabriella graduate from high school.
D．Sharpay tries to end the relationship of Troy and Gabriella.
60．What does New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff mean?
A．The high school students don’t like Mickey Mouse.
B．Mickey Mouse is more attractive to youngsters.
C．High School Musical is possibly more attractive to youngsters.
D．Mickey Mouse is too old to be recognized by youngsters.
