第二节，语法填空，根据上下文在空白处填写适当的词语，或使用括号中所给词语的适当形式填空。(每小题，2分，总分20分)

Expressions about water are almost as common __21__ water itself. But many of the expressions___22___(use) water have unpleasant meanings. The expression ‘to be in hot water” is one of them. It’s ___23___ old expression.

“ Hot water” which was used five hundred years ago means being___24___ trouble. One story it got the meaning ___25___ the custom of throwing down extremely hot water on enemies___26___ (attack) a castle. That no longer happens, but we still get in hot water. ____27____ we are in hot water, we are in trouble. It can be any kind of ____28____,serious or not so serious. A person _____29____ breaks a law can be in hot water with the police. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he walks in a house with____30____(dirt) shoes. “ Being in deep water: is almost the same as “ being in hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult position.

第三部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分30分)

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并把答题卡上

A

Language and culture

Three foreign gentlemen came up to a bus–stop in London. About five minutes later the bus which they waited for came along. They prepared to get on it. Suddenly there was a noise behind them. People rushed on to the bus and tried to push them out of the way. Someone shouted at them. The three foreign gentlemen looked puzzled(迷惑) and embarrassed(使困惑) no one had told them about the British custom of waiting for a bus so that the first who arrives at the bus–stop is the first person to get on the bus.

Learning the language of a country is not enough. One should know as much as possible about the manners and customs of different countries. You’ll be surprised how different they can be from your own. For example, in India, people consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. In many places you might see a person shaking his head at another to express he is disagreeing, but in Bulgaria a shake of the head means “Yes” and a nod “No”. In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legs when sitting talking to someone, but in Thailand, it is considered impolite.

Knowing about the customs of different countries is not only useful but also important to everyone.

66. Knowing about the manners and customs of different countries __________.

A. is as important as learning their nation languages

B. is as important as learning their languages

C. is not so important as learning their language

D. is much more important than learning their language

67. Someone shouted at the three gentlemen just because __________.

A. they are foreigners

B. they didn’t line up for their turn

C. they got the wrong bus

D. they didn’t buy tickets

68. Passing food at table __________ in India.

A. with your right hand is impolite

B. with your both hands is good manners

C. with your left hand is polite

D. with your left hand is not a polite way

69. Nodding one’s head at another expresses __________ in Bulgaria.

A. disagreement B. agreement C. politeness D. impoliteness

70. The passage tells us that one should know about __________ of different counties.

A. either the language or the customs

B. neither the language nor the customs

C. not only the language but also the customs

D. the language on the customs

B

You have been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessary to give you a blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident. However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you. If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you.

There are four basic types of blood: A, B, AB and O. A simple test can show a person’s blood type. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood . Blood type, like hair color and height, is received from parents.

Because of substances contained in each type, the four groups must be transfused carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can give to any other group; hence, it is often called the universal donor (供血者). For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient (受血者). However, because so many reactions can happen in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma (血浆) until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of a hospital. In this way, it is possible to keep away from any bad actions to the transfusion.

There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality. Among Europeans and people of European ancestry, about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O. The rarest is type AB. Other races have different percentages. For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O.

36.A good title for this selection is ____________.

A. Getting Blood and Plasma

B. Special Blood Color

C. Human Blood Types

D. The Relationship Between Your Blood Type and Your Nationality

37.The word “hence” in the third paragraph means _____________.

A. always B. often C. sometimes D. therefore (因此)

38. The author suggests that the third most common blood type in Europe is _________.

A. A B. B C. AB D. O

39. People with type A blood can receive ______________.

A. AB B. B C. O D. None of the above

40.If you need a transfusion, the best and safest blood for you is _________.

A. type AB B. type B

C. exactly the same type as yours D. a mixture of salt, plasma, and type O