12. What can we learn about the New England Curran?

A. It is mainly about the stock market.

B. It marks the beginning of the American newspaper.

C. It remains a successful newspaper in America.

D. It comes articles by political leaders.

13. What can we infer about the newspaper editors?

A. They often accept readers’ suggestions

B. They care a lot about each other’s health.

C. They stop doing business with advertisers.

D. They face great difficulties in their business.

14. Which of the following found a new way for its development?

A. The Washington Post           B. The Guardian

C. The New York Times.          D. New England Courant

15. How does the author seem to feel about the future of newspapers?

A. Satisfied      B. Hopeful    C. Worried       D. Surprised

第二节 (共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Food is life; it gives us the nourishment (营养) we need to stay alive and be healthy.  __16_   Brian Wansink, a professor at the University of Illinois, says we also eat certain foods because they make us feel good, and remind us of happy memories. Wansink calls this kind of food comfort food. For some people, ice cream is a comfort food. For others, a bowl of noodles makes them feel good.

__17__   Professor Wansink believes that we connect food with important times, feelings, and people in our lives, “When I was a child, my mother made a delicious soup; I loved it. __18__   And it helps me feel better,” says one of Wansink’s coworkers.

___19__ Wansink’s research(研究) at the University of Illinois says “yes”. In his study, the favorite comfort food for both men and women was ice cream. After this, men usually preferred hot, delicious foods like soup or noodles.   Women liked sweet things such as chocolate and candies.  Men and women like to eat comfort foods when they are happy, but women eat these foods more when they are sad or worried.

__20_   About 40 percent of the comfort foods in Wansink’s study were healthy main dishes or soups and vegetables. It shows, says Wansink, that a comfort food can taste good and be good for you.

A. Not all comfort food is junk food.

B. Where can we buy this sort of food?

C. Sweet foods are also their preference.

D. How does a food become a comfort food?

E. Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy.

F. Do men and women choose different comfort foods?

G. Now, I often have this kind of food when I am tired or worried.

第二部分 英语知识运用

第一节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like other doctors I had ever known. He never __21__ at us for playing in his yard. I remember him as someone nice and __22__. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving __23__, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life’s __24__ was to make it a forest.

But he _25__watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants would _26__ them, and that __27__ you water them, each successive(后继的) __28_ of trees will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things _29__ for them.

He’d planted an oak, and instead of watering it every morning, he’d __30__ it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to cause the tree’s __31__. Dr. Gibbs passed away a couple of years ago. _32_, I walk by his house and look at the trees that I watched him plant some 25 years ago. They are big and __33_ now. Sufferings seemed to __34__ them in ways ease and __35__ never could.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the rising and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be__36__. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to _37__ my prayer, because life is __38__, whether we want it to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s what we seldom __39__. What we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be_40__.

21. A. smiled            B. shouted            C. looked               D. kicked

22. A. cold                 B. lonely                 C. mild(温和的)D. careful

23. A. money                 B. lives                   C. flowers        D. energy

24. A. goal                       B. way                     C. attitude        D. theory

25. A. regularly               B. sometimes          C. never               D. always

26. A. remove                 B. benefit                 C. drown            D. spoil

27. A. if                         B. unless                   C. although        D. since

28. A. kind                   B. group                 C. rank              D. generation

29. A. rough                   B. free                    C. available        D. poisonous

30. A. protected             B. tied                     C. beat                D. wrapped

31. A. anger                     B. defence                C. shade              D. death

32. A. More or less    B. Now and again   C. Sooner or later  D. Here and there

33. A. thin                    B. dying                C. ripe                  D. strong

34. A. benefit            B. harm                 C. affect                D. change

35. A. cure                     B. danger                 C. comfort               D. difficulty

36. A. interesting        B. colorful            C. easy                    D. hopeful

37. A. strengthen        B. change              C. repeat            D. realize

38. A. tough                    B. helpless             C. various               D. valuable

39. A. seek                    B. prove                C. share                D. meet

40. A. challenged          B. defeated            C. missed               D. forgotten

第二节： 语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Holi (酒红节)is a spring festival, also  41.___(know) as the festival of colours or the festival of love. It is an ancient Hindu religious(宗教的)festival   42.______has become popular in and outside Asia. It is celebrated at the end of winter    43.______the night and the day are of equal length. The date of the festival is different every year. According to the Hindu calendar, it    __44___(usual)comes in March, sometimes in late February.

The celebration    45._____(start) with a bonfire(篝火) on the night before Holi, where people gather, sing and dance. The next morning is a carnival of colors, where anyone, children or elders, friends or    46____(strange), chase and color each other with dry powder and colored water. Everyone is happy to be made fun    47.______. Groups carry drums and musical instruments,   48.______(go )from place to place. After a(n)  49._____(excite)day, people visit their friends and share the delicious food after cleaning up and dressing up.

The purpose of the festival is to celebrate the beginning of the new season, spring. Hindus believe   50.______is a time for enjoying spring rich colors and saying goodbye to winter.